Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

On 12 Jan 2010 at 18:18, Sam Cayze wrote: > Awesome! > > Sam Cayze, ASS > > Love it. My dad's last business card read: Director of Corporate M.I.S. Management Not too many "got it". -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+

RE: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

Yeah; we get about 4 hours of IMC per year. :-) Before work slowed down so much, I was planning to go to the SF Bay area or Pac NW to do an accelerated IFR finish-up course. Unless I can find some more work (telecommute consulting is slow right now) that rating will have to wait... We have plent

RE: Motorola Droid - Exchange

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Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

Are you mountainy enough in Kingman to have a lot of IMC? I realize that IMC has nothing to do with IFR, but I still love the idea of going to the desert in Tucson to get a "10 day IFR". Not to denigrate the quality of the instruction there, but the idea of it is kinda funny. On Tue, Jan 12, 201

RE: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

Same here. I'd settle for my IFR ticket... :-) *** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *** > -Original Message- > From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 7:48 PM > To: NT System Admin Is

Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

The line forms here! On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: > We don't have any aircraft.  We sub that out.  That kind of tower > installation isn't an every day event. > > But it would be nice to have a staff pilot! > > -Original Message- > From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich.

RE: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

We don't have any aircraft. We sub that out. That kind of tower installation isn't an every day event. But it would be nice to have a staff pilot! -Original Message- From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Sub

Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

I couldn't agree more. I just don't believe that it's a terribly widespread opinion. But on that copter thing, if there's any traction there... On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: > Employee development is a high priority.  If you don't develop your people, > who will take over w

RE: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

Employee development is a high priority. If you don't develop your people, who will take over when others are promoted, retire, etc.? -Original Message- From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Requi

Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

I'm a fixed wing pilot. If they would pay for me to learn how to fly helicopters and do aerial stuff, I'd do that and IT, and I'd even pay for my own IT upgrades. Deal? But seriously, Kurt's right. Good for you and your department for having the foresight (and discretionary budget authority) to

RE: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

It is a great company to work for. I am blessed. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work? Heh. Wa too far away for me. I live in the Puget

Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

Heh. Wa too far away for me. I live in the Puget Sound region. I've got a decent job currently, but the conditions in your business sound nearly ideal. Kurt On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 18:31, Bob Fronk wrote: > Lexington, KY.  www.davishelliot.com > > No openings at present, but if I have a

RE: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

Lexington, KY. www.davishelliot.com No openings at present, but if I have any in the future, I will post to the list. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Required Certs = Study

Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

Where are you located, and do you have any job openings? On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 17:29, Bob Fronk wrote: > I allow my people to use their work time for study, but they still have to > keep up with job duties.  They are also given spare PCs, network switches, > routers, etc to perform tests and

RE: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

I work for a great company. There is no greener grass. -Original Message- From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work? You sir, are an enlightened manager. Kudos.

Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

You sir, are an enlightened manager. Kudos. On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: > I allow my people to use their work time for study, but they still have to > keep up with job duties.  They are also given spare PCs, network switches, > routers, etc to perform tests and experiment

RE: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

I allow my people to use their work time for study, but they still have to keep up with job duties. They are also given spare PCs, network switches, routers, etc to perform tests and experiments while at work. We also have a separate Internet connection for testing, etc. I pay for the first t

RE: Motorola Droid - Exchange

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Motorola Droid - Exchange

Anyone have a Motorola droid hooked up to exchange?? I can't get the damn thing to work. I tried it for another exchange server and it worked but when I try it on ours it doesn't. Does anyone know if it requires port 443 to work? Is there any resources online that show what requirements are nee

RE: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

Awesome! Sam Cayze, ASS Love it. -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 5:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work? Hahaha. Nice. Believe it or not, we actually had a position in our IT Dep

Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

Hahaha. Nice. Believe it or not, we actually had a position in our IT Dept called "Application Support Specialist". No Joke. On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Devin Meade wrote: > > > You can get a "Certified Application Security Specialist" here: > http://www.asscert.com/ > > No study time nee

Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

* *You can get a "Certified Application Security Specialist" here: http://www.asscert.com/ No study time needed and a free logo to boot! On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: > 8 days a week > Is not enough to show I care. > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Sean Martin wrote:

Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

If they're requesting you obtain a certification to obtain more business, then they should be more than willing to front the costs of your certificationwhether that be paying for study material, providing time during business hours to study, etc. - Sean On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Jon D

Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

Seems like the general consensus is no. I figured as much, but figured I would check around before I just suck it up. Answers to questions below: "What cert is that?" The partner wants me to get EnCase certified, but I'm thinking CISSP instead. My job title is 'Systems Engineer' and the majority

RE: Adobe Reader 9.3

Great ready to roll out and my GPO is hosed :( problem with Searchocr.admx must be a mismatch with the adml? The admx does appear to be where it belongs --- clues on fixing? Tx -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:40 PM

RE: fixmbr on 2k3

I agree Eric, If it was my box -- I would wipe & reload & I would have an image backup. But it is not and only he can make the final decision even if it is not the most sensible one. Is there some software someone could recommend and have used that can export the user accounts on that machine

Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

8 days a week Is not enough to show I care. On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Sean Martin wrote: > We're technically allotted 1 hour of study time per day. While I don't > think anyone in management would look down on someone for utilizing that > time, current workload and productivity expectatio

Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

I think it varies a lot. IT consultants usually get a lot of time to study for the certification because they can then bill clients for something new they can offer and the company can say they hold that certification. Companies vary a lot, I've seen some that want you to get certs and give you no

RE: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

What cert is that? Anyway, I work for myself now; but except for certs that I had to use a work lab for (I'm thinking Cisco Unity and CCNP back in the days before router sims were cheap), I never used any work time. -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Tue

Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

We're technically allotted 1 hour of study time per day. While I don't think anyone in management would look down on someone for utilizing that time, current workload and productivity expectations generally turn that 8 hours a week into a fantasy rather than a reality. The problem I run into is ha

Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 13:35, Jon D wrote: > I'm curious for those whose company requires them to get > certifications, if the company also gives them time to study at work. > One of the partners where I work wants me to get a new certification > that's probably 1,000-1,400 hours of study time. >

RE: Adobe Reader 9.3

New GPO. Delete the old. Cannot change the install path of an GPO. At least not up until Server 2k3, don't know about 2k8. Anyone? 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-

RE: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

It's been my experience that most employers don't give you "work time" to study unless it's something they require in a very tight schedule, which I have seen happen before. For example I knew a guy who the employer wanted to get the Exchange certification done in less than a month, and they gave h

RE: Adobe Reader 9.3

Generally, you have to create a new package for it, and then choose that it is an upgrade to the previous version. If you don't update the policy, Windows will think the package is broken (presumably because the hash/signature no longer matches) and do nothing. That's my experience with other sof

Re: Adobe Reader 9.3

Multiple entries in the same GPO. Adobe Reader 9.3 will show up as an upgrade over previous versions and the software installation client-side extension will do the right thing. Only time I use multiple GPOs for software installation are to separate out things *everything* gets (Firefox via custom

RE: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

That's what lunch time is for, soldier! :D j/k 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 -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekc

Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

I'm curious for those whose company requires them to get certifications, if the company also gives them time to study at work. One of the partners where I work wants me to get a new certification that's probably 1,000-1,400 hours of study time. Is it too much to ask for an hour a day of study time

RE: Adobe Reader 9.3

Can I ask a question that I should know the answer to? When you put a new version in a GPO, do you create a new GPD, add this package to an existing GPO or what? If you create a new GPO, do you disable the old one, delete it or what? TIA. Glen. -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailt

RE: Adobe Reader 9.3

I just tested a rollout to XP and 7. Worked like a champ. -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 3:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Adobe Reader 9.3 Heey...is it the same *.EXE for WinXP/Vista/7 this time around? For

Re: Adobe Reader 9.3

*shug* Dunno, I use the MSI off the FTP site (plus customizations via transform) for Win2k -> Win7 and everything works swimmingly. David Lum wrote: > Heey...is it the same *.EXE for WinXP/Vista/7 this time around? For > 9.2 I have two different *.EXE's. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com

Re: Update Tuesday

I take that back... It's not out yet on every server. You should be able to get the updated info within a half hour at the most. They usually have it out by 1-2pm EST, though. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > It's out: http://www

RE: Adobe Reader 9.3

Heey...is it the same *.EXE for WinXP/Vista/7 this time around? For 9.2 I have two different *.EXE's. Dave -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Adobe Reader 9.3 The .exe on

Re: Update Tuesday

It's out: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-jan.mspx *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership* On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Bill Lambert wrote: > Hi All… > > > > Anyone hear what’s comin

RE: Update Tuesday

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Re: Adobe Reader 9.3

The .exe on the ftp site is what http://www.adobe.com/go/EN_US-H-GET-READER points you to and contains all the crap we all dislike. The MSI on the FTP site you can just stick on a GPO or SMS and let it fly. Some of us use the Customization Wizard to create a transform to go with the MSI (ie remove

RE: Adobe Reader 9.3

Yeah but you can/should still Customize it: remove AutoUpdate, Disable JavaScript, Disable Desktop Shortcut, etc. Lot's of other options too. -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 2:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Adob

RE: Adobe Reader 9.3

I always just go in to C:\Docs and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\ to get the setup files. No reboots required to install it on any of the systems I have tested on, neither do today's automatic updates from Microsoft require a reboot (yet). Simon. -- Simon Butler M

RE: Adobe Reader 9.3

The INI file is used by setup.exe. If you open up the INI file after you've made the transform, you'll notice it's declared in the INI. So the transform is applied either way. I keep a copy handy on my thumb drive for side work. Saves a little time. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From:

Update Tuesday

Hi All... Anyone hear what's coming out from MS? Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is

RE: Adobe Reader 9.3

Doesn't the FTP version *not* have the usual crap? I could swear when I grab the FTP versions I just stick it in SMS and let 'er rip... Dave -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 12:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

Re: Adobe Reader 9.3

Iif you're not using the "setup.exe" bootstrapper I seriously doubt the INI files (setup.ini and abcpy.ini) are necessary. All you need to install via MSI are these things: * the MSI * data1.cab - only if present and IME only if you extract the install files from the EXE; if you download the MSI

RE: Adobe Reader 9.3

Always wondered about that. What about that INI file that always get's created? -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 2:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Adobe Reader 9.3 FYI if you have transforms from a previo

Re: Adobe Reader 9.3

FYI if you have transforms from a previous version of Adobe Reader 9 you can just re-use the transform. Mike Gill wrote: > This will extract the MSI and installer files to the folder "Reader93" in > the current working directory. Then use the Adobe Customization Wizard 9 to > create the transform

Re: Adobe Reader 9.3

a) Not all of the MSI is natively compressed, just the parts that contain the files to be installed. It would not surprise me to find that the .exe uses a different and VERY aggressive compression algorithm. b) It is my experience that it will upgrade properly. Phillip Partipilo wrote: > This mig

RE: Adobe Reader 9.3

And once you download the installer, remember to: AdbeRdr930_en_US.exe -nos_o"Reader93" -nos_ne This will extract the MSI and installer files to the folder "Reader93" in the current working directory. Then use the Adobe Customization Wizard 9 to create the transform and remove unwanted componen

Re: Adobe Reader 9.3

An update of Adobe Reader to 8.2 is also available. Andy Ognenoff wrote: > FYI, the Adobe Reader update to 9.3 is available on their public FTP site. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Adobe Reader 9.3

This might be a dumb question, but, how is the .msi 16mb larger then the .exe? Does the exe module have to download components to complete the install? Downloading the both of them now. I'm curious how many back versions the .msi might be able to uninstall previous versions, if pushed out via GP

SchCache Folder

Not sure what or how this could affect anything, but I just noticed the file in this folder on my Mail server (Windows 2003 + Exchange 2003) is named "olddomaincontroller.domain.local_389.sch". Every other computer/server I can find has the file named "domain.local.sch". Now, every computer/se

RE: Adobe Reader 9.3

And that link is ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/ I saved the link from a poster on this group. Actually Andy, I think it was you :) -Sam -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 12:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issu

Adobe Reader 9.3

FYI, the Adobe Reader update to 9.3 is available on their public FTP site. - Andy O. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Re: Is E-mail the right solution for this request?

This is much better handled with a web app with a sql backend, and perhaps email notifications. On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 06:24, David Lum wrote: > Saw this Help Desk ticket flow to my team today: > > > > “Need a mailbox set up for expense reports: This mailbox will be for expense > reports to go i

RE: Is E-mail the right solution for this request?

Thanks, we have SharePoint here (going to MOSS 2K7 shortly, project already budgeted and in early development stages) and I was wondering if it might be a better solution. I'll ask more questions... From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6:29 AM

RE: OT setting up vlans on ESX3.5

I think we're on the same page. But yea send a screen shot. thanks From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 7:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT setting up vlans on ESX3.5 Not really following your question on the Trunked ports for vmotion

RE: fixmbr on 2k3

It's *almost* NEVER worth the effort to try to fix a system that's been root-kit'd , better off backup up your data, nuking the drives, and then starting with a fresh install ( or restore from a KNOWN GOOD image or backup ) You may never really now how many layers of malware are hidden there.

RE: OT setting up vlans on ESX3.5

Not really following your question on the Trunked ports for vmotion. But here's they way we are set up. Our ISCSI and Vmotion run on their own dedicated VLANs. The switch ports for the client access nics are trunked so they can be any VLAN, that way I can put any guest on any of my subnets. I ca

RE: Is E-mail the right solution for this request?

Or sharepoint depending upon the document type. From: Kennedy, Jim Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is E-mail the right solution for this request? I think this is one of those situations where you need to ask more questions. Where are all of these

RE: Is E-mail the right solution for this request?

SharePoint/WSS. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Is E-mail the right solution for this request? Saw this Help Desk ticket flow to my team today: "Need a mailbox set up for expense reports: This mailbox will be

RE: Is E-mail the right solution for this request?

I think this is one of those situations where you need to ask more questions. Where are all of these items coming from, I would be especially interested in where the 'invoices' are coming from. How many projects are there? Public folder for each project under a tree maybe. From: David Lum [m

RE: OT setting up vlans on ESX3.5

Of course I meant 8 nics total per host. J Can I assume the thought on the vmotion is correct? From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:d...@parkviewmc.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 7:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT setting up vlans on ESX3.5 These are dell blades. I don't hav

Is E-mail the right solution for this request?

Saw this Help Desk ticket flow to my team today: "Need a mailbox set up for expense reports: This mailbox will be for expense reports to go into for projects. The expense reports and invoices will be sent to this mailbox via e-mail. " Expense reports and invoices being stored in Exchange doesn

RE: OT setting up vlans on ESX3.5

These are dell blades. I don't have the ability to do any more nics than 8 unless I am missing something. From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT setting up vlans on ESX3.5 Do each of those nics have 4 p

RE: OT setting up vlans on ESX3.5

No each server has 6 nics (console,vmotion,2 iscsi, 2 vms). From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT setting up vlans on ESX3.5 Do each of those nics have 4 ports? How are you running console, client, vm

RE: OT setting up vlans on ESX3.5

Do each of those nics have 4 ports? How are you running console, client, vmotion, over all that? Unless your storage is fiber, but even then that's not really enough. From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:d...@parkviewmc.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 7:47 AM To:

RE: OT setting up vlans on ESX3.5

Thanks guys that was way too easy. I feel stupid not finding this. Question for vmotion. I have 8 esx hosts with 2 nics each so I will have to create 16 trunked ports from my Cisco. For this test I created a switch port group Group83 with the 83 subnet on a single nic. I will need to duplica

RE: FTC to examine cloud computing

Ask those tht need to maintain PCI compliance, how the "cloud" is working for them. I believe there is a rule in there that talks about data of certain types must be held on physically separate systems with tight controls. In the cloud, there is no garuntee of physical separation of data, and

RE: fixmbr on 2k3

Just as a word of advice, Anytime a system has been compromised by a Rootkit, you can't trust the computer anymore nor its services/executables anymore. Therefore the only true way to know that this systems is clean and stable is wipe and reinstall. Unfortuntely, for this customer, without a ba

RE: fixmbr on 2k3

Maybe I should have gone and read up on this little nasty before I responded a minute ago. It looks like fixmbr is almost a 'best practice' for dealing with mebroot. Image the machine, run fixmbr, and see what happens. It'll probably be fine. Of course, even if you do get it clean and runnin

RE: fixmbr on 2k3

Well, (fingers crossed and furiously knocking wood) it's been better than your client's new year so far. But seriously, you wrote that "System is bootable, but at times unstable." Doesn't that right there obviate the need for fixmbr? I think your issues are probably farther down the line. I