Re: Stupid user tricks!

On 25 Feb 2010 at 22:02, Charlie Kaiser wrote: > As in smoke coming out of it? No. Just took the entire company's voice mail > (and ALL inbound phone lines) down for the 24 hours it took to rebuild... :-) Requiring a rebuild is IMHO "damage". > *** > Charlie Kaiser > charl.

RE: Stupid user tricks!

As in smoke coming out of it? No. Just took the entire company's voice mail (and ALL inbound phone lines) down for the 24 hours it took to rebuild... :-) *** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *** > -Original Message- > From: Ang

Re: Log Management software

On 25 Feb 2010 at 15:48, Christopher Bodnar wrote: > > Huh? > > http://www.diskmonitor.com/session/add_product.aspx?catalog=lm Thanks, for some reason I didn't see that this morning. Caffeine deficit? -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +-

Re: Firefox and Yahoo mail

Must-have: -- NoScript AdBlock Plus Almost-must-have: - CustomizeGoogle (anonymize your Google UID) LastPass BetterPrivacy (nukes Flash cookies) FEBE (back up your Firefox extension set) GMail Manager (if you have >1 GMail acct) LinkAlert (alerts you to the type of the link

Re: Firefox and Yahoo mail

On 24 Feb 2010 at 12:51, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > Now that Chrome has decent extensions, it's a more viable alternative to > Firefox. When NoScript comes out for Chrome, I'll probably start using a Chrome variant like ChromePlus or Iron Browser more regularly. AFAICT Google's Chrome feeds eve

Re: OT: Vista home premium question

On 25 Feb 2010 at 10:49, Christopher Bodnar wrote: > > This is on my home network. > > My daughters machine is running Vista Home Premium (32-bit). My machine > is running Vista Ultimate 64-bit. I've setup CyberPatrol on both > machines and it's working fine. Problem is when I try to access

Re: PGP whole disk encryption - slowly squeezing the trigger

On 23 Feb 2010 at 13:43, David Lum wrote: > ... Before you attempt to use PGP WDE, use a third-party scan disk utility > that has the ability to perform a low-level integrity check and repair any > inconsistencies with the drive that could lead to CRC errors. Microsoft > Windows' check disk (

Re: ntsysadmin digest: February 24, 2010

I'd like to see Lyris learn to bounce messages with a subject of "Re: ntsysadmin digest: [date string]". Anybody who replies to a message from the digest without trimming it needs to have their fingers whacked with a clue-by- four. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038

Re: Stupid user tricks!

On 23 Feb 2010 at 10:30, John Aldrich wrote: > I just had to talk to a user who´d tried to send himself two messages > with 13 megs of attachments on each email. And he was wondering why his POP > email was timing out! GAH! Stupid Users? Email is NOT designed for > transferring files? I ru

Re: Stupid user tricks!

On 24 Feb 2010 at 13:23, Charlie Kaiser wrote: > on this. He said "I really need this. I understand; turn it back on NOW." > OK; you're the boss. I got it back up and running and just as he was > connecting back to his vm, the UPS battery died. Did it damage the system? -- Angus Scott-Fleming G

RE: OpenDNS

I use it in most of my sites, just the free version. Pretty much turn it on, disable the adult, shopping, streaming, and social sites and its all set. There is one that says 'unknown' or something its in the top left and if you turn that on, any site that is *not* categorized gets blocked. I di

RE: gateway metric question

Oddly enough you have to do the same thing with an NLB in 2008 even though it complains and yells about it, it works and wont route the cluster without a gateway on the physical IP that is bound to the virtual NLB. If you need to do some routing, I would trust a route statement before I let th

RE: Semi-OT -- Windows isn't the only O/S with problems

You don't have to convince me, the past few months every time I goto a datacenter I keep seeing people deal with this root/ssh hack/backdoor and see people crying after trying to recover data that was wiped with porn and music from the night before. Just speaking to a vlan/switch guy two days a

RE: Virus/Spam Filtering & SmartHosting Service providers

I have a few customers on postini that have always had it. I experienced just the other day a pretty big problem, I had a client moving from dual t1's to a 10mb fiber, we planned to migrate them this weekend and their pri's went down so we just accelerated and moved them on the fly. They changed th

RE: VIPRE versus Trend (now SCCM and Quest etc)

SCCM is a mammoth beast of a thing that doesn't "just work". It is a really powerful product and can make a number of things very very easy. But it isn't a product that you can just install and have it mastered soon after. You have to like hunting through log files :) Just because the gui (th

Re: LDAP Query across Multiple OU's

I wish I could tell Google that, they probably wouldn't listen :( On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Michael B. Smith wrote: > Use a better tool. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -Original Message- > From: Robert Smith

RE: LDAP Query across Multiple OU's

Use a better tool. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Robert Smith [mailto:exch...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: LDAP Query across Multiple OU's T

RE: VIPRE versus Trend (now SCCM and Quest etc)

Okay turning away from Vipre, but I hear you on the SCCM thing. The price is right, but it's not good enough, as I and my colleage have spend many, many manhours just trying to manage SCCM. I've been testing the KACE KBox (now owned by Dell) and have been *very* impressed. The agent install i

Re: LDAP Query across Multiple OU's

Yes, I believe it does support sub-tree searches. I actually haven't had a chance to try the sync tool out yet. I will post back tomorrow with the results. Thanks again everyone! On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Barsodi.John wrote: > What is your search base? Hopefully your domain.  LDAP://DC=

Re: OpenDNS

There are debates about privacy out there, but I also have found the free version to be very useful. I don't have any definite proof, but at least I get the feeling that having them filter out many known malicious sites is a nice addition to the overall defense in depth strategy we've taken with r

Re: VIPRE versus Trend

Yup, gotta agree with ya on that one Kurt. On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: > Alex, and other Sunbelt staff, > > I just have to say this: With no other commercial product that I'm > familiar with do we see the CEO and the PM of the product (let alone > actual support stat) on a

RE: OpenDNS

I use the free version and have found zero downsides. Environments of 3, 7, 17, and 55 systems. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] Sent: Thursda

RE: LDAP Query across Multiple OU's

What is your search base? Hopefully your domain. LDAP://DC=domain,DC=local Does your tool support subtree searches? If yes to both, this should work without problem. I do it with several products today. Thanks, JB -Original Message- From: Robert Smith [mailto:exch...@gmail.com] Sent

Re: LDAP Query across Multiple OU's

Thanks all for the help. Unfortunately the tool we are using requires LDAP queries only, otherwise DSQUERY would have worked fine. On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Brian Desmond wrote: > That query will get you more than users - also groups. > > If all youw ant is users, you can simplify it to

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

Yep, that is true. -G -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 4:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VIPRE versus Trend Alex, and other Sunbelt staff, I just have to say this: With no other commercial product that I'm fa

Re: VIPRE versus Trend

Alex, and other Sunbelt staff, I just have to say this: With no other commercial product that I'm familiar with do we see the CEO and the PM of the product (let alone actual support stat) on a public list working through issues like this. This is part of why I am a fan of VIPRE. Kurt On Thu, Fe

RE: LDAP Query across Multiple OU's

That query will get you more than users - also groups. If all youw ant is users, you can simplify it to "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user))". If you want groups too, "(|(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user))(&(objectCategory=group)(objectClass=group)))" Look at adfind as Michae

Re: LDAP Query across Multiple OU's

We are trying to get all of our users in all OUs, and it needs to be done in LDAP. that query will return all the users from one specific OU, but not all users in all OUs in a domain. Thanks, Bob On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Brian Desmond wrote: > That is a weird looking query. What are you

RE: LDAP Query across Multiple OU's

That is a weird looking query. What are you trying to get out of it? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 > -Original Message- > From: Robert Smith [mailto:exch...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:44 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: LD

RE: LDAP Query across Multiple OU's

Put it in a batch file and use dsquery or adfind instead of ADUC. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Robert Smith [mailto:exch...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 6:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

LDAP Query across Multiple OU's

Hello, Is there any way to do an LDAP query for users across multiple OU's via Saved Queries in ADUC? We are able to perform the custom search below with the following LDAP queries, but this is only for one OU at a time, we would like to be able to select a few at a time out of almost a hundred OU

RE: Powershell book

Yes, you should get a PowerShell 2.0 book. There are several ease of use enhancements. For the basics, get Jones/Hicks "PowerShell: TFM, Second Edition". For hard-core, you gotta go with Payette (who is on the PowerShell team at Microsoft), "PowerShell in Action, Second Edition". But if you've

Powershell book

I would like to start learning Powershell. Our servers are, or are going to 2008 and R2, so should I go straight for Powershell 2.0, or would it matter much? Any books to recommend? I've never done any scripting, so I would need something to start at the bottom floor. Thanks, Joe ~ Finall

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

Rather than replying in-line to each question, I'll answer each point raised in sequence. 1. To my knowledge this has been addressed in version 4.0. As well, we have planned Hotfix 1 and Hotfix 2 with to-be-defined tasks to address critical issues that arise when we start the roll-out of 4.0.

Re: BMC Service Desk Express and FF

Jeff, With the Coral IE plugin, I get the aforementioned notice, but then I'm able to log in. I just wasn't trying once I got the popup, lol. I'm actually able to do most things within BMC. Odd things: 1) When you click to open a ticket, to get to the details, it opens in a new tab, vs. a

Re: Cisco 4510 & Intel NIC's

Here's a some things to try. Double check that both sides of the link have speed and duplex set to autonegotiate. Per the IEEE 802.3ab autonegotitation is mandatory for gigabit. Hard-coding both sides *may* work but is not to standard and is not recommended. Hard-coding just one side will not w

RE: Vista home premium question

Well, I only implied , so didn't hurt that you stated it explicitly ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' _ From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:09 P

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

I for one am looking forward to this. We have McAfee and are testing Vipre. We also had issues with Conflicker and Iloma, and were less than impressed with the McAfee responses. Of course, that might be par for the course when these things hit. We've also spent months trying to get SCCM depl

Re: BMC Service Desk Express and FF

Joe, I've tried to do it with no success. With IE tab (which I suppose is a different IE plugin than the Coral one you mentioned), it causes Firefox to crash for me. I haven't done any in-depth troubleshooting on the problem though. Jeff On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Joseph Heaton wrote:

Re: Vista home premium question

Turn off simple file sharing...(not sure if this was already mentioned). On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Erik Goldoff wrote: > I think so, I think it forces read only sharing via the GUEST account. > > Erik Goldoff > > *IT Consultant* > > *Systems, Networks, & Security * > > ' Security is a

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

Going through this list, there are a number of things I can think of that would be causing these issues. Most, if not all, are configuration issues. Cookies, for example, should be set to Report Only. The Dell biometric issue is over a year old. The Confiker issue you're dealing with is due

LDAP Query across Multiple OU's

Hello, Is there any way to do an LDAP query for users across multiple OU's via Saved Queries in ADUC? We are able to perform the custom search below with the following LDAP queries, but this is only for one OU at a time, we would like to be able to select a few at a time out of almost a hundred OU

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

Fail. :) ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: CHKDSK not fixing errors, controller bad?

Yup. -sc From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 4:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: CHKDSK not fixing errors, controller bad? A clients primary hard drive (WinXP) is reporting minor file system errors via chkdsk. This started after

BMC Service Desk Express and FF

Anyone using this combination? Would like to stop using IE all together, but even with Coral IE Tab, I can't get this to work. I keep getting a message saying the program won't work properly because I have popup blocking running. I've deselected the pop up blocking setting already. Is there

RE: Vista home premium question

I think so, I think it forces read only sharing via the GUEST account. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' _ From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Thursday, Februar

CHKDSK not fixing errors, controller bad?

A clients primary hard drive (WinXP) is reporting minor file system errors via chkdsk. This started after the machine didn't power up correctly out of the blue one morning. I ran chkdsk a half dozen times, then removed the drive and checked it from my laptop via USB to save time on reboots. On my l

RE: Vista home premium question

Okay, here's something to try... Enable the guest account (on the Win 7 Home machine) and set guest's password to something you know (net user guest ) and then see if you can authenticate as guest. That was the only way I could get my XP Pro machine to connect my wife's XP Home machine. Jeff F

RE: Vista home premium question

Map the drive and connect with a different user. And check the security logs on the target machine. Should be a clue or two there. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 3:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vista home premium q

RE: Vista home premium question

Both machines are in the same workgroup, and we have user accounts setup on both machines. One account for her on each machine and one for myself. Same name and password for each. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance

Re: Log Management software

Huh? http://www.diskmonitor.com/session/add_product.aspx?catalog=lm Chris Bodnar, MCSE Systems Engineer 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: "Angus Sco

RE: Vista home premium question

Do you use a password to access your PC? Does she have a PW to access her PC? Are the workgroups the same name, or different names? Jay Dale I.T. Manager, 3GiG Mobile: 713.299.2541 Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attac

RE: Windows Task Manager not seeing full 8GB RAM

Yes. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa468629.aspx -- Mike Gill From: Anders Blomgren [mailto:chanks...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows Task Manager not seeing full 8GB RAM This is hardly authorative, but

RE: Vista home premium question

Yup, no joy. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Systems Engineer 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: "Kennedy, Jim" To: "NT System Admin Issues" Date: 02/25/201

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

Makes me think the other people on this list either got it work somehow (which I would love to know) or they mistakenly believe this is how it is working. From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 3:17 PM To: NT System Admin I

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

Well. That sucks. That should be been integrated ages ago. Thanks for the clarification. >>> "David Mazzaccaro" 2/25/2010 3:14 PM >>> Here we go... Jason M: I believe the standard configuration, it is programmed within the update server to get all updates from us at Sunbelt Software. Not

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

Here we go... Jason M: I believe the standard configuration, it is programmed within the update server to get all updates from us at Sunbelt Software. Not the Main Policy server. you: Correct. I would rather have the remote update server get its updates from my main Vipre server instead of the Int

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

on live chat right now w/ SB I'll post the conversation in a few mins... From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VIPRE versus Trend I don't see that text in the link you

OpenDNS

What are some of the benefits, security issues, complaints about using OpenDNS? _ Cameron Cooper System Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.

RE: Promoting the Domain functional level

Thank you. That answers my question. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: Cisco 4510 & Intel NIC's

Thanks for the reply, Phil. However, I had pretty much done all that. I did note, however, then when I tried to change to 10/half or 100/full, etc., the nic kept reporting 1 gig. It would be up for 5 seconds and then drop the connection. Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:45:04 -0500 Subject: Re: Ci

Re: VIPRE versus Trend

Second that. We have update servers in our overseas offices, and they pull updates from the US office, and we control client deployment, scheduling and all that from here in the US. Kurt On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:17, Tom Miller wrote: > I don't see that text in the link you provided, but that 

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

I don't see that text in the link you provided, but that (the first link) is a pretty old discussion and there have been upgrades since then. I think what Sunbelt means is the "main" server gets its updates from Sunbelt servers but all other servers should be pointed to that main server for updat

Re: VIPRE versus Trend

http://support.sunbeltsoftware.com/Default.aspx?answerid=1859 Die dulci fruere! Roger Wright ___ On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Roger Wright wrote: > The agents on my update servers point them to 127.0.0.1 for updates > and to the main policy server for policy updates. > > > Die dulci fr

RE: Vista home premium question

Tried the hostname in the credentials? HerComputerName\AdminAccount for the username maybe. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 12:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Cc: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vista home premium question I

Re: VIPRE versus Trend

The agents on my update servers point them to 127.0.0.1 for updates and to the main policy server for policy updates. Die dulci fruere! Roger Wright ___ On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Tom Miller wrote: > Roger, for your branch offices update servers, what server name/IP do you > have for

Re: Log Management software

On 18 Feb 2010 at 14:22, Joseph Heaton wrote: > I noticed they have a desktop version. Anyone out there monitoring logs > from their desktops? > > >>> "Christopher Bodnar" 2/18/2010 2:14 PM > >>> > Anyone use this before? > > http://www.diskmonitor.com/Log-Manager/ > > I just set it up on

Re: VIPRE versus Trend

Same here for three sites Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Roger Wright Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:22:20 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VIPRE versus Trend I don't think so. The policy updates should come from the main server, but the branch upda

Re: VIPRE versus Trend

I don't think so. The policy updates should come from the main server, but the branch update servers can get their updates directly from Sunbelt. Branch clients point to their local update server for updates but to the main policy server for policy updates. That's how I've configured things in t

Re: VIPRE versus Trend

Roger, for your branch offices update servers, what server name/IP do you have for the update? >>> Roger Wright 2/25/2010 2:22 PM >>> I don't think so. The policy updates should come from the main server, but the branch update servers can get their updates directly from Sunbelt. Branch cli

RE: Vista home premium question

I think so, but even if she does, would this stop me from connecting with the local admin credentials? Admittedly I know almost nothing about Simple File Sharing. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of Americ

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

Prior to the upgrade it worked well for us. We upgraded from say 6, 7,8 to 10 - the issue may lie on the server itself - The issues are Trend v10 appears to use a lot more resources - our development teams have noticed an increase in the time that builds compile using various tools like checksyle

RE: Rediculous Support Clause

Well...since you almost asked J... We tried to renew on time, but the quote we got was much higher than expected. The year before, we purchased 2 additional licenses and did some sort of pro-rating on the others so our list of products was a jumbled mix of renewals, pro-rated maintenance, and n

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

Fergal, thanks for the response. Prior to the upgrade, what was your satisfaction level? Since the upgrade, what sort of problems? Thanks, Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.commailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com> www.eaglemds.co

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

Eric, You need to install an update agent at each remote site - Fergal From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 February 2010 22:49 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VIPRE versus Trend negative experience with Trend at a couple small businesses I help support. They all h

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

We have installed Trend (OfficeScan) a few years ago now but have recently upgraded from v8 to v10 - and have nothing but problems. This is going on about 4 months to and from Trend without any results - I'd say we are going to look to moving away from Trend. From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto

Re: Rediculous Support Clause

If you do not renew your support/maintenance contract this is the exact kind of response I would expect from a vendor. It is typically very well worth the money to keep those kinds of contracts renewed. Even if you don't need the support, the maintenance part of it will more than cover the cost o

Re: Cisco 4510 & Intel NIC's

Take a look at this. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps700/products_tech_note09186a00800a7af0.shtml On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:37 AM, paul d wrote: > We recently swapped out our 4006 for a 4510. I am having some problems > with a couple of newer pc's with INtel Gigabit NIC's

RE: gateway metric question

Yes they are on on the same segment and there's no need to route. That being said all my VLANS including the ISCSI VLANs are routable between each other. I have a few pc's on dissimilar VLANS that weren't able to resolve the file server, when I added the gateway address to the ISCSI NIC they coul

RE: Rediculous Support Clause

I didn't renew. 3.5 is working well enough for us and Hyper-V, while certainly less feature rich, may very well be good enough now. I plan to start playing with it soon. From: Kelsey, John [mailto:jckel...@drmc.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 10:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

Really??? Both Curt and Brian from Sunbelt Software on the forum say otherwise. ~/SNIP/~~ http://supportforums.sunbeltsoftware.com/messageview.aspx?catid=27&threa did=

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

Remote update servers are supposed to get their updates from the main console servers. That's the way I have my Vipre configured and it works fine. I wonder who at Sunbelt told you remote PCs/servers should get updates via the Internet. That's counter-intuitive for hub-and-spoke networks. Th

RE: Vista home premium question

she have simple sharing turned on for her system ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' _ From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:50 AM

Re: OT: Vista home premium question

I only see this kind of thing when I forget to re-enable all the stuff I turn off before taking my laptop out into the world. (Client for Microsoft Networks, File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks, etc.) On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Christopher Bodnar < christopher_bod...@glic.com>

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

We have a VPN, I will check w/ the PIX in regards to policy and scanning. re: "If you instruct your remote update server to update from Sunbelt, that seems odd" Currently, this is the only way a remote update server CAN update itself. The main console could certainly handle pushing updates to th

RE: Windows Task Manager not seeing full 8GB RAM

I would second that, Z -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows Task Manager not seeing full 8GB RAM Memory mirroring is very likely the culprit then. - Original Messag

Re: gateway metric question

Are all the iSCSI nodes on the same broadcast segment? If there's no need to route to a different segment, then you don't need a gateway on that NIC. Where did you read that about iSCSI client connectivity suffering without a gateway? None of our iSCSI clients or targets have gateways configured

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

For your remote offices: do they connect via direct point to point/frame relay or via a VPN? I just want to be certain. If using a VPN, does this route via your firewall? I have many smaller sites set up this way, but be careful if you have any scanning/blocking policies, as that may impact vip

Cisco 4510 & Intel NIC's

We recently swapped out our 4006 for a 4510. I am having some problems with a couple of newer pc's with INtel Gigabit NIC's. The connection comes up for about 3 seconds and then I get a cable unplugged. Cisco logs doesn't show anything. I've upgraded the NIC to the newest driver along with the

gateway metric question

2008 server with a LAN pointing NIC and an ISCSI pointing NIC on separate VLANS. Windows give you an warning if you have a gateway address set for both. But from what I understand it's a bad thing as far as client connectivity if you don't have the gateway entered on the ISCSI NIC. So should I b

OT: Vista home premium question

This is on my home network. My daughters machine is running Vista Home Premium (32-bit). My machine is running Vista Ultimate 64-bit. I've setup CyberPatrol on both machines and it's working fine. Problem is when I try to access her machine remotely through a UNC path. I get the logon prompt,

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

Don't get me wrong. Vipre is still the best around, I believe, but it is not workable in my case. There are just too many things that appear to be working just fine until you delve into things and find them not reporting back. The automatic disabling of real time protection every time there is

RE: Promoting the Domain functional level

You will not be allowed to increase the domain functional level as long as you have Windows 2000 DCs in your domain. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Juned Shaikh [mailto:jsha...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, F

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

Well, here's my situation: Let's start w/ my main location (location A). Location A is our corporate headquarters. It is our only location that has an internet connection. We have 9 other smaller remote offices (location B, C, D, etc). Each remote site has a T1 line connecting them to our provide

Q: Promoting the Domain functional level

Need input from your real-life experience here: Environment: - Windows 2000 mixed mode environment (Both forest and Domain) - Domain Controllers are Wndows 2000 SP4, Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 R2 with no issues. Requirement: To start rolling out the RODCs for new smaller sites. As the prer

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

I've got about 75 "clients" including the Vipre Server that we switched over from AVG Professional. AVG never even gave me the OPTION of blocking Ad-Ware. They stated they didn't want to "bother" us with popups about adware. Well, gee whiz.what do you think the pop-up ads are doing to us??? Sheesh.

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

So far my experience with Vipre is quite good, but the Symantec uninstaller doesn't seem to work on XP x64 clients. Those get a treatment of Cleanwipe in safe mode. This is a pretty small environment so not too big of a deal. The memory footprint is much smaller than our previous Symantec (v10.1)

Re: Windows Task Manager not seeing full 8GB RAM

Standard 32-bit is limited to 4G: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778%28VS.85%29.aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_server_2008 You can go above 4G with 32-bit, but it has to be enterprise or datacenter with the /PAE switch. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Systems Engineer Distributed Systems

Re: Windows PING

Thanks for the update, I hadn't located anything that said one way or the other. There's an offsite server we monitor that is receiving duplicates. The linux box was reporting it, but I wasn't seeing it on my Windows workstation. Upon further investigation this morning, it appears the duplicates

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

I'm right in the middle of evaluating McAfee replacements here, so keep this type info coming, please! Also, if anyone has info (good/bad) about any vendor's solution, please post up. Feel free to contact me offline, if you feel that's necessary. Thx! Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Infor

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