Re: HR/Finance resource Q

Several years ago on a contract job (2001), one of the things I did was a network inventory of file usage and network configurations. I wrote a series of scripts to do a lot of the information gathering. The next day one of them apologized and said they would do the 'HR' server because it was loc

Re: RDS Q - Webster?

At the moment I am on self generated certificates, so cant help any further, but in the blog these bits may be worth reviewing? *RemoteApp programs must be digitally signed* using a Server Authentication certificate [Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate]. The certificate Enhanced Key Usage secti

Re: HR/Finance resource Q

Not currently, but I've been in places where that is done. Why? * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:36 PM, David Lum wrote: > Do any of you have environments where HR and/or Finance resources are

Re: Win 7 system32 dir

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Lists - Level Five wrote: > I have a client that runs an app that writes to system32 dir ... Evil. >... that stopped working the other day. they are local admins and > realized that the system32 dir has only trustedinstallers as full perms > and ownership. The

Re: Windows 8 dev preview video

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Erik Goldoff wrote: >> "We're Microsoft, and we say you're going to >> do it *this* way now, so tough tootsies" > > and that's different from the other camp HOW ??? The argument "Those other guys suck too" never really impressed me much. -- Ben ~ Finally, pow

Re: HR/Finance resource Q

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:36, David Lum wrote: > Do any of you have environments where HR and/or Finance resources are on > their own dedicated systems separate from the rest of your company? Same LAN > perhaps but different storage and host servers? > > David Lum > Systems Engineer // NWEATM > O

Re: 3ncrypt3d email solutions

Kim, I've searched high and low for a place to download the Outlook Plug-in from ProofPoint's website, no such luck. I know we're using the "lite" version, which is free, but it was provided to me directly from an engineer that was on-site last year assistance with our migration to version 6.0 on

Re: Weird Sharepoint UNC issue

Yes, and that errored out as well. Ill dig some more tomorrow. Sent from my BlackBird. -Original Message- From: "Michael B. Smith" Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:01:44 To: NT System Admin Issues Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" Subject: RE: Weird Sharepoint UNC issue Did you remember to

RE: Weird Sharepoint UNC issue

Did you remember to do a manual psconfig after the patch? Pretty sure that's covered in the notes for the patch. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 5:55 PM To: NT Sy

RE: Weird Sharepoint UNC issue

Running SharePoint sometimes seems to break it, lol. From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 2:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Weird Sharepoint UNC issue Funny, I patched sharepoint today with http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2493987 and now i

Re: Weird Sharepoint UNC issue

Funny, I patched sharepoint today with http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2493987 and now it is broke!!! sharepoint patches seem to always break sharepoint. On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 4:46 PM, David Lum wrote: > Sharepoint site (2003) on 2003 Server. > > ** ** > > Most of our WinXP machines can U

RE: if/else statement problem.

Thank you for that! Working now. From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 2:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: if/else statement problem. The ELSE clause must occur on the same line as the command after the IF. For example:

RE: if/else statement problem.

The ELSE clause must occur on the same line as the command after the IF. For example: IF EXIST filename. ( del filename. ) ELSE ( echo filename. missing. ) The following would NOT work because the del command needs to be terminated by a newline: IF EXIST filena

if/else statement problem.

Can someone please tell me what is wrong with this statement? if exist "C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exe" ( REG ADD "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware" /v silentipmode /t REG_DWORD /d 1) ELSE ( REG ADD "HKLM\Software\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware" /v

Re: Long Distance Wireless

What is your budget. -- Espi On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Chris Blair wrote: > Anyone have experience setting up a wireless network over a long distance? > We need to connect two construction trailers, over wireless preferably, if > possible. Neither side has an internet connection and

Re: Adobe Reader 10.1.1

Yes, I tried both from scratch and also applying the patch to the existing AP. I gave up this morning and started updating the few 64bit comps by hand. When things calm down a bit I'll try it again. On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Carl Houseman wrote: > So you re-did the admin installation po

RE: Adobe Reader 10.1.1

So you re-did the admin installation point from scratch (using the 1010...msi)? And did you try a group policy that does not use your transform, just to rule that out? From: Eric Wittersheim [mailto:eric.wittersh...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 11:48 AM To: NT System Admin

RE: Win 7 system32 dir

The software vendor's app is a POS app in other words. You can likely use the App Compat Toolkit (ACT) to generate a shim to redirect those writes to a more appropriate place. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: Lists - Level Five [mailto:li

Re: Unix Backups

Thanks very much Ben, Great explaination! Cheers, Cameron On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > [aggregate reply to multiple messages] > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Cameron wrote: > > IBM P520 - 2 LPARs - 1 - AIX 5.3, 2 - AIX 6.1 > > Need to backup approx 80GB (roughly 40

Re: HR/Finance resource Q

I've got my finance data on a different server...same LAN though. On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:36 PM, David Lum wrote: > Do any of you have environments where HR and/or Finance resources are on > their own dedicated systems separate from the rest of your company? Same LAN > perhaps but different st

Re: NAS Virtual Appliances?

I'm running OpenFiler as a vm at home. No issues with it, haven't checked for webdav, and i'm the only user. It loves RAM when copying to/from it. The domain join was a bit flaky when I set it up, haven't updated it to the latest version yet, that's a todo when I get the time. T Typed slowly o

RE: Server 8

It's nice to see a lot of things appear to come to fruition that we've discussed and ranked in chalk talks and customer focus groups over the years, at least the ones I've been involved in that were mostly with the Directory Services folks. Very encouraging to finally see an apparent departure

RE: 3ncrypt3d email solutions

We didn't notice immediately, so it wouldn't hurt to check. From: pdw1...@hotmail.com [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 11:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 3ncrypt3d email solutions Kim, At this time, I have not heard of any problems with sending out pdf

Re: Long Distance Wireless

I have 2 Miktronics Groove AH5n's between my house and a friends. I had existing antenna' though. http://www.routerboard.com/product/111 The US vendor I used was http://www.streakwave.com and they have some integrated board/antenna products though should be easier to deal with if starting from s

RE: 3ncrypt3d email solutions

Kim, At this time, I have not heard of any problems with sending out pdf's that didn't get encrypted when they should have been. From: k...@colonialsavings.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: 3ncrypt3d email solutions Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:06:34 + Sean

Re: Windows 8 dev preview video

"We're Microsoft, and we say you're going to do it *this* way now, so tough tootsies" and that's different from the other camp HOW ??? On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Michael B. Smith > wrote: > > I don't see Metro being deployed by Enterpri

Re: Windows 8 dev preview video

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Crawford, Scott wrote: > Nice: "fondle-slab" > :) I got that from /The Register/ a while back. They're not always accurate, but they're often entertaining. :-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Long Distance Wireless

We have two facilities that are 1 mile apart. We have 70 ft towers at each but still only have near-line-of-site, mainly trees. We're using Solectek AirStream Bridges. Very solid connection and weather has not been an issue. The Airstreams use orthagonal signaling which means there are several

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

Mark Minasi has a nice write up on win8 server here: http://www.minasi.com/newsletters/nws1109.htm Sounds like some really cool stuff is in the works. ...Tim From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 8 dev p

RE: RDS Q - Webster?

I did. The WebSSO one looks like it should work for me but I am obviously missing something. I have a wildcard cert (*.nwea.org), the RDS server use it, and all RDS settings reference servers with FQDN of .nwea.org (even though the servers are in the internal.nwea.org domain) Dave From: Dean C

Re: Long Distance Wireless

Wimax? De: Chris Blair Para: NT System Admin Issues Enviado: jueves 15 de septiembre de 2011 18:07 Asunto: Long Distance Wireless Anyone have experience setting up a wireless network over a long distance? We need to connect two construction trailers, over wi

RE: 3ncrypt3d email solutions

Sean, we have not noticed the other triggers you've noted, and as far as I know weren't aware of the Outlook Add-in you mentioned. I'd like the info so I can at least let the bosses know the option exists. Thanks, Kim From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September

Re: collage

I like the xato.net one best. -- Espi On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: > Nice. > > I did a google image search for large images search on "most common > passwords wordcloud" and came up with this: > > http://xato.net/wp-content/xup/passwordscloud.png > > It's referenced fro

Re: Adobe Reader 10.1.1

That is what I was doing Carl. msiexec /a acroread.msi /p adberdrupd1011.msp The update runs without a hitch and like I said all Win 7 32bit and XP 32 bit worked great. I even tried downloading the full version from the link you posted yesterday. On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Carl Houseman

Re: 3ncrypt3d email solutions

Kim, Thanks for the information. We use ProofPoint as well and although I haven't personally come across that issue, I'll pass it on to our Information Security team. The fact that you had to change the subject of the e-mail is the reason we used a very specific tag, such as [enc]. This prevents u

RE: Adobe Reader 10.1.1

How are you pushing the "update"? One usually updates an admin share for group policy distribution. That's worked fine for me, so far, 7x64 and XP. Carl From: Eric Wittersheim [mailto:eric.wittersh...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 9:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subjec

Re: Encrypted email solutions

Excellent. Thank you all for your input, and thank you for letting me know what you use, that really helps. cheers. - Who'd you rather be, the Beatles or the Rolling Stones? On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 07:50, wrote: > We also use Zix since we fall under HIPAA (hospital). Zix

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

Start Windows Explorer - right click Computer - Properties... From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 15 September 2011 15:35 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 8 dev preview video Yes. I did it via script, but I'm sure there must be a UI there somewhere... R

RE: 3ncrypt3d email solutions

With proofpoint, if a user puts "encrypt" in the subject line, the email is encrypted. We also have policies that encrypt a message automatically based on policies, like SSNs, PCI info, etc. We ran into a problem recently where a worker emailed a .pdf with a social in it that got sent out un-en

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

Got it. Thank you-I was losing my mind! From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 10:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 8 dev preview video It's the "System" control panel. "System and Security" and then choose "System" Cheers Ken

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

Win-pause is the shortcut to computer/properties. From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 9:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 8 dev preview video I always join by right-clicking "Computer" in Win7 and going from there.

RE: Anyone see this in IIS 7 / Sql 2008

What does profiler say when the queries are timing out? Are the queries even getting to SQL Server? Cheers Ken From: G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:kava...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 15 September 2011 5:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Anyone see this in IIS 7 / Sql 2008 PS: actual bulk

RE: Server 8

Looks very interesting. It'll be fun to work with but I guess it's an age thingie. I don't get super-pumped over new operating systems (I go back to nt 351). (Although I must confess I love having a VM environment even though it took me a few years to convince the purse-string holders to let

RE: Encrypted email solutions

We also use Zix since we fall under HIPAA (hospital). Zix encrypts based on criteria such as HIPAA, financial (sox) based policies. Users can also force encryption by placing a code word in the Subject line. Small 1U appliance which is pretty easy to setup and maintain (such as backup and up

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

It's the "System" control panel. "System and Security" and then choose "System" Cheers Ken From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, 15 September 2011 10:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 8 dev preview video I always join by right-clicki

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

I always join by right-clicking "Computer" in Win7 and going from there. I'm obviously overlooking it... Rooting around in Control Panel I just don't see it. Is it under "Network and Internet," I assume? I'm there, but all I see is homegroup stuff. From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]

Re: Windows 8 dev preview video

Yep, just go to the control paneland then it is just like Win 7. On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:25 AM, John Hornbuckle < john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> wrote: > Can the Dev Preview version be joined to a domain? I can't seem to find > that option. > > > John > > > > > -Original Message-

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

Ahh. It *did* seem to good to be thought of on the spur of the moment. From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 9:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 8 dev preview video Obviously reads The Register :-) On 15 September 2011 15:02, Craw

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

Hover over the windows icon (lower left), Search, either type advanced system settings (don't forget to select "settings" below search) or select "control panel" from the Apps. JimM -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, Septem

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

Yes. I did it via script, but I'm sure there must be a UI there somewhere... Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 10:25

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

Can the Dev Preview version be joined to a domain? I can't seem to find that option. John -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 8 dev preview video > Wha

Re: Windows 8 dev preview video

Obviously reads The Register :-) On 15 September 2011 15:02, Crawford, Scott wrote: > Nice: "fondle-slab" > :) > > -Original Message- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:59 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Windows 8 dev pre

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

> What's got me worried is all the noise about how it's very hard to > get away from Metro. Even the Start button reportedly just switches > back to Metro now. It can be controlled by GP. I've already proven that to myself. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

Nice: "fondle-slab" :) -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 8 dev preview video On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Michael B. Smith wrote: > I don't see Metro being deplo

Re: Adobe Reader 10.1.1

Looks like I'm not the only one. http://forums.adobe.com/thread/902712?tstart=2 I tried the suggestions and I still get the same error. On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Terry Dickson wrote: > Of the 10.1.X machines we have so far no problem. However most of our > people are stuck on 9.4.x since

Re: Windows 8 dev preview video

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Michael B. Smith wrote: > I don't see Metro being deployed by Enterprise. I could be wrong, of > course - but right now, I see it as being very consumer. From what I've seen, it's targeted at phones, tablets, and other fondle-slabs. And it would appear to make

RE: Adobe Reader 10.1.1

Of the 10.1.X machines we have so far no problem. However most of our people are stuck on 9.4.x since we have a couple of applications that do not play well with 10.x yet. -Original Message- From: Eric Wittersheim [mailto:eric.wittersh...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:

Re: Adobe Reader 10.1.1

Anyone having any problems pushing this update to 64 bit Windows 7 computers? I'm getting "Error 1334. The file '_4bitmapibroker.exe' cannot be installed because the file cannot be found in the cabinet file 'Data1.cab'. 32 bit versions of Windows 7 and XP aren't having any issues. Nothing has tur

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

I don't see Metro being deployed by Enterprise. I could be wrong, of course - but right now, I see it as being very consumer. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Th

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

Ctrl-esc is the shortcut for the windows key. But, this doesn't end the task. From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 7:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 8 dev preview video The Windows key does it for me, but the Hype

Re: Windows 8 dev preview video

Regarding the new Metro tiled UI, there's this commentary: http://i.imgur.com/vd2WA.jpg ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

The Windows key does it for me, but the Hyper-V VM screen has to be full-screen for this to work. John Hornbuckle, MSMIS, PMP MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 2:52 PM To: NT Syste

Re: OT: RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

Following on to this thread, looks like the developer preview doesn't play too nicely on XenServer. In fact, I can't even shut the thing down once it has crashed. Shame, since all of our sandbox environments run on Xen. On 14 September 2011 20:18, Guyer, Don wrote: > Gotta Love The Egg! I placed

Enquiry re VPN Client Software

Hi all We currently have an IBM ISS MX3006 UTM appliance and we are trying to source a VPN client software which is compatible with this appliance. We once had purchased SafeNet SoftRemoteLT for Windows XP Pro but this does not seem to support domain logins from the client and I've been told th

Re: Windows 8 dev preview video

Supposedly the BSOD is changed now: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/14/windows-8-bsod-ditches-confusing-error-codes-for-uninformative-f/ Why is it that so many software designers think that replacing something most people can't understand with something *nobody* can understand is an improveme

RE: Encrypted email solutions

+1 for Zix. From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Encrypted email solutions Used Zix before worked just fine, Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Emai

RE: Encrypted email solutions

Used Zix before worked just fine, Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 7:55 PM To: NT System

RE: Query re Virtual CPUs

Thanks you all for your interesting responses and advice. Much appreciated. Thanks Pierre ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com