Re: Open source ISO for learning

I started with Ubuntu a couple years ago, and found it relatively easy to pick up after I quit trying to make it Windows. :) - WJR On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 21:58, Mathew Shember wrote: > Ubuntu and Red Hat seem to be the biggest ones. > > ** ** > > Thanks, > > Mathew > > ** ** > >

RE: Open source ISO for learning

Ubuntu and Red Hat seem to be the biggest ones. Thanks, Mathew From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 7:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Open source ISO for learning Which of the open source OS's would be best for a complete n00b to start working with

Open source ISO for learning

Which of the open source OS's would be best for a complete n00b to start working with to learn. I know there are a bunch of different OS's that all come out of the Unix but which distro would have a good ISO to learn on? Thanks for your opinions, Jon ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that I

RE: Why even home computer and network security is important

Hey! I resemble that remark! ;) Sam On Jul 15, 2011 4:00 PM, "Joseph Heaton" wrote: ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/re

RE: W7 print drivers on W2003 print server

Thanks Mike. I will give this a shot when I have some free time. Jimmy From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 5:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: W7 print drivers on W2003 print server These GPO settings need to be set from Win7 mac

Re: OT: Pentagon Confirms Cyber Attack by Foreign Intelligence Service

Precisely... * * *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Michael B. Smith wrote: > I don’t see any significant difference than spies infiltrating > intelligence agencies during the cold war. >

RE: OT: Pentagon Confirms Cyber Attack by Foreign Intelligence Service

I don't see any significant difference than spies infiltrating intelligence agencies during the cold war. Just another technology than wetware. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, J

Re: OT: Pentagon Confirms Cyber Attack by Foreign Intelligence Service

You think this sort of thing is only happening in one direction? It would be unwise to clamor for war on this issue...Think about Stuxnet, as just one example. * * *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 a

Re: OT: Pentagon Confirms Cyber Attack by Foreign Intelligence Service

China and Russia are suspected. Holy crap. On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Mike Sullivan wrote: > I think this could be considered an act of war if they prove it was backed > by a foreign government. > > > http://foxnewsinsider.com/2011/07/15/pentagon-confirms-cyber-attack-by-foreign-intellige

RE: RESOLVED: help setting up WDS

I haven't looked into MDT yet. I used to use WAIK. I'll need to look into MDT. I just did a test deploy with the standard wim file and it works wonders J. Jimmy From: Tony Patton [mailto:apco...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 12:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: RESOL

RE: Why even home computer and network security is important

lol... guess I'll just be thankful for that, then. It's the cold, that's it... seeps into your brains, makes you a little crazy. I've seen it in some of your posts, Sam ;) >>> Sam Cayze 7/15/2011 1:40 PM >>> One word. Blaine. If you lived here in MN, you wouldn't be surprised :) -Orig

RE: Why even home computer and network security is important

+1 -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 3:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why even home computer and network security is important One word. Blaine. If you lived here in MN, you wouldn't be surprised :) -Original M

RE: Why even home computer and network security is important

One word. Blaine. If you lived here in MN, you wouldn't be surprised :) -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Why even home computer and network security is important Wow that g

Re: Why even home computer and network security is important

Wow that guy is just a wee bit nuts... >>> Kurt Buff 7/15/2011 12:57 PM >>> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/071311-wifi-hack.html?t51hb ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage su

Re: UPS with remotable power on/off switch?

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Kevin Lundy wrote: > I assume you want the UPS just for power conditioning and to survive very > brief outages.  I assume that because if you lose power for a long time, the > cutting machine is off line as well. Correct. > So, can't you just set the UPS to > s

Re: UPS with remotable power on/off switch?

>From the keep it simple department: I assume you want the UPS just for power conditioning and to survive very brief outages. I assume that because if you lose power for a long time, the cutting machine is off line as well. So, can't you just set the UPS to shutdown after 10 minutes on battery?

Why even home computer and network security is important

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Re: RESOLVED: help setting up WDS

Didn't see this before I replied to the other thread. Glad you got it sorted. Are you setting up WDS on its own, or are you going to use MDT also? T Typed slowly on HTC Desire On Jul 15, 2011 5:34 PM, "Jimmy Tran" wrote: > When I removed options 60,66,67 from my DHCP server and setup a WDS > s

RE: help setting up WDS

Not within the subnet, you shouldn't. I have WDS/MDT on my Esxi box here at home, don't get onto it much these days with the twins. If I get a chance tomorrow I'll check what settings I have. I remember coming across that 4011 error before, think it was before I added the actual boot image to WD

Re: UPS with remotable power on/off switch?

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Mike Hoffman wrote: > APC do a relay card which allows you to interface with other systems > using simple wiring - would this do what you need? Doesn't work with their current UPS products. :-( -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resourc

RE: Druva laptop backup software

Druva's pretty good IMO. The dedupe works well and it is pretty much "set and forget". For 14 laptops there may be a question of whether you want to keep it in-house or if cloud is an option, but if you do want to keep it in house the two you've mentioned (Crashplan being the other) seem to be

RE: UPS with remotable power on/off switch?

You need to keep the UPS running at 30% of load if you want a decent life from it. We've just supplied a client with some units to give 30hours at low current and they needed extra batteries to supply the run time. APC do a relay card which allows you to interface with other systems using simpl

Re: UPS with remotable power on/off switch?

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Maglinger, Paul wrote: > You're in an industrial environment, right?  Seems to me that you could > rig up some type of relay between the UPS and the PC so that when the > machine is turned off normally the relay would open between the UPS and > the PC.  With zero d

Re: UPS with remotable power on/off switch?

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: > Do you have a good electrical contractor?  Sometimes they are aware of > products we aren't. They're decent within their usual scope, but this sort of thing doesn't seem to be something they're familiar with, unfortunately. -- Ben ~ Fina

Druva laptop backup software

We are looking for laptop backup software similar to the current Druva insync. I have added it to my short list for testing (Druva insync). Just wondering peoples take on Druva, crashplan, and other similar products. FYI; We have 14 remote laptops to backup, with an average of 20GB of data for e

RE: UPS with remotable power on/off switch?

http://faxswitch.com/powerstone.html I've used this in a similar situation to power down AND power up things. Need a POTs line though. Sam ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subscri

RE: UPS with remotable power on/off switch?

You're in an industrial environment, right? Seems to me that you could rig up some type of relay between the UPS and the PC so that when the machine is turned off normally the relay would open between the UPS and the PC. With zero draw the UPS should up for a long time, unless there's enough loss

Re: Website monitoring/cleaning

John, A typical good hosting company would take down your site as soon as it was known that it was compromised. They would then restore to a good backup of the website and then make sure all apps on your server have been patched and passwords changed. You should move your hosting is the poi

RE: Website monitoring/cleaning

Yeah. Used that yesterday. :D From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 12:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Website monitoring/cleaning As a start, check out: http://www.qualys.com/forms/trials/stopmalware/ Roger Wright ___ Dr. Seuss is my favorite

Re: Website monitoring/cleaning

As a start, check out: http://www.qualys.com/forms/trials/stopmalware/ Roger Wright ___ Dr. Seuss is my favorite rapper! Cat - Hat... sheer genius! On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:31 PM, John Aldrich wrote: > Two questions: > 1) Is there any use hiring a company to monitor your website to make

Re: Server 2008 R2 on Multiple UPSes

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Terry Dickson wrote: > Yes but in most cases unless you have segregated power both UPS's are on > the same commercial feed.  If power goes out for one UPS it will go out for > the other and would it not be better to have the server shut down ... There are plent

Re: Website monitoring/cleaning

Why don't you hire a company that will provide you with secure web hosting services and help *you* to avoid doing things that will get it hacked, as well? That's the approach I expect everyone else to take... * * *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology fo

RESOLVED: help setting up WDS

When I removed options 60,66,67 from my DHCP server and setup a WDS server on the same subnet it worked. Thanks for the help! From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 9:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: help setting up WDS I just installed WD

Website monitoring/cleaning

Two questions: 1) Is there any use hiring a company to monitor your website to make sure it doesn't get hacked/infected? 2) If so, is there anyone y'all recommend for this? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: help setting up WDS

I just installed WDS on a different server that is definitely on the same subnet. Same error. Do I need the iphelper options if both machines are on the same subnet? I don't care about my other subnets at the moment. I just want to get this working within the first subnet first. Thanks, Ji

Re: UPS with remotable power on/off switch?

Hey Ben. I did a bit of searching, and I found this... http://www.amazon.com/APC-AP9830-Remote-Power-Interface/dp/B6HN3L It doesn't seem to be something APC makes anymore. I also am not sure if it will work with their current hard ware. But, it might be just what you are looking for. Good

RE: Server 2008 R2 on Multiple UPSes

Yes but in most cases unless you have segregated power both UPS's are on the same commercial feed. If power goes out for one UPS it will go out for the other and would it not be better to have the server shut down, rather than "hope" that the second UPS did not give a false reading and just die

RE: How to create a second instance of a network printer on Win 7?

Ah, good idea! Thx From: David L Herrick [mailto:davidherr...@nincal.com] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How to create a second instance of a network printer on Win 7? Create a local printer with the correct driver then go back and point it

RE: How to create a second instance of a network printer on Win 7?

It sounds like I may have to do this. It wasn't necessary in XP (if my memory serves me correctly). From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How to create a second instance of a network printer on Win

RE: How to create a second instance of a network printer on Win 7?

Create a local printer with the correct driver then go back and point it at the network printer From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 7:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How to create a second instance of a network printer o

Re: How to create a second instance of a network printer on Win 7?

How about creating a second queue on the print server pointing to the same print device then, with a different name and share name? On 15 July 2011 15:58, David Mazzaccaro wrote: > Nope. Not in Win 7 > > “devices & printers” > Add a printer > Add a network printer > (because the > network p

RE: How to create a second instance of a network printer on Win 7?

Nope. Not in Win 7 "devices & printers" > Add a printer > Add a network printer > (because the network printer is already installed, it doesn't show up but I can browse to it) I browse to the printer, choose it, and it won't let me change the name (greyed out as Laserjet ). I click finish

Re: How to create a second instance of a network printer on Win 7?

This is how I've done it in the past. On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:51 AM, James Rankin wrote: > Can't you just create a second printer pointing to the same device, give it > a different name and set the default tray differently? > > > On 15 July 2011 15:47, David Mazzaccaro < > david.mazzacc...@h

Re: How to create a second instance of a network printer on Win 7?

Can't you just create a second printer pointing to the same device, give it a different name and set the default tray differently? On 15 July 2011 15:47, David Mazzaccaro wrote: > ** > > I have a network printer running off a Windows 2003 print server. > > I can add the printer to a Windows 7 pc

How to create a second instance of a network printer on Win 7?

I have a network printer running off a Windows 2003 print server. I can add the printer to a Windows 7 pc fine, but I would like to add it a second time. So the user would have 2 printers to print from in Windows "Laserjet Tray1" and "Lasetjet Tray2". Is this possible? If so, how? I used to do th

RE: Server 2008 R2 on Multiple UPSes

The scenario I'm thinking of is this... Let's say the UPS that's connected to the server via USB experiences a problem that causes its battery to quickly drain. If that happens, the server is going to shut itself down since that's what I've configured the power settings to do. But the second UP

RE: Server 2008 R2 on Multiple UPSes

Run time should be close to same on both so if it were to tell the computer to shut down both UPS's should be at run time limit. Assuming they are smart UPS's put a NIC in the one that isn't plugged into Server to monitor over network. From: John Hornbuckle [mai

RE: Server 2008 R2 on Multiple UPSes

That's how I've done it up until now. But with this new server, the setup will be a bit different. I have two UPSes dedicated just to it and its attached storage system. John From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 8:53 AM To: NT System Admi

Re: Server 2008 R2 on Multiple UPSes

I don't know your exact setup, but I usually have another box near-by into which I connect the cable from the other UPS. -- richard John Hornbuckle wrote on 07/15/2011 07:49:03 AM: > I have a new Server 2008 R2 box I?m setting up, and it has dual > power supplies. I?m plugging each power supp

OT-ish: WYSE XP Embedded "primer" images

Does anyone have any experience of WYSE terminals with XP Embedded on them? We have a big mix of S30s and V90s here, the S30s run Windows CE but the V90s have XP Embedded. Now, in a previous job I handled putting together a custom image for CE devices. We used the Config Generator to capture the d

RE: {Disarmed} Re: RE: vSphere 5 - Big License Changes

Alan Renouf has written a handy Powershell/PowerCLI script to check your licensing and vRAM usage against the vSphere 5 licensing model: http://www.virtu-al.net/2011/07/14/vsphere-5-license-entitlements/ Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Infrastructure Engineer NHS Herefordshire & Herefordshire Co

Re: RE: vSphere 5 - Big License Changes

That is correct. The pooled vRAM is charged based on vRAM allocation to powered on VMs. If you run vCenter Operations Manager, it will tell you where you are over allocated, and give you the baseline data to justify any changes you might want to make. If the machines are not powered on, then they d

Re: How...

Maybe they finally read the comments on the "Lotus Notes sucks" website :-) On 15 July 2011 00:44, Michael B. Smith wrote: > Yes, I have to say that v8 is much better than v6.x and prior versions. NO > question. > > It's still like putting lipstick on a pig. :-) > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith

Re: help setting up WDS

Different subnets? If so you may need to add an iphelper option on your switches with the up address of the WDS server. The we got around this at %prevjob% was to install WDS on the Dhcp server as the network guys would add it to the switches. T Typed slowly on HTC Desire On Jul 15, 2011 12:28 A