Re: Wipe server Hard drives

2010-01-05 Thread Bryan Garmon
killdisk. http://www.killdisk.com/ free version works well - just boot from CDRom and sit back and wait the 10 hours it takes. On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Stefan Jafs wrote: > I have an old Dell 4400 that I would like to donate to charity, I need to > wipe all the drives, I tried DBAN,

Re: Way OT: Census ad campaign

2010-01-04 Thread Bryan Garmon
If the US Census did only what it was supposed to do, which is to simply count the number of bodies in a household, then it wouldn't take $300 million to do the job. On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Christopher Bodnar < christopher_bod...@glic.com> wrote: > Saw it was a slow day on the list and

Re: Dell Management Console

2009-12-17 Thread Bryan Garmon
http://Dell.symantec.com Some great training resources and install videos and such to get you started. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 3:39 AM, tony patton < tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com> wrote: > We are sort of using it here, by which I mean we set it up, rolled out t

Re: Move File shares from one drive to another?

2009-12-11 Thread Bryan Garmon
t; *Subject:* RE: Move File shares from one drive to another? > > > > > > I would use robocopy to copy them over. Then regedit share paths in > hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\lanmanserver\shares > > > > > > *From:* Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.c

Re: Move File shares from one drive to another?

2009-12-11 Thread Bryan Garmon
I may have fired off this email too soon. Will Robocopy from the Resource Kit handle this? On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Bryan Garmon wrote: > I need to move a few hundred Windows 2003 NTFS file shares from one > drive to another. Any native command line utilities for doing this? I

Move File shares from one drive to another?

2009-12-11 Thread Bryan Garmon
I need to move a few hundred Windows 2003 NTFS file shares from one drive to another. Any native command line utilities for doing this? I tried "xcopy /E /F /K /O /X /Y" and that appears to have grabbed the ACLs for the files, but it didn't recreate the shares on the new drives. Thoughts? ~ Final

Re: Simple Networking Question?

2009-12-09 Thread Bryan Garmon
es the Internet). > > > > See http://www.petri.co.il/whats_apipa.htm for more info. > > > > Regards, > > > > Andrew > > 2009/12/9 Bryan Garmon > > Today is one of those days where my brain is just not working well. I could > use some help. > > &g

Re: Simple Networking Question?

2009-12-09 Thread Bryan Garmon
machines. On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Carl Houseman wrote: > Hmm, give the virtual adapter a second IP address on the 10.x.x.x network > and establish default gateway to the 10.x.x.x router? > > > > Carl > > > > *From:* Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@

Simple Networking Question?

2009-12-09 Thread Bryan Garmon
Today is one of those days where my brain is just not working well. I could use some help. I have a virtual 2003 AD test environment running under VMWare Workstation 7 including DNS,DHCP. Each virtual is configured to use vmware's bridged networking and I am using 169.x network for all of the virt

Re: Google Wave Invite Available

2009-11-23 Thread Bryan Garmon
I would enjoy an invite if there are any left. Today is my birthday so this would make an excellent gift. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Re: Server 2008 R2 and Aero - anyone done this yet? - SOLVED

2009-11-16 Thread BRYAN GARMON
I left the laptop powered off for two days, came in this morning, turned it on and it decided to add several additional drivers - at which point Aero starting working properly. Odd. Thanks for the suggestions. On Nov 13, 2009, at 4:53 PM, Bryan Garmon wrote: > I'm trying to get Aero

Server 2008 R2 and Aero - anyone done this yet?

2009-11-13 Thread Bryan Garmon
I'm trying to get Aero enabled on a Lenovo T61 laptop. It was previously running Windows 7 and Aero with Aero Peak was working flawlessly. The laptop was wiped and reloaded with Server 2008 R2 x64 and since the reload I can't get aero to enable. It's running an NVidia Quadro NVS 140M video card. I

Re: Ammo for apple mac sales pitch

2009-10-23 Thread Bryan Garmon
So what are your thoughts about Microsoft's Outlook for Mac? Will it ease your frustrations with Mac's on your network to have a supported Microsoft Outlook client for them? What about the Exchange support that was added to Apple Mail with Snow Leopard? On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Richard St

Re: Ammo for apple mac sales pitch

2009-10-23 Thread Bryan Garmon
Do you hate the commercials because they are so true and so funny? Or is it something else? On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Steven M. Caesare wrote: > Man I hate those commercials. > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] > *Sent:* Friday, October 23, 2009 10:07

Re: Exchange 10 or 7?

2009-10-22 Thread Bryan Garmon
There is no upgrade for either 2007 or 2010 so using new hardware isn't really a choice - it's the only option. They call it a "migration" - when what it really should be called is a pain in the backside. I would hit up the Sunbelt Exchange list with this question as the people on that list but if

Re: Outsourcing Discussion

2009-10-16 Thread Bryan Garmon
are you going to share the paper? On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Sherry Abercrombie wrote: > Thanks for all the responses and comments.  Essay question paper now written > and will be turned in on Monday when I take the test. > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 1:40 PM, David Lum wrote: >> >> I was o

Re: Anyone here migrated away from TSM?

2009-10-15 Thread Bryan Garmon
What does TSM stand for? On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: > I'd like to discuss it offline... > > I've got questions - we're not entirely happy with it here, and are > contemplating a move away from it. > > If you have experience with it, I'd surely like to hear about it. > > Kur

Re: Outsourcing Discussion

2009-10-13 Thread Bryan Garmon
I can't speak for why the decision was made, but I can speak to the impact it has had. I work for a large company who decided that it was in their best interests to outsource IT operations. I'm not exactly sure how much of it was outsourced, but I know at least several levels of the helpdesk were o

Re: Capture Locking and Unlocking

2009-10-07 Thread Bryan Garmon
re that XP can't audit the locking itself > > -Original Message- > From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:59 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Capture Locking and Unlocking > > In Windows XP SP3 or later does the

Window 7 64-bit and Indexing PDF files

2009-09-17 Thread Bryan Garmon
I couldn't figure out why Windows 7's search feature was not indexing the context of PDF files - which make up a large portion of my data. A little digging revealed an error message in the Indexing Options Control Panel that suggested that the registered IFilter for PDF was not found. A bit more di

Re: Symantec Endpoint Vir Suite

2009-09-16 Thread Bryan Garmon
Paul, Full disclosure - I work for Symantec and use this set of products everyday. Symantec basically took 3 stand alone products, (Altiris Software Virtualization Solution + AppStream + nSuite) and combined the three together into a better product with a much more confusing name. The main goal o

Re: Windows 7 in 2003 domain

2009-09-01 Thread Bryan Garmon
Windows IT Pro had a great article on this subject in the August issue - InstantDoc ID 102256 That doc suggests that the only way to do this is to have a 2008 DC in the mix. On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 11:03 AM, David Lum wrote: > My Google-Fu is failing me. Windows 7 in a 2003 AD forest, is there som

Re: Mail server software

2009-08-17 Thread Bryan Garmon
Have you looked into Microsoft's hosted services model? All the benefits of Exchange without having to maintain the thing. On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:53 AM, John Aldrich wrote: > If you don’t want to pay the cost of Exchange, what software would you get > that has pretty much the same functionalit

Re: Group Policy and Screensavers

2009-08-04 Thread Bryan Garmon
I did not have that section configured at all. According to the explanation, setting it to 0 will prevent the screensaver from coming on. I set it to 0. will see if that makes a difference. On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Bryan Garmon wr

Group Policy and Screensavers

2009-08-04 Thread Bryan Garmon
What's the trick to turning off screensavers on servers using group policy? Windows 2003 AD I set a domain wide policy under User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Display > Screen Saver and I set this to disabled. This prevents people from selecting one, or turning one o

Re: Windows 7 RTM

2009-07-22 Thread Bryan Garmon
I heard this was not going to be supported or recommended but that it would be "possible" On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Peter van Houten wrote: > As an addendum, had anyone found anything relating to "upgrading" from > RC1 to RTM? > > -- > Peter van Houten > > On the 22/07/2009 20:10, Steve Kis

Re: FW: Palm confirms that iTunes update kills Pre sync

2009-07-16 Thread Bryan Garmon
Someone said yesterday on this list that Palm lost its way a long time ago. This is just one more example. On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 8:35 AM, John Cook wrote: > This just in.. > > John W. Cook > Systems Administrator > Partnership For Strong Families > 315 SE 2nd Ave > Gainesville, Fl 32601 > O

Re: Windows KMS Server + Windows 7 RC - any tricks to make activation work?

2009-06-26 Thread Bryan Garmon
o this scenario? On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Malcolm Reitz wrote: > I'm pretty sure that isn't going to work. You'll need a KMS server key that > knows about Windows 7 and, AFAIK,  Microsoft won't be passing those out > until 7 goes RTM. > > -Malcolm &

Windows KMS Server + Windows 7 RC - any tricks to make activation work?

2009-06-26 Thread Bryan Garmon
I'm having no success activating a Windows 7 RC machine against our existing KMS server. Is there anything special that needs to be configured on the KMS to allow for activation? The Windows 7 RC box is getting Windows Activation error code 0xc004f074. Any insights would be appreciated. ~ Finall

Re: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of Sale?

2009-05-20 Thread Bryan Garmon
rhead, but that wouldn't directly affect your backup > program's ability to capture the file ) > > And you didn't say, is the backup local to the Aloha directory, or are you > traversing some type of WAN link ? > > > > Erik Goldoff > IT  Consultant > System

Re: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of Sale?

2009-05-20 Thread Bryan Garmon
s, Networks, & Security > > > -Original Message- > From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:26 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of Sale? > > Long story very short -

Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of Sale?

2009-05-20 Thread Bryan Garmon
Long story very short - The Aloha Point of Sale application runs on Windows XP Sp3 machines. The app creates hundreds of 2K - 4K files each day, dumping them into a single subdirectory named by datestamp. Typically there are several thousand of these files off the parent directory, since each day a

Re: OT? Windows IT Pro has blown a gasket

2009-04-21 Thread Bryan Garmon
Perhaps you have forget the countless MS users who have Server builds on their laptops. On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr wrote: > One of the "A Web Exclusive from FAQ for Windows" [non]questions asked back > on April 17 is: How do I get the advanced Aero features on Windows S

Re: OT: Video Conferencing software via webcam

2009-04-01 Thread Bryan Garmon
t; On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Bryan Garmon wrote: >> >> Well 6 is better than 0. Thanks. >> >> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Rob Bonfiglio >> wrote: >> > I'll have to look for my notes, but I"m pretty sure when I talked with >>

Re: OT: Video Conferencing software via webcam

2009-04-01 Thread Bryan Garmon
requirements of 8 though. > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Bryan Garmon wrote: >> >> I'm thinking more along the lines of 8 people talking together. I >> could be wishful thinking here but I'm thinking each laptop would see >> 7 main video windows (or w

Re: OT: Video Conferencing software via webcam

2009-04-01 Thread Bryan Garmon
I'll look into that option as well. Thank you for the suggestions. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Rob Bonfiglio wrote: > Take a look at Microsoft's OCS.  That should do what you're looking for. > Or, you can try using something like WebEx. > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at

Re: Video Conferencing software via webcam

2009-04-01 Thread Bryan Garmon
t; about it today and it sounds pretty cool. >> >> http://www.dimdim.com/ >> >> They offer free conferencing for up to 20 folks and meet your stated >> requirements. >> >> From: Bryan Garmon [bryan.gar...@gmail.com] >>

Re: Video Conferencing software via webcam

2009-04-01 Thread Bryan Garmon
nferencing for up to 20 folks and meet your stated > requirements. > ____ > From: Bryan Garmon [bryan.gar...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:44 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: OT: Video Conferencing software via webcam >

OT: Video Conferencing software via webcam

2009-04-01 Thread Bryan Garmon
I'm not sure if this is off-topic or not, but I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations for the following problem: 8-12 remote users connect to VPN via laptops. They would like to do videoconferencing either with each other (as a group) or with someone in an office conference room. I've seen

Re: Compare i386 directories?

2009-02-27 Thread Bryan Garmon
t; > 431 W. Lancaster Avenue > > Devon, PA 19333 > > Direct: (610) 993-3299 > > Fax: (610) 650-5306 > > don.gu...@prufoxroach.com > > > > *From:* Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:54 AM > *To:* NT System Admin

Compare i386 directories?

2009-02-26 Thread Bryan Garmon
I'm troubleshooting a scenario where I think a Server was built using Server 2003 SP1, then had SP2 installed, then had IIS installed, but pointed IIS to the SP1 i386 directory for the source files. Anyone have any ideas for a quick way to figure out if this is the case? ~ Finally, powerful endpoi

Oracle and License Usage Tracking

2009-02-13 Thread Bryan Garmon
What tools/techniques/products are you using in your environment for license compliance on Oracle software? I'm looking for options for locating how many CALS are in use, what version level they are at and perhaps to detect which ones are concurrent and which one are named. Any ideas other than ma

Re: Why is the min. rec. paging file size 1.5x?

2009-01-27 Thread Bryan Garmon
*http://KB.UltraTech-llc.com/?File=Pagefile.TXT * On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > My memory is failing me as to why the recommended minimum paging file is > 1.5x > RAM. Why not 1x or 2x?

Re: Skype

2009-01-15 Thread Bryan Garmon
I recently started using this at home and the one thing I would caution you to look out for is that the default install settings allow communication from anyone. I didn't think too much about that setting until I started receiving dozens of solicitations from what I would call "900" numbers in the

Re: feeling quite dumb today - could use some help

2009-01-07 Thread Bryan Garmon
Okay - I get it now - sorry - I now have PTR records in the reverse lookup name for both Server A and Server B and NSlookup is now working as expected. Thanks for the help. On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Bryan Garmon wrote: > In the reverse lookup zone there is a SOA record for the DC (Ser

Re: feeling quite dumb today - could use some help

2009-01-07 Thread Bryan Garmon
Engineer > Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services > Guardian Life Insurance Company of America > Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com > Phone: 610-807-6459 > Fax: 610-807-6003 > -- > > *From:* Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] &g

Re: feeling quite dumb today - could use some help

2009-01-07 Thread Bryan Garmon
ic.com > Phone: 610-807-6459 > Fax: 610-807-6003 > -- > > *From:* Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:39 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: feeling quite dumb today - could use some help >

Re: feeling quite dumb today - could use some help

2009-01-07 Thread Bryan Garmon
PM, Kim Longenbaugh wrote: > Server B should use the same gateway that Server A is using. > > > ---------- > > *From:* Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 07, 2009 1:28 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:*

feeling quite dumb today - could use some help

2009-01-07 Thread Bryan Garmon
I'm trying to setup a simple lab and something just isn't working. I could use some help. Server A - 2003 AD DC with DNS - connects to internet just great using local DNS server which forwards requests to ISP. Server B - part of 2003 AD Domain - using DNS Server on Server A and using gateway that

Re: ESXi newbie - question about data stores

2009-01-06 Thread Bryan Garmon
Perfect. thanks. On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Damien Solodow < damien.solo...@ibcschools.edu> wrote: > Use the VIClient. Double click the datastore, and there should be a > button for Upload. > > > > *From:* Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] > *Sent:*

ESXi newbie - question about data stores

2009-01-06 Thread Bryan Garmon
I want to copy a few iso files to the ESXi datastore - how do I access the datastore remotely from a windows vista machine? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Re: LCD monitor vs LCD HDTV?

2008-12-31 Thread Bryan Garmon
My Samsung 46" LCD does 1920X1080P just fine with my laptop hooked up to the back of it using a DVI connection. Perhaps your tv isn't what the marketing genius' now call "True HD". "True HD" televisions support 1920X1080P resolution over either DVI or HDMI. If you're using a VGA cable good luck - I

Re: Split Tunnelling and SBS 2003 Server?

2008-12-17 Thread Bryan Garmon
k (Your SBS Network) will go there. > > -Original Message- > From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:19 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Split Tunnelling and SBS 2003 Server? > > I had to hit the dictionary to lookup w

Re: Split Tunnelling and SBS 2003 Server?

2008-12-17 Thread Bryan Garmon
. > > Sean Rector, MCSE > > > -----Original Message- > From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 7:38 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Split Tunnelling and SBS 2003 Server? > > When using Small Busi

Split Tunnelling and SBS 2003 Server?

2008-12-17 Thread Bryan Garmon
When using Small Business Server 2003's built in VPN, when a remote user is connected to the VPN, they are unable to browse the internet. How can I enable users to browse the internet when connected to the VPN? Ideally I'd like to use split-tunnelling. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that IS

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

2008-12-16 Thread Bryan Garmon
I was able to slipstream the drivers in and that worked wonderfully. Thank you for the suggestions. Watching a server build go smoothly now. On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Jesse Rink wrote: > Just out of curiosity, if you try to download another manufacturers drivers > and put them to disk,

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

2008-12-16 Thread Bryan Garmon
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 > > -Original Message- > From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 6:48 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: SBS 2

SBS 2003 Setup Hanging - any thoughts on this one?

2008-12-16 Thread Bryan Garmon
Highpoint Technologies Tech Support doesn't open for another 3 hours - so i'm hoping someone on this list might have a suggestion on how to resolve a problem. I installed a RocketRAID 1640 controller into a Dell PowerEdge 840 Server to replace the RAID controller that shipped with the PowerEdge. T

Re: Recovering data from a mirrored drive

2008-12-02 Thread Bryan Garmon
arametric Solutions Inc. > Jupiter, Florida > (561) 747-6107 > > > > -Original Message- > From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 4:59 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Recovering data from a mirrored drive > > > &g

Re: Recovering data from a mirrored drive

2008-12-02 Thread Bryan Garmon
Phil Brutsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It depends entirely on the drive controller. >> >> What is 100% guaranteed to work is to take the *entire* *drive* *array* >> and hook it up into another machine. >> >> Bryan G

Recovering data from a mirrored drive

2008-12-02 Thread Bryan Garmon
I need some help on how to restore some data from a crashed server. Let me explain. I don't know many of the how and why details here, but a call came in from a small company I work with. Said company has a single Windows Small Business Server 2003 - that went into an endless boot loop. Last Known

Re: Altirs Client Management Suite

2008-11-12 Thread Bryan Garmon
Like any systems management tool - the products can be a bit overwhelming at first - I would highly recommend reaching out to your local sales rep who I'm sure would be more than happy to assist you with your experience. Or if you have any specific questions contact me off list and I'm happy to hel

Re: Hyper-V Boot Order

2008-11-03 Thread Bryan Garmon
i asked this question serveral months ago - and the answer is yes - sort of. Each Hyper-V Vm has a "Startup Delay" - if you work the math out, you can get the first one started at Host boot time, and then delay the others for X number of minutes until the one you want has has a chance to load. Not

Re: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Bryan Garmon
See if this chart from Microsoft helps: http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/8/6/2860872a-35dc-4a10-8617-3927aacd189a/downgradeOEMversion-020707.pdf On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Evan Brastow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Because I don't feel anyone on this list has anything better to do th

Re: Good text editor

2008-10-02 Thread Bryan Garmon
UltraEdit32 has always been my personal favorite. PrimalScript is also very nice and recently I learned about NotePad+ On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:16 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Morning everyone, > > > > What's the best text editor out there for writing code and scripts and > such? I'd like t

RE: OT: iPhone update - how long does it take?

2008-09-20 Thread Bryan Garmon
Your 11 year old son has an Ipod and a cell phone? And now an ipod? On my. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 9:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: iPhone update - how long does it take? After getting the iPhone and setting it up for m

Hyper-V - is it possible to change the order in which vm's boot?

2008-09-15 Thread Bryan Garmon
My Google skills are failing me this morning. I'm trying to figure out how to control the order in which Hyper-V virtual machines boot. Example - VM1 is a server VM2 is a SQL server VM3 is a domain controller I need VM3 to boot first, then VM2, then VM1. Can this boot order be defined? How

RE: How to Display/Change Workgroup name in Server 2008 Core - ANSWERED

2008-08-24 Thread Bryan Garmon
stem Admin Issues Subject: RE: How to Display/Change Workgroup name in Server 2008 Core Have you tried netdom? http://winnetworks.com/articles/WS2008-SvrCoreQCG-P1.asp >>> "Angus Scott-Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/15/2008 10:45 AM >>> On 15 Aug 2008 at 9:28, Br

RE: How to Display/Change Workgroup name in Server 2008 Core

2008-08-15 Thread Bryan Garmon
nt: Friday, August 15, 2008 10:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How to Display/Change Workgroup name in Server 2008 Core On 15 Aug 2008 at 9:28, Bryan Garmon wrote: > Bummer... can't download this anymore - > > Note from Developer: > > "The bottom line i

RE: How to Display/Change Workgroup name in Server 2008 Core

2008-08-15 Thread Bryan Garmon
the-rescue.aspx -Original Message----- From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 8:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How to Display/Change Workgroup name in Server 2008 Core Anyone have any ideas on this one? -Original Message----- From: Bryan Garmon

RE: How to Display/Change Workgroup name in Server 2008 Core

2008-08-15 Thread Bryan Garmon
Anyone have any ideas on this one? -Original Message- From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How to Display/Change Workgroup name in Server 2008 Core I'm Googling high and low and can't find an

RE: How to setup HyperV RTM on Server 2008 core

2008-08-14 Thread Bryan Garmon
all the beta first then update it to the final, there's not yet a way to install the final Hyper-V. The .msu file will update the installed Hyper-V setup to final. Bryan Garmon wrote: > I'm trying to get HyperV RTM up on a Server 2008 core machine and I'm stuck > at the install

How to Display/Change Workgroup name in Server 2008 Core

2008-08-14 Thread Bryan Garmon
I'm Googling high and low and can't find an answer to the following question: How do I change the name of the Workgroup that a Server 2008 core machine uses? I found netdom as a tool to join a domain, but we're in a Workgroup environment and trying to use netdom to change the workgroup name has

How to setup HyperV RTM on Server 2008 core

2008-08-12 Thread Bryan Garmon
I'm trying to get HyperV RTM up on a Server 2008 core machine and I'm stuck at the installation. I see I'm supposed to run "start /w ocsetup Microsoft-Hyper-V" to enable the Hyper-V role and then reboot, but won't that install the Beta version from the Server 2008 Install CD? I downloaded the RT

RE: VBScript help replacing & character with the word And

2008-07-11 Thread Bryan Garmon
would be great. -Original Message----- From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 7:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VBScript help replacing & character with the word And I have a VBScript that runs a SQL Stored procedure, and then using a If Then statemen

VBScript help replacing & character with the word And

2008-07-11 Thread Bryan Garmon
I have a VBScript that runs a SQL Stored procedure, and then using a If Then statement, the script loops through the results and uses WriteLine to output the results of the stored procedure into a text file. The problem I'm running into is that the text file created by this VBScript gets fed into

RE: How to Export Windows Scheduled Tasks to excel?

2008-06-18 Thread Bryan Garmon
everything you want. If you want it prettified - use PowerShell. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:EM/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject

How to Export Windows Scheduled Tasks to excel?

2008-06-18 Thread Bryan Garmon
On a Windows 2003 Server if I click Start > Run < type in Tasks, press enter, and then click on the Schedule column, the two column view I'm presented with is the Task Name and the Schedule. I need to get this information into Excel. Short of retyping it, anyone have a script I can run to pull bot

RE: Problems moving large files after XP SP3 installation

2008-05-23 Thread Bryan Garmon
after XP SP3 installation I've only got a few machines with XP SP3 so far (more coming). But for any major moves, I use robocopy. Do you have access to that? Mark -Original Message- From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 6:43 AM To: NT System Admin I

RE: Problems moving large files after XP SP3 installation

2008-05-23 Thread Bryan Garmon
installation LOL On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Sam Cayze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And I thought MS wasn't going to be incorporating any Vista features > into XP SP3?! > > > -Original Message- > From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursda

Problems moving large files after XP SP3 installation

2008-05-22 Thread Bryan Garmon
I installed XP SP3 on several desktops and laptops shortly after it was released to Windows Update. I didn't have any issues on the installation, but I thought it was odd when I tried to move a folder that had more than 1GIG of data from one hard drive to another and it failed with the error "cann

RE: Visio Side by Side Install

2008-05-13 Thread Bryan Garmon
Yes - use a software virtualization app like Altiris Software Virtualization. http://juice.altiris.com/node/86 From: Joe Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Visio Side by Side Install I was wondering if there was a way to

RE: Rolling out MS SQL Stored Procedures

2008-05-09 Thread Bryan Garmon
7;s a utility that comes with the client tools install. You give it a server name, optional credentials, and a file of t-sql commands to execute. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Rolling out MS SQL Stored Procedures

2008-05-09 Thread Bryan Garmon
I'm a bit dense when it comes to SQL - what is oSQL.exe? -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 2:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rolling out MS SQL Stored Procedures Do you have IP connectivity? If so, it's pretty e

Rolling out MS SQL Stored Procedures

2008-05-09 Thread Bryan Garmon
I thought at one point Sunbelt sponsored a SQL group - but it's not listed here: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/Communities/ So if anyone knows what happened to it, or can point me to a better place to post this question I would appreciate it: A customer came to me with the following problem: Th

Is there a way to remotely gather the version and service pack of a Microsoft Exchange Server?

2008-04-25 Thread Bryan Garmon
Microsoft publishes the following manual method for determining the version of Exchange: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/152439 Is there a programmatic way to capture this information so I can run it against 200 Exchange servers? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~

how to access list archives?

2008-04-15 Thread Bryan Garmon
Where are the NT Sys Admin Issues archives located? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ ~

RE: SmartPhone

2008-04-01 Thread Bryan Garmon
Talk about Hijacking a thread. To address the original posters actual question which was "what type of smartphone should I buy?" IMHO: I've been a Palm advocate for the longest time so I'd start with the Treo 750 running Windows Mobile 6. Almost everything new coming down the pipe is an I-Phone

RE: Anyone have a vbscript that will force a windows service to hang?

2008-03-06 Thread Bryan Garmon
d generate a service that does this pretty easily. What is it that you are actually trying to test? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 10:55 AM T

Anyone have a vbscript that will force a windows service to hang?

2008-03-05 Thread Bryan Garmon
I'm trying to test how a VBScript I've written will respond to a service that is in a hung or "stopping" state. Anyone have any good methods for simulating this behavior? Maybe a script that will force a service to hang? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~

RE: NSLookup - results are not as expected

2008-02-22 Thread Bryan Garmon
22, 2008 1:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: NSLookup - results are not as expected On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Bryan Garmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm losing hair on my head trying to understand what determines the order of > the IP addresses when they are

RE: NSLookup - results are not as expected

2008-02-22 Thread Bryan Garmon
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NSLookup - results are not as expected Why does it matter? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Mess

RE: NSLookup - results are not as expected

2008-02-22 Thread Bryan Garmon
ng). APIPA is a service to dynamically assign IP addresses to network clients when they can't reach the DHCP server. Mike -Original Message- From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: NSLookup - results are

NSLookup - results are not as expected

2008-02-21 Thread Bryan Garmon
I'm losing hair on my head trying to understand what determines the order of the IP addresses when they are listed in NSLookup? For example when I run nslookup against my AD Domain name, I receive the result: Name: name.domain.com Addresses: 169.254.0.152, 169.254.0.150, 169.254.0.151 What I am

Re: Vista Enterprise in a Windows 2008 Domain

2008-02-12 Thread Bryan Garmon
No, I didn't think of that. Not yet as I don't have access to it yet, as I'm not an Enterprise customer. Is that definitely the issue? Many thanks in advance. Regards, Paul Lemonidis. ------ From: "Bryan Garmon" <[EMAIL PR

Re: Vista Enterprise in a Windows 2008 Domain

2008-02-11 Thread Bryan Garmon
Have you applied SP1 to the Vista client yet? -Original Message- From: Paul Lemonidis (NTL) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vista Enterprise in a Windows 2008 Domain Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:09:57 - Hi All I have a problem

Re: help for symantec smtp spam filter

2008-01-22 Thread Bryan Garmon
becuase I don't have a priority ID #. It dumps me all the way out to a que with no options for enterprise support. On Jan 22, 2008 2:47 PM, Bryan Garmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Try 800-342-0652. Let me know how it works out for you -Original

Re: help for symantec smtp spam filter

2008-01-22 Thread Bryan Garmon
#x27;t have an appliance, I have AV enterprise edition with the smtp spam filter add on. SYMC MAIL SECURITY ENTERPRISE EDITION ADDON TO ANTIVIRUS ENTERPRISE EDITION 1.0 USER SUB ADD-ON LIC EXPRESS BAND E BASIC 12MO On Jan 22, 2008 1:22 PM, Bryan Garmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: help for symantec smtp spam filter

2008-01-22 Thread Bryan Garmon
Jeff, I'd like to point you to the correct department at Symantec, but without the exact model number, I'm going to have to take a stab in the dark. The Gateway Security devices support number is 1-800-342-0652? If you'll reply with the full model number and name, perhaps I can get you to a more

Re: Altiris, Zenworks, LANDesk, SMS...decisions decisions

2008-01-18 Thread Bryan Garmon
isions decisions Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:03:50 -0500 Bryan Garmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/18/2008 10:15:49 AM: > Well I work for the Symantec Altiris Business Unit in the enterprise > support group. Hi Bryan! Does Altiris have a user community like myitforum.com for SMS?

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