NetIQ AppManager?

2010-10-22 Thread Ryan Finnesey
Is anyone on the list using NetIQ AppManager? How has the solution been since NetIQ was taken over? Do they continue to add supported applications to the solution? Cheers Ryan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Opinions on Bluehost.com

2010-10-22 Thread Art DeKneef
Anyone using them or have any comments? Checking for a client who is looking to have a domain hosted and was recommended by one of the members son. Thanks, Art ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Webster
I grew up on the IBM 360 series, so my tape says "EOB". Webster From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Subject: RE: Keyboard recommendation I always put a piece of masking tape on the enter keys and write "RETURN" on it. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that IS

RE: Vista and printing gpp

2010-10-22 Thread Joseph L. Casale
So this turns out to be something specific w/ Vista, the Win7 machines work as it wasn't a driver issue. So long as an Admin installs the printer first, its fine after. Point and Print is set as per MS docs? Anyone seen this behavior even with the p&p set right? Thanks! jlc From: Joseph L. Cas

Re: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: > Maybe so but the Unicomp version is boring beige for $99 while Provantage has > the Lenovo, in ThinkPad Black, for $50+$8s/h and Google Shopping says that > Buy.com has it for $49+ w/ free shipping.  Unfortunately the Lenovo is a > comp

RE: RE: friday afternoon question

2010-10-22 Thread Michael B. Smith
Um, it wasn't a typo. Ask Web. :) That's how I refer to myself. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 5:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: RE: friday aftern

Re: RE: friday afternoon question

2010-10-22 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Your typo was Freudian :) -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Oct 22, 2010 5:16 PM, "Michael B. Smith" wrote: > Dude, I'm a conslutant. I usually work from home. Popping in a new tape every hour or two isn't a big deal. It gives me an opportunity to get up and wa

Re: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 22 Oct 2010 at 15:34, Ben Scott wrote: > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: > > I'm seriously considering this one, with the trackpoint in the middle > > http://www.provantage.com/lenovo-55y9003~7LEN90RW.htm > > Check out Unicomp (http://www.pckeyboard.com/), they really do

RE: friday afternoon question

2010-10-22 Thread Michael B. Smith
Dude, I'm a conslutant. I usually work from home. Popping in a new tape every hour or two isn't a big deal. It gives me an opportunity to get up and walk around a little bit. :-) But thanks for your response. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com

Re: friday afternoon question

2010-10-22 Thread Matthew W. Ross
If there are several hundred, I would recommend a professional service. If each tape is on average 60 minutes long, you have over a week worth of dubbing to do. My google-fu comes up with yesvideo.com. I have no experiences in this field, though. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Ori

Re: Nagios guru's...or evne non-guru's

2010-10-22 Thread Matthew W. Ross
This might do the trick... http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/System-Metrics/File-System/File-Age-Check/details --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-sof

Nagios guru's...or evne non-guru's

2010-10-22 Thread David Lum
I'd like to have Nagios check on a file modified timestamp and if it becomes more than x days told to send me an alert - anyone know how to do that? We have Nagios/Groundworks here and have alerts for other things set up, but not check in file modified date... David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTH

friday afternoon question

2010-10-22 Thread Michael B. Smith
I've several hundred VHS tapes and I want to change them to DVD. I know that there are a fair number of consumer-class products available now, hardware + software, that provide this capability. Who has used any of these and would recommend a product? Or recommend something that was horrible and

http://mailspike.org

2010-10-22 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Anybody here know anything about mailspike.org? We're getting bounce backs from a couple of people that have internet service from one particular carrier stating, "Connection refused due to abuse. Please see http://mailspike.org/anubis/lookup.html or contact your E-mail provider.> #SMTP# Jon

Re: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Andrew S. Baker
You're alone on that one, bub... :) *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Andrew S. Baker > wrote: > > For some reason, everyone think

Re: Ghosted IP Address?

2010-10-22 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Sam Cayze wrote: > So, it turns out one of my servers seems to have a second IP address > assigned to it somehow… Check RRAS (Routing and Remote Access Services). Try these commands: ipconfig /a getmac netsh -c interface show interface netsh -c interface

Re: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > For some reason, everyone thinks that innovation in keyboards is some grand > thing they should be pursuing now ... Funny, that's the exact same feeling I have towards everyone (Microsoft, Google, Apple, etc.) creating all these new UIs

Re: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: > I'm seriously considering this one, with the trackpoint in the middle > http://www.provantage.com/lenovo-55y9003~7LEN90RW.htm Check out Unicomp (http://www.pckeyboard.com/), they really do make some nice keyboards, including some with integrat

Re: Moving Page File on Exchange Server -- Anything to look out for?

2010-10-22 Thread Sean Martin
And besides, you incorporate redundancy for all of your disksright?! - Sean On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > No, Windows will complain, but will create a temp paging file. > > Of course, Michael's point is key here: It think it would be obvious that > the other dr

RE: Moving Page File on Exchange Server -- Anything to look out for?

2010-10-22 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Yeah, I hear ya. I was thinking about a different volume - not what Exchange was running on or where the mailbox stores reside. Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.commailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com> www.eaglemds.comhttp://www.

Re: Moving Page File on Exchange Server -- Anything to look out for?

2010-10-22 Thread Andrew S. Baker
No, Windows will complain, but will create a temp paging file. Of course, Michael's point is key here: It think it would be obvious that the other drive was dead, given the nature of this server. :) *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) *Exploiting Technology for Business Adv

RE: Moving Page File on Exchange Server -- Anything to look out for?

2010-10-22 Thread Sam Cayze
Never heard of this causing an issue. I delete page files all the time, the system will just create a new one. If it can't create it on D:, it will just create it on C: and log an error in the event log. Sam From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: Friday, Octob

RE: Moving Page File on Exchange Server -- Anything to look out for?

2010-10-22 Thread Michael B. Smith
A page file isn't required to boot, only to take a system dump. If you lose a drive on an Exchange server, you've got bigger problems to worry about! IMO. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Raper, Jonathan - Ea

RE: Moving Page File on Exchange Server -- Anything to look out for?

2010-10-22 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
The scenario I was thinking of was this: C:\ --> No paging file defined D:\ --> Paging file defined D:\ goes buh-by for some reason, however system has a page file defined as being on D:\ Won't that keep the system from booting properly? (I seem to remember having been burned by this a few ye

Re: Moving Page File on Exchange Server -- Anything to look out for?

2010-10-22 Thread Sean Martin
I would think the only reason to keep a page file on the OS partition is if you're concerned with capturing a memory dump. Other than that, as long as your alternate disks are local to the server, and aren't a part of any type of RAID other than RAID1, you should be ok. - Sean On Fri, Oct 22, 201

Re: Ghosted IP Address?

2010-10-22 Thread Sean Martin
Does ipconfig show multiple IPs? If not, I'd look at WINs as Jonathan suggested. - Sean On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Jonathan Link wrote: > Using WINS? > > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Richard Stovall wrote: > >> My bad. That should have been "arp -a" run from a machine that can see

RE: Moving Page File on Exchange Server -- Anything to look out for?

2010-10-22 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Would it make sense to keep a small page file on the root drive so you can at least boot/reboot without concern? (Thinking about if anything were to happen to the drive where the main page file resides and there is no page file available to the system.) Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technol

Vista and printing gpp

2010-10-22 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I have Win7 machines working perfectly, the print server initially had 2008r2/win7 (x86/64) drivers installed on it. I added Vista drivers but the vista clients still say they need a driver update, and the gpp hangs them on logon if its applied? Anyone know the nuances surrounding this? Thanks

Re: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Kurt Buff
I'm seriously considering this one, with the trackpoint in the middle http://www.provantage.com/lenovo-55y9003~7LEN90RW.htm On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 13:38, David Mazzaccaro wrote: > What keyboard make/model do you guys like for yourselves? > I'm about to go Office Space on this MS one…looking for

RE: Moving Page File on Exchange Server -- Anything to look out for?

2010-10-22 Thread Michael B. Smith
Pretty much the same as anything else. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 2:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Moving Page File on Excha

Moving Page File on Exchange Server -- Anything to look out for?

2010-10-22 Thread Jon D
My exchange 2k3 box has it's exchange apps on C, and database and logs on other drives. The C drive is almost full. One of the things on C that I can move is the system page file. Is there anything special with moving a page file on an exchange server, anything to look out for, or just same as any

Re: Ghosted IP Address?

2010-10-22 Thread Jonathan Link
Using WINS? On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Richard Stovall wrote: > My bad. That should have been "arp -a" run from a machine that can see the > same resources on each of the 2 IP addresses. Just to see if the MACs are > the same. > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Sam Cayze wrote: > >>

Re: Ghosted IP Address?

2010-10-22 Thread Richard Stovall
My bad. That should have been "arp -a" run from a machine that can see the same resources on each of the 2 IP addresses. Just to see if the MACs are the same. On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Sam Cayze wrote: > No cluster. Not sure what –a get’s me, but here is –r. Looks fine. > > > > IPv4 R

RE: R: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread Sam Cayze
SpywareBlaster is a good option for this too, dummy-fied. -Original Message- From: Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 12:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: R: Windows 7 question I've been using that for years. I download the update qu

RE: Ghosted IP Address?

2010-10-22 Thread Sam Cayze
No cluster. Not sure what -a get's me, but here is -r. Looks fine. IPv4 Route Table === Interface List 0x1 ... MS TCP Loopback interface 0x10003 ...00 0c 29 f5 bd b4 .. VMware Accelerated

RE: R: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread Sean Rector
I've been using that for years. I download the update quarterly. Sean Rector, MCSE -Original Message- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 11:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: R: Windows 7 question I like this hosts file: http

Re: Ghosted IP Address?

2010-10-22 Thread Richard Stovall
Is it part of any type of cluster? Are the MAC addresses the same? (netstat -a) On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Sam Cayze wrote: > So, it turns out one of my servers seems to have a second IP address > assigned to it *somehow…* > > In the NIC Properties, IP Settings, there is ONE IP, x.x.x.18

Ghosted IP Address?

2010-10-22 Thread Sam Cayze
So, it turns out one of my servers seems to have a second IP address assigned to it somehow... In the NIC Properties, IP Settings, there is ONE IP, x.x.x.18, as there should be. No other entries. There are no other NICs. There are no other hidden NICs. (Looked via set devmgr_show_nonpre

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Crawford, Scott
Yeah, the mouse is funky, but I'm used to it now. I was much more interested in its key layout. From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 12:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Keyboard recommendation I use the 7000 keyboard and mouse also and

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Cameron Cooper
Very nice! I've found the wave to be really comfortable when typing. It could do without some of the extras (media center, music, pics keys) since I don't use them. _ Cameron Cooper Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
I use the 7000 keyboard and mouse also and really like them both. I was not sure about the mouse to start with, but don't like using "regular" mice any more. It is very comfortable to use. Tim From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 11:5

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Oooh - I like that MK520 too! From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 12:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Keyboard recommendation I'm ordering the Logitech MK520 today. It's one of the very few in their

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread David Mazzaccaro
this looks promising! thx From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 11:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Keyboard recommendation Well, sounds like you're a perfect candidate for mine: http://www.micro

Re: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I'm ordering the Logitech MK520 today. It's one of the very few in their current lineup that has things where I want it. http://www.logitech.com/en-us/keyboards/keyboard-mice-combos/devices/7305 Some of these things are just plain weird! http://www.logitech.com/en-us/keyboards/keyboard-mice-c

RE: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
+1 If it is untouched, this is all it should contain (from a server 2003 machine - XP is exactly the same. Vista, Server 2008, & Win7 add IPv6 localhost entries, as notated in this kb article - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972034 ) # Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp. # # This is a samp

Re: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread Jeff Bunting
You can just open the hosts file to see if has been changed, or just make your own new one. It is just a text file. On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:50 AM, John Aldrich wrote: > Ok... sounds like there may be an issue with "leftover" crap from the fake > antivirus. :-( > I'll see if replacing the hos

RE: R: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Good site, Bill. It specifically talks about editing the hosts file no Vista and Windows 7: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostswin7.htm Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.com -Original Message-

RE: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread John Aldrich
Yeah... they said they could take it back to Rent-A-Center, but they'd have to wait like a week or two to get it back (while they're still paying on it, of course) and they don't want to be without it for that long. I'll strongly suggest that if they back up their personal files and let me reload i

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Matthew W. Ross
Microsoft makes really good mice and keyboards. They are no IBM Model M, but I think they have used (perhaps still use?) Keytronic to make their keyboards. The Natural series are the only split keyboards I have ever liked, but I still prefer the straight ones. --Matt Ross Ephrata School Distri

RE: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread John Aldrich
Please note that I am not stating for a fact that it came with malware pre-installed. I'm saying I don't know whether it did or did not come with malware pre-installed. For all I know, it could have come with the factory image, which *should* be clean... :-) I don't want anyone to get the mistaken

Re: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread Jonathan Link
Yeah, those are tops on the list for nuke and repave. I've only one time successfully taken it off a system (my wife's) where the dynamics of the transaction change considerably. Although I was able to successfully negotiate a don't run as admin rule... On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:50 AM, John Ald

RE: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread John Aldrich
Ok. Thanks for that info. I suspect there may be traces of the malware still on the machine. I did manage to copy a "known-good" version of a Hosts file from an XP machine over, so maybe that did it...I'll check when I get home. Thanks again for testing that. -Original Message- From: HE

RE: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread John Aldrich
Ok... sounds like there may be an issue with "leftover" crap from the fake antivirus. :-( I'll see if replacing the hosts file with a "known-clean" version did anything when I get home... -Original Message- From: HELP_PC [mailto:g...@enter.it] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 11:05 AM To

Re: R: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread Bill Humphries
I like this hosts file: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm Bill HELP_PC wrote: Running immunization does it GuidoElia HELPPC -Messaggio originale- Da: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Inviato: venerdì 22 ottobre 2010 17.08 A: NT System Admin Issues Ogg

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Crawford, Scott
Well, sounds like you're a perfect candidate for mine: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=095 From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 8:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Keyboard recomme

Re: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread Candee
+1. I'll fix the machine one - flatten, format, install. If you don't take my advice? Then get Joe to do it. On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Jonathan Link wrote: > WTF? > They're buying something from a company and it has junk on it already? > Take it back... > > No, the customer is not always

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Chris Blair
+1 From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Keyboard recommendation I've used the MS Natural Elite keyboards for about 10 years now and love them. Very comfortable typing - I just park the heels of my hands and

R: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread HELP_PC
Running immunization does it GuidoElia HELPPC -Messaggio originale- Da: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Inviato: venerdì 22 ottobre 2010 17.08 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: RE: Windows 7 question But were you able to write the hosts file to the machine from w

Re: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread Jonathan Link
Ok. In that case, I would be discovering a) whether they have recovery media or b) how to acquire media in the event they don't have it or can't find it. I didn't equate R-A-C with Rent A Center. On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle < jra...@eaglemds.com> wrote: > In the

Re: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Roger Wright
I've used the MS Natural Elite keyboards for about 10 years now and love them. Very comfortable typing - I just park the heels of my hands and go. I just wish they came in black or gray to reduce the annoying visible oil residue from my fingers. http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard

Re: Server and Network Monitoring packages

2010-10-22 Thread Matthew W. Ross
If you are familiar with Nagios, check out OpsView. It's Nagios but better. Easier interface, awesome plugins (like Nagvis and MRTG built in). Good documentation. Free and paid for versions available with support. I'm a total convert. One of the big things that got me was that OpsView didn't re

RE: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
In the OP's context, "They are buying" means they are renting to own - the laptop is not their property yet. RAC = Rent-a-Center, otherwise known as Ream And Collect. Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.commailto:%20jra...@e

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Cameron Cooper
Have the Logi-tech Wave (wireless keyboard and mouse - received free from a Dell event in Chicago years ago) and have been really happy with it. The battery life is really good and only replace them about every 12 months or so. _ Cameron Cooper Network Administrat

Re: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread Jonathan Link
WTF? They're buying something from a company and it has junk on it already? Take it back... No, the customer is not always right. I've walked away from work when I was asked to do something that was illegal, unethical, or just plain stupid. On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:01 AM, John Aldrich wrote:

RE: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
But were you able to write the hosts file to the machine from within Spybot? Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.com -Original Message- From: HELP_PC [mailto:g...@enter.it] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2

R: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread HELP_PC
Just now I updated Spybot on W7 (Run as Admin) with no issues GuidoElia HELPPC -Messaggio originale- Da: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Inviato: venerdì 22 ottobre 2010 15.43 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: RE: Windows 7 question Hmm... even though I started Spy

RE: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread John Aldrich
I hear you on the "Nuke and Repave" option, but I don’t know if they have the restore disks or what... this is a laptop they are buying from R-A-C, so who knows what options they have. :-/ I will talk to them about not running as an "Admin" and see if I can create a new account and then reduce the

RE: "Run as..." cache?

2010-10-22 Thread RichardMcClary
+1 Thanks! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® "Kennedy, Jim" wrote on 10/22/2010 09:29:03 AM: > I don?t think it is a cache?l think it populates it from the local > administrators group. > > From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...

RE: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread Carl Houseman
+1. You can't promise a machine is clean unless you nuke and pave. If the machine is just a toy, OK clean it, but if used for finance/taxes/shopping/etc., don't take the chance. Carl From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 10:13 AM To: NT Syst

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Ohh, I had forgotten about this steampunk keyboard I had seen a while back until you posted that: http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml -sc From: Jim Mediger [mailto:j...@holaday.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 10:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Keyboard recomme

RE: "Run as..." cache?

2010-10-22 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
+1 Add a user account to the local admin group and see if it is added to the runas drop down. Then remove it from the local admin group and see if it is gone. Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.commailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Steven M. Caesare
And that septennial event is indeed frustrating... -sc From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Keyboard recommendation Yes, I can never seem to find it when I need it! On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at

RE: "Run as..." cache?

2010-10-22 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I don't think it is a cache...l think it populates it from the local administrators group. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: "Run as..." cache? Greetings! When I right-click an icon and c

RE: RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread RichardMcClary
I had an entertaining experience some months ago when user support brought me to a cluster of agent machines. It seems there is a company that makes key caps with various profane words, or the wildcard "#...@%$ !", to apply to one's keyboard. "Raper, Jonathan - Eagle" wrote on 10/22/2010 09:

"Run as..." cache?

2010-10-22 Thread RichardMcClary
Greetings! When I right-click an icon and choose "Run as...", I get 4 accounts listed in a pull-down box. There is one I would like to be there (a new one), and 1-2 I'd like to clear out of there. I've hunted both through the registry (HK_CurrentUser) as well as my profile folders, and I can'

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Jim Mediger
Great keyboard. http://www.datamancer.net/keyboards/scrabble/scrabble.htm From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 8:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Keyboard recommendation Damn, out of stock. LOL Thanks to all for remindi

Re: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Jonathan Link
Yes, I can never seem to find it when I need it! On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Steven M. Caesare wrote: > As long as my SysRq key is prominently placed, I’m good. > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] > *Sent:* Friday, October 22, 2010 10:13 AM > > *To:* NT

RE: RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
+1 I used to work with a group of engineers (electrical/mechanical), and we had one sharp guy from India that I really liked - can't remember his name for the life of me, but he said in his thick Indian accent (that sounded like Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Phd from The Simpsons...) http://en.wikip

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Steven M. Caesare
As long as my SysRq key is prominently placed, I'm good. -sc From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 10:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Keyboard recommendation I always put a piece of masking tape on the enter keys and write "RETU

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Don Guyer
I always put a piece of masking tape on the enter keys and write "RETURN" on it... 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: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread Jonathan Link
Perhaps... I don't use SpyBot anymore, so I can't comment about Win7 compatibilities, since Vista had UAC, I'd imagine that it would work that way, but I've seen more trouble with apps that worked under Vista not working under Win7, than apps working on XP not working on Win7. In general, when wor

Re: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I actually like the big, backwards 'L' for ENTER, but I can easily live without it. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:33 AM, David Mazzaccaro < david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com> wrote: >

Re: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Andrew S. Baker
That happens. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Steven M. Caesare wrote: > “…items in the write place…” > > > > How Freudian. > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz..

Regulatory/compliance solutions for account management - NetIQ/Bhold experiences?

2010-10-22 Thread Alan Davies
Hi - I'm looking for experience in the field from anyone who's implemented a compliance driven access approval system. Perhaps there's a proper name for such functionality, but to explain myself, we need to have managers approve (or not) all of their staffs' access to certain relevant applications

Re: Enterasys gear...

2010-10-22 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Yes, they are up there when it comes to reliability. They're always willing to do pilot testing (30, 45, 60 days) too. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Steven M. Caesare wrote: > Ah

Re: RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Daniel Rodriguez
Don't forget the 'Any' Key. "Press the any key. Hey! Where's the 'any' key?" On Oct 22, 2010 9:41 AM, "Steven M. Caesare" wrote: “Why did security escort Jonathan out of the office??” “He went all office space on his boss’ a$$!” -sc *From:* Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglem

Re: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Gary Slinger
:) Part of the reason I got a Unicomp was that they'd send me a British layout keyboard to Tampa. I can work on an US layout, but it costs me about 30wpm of speed, and screws me up for a day or two on " \ # and @ characters. On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle < jra...@eagle

RE: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread John Aldrich
Hmm... even though I started SpyBot as an Admin? I never got prompted for permissions to modify a system file like I would have expected. I'll try temporarily disabling UAC when I get home and see if SpyBot will update the hosts file. -Original Message- From: Sean Rector [mailto:sean.re

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Steven M. Caesare
"Why did security escort Jonathan out of the office??" "He went all office space on his boss' a$$!" -sc From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Keyboard recommendation +100 Two phr

RE: Airlink Wireless N USB dongle

2010-10-22 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
+1 Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.com -Original Message- From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 9:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Airlin

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
+100 Two phrases: "I'm gonna need those TPS reports..." "What is this PC Load Letter?!?" Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.commailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com> www.eaglemds.comhttp://www.eaglemds.com/> ___

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
True, but for the US (all due respect to other nationalities and languages, seriously), encountering anything other than a 101-key US traditional keyboard layout or the 104-key keyboard layout (with the three extra Windows keys) is HIGHLY annoying. I'm sure that others in many other countries w

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Damn, out of stock. LOL Thanks to all for reminding me how important key placement is to me. |Insert|Home|Pageup |Delete|End|PageDn and the Enter key not being a giant backwards L I find that I never use the programmable hotkeys, but I do like having a calc button above the numeric keypad,

RE: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread Sean Rector
UAC Sean Rector, MCSE -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 8:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 question Quick question -- is there something in Windows 7 that would prevent SpyBot from writing to the

Re: Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread Jonathan Link
UAC? On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:57 AM, John Aldrich wrote: > Quick question -- is there something in Windows 7 that would prevent SpyBot > from writing to the Hosts file? I cleaned my brother-in-law's laptop and > tried to add the SpyBot Hosts file, but was unable to do so from within > SpyBot. Ev

Re: Barracuda VoIP (Cudatel)

2010-10-22 Thread Richard Stovall
My prior experience with Barracuda's support organization is probably the single greatest reason I'm putting them on the list of vendors to evaluate. Price and ease of use are way up there also, of course. And speaking of ease of use, in a shop the size of mine, more and more falls under the purv

Windows 7 question

2010-10-22 Thread John Aldrich
Quick question -- is there something in Windows 7 that would prevent SpyBot from writing to the Hosts file? I cleaned my brother-in-law's laptop and tried to add the SpyBot Hosts file, but was unable to do so from within SpyBot. Eventually I just put the Hosts file from my wife's XP box on a flash

RE: Keyboard recommendation

2010-10-22 Thread Steven M. Caesare
"...items in the write place..." How Freudian. -sc From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 6:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Keyboard recommendation Also, I have to have: insert, home, pageup delete, end,

RE: Enterasys gear...

2010-10-22 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Ah, interesting... ok thanks. -sc From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 7:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Enterasys gear... BTW, they provide OEM for many of the tier-1 vendors. The switches in many blade systems from IBM, etc, c

RE: Server and Network Monitoring packages

2010-10-22 Thread Mayo, Bill
We have used WhatsUp for a long time. It is a good product and they have added a lot of features over the years. I know that there are a lot of good open source products out there, too, but WhatsUp is a good paid option. From: Kevan Dickinson [mailto:kevan.dicki

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