Re: Weird machine issue (home user)

On Tue July 5 2011, you wrote: > Back the profile up to a external drive scan it from a clean machine. > fdisk /mbr and format the drive, do a clean install and updates and > antivirus updated then restore the data. Only then can you be sure that > you didn't miss something and ask for repeat work.

RE: Interesting Outlook Add-in from Microsoft Research

Nice! I've been asking for that for years. From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 9:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Interesting Outlook Add-in from Microsoft Research A colleague pointed me to this handy Outlook 2007/2010 add-in: http://r

Re: Interesting Outlook Add-in from Microsoft Research

Works a treat too. Won't stop determined people from stealing content, but will stop those annoying "reply-all" chains when people don't realise how far certain DLs actually reach... On 6 July 2011 14:17, Rod Trent wrote: > Nice! I’ve been asking for that for years. > > ** ** > > *From:* Ro

Re: Interesting Outlook Add-in from Microsoft Research

No kidding, that's an great add-on! :) - WJR On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 08:17, Rod Trent wrote: > Nice! I’ve been asking for that for years. > > ** ** > > *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 06, 2011 9:05 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* In

Archived List server

I've looked throughout the Sunbelt site but cannot find the link to the archived list serve. Can someone help a brutha out and send the link if the archive is still accessible. Thanks, Robert Robert LeBlanc Network Administrator MCP,MCSE Anesthesia Associates of New Mexico, P.C. (P)505-260-4300

With ISA / TMG going away...

Or into "no more upgrade" status, what would this list recommend as the path forward for a small-to-medium sized shop? We still use ISA 2006 and had been looking at Threat Management Gateway. We have two sites, and do major service-bureau and specialized hosting kind of work. All Windows. Mostly

RE: Archived List server

http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/login/ Carl From: Robert LeBlanc [mailto:robert.lebl...@aanmpc.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 9:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Archived List server I've looked throughout the Sunbelt site but cannot find the link to the archived li

Blackberry Desktop Mgr - Vipre

Good morning all, Can someone running Vipre try and download the BB Desktop Mgr software? I've tried on 3 different machines and it's being flagged as a trojan. Tried the same d/l last night from home (using AVG) and it didn't get flagged. Of course, when I went to GFI's chat feature...I got the "

Re: Blackberry Desktop Mgr - Vipre

Link just plain does not work for me... VIPRE did not block, etc my previous version. Perhaps I should have tried to follow the link BB presented as an update site (from the desktop mgr) -- richard Cameron wrote on 07/06/2011 09:30:41 AM: > Good morning all, > > Can someone running Vipre tr

RE: Archived List server

Much appreciated Carl! From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 08:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Archived List server http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/login/ Carl From: Robert LeBlanc [mailto:robert.lebl...@aanmpc.com] Sent: Wednesda

RE: Blackberry Desktop Mgr - Vipre

Didn't work for me either. Try this one: http://us.blackberry.com/apps-software/desktop/desktop_pc.jsp From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 10:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Blackberry Desktop Mgr - Vipre Link

RE: Blackberry Desktop Mgr - Vipre

PS Running AVG at home I tried to download this with no issue. Here at work we use Forefront and again I had no issue downloading. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 10:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Blackberry Deskto

Re: Blackberry Desktop Mgr - Vipre

Well...strangely enough...the file is not being flagged now by Vipre and yet 1/2 hour ago it was (and NO...I didn't run it! LOL!) On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Orland, Kathleen wrote: > Didn’t work for me either. > > ** ** > > Try this one: > http://us.blackberry.com/apps-software/desk

RE: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

Citrix/RDP are designed for bandwidth optimization and seem like a good fit, I'm guessing cost is your bigger concern here? Licensing for pool of VM desktops will probably cost more than per-user seat licenses. A Win7 OS isn't any cheaper virtualized than it is physical. Now if you have 400 emp

RE: Blackberry Desktop Mgr - Vipre

I can't imagine that it was a recent definition update since that download file is dated June 8, 2011, and the other AV's I tried using did not detect it. I even went to one of my old W2K machines running McAfee and downloaded the file with no issue. From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmai

Re: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

Not if you use Citrix XenDesktop, no Terminal Servers required there. Also very good remotely. On 6 July 2011 16:09, Paul Hutchings wrote: > We have a few in-house Windows applications that are pretty heavy on > bandwidth so aren’t easy to run/provision over a VPN. > > ** ** > > Are there a

RE: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

We used Vmware View for over a year now. Just upgraded to 4.6 and published a connection server so users can get remote access without any VPN. Works like a charm. And the president of the company is still giddy that it works on his iPad. From: Paul Hutchings [

Valuation of hardware

We are spinning off one of our divisions into a separate company and one of the company laptops is going into the new company. We need to charge the new company for the value of the laptop. How would one go about figuring the current retail value of a used laptop? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint

Re: Valuation of hardware

As there are tax implications in this entire process, one presumes your employer has tax advisors or even business valuation specialists involved in the process. They should be the ones doing this work on ALL assets going into the new entity. If that isn't a sufficient answer, then I would go wit

Re: Valuation of hardware

Ask your financial person to take the purchase price and do the appreciation from there. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 8:59 AM, John Aldrich wrote: > We are spinning off one of our divisions into a separate company and one of > the company laptops is going into the new company. We need to charge the > n

Re: Valuation of hardware

See what a pawn shop would buy it for, then that's your real world low value. :) jason We are spinning off one of our divisions into a separate company and one of the company laptops is going into the new company. We need to charge the new company for the value of the laptop. How would one go a

RE: Valuation of hardware

Chumley may be your best bet. -Original Message- From: techconnect [mailto:techconn...@bellsouth.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Valuation of hardware See what a pawn shop would buy it for, then that's your real world low value. :) ja

Re: Valuation of hardware

Check for successful bids on a comparably configured unit on eBay. Or, find a vendor of refurb units for this brand/model of machine, and find what they're asking for a comparably configured machine. Kurt On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 08:59, John Aldrich wrote: > We are spinning off one of our division

RE: Valuation of hardware

LOL! LOVE that show! :D -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Valuation of hardware Chumley may be your best bet. -Original Message- From: techconnect [mailto:techconn...

RE: Valuation of hardware

Dropped by there the last time I was in Vegas. Stood in line for about half hour to get in. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Valuation of hardware LOL! LOVE that s

Re: Valuation of hardware

Make sure you include the value of installed software. Roger Wright ___ "Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil." - J. Paul Getty On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:59 AM, John Aldrich wrote: > We are spinning off one of our divisions into a separate company and one of > the company

Re: Valuation of hardware

GAH! Software Licenses! If you are deploying MS software with SA, then you need to have a conversation with MS on how this will work out for you (other software venders as well). On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Roger Wright wrote: > Make sure you include the value of installed software. > > >

RE: Valuation of hardware

It's on my to-do list while I'm there for VMWorld in August. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Valuation of hardware Dropped by there the last time I was in Vegas. Stood in li

RE: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

Presumably it's no different in terms of management from having, say, 5 desktops to manage? How do you handle things like "master images" when your apps change? I'm assuming that as with real desktops you'd have 5 machines to bring up to date? Should add we're a vSphere shop but I have no expe

RE: Valuation of hardware [OT]

Likewise. I have to admit - after visiting the shop and watching them film part of an episode - the show doesn't interest me much anymore. The visit took the shine off. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Rod T

Re: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

I've used both View and XenDesktop, and IMHO, XenDesktop is streets ahead, particularly for remote users. YMMV You can use various methods to auto-provision new machines from templates. View and XD both have their own ways of doing this. You can unlock these templates and update them as necessary.

RE: Valuation of hardware

Nope. Just OEM licensing. Good thought though! From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Valuation of hardware GAH!  Software Licenses!  If you are deploying MS software with SA, then you need to have a conversat

Re: Valuation of hardware [OT]

Is it like much of Vegas? A thin veneer hiding a whole lot? On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Michael B. Smith wrote: > Likewise. I have to admit - after visiting the shop and watching them film > part of an episode - the show doesn't interest me much anymore. The visit > took the shine off. > >

RE: Valuation of hardware

It's about a 15 minute cab ride from the strip. Well worth it. http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/archive/2011/03/22/our-mms-2011-trip-to-the-pawn-stars-mms2011.aspx -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:59 PM To: NT Syst

RE: Weird machine issue (home user)

Another thing is that when you go to add/remove programs, it never shows any programs in there... not sure if it's "hidden" or if it's just so slow it's taking too long to show. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 10:

Re: Weird machine issue (home user)

Sounds well dodgy. Nuke it from orbit. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: "John Aldrich" Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 13:38:41 To: NT System Admin Issues Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" Subject: RE: Weird machine issu

RE: Weird machine issue (home user)

This is sounding more and more like a root kit of some sort! -- richard "John Aldrich" wrote on 07/06/2011 12:38:41 PM: > Another thing is that when you go to add/remove programs, it never shows any > programs in there... not sure if it's "hidden" or if it's just so slow it's > taking too lon

RE: Valuation of hardware [OT]

Well, Rod apparently found it very worthwhile. So... different strokes for different folks. In my case, in my opinion - it was a thin veneer hiding a whole lot of nothing. The shop itself is quite small. It's old and worn down. Lots of careful photography during the show makes it appear much la

RE: Weird machine issue (home user)

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall and make sure system and you have full control on that key. That should populate the list and I bet you find something in there that is doing all this. But I would just fdisk it myself at this point. -Original Message- From: John

RE: Weird machine issue (home user)

That was my thought, but I ran TDSSKiller and it didn't find anything... *shrug* I'm sure there are other rootkits, but Vipre Home Premium is loaded on there as is Malware Bytes. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 1:41 PM To: NT Syst

RE: Valuation of hardware [OT]

OCC is much the same way. They now have this giant showroom that is a few of their bikes and a ton of OCC-wear. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 1:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Valuation of hardware [OT] Well, Rod apparently fou

RE: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

Not dumb, VMware has plenty of papers and recorded webex demo's. You only create one template machine, or you can have multiple with different configs assigned to different pools. Then shut it down, snap it and assign the snap to the pool. Choose persistent or non-persistent clones based on you

RE: Valuation of hardware [OT]

The only worthwhile part is to say "yeah.been there". There are a lot of places in the world are like that, and Vegas is one of the biggest contributors. The neat thing for me was identifying the things in the store. I could remember the episode when most of the items were purchased. From

RE: Weird machine issue (home user)

is the add/remove issue new? Is this device patched current for windows? Are drivers current? Have you run a secunia scan against it see what vulnerable software packages may be under exploitation? How much RAM is in the device? How much free space is available? What is the setting for the p

Re: Valuation of hardware [OT]

My favorite dialogue from the show: Rick: "So what are you looking to get out of it?" Client: "I was hoping to get at least $1000 for it." Rick: "Well, that's not gonna happen!" Roger Wright ___ "I installed a skylight in my apartment... the people who live above me are furious!" - Steve

RE: Weird machine issue (home user)

There are a ton of rootkits out there - the purpose of each is to avoid detection - just because you can't find it does not mean it is not present. Shauna Hensala > From: jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > Subject: RE: Weird machine issue (home user) >

RE: Weird machine issue (home user)

Yeah... I may just advise the user to wipe it and reinstall... Will the OEM "restore" disk be sufficient or would you use like a linux boot disk first to wipe it and then reinstall with the restore disk? From: Shauna Hensala [mailto:she...@msn.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 1:51 PM To: NT

Re: Valuation of hardware [OT]

I always thought he had extremely detailed knowledge about stuff that seemed out of character for him. Then this past season Corey (Cory?) starts spouting off like he does, and my bs detector whent from yellow to red alert and I felt pretty confident that they were being fed info. Even their deli

RE: Weird machine issue (home user)

First he gets his 'stuff' off to dvd then I would boot to the recovery console and run 'fixmbr'. Then use the restore disk. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 1:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Weird mac

Re: Valuation of hardware [OT]

EVERY "reality" show is scripted. They're as far from reality as you can get! Roger Wright ___ "Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil." - J. Paul Getty On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: > I always thought he had extremely detailed knowledge about stuff t

Re: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

Vmware isn't the only virtualisation player mind. Xendesktop is, I think, the leader in VDI right now. But that's just my humble opinion. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: "N Parr" Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 12:46:33

Re: Weird machine issue (home user)

There may be things that no one has discovered yet. Don't forget these AV products are mainly reactive. Nuke it :-) Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: "John Aldrich" Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 13:43:25 To: NT System A

RE: Weird machine issue (home user)

Yeah... well, it'll be up to the user... :D -Original Message- From: kz2...@googlemail.com [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 2:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Weird machine issue (home user) There may be things that no one has discovered yet.

RE: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

Thanks, that sounds like sufficient to encourage me to give it a try - I'm sure all the info is on the vmware website but it's a little too much marketing bull and TCO/ROI at a glance vs. the basic "How do I do it?". We're already a vSphere shop and capacity shouldn't be an issue so it makes se

RE: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

Agree, not trying to start a battle. Vmware is relatively new to this market. From: kz2...@googlemail.com [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Citrix/RDP Alternatives? Vmware isn't the on

RE: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

I see lots of View in use at my Enterprise level clients. As bookends on their bookshelves! J VMware literally gave away thousands of free copies/licenses to enterprise customers. For LAN use, View and PCoIP is good. For WAN use, not so much. That is where XenDesktop shines. Disclaimer:

RE: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

Nope, you are incorrect. According to VMware they invented VDI. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com (check out the changes coming to my website) From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Subject: RE:

Re: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

Why go with view cos you have vmware? Xendesktop runs fine on ESX hosts. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 18:59:43 To: NT System Admin Issues Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues

RE: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

Your desktops will show up as regular guests. You do realize you can create folders and structure in vcenter to organize things right? We are now running our View environment on a pair of decommissioned Dell 2900's that were our production SQL servers before we upgraded our ERP and virtualized th

RE: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

Your View VMs are normal VMs as far as vCenter is concerned. If you use Composer to automatically generate your VMs it will kindly put them in a vCenter folder for you so it's not cluttering up your landscape but you can still see them directly with vCenter. View can also hand out connections t

creation of home folders in 2008 r2?

Finding this strange... When creating a new user account in AD on my 2003 R2 server, and assigning a home folder to the user (H: as the drive and \\my2003R2server\users$\%username% as the path) the home folder gets created as expected (with proper permissions). When creating a new user account i

RE: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

Not looked into pricing yet but assumed it would be cheaper to get the view licenses we got given put under maintenance than to buy something from scratch. That was before I read about Microsoft VDA licensing and realised we're likely screwed by that so far as VDI being a cost effective option s

RE: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

IMO, VDI is much more about ease of deployment and update than it is about cost savings. YMMV. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 3:55 PM To: NT System Admi

RE: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

That is true. For the most part, the terms VDI and ROI do not belong in the same document. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com (check out the changes coming to my website) From: Michael B. Smith [mailt

Re: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

with our licensing we can't have a VDi environment on the same virtual center server iirc, so that plus the fail over WAN is why we are on Citrix. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Webster wrote: > That is true. For the most part, the terms VDI and ROI do not belong in > the same document. >

Powershell heredoc and io redirection

How does one perform the ps equiv of a bash heredoc: my_exe << EOF commands commands commands EOF The requirement of the binary is each command on a line of its own (so followed by a cr). Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Powershell heredoc and io redirection

>How does one perform the ps equiv of a bash heredoc: Lol, of course the next thing I tried after several failures works:) Letting a var = the heredoc, $var|my_exe I had that a bit mangled... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Powershell heredoc and io redirection

@"Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4"@ | my_exe Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 4:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Powersh

RE: Powershell heredoc and io redirection

Hrm, simpler than mine:) Thanks, jlc -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 3:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Powershell heredoc and io redirection @"Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4"@ | my_exe Regards, Michael B

DFS between server 2008 and server 2003

I'm mobile and have not checked the archives. Also, a very short google search didn't give me much in the way of results. What I would like to know it is, can anyone tell me if there are any known gotchas when trying to setup dfs between server 2008 standard (service pack 1) and server 2003 enterp

Re: Stupid #@*&ing Windows Explorer

Although I haven't used WinXP in ages, I cannot remember this issue occurring with an optical/floppy drive unless the drive was selected, or some 3rd party app integrated with Explorer decided to scan the removable media... * * *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of

RE: DFS between server 2008 and server 2003

I ran across this today when working a DFSR case (unrelated) with Microsoft support. It might be helpful: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2010/12/27/important-dfsr-hotfix-for-mixed-2003-2008-and-2008-r2-environments.aspx Jeff Jeffrey Poling System Administrator | Information Systems M

RE: Password management tool

I use Password Safe Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 10:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Password management tool I know this has been discussed bu

Re: Password management tool

That was the first one I pulled down that and Keepass seem to be well mentioned with Roboform being another. I have yet to get the Roboform as the site appears to either be down or blocked from my location. Jon On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:15 PM, Brian Desmond wrote: > *I use Password Safe* > > *

Re: Password management tool

I like the password manager pro we've been using from adventnet.com. We have our team all sharing it, plus you can have your private ones. -B On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Jon Harris wrote: > That was the first one I pulled down that and Keepass seem to be well > mentioned with Roboform being