I found this to be an extremely interesting article, for two reasons: one,
because it was about Bill Gates, and two, because it talks about some very
large companies in whom I have an interest.
You might find it interesting too.
Damn shame they can't drive the prices of vaccines down in the U.S. too.
-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 7:25 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: The Second Coming of Bill Gates
I found this to be an
Hi Folks,
We have several large seminar type rooms here, each with a PC/DVD/projector
configuration. Anyone know of any options where I can pipe the PC in use in
one room (speaker's PC or laptop) to another, screen and voice? We have a
number of upcoming sessions where one room won't
GoToMeeting or some other hosted meeting service would be a relatively
inexpensive alternative to trying to mirror PCs from one room to another.
--
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Wisco Industries, Inc.
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Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215
Fax: (608) 835-7399
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Tom Miller tmil...@hnncsb.org wrote:
We have several large seminar type rooms here, each with a PC/DVD/projector
configuration. Anyone know of any options where I can pipe the PC in use in
one room (speaker's PC or laptop) to another, screen and voice? We have
I just ordered a Roku XD for my father, if it's as good as it seems to be
from the reviews I've read, I'm leaning towards adding that to my setup
instead of switching to the Sony Blu-Ray player. From what I've read the
interface for the streaming services on the Sony isn't great, and there
are
I bought a WD TV Live Plus for my daughter's room. It has been working
very well.
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Christopher Bodnar
christopher_bod...@glic.com wrote:
I just ordered a Roku XD for my father, if it's as good as it seems to be
from the reviews I've read, I'm leaning towards
I got one nearly a year ago, and have been very happy with it. It is one
more piece, but it's tiny. I wish now that I had gotten the one with a USB
port though for external content.
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Christopher Bodnar
christopher_bod...@glic.com wrote:
I just ordered a Roku XD
web huddle? and it's free.
Shauna Hensala
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Just build a home theater PC. Include a bluray reader in the build, a video
card with HDMI out. You can buy some nice small cases for this purpose and
use a micro ATX board. I use a cordless iogear keyboard that has a built in
track ball. The keyboard has been dropped on the floor by my kids a
What OS? Any open slots in the 2950? (I can't remember how many slots it has,
but I'm pretty sure it has at least one.)
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:mark.rei...@prairie.edu]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011
If you need to see the presenter as well, you should just go old school: Video
Camera.
We do this for an auditorium, and send a video feed over coax to a nearby gym
when we expect it to be over capacity. With a decent video camera, 2 VCRs as
converters, a long Coax run, and a projector/speaker
He he should have room to throw an esata or usb3 PCI-x card in there and choose
whatever HD he wants. I use Seagate Freeagent drives for offsite rotation
because they use modular bases. Same drive can be plugged in to an eSATA,
USB2, USB3, Firewire 400/800, etc. And you can get 4TB models
Sorry,
OS is Win2K3, 64 bit. But that might change if/when I update the file server.
I'm not too worried about software at this point, more of a hardware question.
I think there might be an open slot in the 2950. I was also looking into a
simple NAS unit (one or two drive, with easy swappable
I like drobos. Fast, redundant, etc. But if you can drop an eSATA card into the
open slot and get a 2 TB drive - that would be a lot cheaper.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:mark.rei...@prairie.edu]
Sent: Monday,
I liked Drobo's until I got my QNAP, speed difference between my drobo-fs and
TS Pro+ is night and day.
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:40 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backup alternatives
I
::shudders::
My DroboPro FS is a bonafide Dee-Oh-Gee. It is inexcusably,
inexplicably slow. It can take an hour or more to delete (DELETE!) several
hundred files. I've even SSHed into it and run a delete operation from the
command line and it's the same deal. I've also never gotten better than
Interesting.
And I’ve deployed QNAPs and had nothing but service headaches. :-P I won’t
deploy another one.
Just goes to show – we’ve all got different experiences…
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Richard Stovall
Do you just want a device to dump data to? (AKA, an external HD or array?) Or
do you need something with removable storage so you can move data off site for
disaster recovery?
I would recommend taking a look at http://tapesucks.com/ as I saw a demo of
one, and it seems quite good for the
What page?
Carl Webster
Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
http://www.CarlWebster.comhttp://www.carlwebster.com/
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 12:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Uninstall Adobe 8 standard and professional,
I do need removable storage for off site rotation.
Mark
-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 11:04 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Backup alternatives
Do you just want a device to dump data to? (AKA, an
I see CostCo is carrying several blu-ray players, Sony, Panasonic, et al,
all of which purport to have streaming interfaces for Netflix and the
like. Are these a good buy? They had all of them for under $100.
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 6:35 AM, Christopher Bodnar
christopher_bod...@glic.com wrote:
If you install the Adobe X enterprise deployment toolkit, there will be
an option to upgrade. That will take care all of your v8 installs. You
can then package it up and deploy via script, GPO, or however you like.
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011
It depends. How much under $100? Are they refurbished, or new? Any of them
have built in wi-fi?
I'm seeing most of the regular models with the streaming services in the
$79-$99 (lower prices usually refurb units) at TigerDirect and Amazon. Add
another $30 for the units with built-in Wi-Fi.
Hmmm. I hadn't been looking for Wifi, but I will (wired is available, so I
may not care). All new, I don't believe CostCo sells any refurb anything.
DAF
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Christopher Bodnar
christopher_bod...@glic.com wrote:
It depends. How much under $100? Are they
Nice.
Thanks for sharing that.
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote:
I found this to be an extremely interesting article, for two reasons: one,
because it was about Bill Gates, and two, because it talks about some very
large companies in whom I have an
If surround sound and picture quality are a concern, then head over to
avsforum.org and do some reading.
I know the PS3 and Roku 2 devices do adaptive streaming, which means you get
the best picture quality that you internet connection can handle. If you
bandwidth drops, your pick quality can
LOL, I've been hanging around -sc too long
http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/deployment/uninstalling-adobe-reader/
Dave
From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Uninstall Adobe 8 standard and professional, install
Oh nicedoes it give the option to open PDF's with the Reader or full
version?
From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:29 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Uninstall Adobe 8 standard and professional, install Adobe X
If you install the Adobe X
That is a Word / driver setting.
File / Print / Printer Properties / Advanced / Document Options / Layout
Options / Page Order = Front to Back (or Back to Front, as
appropriate).
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Glen Johnson gjohn...@vhcc.edu wrote:
Just got a call from a user. Prints a two
OT
Do any Excel Mailing list, exist?
Thanks
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IT-TECH
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Hehe. I like pingdom better! :-)
-Original Message-
From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:li...@levelfive.us]
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 10:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Knowbe4 website
Hey Stu, what about monitis? :-)
-Original Message-
From: Stu Sjouwerman
I'd search the Yahoo users groups, I know there's an Outlook group.
John W. Cook
System Administrator
Partnership For Strong Families
5950 NW 1st Place
Gainesville, Fl 32607
Office (352) 244-1610
Cell (352) 215-6944
MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4
From: justino garcia
I believe it does but don't quote me on that. It may even uninstall
reader as well. You will have to play with it.
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 11:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Uninstall Adobe 8 standard and professional,
Thanks, but that didn't help.
It is printing all pages on one sheet. I originally was told it was just 2
pages, but it doesn't matter how many pages the document has, they all print on
the same piece of paper.
One sheet of paper, with multiple images on the same side of the page.
Just came back
Is that called a Roku XD or are you laughing at the notion of buying a
Roku for your father? :-)
--
Espi
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 6:35 AM, Christopher Bodnar
christopher_bod...@glic.com wrote:
I just ordered a Roku XD for my father, if it's as good as it seems to be
from the reviews I've
have you checked the paper size settings?
Shauna Hensala
From: gjohn...@vhcc.edu
To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Subject: RE: Print strangness
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 20:58:07 +
Thanks, but that didn’t help.
It is printing all pages on one sheet. I originally was told
Some interfaces are severely lacking. Some will let you search only what
you already have in your own queues. Some simply suck @ss.
You really should research this functionality closely. Try it where-ever
possible, and read all the reviews.
--
Espi
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 10:21 AM, David
Yep.
Set for default Letter
From: Shauna Hensala [mailto:she...@msn.com]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 4:06 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Print strangness
have you checked the paper size settings?
Shauna Hensala
From:
The Adobe Customization Wizard X works for Acrobat the same way it works for
Reader. Open the MSI after creating the admin install point, make desired
changes, save the changes as an MST, deploy via GPO. One of the options is
to uninstall earlier versions of Acrobat and it also has options for
I can verify this.
From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 2:41 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Uninstall Adobe 8 standard and professional, install Adobe X
I believe it does but don't quote me on that. It may even uninstall reader
as well.
is default 'letter' defined as 8.5 x 11?
Shauna Hensala
From: gjohn...@vhcc.edu
To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Subject: RE: Print strangness
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 21:11:55 +
Yep.
Set for default “Letter”
From: Shauna Hensala [mailto:she...@msn.com]
Sent:
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
michealespin...@gmail.com wrote:
I see CostCo is carrying several blu-ray players, Sony, Panasonic, et al,
Some interfaces are severely lacking.
I'll second that.
I bought a Sony Blu-Ray Disc player about 10 months ago. While
overall
Yeah, that is what I've read in the reviews. On paper, the Sony sounds
great, since they have all the items I'm looking for, but the actual
experience isn't as good (interface issues, issues with DLNA, etc). So
hopefully the Roku will be as good as I've heard, and I'll just get
another one
If you don't yet.subscribe to the Amazon.com Daily Woot! service. They have
Roku's in the daily email a lot.
From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 5:07 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT: Streaming media device
Yeah, that
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