RE: System Restore and Scareware

2011-05-23 Thread Matthew B Ames
I had one of these last night. When I ran regedit (having logged in normally) it opened and then promptly closed down. Booted into safe mode and checked the software\windows\currentversion\run runonce keys for anything that looked suspect (running from temp, app data, etc. Removed those

Re: System Restore and Scareware

2011-05-23 Thread James Rankin
I suspect regedit will be among the list of window titles that the malware will check and terminate if it sees them run. A trick to get around this is to run the regedit window on a different desktop (not monitor - use something like http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881).

RE: System Restore and Scareware

2011-05-23 Thread Matthew B Ames
Cool, nice one. I'll download that for later use. As it was hopefully I have cleaned up the lodgers' girlfriends computer, however that should mean the lodger won't mind paying this weeks rent, as he has gained some additional services from me for free! Cheers, Matt From: James Rankin

re: server locks up

2011-05-23 Thread techconnect
So what was the resolution on this problem? Jason I've got a Dell Poweredge 2900 that keeps locking up for no apparent reason that I can find. Nothing in the event logs...just the logs stop at a certain point. If I reboot the server on a regular basis (2 or 3 times per week) it's all good,

RE: server locks up

2011-05-23 Thread John Aldrich
Not positive it *is* resolved, however I have a strong suspicion that the problem was due to a bad software package, namely ICVerify. I have removed that piece of software and this morning the server was up and running still (successful automatic reboot over the weekend.) I'll continue to

RE: server locks up

2011-05-23 Thread Matthew B Ames
I seem to recall ICVerify being a problem for one of your (other?) servers in the past. If so, did the removal of it from that machine cure problems it was experiencing? -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: 23 May 2011 14:21 To: NT System

RE: server locks up

2011-05-23 Thread John Aldrich
Nope...same server. :D I just removed it. I disabled it in the past, but never removed it. I finally got sick of it and removed it. With any luck, this took care of the problem. -Original Message- From: Matthew B Ames [mailto:matthew.a...@qinetiq.com] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011

Re: Friday Reading... Windows 8 Preview: 23 Potential Features You Should Know About - Gizmodo

2011-05-23 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I'm not worried about any new potential features until at least public beta, and most definitely at RC time... *ASB *(Professional Bio http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio) *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... * On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Sam Cayze

Re: Dual Booting a PC with Win 7 and Snow leopard

2011-05-23 Thread S Powell
I believe that you can only VM OS X _Server_ and then only on Apple hardware. but yes googling hackintosh will yield your EULA breaking results. Other wise, I'd suggest a Mac mini, headless, and have people VNC into it. - Who'd you rather be, the Beatles or the Rolling Stones?

Re: Root Hints or Forwards on Windows 2008/2008 R2 DNS Servers

2011-05-23 Thread Jim Majorowicz
Makes sense. I think after readying the blog entry Mike posted, it's best if I set forwarders for my clients. On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: The challenge is that neustar.us (the primary registrar for US domains) isn't very good about updating

OT: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Roger Wright
I just renamed my WIFI network to Surveillance Van #02. That should keep the neighbors on their toes for a while... Roger Wright ___ I'm out of bed and dressed... what more do you want? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Steven M. Caesare
LOL... Awesome -sc -Original Message- From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 12:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Found on Facebook I just renamed my WIFI network to Surveillance Van #02. That should keep the neighbors on their toes

RE: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread John Aldrich
Sounds fun! :D Might have to do something similar. ;) -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 1:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Found on Facebook LOL... Awesome -sc -Original Message- From: Roger

Re: OT: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Steven Peck
There wa a lifehacker article on this last year. That was one of the fun suggestions. On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com wrote: I just renamed my WIFI network to Surveillance Van #02. That should keep the neighbors on their toes for a while... Roger Wright ___

Re: Virtual vs Physical infrastructure

2011-05-23 Thread Steven Peck
Number of existing servers or services you have now? What you are doing now? Do you plan on having just a stand alone server with several guests? Are you looking at a fail over scenerio/cluster? 50 to 100 users is 4-10 servers depending on what your environment is like and what your company does

Re: Virtual vs Physical infrastructure

2011-05-23 Thread Jonathan Link
You don't provide nearly enough information to be specific to your case, so I'll be specific to mine. My company was rapidly growing in the closet. When I started with the firm (not in IT, at the time) there was one (Novell) server. When I took over IT there were three (Windows, Windows XP, and

Re: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: I just renamed my WIFI network to Surveillance Van #02. That should keep the neighbors on their toes for a while... LOL...  Awesome +1 Once discovered, switch the name to Floral Bouquets Incorporated. ;-)

Re: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Matthew W. Ross
- Original Message - From: Ben Scott Subject: Re: Found on Facebook On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: I just renamed my WIFI network to Surveillance Van #02. That should keep the neighbors on their toes for a while... LOL...  

RE: Virtual vs Physical infrastructure

2011-05-23 Thread Rod Trent
Curious as to why you would bring email inhouse. From: Hugo Hernandez [mailto:h...@futureads.com] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 1:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Virtual vs Physical infrastructure Hello All, I have been asked to provide a comparison of the two and why going to

Re: Virtual vs Physical infrastructure

2011-05-23 Thread Jonathan Link
Let me also emphasize, that we still run three servers. Two physical hosts, one physical Server on 2003 acting as a DC, and 9 virtualized guest servers. On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: You don't provide nearly enough information to be specific to

RE: Virtual vs Physical infrastructure

2011-05-23 Thread Hugo Hernandez
Almost the same scenario as you Jonathan. It's not a matter of should I virtualize or not because I am familiar with what we have and what we need. My question is more along the lines of how do I make a convincing argument to invest in a virtual environment. Current environment is 1 Dell 1950

Re: Virtual vs Physical infrastructure

2011-05-23 Thread Andrew S. Baker
It can be done, and it can be done successfully, but you'll have to provide a bit more info. This is less of a yes/no question than a consulting question. There are different possible benefits and drawbacks to the idea, depending on certain factors in your organization. * Although I have a

Re: Virtual vs Physical infrastructure

2011-05-23 Thread Jonathan Link
Sounds like you have a case. Does the organization want high availability? For instance, one of our apps was installed on our SBS. It required relatively frequent restarting. Asking for additional resources to improve uptime of all services was the reason for my request. Based on prior poor

RE: Virtual vs Physical infrastructure

2011-05-23 Thread Hugo Hernandez
From a technical standpoint I can speak to offsite replication, snapshots, physical footprint (heat, space, etc..), HA, provisioning of servers, centralized storage, recovery of failed server etc.. The issue now is taking all that technical info and translating it into business talk (obviously

Re: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote: I just renamed my WIFI network to Surveillance Van #02. That should keep the neighbors on their toes for a while...   Once discovered, switch the name to Floral Bouquets Incorporated.  ;-) Genius. I stole

RE: Virtual vs Physical infrastructure

2011-05-23 Thread Hugo Hernandez
I also forgot to mention I am in search of some visual aids to assist in my case as my googlefu is not getting my anywhere. Hugo Hernandez IT Manager FUTURE ADS LLC 1920 Main St, Suite 550 Irvine, CA 92614 P: 949-251-0640 x215 F: 949-251-0680 AIM: hugoatfutureads * E-mail:

Re: Root Hints or Forwards on Windows 2008/2008 R2 DNS Servers

2011-05-23 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Jim Majorowicz jmajorow...@gmail.com wrote: The challenge is that neustar.us (the primary registrar for US domains) isn't very good about updating the roots. Makes sense.  I think after readying the blog entry Mike posted, it's best if I set forwarders for my

Re: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Jonathan Link
Mine is Universal Exports. On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: I just renamed my WIFI network to Surveillance Van #02. That should keep the neighbors on their toes for a

Re: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: Mine is Universal Exports. Heh. I always liked Weyland-Yutani. Although I guess that name has become more well known more recently. Circa the second film it was very much obscure. Other possibilities include:

RE: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Cut to the chase. Homeland Security -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 1:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Found on Facebook On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: Mine is

Re: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: Cyberdyne Systems Union Aerospace Corporation North Central Positronics Omni Consumer Products In related news, this is awesome: http://blogs.forbes.com/michaelnoer/2011/03/11/the-25-largest-fictional-companies/ -- Ben

Re: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Jonathan Link
When you mentioned Weyland-Yutani, OCP and Cyberdyne systems together, I had to go out and find this... http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/youre-fired-literally-ten-evil-tech-companies-wed-invest-in-49301719/ On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 23,

Ideas on how to make this one work

2011-05-23 Thread Ziots, Edward
Hey gang, I got a DL360 G7 with 8X600GB SAS10K drives which I am trying to make the following happen. I am trying to get a GPT disk created before the installation of the OS, and make sure that I take 80GB out of the Windows 2008 OS, and the rest make a partition of 4TB or more. I

Re: Virtual vs Physical infrastructure

2011-05-23 Thread Jonathan Link
Acting as a business principle... Why do we need to spend our money on all that, when we haven't needed it before. Technology is used to solve challenges. What challenges are you having that you need to solve? On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Hugo Hernandez h...@futureads.com wrote: From a

Re: Virtual vs Physical infrastructure

2011-05-23 Thread Andrew S. Baker
One approach you can take is this: Determine what your costs AND time for growth would be as your organization grows. Contrast those costs and that provisioning time with a virtualized infrastructure. (Be sure to add the cost and time of building out the virtualization infrastructure, and any

RE: Ideas on how to make this one work

2011-05-23 Thread Damien Solodow
What I'd do is in the Array Configuration utility, create two drives out of the raid set. Then as far as the OS is concerned, you have two physical drives so you can have your boot MBR and your 4tb GPT drive. DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.217.6851 (fax) HARRISON

RE: Ideas on how to make this one work

2011-05-23 Thread Ziots, Edward
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table?#Windows_32-bit_versio ns I think I might have just found the answer on this one, since its 32bit doesn't look like it supports GPT partitions on the boot drive. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer

RE: Ideas on how to make this one work

2011-05-23 Thread Ziots, Edward
Unfortuntely to get 4TB in drive space I needed all 8 600GB drives, if I take 2 away I lose 600GB off the bat. And Then only have 6X600-600=3TB of space available. Although I haven't done it before maybe with the extra space on a partition off the one with the 2X600GB drives I could make a

Re: Virtual vs Physical infrastructure

2011-05-23 Thread Andrew S. Baker
+1 *ASB *(Professional Bio http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio) *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... * On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Acting as a business principle... Why do we need to spend our money on all that,

RE: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Steven M. Caesare
It is more well known... but not as much as Cyberdyne Systems. Tyrell Corp. is still relatively obscure for many. Black Mesa Research is decent too. I like your last. Might can add BP or TEPCO in there perhaps? -sc -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]

RE: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Guyer, Don
How about Kramerica? Don Guyer Windows Systems Engineer RIM Operations Engineering Distributed - A Team, Tier 2 Enterprise Technology Group Fiserv don.gu...@fiserv.com Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 Fax: 610-233-0404 www.fiserv.com -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare

Re: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Richard Stovall
United Fruit. On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.comwrote: It is more well known... but not as much as Cyberdyne Systems. Tyrell Corp. is still relatively obscure for many. Black Mesa Research is decent too. I like your last. Might can add BP or TEPCO in

Vipre Attachment Question

2011-05-23 Thread Kelsey, John
Vipre for Exchange 2003. Is there a way to allow attachments to come in when they are from specific senders? For example, I want to open up .pdf attachments, but ONLY when they come from us...@wherever.com. All other .pdf's should be blocked. I assume I can do this with an 'expression

RE: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Michael B. Smith
Soylent Corporation Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 3:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Found on Facebook It is more

Re: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Steven Peck
I guess you're going Green On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: Soylent Corporation Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare

RE: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread David Lum
LOL: Weyland-Yutani ...the problem with unstoppable killing machines is that they're good at two things: killing and being unstoppable... -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 12:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE:

Re: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Jim Majorowicz
That list totally Discounts the value of GENOM.. On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: Cyberdyne Systems Union Aerospace Corporation North Central Positronics Omni Consumer Products  In

Re: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Daniel Rodriguez
Or Flowers By Irene On May 23, 2011 1:43 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: I just renamed my WIFI network to Surveillance Van #02. That should keep the neighbors on their toes for a while... LOL...

Re: Vipre Attachment Question

2011-05-23 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 23 May 2011 at 15:45, Kelsey, John wrote: Vipre for Exchange 2003. Is there a way to allow attachments to come in when they are from specific senders? For example, I want to open up .pdf attachments, but ONLY when they come from us...@wherever.com. All other .pdf´s should

Re: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: Cyberdyne Systems Union Aerospace Corporation North Central Positronics Omni Consumer Products Haliburton I like your last. Might can add BP or TEPCO in there perhaps? I actually used TEPCO originally, but I

Re: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Ben Scott
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RE: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Lol... I wonder what the MA arms of these companies looks like? -sc -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 4:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Found on Facebook LOL: Weyland-Yutani ...the problem with unstoppable killing

RE: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Well played. Enron? :) -sc -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 5:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Found on Facebook On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: Cyberdyne Systems

Re: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 23 May 2011 at 17:26, Ben Scott wrote: I like your last. Might can add BP or TEPCO in there perhaps? I actually used TEPCO originally, but I felt the all-caps stood out too much and risked ruining the delivery. Same with BP. Haliburton was the third choice. :) Tucson Electric Power

RE: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Michael B. Smith
Better dead than Soylent Red! :) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 3:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Found on Facebook I guess you're going Green On Mon,

Re: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Daniel Rodriguez
Joke heard on Futurama, How does Soylent Green taste? Bender: Oh, it varies from person to person. On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: Better dead than Soylent Red! J Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP

RE: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Michael B. Smith
Which just leads to a devolution into the Malthusian solution… ☺ Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 9:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Found on Facebook

Re: Found on Facebook

2011-05-23 Thread Ken Hoegeman
Umbrella Corporation On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: Mine is Universal Exports. Heh. I always liked Weyland-Yutani. Although I guess that name has become more well

R: Virtual vs Physical infrastructure

2011-05-23 Thread HELP_PC
Restoring a storage server for a dead machine requires in any case another host. If you use images backups is faster to restore a physical machine GuidoElia HELPPC _ Da: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Inviato: lunedì 23 maggio 2011 19.41 A: NT System Admin Issues