Re: AWS goes down

2011-04-22 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: And other, smart cloud providers will make these decisions in advance, learning from the Amazon situation. Your optimism about our ability to learn from history amuses me. :-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint

RE: Exactly what I've been worrying about...

2011-04-22 Thread Sean Rector
Actually, Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) has the ability to encrypt the phone now. Sean Rector, MCSE -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 11:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exactly what I've been worrying about...

Re: Changing [most] login names in Active Directory

2011-04-22 Thread RichardMcClary
We are not an Exchange shop. (We are currently a Domino/Notes shop. I've learned the hard way how painful name changes are there!) We had two locations which began independently merge. The current business model calls for complete standardization across all locations. One location had

RE: OSPF on Cisco Catalyst 3750 switch?

2011-04-22 Thread RichardMcClary
We have two connections - our general internet connection and a dedicated WAN connection between IL and NY. Both are moving from copper to fiber. The part of the project where OSPF came up is with the WAN connection... With the internet and the WAN connections up and running, they can be

RE: OSPF on Cisco Catalyst 3750 switch?

2011-04-22 Thread Don Ely
BGP is better suited for this. :) On Apr 22, 2011 8:35 AM, richardmccl...@aspca.org wrote: We have two connections - our general internet connection and a dedicated WAN connection between IL and NY. Both are moving from copper to fiber. The part of the project where OSPF came up is with the WAN

Re: Microsoft fail..

2011-04-22 Thread Joseph Heaton
I've seen this when hitting a download page for an OS specific update, when I'm not on that OS. For instance, an update that only applies to 2008R2, and I'm on a Win 7 machine trying to access it. Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com 4/21/2011 9:26 AM Wow How would anyone think

Re: Changing [most] login names in Active Directory

2011-04-22 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Applying the policy to new accounts or to existing accounts is easy enough. My question pertains more to the idea of including home directories and other back-end portions of the infrastructure that don't have a visible user impact. *ASB *(Professional Bio http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio)

RE: OSPF on Cisco Catalyst 3750 switch?

2011-04-22 Thread Brian Desmond
It's probably actually a mix of both. You'd want to use BGP to publish yourself to the Internet given the multiple entry points, but, OSPF would be used over the private link to handle the internal routes. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.commailto:br...@briandesmond.com c -

Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Tom Miller
Folks, I'm in the market for a touch screen laptop tablet. We want to test e-signatures using the touch screen instead of an add-on USB signature card. Any suggestions? I see several vendors have these. Since this is just testing, nothing high-end is needed. Thanks, Tom Confidentiality

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Rod Trent
Full-size laptop? Or would a mini (like the Dell) or even a netbook do? What OS? From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 12:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Touch screen tablets Folks, I'm in the market for a touch screen laptop tablet. We

RE: OSPF on Cisco Catalyst 3750 switch?

2011-04-22 Thread Don Ely
You could but my preference is a single protocol if its possible. We have a dual mpls WAN with dual internet circuits and use only BGP. On Apr 22, 2011 8:49 AM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com wrote: It's probably actually a mix of both. You'd want to use BGP to publish yourself to the

RE: OSPF on Cisco Catalyst 3750 switch?

2011-04-22 Thread RichardMcClary
Of coarse, if our IOS does not support BGP (as well as not supporting OSPF), this does not help us much. We are checking with the engineer of our provider as to whether adding a device (which does support OSPF) would also present a traffic bottleneck in our routine traffic flow. Thanks... --

RE: OSPF on Cisco Catalyst 3750 switch?

2011-04-22 Thread Don Ely
Why can't you upgrade the IOS? On Apr 22, 2011 9:33 AM, richardmccl...@aspca.org wrote: Of coarse, if our IOS does not support BGP (as well as not supporting OSPF), this does not help us much. We are checking with the engineer of our provider as to whether adding a device (which does support

Re: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Steven Peck
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/en_US/pd/productID.228299800/parentCategoryID.44066900/categoryID.54536100/list.true A friend of mine has that. It's pretty darn nice. On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Full-size laptop? Or would a mini (like

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Rod Trent
Crazy.that's twice the price of a Xoom. From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 12:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Touch screen tablets http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/en_US/pd/productID.228299800/par

Re: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Steven Peck
Sure but you get Windows 7. It's really nice. On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Crazy…that’s twice the price of a Xoom. *From:* Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 22, 2011 12:39 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:*

RE: OSPF on Cisco Catalyst 3750 switch?

2011-04-22 Thread RichardMcClary
Good question... Can the IOS be upgraded from Base to Enterprise and require no down-time aside from a possible re-boot? Is there any danger of our current configurations being altered in the process? Just in case, although I have an export of our config file, can that be imported back into

RE: OSPF on Cisco Catalyst 3750 switch?

2011-04-22 Thread Don Ely
A reboot would be all that is required. On Apr 22, 2011 10:07 AM, richardmccl...@aspca.org wrote: Good question... Can the IOS be upgraded from Base to Enterprise and require no down-time aside from a possible re-boot? Is there any danger of our current configurations being altered in the

Re: Exactly what I've been worrying about...

2011-04-22 Thread Kurt Buff
That's good to hear. I'll have to check that out. Kurt On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 06:29, Sean Rector sean.rec...@vaopera.org wrote: Actually, Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) has the ability to encrypt the phone now. Sean Rector, MCSE -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff

Re: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Tom Miller
Sorry folks I should have provided more detail. Full Windows 7 is what I'm looking for. It will also function as a regular desktop. Thanks for your ideas so far. Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com 4/22/2011 12:53 PM Sure but you get Windows 7. It's really nice. On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:48 AM,

Re: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
ohh too won 3 fo -- ME2 On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Crazy…that’s twice the price of a Xoom. *From:* Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 22, 2011 12:39 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Touch

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Carl Houseman
64GB SSD and 12 screen account for some of that price. BestBuy is taking pre-orders for the Acer Iconia (10 Android 3.0) at $150 less than list price of a wi-fi-only Xoom. Supposed to ship by the end of the month. Let the price wars begin! From: Rod Trent

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Erik Goldoff
Looks like the link provided may be your best choice if the budget is right, given the processor and memory. I’ve heard the Dell Duo is a bit sluggish, although it seems to have the functionality that you want ( even though a dual core Atom 550 and 2gb RAM, no match for an i5 and 4gb RAM ).

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Brian Desmond
I have an older HP TouchSmart TX2Z that I like which has a multi-touch screen, pen interface, and a regular keyboard. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.commailto:br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 11:01 AM

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Rod Trent
Here’s the Dell I was talking about: http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-duo/pd Win7. Convertible between laptop and tablet. And even less than the price of the Xoom. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 2:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE:

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Rod Trent
Been Xoom'ing for about 2 weeks now (Wifi-only). Can't imagine life without a tablet at this point. From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 1:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Touch screen tablets 64GB SSD and 12 screen account for some

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Erik Goldoff
I’ve heard good things about it as far as a Win7 netbook goes, but I wouldn’t want to have it as a desktop replacement with that pokey Atom processor. For convenience it scores high, and I’d like to have one to *supplement* my computing resources. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems,

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Rod Trent
Pure and simple - a tablet or mini is not a desktop replacement. It’s not meant to be. To me – both are consumer devices. However times have changed in a lot of cases where it’s the consumer driving the business technology now, instead of IT adopting, implementing, and driving technology.

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Mike Gill
I just played with the ASUS and a couple others at a tech show yesterday in Portland. Navigating Windows via touch is cumbersome. The video performance is subpar when scrolling web pages and more like a slide show, and rotating the display turns it off then back on. Just a couple things I hadn't

GPP and GPMC for W2K3 systems

2011-04-22 Thread Christopher Bodnar
W2K3FFL I've configured a Group Policy preference that I thought would be rolled out to all systems. I thought that the Client Side Extensions were included in W2K3 SP2, but that does not seem to be the case. So as a test I installed the CSE on a W2K3 test box and rebooted. The client got

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Erik Goldoff
Not to argue with you, but to the OP, it *is* meant to be a desktop replacement : “Sorry folks I should have provided more detail. Full Windows 7 is what I'm looking for. It will also function as a regular desktop. Thanks for your ideas so far. “ Hence my comments such as they were Erik

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Erik Goldoff
Which makes me wonder …. Could you load a tablet OS within Virtual PC/Virtual Box/VMWare on a laptop and still get the tablet experience ??? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Mike Gill

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Jim Holmgren
We have a tablet project here – supplying them to our practitioners who do housecalls (yes, we do housecalls) – so I’ve had my hands on a couple of Win7 Tablets, our app only runs under Windows at this point. I like the Duo…but I do have concerns about the durability of the display. It

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Sam Cayze
That's the first thing I thought of too. I've played around with Android Tablets in a VM experience and was truly impressed with the experience. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 2:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Touch screen tablets

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Rod Trent
Good point. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 3:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Touch screen tablets Not to argue with you, but to the OP, it *is* meant to be a desktop replacement : “Sorry folks I should have provided more detail.

Re: AWS goes down

2011-04-22 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Given my exposure to data breaches and general data/technology failures at a corporate level, I'd jump off a cliff if I didn't manage to hang onto some optimism. :) *ASB *(Professional Bio http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio) *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... *

Re: AWS goes down

2011-04-22 Thread Jonathan Link
That's not optimisim you are hanging onto. :-) On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: Given my exposure to data breaches and general data/technology failures at a corporate level, I'd jump off a cliff if I didn't manage to hang onto some optimism. :)

Re: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Jon Harris
Sorry for the hijack here but other than the hinge pins how do you like the Duo? My wife is wanting one and from what I can see online it would pretty much fit the bill for her. Jon On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Jim Holmgren jholmg...@xlhealth.comwrote: We have a tablet project here –

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
I have one of the Dell Duo’s and love it! It is not at all sluggish, but I do admit that I use it for things that a netbook it intended, I am certain it would be terrible for extra-large spreadsheets or trying to run database instances. For the average executive level person it is more than

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
I use my Duo every day and flip the screen between laptop and tablet mode at least a half-dozen times each day with no issues at all. I have had it since early December when they were first released. I personally find the pins in the Duo to feel more sturdy than a good number of laptop top

Re: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Jon Harris
Thanks much all she does is web surfing and email type of stuff for the most part. Jon On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Tim Vander Kooi tvanderk...@expl.comwrote: I have one of the Dell Duo’s and love it! It is not at all sluggish, but I do admit that I use it for things that a netbook it

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Jim Holmgren
In that case, it is probably perfect for her. It really is a neat little device, although I dislike the touch-screen keyboard intensely. I suffer from stupidfingers, and I fail miserably with the touch screen. Regarding the pins - for a 'normal' user, they are probably just fine. I agree

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Rod Trent
That’s where Android and iPad come in. Touchscreen keyboards are phenomenal on those. From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:jholmg...@xlhealth.com] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 6:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Touch screen tablets In that case, it is probably perfect for her. It

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Sam Cayze
Dell has some neat stuff in the pipeline: http://www.androidcentral.com/dells-10-inch-tablet-gets-name-specs-meet-dell -streak-pro?utm_source=feedburner http://www.androidcentral.com/dells-10-inch-tablet-gets-name-specs-meet-del

Re: Way OT: other than EBay where else to sell really old hardware?

2011-04-22 Thread Jeff Steward
Craigslist. -Jeff Steward On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote: Other than EBay is there some other place to sell some really old hardware? I got a call from a sister that has a pair of Compaq Portable iii computers and an Epson LG-2500 wide format printer.

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Level 5 Lists
Not sure what you guys paid, I played with the xoom at CES nice! They were talking about 1k retail. Costco had them for 580 on pre-order. Considering my 64gb ipad fetches me about 400 bucks I cant wait to make the switch .. From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April

Re: Way OT: other than EBay where else to sell really old hardware?

2011-04-22 Thread Steve Ens
kijiji On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote: Other than EBay is there some other place to sell some really old hardware? I got a call from a sister that has a pair of Compaq Portable iii computers and an Epson LG-2500 wide format printer. She also has a HP 4

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Carl Houseman
Where do you get a new 64GB iPad for $400? BestBuy has it for $550. From: Level 5 Lists [mailto:li...@levelfive.us] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 7:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Touch screen tablets Not sure what you guys paid, I played with the xoom at CES nice! They

RE: Touch screen tablets

2011-04-22 Thread Webster
I think he meant he could sell his for $400. Webster From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Subject: RE: Touch screen tablets Where do you get a new 64GB iPad for $400? BestBuy has it for $550. From: Level 5 Lists [mailto:li...@levelfive.us] Subject: RE: Touch