Here's the first thought that came to mind..
Thoroughly test and update your disaster recovery plan. Test backups and see
if they -actually- restore.
Warm regards,
Stu
From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 1:32 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
If you backups are automated, and if not automate them, check to make sure they
are working when they are supposed to. Check backups to make sure everything
that NEEDS to be backed up is getting backed up.
-Original Message-
From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:s...@sunbelt-software.com]
Yesterday I stayed home since I was sick and I still am not 100% (I promise
not to cough on you) when I start getting calls from my users saying they
cannot reach our Citrix servers and web based email. So I try from home and
sure enough, I cannot connect either. I also tried our main website to
I'm in a need of a video card, low profile (for SFF), able to span two
monitors that just have VGA connectors. Anyone have any recommendations? If
necessary, I could find two monitors that are DVI.
Thanks for any help,
James
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~
also, DVI to VGA adapater dongles are easy and inexpensive to acquire
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:26 AM, James Kerr cluster...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm in a need of a video card, low profile (for SFF), able to span two
monitors that just have VGA connectors. Anyone have any recommendations? If
Wish it had some humor in it. It was dreary reading.
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com wrote:
A classic I think we can all relate to:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-jobs/movers-wanted-only-it-experts-need-apply-171196
Roger Wright
___
My short term goal is
Due to problems like this, we've moved our DNS to DNS Made Easy
(http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/). There are others that can do it too, but these
guys do a good job for us for not much money,
...Tim
From: Mike Sullivan [mailto:neog...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 8:10 AM
To: NT
My advice? Spend $20 and use a dedicated DNS company. They aren't immune but
generally will be much better geared up to avoid this kind of thing.
From: Mike Sullivan [neog...@gmail.com]
Sent: 31 August 2011 4:10 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: When DNS
Yep, sometimes the truth is a bit painful. But it made me chuckle as I saw
the reality of it.
Roger Wright
___
My short term goal is to make it through the day.
My long term goal is to string a bunch of short term goals together.
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Jonathan Link
Dyndns ftw. www.dyndns.comhttp://www.dyndns.com
Easydns also ftw, www.easydns.comhttp://www.easydns.com
From: Mike Sullivan [mailto:neog...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 11:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: When DNS for your ISP goes down...
Yesterday I stayed home
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Mike Sullivan neog...@gmail.com wrote:
I do actually have a question here. Was there anything I could have done to
get us up and running?
At that stage in the game? Unlikely.
But now that you've learned the lesson, you can take steps to
prevent a
Inmarsat might be worth a look.
http://www.inmarsat.com/Services/Maritime/default.aspx?language=ENtextonly=False
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Cesare' A. Ramos cra...@idfllc.com wrote:
Hello to all..
Hope all is well.
We have a client that is looking for a solution to offer
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com wrote:
A classic I think we can all relate to:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-jobs/movers-wanted-only-it-experts-need-apply-171196
I'm with J-Link on the a bit too painful familiar to be really funny aspect.
I did like this: As
Thank you for your replies. We will be checking out the DNS hosting
companies recommended here along with our registrar's DNS.
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Mike Sullivan neog...@gmail.com wrote:
I do actually have a
I concur with the suggestion for someone like DynDNS. At least with them
it's free, or at least it was for us. ISTR there is a certain amount of
hosts over which it requires a paid (inexpensive) account.
From: Mike Sullivan [mailto:neog...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 12:26 PM
This is something you could throw together in PowerShell in about five minutes.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 1:18 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Folder
I agree with Andrew, this is very scriptable. but if you require a GUI,
how about this?
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: 610-807-6459
Fax:
Sorry, meant Michael.
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: 610-807-6459
Fax: 610-807-6003
From: Christopher Bodnar
Andrew is Michael’s son. Don’t know if Saint Michael’s son is into PowerShell
yet! ☺
Carl Webster
Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
http://www.CarlWebster.comhttp://www.carlwebster.com/
From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Hello Everyone,
I'm looking into building a new PC for my home office and
I'm contemplating a triple monitor setup.
I would like to have a single desktop across 3 monitors (probably 24). That
way I could have an RDP session to my lab on 1, create/edit docs on the 2nd
and surf/email/media on the
Velcro is our product of choice now
When we are all gone, the world will consist of cockroaches, Velcro and
duct tape...
Don Guyer
Windows Systems Engineer
RIM Operations Engineering Distributed - A Team, Tier 2
Enterprise Technology Group
Fiserv
don.gu...@fiserv.com
Office:
I didn't think that option was there until Server 2008, only extend?
From: Nick Symiakakis [nsymiaka...@noblehealth.org]
Sent: 31 August 2011 6:45 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Diskpart and Server 2003
Does anyone know why Shrink does not appear
Here is mine:
[cid:image003.jpg@01CC67DF.534BB460]
HP L2405w in Portrait mode (for Word)
Dell UltraSharp U2410 24-inch Widescreen Qty 2
nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ video card Qty 2
I can add a 4th monitor but my desk isn't wide enough.
Carl Webster
Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Guyer, Don don.gu...@fiserv.com wrote:
When we are all gone, the world will consist of cockroaches,
Velcro and duct tape…
And HP LaserJet II printers.
-- Ben
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~
Being held together by?...wait for it..
Duct tape and Velcro, of course!
Don Guyer
Windows Systems Engineer
RIM Operations Engineering Distributed - A Team, Tier 2
Enterprise Technology Group
Fiserv
don.gu...@fiserv.com
Office:
Have had good luck with an ATI x1300 with DMS59/LFH59 connector. Lost the
cable, bought one on amazon for $16.
Low heat, and we don't need any 3D, so its working really good.
From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 8:26 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Wall mount the 4th one above the center monitor.
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Webster webs...@carlwebster.com wrote:
Here is mine:
** **
** **
HP L2405w in Portrait mode (for Word)
Dell UltraSharp U2410 24-inch Widescreen Qty 2
nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ video
Don't discount the ability to view portrait. 2 22 monitors 1680x1050, and
one I have in portrait mode. At 1050x1680 resolution, websurfing and
viewing documents a standard letter sized page at a time (in Word, Acrobat,
whatever) work really well.
So monitors on stands that allow rotation are an
I'm looking to replace my aging (and flaky) separate wireless Keyboard and
wireless mouse at home. It's hooked into a PS/2-only KVM. I would like to
get a new keyboard and mouse combo, but they all seem to be USB-only these
days. Is anyone aware of a place where one can purchase a single USB (F)
I have two 2 head cards with 3 screens attached - 1@1600x1200 and 2@1920x1280.
Don't underestimate the video ram resources needed to drive all this. I was
using a 4 ead card that was cheap before and redrawing all the screens was a
chore for it.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
I think you need to replace your aging and possibly flaking PS/2 KVM as
well.
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:24 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com
wrote:
I'm looking to replace my aging (and flaky) separate wireless Keyboard and
wireless mouse at home. It's hooked into a PS/2-only KVM.
Ask Jacob..his company has probably done this
before..
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
+1 on the portrait option. Love it.
From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 1:23 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT - Triple Monitor Setup
Don't discount the ability to view portrait. 2 22 monitors 1680x1050, and
one I have in
+1
PS/2 It's a great way to lock up your machine. That was it's selling
point, right?
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Mike Sullivan neog...@gmail.com wrote:
I think you need to replace your aging and possibly flaking PS/2 KVM as
well.
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:24 AM, John Aldrich
Yeah
Could be, but at this point, the keyboard and mouse are cheaper. :D I
guess I'll have a look-see at what KVMs are available. My windows machine is
currently using a USB-PS2 adapter as it's USB-only. I suspect my Linux box
wouldn't care whether it was USB-only or not. Have to try it and see,
Just looking at some of the info available some of the USB Wireless do not work
with the adapters so be careful, you might end up with replacing everything.
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 1:41 PM
To: NT System
Try looking on TigerDirect.com
CAR
Direct: 305-492-7961
Service Desk: 305-492-7979
Mobile: 786-412-1746
e-Mail: cra...@idfllc.com
AIM/MSN/Yahoo/Gchat/Skype: cramosMIA
IDF's Tech news tips
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Wednesday,
Do you guys like IOGear? I found this on NewEgg and it looks pretty good...
had 4 eggs out of 5 and 194 ratings. Sounds pretty good to me.
From: Mike Sullivan [mailto:neog...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 2:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Looking for cable
I think
My buddy uses a manual IOGear KVM in his auto shop and it has held up quite
nicely, considering the environment it's in.
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
Yeah... After the suggestion to chuck the old Belkin KVM, I got to thinking
why not. Any particular brand of KVM y'all like? Belkin used to be the
name to buy for prosumer stuff. Are they still the brand to beat?
From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31,
Whoops...forgot the link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817399001
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 2:48 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: KVM (WAS RE: Looking for cable)
Do you
This is the one my buddy is running:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817107419
I think you hit CTRL-CTRL to change it, or something like that.
Don Guyer
Windows Systems Engineer
RIM Operations Engineering Distributed - A Team, Tier 2
Enterprise Technology Group
Fiserv
I like anything other than Belkin for KVM. I was converted to Cybex, now
Avocent, by ASB ~10 years ago.
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 1:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Looking for cable
Yeah...
Yeah...Not bad. I like the idea of replaceable cables in case the cable goes
bad...although I suppose that if it goes out within 3 years, they
fix/replace it. After that, just replace it. :D
-Original Message-
From: Guyer, Don [mailto:don.gu...@fiserv.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31,
For work the Belkin we had was a piece of cr@p, the Avocent we have now works
great.
For home use I have purchased a few iogear 2 to 4 port KVMs and not had any
problems with them.
-Original Message-
From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Thanks. I went ahead and bought that (4-port) model. I figure if it tears up
within 3 years, they'll fix/replace it. If it lasts more than 3 years
(probably) I've got my money's worth out of it. :D
-Original Message-
From: Guyer, Don [mailto:don.gu...@fiserv.com]
Sent: Wednesday,
Luckily, I don't deal with desktops in this position. But the move from our
internal server room to the datacenter 5 blocks away was an awful lot of
fun... not.
Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com 8/31/2011 8:52 AM
A classic I think we can all relate to:
your desk is waaay too clean.
Webster webs...@carlwebster.com 8/31/2011 11:10 AM
Here is mine:
[cid:image003.jpg@01CC67DF.534BB460]
HP L2405w in Portrait mode (for Word)
Dell UltraSharp U2410 24-inch Widescreen Qty 2
nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ video card Qty 2
I can add a 4th monitor but my
Gparted is free. Just make sure your image backups are recent and sound first.
You could also use the free trial of BootIt Bare Metal.
Carl
-Original Message-
From: Nick Symiakakis [mailto:nsymiaka...@noblehealth.org]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 1:46 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote:
your desk is waaay too clean.
I bet his desk drawer is full of junk. ;)
Or, wait, wait, I know: This is Carl Webster -- the messy desk is
down the hall, in another room. We're seeing the thin desktop.
-- Ben
~
If I was to have 3 24 monitors I would make one of them be above the other
two. I have dual 23 now and one is almost directly in front of me slightly
to my left and I struggle to see stuff to the far right on the second
monitor and I have decent vision. I run 1920x1080. I was thinking about
I was trying to get 3 monitors off one card for my own desk (2 x 1920x1080
panels and an HP 22) but I got a passive DP adaptor by accident. So I then
went hunting around for other adaptors and found a PciE x2 VGA card with a dual
head on it and stuck that in as well. Then I went searching round
Just for the picture. I moved all the stuff to the table with the 3 laptops.
The table for the 4 servers was too unorganized to find a spot to place
anything.
Carl Webster
Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
http://www.CarlWebster.com
-Original Message-
From: Joseph
Exactly!
Carl Webster
Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
http://www.CarlWebster.com
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Subject: Re: OT - Triple Monitor Setup
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov
wrote:
your
The HP in portrait mode is 1050 X 1680 and the 2 Dells are 1920 X 1200. I turn
off all Aero stuff and anything that may slow my work down. I write and work
on servers. Don't need no stinkin' girly, frilly stuff. I'll leave that for
that sissy boy -sc [1]! :)
Carl Webster
Consultant and
Great! Glad to hear that. Makes me feel better about ordering it. :D
From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 3:30 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: KVM (WAS RE: Looking for cable)
I have a 2-port and a 4-port IOGear KVM with PS/2 connections.
I would have to go with quad video monitor card. $$$. (Dual output with dual
output cable (x2))
My former boss wanted four monitor for home and the card to support 4
monitors was over $400.
From: Mark Smith [mailto:winsysad...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:50 AM
To: NT
LOL -- I remember buying my first *good* video card to play Quake back in
1996 and spent $400 to drive one monitor :)
-Jeff
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.com wrote:
I would have to go with quad video monitor card… $$$. (Dual output with
dual output cable
Ok, here we go...
I spent almost $400 bucks for an ATI EGA Wonder video card that would display
EGA graphics on a CGA monitor..., circa 1984-86
From: Jeff Steward [mailto:jstew...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 4:38 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT - Triple Monitor
Winning
From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 4:45 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT - Triple Monitor Setup
Ok, here we go...
I spent almost $400 bucks for an ATI EGA Wonder video card that would display
EGA graphics on a CGA
This is the equivalent video card for what I have. Two of these will cost you
about $130 from Newegg and then there is a $10 mail-in rebate (LOL) for each
card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130395
My cards have only 512MB and this one has 1GB. I paid $129 each
I remember those too, but that would have been a company purchase :)
Pretty sure we did the computing old phart thing on here awhile back and
there are a bunch of us here.
-Jeff
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Kim Longenbaugh
k...@colonialsavings.comwrote:
Ok, here we go…
I spent
+1 DNS Made Easy and DynDNS are two of the best organizations, with
great pricing and a broad range of services.
And get yourself a new ISP. There are other things they can break (like
your connectivity) that will be hard to fix on the fly...
* *
*ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker*
ROFL!
* *
*ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of
Technology for the SMB market…
*
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote:
your desk is waaay too clean.
I just jumped in. What is wrong with any card with dual outputs then split
into 4?
J
On Aug 31, 2011 5:57 PM, Webster webs...@carlwebster.com wrote:
Wasn’t that full length card that barely fit in even a full-size AT case?
If you used the piggy-back 128K memory chips you could fit the card in
I would think Jacob would have been more concerned with uploading rather
than 2 way communication but then maybe not?
Jon
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Guyer, Don don.gu...@fiserv.com wrote:
Ask Jacob……his company has probably done this before……….
** **
*Don Guyer*
Windows
I spent over $800 on a 2x CD rom back in 1994 ish? I worked my butt off at
$4.50 an hour during the summer to save up for it.
From: Jeff Steward [mailto:jstew...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 2:38 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT - Triple Monitor Setup
LOL -- I
2x CDROM made 7th Guest scream
From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 6:00 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT - Triple Monitor Setup
I spent over $800 on a 2x CD rom back in 1994 ish? I worked my butt off at
$4.50 an hour during the summer to
One screen suffices if the resolution is high enough.
Say, 4096x2304, or something like that...
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 15:35, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote:
It's still only one screen. You should upgrade to a multi-monitor setup.
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Steven M. Caesare
I've heard rumor of software that would let you cut a screen like that up into
virtual monitors so you could do things like maximize into a quarter of the
screen or some such. Anyone heard of such a thing?
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent:
There's 2 down there, and I have a pair for an effective 3200x1200 on my desk
upstairs.
-sc
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 15:35, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote:
It's still only one screen. You should upgrade to a multi-monitor setup.
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Steven M. Caesare
Amen
On Aug 31, 2011 8:06 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote:
I will not comment on if the room has been tested for such.
I will, however, say the funkalicious shag carpet and uber-thick pad are
groovy to... uh... lay on.
And Hugh can't have it. Or the embroidered red
The first rule of Fight Club...
- WJR
On Wednesday, August 31, 2011, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com
wrote:
Any invites to such a non-existent party would be sent on the list that
doesn’t exist.
-sc
--
- WJR
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~
That is funny, but I would hope you were joking. Then again this is an
Apple product, so who knows.
Jon
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Free, Bob r...@pge.com wrote:
freaking thing probably managed to somehow install the slimy rootkit
known as iTunes on your Exchange box J
** **
..is don't discuss movie Lemon Drop nite.
-sc
From: William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 8:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT - Triple Monitor Setup
The first rule of Fight Club...
- WJR
On Wednesday, August 31, 2011, Steven
I was drunk?
- WJR
On Wednesday, August 31, 2011, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com
wrote:
..is don’t discuss movie Lemon Drop nite.
-sc
From: William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 8:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT -
I'll assume that's rhetorical.
-sc
From: William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 9:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT - Triple Monitor Setup
I was drunk?
- WJR
On Wednesday, August 31, 2011, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com
Nope. Wouldn't surprise me though.
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 16:10, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote:
I've heard rumor of software that would let you cut a screen like that up
into virtual monitors so you could do things like maximize into a quarter of
the screen or some such.
Though it's not exactly what the OP asked for, I've just recently
started using a window management application named Divvy. It's very
simple and works well.
http://mizage.com/divvy/
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote:
Nope. Wouldn't surprise me though.
On
Yes, if you look in the IIS/SMTP logs you should see hundreds of hits a min
or more from the device . we had this issue when a handful of attorneys went
out and got ipads and iphones and took their exchange 2003 server down in
flames. heh
From: Steven M. Caesare
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