Re: UAC and local admin rights

2012-05-01 Thread Lora Cates
Amen!   -lc > > From: Ben Scott >To: NT System Admin Issues >Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 3:57 PM >Subject: Re: UAC and local admin rights > >  Short version of the below: There's a ton of crap software out >there, and the amount of crap usually outweighs the amo

RE: UAC and local admin rights

2012-05-01 Thread Crawford, Scott
Preach it brotha -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 3:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: UAC and local admin rights Short version of the below: There's a ton of crap software out there, and the amount of crap usually

Re: UAC and local admin rights

2012-05-01 Thread Ben Scott
Short version of the below: There's a ton of crap software out there, and the amount of crap usually outweighs the amount of IT resources. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr wrote: > There are many niche/industry apps out there that require admin rights. >  While I personally b

Re: UAC and local admin rights

2012-05-01 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
There are many niche/industry apps out there that require admin rights. While I personally believe that any app should be able to be configured via security on the file system and the registry to not require admin privs - it can be a hassle to support broad-spectrum, and there are software vendors

Re: UAC and local admin rights

2012-05-01 Thread Rankin, James R
In an environment where local admin rights are granted to install software, AppSense have a free (currently beta) product called StrataApps which allows non-admins to install software. If this is your case for admin rights it may help. See http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/strata-apps

Re: IE trusted sites

2012-05-01 Thread James Kerr
We use it and more for IE. There are some issues with getting IE9 to take the settings but there was a workaround we had to do that I can't recall at the moment but it saves us a ton of work and is well worth using, well for us anyway. On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Steven M. Caesare wrote: > T

Re: Copying a Windows partition made difficult

2012-05-01 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Michael B. Smith wrote: > I'm not an expert at this. Well, I suppose after years of you volunteering your knowledge on this list, we were bound to find at least *one* thing you don't know. Just don't let it happen again, OK? ;-) > But does a native install wor

Re: Copying a Windows partition made difficult

2012-05-01 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Crawford, Scott wrote: > Might be worth the time to just install xp natively on that drive to be sure > that it works. > While there, compare the MBR to your clone attempt. You know, that's not a bad idea, either. Some tests to do, tonight! -- Ben ~ Finall

RE: Copying a Windows partition made difficult

2012-05-01 Thread Michael B. Smith
I'm not an expert at this. But does a native install work? -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 12:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copying a Windows partition made difficult On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Michael B.

RE: Copying a Windows partition made difficult

2012-05-01 Thread Crawford, Scott
Might be worth the time to just install xp natively on that drive to be sure that it works. While there, compare the MBR to your clone attempt. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 11:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Co

Re: Copying a Windows partition made difficult

2012-05-01 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Michael B. Smith wrote: >> It *is* a 4096-byte sector drive ... I'm assuming that, by >> itself, won't cause XP to bomb. > > Actually, that fact is critical. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2510009 This drive is a "512e" drive. It uses 4096-byte physical se

Re: OT: Windows Based Thin Clients

2012-05-01 Thread Kurt Buff
So, no moistened bint, then? Pity. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 00:07, Rankin, James R wrote: > Sadly not. Nor can they be used as legendary weapons. > ---Blackberried > > From: Webster > Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 00:28:15 + > To: NT System Admin Issues > ReplyTo: "NT

RE: Secunia Patch

2012-05-01 Thread Stu Sjouwerman
LOL From: Jonathan [mailto:ncm...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 7:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Secunia Patch Probably just HIGH, period. ;-) On Apr 27, 2012 3:55 PM, "Stefan Jafs" mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com>> wrote: Thanks Stu, I'll keep this in mind, the sales g

Re: Copying a Windows partition made difficult

2012-05-01 Thread Lora Cates
That's good info to have.  Thank you Michael!   -lc > > From: Michael B. Smith >To: NT System Admin Issues >Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 7:12 AM >Subject: RE: Copying a Windows partition made difficult > >Actually, that fact is critical. See http://support.micros

RE: Copying a Windows partition made difficult

2012-05-01 Thread Michael B. Smith
Actually, that fact is critical. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2510009 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 11:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copying a Windows partition made difficult On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 4

RE: UAC and local admin rights

2012-05-01 Thread James Hill
Not surprisingly their AV/AM solution is very busy for the relatively small number of users. And that's just the stuff it finds! -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 1 May 2012 2:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: UAC and local admin

Re: OT: Windows Based Thin Clients

2012-05-01 Thread Rankin, James R
Sadly not. Nor can they be used as legendary weapons. ---Blackberried -Original Message- From: Webster Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 00:28:15 To: NT System Admin Issues Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" Subject: RE: OT: Windows Based Thin Clients “Xcalibur-based thin clients” Are those “Ad