Re: OT:usb to serial cable driver

Thanks, I'll give that a try. Joe Tinney wrote: I usually plug the device in, go to Device Manager and view the Properties, then the Details tab and search for the VEN and DEV combination. That usually turns up some results. -Original Message- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedge

RE: Image Editing software

It’s just a FREE suggestion, YOU do the work and check it out … or not, your choice. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Jay Dale [mailto:jd...@unetek.com] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 8:46 PM To: NT Sy

RE: Image Editing software

Just looked at it - doesn't say anything about accessing data from multiple workstations. Does it support that? Jay Dale Senior Systems Administrator p:281-574-2414 From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 7:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Image

RE: Image Editing software

I don’t know if it meets your needs, but have you tried paint.net ? Fairly simple, but powerful, and sounds like it might work for you Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Jay Dale [mailto:jd...@unetek.

Re: Dear Dell

+10 Granted, I've had less problems with Dell over the years -- possibly because of equipment purchase volume -- but they still change account teams around way too much. *ASB *(Professional Bio ) *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market..

RE: 'All Programs' icons missing

We have a writeup at the GFI forums for this .. Bit of work but should help: http://supportforums.sunbeltsoftware.com/messageview.aspx?catid=76&threadid= 7944&enterthread=y Tammy -Original Message- From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com [mailto:jesse-r...@wi.rr.com] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 4:36

RE: OT:usb to serial cable driver

+1 - Look on the Hardware IDs property. -Original Message- From: Joe Tinney [mailto:jtin...@lastar.com] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 3:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT:usb to serial cable driver I usually plug the device in, go to Device Manager and view the Properties, t

RE: Dear Dell

Just noticed this too. I was not notified by Dell about my last reorg of reps. Way too many account changes IMO. Every couple of months lately. And every time they want a 30 minute conference call to learn about our business. They should store our info in CRM or something and just pass it on

RE: 'All Programs' icons missing

One more thing...if the actual shortcut you are looking for is missing from the All Programs menu, locate the actual .exe file and make sure that is not hidden as well. -Original Message- From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com [mailto:jesse-r...@wi.rr.com] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 1:59 PM To: NT S

RE: 'All Programs' icons missing

Assuming its running XP: 1. you want to change the settings to show hidden files and folders 2. navigate to the following folders (and subfolders) and verify everything is NOT hidden: "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Start Menu\..." "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Star

RE: 'All Programs' icons missing

What do you mean by unhide the items? From where? Original Message: - From: Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 13:51:16 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: 'All Programs' icons missing I had a case like this last week. You have to go i

RE: 'All Programs' icons missing

I had a case like this last week. You have to go into the users profile and unhide the icons under the start menu... That worked for me. Also, run Malwarebytes to clean up any problems. Jimmy -Original Message- From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com [mailto:jesse-r...@wi.rr.com] Sent: Monday, June

RE: 'All Programs' icons missing

+1 From: David [mailto:blazer...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 1:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: 'All Programs' icons missing Been dealing here with several users losing shortcuts. This is normally due to malware -- first thing I would do is Malwarebytes or Vipre Re

Re: burn in software

I just realized that's on the ultimate boot CD. I'll give that a try. James On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Ken Cornetet wrote: > Memtest86+ http://www.memtest.org/ > > > > Ken Cornetet 812.482.8499 > > To err is human - to moo, bovine. > > > > *From:* James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] >

RE: burn in software

Memtest86+ http://www.memtest.org/ Ken Cornetet 812.482.8499 To err is human - to moo, bovine. From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 3:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: burn in software I have a shiny new server that's been giving some grief and resta

Re: burn in software

Yeah, that isn't liking the 64bit OS it seems. On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Jeff Bunting wrote: > I've used prime95 for this in the past. It isn't any kind of diagnostic, > but will stress the system. > > Jeff > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:43 PM, James Kerr wrote: > >> I have a shiny new ser

Re: 'All Programs' icons missing

Been dealing here with several users losing shortcuts. This is normally due to malware -- first thing I would do is Malwarebytes or Vipre Rescue on those workstations. I'm guessing you'll find something. David On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:35 PM, jesse-r...@wi.rr.com wrote: > > A week or so ago, w

'All Programs' icons missing

A week or so ago, we had 2 users suddenly lose their icons to programs located under Start->All Programs. These are WinXP machine, local profiles. The subdirectories are all there and visible (Games, Accessories, UltraVNC, and all the others), but the shortlink links to the actual programs are A

Re: OT: Dear Dell

I remember the thread! Ok. Working with the rep, line by line on all the equipment I'm ordering (4 different unit types, total of 12 machines) dropped the price to a more reasonable number. It was a lot of work, but that 30 minutes saved us nearly $4,000. This order has taken much more work tha

Re: OT: Dear Dell

I remember that rant thread. On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Christopher Bodnar < christopher_bod...@glic.com> wrote: > Too funny, > > Sounds exactly like me about 3 years ago. Might even be a rant in the > archive. In fact there is: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-soft

Re: burn in software

Heh Edward. I don't see anything on the smart start CD other then the Insight diagnostics which lets me run diagnostics on the logical drive only. Maybe I'm missing something. James On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Ziots, Edward wrote: > Usually use the Smart Start CD with HP servers for burn-

RE: OT:usb to serial cable driver

I usually plug the device in, go to Device Manager and view the Properties, then the Details tab and search for the VEN and DEV combination. That usually turns up some results. -Original Message- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 12:49 PM To

Cross Post from patchmgmt.org Update in Adobe Flash Player, to address XSS.

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-13.html An important vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.16 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris, and Adobe

Re: OT: Dear Dell

Too funny, Sounds exactly like me about 3 years ago. Might even be a rant in the archive. In fact there is: http://www.mail-archive.com/ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com/msg25196.html Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP Technical Support III Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services

Re: burn in software

I've used prime95 for this in the past. It isn't any kind of diagnostic, but will stress the system. Jeff On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:43 PM, James Kerr wrote: > I have a shiny new server that's been giving some grief and restarting > every so often with critical memory errors for one of the memor

RE: burn in software

Usually use the Smart Start CD with HP servers for burn-in. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 3:44 PM To: NT

burn in software

I have a shiny new server that's been giving some grief and restarting every so often with critical memory errors for one of the memory modules. I want to run some software that will work the machine hard so I can get it to crash again otherwise it may take days for the error to occur and I would r

Re: Dear Dell

Thanks. Just got a response back from my rep. My quote is wrong because they're having problems with their ordering system... *sigh* On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:06 PM, techconnect wrote: > That's a Dell response if I ever heard one, I think he already stated his > issues.:) > > jason > > > What’

RE: Dear Dell

That's a Dell response if I ever heard one, I think he already stated his issues.:) jason What’s the issue? I can help with Dell if you’re having issues. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 2:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Dear D

RE: Dear Dell

Well, I'm kinda wondering who MY rep is... my previous rep told me last week that he was moving on to a new job at the end of last week, so I'm not sure who my rep is. I just sent an email to his boss to see if that person can tell me who my new rep is. From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum

Re: Dear Dell

I think the issues speak for themselves... 1. Change in representation, and lack of notification 2. Getting quotes wrong. Once or twice, I can forgive. 5 or 6 times is straining my patience. 3. Getting a quote for equipment that I had already priced on the premier page (rep had the equote) that i

RE: Dear Dell

What's the issue? I can help with Dell if you're having issues. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 2:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Dear Dell If you have a massive wide reorganization of account reps to match up with geographica

RE: DFS Only Works with "Pre-Windows 2000" Domain Name

Yup, crazy! We have the same issue between the ends of our WAN, so I've sort-of hijacked your thread... -- richard John Hornbuckle wrote on 06/06/2011 01:23:46 PM: > Yep?I have no problem accessing the shares that way. Either \\server\shareor > \\server.our.domain.name\share. Both work fine

RE: usb to serial cable driver

Have you tried just plugging it into Windows 7? Much of the time older hardware like that just works. The next step after that is to get the hardware ID of the unrecognized device from Device Manager and see what googling that ID turns up. Carl -Original Message- From: Bill Humphries [

DFS domain Name issues

HIJACK! I'm only jumping in because the problem we have is similar to John's problem. There are enough differences I did not reply with a "something similar seen...". Now that your bring it up... We have a network which underwent a consolidation project. That is, old network in Illinois and

RE: DFS Only Works with "Pre-Windows 2000" Domain Name

Yep—I have no problem accessing the shares that way. Either \\server\share or \\server.our.domain.name\share. Both work fine. Crazy, huh? From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 1:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DFS Only Works wi

RE: DFS Only Works with "Pre-Windows 2000" Domain Name

On a "Bad" machine, does a non-DFS path UNC using a FQDN work? For example: \\server1.acme.com\share1 Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP Technical Support III Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-80

RE: DFS Only Works with "Pre-Windows 2000" Domain Name

Good suggestion. I just tried, and both the long short domain names resolve to the same IP address. On a couple of machines, unjoining from and then rejoining to the domain cleared up the issue. But we have a handful left that that isn't working for. John From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asb

OT:usb to serial cable driver

Hi all, Anyone know of a way I can figure out what driver I need for this adapter? Like most of these you buy off of newegg, it doesn.t seem branded or have a part number visible anywhere. I remember that years ago it came with a driver CD when I used it with my XP laptop, but even if I fou

Re: DFS Only Works with "Pre-Windows 2000" Domain Name

Compare your DNS resolution between the good and bad machines... *ASB *(Professional Bio ) *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... * On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:24 PM, John Hornbuckle < john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> wrote: > I’v

Re: Fake antivirus

Try setting him up with ClearCloudDNS - might help prevent future infections. Roger Wright ___ "Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil." - J. Paul Getty On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:34 AM, John Aldrich wrote: > Thanks... This particular user is unlucky enough to have teenagers

RE: Securing Mobile Devices

Also Sybase Afaria and McAfee EMM Cheers Ken From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, 2 June 2011 11:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Mobile Devices Don't leave Athena out... http://www.odysseysoftware.com/MDMPRODUCTS/AthenaforMobileDeviceManagement.

RE: Fake antivirus

Or K-9 for free... >>> Level 5 Lists 6/3/2011 5:40 PM >>> What about using open dns for a few bucks a year ? you can turn on simple blocking of known malware sites and a few other things and keep it pretty clean. -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com]

Exchange 2003 database size limit

Greetings! It is my understanding on Exchange 2003 Standard there is a 75 GB database size limit. I also understand there are two files that comprise the "store"; STM file for non-MAPI data and EDB for MAPI data. My question is which file counts against the 75 GB limit? Both? Thank you, Eric