OMFG it works (was RE: 2008 R2 RDS (was Terminal Server)in DMZ to 2K3 DC in LAN)

2010-12-02 Thread David Lum
Holy crap, the friggin' farm actually works! The gateway server is in the DMZ, only 443 outbound and the previous ports mentioned heading inbound. There are a LOT of little gotcha's that aren't 100% intuitive (machine membership in other machines local groups, where RDS stuff points to what,

Re: Stupid User Tricks

2010-12-02 Thread Rene de Haas
I still remember one user telling me not to click OK when Outlook was asking to empty the Deleted Items. So I ask why that is such a big deal. . He answers, that's where I keep my archive, all my email. He had all his mail there, because it's so easy to move there, just press delete and

Re: Fake tax email

2010-12-02 Thread Rene de Haas
LOL On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Just remember, though. No good deed goes unpunished. Some might consider your efforts ill-advised. I'm not one of them. I find your dilligence in this matter most refreshing. Your ideas are intriguing to me

RE: OMFG it works (was RE: 2008 R2 RDS (was Terminal Server)in DMZ to 2K3 DC in LAN)

2010-12-02 Thread James Hill
Nah..sleep is over-rated. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, 2 December 2010 7:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OMFG it works (was RE: 2008 R2 RDS (was Terminal Server)in DMZ to 2K3 DC in LAN) Holy crap, the friggin' farm actually works! The gateway server is

Re: Carpet

2010-12-02 Thread James Kerr
No, nothing that exciting, I work for a health clinic that happens to specialize in HIV/AIDS, both treatment and prevention. James. On 12/1/2010 7:32 PM, James Hill wrote: Without knowing where you work exactly I can only assume you get to use a lot of the latest tech. Considering that it's

RE: Legal Notice and Caption not taking on Windows 2008 R2 system

2010-12-02 Thread Ziots, Edward
Thanks, I basically did it via the local GPO, but I also need to get this on my DC's etc etc, therefore going to work on doing up a GPO today to apply accordingly. Always something new and fun with Win2k8 R2.. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer

RE: OMFG it works (was RE: 2008 R2 RDS (was Terminal Server)in DMZ to 2K3 DC in LAN)

2010-12-02 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Congrats! Hope the 17th goes well too! From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 3:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OMFG it works (was RE: 2008 R2 RDS (was Terminal Server)in DMZ to 2K3 DC in LAN) Holy crap, the friggin' farm actually works!

RE: Stupid User Tricks

2010-12-02 Thread Maglinger, Paul
I used to have users that did that, until we configured the Mailbox Manager to clean them out. Now they keep all their Sent items. *sigh* From: Rene de Haas [mailto:rene.deh...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 4:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Stupid User Tricks

RE: 2008 R2 RDS (was Terminal Server)in DMZ to 2K3 DC in LAN

2010-12-02 Thread Ziots, Edward
Honestly, to your network-guy: Security by obscurity is not a security framework I would be subscribing to. If no servers in the DMZ was allowed to talk through a perimeter firewall ( separate the DMZ from Internal NET), then they aren't going to be able to touch the internal LAN.

RE: Legal Notice and Caption not taking on Windows 2008 R2 system

2010-12-02 Thread Ken Schaefer
GPO processing would take place as LocalSystem so I don't think this is the same issue. We have the legal notice set for our Win2k8 / Win2k8 R2 servers (via GPO rather than local policy) without needing to do any tweaks that I'm aware of. Cheers Ken From: Ziots, Edward

RE: Legal Notice and Caption not taking on Windows 2008 R2 system

2010-12-02 Thread Ziots, Edward
Yeah Usually I was just importing it via REG file in Windows 2003 and prior. I am going to play with the GPO to make this happen accordingly, and just link it to the OU the servers in question are in accordingly, and be done with it. I just need to make sure it works across Windows

Re: 2008 R2 RDS (was Terminal Server)in DMZ to 2K3 DC in LAN

2010-12-02 Thread Stephen Wimberly
I have servers and workstations in three areas separated by firewalls. Instead of making swiss cheese of the firewall I have always used IPSEC for any Domain Controller connection, this way all the authentication between the box in the DMZ and the domain controller is over port 500 rather than

RE: Stupid User Tricks

2010-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
Nope. :-) Most of the sales reps / agents probably have very little idea who I am. :-) From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 5:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Stupid User Tricks BUT, if I say John is my listserv buddy, he/she might? On

RE: Stupid User Tricks

2010-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
*shudder* From: Pat Smith [mailto:psm...@herzogcompanies.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 5:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Stupid User Tricks I had a user call me one day from a remote location complaining about weird menus popping up on her screen.  And the menus were

RE: Stupid User Tricks

2010-12-02 Thread Maglinger, Paul
But let the servers go down for 5 minutes and you'll be the most popular guy in the company. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 7:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Stupid User Tricks Nope. :-) Most

RE: DC logon strangeness

2010-12-02 Thread Malcolm Reitz
Do you have your AD Sites properly defined? That's what should be controlling where your PCs authenticate. I don't understand why you are blocking access to remote DCs; this has the potential to cause problems and I’m not sure I see any benefit. -Malcolm -Original Message- From:

RE: 2008 R2 RDS (was Terminal Server)in DMZ to 2K3 DC in LAN

2010-12-02 Thread Ziots, Edward
I believe you need UDP 500 and IP protocol 50 for the IPSEC, if memory serves me correctly. 50 ESP Encap Security Payload [RFC4303] The following M$ Kbase kinda lays it out accordingly. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/233256 Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer

Re: Carpet

2010-12-02 Thread Stephen Wimberly
I suddenly find that my job sounds dull and boring! (Education, but then again there is eye candy here at times ;) I should mention it's College Education before anyone starts to call me names!) On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 7:22 AM, James Kerr cluster...@gmail.com wrote: No, nothing that exciting, I

APC USB-to-RJ45 cables

2010-12-02 Thread RichardMcClary
Greetings! Having solved the issue from TUE (where I needed a serial connection to a network appliance), I've been wondering... APC supplies (some of?) their UPS's with USB-to-RJ45 cables. Might those be used to make a serial connection? That is, a network appliance has a console port, and

RE: APC USB-to-RJ45 cables

2010-12-02 Thread Maglinger, Paul
I don't think they are standard serial. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 7:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: APC USB-to-RJ45 cables Greetings! Having solved the issue from TUE (where I needed a serial connection

Re: Carpet

2010-12-02 Thread Kramer, Jack
Gotta admit, working at a university has its perks... Jack Kramer Computer Systems Specialist University Relations, Michigan State University w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955 On 12/2/10 8:58 AM, Stephen Wimberly swimbe...@gmail.com wrote: I suddenly find that my job sounds dull and

RE: APC USB-to-RJ45 cables

2010-12-02 Thread Andy Shook
Richard, You need to check the network appliance to confirm pin out requirements for the console cables. Cisco, for example is a rolled console cable end#1 is pinned out 1-8 with end #2 pinned out 8-1. Dell is straight through, etc. Shook From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]

RE: Stupid User Tricks

2010-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
Oh, yeah... Don't you know it! ;-) Heck, servers don't even have to go down... just the internet. ;-) -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Stupid User Tricks But let the

RE: APC USB-to-RJ45 cables

2010-12-02 Thread RichardMcClary
Thanks... I know Juniper is straight through. Now, time to check on APC... Andy Shook andy.sh...@peak10.com wrote on 12/02/2010 08:14:45 AM: Richard, You need to check the network appliance to confirm pin out requirements for the console cables. Cisco, for example is a rolled console

AD GPO: pop-up blocker

2010-12-02 Thread Tom Miller
Folks, I have a need to disable the pop-up blocker for our staff. One of our enterprise applications uses pop-ups. In our standard-user GPO I set the following: User Configuration | Policies | Administrative Template | Windows Components | Internet Explorer | Internet Control Panel |

Re: Stupid User Tricks

2010-12-02 Thread Daniel Rodriguez
No, no, no... they need to come down, yes. But he needs to be the one who brings them up. Then he would be the hero. On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: But let the servers go down for 5 minutes and you'll be the most popular guy in the company.

Re: AD GPO: pop-up blocker

2010-12-02 Thread Ron . Wulff
So, checking our policies, and we have that setting the same way you do, and it does not appear to turn it off either. We then went into the User config and defined a list of sites where pop-ups were allowed From: Tom Miller tmil...@hnncsb.org To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: APC USB-to-RJ45 cables

2010-12-02 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Note it's not just pinout... it's protocol. If you have a cable that simply re-packages the USB protocol in to a RJ45 physical connection (your APC's?), it won't work with another device that is expecting a serial protocol. The USB-to-serial dongles actually have active electronics in them

Re: Stupid User Tricks

2010-12-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
I'm definitely laughing WITH you on this one, I've had the same user in the past. Even had a complete subfolder structure created within the Deleted Items so she could organize her archives... argh On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 5:40 AM, Rene de Haas rene.deh...@gmail.com wrote: I still remember

RE: OMFG it works (was RE: 2008 R2 RDS (was Terminal Server)in DMZ to 2K3 DC in LAN)

2010-12-02 Thread Webster
And how many hours could you have gotten the same thing done in Citrix? Less than 1 day perhaps? J Webster From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Subject: OMFG it works (was RE: 2008 R2 RDS (was Terminal Server)in DMZ to 2K3 DC in LAN) Holy crap, the friggin' farm actually

Re: AD GPO: pop-up blocker

2010-12-02 Thread Tom Miller
Fiddle-de-dee Can you tell me which GPO setting you used to do that? ron.wu...@bnymellon.com 12/2/2010 9:28 AM So, checking our policies, and we have that setting the same way you do, and it does not appear to turn it off either. We then went into the User config and defined a list of

Re: AD GPO: pop-up blocker

2010-12-02 Thread Ron . Wulff
Sure, it was under User\Admin templ\Windows components\Internet Explorer\Pop-up allow list We did wild cards where we could, like *.companyurl.com From: Tom Miller tmil...@hnncsb.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: 12/02/2010 09:37 AM Subject:

RE: OMFG it works (was RE: 2008 R2 RDS (was Terminal Server)in DMZ to 2K3 DC in LAN)

2010-12-02 Thread greg.sweers
And how much more money? :) I would be interested in seeing that breakdown. Greg Sweers CEO ACTS360.comhttp://www.acts360.com/ P.O. Box 1193 Brandon, FL 33509 813-657-0849 Office 813-758-6850 Cell 813-341-1270 Fax From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010

RE: Blogging software

2010-12-02 Thread Nigel Parker
Hi Thanks for all the suggestions At the moment we are STUCK with 2000 Regards Nigel Parker Systems Engineer Ultraframe (UK) Ltd Tel: 01200 452329 Fax: 01200 452201 Web: www.ultraframe.com Email: mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk From: Steven Peck

RE: APC USB-to-RJ45 cables

2010-12-02 Thread RichardMcClary
That pretty much settles it then - thanks! -- RMc Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote on 12/02/2010 08:29:12 AM: Note it?s not just pinout? it?s protocol. If you have a cable that simply re-packages the USB protocol in to a RJ45 physical connection (your APC?s?), it won?t work

Re: Stupid User Tricks

2010-12-02 Thread Steve Ens
That is a problem. i make a point to meet and greet all new staff. It is a good time to layout IT policies and let them know your expectations. Also FaceTime is always important on a strictly social basis as it gives you an opportunity to determine whether the staff member might come in handy at

Re: Stupid User Tricks

2010-12-02 Thread Jonathan Link
Isn't Facetime an iPhone app? On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote: That is a problem. i make a point to meet and greet all new staff. It is a good time to layout IT policies and let them know your expectations. Also FaceTime is always important on a

RE: OMFG it works (was RE: 2008 R2 RDS (was Terminal Server)in DMZ to 2K3 DC in LAN)

2010-12-02 Thread Tom Miller
Citrix products are certainly expensive. And it bugs me that the company really does not have a non-profit/health/GSA pricing scheme. For years we held off on full Citrix deployment, only due to the cost. But..I spent many hours, like Dave, getting Terminal Server working, only to decide

Re: Stupid User Tricks

2010-12-02 Thread Steve Ens
I think. That is why the iPad capitalized it... On Thursday, December 2, 2010, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: Isn't Facetime an iPhone app? On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote: That is a problem.  i make a point to meet and greet all new staff.

FW: Behind the Curtain of Second Tuesdays

2010-12-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
Thanks to Susan Bradley for pointing this one out... this is worth watching (IMO). Even though it can be summarized in one sentence: ...but most people have little understanding of the massive amount of coordination and work it takes to release five new lines of code across 22 platforms in 36

RE: Stupid User Tricks

2010-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
Yep. More than one user here uses the trash as an archive for stuff they *may* need later... ;-) I'm trying VERY hard to get the users who do that to stop! From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 9:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Stupid

RE: Stupid User Tricks

2010-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
Well, since a lot of our sales force never even sees the plant, and work out of their homes elsewhere in the country, it's really hard to do that. :-) I agree, it's a great idea where the entire workforce is in one small geographic area. Unfortunately, with the sales force widely dispersed,

Short survey of antivirus products. Chance to win an iPad.

2010-12-02 Thread Stu Sjouwerman
Hi All, This will take you 1 minute (if that). Leave your email address to make a chance to win an iPad! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/26P5DTQ Thanks so much in advance! Warm regards, Stu ... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: OMFG it works (was RE: 2008 R2 RDS (was Terminal Server)in DMZ to 2K3 DC in LAN)

2010-12-02 Thread David Lum
Right. Our non-profit licensing/seat is about $20 x 150 users = $3000 Probably 30 hours of work soup to nuts for the labor of everyone involved? Let's call it $2000 of NWEA labor (this includes total FTE cost, not just their salary). Really hard to tell how much actual time as it was time here,

RE: OMFG it works (was RE: 2008 R2 RDS (was Terminal Server)in DMZ to 2K3 DC in LAN)

2010-12-02 Thread greg.sweers
Yeah the Non Profit status makes it a non-brainer in almost every case for us, but we have a Citrix company who has setup several implementations for us for regular businesses, and I never get calls on it being down other than when a patch goes awry. Of course 2008 R2 I cannot recall an issue

BES 5.0 not syncing Calendars

2010-12-02 Thread Jim Majorowicz
I've got a client that uses BESX 5.0.2 with SBS 2008 that isn't syncing calendars after the Swing Migration to SBS 2008. Googling has me looking at the permissions of the BESAdmin account, but I can't tell if this is correct: [PS] C:\Windows\System32get-mailboxserver ALLIANT01 | get-ADpermission

AD Manager Plus or other third party

2010-12-02 Thread HELP_PC
This one looks to me quite good and easily setting up. I don't like prices x year (I can take in consideration SA) Does anybody have advice for similar software ? TIA GuidoElia HELPPC ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: AD Manager Plus or other third party

2010-12-02 Thread Don Guyer
Hyena does most of those tasks as well. Not the Help Desk portion, though. 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: Backup VIA ftp

2010-12-02 Thread justino garcia
6.5 MB/s when I did a local xfer Using loopbackup, on the ftp server it self, Using windows explorer bulit in ftp client. So it must be the FS On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Kim Longenbaugh k...@colonialsavings.comwrote: Like Joe’s implying (at least I think that may be what he’s getting at),

Re: Backup VIA ftp

2010-12-02 Thread justino garcia
err using loopback address (127.0.0.1) On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 1:42 PM, justino garcia jgarciaitl...@gmail.comwrote: 6.5 MB/s when I did a local xfer Using loopbackup, on the ftp server it self, Using windows explorer bulit in ftp client. So it must be the FS On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:24

RE: BES 5.0 not syncing Calendars

2010-12-02 Thread Simon Butler
If everything else is working correctly, the permissions are almost certainly correct. If permissions were wrong, then nothing would sync. The times I have seen this happen before it has been down to the cdo.dll not being registered, or the wrong was registered. Re-register the cdo.dll that is

Re: BES 5.0 not syncing Calendars

2010-12-02 Thread Bill Humphries
+1 on CDO problem. This is where Blackberry always suggests to look for calendar issues. Google BES and CDO and you'll see lots of similar issues. Simon Butler wrote: If everything else is working correctly, the permissions are almost certainly correct. If permissions were wrong, then

RE: Stupid User Tricks

2010-12-02 Thread Mike Gill
It's on the Mac too. -- Mike Gill From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Stupid User Tricks Isn't Facetime an iPhone app? On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Steve Ens

RE: Windows 2003 Terminal Services NLB

2010-12-02 Thread Paul Everett
I hope after all the poking was done you realize that you cannot use WLB for your Terminal Servers since they are not Enterprise Ed. Paul From: Robert Jackson [mailto:r...@walkermartyn.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 9:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 2003

RE: Windows 2003 Terminal Services NLB

2010-12-02 Thread Webster
Not true. NLB is available with all editions of Server 2003. You have to be using the Enterprise edition if you want to use the Session Directory. Webster From: Paul Everett [mailto:evere...@leementalhealth.org] Subject: RE: Windows 2003 Terminal Services NLB I hope after all

RE: OMFG it works (was RE: 2008 R2 RDS (was Terminal Server)in DMZ to 2K3 DC in LAN)

2010-12-02 Thread James Hill
I'm sure if David did it all again now it would be much quicker. I only needed 2 servers including an RD Gateway and it was incredibly easy and quick to setup. For smaller farms I can't see the value in Citrix anymore as RD services has caught up in many ways. RD Gateway in particular is rock

Vmware HA

2010-12-02 Thread jesse-r...@wi.rr.com
If this is not appropriate context for this listserve, please reply offline. I recently setup HA for the first time. Not sure if I did it right, lol. I have 2 ESX vSphere 4.1 hosts. Only HOST-A had VMs running on it (14), HOST-B was empty. Both hosts have the same processors, memory, etc.

VMware HA

2010-12-02 Thread jesse-r...@wi.rr.com
If this is not appropriate context for this listserve, please reply offline. I recently setup HA for the first time. Not sure if I did it right, lol. I have 2 ESX vSphere 4.1 hosts. Only HOST-A had VMs running on it (14), HOST-B was empty. Both hosts have the same processors, memory, etc.

Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Roger Wright
I occasionally have users who receive Word or Excel attachments, open them, make edits, and save, only to discover all their changes are lost when they reopen the attachment. The problem is, sometimes opening and editing within Outlook sometimes works, but most often, not. I’ve explained several

RE: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
Well, not sure why it *ever* works, but I think the reason it *doesn't* is because they are caching a copy of the attachment and editing the cached copy, so when they save it, they're saving it back to cache. From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 4:03

RE: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
Different versions of Outlook store attachments in different ways. I don't remember all the details, but there is a whitepaper on this at Slipstick. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent:

Re: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Bob Hartung
I believe attachments are first saved to a temporary file directory. Unless you save what you've done to a different location, it's toast. -- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail:

TS and RDS CAL Question

2010-12-02 Thread James Kerr
Quick question. I have a 2008 server running TS licensing and has a number of per user 2008 CALs available. I have a flashy 2008R2 TS (RDS). Will the CALs on the license server work for the 2008R2 TS? James ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: VMware HA

2010-12-02 Thread Mayo, Bill
In vCenter, select the host. In the right pane, select the Virtual Machines tab. It will show you the virtual machines (guests) running on that host. -Original Message- From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com [mailto:jesse-r...@wi.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 4:02 PM To: NT System

RE: VMware HA

2010-12-02 Thread Mayo, Bill
Sorry, aa little quick on the send. The answer below is the answer to #1. 2. When HA is setup, you move a guest from one host to another by migrating it. You right click on the guest in vCenter and choose Migrate. You will then get a wizard in which you choose the destination. 3. That

Re: TS and RDS CAL Question

2010-12-02 Thread RS
Yes. From: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/licensing-terminal.aspx Q. Can I use my Windows Server 2008 TS CALs to access RDS on a server running Windows Server 2008 R2? A. Yes, Windows Server 2008 TS CALs are functionally equivalent to RDS CALs, and can be used for connecting

Re: TS and RDS CAL Question

2010-12-02 Thread James Kerr
Phew, for a moment there I was about to go into panic mode. Thanks, James - Original Message - From: RS To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 4:30 PM Subject: Re: TS and RDS CAL Question Yes. From:

RE: Windows 2003 Terminal Services NLB

2010-12-02 Thread David Lum
Until 2008 R2...because now you get it with Std edition (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd560675(WS.10).aspx). It's now called Remote Desktop Connection Broker, and I believe prior to R2 you couldn't cluster them but now you can. I think another change is you can have servers NOT

RE: Windows 2003 Terminal Services NLB

2010-12-02 Thread Ziots, Edward
Just a question on the RDS install, any gotchas. I just got our Windows 2008 R2 Terminal Services Licenses setup on one of our R2 DC's. I would assume on the two TS servers I just need to add the Remote Desktop Services Role accordingly, to get Terminal Services in Application mode so to speak?

server packaging/shipping

2010-12-02 Thread Jeff Brown
Anyone familiar with a service in Phoenix area that will pack and ship servers? I am in Tulsa, have 3 relatively new Dell servers I need boxed and shipped from an office in Scottsdale. don't have anyone in that office up to the task... hate to fly out just for that. thanks for any help. Jeff

Re: Vmware HA

2010-12-02 Thread Jeff Bunting
1. If you select the Cluster in the left hand tree, there should be a virtual machines tab on the right hand side that will show you all of the VMs and which host they're on. If it isn't showing hosts you should be able to right click on the column headings and add a hosts column. 2. The VM

RE: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Carl Houseman
After saving with Word/Excel, one must also close and save changes to the mail message from which the attachment sprang. Carl From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 4:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Editing Office Files from Outlook I

Re: Vmware HA

2010-12-02 Thread jesse-r...@wi.rr.com
Awesome. Thanks Jeff and Bill! Original Message: - From: Jeff Bunting bunting.j...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 17:06:33 -0500 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Vmware HA 1. If you select the Cluster in the left hand tree, there should be a virtual

Re: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Roger Wright
But will that work consistently? Roger Wright ___ Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos: what you do today might burn your butt tomorrow. On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Carl Houseman c.house...@gmail.com wrote: After saving with Word/Excel, one must

RE: Behind the Curtain of Second Tuesdays

2010-12-02 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Michael, Thanks for sharing this. I'm actually surprised no one else has commented. I say it all the time, perspective is an interesting thing. The article and the video really puts into perspective the behemoth of a task that Microsoft has in researching, writing, testing, and rolling out

RE: Windows 2003 Terminal Services NLB

2010-12-02 Thread David Lum
If you're setting it up for internal use only no, no REAL gotcha's. 2008 R2 license servers don't need to be on a DC for other R2 RDS servers to find them either. My R2 license server is on a Session Host system and when I ran the license tool on the other RDSH's they found it. I have MS apps

RE: server packaging/shipping

2010-12-02 Thread Webster
A fellow CTP who lives in Scottsdale says you can use any UPS Store or mailbox store in the area. He uses them all the time to send stuff with no issues. Webster From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] Subject: server packaging/shipping Anyone familiar with a service in

RE: Windows 2003 Terminal Services NLB

2010-12-02 Thread Webster
.from what I read .MSI's don't even require you to change into install mode, although I recommend it for doing other configs since install mode basically sets the Default User settings. According to a highly placed friend on the RDS product team, TS/RDS has a contract with an MSI file to

RE: Behind the Curtain of Second Tuesdays

2010-12-02 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
And in the spirit of being stuck in our own little world... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP5mYOzOvCs Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.comBLOCKED::mailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com

Re: server packaging/shipping

2010-12-02 Thread Jeff Brown
I think I'm going to need someone who will actually go out to the office, pack it up and take it to UPS or Fedex location. On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Webster carlwebs...@gmail.com wrote: A fellow CTP who lives in Scottsdale says you can use any UPS Store or mailbox store in the area. He

RE: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Carl Houseman
It's always worked for me. Of course it's confusing for users, sometimes a message close will prompt to save changes when no changes were apparently made such as viewing a PDF attachment. I get that all the time. Carl From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December

RE: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Malcolm Reitz
I'm with Carl - you have to save the email message after editing the attachment. -Malcolm From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 16:41 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Editing Office Files from Outlook It's always worked for me. Of

RE: DC logon strangeness

2010-12-02 Thread Malcolm Reitz
Where is DNS coming from? What exactly do you have the firewalls blocking between the clients and the remote DCs? -Malcolm -Original Message- From: Laurence [mailto:laurence.chi...@jalapeno-bs.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 10:29 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DC

Re: server packaging/shipping

2010-12-02 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Methinks that flying is in your future. :) or, perhaps you could make an arrangement with someone on list who lives I that area. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Dec 2, 2010 5:32 PM, Jeff Brown 2jbr...@gmail.com wrote: ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security

Re: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Plus, theres the option to save the attachment back to the email, which will make it available again from that same email. Loads of fun. Can almost always be found in the temp folders... -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Dec 2, 2010 4:09 PM, Bob Hartung

Re: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Yes -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Dec 2, 2010 5:12 PM, Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com wrote: But will that work consistently? Roger Wright ___ Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos: what you do today might burn your

Re: BES 5.0 not syncing Calendars

2010-12-02 Thread Jim Majorowicz
Thanks guys. I'll take a look at that in the morning. On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Bill Humphries nt...@hedgedigger.comwrote: +1 on CDO problem. This is where Blackberry always suggests to look for calendar issues. Google BES and CDO and you'll see lots of similar issues. Simon

OT: integra telecom support in Seattle Portland

2010-12-02 Thread Bill Songstad
I'm evaluating a new service provider to install a phone system in Seattle and our branch office in Portland Oregon. Does anyone have experience with Integra Telecom in the Northwest? Their pricing is pretty good, but their competitors, predictably, say their service is shoddy. So I've learned

Re: APC USB-to-RJ45 cables

2010-12-02 Thread Jon Harris
They are not standard serial by any stretch of the imagination. Jon On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: I don’t think they are standard serial. *From:* richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] *Sent:* Thursday, December 02, 2010

RE: Behind the Curtain of Second Tuesdays

2010-12-02 Thread Ziots, Edward
Honestly, I just watched the video, and it was enriching from a security prespective accordingly. It's a very good example of Risk Assessment at the highest levels affecting basically a global scope, so as the presenter said a lot, the decisions and there raminfications are not to be taken

RE: Behind the Curtain of Second Tuesdays

2010-12-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
One of the key take aways - for me - was that regardless of how smart their people are - they don't know everything. But they KNOW that and they continue to have a passion for learning and improving. But the pure SCALE of their operations - that blew me away. Regards, Michael B. Smith

RE: integra telecom support in Seattle Portland

2010-12-02 Thread Tim Evans
We have them for MPLS, PRI internet service. Their NOC people are not the sharpest I've run across - in fact IMO some of them have no business being in a NOC. Once we got things configured properly, there have been no further problems. If you are looking at them for just phone service (and it

RE: Behind the Curtain of Second Tuesdays

2010-12-02 Thread James Hill
It's mind boggling. It's a hell of a lot of responsibility too. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, 3 December 2010 11:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Behind the Curtain of Second Tuesdays One of the key take aways - for me - was that regardless of

Re: OT: integra telecom support in Seattle Portland

2010-12-02 Thread Mike Sullivan
Hi Bill, I've had Integra at my work for 3 years now and they are great! In the 3 years we've had them there was 1 outage and it was ATT that was at fault. They were all over them until the issue was fixed. We also had a minor issue with a DID number which they solved in less than an hour of my

Re: OT: integra telecom support in Seattle Portland

2010-12-02 Thread Mike Sullivan
I should also say we only have them for voice. On 12/2/10, Mike Sullivan neog...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Bill, I've had Integra at my work for 3 years now and they are great! In the 3 years we've had them there was 1 outage and it was ATT that was at fault. They were all over them until the

Re: Behind the Curtain of Second Tuesdays

2010-12-02 Thread Jeff Steward
It is eye opening. Microsoft has come a long way in the security arena and I don't think most people recognize that fact. -Jeff Steward On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: One of the key take aways - for me - was that regardless of how smart their

RE: integra telecom support in Seattle Portland

2010-12-02 Thread Pat Marshall
Run, Forrest, RUN!!! They are awful! Their service is awful, their tech support is awful. I work for the State of Oregon and we have a connection through them in one of our Portland offices. It is the worst in the state. I also work for a Portland company on weekends whose connection is

RE: Stupid User Tricks

2010-12-02 Thread VIPCS
Change the group policies to automatically delete files when moved to the recycle bin, but make sure you tell the users before you change the policy, and make sure you have management buy in before you make the change. Sincerely, Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris VIPCS -Original Message-

RE: Blogging software

2010-12-02 Thread VIPCS
You might want to point out to your customer that Microsoft has discontinued security support for Windows 2000, and therefore he is putting his whole enterprise at risk. Sincerely, Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris VIPCS _ From: Nigel Parker [mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk]

Re: Behind the Curtain of Second Tuesdays

2010-12-02 Thread Gary Slinger
They had me at who wants to reboot Russia? :) -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 01:56:47 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.comSubject: RE:

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