Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread John Aldrich
I know there was talk here awhile back about a bootable Vipre Rescue. Has that ever come to fruition? I've got a laptop our CEO brought into me to clean and it's not wanting to respond to a CTL+ALT+DEL at the desktop, and the hard drive is thrashing! L He seems to think it's badly infested, and

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Wright, Nathan L.
I am out of the office from July 31 until August 7. I will get back to you when I return. Thanks, Nathan The information in this email may be confidential or privileged. This email is intended to be reviewed by only the individual or organization named

Re: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread RichardMcClary
Not what you are wanting to read, but currently the way to remedy this (especially on a laptop) is: 1. Physically remove the suspected drive 2. Attach it externally to a recently scanned system 3. Use your rescue tools (VIPRERESCUE, MalwareBytes, etc) on the external Good luck! -- Richard D.

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Wright, Nathan L.
I am out of the office from July 31 until August 7. I will get back to you when I return. Thanks, Nathan The information in this email may be confidential or privileged. This email is intended to be reviewed by only the individual or organization named

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC USA
I use the Ultimate Boot Disk with I believe (it's been a bit since I had to use it) with an add-in for VIPRE Rescue. Might want to look into that. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 9:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Bootable Vipre

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Wright, Nathan L.
I am out of the office from July 31 until August 7. I will get back to you when I return. Thanks, Nathan The information in this email may be confidential or privileged. This email is intended to be reviewed by only the individual or organization named

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread John Aldrich
Thanks. I managed to get into safe mode (Vista Home Premium) and remove some junk. Now I have to go through and do the rest. I'd love to nuke it and repave, but I don't have the O/S install disks (Acer) so I can't do that. L John-AldrichTile-Tools From: richardmccl...@aspca.org

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Wright, Nathan L.
I am out of the office from July 31 until August 7. I will get back to you when I return. Thanks, Nathan The information in this email may be confidential or privileged. This email is intended to be reviewed by only the individual or organization named

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Martin Blackstone
Try Combofix. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 6:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue Thanks. I managed to get into safe mode (Vista Home Premium) and remove some junk. Now I have to go through and do the

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Wright, Nathan L.
I am out of the office from July 31 until August 7. I will get back to you when I return. Thanks, Nathan The information in this email may be confidential or privileged. This email is intended to be reviewed by only the individual or organization named

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Maglinger, Paul
I think Nathan's out of the office for awhile. What do you think? -Original Message- From: Wright, Nathan L. [mailto:nwri...@frontieroil-eld.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 8:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue I am out of the office from July 31 until

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Wright, Nathan L.
I am out of the office from July 31 until August 7. I will get back to you when I return. Thanks, Nathan The information in this email may be confidential or privileged. This email is intended to be reviewed by only the individual or organization named

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread RichardMcClary
NO, he just wants us to know that he will be gone about 10 weeks from now. -- richard Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote on 05/17/2010 08:22:58 AM: I think Nathan's out of the office for awhile. What do you think? -Original Message- From: Wright, Nathan L.

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Wright, Nathan L.
I am out of the office from July 31 until August 7. I will get back to you when I return. Thanks, Nathan The information in this email may be confidential or privileged. This email is intended to be reviewed by only the individual or organization named

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread tony patton
Yep, and it's only may, he's planning well in advance :) Regards Tony Patton Desktop Operations Cavan Ext 8078 Direct Dial 049 435 2878 email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com From: Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date:

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Erik Goldoff
Have you tried a hard power reset, *then* F8 into Safe Mode ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 9:02 AM To: NT System

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Wright, Nathan L.
I am out of the office from July 31 until August 7. I will get back to you when I return. Thanks, Nathan The information in this email may be confidential or privileged. This email is intended to be reviewed by only the individual or organization named

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Wright, Nathan L.
I am out of the office from July 31 until August 7. I will get back to you when I return. Thanks, Nathan The information in this email may be confidential or privileged. This email is intended to be reviewed by only the individual or organization named

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Stu Sjouwerman
Results: The following members were successfully deleted: nwri...@frontieroil-eld.com Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Co-Founder, Publisher, Sunbelt Media P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +1-727-562-5199 s...@sunbelt-software.com .. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog!

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Stu Sjouwerman
I think I will delete him. LOL Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Co-Founder, Publisher, Sunbelt Media P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +1-727-562-5199 s...@sunbelt-software.com   -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 9:23 AM To:

Re: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Andrew Levicki
I am out of the office from July 31 until August 7. I will get back to you when I return. Thanks, *JUST KIDDING, DON'T DELETE ME PLEASE! - andrew * On 17 May 2010 22:39, Stu Sjouwerman s...@sunbelt-software.com wrote: Results: The following members were successfully deleted:

Calling service

2010-05-17 Thread David McSpadden
Any ideas for companies that will call a group of people for you. We are looking (just thinking about) for a service that will call and answer back calls in case of a disaster. So the Plan administrator make 1 call and the service notifies and records who has received the calls etc... Any

RE: Calling service

2010-05-17 Thread Erik Goldoff
I sit on the board of the SCPA ( Southeastern Continuity Planners Association http://www.scpa-us.org ) and last August one of the presenters was Rally Point. They had an interesting twist on disaster scenario communications , worth checking out : http://www.myrallypoint.net/ I can probably find

Re: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 17 May 2010 at 9:39, Stu Sjouwerman wrote: Results: The following members were successfully deleted: nwri...@frontieroil-eld.com Thanks. I was thinking we might have to submit his email to http://pleaserobme.com/ -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 Security

RE: Calling service

2010-05-17 Thread David W. McSpadden
Let you know. Thanks. _ From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 9:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Calling service I sit on the board of the SCPA ( Southeastern Continuity Planners Association http://www.scpa-us.org ) and last

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread John Aldrich
Yeah. I got in in safe mode, finally. The system was on standby when it was handed to me, so apparently had a whole bunch of crap running. J I rebooted into safe mode and uninstalled some of it. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 17,

Possible false-positive for Vipre

2010-05-17 Thread John Aldrich
An app that is supposed to keep your flash drives clean is called flash disinfector and Vipre Enterprise is alerting on it as containing a Trojan. Anyone got any clue whether this is a valid alert? John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre

2010-05-17 Thread David Mazzaccaro
For a much faster response... post it here: http://supportforums.sunbeltsoftware.com/categories.aspx?catid=27enterc at=y From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Possible

64-bit anti virus

2010-05-17 Thread Holstrom, Don
Which anti-virus programs (64-bit) do you-all use on Windows' latest servers? We are a non-profit. I use Sunbelt on my Exchange server, but would like a freebie or cheapie for my new file server. I have anti-virus software if I bring the new file server back to 32-bit, but not 64-bit. Any

RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre

2010-05-17 Thread John Aldrich
Already posted in the Enterprise False Positives forum here: http://supportforums.sunbeltsoftware.com/messageview.aspx?catid=219threadid =4727enterthread=y John-AldrichTile-Tools From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:24 AM To: NT

RichCopy version 4.0.217 Error Code 32

2010-05-17 Thread Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE)
Does anyone know why I'm getting these error code 32 messages when using Microsofts Richcopy tool to move over some data from one server to another? Joe Haralson Network Infrastructure Team ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre

2010-05-17 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Didn't realize there was a separate board for FP... good to know! From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre Already posted in the

Re: 64-bit anti virus

2010-05-17 Thread James Kerr
Have you looked into AVG file server edition? Last time I checked (a few years ago) they would donate licenses for their software to non profits. James - Original Message - From: Holstrom, Don To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:39 AM Subject: 64-bit

Re: 64-bit anti virus

2010-05-17 Thread RichardMcClary
Call Sunbelt. VIPRE 4 isn't free, but it supports 64-bit. Sunbelt does offer discounts to (some) not-for-profit organizations (and they may have competitive upgrade discounts for those switching from something else - even a free product). -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator,

DPM, SCCM AND SCOM on same box???

2010-05-17 Thread Stephen Wimberly
I am pricing out a DPM box which we are likely to purchase. Dell R510 16 GB RAM 2 146GB RAID1 for OS 12 2TB RAID5 for database storage pool The question is: Would you put SCCM and SCOM on the same box??? SCCM and SCOM would use a remote SQL server rather than the same internal storage. We

Re: RichCopy version 4.0.217 Error Code 32

2010-05-17 Thread Jeff Bunting
The files you are copying are in use probably. ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION32 (0x20) On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE) joe.haral...@ge.com wrote: Does anyone know why I'm getting these error code 32 messages when using Microsofts Richcopy tool to move over some

RE: RichCopy version 4.0.217 Error Code 32

2010-05-17 Thread Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE)
I have Zero open files . I have no shared directories. Users do not have access to server yet. However, source drive is encrypted with Truecrypt. Joe Haralson Network Infrastructure Team From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday,

Re: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Don Kuhlman
What about F8 before the windows logo comes up, then Safe mode, then you can use winmsd or sysinternals autoruns to disable all the bad stuff. Hopefully while in safe mode you can run the scan with your tools via a stick or cd, and if not, as long as you remove enough junk from starting at normal

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread John Aldrich
Yeah. I’m running VipreRescue in normal mode now. Then I’ll reboot and run in safe mode, then follow that by updating the Malware Bytes that was previously installed on the *personal* machine of our CEO’s son. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Don Kuhlman [mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com] Sent:

RE: DPM, SCCM AND SCOM on same box???

2010-05-17 Thread Brian Desmond
Why don't you put HyperV on it and break up the roles? I wouldn't mix all those three together. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c   - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Stephen Wimberly [mailto:swimbe...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:13 AM To: NT System

RE: DPM, SCCM AND SCOM on same box???

2010-05-17 Thread Brian Desmond
Also you're going to want to stagger those backups as I wouldn't expect good write perf at all with that RAID set. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c   - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Stephen Wimberly [mailto:swimbe...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:13

RE: DPM, SCCM AND SCOM on same box???

2010-05-17 Thread Malcolm Reitz
That would be a much better idea. No way I'd want to put SCCM on any kind of shared server. -Malcolm -Original Message- From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 11:09 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DPM, SCCM AND SCOM on same box??? Why

OT: The Geek alphabet

2010-05-17 Thread Vicky Spelshaus
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/05/13/the-geek-alphabet/ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Alex Eckelberry
Or try rebooting into Safe Mode with Command Prompt and run VIPRE Rescue off the USB. The newer infections often are impossible to boot in normal Safe Mode, but with Command Prompt it's sometimes doable. Alex From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Monday,

Re: DPM, SCCM AND SCOM on same box???

2010-05-17 Thread Stephen Wimberly
I've read a good bit in recent weeks and maybe I misread something or read something about an older version, but I am under the impression that DPM cannot be installed in a virtual environment, if that is possible then yeah, I'm good to go with this!!! Currently we run SCCM and SCOM on the same

Re: OT: The Geek alphabet

2010-05-17 Thread Jonathan Link
Love. It. On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Vicky Spelshaus vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/05/13/the-geek-alphabet/ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful

RE: DPM, SCCM AND SCOM on same box???

2010-05-17 Thread Brian Desmond
I'm not sure why it wouldn't work to put DPM in a virtual. I've used it there and it works fine... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c   - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Stephen Wimberly [mailto:swimbe...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 12:00 PM To: NT System

Re: OT: The Geek alphabet

2010-05-17 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Love it!! On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Vicky Spelshaus vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/05/13/the-geek-alphabet/ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown -- Sherry

RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre

2010-05-17 Thread Alex Eckelberry
This is fixed. I'll make sure the forum gets updated. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre Already posted in the Enterprise False Positives forum here:

Re: Calling service

2010-05-17 Thread Rick Schmahl
WENS (Wireless Emergency Notification System) by Inspiron Logistics might fit your needs. http://www.inspironlogistics.com/ Quoting David McSpadden dav...@imcu.com: Any ideas for companies that will call a group of people for you. We are looking (just thinking about) for a service that

RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre

2010-05-17 Thread John Aldrich
Thanks. I wasn't sure (since it's showing up in some places on VirusTotal) if it's a real Trojan or a false positive. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 1:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Possible

RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre

2010-05-17 Thread Alex Eckelberry
Yeah, if a program uses a packer that's known to be used by malicious authors, etc.,these get flagged by many antivirus companies. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 1:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre

RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre

2010-05-17 Thread John Aldrich
'Preciate the explanation. J Between what you said and Mar Gaudreau said, I think I have a pretty good understanding of why it was flagged. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

Free (or cheap) Net. scan tool

2010-05-17 Thread Jbechard
Does anyone know of a good free (or cheap) network scanning tool that I can use to export a network scan into Visio? ,Josh ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

RE: The Geek alphabet

2010-05-17 Thread Stu Sjouwerman
FAVE for WServerNews !! Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Co-Founder, Publisher, Sunbelt Media P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +1-727-562-5199 s...@sunbelt-software.com From: Vicky Spelshaus [mailto:vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 12:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

Re: Free (or cheap) Net. scan tool

2010-05-17 Thread Kurt Buff
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:21, jbech...@actsconsulting.net wrote: Does anyone know of a good free (or cheap) network scanning tool that I can use to export a network scan into Visio? ,Josh nmap for windows, especially with its zenmap interface, can save a nift XML file. I'm sure there are

RE: Free (or cheap) Net. scan tool

2010-05-17 Thread John Aldrich
One that's been mentioned here several times... SpiceWorks. :-) At least I seem to recall that it can do that. :-) -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 3:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Free (or cheap) Net. scan tool

RE: Free (or cheap) Net. scan tool

2010-05-17 Thread John Aldrich
Also, www.autoscan-network.com is free, AFAIK. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 3:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Free (or cheap) Net. scan tool On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:21, jbech...@actsconsulting.net wrote:

Blackberry question

2010-05-17 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Outlook 2003/Exchange 2003/BES 4 Is there a way to be notified when someone else puts an appointment directly on your calendar? For example: UserA has permission to add/remove appointments in UserB's calendar. UserA creates an appoinment in UserB's calendar. UserB doesn't know an appointment

Re: 64-bit anti virus

2010-05-17 Thread James Rankin
We got a cracking deal to ditch SEP for Vipre. They were *way *cheaper than the alternatives and we got a discount for being a non-profit. It runs nice and cleanly on all our shiny new x64 2008 R2 servers. On 17 May 2010 15:39, Holstrom, Don dholst...@nbm.org wrote: Which anti-virus programs

RE: VBS script issue SOLVED

2010-05-17 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Sort of. The program needs Run logon scripts synchronous disabled to be used in a logon script. Too Rube Goldberg overall for my tastes. Back to the drawing board on web filters. :) From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:49 PM To: NT System Admin

RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers

2010-05-17 Thread John Aldrich
Why in the world does Microsoft try to push out new drivers for video cards, especially nVidia video cards? They never work, and only make things worse! It's been my experience that every time you let Microsoft try and auto-install an updated driver for a video card (especially nVidia-based cards)

Re: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Peter van Houten
In preparation for my possible meeting with Pan Virut (Virut Pan anyone?) tomorrow, I prepared a bootable USB flash drive with the following recipe. I used Winternals ERD Commander (as I also run the built-in functionality extensively) but I'm sure most other WinPE implementations will work. 1)

RE: Wierd logoff / restart issue

2010-05-17 Thread Mike Gill
Any XP Pro OEM media will work on the laptop. If it's not Dell media you will just need to add the product key from the base of the machine and activate it like any other OEM install. Dell media just bypasses that part. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: John Aldrich

Re: Blackberry question

2010-05-17 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I'm not aware of one. You can always remove the rights from UserA, or insist that UserA otherwise inform UserB of the appointment, or face flogging. Without any other info, this seems very much like a process-oriented problem. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:49

Re: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers

2010-05-17 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Umm Context? First off, you can control whether or not drivers are available for download via Microsoft Update. Better yet, you can control this through WSUS even more easily. Also, the drivers that are available are written by the vendors in question, not Microsoft. They are simply

RE: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers

2010-05-17 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 From: John Aldrich [jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 5:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers Why in the world does Microsoft try to push out new drivers for video cards, especially

Re: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers

2010-05-17 Thread Joseph Heaton
agreed. But those are optional updates John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com 5/17/2010 2:23 PM Why in the world does Microsoft try to push out new drivers for video cards, especially nVidia video cards? They never work, and only make things worse! It's been my experience that every

Re: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers

2010-05-17 Thread Joseph Heaton
I stopped using Microsoft for that kind of update a long time ago. I'd rather get it from the horse's mouth. Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com 5/17/2010 2:35 PM Umm Context? First off, you can control whether or not drivers are available for download via Microsoft Update. Better yet,

Re: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers

2010-05-17 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 5:23 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: Why in the world does Microsoft try to push out new drivers for video cards, especially nVidia video cards? They never work, and only make things worse! I keep hearing this from people, but (knock on wood), I've

Re: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers

2010-05-17 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: Also, the drivers that are available are written by the vendors in question, not Microsoft.  They are simply provided at Microsoft Update for convenience to all concerned. That doesn't alleviate Microsoft of

Re: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers

2010-05-17 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I agree, but my experience is like yours -- I haven't seen this problem in *years* The issue used to be related to poor/inaccurate detection of hardware, particularly 3rd tier providers, and laptop chipsets. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Ben Scott

Re: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers

2010-05-17 Thread Steven Peck
While I wouldn't use the updates for my gaming system where i am very picky, I do use the updates for my work system and haven't experienced a problem in years and years. Steven On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: I agree, but my experience is like yours --

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Alex Eckelberry
Ok, we get it... ;-) -Original Message- From: Peter van Houten [mailto:peter...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 5:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Bootable Vipre Rescue In preparation for my possible meeting with Pan Virut (Virut Pan anyone?) tomorrow, I prepared a

RE: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers

2010-05-17 Thread Carl Houseman
I wouldn't say they never work. But as always, just because you have (or are offered) a thing, doesn't mean you *must* use it. a.k.a., if it aint' broke, don't fix it. Conversely, if it is broke, give the MS driver a try. Carl From: John Aldrich

Re: Free (or cheap) Net. scan tool

2010-05-17 Thread Jon Harris
I think it was last year that there was a free network scanner that linked with Visio Pro, on the TechNet Mag Tools. I will look for it in my notes and see if I can find it. Pretty neat little tool ran fast and worked in Vista and XP if memory is any good. Jon On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 2:21 PM,

Re: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers

2010-05-17 Thread Jonathan Link
Agreed. I'm much more choosy about hardware driver updates. I only apply them upon an image update, or if theres a problem. On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Carl Houseman c.house...@gmail.com wrote: I wouldn't say they never work. But as always, just because you have (or are offered) a

Re: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers

2010-05-17 Thread Jon Harris
+1 and then only from the vendor that I purchased the hardware from in the first place. In the past I found that both Dell and HP like to modify the standard hardware in some manner. The supposed vendor of the hardware, say nVida, then offers drivers that do not work as well as the ones from

Re: Free (or cheap) Net. scan tool

2010-05-17 Thread Jon Harris
Sorry been through my notes and the TechNet mag's I still have and could not find it. Jon On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote: I think it was last year that there was a free network scanner that linked with Visio Pro, on the TechNet Mag Tools. I will look

RE: Free (or cheap) Net. scan tool

2010-05-17 Thread Greg Olson
You thinking of this: http://www.solarwinds.com/register/registrationform.aspx?Program=583c=7015000E50dCMP=LEC-PT-MS-LSE-EMT-Q408 -Greg From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 4:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Free (or cheap) Net. scan tool

Re[2]: Free (or cheap) Net. scan tool

2010-05-17 Thread Rick Schmahl
Josh, I think Jon is referring to the Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer. http://blogs.msdn.com/wmorein/archive/2007/10/03/visio-active-directory-topology-diagrammer.aspx -Rick JH Sorry been through my notes and the TechNet mag's I still have and could not JH find it. JH Jon JH

RE: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers

2010-05-17 Thread Rod Trent
Yeah.if you're having hardware issues, go to the vendor site and do some reading. The drivers from Windows Update are supposed to be both Microsoft and hardware (vendor) certified. It could simply be the way the Windows Update client updates the drivers. If you're using something like MDT 2010

Re: Re[2]: Free (or cheap) Net. scan tool

2010-05-17 Thread Jon Harris
No it was the SolarWinds one. The OP was looking for a network diagrammer and the AD one only did AD not the network. Most of the SolarWinds stuff is really good. Jon On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Rick Schmahl listm...@schmahl.net wrote: Josh, I think Jon is referring to the Microsoft

Re[4]: Free (or cheap) Net. scan tool

2010-05-17 Thread Rick Schmahl
Ah, thanks, I'll have to check that one out. The Tech-Net reference threw me off. I should've read the OP more closely. JH No it was the SolarWinds one. The OP was looking for a network diagrammer JH and the AD one only did AD not the network. Most of the SolarWinds stuff is JH really good.

Re: Re[4]: Free (or cheap) Net. scan tool

2010-05-17 Thread Jon Harris
In the Toolbox section he does write ups about tools that Admin's should have or know about. Some like the AD are Microsoft but he does a lot of them not Microsoft. I think most have not been by Microsoft and not all are free but of the ones I have personally looked at all were exactly as he

Re: Wierd logoff / restart issue

2010-05-17 Thread Daniel Rodriguez
Inspiron? What model? On May 15, 2010 10:36 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: On Sat May 15 2010, you wrote: Nuke it from orbit... it's the only way to be sure. I understand that, but I don't have the reinstall media. :-( -- Thanks, John Aldrich Blueridge Industries IT

BIOS AC power recovery changed by W2k8 install?

2010-05-17 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec
Several of our dell blades (1855's) stopped powering on automatically after going from w2k3 to w2k8. I'm seeing the AC power recovery option set to off. Seems that a Win 2008 install is resetting it. Anyone else ever see this? -- -- Gregory Waleed Kavalec

Re: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers

2010-05-17 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon May 17 2010, you wrote: Umm Context? First off, you can control whether or not drivers are available for download via Microsoft Update. Better yet, you can control this through WSUS even more easily. Also, the drivers that are available are written by the vendors in

Re: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers

2010-05-17 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon May 17 2010, you wrote: But, question: If updating drivers via WU always ends badly, why do you keep trying? :) Because I'm a glutton for punishment??? :-) -- Thanks, John Aldrich Blueridge Industries IT Manager ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~

Re: RANT -- Microsoft Update video drivers

2010-05-17 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon May 17 2010, you wrote: agreed. But those are optional updates yeah, and I was silly enough to ignore prior bad experience again. :-) -- Thanks, John Aldrich Blueridge Industries IT Manager ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~