Re: What would you call this IT position?

2012-01-19 Thread Chad Leeper
Helpdesk Level ll Did %dayjob% go out and do a salary survey on their particular position name? They might want to see if it exists... On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:53 PM, James Kerr wrote: I would call it something like "network support specialist" but that's just me. Instead %dayjob% came u

RE: PC that can't Google

2012-01-12 Thread Chad Leeper
Probably not what you want to hear but, a VPs machine that has a known infection Flatten the box and rebuild it. That is the only way to be sure you got all the spyware/junk off of it. Host file... Try to resolve google.com on the infect PC and on your corporate one... PS: Not a good id

Re: [OT] Rugged USB cable?

2011-11-01 Thread Chad Leeper
They do make Usb extenders that use cat 5 to connect the two Usb ends. What about something like that and then use cat5 designed for outdoor use. That would also eliminate the Usb length restriction. We use this solution in a warehouse enviroment with great results. Chad -- Sent from my Androi

Re: Print screen utility

2011-06-21 Thread Chad Leeper
I like snag-it. Very useful. Do any of you have a favorite "print screen" utility to allow you to dump the contents of your screen to the printer? We have an intranet web page that updates frequently and it doesn't print well in Chrome. I don't know if it's Chrome or the web page or a combina

RE: Antivirus Center

2011-05-05 Thread Chad Leeper
https:\\join.me Works well for quick and dirty remote access. wrote: Thank you so much! I appreciate the advice. That sounds VERY much like what I need to support my remote sales droids. :D -Original Message- From: Tammy Stewart [mailto:copper...@personainternet.com] Sent: Wednesda

Re: http://ninite.com/

2011-03-02 Thread Chad Leeper
ME2, Care to share the script? Thanks, /Chad All the time. I have downloaded all the groupings that I want and keep them on a thumbdrive. It is super easy to go to an Internet connected computer and run it. The installers are quite small, but make it extremely easy to batch install a number

RE: OT: Office decorations - Are they allowed for you?

2010-12-07 Thread Chad Leeper
+1,000,000 or how about this - I will stop saying Merry Christmas if you will kindly stop proclaiming that the internet is down. You may not be able to get to it - but trust me - the internet is not down. Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 14:49:27 -0500 Subject: Re: OT: Office decorations - Are they allo

Re: First Steps into the SAN Arena

2010-11-19 Thread Chad Leeper
+1 for Equalogics. They just work and they are constantly adding new features and tighter integrations with VMware and Hyper V. If you're looking at the NS line I would definitely talk to Dell about Equalogics. Are you planning on utilizing the CIFS or NFS features? If not, look at the CX4 lin

Re: Finding duplicate files

2010-11-04 Thread Chad Leeper
Beyond compare Free trial very reasonably priced and a pretty handy utility. Good morning all, Its been a while since I have had to visit this group, so I apologies in advance for unlurking and coming straight in with a question. I have a 2003 standard file server, and its used in the main for

RE: Google and stupid background pictures

2010-06-10 Thread Chad Leeper
The background pics have caused several support calls from concerned users... wrote: I think that was the market test (which they failed)! LOL From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Google and s

Re: SAN Solution

2010-06-07 Thread Chad Leeper
Just put is a 4 TB Equalogic for ESX enviroment and so far I have been very happy with it. Hey guys, I am looking for a SAN solution for our environment. Currently we are a software company developing software for O&G industries. We’re running about 25 VM’s in an ESXi infrastructure at about

Re: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-02 Thread Chad Leeper
Try installing the Novell client for Vista/Win7 I think it is supported on 2008. You can get the client from support.novell.com. /Chad I had a server 2000 installation which read files from a Novell server using the Novell client. Moving to a server 2008, it does not connect. I know this is

RE: Internet Policies

2010-05-04 Thread Chad Leeper
Webmarshal will run on an old PC, Win 2003, Win 2008.  It also ties into ISA if need be. Interesting. Might actually be something to look into, although I’d prefer an “appliance” so I don’t have to buy a server (we don’t have any Win2K8 servers…only 2003 R2)     From: Chad Leeper [mailto:c

RE: Internet Policies

2010-05-04 Thread Chad Leeper
We use web marshal.  http://www.8e6security.com/webmarshal.asp Works pretty well and is pretty cheap. You can add antivirus and anit spyware scanning modules as well. There is also a fairly robust reporting engine for it. I had it enabled for 60 users and it was running on Windows Xp.  I have sin

RE: Helpdesk software

2010-04-22 Thread Chad Leeper
I really like Spiceworks. Plus the price is right. Sent from my BlackBerry via NotifyLink [Message delivered by NotifyLink] --Original Message-- From: Jay Dale Sent: Thu, April 15, 2010 2:24 PM To: "NT System Admin Issues" Subject: Helpdesk software Hey all, I'm looking for

RE: Virtualization Questions - More Q's

2008-12-29 Thread Chad Leeper
As far as MS goes, you do get a break on licensing since the allow you to license by the socket. > Great responses so far! You've all given me even more to think about. > > > > A few other questions: > > > > 1. From a DR perspective, or perhaps just for rebalancing the load > on a

Re: Virtualization Questions

2008-12-29 Thread Chad Leeper
> Taking a look at the potential implementation of virtualization and have > several questions: > > > > 1.Does/should utilization of a SAN have a direct impact on > virtualization decisions? Is it better to go with local or SAN > storage? 1. Roger, if you use a SAN you will get mo

General hardware setup recommends for a SQL 2005 database

2008-11-04 Thread Chad Leeper
, Security +, Network + -Original Message----- From: Chad Leeper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 11:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: General hardware setup recommends for a SQL 2005 database server Hi all, I am building a 2005 SQL database server th

General hardware setup recommends for a SQL 2005 database server

2008-11-04 Thread Chad Leeper
Hi all, I am building a 2005 SQL database server that will be supporting 30 users. The front-end for this database will be on a separate box. Does anyone have any hardware recommendations. i.e. number drives, ram, etc? I prefer HP hardware but, I welcome any input. Thanks, /Chad Think green

RE: software to monitor users login and logoff

2008-02-07 Thread Chad Leeper
Check out poweradmin it is free to monitor the event viewer. You can setup audit and power admin will even email when someone logs in or out. We use for monitoring off-hours access via term serv. /Chad lt-software.com>, "Thomas Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have auditing set on the dc

Re: What software / system does your HR department use?

2008-01-15 Thread Chad Leeper
We use People-trak. It covers our needs (120 employees) and has a very small foot print. /Chad >>> On 1/11/08 at 3:34 PM, in message "Albert L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am doing some research to see which software / system I should setup for > our HR department. We have about 150 employees