SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-05 Thread Matthew W. Ross
I finally figured it out. I figured that I'd share: I was sorting my labs AD Computers into OUs. I then assigned a blank group policy for the printers on that OU. Using the Printer Manager, I installed the printers and drivers as a TCP/IP printer on my print server. I then used the Deploy

Re: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-05 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Drivers would be available via the ADMIN$ share of the machine, I would expect. Thanks for the follow-up. Much appreciated. http://xkcd.com/979/ * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 3:52 AM, Matthew

RE: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-05 Thread David Lum
Thanks for this! -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 12:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins I finally figured it out. I figured that

RE: AV exclusions

2012-09-05 Thread Guyer, Don
I always do it by server type/class as much as possible (DC, Exchange, etc) and then any one-offs individually. Regards, Don Guyer Catholic Health East - Information Technology Enterprise Directory Messaging Services 3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa 19073 email:

Re: AV exclusions

2012-09-05 Thread Stefan Jafs
Here's Microsoft's KB article on the topic: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822158 Stefan On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:10 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: For AV scanning/access it’s recommended to exclude specific files/folders on DC’s, and member servers, SQL servers, etc.

Re: AV exclusions

2012-09-05 Thread Stefan Jafs
I use Sophos and have different AD OU's for DC's, servers, LT's and desktop I can then set exclusions by OU's, very nice. Stefan On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Stefan Jafs stefan.j...@gmail.com wrote: Here's Microsoft's KB article on the topic: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822158

Re: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-05 Thread Matthew W. Ross
Drivers would be available via the ADMIN$ share of the machine, I would expect. Okay, I'll take that answer... but then why wouldn't the printer be installed once the admin logged in? Why do the printers disappear afterwards? And why isn't there any good data about the failure in the event

OT: Phone plan

2012-09-05 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Anyone else see this? http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/04/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-for-t-mobile-299-without-contract/ Thinking about getting this for my daughter for the first month, then switching her over to the Straight talk plan. Seems like a good way to get the phone for $299. Don't thing the

Re: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-05 Thread Free, Bob
Thanks for the follow-up. Much appreciated Indeed(tm) Always appreciate the tickets being closed and KB updated :) From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 5:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: [dkim-failure] Re: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers

RE: AV exclusions

2012-09-05 Thread David Lum
I can do the same with McAfee, or I can apply tags and sort/apply them that way which achieves the same thing. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 7:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: AV exclusions I use Sophos and have different AD

Re: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-05 Thread Andrew S. Baker
* Ha! I'll admit that I've done some searching on the web for issues I've run into... and I found somebody who has simular issues... only to discover that it's my own post! Sm:)e. * Been there, done that. :) * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for

RE: OT: Phone plan

2012-09-05 Thread Guyer, Don
YMMV but, I wouldn't be laying out that much for a phone for either of my kids. They've broken/lost way too many in the past. Some of them only weeks after having them. Also, insurance doesn't always cover the cost of a replacement, more so with smart phones. Now, if they are helping pay for

RE: OT: Phone plan

2012-09-05 Thread David Lum
If people treated a phone like it was a $500 irreplaceable item, I bet they wouldn't be so careless about it. I've decided to treat my phone this way and it's amazing the precarious/carefree holds I don't do with it anymore :) From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org] Sent: Wednesday, September

Re: OT: Phone plan

2012-09-05 Thread Matthew W. Ross
My father went down the line of a refurbished iPhone 4 with the Straight Talk plan. Making the change to put it on the new carrier did not require me to unlock the phone. Thus far, he's been extremely happy with the service. He doesn't use heavy internet (say, Netflix) on Straight Talk, but

Re: OT: Phone plan

2012-09-05 Thread Christopher Bodnar
I've switched my wife and myself over to Straight Talk, both of us have the iPhone 4 and have been happy with the service. No issues so far. I was more interested in anyone that had done something like this before. Bought a phone for one network to get the lower price on the phone, then

RE: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-05 Thread James Hill
That is bad. Worse is when you find a post about the problem you are looking for a solution for only to have the final post being Figured it out and no further info supplied. James. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 6 September 2012 1:26 AM To: NT System

RE: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

2012-09-05 Thread Ken Schaefer
What's weirder is if you search for an issue, find a post that turns out to be your own, and then also find you solved the problem years ago but have subsequently forgotten the solution: http://www.activedir.org/ListArchives/tabid/55/view/topic/postid/22657/Default.aspx From: Andrew S. Baker