RE: OTish: SSDs and cool PCs

2011-03-25 Thread Ames Matthew B (REST)
I have ordered an SSD (I was greedy and went for the 128GB - thing future proofing!) for my slightly aging machine. My plan was to install the OS + Apps onto. I would then retain my current 750GB disk for data, temp, profiles, pagefiles, etc. This I should get fast boot/app load but not

RE: Wierd XP issue

2011-02-25 Thread Ames Matthew B
Any recent patches applied to the machine. Is it patched as part of your WSUS infrastructure, or does it just get the updates direct from MS? -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: 25 February 2011 15:44 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE:

RE: QUICK question... A/C adapters

2011-02-25 Thread Ames Matthew B
Personally I would get a proper one direct from the manufacturer. You hardly want a cheapo PSU bein left on and causing a fire. Pretty sure that Dell a good few years ago did a recall for a dodgy batch of laptop PSU (at least in the UK), I doubt you would get that sort of service from an Amazon

RE: Dell battery replacement still giving warning

2011-02-24 Thread Ames Matthew B
Surely, the problem is here you jumped in and ordered the replacement item from the first supplier who had stock/gave you a quote rather than reviewing quotes from a couple of suppliers. I know we are only talking about a cheap laptop keyboard, but I assume you would do a bit more research if

RE: Dell battery replacement still giving warning

2011-02-24 Thread Ames Matthew B
mistaken. I did review a number of vendors. Since it wasn't a life or death thing, and I wanted to be sure I wasn't buying a piece of junk, I decided to buy from the vendor one of my peers on this list has had good dealings with. -Original Message- From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:mba

RE: VOIP issues

2011-02-23 Thread Ames Matthew B
Is the T1 only used for VoIP or is other internet traffic being routed over it too? Maybe time to implement QoS for the VoIP traffic? Otherwise maybe a speed/duplex mismatch between the Cisco / Firewall / Netgear devices. Might be worth forcing them all to be the same rather than leaving it on

RE: Dell battery replacement still giving warning

2011-02-23 Thread Ames Matthew B
Pop the keyboard out and have a look for the Dell part number on the underside of it. Stick that partnumber into ebay and see if someone is breaking an defective Inspiron 6400. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: 23 February 2011 13:56

RE: IPhone attack reveals passwords in six minutes

2011-02-10 Thread Ames Matthew B
Not having used an iPhone, but if the SIM was removed from the device, would that not disable the ability to perform a remote wipe? -Original Message- From: S Powell [mailto:powe...@gmail.com] Sent: 10 February 2011 17:10 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IPhone attack reveals

RE: automatic delete log files

2011-02-08 Thread Ames Matthew B
I knocked up a script for one of our DOORS servers the other day which deleted any logs which were older than n days. I can look it out if you like. It could be modified to delete / move / etc the files. Even zip them up :-) From: Ben N

RE: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread Ames Matthew B
Sorry to hear of your split up. (Hoping that VPNing into the office from her PC wasn't the last straw!) Dell Factory outlet is a good place to pick up a well spec'd machine at a good price. Normally a good range of machines from basic cheapo home offerings up to business class workstations/xps

RE: VPN problems

2011-02-03 Thread Ames Matthew B
Is VPN work for your other users? What about any logs from your endpoint? When your Cisco client connected did you get an IP address/etc? From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: 03 February 2011 14:30 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Copying large file

2011-02-01 Thread Ames Matthew B
Can you compress the file and then copy it? If it is an SQL .bak file it may well compress a lot. What filesystem is that of the USB device? From: itli...@imcu.com [mailto:itli...@imcu.com] Sent: 31 January 2011 14:31 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Verizon Data Services down

2011-01-26 Thread Ames Matthew B
I have one of those (femtocell) to improve the 3g coverage in my house. I agree it is rather a con that I end up using my home broadband to improve network coverage. What I am yet to determine from my network provider (Vodafone) is that if I make any 3g data connections while connected to the

RE: Home RAID enclosure recommendations?

2010-12-22 Thread Ames Matthew B
I have an NV+ for very similar purposes at home and it seems to do a perfect job for me. Plus it is plugged into the UPS in the loft, so in the event of a power failure it will shutdown cleanly when the UPS has dropped to x% of capacity. As that UPS is also powering a router and a switch it

RE: Buffalo - was Re: Home RAID enclosure recommendations?

2010-12-22 Thread Ames Matthew B
I have a Buffalo NAS, and it sits in the loft as it bricked itself during a firmware upgrade. Before it died, the performance on it was pretty rubbish - it was a terastation of some form. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: 22 December 2010 15:27

RE: SysAdmin productivity tools

2010-12-21 Thread Ames Matthew B
Rainbow. I suggest looking on youtube for rainbow + twanger, infact I think this link should be it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kclq2zGQy4w Matt :-) From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: 20 December 2010 15:22 To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: TrueCrypt and vConverter issues

2010-12-18 Thread Ames Matthew B
Is the Volume Shadow Copy service started? From: Craig Gauss [mailto:c.g.misc1...@gmail.com] Sent: 17 December 2010 21:47 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: TrueCrypt and vConverter issues Checking to see if anyone has any experience with this. Trying to

RE: Really, really, really, early Friday Funny.

2010-12-08 Thread Ames Matthew B
Works fine to me too. From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: 08 December 2010 14:07 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Really, really, really, early Friday Funny. Not me. Just tried it again. From: Webster

RE: Intermittant IIS logon issues.

2010-12-03 Thread Ames Matthew B
are the users all hitting the same URL? We saw some issues a while back where authentication failed for some users, when then accessing: http://server, but using http://server.my.internal.domain.net was fine. Granted, this was a 2k3 domain though. From: Kennedy,

RE: OT: For the ladies

2010-11-26 Thread Ames Matthew B
She might be reviewing your proxy server logs :-) From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: 26 November 2010 14:02 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: For the ladies LOL!!! I thought about that! But...she is a terrible liar and I did

RE: Software Auditing/Inventory?

2010-11-17 Thread Ames Matthew B
We use this: http://www.frontrange.com/software/it-asset-management/network-discovery / BLOCKED::http://www.frontrange.com/software/it-asset-management/network -discovery/ formally 'centennial discovery' (I expect a similar message will appear on the list tomorrow when the firewall guys

RE: Software Auditing/Inventory?

2010-11-17 Thread Ames Matthew B
We use this: http://www.frontrange.com/software/it-asset-management/network-discovery / formally 'centennial discovery' From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: 17 November 2010 16:35 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Software

RE: Software Auditing/Inventory?

2010-11-17 Thread Ames Matthew B
of the market leaders. From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:mba...@qinetiq.com] Sent: 17 November 2010 17:43 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Software Auditing/Inventory? We use this: http://www.frontrange.com/software/it-asset-management/network-discovery / BLOCKED::http

RE: Workstation names and who it belongs to

2010-11-16 Thread Ames Matthew B
it belongs to You must have lots of duplicate name issues. -- ME2 On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Ames Matthew B mba...@qinetiq.com wrote: We do: letter1letter2-username Where: letter1 = domain the machine sits in letter2 = d

RE: Maximum number of printers/print drivers

2010-11-16 Thread Ames Matthew B
On our 2003 servers, we seem to have about 180 printers before moving to the next server, thus we have a couple of servers per site. Not sure on any figures as to why 180 queues per server, as I suspect it was all part of the package when the printers were installed by Xerox. I have nothing to

RE: Workstation names and who it belongs to

2010-11-15 Thread Ames Matthew B
We do: letter1letter2-username Where: letter1 = domain the machine sits in letter2 = d for desktop, l for laptop username = my logon name. Each machine is assigned to a member of staff and when they leave the machine is rebuild before assigning to someone else. If I had multiple machines,

RE: hi

2010-11-05 Thread Ames Matthew B
Ouch that is about double what I do - 125 miles round trip, all country A-roads, with ovetaking opportunities, so it can make for a long drag back home. I leave my house at 5.50am to avoid the traffic in the mornings though. The only benefit is that I can easily do 60+mpg on my trips if I

RE: hi

2010-11-05 Thread Ames Matthew B
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: hi At least 45 mins of my trip is on the A19, driving a 2.5L petrol car. Costs me £56 per day in fuel, at the worst :-( On 5 November 2010 13:02, Ames Matthew B mba...@qinetiq.com wrote: Ouch that is about double what I do - 125 miles round trip

RE: Office Printers

2010-10-27 Thread Ames Matthew B
We do this, but use RFID tags to save us having to log in. The rfid tag also provides the ability to do secure printing, where the job is only released once you get to the printer. -Original Message- From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:malcolm.re...@live.com] Sent: 26 October 2010 15:10 To: NT

RE: Office 2000 SP1

2010-10-19 Thread Ames Matthew B
I can't see it in my MSDN download list, so I guessing it has gone, after all mainstream support ended back in 2004, and extended ended in June 2009. Can you not just install 2000 and then apply sp1 (although sp3 exists) to it afterwards, or make your own slipstream disk? A quick google gives me

RE: Office 2000 SP1

2010-10-19 Thread Ames Matthew B
I can see downloads for Office XP, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2001, but 2000 is missing in my msdn account. From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: 19 October 2010 15:26 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Office 2000 SP1 Do you mean the

RE: Home server system

2010-10-12 Thread Ames Matthew B
WHS has tjhe potential to be a lot more than a NAS. Wiki covers is features pretty well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Home_Server A NAS would have lower power consumption though. From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: 12 October

RE: Video Playlist

2010-10-07 Thread Ames Matthew B
Have a look at this guide - it may help, although is biased towards streaming a TV feed. http://angrytechnician.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/the-angry-technicians-gu ide-to-streaming-freeview-via-vlc-you-idiots/ -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: 06

RE: AV Opinions

2010-10-07 Thread Ames Matthew B
We run Sophos here, and it seems to do a reasonable job. Corporate IS got caught last year with their pants down after a departmental server without any AV on it (or seriously out of date - guess someone got a good telling off for that) managed to get Conficker. Given we don't have a direct

RE: AV Opinions

2010-10-07 Thread Ames Matthew B
seems to be mediocre at best. If I was picking based on support alone, I'd probably be picking Kaspersky. From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:mba...@qinetiq.com] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 12:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: AV Opinions We run Sophos here, and it seems to do

RE: Off topic - Career Job Advice

2010-08-16 Thread Ames Matthew B
Job security is not something experienced by public sector jobs in the UK anymore, although I certainly agree the benefits make up for the lower salary (although they are slowly being eroded away). -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: 16

RE: Panda Antivirus

2010-08-04 Thread Ames Matthew B
Not them, but I found that SolarWinds would not leave me alone after I downloaded their tftp freebie for updating a couple of cisco routers 6 months back. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: 04 August 2010 15:28 To: NT System Admin

RE: online backup for business in the UK

2010-07-29 Thread Ames Matthew B
Are the sites connected together? Budget? How much data on each site? How much data changes per day (MBs/GBs)? Off site = not the home site for the data, or building/location with nothing to do with the company? - DFS server at each site? - Robocopy site A to site B, site B to site C, and

OT: (test) No emails since Sunday from this list

2010-07-06 Thread Ames Matthew B
-- Matthew Ames SDS IT Services Software Engineer MoD Boscombe Down Tel: (01980) 662791 Fax: (01980) 664012 Mob: (07799) 828279 mba...@qinetiq.com (work) matt...@ames.org (home) Many hands make a tall horse. 11 was a race horse, 22 was 12. race, 22112. QinetiQ - The Global Defence and

RE: OT: (test) No emails since Sunday from this list

2010-07-06 Thread Ames Matthew B
from this list Maybe something to do with the 4 July weekend in the US? I've had very little as well... On 6 July 2010 11:13, Ames Matthew B mba...@qinetiq.com wrote: -- Matthew Ames SDS IT Services Software Engineer MoD Boscombe Down Tel: (01980

RE: Initial access to server denied, then accepted

2010-04-15 Thread Ames Matthew B
No one running a VM with a DHCP server operating inside it? -Original Message- From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] Sent: 13 April 2010 14:48 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Initial access to server denied, then accepted I have gone through each office and have determined

RE: SPEEDING UP WORKSTATIONS

2010-03-30 Thread Ames Matthew B
Do the slow machines have extra s/w installed on them? I would imagine additional drivers, and more tinkering type of users will usually end up with slower machines Start with the obvious - amount of ram, free disk space, c...@p in to the temp directory, temp internet files (if slow i/net

RE: SPEEDING UP WORKSTATIONS

2010-03-30 Thread Ames Matthew B
Yep, check for loads apps running down by the clock some scanner drivers (in particular OCR stuff) I have seen in the past can be a right memory hog and *really* slow down login times. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: 30 March

RE: Internet issues (RANT)

2010-03-24 Thread Ames Matthew B
Virtually all end-users in the UK use routers on the end of their ADSL lines, and the standard IP range seems to be 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: 24 March 2010 15:00 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Password protect a folder

2010-03-02 Thread Ames Matthew B
PGP maybe? From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] Sent: 02 March 2010 16:39 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Password protect a folder I have been requested to password protect a folder. Is there a way to do this beyond a third party add-on?

OT: Cisco 837 soho adsl routers

2010-02-22 Thread Ames Matthew B
Just a quick OT question, does anyone know if I can use the normal Windows VPN s/w to connect up to a Cisco 837 via VPN, or will I be forced to use the Cisco EasyVPN s/w? I am considering replacing my Draytek Vigor 2800 at home, and I don't want to loose the VPN functionality. Cheers, Matt

RE: CCTV for store

2010-02-03 Thread Ames Matthew B
Do you really need to have a licence to have a burglar alarm, or a fire alarm in some US states. So they prefer you get broken into, or your office burns down?! Brilliant thinking there! :-) -Original Message- From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: 03 February

TS 2008 published apps - secondary screen - won't play

2010-02-02 Thread Ames Matthew B
Our IS department have dished out IE8 via a TS2008 publish app (normally we get to use IE6 - aren't we lucky!), for which I am part of the trial. I have noticed a couple of weird things - this is the first time I have used a published app though, so maybe they are just limitations? - I can't

RE: TS 2008 published apps - secondary screen - won't play

2010-02-02 Thread Ames Matthew B
: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6E1EC93D-BDBD-4 983-92F7-479E088570ADdisplaylang=en RS On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Ames Matthew B mba...@qinetiq.com wrote: Our IS department have dished out IE8 via a TS2008 publish app (normally we get to use IE6 - aren't we

RE: Taking ownership of User Dir on vista hard drive

2010-01-14 Thread Ames Matthew B
I had to do this a while ago, and what I did was run a Backup against the files, and then restore them removing the ACL. This was on xp though. From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: 13 January 2010 19:28 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Taking

RE: Thousands of Event 51 Logged

2010-01-06 Thread Ames Matthew B
The original message mentioned paging operation. You don't have your page file on an external USB drive, do you? An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk3 during a paging operation -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: 06 January

RE: Win7 download

2009-12-16 Thread Ames Matthew B
virtualization thing I wonder? -sc From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:mba...@qinetiq.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win7 download I have seen this on my 32bit Win 7 machine desktop, where the download was downloaded into c:\users\username

RE: Win7 download

2009-12-16 Thread Ames Matthew B
I have seen this on my 32bit Win 7 machine desktop, where the download was downloaded into c:\users\username\download and showed up in an IE save dialog, but when I browsed there the files had vanished. Initially I thought I was going mad, in order to get my files, I would right click on a like

OT: Lyris bound messages

2009-12-08 Thread Ames Matthew B
For the last couple of days, I seem to be getting a few of these arriving in my inbox (3 today so far). I see I have other NT Sys admin mail however so it isn't 100% failure Is Lyris having a funny week, or is something else a bit flaky!? Cheers, Matt -- Matthew Ames SDS IT Services

OT: RE: Lyris *bounce* messages

2009-12-08 Thread Ames Matthew B
I mean bounce messages grrr I knew I should have taken another day off as sick leave! From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:mba...@qinetiq.com] Sent: 08 December 2009 13:46 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Lyris bound messages For the last couple

RE: RE: Lyris *bounce* messages

2009-12-08 Thread Ames Matthew B
Software From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:mba...@qinetiq.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: RE: Lyris *bounce* messages I mean bounce messages grrr I knew I should have taken another day off as sick leave

OT: RE: Lyris *bounce* messages

2009-12-08 Thread Ames Matthew B
Lyris is doing to reject your posts and try to adjust the settings on our side. -- Donald Bittenbender IT Developer/DBA Sunbelt Software From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:mba...@qinetiq.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: RE: Lyris *bounce

RE: Buffalo TeraStation III

2009-10-28 Thread Ames Matthew B
...@gmail.com] Sent: 27 October 2009 23:05 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Buffalo TeraStation III On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Ames Matthew B mba...@qinetiq.com wrote: My Terastation Pro died in the middle of a firmware upgrade.  I now have a 1TB doorstop. Did you try a TFTP

RE: Buffalo TeraStation III

2009-10-28 Thread Ames Matthew B
Right, but most bitty boxes these days come with a firmware monitor in ROM that can do a TFTP boot in order to transfer new software in just this sort of situation. You won't get a point-and-drool web UI from the Terastation, but you can install a TFTP program on your Windows box and load

RE: Buffalo TeraStation III

2009-10-26 Thread Ames Matthew B
My Terastation Pro died in the middle of a firmware upgrade. I now have a 1TB doorstop. Running a 3TB Infrant Ready NAS NV+ at home now instead. Appears to be superior in everyway (only thing it is missing is WoL, even though one might argue a NAS should run 24/7) -Original Message-

RE: Buffalo TeraStation III

2009-10-26 Thread Ames Matthew B
11:38 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Buffalo TeraStation III I prefer the ReadyNAS devices as well. The Buffalo was cheaper for home use, though. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Ames Matthew B mba...@qinetiq.com wrote: My Terastation Pro

RE: vSphere client on Windows 7

2009-10-23 Thread Ames Matthew B
I am using a dll work around on my w7 32bit install. From: tony patton [mailto:tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com] Sent: 22 October 2009 15:15 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: vSphere client on Windows 7 Yep, should've been fixed by now. I have this

RE: Is this a good SMTP transaction?

2009-09-21 Thread Ames Matthew B
Looks like Ben is using dig. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Information_Groper -Original Message- From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: 21 September 2009 14:31 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Is this a good SMTP transaction? How are you checking the

RE: Win 7 issue

2009-08-07 Thread Ames Matthew B
I was getting about 650KB/s at home (ADSL) in the UK this morning. From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: 07 August 2009 02:58 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win 7 issue From: Ben Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] Subject: RE: Win 7

RE: The Duh Question of the Day 8/4/09

2009-08-06 Thread Ames Matthew B
.. most folks I've talked to have at least a little halation -Original Message- From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:mba...@qinetiq.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 1:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: The Duh Question of the Day 8/4/09 I had the same op in the UK about 3 years

RE: Custom location in Communicator 2007

2009-08-05 Thread Ames Matthew B
Well there is a good question Version 2.0.6362.13 according to the help | about box. The only place I have ever seen my custom location is in the screengrab, never managed to get it to appear anywhere else :-( -Original Message- From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent:

RE: The Duh Question of the Day 8/4/09

2009-08-05 Thread Ames Matthew B
I had the same op in the UK about 3 years ago Was expensive but certainly the best investment of my money. I had to stop wearing contacts due to scaring on the inside of my eye lids, so was back to glasses which was a pain. Fortunately I don't suffer from the halo affect at all, although

OT: exploding iPods

2009-08-04 Thread Ames Matthew B
And all Apple wants to do it gag the people involved. Quality customer service - not! http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2247197/apple-tries-gagging-orders looks at my nano out of the corner of my eye I guess the big issue here is because all the units are sealed it is not very easy to send out

RE: Annoying MS Access Error

2009-05-14 Thread Ames Matthew B
Did this start to happen after SP3 was installed? I know i have seen similar issues post an SP3 install. From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: 07 May 2009 16:31 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Annoying MS Access Error Hi Folks, MS Access

RE: HP 6535b dual monitor dupport

2009-04-28 Thread Ames Matthew B
This process works for us using T41s and T400s (with and without docking stations) with no issues - either with or without the IBM Presenter s/w being installed (although the presenter s/w allows you to quick switch between various configurations - mirror or extended, and the position of the

RE: Windows does not recongize keyboard

2009-03-26 Thread Ames Matthew B
I had something similar on my fully patched XP SP3 machine at home. Mouse worked, until I pressed a key on the keyboard and then the machine inputs (mouse keyboard) locked up. I was able to remote desktop to the PC (was at home, and fortunately I had enabled remote desktop), otherwise the

OT: Hard drive carrier for a T400

2009-02-27 Thread Ames Matthew B
Apparently I am getting one of these to replace my trusty (but slow) IBM T41. When I am at home, I pull out my company disk, and use my own disk. So it looks like I am going to need to get a new sata disk (probably 320GB Seagate), but I need to source a t400 hard drive carrier. Any ideas as to

RE: OT: Hard drive carrier for a T400

2009-02-27 Thread Ames Matthew B
ended up buying a drive, then bought the cheapest Dell had to upgrade to the drive I wanted. I ended up with a small drive that will not get much use but hey I now have 2 working drives that I can swap out. Jon On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Ames Matthew B mba...@qinetiq.com wrote

RE: OT: Hard drive carrier for a T400

2009-02-27 Thread Ames Matthew B
Ok, you US people, how long will cheapo First Class Mail International Package take, it is only $7, any other type of delivery will double the price of the order! Cheers, Matt From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:mba...@qinetiq.com] Sent: 27 February 2009 15:34 To: NT

RE: OT: today sees the 1234567890th second of Unix time

2009-02-13 Thread Ames Matthew B
Last login: Wed Feb 11 07:55:14 2009 from rl-mbames.rest.techscience.net temis2.qinetiq.com 1 mbames % perl -e 'print scalar localtime(1234567890),\n;' Fri Feb 13 23:31:30 2009 temis2.qinetiq.com 2 mbames % Guess I need to stay up late tonight, and not have too many beers beforehand!

Mounting via an empty NTFS folder

2009-02-12 Thread Ames Matthew B
Hi, I have noticed some strange behaviour when mounting a separate volume into a new directory on an existing drive letter. Environment: brand new build of w2k3 server (vm based) C: drive, test allocation of 16GB Install windows, and log on fine. Shutdown VM and add a second 1GB drive to the

RE: PS/2 issues (reformatted)

2009-02-06 Thread Ames Matthew B
from a Bart PE style of disk the original PS/2 kb mouse were fine. Oh well! -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: 05 February 2009 15:57 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PS/2 issues (reformatted) On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Ames Matthew B mba

PS/2 issues

2009-02-05 Thread Ames Matthew B
Machine: Dell Precision 360, win xp, sp3. Booted the machine (at home) last night, got to the normal logon screen, went to type the first letter of my password but nothing appeared in the password box. Mouse then refused to work, and the keyboard was not working Either, but the

PS/2 issues (reformatted)

2009-02-05 Thread Ames Matthew B
Sorry about the pants formatting, second time lucky: Booted the machine (at home) last night, got to the normal logon screen, went to type the first letter of my password but nothing appeared in the password box. Mouse then refused to work, and the keyboard was not working Either, but the

RE: PS/2 issues (reformatted)

2009-02-05 Thread Ames Matthew B
Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 -Original Message- From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:mba...@qinetiq.com] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 7:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: PS/2 issues (reformatted) Sorry about the pants formatting, second time lucky: Booted the machine (at home

RE: PS/2 issues (reformatted)

2009-02-05 Thread Ames Matthew B
Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 -Original Message- From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:mba...@qinetiq.com] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 8:29 AM

RE: PS/2 issues (reformatted)

2009-02-05 Thread Ames Matthew B
-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 -Original Message- From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:mba...@qinetiq.com] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 8:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PS/2 issues (reformatted) Will see what I can borrow. Seems strange how the keyboard seems to be fine until

RE: Bookmark management programs

2009-01-29 Thread Ames Matthew B
There are one online (ie. web based) bookmarks sites. That way your bookmarks are available at home/work/holiday without the need for you to carry any files with you. Can't think of the name of it, off the top of my head, but I am sure some googling would find the answer.

RE: Speaking of page file

2009-01-29 Thread Ames Matthew B
Better stick it on a separate disk :-) -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: 29 January 2009 14:57 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Speaking of page file But not recommended. -- ME2 On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:30 AM, David Lum

RE: Encrypting USB disks and CDs for posting

2009-01-29 Thread Ames Matthew B
We use a think called Pointsec. We run it on our restr!cted network, and you can only write to USB devices which have been encrypted using this. If you want to use the USB device in a non-company machine which does not run the actual Pointsec s/w then there is a small app you can run on the USB

RE: Speaking of page file

2009-01-29 Thread Ames Matthew B
. -- ME2 On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Ames Matthew B mba...@qinetiq.com wrote: Better stick it on a separate disk :-) -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: 29 January 2009 14:57 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Speaking

RE: www.msn.com eating up memory

2009-01-28 Thread Ames Matthew B
Probably some pants flash animation. I have seen those consume all available CPU cycles. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: 27 January 2009 21:18 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: www.msn.com eating up memory If I goto

RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now

2009-01-08 Thread Ames Matthew B
Shame my internet access at work is so pants Guess I'll have to wait till I get home to grab a copy. -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: 08 January 2009 15:31 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now It was on MSDN last

RE: Will this work?

2008-12-23 Thread Ames Matthew B
Remember that the host machine might not have an IP address though if it does not have a physical network connection. So maybe two virtual PCs - one as the server, and one as the browser. Or just run it all from the server Virtual PC. From: Erik Goldoff

RE: OT - Internet over Power Line

2008-12-19 Thread Ames Matthew B
I have used some of these at home: http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=5082 Good for getting network access down in my garage - no issues to report with mine. Cheers, Matt -Original Message- From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] Sent: 19 December 2008 14:51 To: NT

RE: Odd exchange email delay

2008-12-18 Thread Ames Matthew B
Did both messages hit your SMTP gateway at the same time? I would have imagined for what ever reason the delay would have been outside. ie. when the person sends the message, would their mail server not have generate two emails (one for each of your users). These messages then travel over the

RE: Odd exchange email delay

2008-12-18 Thread Ames Matthew B
away, the other 8 hours later. Gavin. On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Ames Matthew B mba...@qinetiq.com wrote: Did both messages hit your SMTP gateway at the same time? I would have imagined for what ever reason the delay would have been outside. ie. when the person sends the message

RE: SBS 2003 Setup Hanging - any thoughts on this one?

2008-12-16 Thread Ames Matthew B
Could you slipstream in the HighPoint drivers into the SBS install media? -Original Message- From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] Sent: 16 December 2008 14:48 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SBS 2003 Setup Hanging - any thoughts on this one? Highpoint Technologies

RE: list in ftp-root fails

2008-11-13 Thread Ames Matthew B
What happens if the client issues: ls -la Instead of just the plain ls? -Original Message- From: Buchenauer Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 November 2008 09:22 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: list in ftp-root fails Hi folks, Slightly OT, I need your advice

RE: Is SourceForge down?

2008-10-29 Thread Ames Matthew B
rofl From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 October 2008 13:29 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is SourceForge down? They got bought by Oracle. Now everything is commercial and licensed $10K per CPU. From: Ken Hoegeman

RE: Stopping users emailing out internal docs

2008-10-23 Thread Ames Matthew B
if you have +3 Zs then you would be asleep... ...Zzz... :-) From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 October 2008 10:34 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Stopping users emailing out internal docs +2 Z Edward E. Ziots Network

RE: Webserver not displaying images...

2008-10-23 Thread Ames Matthew B
Also work checking that images are not corrupted on the server - if you drag a file from an explorer window into an IE (or FF) window does it display properly? Maybe someone uploaded the images as text, and not as binary? From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Stopping users emailing out internal docs

2008-10-22 Thread Ames Matthew B
security guards at one site (UK based) where I work have a nice warm building and a big TV on the wall to watch they should be outside patrolling the fences in the freezing cold with hungry/angry looking dogs :-) From: Steve Moffat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Laptop security and data protection options

2008-10-21 Thread Ames Matthew B
We use BeCrypt on our laptop and desktop machines. Requires a username and 2 passwords after POST before the OS starts to load. Does not really help if you have multiple users on one machine, but fine when you allocate one machine per user (as is the case with laptops I guess). This will help to

RE: alternate browser for Treo 700wx

2008-10-21 Thread Ames Matthew B
If it downloads a .cab file, just clicking on it should launch the setup process. Cheers, Matt From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 October 2008 15:36 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: alternate browser for Treo 700wx Anyone know how to

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