Re: How would you enforce this?

2010-06-25 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 23 Jun 2010 at 12:23, Cameron Cooper wrote: Kurt, Do you have any other's you would suggest? ARGH! Someone with a fine Scots name like Cameron should know not to apostrophizing plural's. That is almost as annoying as verbifying nouns. [G,D,RLH] when to use an apostrophe How to

RE: Low-budget SBS 2003 Exchange spam-filter?

2010-06-25 Thread Oliver Marshall
postini? cost about £1.50 per month per user. thats about £60 per year, and it will act as a store-and-forward if their ADSL goes down. -- G2 Support Network Support : Online Backups : Server Management Web: www.g2support.com Twitter: g2support Newsletter: www.g2support.com/newsletter

Re: Low-budget SBS 2003 Exchange spam-filter?

2010-06-25 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 25 Jun 2010 at 0:56, Andrew S. Baker wrote: Consider:http://www.vamsoft.com/ Have you used it? How does it compare to Sunbelt's offering. The price of $239/server + $99/year renewal is very good compared to either McAfee or GFI Mail Essentials, although for the client which prompted

RE: 4th Tuesday

2010-06-25 Thread Mike Hoffman
We had an SBS box which died after patching this month. Dell PE2800, perc controller, failed to reboot. Had to do the usual install sbs, patch to SP2, restore backups, fix exchange, test a single patch watch it crash again, install sbs, install sp2, restore backups, fix exchange, watch MS PSS

RE: Low-budget SBS 2003 Exchange spam-filter?

2010-06-25 Thread Simon Butler
You can't really compare Vamsoft ORF to something like McAfee/GFI etc, because it works in a different way. Vamsoft works almost exclusively at the host level. It is looking to see where the email is coming from and blocks the messages at the point of delivery. It doesn't look at the content

Re: 4th Tuesday

2010-06-25 Thread Richard Stovall
Zounds! That's awful. What patch(es) can you identify as problematic. I have a friend who maintains dozens of SBS installations and I'd like to give him a heads up if possible. Thanks, RS On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Mike Hoffman m...@drumbrae.net wrote: We had an SBS box which died

R: 4th Tuesday

2010-06-25 Thread HELP_PC
Which SBS ? 2k3 or 2k8 ? I didn't have any issue on several 2k3 and in any case some issue are reported for sharepoint services 3.0 on sbs2k8 but not so catastophic Regard GuidoElia HELPPC _ Da: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Inviato: venerdì 25 giugno 2010 12.28 A:

RE: DR Plan

2010-06-25 Thread Erik Goldoff
+1 The ‘DR’ plan for the IT infrastructure is dependent on BCP in some cases… contact lists, business priorities ( which servers NEED to be restored first versus what can wait days ), alternate provisions for financing equipment acquisition ( credit cards, credit lines, etc ) As long as the

RE: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-25 Thread David W. McSpadden
Besides the VCR/DVR brackets we have also used HDTV mounts to get them on retractable brackets to get in and out of the way. _ From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 8:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE:

Re: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-25 Thread James Kerr
Too bad they are not Dells, they are HP Pro 3000 models. - Original Message - From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 8:32 PM Subject: RE: PC Bracket/holder There are brackets for both the SFF and USFF. I have not seen

RE: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-25 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Great, now I'm watching the Tim Conway dentist skit that was listed on the side. What's that have to do with CPU mounting brackets, I wonder? -Original Message- From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 5:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PC

RE: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-25 Thread Jay Dale
It pulled up the mounting brackets video for me...*shrug* Jay Dale I.T. Manager, 3GiG Mobile: 713.299.2541 Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the intended

Verizon FIOS for Small Business

2010-06-25 Thread Chyka, Robert
Is anyone using FIOS for a small office? I have a side job that came up for a medical building. They have 32 users and 3 people that will need to VPN into the network from remote satelite offices. I know FIOS bandwidth isn't guaranteed but will I be safe getting 35meg/35meg or 50/20 for this

RE: TrueCrypt

2010-06-25 Thread Cameron Cooper
Agree with ya... at some point we will be including disclaimers on all of our email. _ Cameron Cooper Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com On Thu, Jun 24,

RE: How would you enforce this?

2010-06-25 Thread Cameron Cooper
Doh! It's been a long week with all the storms Chicago has been hit with + a late night helping a friend cleanup from water leaking into the basement of his office building. _ Cameron Cooper Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc

RE: Verizon FIOS for Small Business

2010-06-25 Thread Garcia-Moran, Carlos
We use it on quite a few sites ourselves, haven't had many problems or outages, speed is pretty decent, can't beat the price for business, we have them behind Pix 501's From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:bch...@medaille.edu] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 9:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Verizon FIOS for Small Business

2010-06-25 Thread greg.sweers
We have a mix of customers from 100 meg fiber w/SLA's from a Tier 1 down to DSL. The majority of my customers have moved to FIOS 20/5 or 50/20 and it works quite well. I cannot think of any customer who has been down other than power issues or their actiontec router and the bandwidth while

RE: TrueCrypt

2010-06-25 Thread Joe Tinney
If the entire drive is encrypted how would SpinRite be able to correctly identify the filesystem type and update the appropriate entries when it moves data? -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:47 PM To: NT System

RE: How would you enforce this?

2010-06-25 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
By the way, did you notice that Angus committed the very crime he's castigating you for? From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 8:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How would you enforce this? Doh! It's been a long week with all the

RE: Verizon FIOS for Small Business

2010-06-25 Thread Chyka, Robert
nice, yes I will use a Cisco 5505. Great information. Seems like for 32 users and 3 VPN users it should work fine. Yep planned on ripping their router out. Bob From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net] Sent: Friday, June

RE: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-25 Thread Maglinger, Paul
No, look at the videos listed on the right-hand side. Go down past the other bracket videos and it starts listing Tim Conway. -Original Message- From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 8:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PC Bracket/holder It

Re: Low-budget SBS 2003 Exchange spam-filter?

2010-06-25 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I'm using it now for email security and I like it. I'm integrating it with ClamAV At ~5 seats they're about even, but over that number, and the per server pricing works out better. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming

Re: 4th Tuesday

2010-06-25 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Is the perc controller failure directly related to the patches? -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Mike Hoffman m...@drumbrae.net wrote: We had an SBS box which died after patching this month. Dell PE2800, perc controller, failed to reboot. Had to do the

Re: Verizon FIOS for Small Business

2010-06-25 Thread Andrew S. Baker
It will work fine, and is very reliable. If it weren't for my FiOS TV service, I would ditch their router, but it is needed for that particular service. For business, use your own firewall. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Chyka, Robert bch...@medaille.edu

Re: How would you enforce this?

2010-06-25 Thread Richard Stovall
Though I'm sure that was a joke, the slippery slope of public castigation is steep indeed. Four example, I would never point out that he used the present participle where his sentence construction called for the infinitive. If I did I would almost certainly make some silly mistake myself and

Re: How would you enforce this?

2010-06-25 Thread Andrew S. Baker
***Four example* The less I say, the better... :) -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.com wrote: Though I'm sure that was a joke, the slippery slope of public castigation is steep indeed. Four example, I would never point out

RE: How would you enforce this?

2010-06-25 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
Yeah, that's what your wife says, anyway. J From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 9:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How would you enforce this? Four example The less I say, the better... :) -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On

RE: Verizon FIOS for Small Business

2010-06-25 Thread Chyka, Robert
Sounds good. Thanks Andrew! From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 10:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Verizon FIOS for Small Business It will work fine, and is very reliable. If it weren't for my FiOS TV service, I would ditch their

RE: How would you enforce this?

2010-06-25 Thread Michael B. Smith
rimshot Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 10:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How would you enforce this? Yeah, that's what your wife says,

Re: How would you enforce this?

2010-06-25 Thread Cameron
Shouldn't the If I did have a comma after it? LOL! On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.com wrote: Though I'm sure that was a joke, the slippery slope of public castigation is steep indeed. Four example, I would never point out that he used the present participle

Re: How would you enforce this?

2010-06-25 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Indeed. :) -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Kim Longenbaugh k...@colonialsavings.comwrote: Yeah, that’s what your wife says, anyway. J *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, June 25, 2010 9:11 AM *To:* NT System Admin

RE: How would you enforce this?

2010-06-25 Thread Maglinger, Paul
I just remembered why I hated English classes... From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How would you enforce this? Though I'm sure that was a joke, the slippery slope of public castigation is steep

Re: How would you enforce this?

2010-06-25 Thread Richard Stovall
Very like Lee. On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Cameron cameron.orl...@gmail.com wrote: Shouldn't the If I did have a comma after it? LOL! On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.comwrote: Though I'm sure that was a joke, the slippery slope of public castigation

RE: How would you enforce this?

2010-06-25 Thread Cameron Cooper
Just noticed that. _ Cameron Cooper Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Friday, June 25,

RE: How would you enforce this?

2010-06-25 Thread Jim Holmgren
Ralph Wiggum Me fail English? That's unpossible! /Ralph Wiggum Jim Holmgren Manager of Server Engineering XLHealth Corporation The Warehouse at Camden Yards 351 West Camden Street, Suite 100 Baltimore, MD 21201 410.625.2200 (main) 443.524.8573 (direct) 443-506.2400 (cell)

Re: TrueCrypt

2010-06-25 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Joe Tinney jtin...@lastar.com wrote: If the entire drive is encrypted how would SpinRite be able to correctly identify the filesystem type and update the appropriate entries when it moves data? SpinRite is not filesystem aware. All SpinRite does is read each

Re: TrueCrypt

2010-06-25 Thread Andrew S. Baker
+5 -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Joe Tinney jtin...@lastar.com wrote: If the entire drive is encrypted how would SpinRite be able to correctly identify the filesystem type and

Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread John Aldrich
Our CEO brought in a couple clunker PCs to use as AS/400 terminals. One of them had an ATI Rage 128 video card, which the Windows 98 image did not have drivers for. I downloaded the drivers and attempted to install them, when it gave me an error that it needed Direct-X 8 or later. So, I download

Re: Users login in from remote location to an Windows 2003 server

2010-06-25 Thread Stefan Jafs
Ok, I have a new VM Remote Desktop Server running, just waiting for the CAL's. Do the users connect just like before with RD? Are there any other differences for the users? Stefan On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com wrote: That particular machine is set up for

Re: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread Richard Stovall
New PS maybe? Or even better, a new PC. :-) On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:21 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: Our CEO brought in a couple “clunker” PCs to use as AS/400 terminals. One of them had an ATI Rage 128 video card, which the Windows 98 image did not have drivers

RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread Jay Dale
Have you tried the old Push the power button with it unplugged trick? Unplug the power cord from the box, push the power button, then plug the power cord back in again and push the power button. Jay Dale I.T. Manager, 3GiG Mobile: 713.299.2541 Email:

Re: Users login in from remote location to an Windows 2003 server

2010-06-25 Thread Richard Stovall
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Stefan Jafs stefan.j...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I have a new VM Remote Desktop Server running, just waiting for the CAL's. Do the users connect just like before with RD? Yup. Are there any other differences for the users? Nope ~ Finally, powerful endpoint

How to Xcopy files with a date range and owner

2010-06-25 Thread Brumbaugh, Luke
I have to do another discovery on pcs for files that contain certain words. This takes forever each time we do it, but I thought if I could copy the new files from the day we last did it to present and only by that user/owner. I could put these in a location and do my keyword search with a

RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread John Aldrich
Of course. J But thanks for suggesting it. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 11:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help -- Bricked PC Have you tried the old Push the power button with it unplugged trick? Unplug

RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread John Aldrich
Well, that's one of the reason for using clunker PCs. I don't want to use a good machine for an AS/400 terminal. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Help -- Bricked PC

OT: Friday funny

2010-06-25 Thread Andy Shook
Older men scam Women often receive warnings about protecting themselves at the mall and in dark parking lots, etc. This is the first warning I have seen for men. I wanted to pass it on in case you haven't heard about it. A 'heads up' for those men who may be regular customers at

RE: How to Xcopy files with a date range and owner

2010-06-25 Thread Free, Bob
I never did the actual discovery work itself but I was often tasked with obtaining the same data sets at different times for ediscovery. Some of them were huge and I found robocopy is definitely much more helpful in reducing the size of capturing the incremental changes. From: Brumbaugh, Luke

Re: OT: Friday funny

2010-06-25 Thread Stefan Jafs
I really need to go to the Home Depot this afternoon, I'm sure there is something I need to purchase or at least park in the parking lot and make sure my windows are dirty, a wait I need to purchase a new wallet first. SJ On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Andy Shook andy.sh...@peak10.com wrote:

RE: OT: Friday funny

2010-06-25 Thread John Aldrich
Hmm. me too. ;-) I know..there's a Lowes and a Dollar Tree in the same shopping center. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Friday funny I really need to go to the

Re: RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread Andrew S. Baker
You do want it working though, right? -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Jun 25, 2010 11:36 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: Well, that’s one of the reason for using “clunker” PCs. I don’t want to use a “good” machine for an AS/400 terminal.

RE: OT: Friday funny

2010-06-25 Thread Don Guyer
This is so 2008. J Google some of the text and you'll see. 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: How to Xcopy files with a date range and owner

2010-06-25 Thread Brumbaugh, Luke
That is what I am presently doing but if I could skinny down by getting files changed only by that owner, it would greatly reduce size. From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 11:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How to Xcopy files with a date range and

RE: RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread John Aldrich
Yep. That's the plan. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: RE: Help -- Bricked PC You do want it working though, right? -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my

Re: How to Xcopy files with a date range and owner

2010-06-25 Thread Andrew S. Baker
XCopy and robocopy both support copying from a date/age range. XCopy uses the /d parameter -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Jun 25, 2010 11:33 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerschein.com wrote: I have to do another discovery on pcs for files that

Re: RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread Cameron
I'm not quite sure what difference it makes what PC's you use to connect to an AS/400 as you are just going to run some sort of a terminal access program to get to it anyways (client access, telnet, etc). On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:47 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote:

RE: RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread John Aldrich
Exactly. I just don't want to waste a high-end PC for an AS/400 terminal. Let me put it this way. if ALL we're going to use it for is an AS/400 client, why would I want a P4 with a Gig of RAM running Windows Vista or whatever? J I'm trying to put what is otherwise a junker PC to good use. J

Re: RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread Richard Stovall
You can get Vista run acceptably on a P4 with a gig of RAM? What's the secret? :-) On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:04 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: Exactly. I just don’t want to waste a high-end PC for an AS/400 terminal. Let me put it this way… if ALL we’re going to use

RE: RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread Jay Dale
My suggestion would be to try and just replace the motherboard. You probably won't find the exact same mobo (unless you're lucky...:)), but you may be able to have another board in there and at least be able to pull it up. Jay Dale I.T. Manager, 3GiG Mobile: 713.299.2541 Email:

RE: RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread RichardMcClary
Along those same lines, try unplugging all from the MoBo and then re-seating everything. (Hopefully the CPU is in a quick release socket rather than like some where you needed the special pliers to pull it!) -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717

Re: 4th Tuesday

2010-06-25 Thread Joseph Heaton
Only thing I've heard is that it breaks all your MMC connections, until you reboot. Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com 6/24/2010 7:44 AM I've installed it on several test systems and my desktops/laptops, and I haven't seen any issues. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Thu, Jun 24, 2010

RE: RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread John Aldrich
Actually, I found several, including one in working condition (with RAM and CPU) on eBay. J Now, whether I want to spend $50+ just to get a new motherboard/CPU or not, I don't know. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 12:10 PM

Re: RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:04 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: I’m trying to put what is otherwise a “junker” PC to good use. While I agree with the idea, the amount of effort you've already put into this particular unit exceeds the cost of replacing it entirely. Toss it

Re: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread Phil Brutsche
Have you guys investigated options other than using ancient PCs for your AS/400 terminals? Time is money, and you've already spent quite a bit of both on this ancient piece of s$*(. If you know where to look you could buy entire pallets of P4 PCs for $50 per PC. On 6/25/2010 11:25 AM, John

SOLVED -- RE: RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread John Aldrich
OK. I sorta have this solved. I'd still like to know what happened, but it appears somehow the motherboard got fried or something as when I put the hard drive into another PC it came right up (after I remembered I forgot to plug the power cables to the HDD J.) Obviously something fried, but what,

RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread John Aldrich
Great. Where can I get pallets of P4 PCs this cheap? Hell, even PII or PIII PCs would be fine. :-) All I need is a big enough HDD to load Windows 98 SE and the AS/400 terminal on and we're good to go. :-) -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent:

RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread Eldridge, Dave
Look in your yellow pages. We have a discount computer store that gets pallets of used Dell stuff every week. These are way more than pii/piii and are only 100 or so each. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 10:38 AM To:

RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread Bob Hartung
Try checking with e-waste handlers. We have one in our area that charges by the pound to recycle it but reimburses us for what they can sell. I know they resell working PCs very cheap. -- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608)

Re[3]: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread Joe User
Hello John, Doesn't Vista make it a junker by default? Friday, June 25, 2010, 11:04:02 AM, you wrote: Exactly. I just don't want to waste a high-end PC for an AS/400 terminal. Let me put it this way. if ALL we're going to use it for is an AS/400 client, why would I want a P4 with a Gig of

RE: TrueCrypt

2010-06-25 Thread Joe Tinney
Thanks for the explanation. It seems I need to educate myself some more on how hard drives and their electronics flag bad sectors independent of the file and operating system! -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 10:44 AM To: NT

RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread John Aldrich
Thanks. I'll check that out. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Bob Hartung [mailto:bhart...@wiscoind.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 12:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help -- Bricked PC Try checking with e-waste handlers. We have one in our area that charges by the pound to

RE: RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread Mike Gill
Who said it had to be high end? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883103228 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883108320 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220006 There's three for less than $220 new, with keyboards, mice and an

RE: Re[3]: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread John Aldrich
:-) Very good... :-) -Original Message- From: Joe User [mailto:joeu...@chronic.org] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 12:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re[3]: Help -- Bricked PC Hello John, Doesn't Vista make it a junker by default? Friday, June 25, 2010, 11:04:02 AM, you

Re: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-25 Thread Roger Wright
I did the same thing. Thought the skit on the Burnett show was better, though. Die dulci fruere! Roger Wright ___ On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: Great, now I'm watching the Tim Conway dentist skit that was listed on the side.  What's that

RE: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-25 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Me too. -Original Message- From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 1:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PC Bracket/holder I did the same thing. Thought the skit on the Burnett show was better, though. Die dulci fruere! Roger Wright ___

Re: TrueCrypt

2010-06-25 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Joe Tinney jtin...@lastar.com wrote:  It seems I need to educate myself some more on how hard drives and their electronics flag bad sectors independent of the file and operating system! Modern hard drives reserve some spare blocks, which are not visible to

RE: RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread Don Guyer
Those look pretty good. They're basically Netbook-type gear in a different case. 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

How can I download drivers that would automatically install for Windows 7 or 2008R2?

2010-06-25 Thread Carl Houseman
I had a management NIC fail in a Hyper-V R2 server. Not having an equivalent spare handy, I would like to use the spare I do have, in this case a Linksys LNE100TX that is listed in the HCL for Windows 7 as installs automatically. Is my only choice to make this work to re-install Hyper-V R2 from

Re: RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread Andrew S. Baker
That was precisely what I was getting at. :) -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:04 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: I’m trying to put what is otherwise a “junker” PC to

Re: PC Bracket/holder

2010-06-25 Thread James Kerr
This looks like it will do the job for us. Excellent, thanks for the help guys. -Original Message- From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 5:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PC Bracket/holder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JSnF5D1FYU

RE: RE: Help -- Bricked PC

2010-06-25 Thread Jim Holmgren
I use one of those for my XBMC media center. Works like a charm. Jim Holmgren Manager of Server Engineering XLHealth Corporation The Warehouse at Camden Yards 351 West Camden Street, Suite 100 Baltimore, MD 21201 410.625.2200 (main) 443.524.8573 (direct) 443-506.2400 (cell)

Slow spam day?

2010-06-25 Thread Groups
Did someone pull the plug on Nigeria and China? Barely had any spam today. I'm getting worried about the hundreds of millions I'm losing in unclaimed dead Nigerian king accounts. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: How can I download drivers that would automatically install for Windows 7 or 2008R2?

2010-06-25 Thread Carl Houseman
Yeah, I was keeping that in my back pocket if no download method was forthcoming... I was also thinking repair install now known as repair in place which seems to be an option - anyone done a repair in place installation of 2008 R2 Core or Hyper-V R2 and not regretted it? Carl From:

RE: Slow spam day?

2010-06-25 Thread Jacob
I can forward you my junk folder from Outlook if you like. J From: gro...@beachcomp.com [mailto:gro...@beachcomp.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 2:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Slow spam day? Did someone pull the plug on Nigeria and China? Barely had any spam today. I'm

Re: How can I download drivers that would automatically install for Windows 7 or 2008R2?

2010-06-25 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Interesting thought... I haven't had to repair any server version past 2003, but I did have a really good experience with a Win7 repair. This may not be sufficiently representative of ServerCore, though. :) -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Carl Houseman

RE: How can I download drivers that would automatically install for Windows 7 or 2008R2?

2010-06-25 Thread Carl Houseman
This is Hyper-V which is similar to Server Core where some things don't happen automatically as they do under the GUI versions of Windows. My quoting of installs automatically from the HCL was offered as proof that compatible drivers exist and Microsoft has them. They just won't make them

RE: Slow spam day?

2010-06-25 Thread Sam Cayze
Spam? What's that? Never see it :) From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 4:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Slow spam day? I can forward you my junk folder from Outlook if you like... J From: gro...@beachcomp.com

RE: Slow spam day?

2010-06-25 Thread Jacob
Difficult for us to install an anti spam solution.. half our emails would be blocked! We have one, but too much micro managing involved with it to customize the rules for us. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 2:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Slow spam day?

2010-06-25 Thread Murray Freeman
A few weeks ago, I couldn't believe the heavy amount of spam I was receiving, and then, for the last 2 weeks, it's like someone turned off the spiggit! Murray From: gro...@beachcomp.com [mailto:gro...@beachcomp.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 4:05 PM To: NT

RE: Slow spam day?

2010-06-25 Thread Groups
Crap. BP top killed the wrong thing. From: Murray Freeman [mailto:m...@alanet.org] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 5:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Slow spam day? A few weeks ago, I couldn't believe the heavy amount of spam I was receiving, and then, for the last 2 weeks, it's

Re: Slow spam day?

2010-06-25 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 5:34 PM, gro...@beachcomp.com wrote: Crap… BP top killed the wrong thing. Not sure what's worse... -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

RE: Slow spam day?

2010-06-25 Thread Damien Solodow
At least there are solutions for cleaning up spam... -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 5:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Slow spam day? On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 5:34 PM, gro...@beachcomp.com wrote: Crap... BP top

RemoteApp and security for the rd server

2010-06-25 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Just set up a test install of a 2008r2 server and Quickbooks Pro 2010 (not my choice, I hate that POS) as a remote app. Everything is working well for a couple test users and now I am starting to lock down the rd server. I have set a custom shell of logoff.exe, setup restriction policies for

RE: Verizon FIOS for Small Business

2010-06-25 Thread Ryan Finnesey
Does Verizon let you replace the Actiontec router? I am working on a 120 site ADSL roll-out and I am fighting with Verizon, Covad and att to let us use the cisco 881 G and not there DSL modem. I would like my design to only have one box on site. Cheers Ryan From: Chyka, Robert

RE: Cloud Based Finance?

2010-06-25 Thread Ryan Finnesey
I have looked at intact in the past. It is very open and can be customized very well for a hosted solution. At the end we went with Microsoft AX Cheers Ryan From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 4:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re:

RE: OT: IPv6

2010-06-25 Thread Ryan Finnesey
Phil Thanks for your comments my big fair is our Micros POS system. I also need to do some research if it is best to get an IPv6 allocation from ICANN or if it is best to use IPv6 ULA prefix for are internal network. Cheers Ryan -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche

RE: Cloud Based Finance?

2010-06-25 Thread Sam Cayze
Thanks, but can't find anything avail online re: intact... Sam From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 8:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Cloud Based Finance? I have looked at intact in the past. It is very open and can

RE: Cloud Based Finance?

2010-06-25 Thread Ryan Finnesey
We had a Sales rep do a demo From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 12:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Cloud Based Finance? Thanks, but can't find anything avail online re: intact... Sam From: Ryan Finnesey