RE: Tse - Virtual

2011-02-16 Thread Webster
Ahhh, you mean Remote Desktop Services (RDS) then. Lots of RDS, lots of Terminal Services and lots of Citrix XenApp in use around the world. Depending on your server’s CPU and RAM usage, any of the three make excellent candidates for virtualization. Google “Project Virtual Reality Check”.

Re: Dedupe - Do you trust it?

2011-02-16 Thread Andrew S. Baker
The basic concepts of data deduplication is used in a lot of places, not the least of which are compression algorithms, data encryption, WAN optimization, etc. I think that the technology is mature, and that there's a lot of impetus to do it right, in general. Unless they're going to suggest

RE: Dedupe - Do you trust it?

2011-02-16 Thread Paul Hutchings
Thanks Andrew, I am already trialling the d2d and dedupe with Commvault (our current product). Don't misunderstand me, I'm not suggesting I'm dealing with flat-earther's and they aren't suggesting don't' do it, I just found it a bit of an odd stance how they seemed inherantly distrusting of

Re: Dedupe - Do you trust it?

2011-02-16 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 6:30 AM, Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk wrote: They’re a little mistrusting of dedupe on the basis “It’s a database it can go wrong ... A filesystem is a database consisting of a hierarchical series of tables (directories), a table tracking extents, and a

WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Am I seeing this correctly? If I delete a computer account in ADUC, the computer will continue to appear in WSUS, and has to be manually deleted from WSUS as well? . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

RE: Dedupe - Do you trust it?

2011-02-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
I'm not an expert on this by any stretch of the imagination. I can only say that we've been using ExaGrid's de-duping solution for a couple of years now, and every time I've done a restore it has been fast and accurate. That's purely anecdotal, of course, but it's my experience for what it's

Re: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread James Rankin
Won't the WSUS Cleanup Wizard get rid of them for you? On 16 February 2011 13:35, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com wrote: Am I seeing this correctly? If I delete a computer account in ADUC, the computer will continue to appear in WSUS, and has to be manually deleted

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
That has been my experience. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 8:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WSUS - deleted computer accounts

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread Paul Hutchings
Sort of. It will continue to appear until you delete it, or until you run the server cleanup wizard in WSUS and it's been more than 30 days since the computer checked in. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] Sent: 16 February 2011 13:35 To: NT System Admin

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Thanks all for confirming... it would be nice if WSUS knew that the computer account was deleted. Thx! From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 8:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
When I run the cleanup wizard, I never select the option to remove computers that haven't reported in 30+ days because some of those computers are still out there. For instance, laptops that my users have on the road or at home may only be on my network a few times per year, so they'll easily

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread Michael B. Smith
How would it know? WSUS isn't restricted to only servicing computers within a specific domain. Last check-in is about the only thing it CAN use. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Mazzaccaro

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread Paul Hutchings
When it comes back it'll check back in anyway and reappear. So sure, they may still exist, but other than the visibility/reporting element you're not breaking anything by letting the cleanup wizard do its thing. From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: 16

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
But what if it doesn't come back? If a machine hasn't reported in in 30+ days, that's reason for concern. I need to know why that's happening. Is it because the machine is never turned on? If it's never turned on, why? Is it broken but the user hasn't reported it? Is it not needed by the user

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread Paul Hutchings
Not sure WSUS is the right/best way to deal with that though? We have a smaller inventory but no way could I check up each individual maching that hasn't reported into WSUS for X days to see if it's because it's in another country, in a cupboard, broken and so on. For machines that don't go

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread Ben Schorr
I think I agree with John on this one. If we have machines that aren't checking in for 30 days then I want to know why. And, to be honest, other than WSUS or perhaps our A/V console we don't necessarily have a good way to know if they aren't checking in. In some cases we have found machines

Re: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread Andrew S. Baker
All WSUS knows is what has checked in and what has not. Since WSUS is not tied to AD (AD is not required to use it successfully), binding accounts to AD membership in the suggested manner would be limiting. How would WSUS know the difference between a machine that was removed from service

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread Kennedy, Jim
It would be nice if the domain told WSUS when a computer account was deleted. Not a big deal, just one of life's minor annoyances. 30 days of old computers isn't a big deal, plus it reminds you to run the server cleanup wizard which is a good thing. From: Andrew S. Baker

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 A computer that doesn't reappear in WSUS is a problem. It isn't patched. Is it a road warrior running all over the place connecting to open hot spots with unpatched vulnerablilities? From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 8:54 AM

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread David Lum
My process: Let WSUS clean up. Use JOWARE.NET tool to see what machines are active (have checked in with AD in last 30 days or whatever) and compare this list to what WSUS has. (Excel comes in handy for this). You could have my environment where you're comparing an SMS list with WSUS list and

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread Ken Schaefer
AD has no functionality to tell an external product (WSUS) that computers are deleted. You'd have to give AD some kind of service account to login to WSUS, and tell WSUS to remove certain computers - AD doesn't have this for any other product in the Microsoft family - everything pulls from AD

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread David Lum
What you're looking for is a tool that uses AD. WSUS doesn't use AD and therefore has no way to follow activities in AD. SMS and other tools that sync with AD can be set to purge after xx days. An example I have is our McAfee server - it populates its system list from an LDAP query and is also

Re: Dedupe - Do you trust it?

2011-02-16 Thread Kurt Buff
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager has used the 'incrementals forever' model for many years, and in environments from mainframes on down - just not with dedupe, though that may now be a feature. The more I play with other solutions, the more I miss TSM. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 04:44, Paul Hutchings

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread Kennedy, Jim
If AD told WSUS what to delete it would not break non-AD systems that use WSUS. A non-AD system would never tell WSUS to delete anything since there is no AD involved. I am not suggesting a tool that makes sure AD matches WSUS. Just a trigger that when a computer account in AD is deleted it

Re: Fixed Asset software?

2011-02-16 Thread Roger Wright
We're using an Access database - not elaborate but works well for us. The FA applications from WASP looked good when we tested one: http://www.waspbarcode.com/software/ Roger Wright ___ The internet is a great way to get on the net. – Bob Dole On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Matthew W.

Scanner recommendations please

2011-02-16 Thread Tigran K
Looking for a fast reliable document feeding scanner under $500 ish. Any recommendations? Price is not hard set so if you think going to $700 ish might get me something that's much much better please don't leave it out. Something for a small business that's trying to digitize all their documents.

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread Ken Schaefer
AD uses GUIDs to track objects. WSUS has no awareness of the GUID that AD uses. How is WSUS going to be populated with these GUIDs? And it's not similar to Exchange. Exchange stores its information in AD, and pulls that information from AD. AD does not notify Exchange to delete things. To be

RE: Scanner recommendations please

2011-02-16 Thread Erik Goldoff
I'm not sure how you qualify 'fast', nor what capacity you need, but I've been happy with the very inexpensive Epson WorkForce ( I have a model 310 ) combo fax/copier/printer/scanner with ADF. It's a single side ADF, you don't mention if you need double sided or not. If so, then this would NOT

RE: Scanner recommendations please

2011-02-16 Thread John Aldrich
We like our Kyocera KM-5050 copier. It has a double-sided capable document feeder. I'm not sure how much it costs, as we lease ours. -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 9:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE:

Re: Fixed Asset software?

2011-02-16 Thread Jonathan
We use FAS from SAGE, which is integrated with our accounting package, MAS90. Seems to work ok. I believe they provided the scanner. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com wrote: We're using an Access database - not elaborate but works well for us. The FA applications

RE: Scanner recommendations please

2011-02-16 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Just a thought, but does the business have any type of lease agreement with a company that services their copiers? If the timing is right they may be able to negotiate a scanner upgrade in with a renewal? We have replaced all of our scanners with multi-purpose copiers and it has worked out

RE: Anonymous strikes back at HBGary with stolen emails | Leak prevention - InfoWorld

2011-02-16 Thread Kennedy, Jim
My son is pretty big in the white hat scene, we were talking about this over the weekend. I don't condone what Anonymous is doing but HBGary really messed this one up. If you penetrate a hacker group you don't announce how cool you are in the press, you turn the info over to the FBI and

RE: Anonymous strikes back at HBGary with stolen emails | Leak prevention - InfoWorld

2011-02-16 Thread David Lum
Funny, I had that EXACT same thought...:) From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 7:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Anonymous strikes back at HBGary with stolen emails | Leak prevention - InfoWorld My son is pretty big in the

Re: Scanner recommendations please

2011-02-16 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Clearly more than $500

Re: Scanner recommendations please

2011-02-16 Thread Roger Wright
I've used a couple of Canon's DR series with good results. Duplexing, color or grayscale, and they both had reliable transports. This was when I worked for a bank which digitized all documentation. Fujitsu scanners also get good recommendations. Roger Wright ___ The internet is a great way

Re: Anonymous strikes back at HBGary with stolen emails | Leak prevention - InfoWorld

2011-02-16 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Agreed. Angering people who clearly have more time and incentive than you to act in a particular way is just stupid. Well, they wanted publicity, and now they have it. *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... *

Re: Anonymous strikes back at HBGary with stolen emails | Leak prevention - InfoWorld

2011-02-16 Thread Jonathan Link
My first thought...what a tool (the entire HBGary management). On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:08 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: Funny, I had that EXACT same thought…J *From:* Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] *Sent:* Wednesday, February 16, 2011 7:04 AM *To:* NT

Re: Scanner recommendations please

2011-02-16 Thread Jonathan Link
You don't indicate a projected monthly duty cycle. I think in that price range you're going to find you're under-buying based on the actual use. If they are digitizing documents, and then performing work on those documents the cost of downtime is going to be a huge big deal. I'm going to echo the

RE: Scanner recommendations please

2011-02-16 Thread Cameron Cooper
We have several Xerox DocuMate 515s here. Price from CDW is $344.99 + tax. Does this need to be networked or will one or more user just use them? _ Cameron Cooper Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896

Re: Scanner recommendations please

2011-02-16 Thread Kramer, Jack
Just got a Fujitsu snapscan s1300 (their portable model) for $280 and am very happy with it. Their desktop model is faster and runs about 400-500 - the S1500. Double-sided sheetfed scanning at something like 20ppm. Jack Kramer Computer Systems Specialist University Relations, Michigan State

Re: Windows 7 Licensing Question

2011-02-16 Thread Kramer, Jack
Yes – been there, done that with a set of 15 new Dells. Jack Kramer Computer Systems Specialist University Relations, Michigan State University w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955 From: Mike Gill lis...@canbyfoursquare.commailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: Scanner recommendations please

2011-02-16 Thread Jeff Steward
Check out the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 series. Seriously one of the most impressive gadgets I've run across in a long time. -Jeff Steward On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Tigran K tigr...@gmail.com wrote: Looking for a fast reliable document feeding scanner under $500 ish. Any recommendations?

Re: Scanner recommendations please

2011-02-16 Thread Tigran K
Good point. I'm meeting with the customer Monday to get the details. You all gave me some good questions to ask. --Tigran On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure how you qualify 'fast', nor what capacity you need, but I've been happy with the very

RE: Anonymous strikes back at HBGary with stolen emails | Leak prevention - InfoWorld

2011-02-16 Thread Sean Rector
If you penetrate a hacker group you don't announce how cool you are in the press, you turn the info over to the FBI and quietly go on about your business. This seems like a PR move on HBGary's part that has gone horribly wrong, they get little sympathy from me. + Eleventy-billion! Sean

Re: Dedupe - Do you trust it?

2011-02-16 Thread Devin Meade
We migrated our main file server by backing it up, then restored it to a new machine using Backup Exec 2010 R2 with DeDuplication months ago. This allowed us to (1) perform a litmus test on our backup system and (2) have an back-out plan if it fails. Our email is on a database (Exchange), so are

Re: Anonymous strikes back at HBGary with stolen emails | Leak prevention - InfoWorld

2011-02-16 Thread Durf
I have heard more nefarious speulation that HBGary was being retained by Bank of America and/or the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, to attempt to get at Wikileaks through Anonymous. The reason being that Wikileaks supposedly has some upcoming dirt on those groups regarding the home mortgage crisis it is

Re: Scanner recommendations please

2011-02-16 Thread Cameron
A little more then you want to spend...(CDW list $1093)...but... We have been using a HP Scanjet N8420 for about 8 months and have NO issues with it. It's classed as high speed (25ppm). We have put through about 400,000+ scans on ours and it's still going strong. HTH Cameron On Wed, Feb 16,

Re: Anonymous strikes back at HBGary with stolen emails | Leak prevention - InfoWorld

2011-02-16 Thread Steven Peck
Arstechnica has 4 articles now on it that are pretty good reads. If you read them in order it gives a fairly consistent view with the information as it was coming out and what was publicly known at the time. 1.

Straight-through or Cross-Over cable?

2011-02-16 Thread Pierre Camilleri
Hi all We currently have a Siemens router installed and wish to connect it to our internal LAN. We have a network outlet point nearby. My question is this. Should we use a straight-through cable? I have a hunch that the engineer in charge of the router installation connected it to the network

Bandwidth Usage

2011-02-16 Thread itli...@imcu.com
I am having to explain to some pita's what uses up all the bandwidth when they are wanting to get on the Internet. For these pita's the Internet is wide open. So they can get music, video, large files, etc... If I told them listening to the radio via Internet or watching video's on the internet

RE: Straight-through or Cross-Over cable?

2011-02-16 Thread Mayo, Bill
Straight through cables/connections are typically needed between a router and a switch. -Original Message- From: Pierre Camilleri [mailto:pierre.camill...@fosterclark.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Straight-through or Cross-Over

RE: Straight-through or Cross-Over cable?

2011-02-16 Thread John Aldrich
Also, the router may be programmed to drop ICMP so that would also explain why you cannot ping it. -Original Message- From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 12:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Straight-through or Cross-Over

Re: Scanner recommendations please

2011-02-16 Thread Jonathan
I would look into Fujitsu. We have a number of them, considerably more expensive han what you are talking about, but they get the job done, PERIOD, and scan both sides simultaneously. I know they have some less expensive models - we have a couple of scan snap units, and the people who use those

Re: Bandwidth Usage

2011-02-16 Thread Andrew S. Baker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ntop/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/ntop/This will tell you what is running in your environment and consuming bandwidth. *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... * On Wed, Feb

RE: Scanner recommendations please

2011-02-16 Thread Martin Blackstone
+1 From: Jonathan [mailto:ncm...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 9:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Scanner recommendations please I would look into Fujitsu. We have a number of them, considerably more expensive han what you are talking about, but they get the

Re: Bandwidth Usage

2011-02-16 Thread S Powell
we block youtube, and Pandora from internal users, exceptions can be made on a case by case basis. @THIS STATMENT IS VERIFIABLY INCORRECT On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 08:57, itli...@imcu.com itli...@imcu.com wrote: I am having to explain to some pita’s what uses up all the bandwidth when

Re: Bandwidth Usage

2011-02-16 Thread Mike Sullivan
+1 Our exceptions are Upper Management. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:46 AM, S Powell powe...@gmail.com wrote: we block youtube, and Pandora from internal users, exceptions can be made on a case by case basis. @THIS STATMENT IS VERIFIABLY INCORRECT On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 08:57,

RE: Straight-through or Cross-Over cable?

2011-02-16 Thread Pierre Camilleri
Thanks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the

RE: Bandwidth Usage

2011-02-16 Thread Martin Blackstone
We block BitTorrent too. -Original Message- From: S Powell [mailto:powe...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 9:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Bandwidth Usage we block youtube, and Pandora from internal users, exceptions can be made on a case by case basis.

RE: Bandwidth Usage

2011-02-16 Thread Paul Hutchings
Coming at it from another angle, how many users, how much bandwidth, what firewall and what firewall rules do you have in place? From: itli...@imcu.com [mailto:itli...@imcu.com] Sent: 16 February 2011 16:57 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Bandwidth Usage I am having to explain to some

Re: Straight-through or Cross-Over cable?

2011-02-16 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Pierre Camilleri pierre.camill...@fosterclark.com wrote: We currently have a Siemens router installed and wish to connect it to our internal LAN. We have a network outlet point nearby. My question is this. Should we use a straight-through cable? Most likely,

RE: CPUCount tool

2011-02-16 Thread Joe Tinney
I'm not exactly sure of your requirements, but I'll assume this is a Windows OS. The WMI object Win32_Processor should have a listing for each physical processor in the machine. PowerShell one-liner (if you don't count the semicolon as a new line): [array]$ProcList = Get-WMIObject

RE: Straight-through or Cross-Over cable?

2011-02-16 Thread Sam Cayze
Anything relatively new will auto-detect straight-through or crossover, basically eliminating the need for crossover cables in most environments. (Auto-MDI). -Original Message- From: Pierre Camilleri [mailto:pierre.camill...@fosterclark.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:46 AM

RE: Bandwidth Usage

2011-02-16 Thread itli...@imcu.com
280 users, 3MB outbound, ASA w/ironport url filter, Mostly no access but the Pita's have access to all. (Many pita's) From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Posted At: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 1:10 PM Posted To: itli...@imcu.com

RE: Fixed Asset software?

2011-02-16 Thread Ryan Finnesey
We use BNA Software with a scanner and it works well. The scanners we use are Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.5 based. So it gives you lots of options for hardware. Cheers Ryan From: Jonathan [mailto:ncm...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 9:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Bandwidth Usage

2011-02-16 Thread Michael B. Smith
280 users on 3MB is pretty conservative these days. I'd suggest you fire up Cacti and ntop. They are VERY useful tracking tools. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: itli...@imcu.com [mailto:itli...@imcu.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16,

RE: Bandwidth Usage

2011-02-16 Thread Paul Hutchings
Look at ntop or something that will show you the protocols in use. If you don't already do so lock down your ASA so that only known/needed protocols/applications (or on an ASA I guess you're stuck with just port control?) are allowed out. Being blunt with 3mbps and 280 users I suspect you're

RE: Bandwidth Usage

2011-02-16 Thread Martin Blackstone
Agreed. Your users probably aren't doing anything unusual. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 11:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Bandwidth Usage 280 users on 3MB is pretty conservative these days. I'd suggest you fire

RE: Fixed Asset software?

2011-02-16 Thread Rod Trent
Don't forget to take a look at Odyssey Software. Not a bar scanner solution, but will still capture the hardware asset information. From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Fixed Asset

RE: Anonymous strikes back at HBGary with stolen emails | Leak prevention - InfoWorld

2011-02-16 Thread David Lum
Very interesting reading IMO. It's the sad reality that many people will put money ahead of their ethics - something I just don't get how people can be at peace with themselves. Dude it's just money! * HBGary CEO Greg Hoglund had tossed out a random idea for Barr, one that did not apparently

Re: Anonymous strikes back at HBGary with stolen emails | Leak prevention - InfoWorld

2011-02-16 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Who said that their ethics are not based upon the acquisition of funds, first and foremost? Seems to me that they are quite in line with their personal ethics. *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... * On Wed,

Re: Purchasing and license tracking

2011-02-16 Thread Jon Harris
%Dayjob% before this job was done by IT with it split between speciality software person and everything else person. Current %dayjob% it is handled further up the chain but still held in the IT department. I believe there is one FTE person that does all purchasing and holds the paper but others

Re: Bandwidth Usage

2011-02-16 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Indeed... *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... * On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: 280 users on 3MB is pretty conservative these days. I’d suggest you fire

Re: Fixed Asset software?

2011-02-16 Thread Jonathan
If you have an android based smart phone with bar code scanning capabilities, this may be of interest: http://www.slideshare.net/ajmransom/asset-tracking-on-the-android-smartphone http://www.slideshare.net/ajmransom/asset-tracking-on-the-android-smartphoneOn a whim, I decided to Google, Android

Re: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread Jon Harris
Have you thought of using Direct Access to get those machines patched? Jon On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 8:42 AM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: When I run the cleanup wizard, I never select the option to remove computers that haven’t reported in 30+ days because some of

Microsoft IT Advisory Council - anyone here a member?

2011-02-16 Thread Jonathan
Just got an email invite to join the Microsoft IT Advisory Council. Anyone here a member, and if so, what can you share about it? Thanks, -- Jonathan, A+, MCSA, MCSE ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

RE: Anonymous strikes back at HBGary with stolen emails | Leak prevention - InfoWorld

2011-02-16 Thread Erik Goldoff
Money is like air … it becomes very important when you don’t have enough. *problem with money is how people arrive at the definition of “enough” Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: David Lum

OT: Disabled AD Accounts and BES

2011-02-16 Thread Harry Singh
All - There is a suspicion that a recently terminated employe's credentials might still be in use on the network. (Disclaimer: I don't handle user termination/creation) Since the user had multiple computers, I thought it may be possible that an outlook session and of course windows session

Re: Fixed Asset software?

2011-02-16 Thread Harry Singh
FAS from SAGE has a component to inventory computers/devices with a bar code scanner ? On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: If you have an android based smart phone with bar code scanning capabilities, this may be of interest:

Re: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread John Cook
DA = Win7 Enterprise or Ultimate client only John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families From: Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wed Feb 16 14:45:20 2011 Subject: Re: WSUS -

RE: Microsoft IT Advisory Council - anyone here a member?

2011-02-16 Thread Michael B. Smith
I am. You get a survey every couple of months. If you respond you get entered in a drawing for some bling-or-another. I won a gift certificate once. :-) I have no idea what the data is actually used for. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com

RE: Microsoft IT Advisory Council - anyone here a member?

2011-02-16 Thread Rod Trent
:) Not much. A bit of activity. Some surveys every once in a while. -Original Message- From: Jonathan [mailto:ncm...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Microsoft IT Advisory Council - anyone here a member? Just got an email

Re: Fixed Asset software?

2011-02-16 Thread Jeff Steward
http://www.sagefas.com/Products/Barcode-Readers http://www.sagefas.com/Products/Barcode-Readers-Jeff Steward On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote: FAS from SAGE has a component to inventory computers/devices with a bar code scanner ? On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at

RE: Disabled AD Accounts and BES

2011-02-16 Thread Michael B. Smith
Disabling a user doesn’t stop its mailbox from receiving or sending email. That is a specific required use-case in cross-forest scenarios. You need to disable their access via the mailbox features (MAPI and OWA and EAS are the top-3) or remove Exchange attributes from the account. Regards,

Re: Fixed Asset software?

2011-02-16 Thread Jonathan
Yup. been using it for several years now. http://www.sagefas.com/ Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. On Feb 16, 2011 2:52 PM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote: FAS from SAGE has a component to inventory computers/devices with a

Re: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread Jon Harris
I think John may have that ability. If not on all machines most likely on the roamers in any case. Jon On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:51 PM, John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote: DA = Win7 Enterprise or Ultimate client only John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families

Re: Microsoft IT Advisory Council - anyone here a member?

2011-02-16 Thread John Cook
+1 they're changing the site to make it more friendly. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families - Original Message - From: Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wed Feb 16 14:55:07 2011 Subject:

Re: Anonymous strikes back at HBGary with stolen emails | Leak prevention - InfoWorld

2011-02-16 Thread Steve Ens
Love is like oxygen, you get to much - you get to high...not enough and you're going to die. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: Money is like air … it becomes very important when you don’t have enough. *problem with money is how people arrive at the

Re: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread John Cook
I would never assume that, he DOES work for a small school district here in Florida. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families From: Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wed

Re: Disabled AD Accounts and BES

2011-02-16 Thread Harry Singh
Ahh. Thanks Michael. I'll make sure the team updates their documentation to either remove Exchange Attributes -- which I assume isn't too difficult to add back on in the event the user returns -- or disable certain mailbox features. To confirm, in regard to BES, if i disable the MAPI function,

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2011-02-16 Thread Erik Goldoff
Oh great ! Now I have that tune in my head competing with the voices grin Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:58 PM To: NT

Re: Fixed Asset software?

2011-02-16 Thread Harry Singh
Good to know. Our accounting team has SageFAS in place right now. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: Yup. been using it for several years now. http://www.sagefas.com/ Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon

Re: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread Jon Harris
True but I think he said something about migration to 7 a while ago. If not you would be correct. I know in the University setting Client OS was free to upgrade from lower versions. That really helped with getting and keeping systems relatively up to date. It also helped with purchasing of new

RE: Anonymous strikes back at HBGary with stolen emails | Leak prevention - InfoWorld

2011-02-16 Thread David Lum
Good point. All I can say is better them than me, I feel that stuff always comes back to bite you in the a$$ sooner or later. This serves as another case in point :) Dave From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 11:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Bandwidth Usage

2011-02-16 Thread Sam Cayze
Ouch. From: itli...@imcu.com [mailto:itli...@imcu.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Bandwidth Usage 280 users, 3MB outbound, ASA w/ironport url filter, Mostly no access but the Pita's have access to all. (Many pita's) _

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
We've been doing Win7 for a while, but Pro-not Enterprise. John From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 3:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS? True but I think he said something about migration

Vipre Rescue scores direct hit!

2011-02-16 Thread David Lum
We have a couple of machines here recently infected that McAfee told us was infected but couldn't completely clean the system. The Service Desk guys went to their normal plan B (Malwarebytes) and while it has worked in the vast majority of other cleanings, it couldn't clean these two. They ping

Re: Bandwidth Usage

2011-02-16 Thread Jonathan Link
Case in point, we're ~40 on 10Mb. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.com wrote: Ouch… *From:* itli...@imcu.com [mailto:itli...@imcu.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, February 16, 2011 1:07 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Bandwidth Usage 280 users, 3MB

Re: Disabled AD Accounts and BES

2011-02-16 Thread Jonathan Link
Moving forward, I would make wiping the device for terminated users an SOP... And consider doing it now. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote: Ahh. Thanks Michael. I'll make sure the team updates their documentation to either remove Exchange Attributes --

Re: Bandwidth Usage

2011-02-16 Thread Andrew S. Baker
~40 on 6MB, and another ~25 on 15MB *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... * On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Case in point, we're ~40 on 10Mb. On Wed, Feb 16,

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