Re: Office Printers

2010-10-25 Thread Graeme Carstairs
We've had no probes with xerox drivers. Scan to e-mail just works Scan to folder also Scan to sharepoint is awesome On Monday, October 25, 2010, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: We have scan to email, but more interesting is the scan to folder - we have a special folder set up on our file

Re: Office Printers

2010-10-25 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon October 25 2010, you wrote: We have scan to email, but more interesting is the scan to folder - we have a special folder set up on our file server, and the machine integrates with AD via LDAP very easily, so setting up permissions was easy as pie. Same thing with the Kyoceras we use.

Remote Desktop slowing down

2010-10-25 Thread Holstrom, Don
I have RDC on a Server 03, Exchange on an 08 machine. It appears that my RDC has been slowing. Many of those complaining have an excessive (to me) amount of items in their InBox: 8-15,000. I am using Office 10 on the 03 server. Anything I can look out for to speed things up? I re-built RDC

RE: Remote Desktop slowing down

2010-10-25 Thread Bob Fronk
Excessive items in the inbox will certainly cause Outlook to be sluggish, although I have not seen Outlook 2010 exhibit this as bad as previous versions. Are these Outlook clients cached? Another thing to look at on a 2003 server with slow networking is the TCP chimney issue from a couple

RE: Remote Desktop slowing down

2010-10-25 Thread Holstrom, Don
They are not cached. I cache their workstations here, but Remote Desktop Outlook is not cached... I had Office 07 on for years, all seemed OK. Office 10 seemed OK at first too. Then it has slowed. They foolishly let another company in our server room while I WAS AWAY. And this is when the

Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread David Lum
So - as mentioned before I have a project where I need to swing a 2003 32-but physical machine onto the same physical server after putting 2008 R2 (which is of course 64-bit only) on it. For this project I don't currently have extra 64-bit hardware but I saw this deal float through and wanted

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Question: does a 32-but server require an extra wide bus? Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.comBLOCKED::mailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.comBLOCKED::http://www.eaglemds.com/ From:

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread David Lum
No, what makes you ask? From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 7:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server Question: does a 32-but server require an extra wide bus? Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology

Perms issue

2010-10-25 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I have a file server with a share whose perms are as follows: - CREATOR OWNER - Full Control (Apply onto: Subfolders and Files Only) - Everyone - Create Folder/Append Data (Apply onto: This Folder Only) - Everyone - List Folder/Read Data (Apply onto: This Folder Only) - Everyone - Read Attributes

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
32-but vs 32-bit... Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.comBLOCKED::mailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.comBLOCKED::http://www.eaglemds.com/ From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread David Lum
LOLyeah it's special :-P, lotsa but's From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 7:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server 32-but vs 32-bit... Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Which reminds me of a restaurant we have here in the North Carolina mountains named Butts on the Creek... http://www.mountainshops.com/wnc/butts_creek.html I can't make this stuff up... But I will admit that I've eaten there and the barbeque was pretty good! Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE

RE: Office Printers

2010-10-25 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
We just made the change from Canon to Ricoh 2 months ago and our users much prefer the Ricohs as do I. I have had a much easier time with the Ricoh drivers than I did with the Canon drivers. We use the universal drivers for both PS and PCL for the Ricohs and have no issues at all. Tim From:

Re: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread Matthew W. Ross
Double check that the server in question support the AMD-V. Perhaps all Opterons did (even the old ones) and the motherboard (listed as a Tyan K8SR) does as well. Other than that it might work. I bet it's not on VMWares compatibility list anywhere. Why can't you do a 32-bit VM on your

Re: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread Joseph Heaton
Can't really give an opinion on the server, seems like a white box of some quality. But check out what else customers bought at the bottom of the page... a 950,000 Volt rechargeable stun gun, and Pepper Attack pepper spray. David Lum david@nwea.org 10/25/10 7:46 AM So - as mentioned

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
I was sort of amused by that too... Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.com -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 11:37 AM To: NT System

Re: Office Printers

2010-10-25 Thread Cameron
We actually went the other way from Ricoh's to Canon's (mostly IR-3225's) Here is what I found. Ricoh's - reliable and fast printing (both from Windows and Unix). They finally came out with a hardware device (@remote) which will scan multiple subnets and automatically report back to Ricoh for any

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread David Lum
Why can't you do a 32-bit VM on your 64-bit server (Hyper-V)? Is there something demanding its own hardware? I want to do exactly that, but I only have one physical box to work with - the 2003 server is on the physical box where I intend on putting the Hyper-V server on. Dave -Original

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread Michael B. Smith
Disk2vhd to some network storage. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 12:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread Matthew W. Ross
oh I see, and you need a temporary spot to put the current running server? Have a spare VM capable desktop? Sm:)e. (I'm sure you've already thought of that.) --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] To: NT System Admin

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread Wilhelm, Scott
They're protecting their investment? :D --- Scott Wilhelm Computer Technician Massena Central School District St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES (315) 764-3700 ext. 3046 “The harder I work, the luckier I get. “ -Samuel Goldwyn ‎Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread David Lum
How did I not think of that? Oh, because I didn't know about it, that's perfect! Hey doesn't 2008 Backup kind of work in the same way? I know it has nothing to do with what I need to do, but... Dave -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Monday,

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread Michael B. Smith
Yes, a bare metal backup creates a VHD file. Unfortunately, since you are starting out with Server 2003, that doesn't do you any good. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: David Lum

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread Mike Hoffman
Remember to stop the exchange service first if you are going to go live straight away. I have a disk2Vhd produced drive arriving in my office tomorrow for a pre-migration check i.e. we do it virtually and create an issues list. How about disk2vhd to a partition on the new server? Mike

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread David Lum
I have NAS I can use as a target. Question: The server has 2003 installed from Dell on it. I had them buy 2008 R2 via CDW, am I still in licensing compliance since the 2003 VM will be on the same box that came with 2003? It hasn't gone anywhere, it'll just be virtualized on the retail 2008 R2

RE: Office Printers

2010-10-25 Thread Mike Gill
+1. Our Xerox 7665 is two years into our lease and I wouldn't change a thing. Our office users love this machine. No special software required on the clients for scanning and the AD integration brings in the email addresses automatically. All sorts of accounting and quota options available,

Kace software deployment

2010-10-25 Thread John Cook
Anyone want to share any experiences with these guys? John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread Glen Johnson
My experience when going p2v was that the Dell oem license wont work when it is virtual. Virtual machines don't see the real hardware and something in the license check will fail. -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 2:40 PM To:

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread John Cook
IIRC it will ask you to re-register Windows so if you have the key code from the original install it will work. Methinks MS doesn't consider this a legal copy though.. -Original Message- From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 2:59 PM To: NT

Re: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread Jonathan Link
I can confirm this with SBS 2003. On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Glen Johnson gjohn...@vhcc.edu wrote: My experience when going p2v was that the Dell oem license wont work when it is virtual. Virtual machines don't see the real hardware and something in the license check will fail.

RE: Kace software deployment

2010-10-25 Thread Erik Goldoff
No personal experience but have heard good things about them. But bear in mind somewhere in the last 3 months or so they were acquired by Dell, and I don't know if the acquisition has any effect on their operations. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an

RE: Kace software deployment

2010-10-25 Thread John Cook
Yes, I knew Dell had acquired them but I doubt it's as bad as if Symantec or McAfee had bought them ;-). I've heard good things too but I need some real experience horror stories as we're seriously considering them. -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent:

RE: Kace software deployment

2010-10-25 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
I used Kace before the acquisition by Dell and very much liked their product. However, when comparing it to SCE from Microsoft for very similar capabilities Kace was quite a bit more expensive. I'm not sure if that has changed since Dell entered the picture or not. Tim -Original

Re: Kace software deployment

2010-10-25 Thread John Cook
Not having looked into SCE does it do well with 3rd party apps (like acrobat) ? John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families - Original Message - From: Tim Vander Kooi tvanderk...@expl.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Mon Oct

WSUS and non public patches

2010-10-25 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Possible to addin hotfixes you manually download from MS? I have a few I need to apply across the board... Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here:

RE: Kace software deployment

2010-10-25 Thread Tim Evans
We evaluated them about a year ago. Seemed to be a pretty complete solution except for the help desk part. It was easy to set up. I downloaded a VM, deployed a few agents and was deploying software with a couple of days. We needed a more functional help desk, so we ended up with Altiris

Re: Kace software deployment

2010-10-25 Thread Tom Miller
I have a kbox 1000 series here and it's great. Regarding pricing, the pricing model is much improved since Dell acquired KBox. No more modules to purchase. Instead just purchase agent licenses and you get everything. And it costs less than when Kace owned it. Dell's pricing is very

RE: Kace software deployment

2010-10-25 Thread Tom Miller
Tim is correct in that the help desk module is more basic than others. We already have another help desk system in place, so that was not part of our consideration. To me it didn't matter since we purchased it for desktop/server admin, not call tracking or work-flow. Tim Evans

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread Mike Hoffman
You should get 2 keys in the box, one for virtual and one for physical. When the activation service runs it checks to see the key type. Is it plain 2008, or SBS that you are migrating to? If SBS 2008 then get SA added to the boxed product as the SBS '7' is currently in the Beta ovens at

RE: Opinions on cheap server

2010-10-25 Thread David Lum
It's an SBS domain, but this is a 2nd DC and relatively simple DNS/DHCP/file/print server P2V onto plain 2008 R2. Soon (in a year maybe, time goes by FAST) I will have to look into the SBS2K3 - SBS2K8 swing, but at least the SBS box is already virtual. -Original Message- From: Mike

Re: RE: Kace software deployment

2010-10-25 Thread Tony Patton
Totally agree with the ease of use deployment with the Kbox, we trialed it at my last job. Company went into administration the week before the IT manager was to sign off on the purchase. That finalized my reason for leaving. We didn't need the helpdesk so I didn't look at it, the app

RE: WSUS and non public patches

2010-10-25 Thread Brian Desmond
I believe the System Center Update Packager (SCUP) is available as a free out of band download now. This thing lets you plug stuff in to WSUS. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Monday, October 25,

RE: WSUS and non public patches

2010-10-25 Thread Crawford, Scott
Not finding anything on Bing or Google. Do you happen to have a link handy? Or does this require Essentials? From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 4:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WSUS and non public patches I believe the System Center

RE: WSUS and non public patches

2010-10-25 Thread Malcolm Reitz
Look for System Center Updates Publisher. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/systemcenter/bb741049.aspx -Malcolm From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 16:47 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WSUS and non public patches Not

RE: WSUS and non public patches

2010-10-25 Thread Blackman, Woody
If you have SCCM 2007 - AdminStudio Configuration Manager Edition http://www.flexerasoftware.com/promolanding/7698.htm From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 12:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WSUS and non public patches Possible to

Re: RE: Kace software deployment

2010-10-25 Thread Jonathan Link
Administration=recievership? On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Tony Patton apco...@gmail.com wrote: Totally agree with the ease of use deployment with the Kbox, we trialed it at my last job. Company went into administration the week before the IT manager was to sign off on the purchase.

Re: Office Printers

2010-10-25 Thread Ben Scott
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: We have some Canon iR’s that are showing their teeth and the proposed replacements by a couple reps are either Ricoh Ficio MP 5000SP or a Xerox WorkCenter 5790. We took delivery of a Xerox WorkCenter 5755 in

Re: Office Printers

2010-10-25 Thread Ben Scott
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: One question about the email capabilities, is it very configurable in so far as the email format? Rather than have everyone send a zillion attachments to my exchange server, I hoped to send the mail to a Postfix

RE: Office Printers

2010-10-25 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Wouldn't it make more sense to scan-to-FTP/SMB/whatever, and just have the copier drop the file there, rather than futz around with email filters? That's what we do; works great. Sure, if I can get it to go where I need:) With a generic account that it will likely use to access the

Re: Office Printers

2010-10-25 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: Wouldn't it make more sense to scan-to-FTP/SMB/whatever, and just have the copier drop the file there, rather than futz around with email filters? That's what we do; works great. With a generic account that

Re: Office Printers

2010-10-25 Thread Gary Slinger
Remember the business vs. IT factors. Where I am now, the engineers have an ftp site. No drama. Where I was before, the business folks had Ricoh's set for scan-to-email, because they got email, across variable devices, and got if I scan it, Joe will read it. I don't know if that's

Re: Opinions on Bluehost.com

2010-10-25 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I moved from Blue Host to Dream Host a while back. I would recommend the same. Dream Host is better across the board imho; for the same price. -- ME2 On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Art DeKneef art.dekn...@cox.net wrote: Anyone using them or have any comments? Checking for a client who

RE: Office Printers

2010-10-25 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I don't get it. What's the issue? Because they scan sensitive/private stuff and unless it works like it used it to with the old office scan app where they save it to their desktop, they won't want it in a publicly accessible folder. As per my other thread about perms, I haven't crafted a

Re: Office Printers

2010-10-25 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: Because they scan sensitive/private stuff and unless it works like it used it to with the old office scan app where they save it to their desktop, they won't want it in a publicly accessible folder. Ah, I

Here's what I've been asking for...

2010-10-25 Thread Kurt Buff
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RE: Office Printers

2010-10-25 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Ah, I see. Some ideas: /snip Yeah, that's why I was intending on using procmail and scan-to-email so attachments would never see my exchange server. Pretty sure I could whip something up based on who they email it to (Themselves). A better solution so they don't even have to leave the doc on

2 kinds of licensing on the same network

2010-10-25 Thread HELP_PC
Does anybody know if 2 kinds of licensing can coexist on the same network? I.e. OVS and OEM ? TIA GuidoElia HELPPC ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: