Re: Windows Terminal Server Question

2009-12-03 Thread Erik Goldoff
you don't even provide versions of your terminal servers so cannot answer directly... but you could at worst case, have them open email on the TS (even OWA or Gmail ) and cut and paste local to the TS desktop and email it back in.. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:19 AM, joseph palmieri wrote: > I h

RE: No answers here, but a suggestion for an approach

2009-12-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
Wow, wish I thought of that ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 10:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: No answers here, but a suggestion fo

RE: OT, heads up free wifi

2009-12-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
I doubt that will hold up in court, and shows 'negligence' ... like someone committing a crime with your gun, that you didn't lock up and someone 'borrowed' because your negligence made it available to assist in the crime ... I'm not a lawyer, but that's

RE: No answers here, but a suggestion for an approach

2009-12-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
I usually just select the PRINT option and it spawns a window with just the contiguous text of the article without needing to page through Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]

RE: No answers here, but a suggestion for an approach

2009-12-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
covery' issue, where executives used to consider DR putting in a backup tape to restore the data. The bigger issue is Business Continuity, which includes Executive, HR, IT, Finance, etc to keep the business running in the event of a 'disaster' ( shameless plug : http://www.scpa-us.org )

RE: OT, heads up free wifi

2009-12-01 Thread Erik Goldoff
ccept, like the free wifi at hotels use. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: C.E. Gene Connor [mailto:cege...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 3:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT, heads up free wifi I came across this bit

RE: HP DL120 G6 - Hard Drive Configuration

2009-12-01 Thread Erik Goldoff
If you're going to use the SMART array drive controller, then you want drives with the HP firmware on them ( not consumer shelf drives ) Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.o

RE: Sunbelt Needs Senior Systems Administrator (UNCLASSIFIED)

2009-11-20 Thread Erik Goldoff
I just don't know Linux ... Pick me ! Pick me ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Sunbelt Needs Senio

RE: This is a long shot. (oh, and Happy Friday!)

2009-11-20 Thread Erik Goldoff
You sure the disk is bad and not just problems with the UART ? I'd say the prognosis doesn't sound too good. Not sure where you're at but I think I've still got a 1gb IDE hard disk or two laying around if that'd help. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, &a

RE: Conficker Help!

2009-11-20 Thread Erik Goldoff
What whitelist app are you using ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 8:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Conficker Help! Ouch. I love my applica

RE: WSJ Reporter thinks IT departments should allow users to install whatever

2009-11-18 Thread Erik Goldoff
d costs of allowing this to occur. At a minimum following standards helps to save the companies $$$ by limiting costs, not even considering security issues and the cost for outage Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.

RE: Multi-Site thoughts

2009-11-18 Thread Erik Goldoff
You could go static , but what type of routers/firewalls are at each location ? You could potentially enable DHCP Server there Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Cesare' A. Ramos [mailto:cra...@idfllc.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 18

RE: facilities wiring question

2009-11-18 Thread Erik Goldoff
ired packing to minimize fire/air flow. If not, it's still much less expensive to have a fiber run and terminated by a professional fiber cable outfit compared to running dozens of copper cables. Most of the good managed switches will have a fiber GBIC port/connection option, especially for tru

RE: facilities wiring question

2009-11-18 Thread Erik Goldoff
Probably the better choice ... Where possible I link floors with fiber risers, and in sites where there are multiple distribution frame ( patch panel ) closets like in warehouse/factory locations, I prefer fiber linking DF closets for those as well. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems

RE: facilities wiring question

2009-11-17 Thread Erik Goldoff
either punch block direct connects, or patch panel. Latter choice more flexibility in reconnecting to different pairs Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 2:00 PM To

RE: Font Management - PC and Mac's

2009-11-13 Thread Erik Goldoff
windows fonts... System booted and all the menus and Uis had square boxes instead of text Just my two cents, but as a font database, I don't think it should mess with the native Windows fonts too ... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Original Message-

RE: Need to install app remotely

2009-11-12 Thread Erik Goldoff
psexec ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Need to install app remotely I need to install an app remotely

Re: OT: Time estimate needed

2009-11-12 Thread Erik Goldoff
are they identical models ??? Build one and then ghost it to the drives for the remaining 6 systems ??? On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:26 AM, John Aldrich wrote: > Hey, guys… I have a potential customer with 7 laptops he wants rebuilt. > Here’s what he wants: > > > 1 Format Hard Drive [can be done

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
Indeed ! : ) Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS Redirected My docs not local drives. I have a

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
that becomes 'business traffic' What I used to do was try to preview all business related streaming traffic to benchmark its utilization just to make sure there were no unbounded hogs Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Sam Cayze

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
I never backed up their local drives : ) If it was enterprise data, it was supposed to be on enterprise storage ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:00 AM To: NT Sy

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
most CD drives. Cost = minimalImpact = minimalSatisfaction =: D Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Su

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
so does bringing in a CD collection to play in the cup holder , but that's not the point ... The point is they're hijacking corporate bandwidth resources ( wonder what the policies are on making personal long distance calls from the company telephones ) Erik Goldoff IT Consulta

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
rate. Even moreso now for those using VOIP on common bandwidth. If bandwidth is already precious, then streaming can have a negative effect for the business. If bandwidth is abundant, then it is much, much less an issue. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Orig

Re: Connecting two offices next door to each other

2009-11-10 Thread Erik Goldoff
you can do a site to site VPN between the firewalls that doesn't care what the endpoint systems are, whether Windows, Mac, HP JetDirect, etc ... The VPN only carries TCP/IP traffic through to the other side. Do you know about the internet connections from both locations and what firewalls they use

Re: Printer Auditing Software

2009-11-10 Thread Erik Goldoff
check out Interface Electronics, http://www.interface.com/?Products:Print_and_Session_Management if you call, ask for Chuck Singer and tell him that I referred you. I've known Chuck and his company for 20 years now On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Wilhelm, Scott wrote: > Hello; > > In our distri

Re: Connecting two offices next door to each other

2009-11-10 Thread Erik Goldoff
if they both have reasonably robust internet connectivity, simple to just set up a site-to-site vpn between subnets ( just have to make sure they're not using same subnet in both locations ) Otherwise you get a little more expensive doing private network via line of sight laser connections, or mono

RE: Side work

2009-11-09 Thread Erik Goldoff
curious, who did you insure with ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 2:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Side work Define "side work". My "si

RE: Home Servers

2009-11-04 Thread Erik Goldoff
And I presume you can partition an SSD into multiple logical drives without the major performance hit of read/write head thrashing Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 1

RE: Home Servers

2009-11-04 Thread Erik Goldoff
Maybe great, but not for the budget conscious .. A 30 GB SSD costs more than a consumer 1.5 TB SATA drive Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Original Message- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:57 A

RE: Home Servers

2009-11-04 Thread Erik Goldoff
i7 is a relatively new cpu, so most motherboards should have that. I'm using a Gigabyte EX58-UDP4P and it has several PCI-e x16 slots Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: tony patton [mailto:tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com] Sent:

RE: Home Servers

2009-11-04 Thread Erik Goldoff
thank you very much for the follow up... I'm needing to add a NIC to my newly built i7 box, that could be a good choice for me Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: tony patton [mailto:tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com] Sent: Wednesday, No

Re: Network Q

2009-11-03 Thread Erik Goldoff
what's your routing table look like ? On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 1:05 PM, jesse-r...@wi.rr.com wrote: > I know there's a reason for this, I'm just not sure and was hoping someone > here would. > > I have two networks. > Network A - 10.0.0.0/24 > Network B - 192.168.111.0/24 > > There is a gateway at

Re: Looking for small printer

2009-11-03 Thread Erik Goldoff
don't know what the volume requirement is but Fry's has an in-store price of $89 on the Samsung 315 color laser ( desktop laser versus workgroup ) On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Richard Stovall wrote: > I have never used one of these, but I just happened to run across this > yesterday. It doe

Re: Home Servers

2009-11-03 Thread Erik Goldoff
off ebay or somewhere like that dirt cheap so that > was the reason I have a quad. > > > Regards > > Tony Patton > Desktop Operations Cavan > Ext 8078 > Direct Dial 049 435 2878 > email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com > > > From: E

Re: Home Servers

2009-11-03 Thread Erik Goldoff
which quad NIC did you use ? On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 8:59 AM, tony patton wrote: > I'm running ESXi on a Dell OptiPlex 960 with no issues, the only niggle was > when i went to put in the quad port nic was the chassis intrusion connection > on the mobo was in the way, had to bend it slightly. > >

RE: New firewall recommendations

2009-10-30 Thread Erik Goldoff
Have a friend in the region that runs a VAR/ISP, and he's loved the Fortinet line for years, he recommends the Fortigate over the Netscreen for a firewall ... My understanding is that some of the Netscreen folks peeled off to form the Fortinet company Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Sy

RE: New firewall recommendations

2009-10-30 Thread Erik Goldoff
05 I think, that I have refused to deal with them ever since, and do not recommend them to any clients I come across. They may have changed and improved since then, but I haven't bothered to check back with them due to the negative experiences I had then. There are others with opposing

RE: Ransomware

2009-10-30 Thread Erik Goldoff
ation to the cost of raw material required to produce the widget, as well as the time it takes to convert that raw material to a widget They only really see the value after the fact, when they see what has actually been lost by NOT implementing proper security proactively. Erik Goldoff IT

RE: Ransomware

2009-10-30 Thread Erik Goldoff
a LOT of it comes back to budget ... the decision makers are loathe to include budget for *anything* that does not generate revenue, and work towards reducing fixed overhead costs. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Marc Maiffret [mail

RE: Dell vendor rant!

2009-10-28 Thread Erik Goldoff
T Ben, it's the HOW and the WHY that bother me about this. I use network sniffers/packet captures on a regular basis to troubleshoot. But I NEVER put one in place without letting the owner know. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Original Message- F

RE: Stood up by vendor

2009-10-28 Thread Erik Goldoff
That's my part of the country, care to share the VAR's identity ??? I'd like to know who to avoid too. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2:

RE: Dell vendor rant!

2009-10-28 Thread Erik Goldoff
It explains a technical need, but does NOT explain the lack of disclosure for preinstalling software that could violate security standards Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]

RE: Dell vendor rant!

2009-10-28 Thread Erik Goldoff
27;d probably find out a way to report them ( BBB, FBI, EFF, ??? ) Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Original Message- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject

RE: Dell vendor rant!

2009-10-28 Thread Erik Goldoff
depends on if it's the left half, or the right half of the brain ! sorry, not only wrong configuration but wrong model is inexcusable ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.c

RE: Foxit Reader

2009-10-28 Thread Erik Goldoff
absolutely using it as my default. It's not the memory hog that Adobe is, and it pretty much returns memory when you close it, unlike what acroreader does so many times, holding 32mb or more Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: J

RE: NETWORK RUNS SLOW AFTER 5PM

2009-10-27 Thread Erik Goldoff
By any chance running Trend Micro ??? I've seen three small customer sites where the updates brought the network to a crawl and killed VPN bandwidth to make terminal server unusable ...turning the updates schedule to after hours resolved the symptoms if not the cause. Erik Goldo

Re: Directory not shared.....but already shared?

2009-10-27 Thread Erik Goldoff
+1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 ! On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Kennedy, Jim wrote: > > > Also a handy key to remember if you are rebuilding a server that has a > boatload of shares…export the key and import it into the new server. > > > > > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] > *Sent:* Tues

Re: Directory not shared.....but already shared?

2009-10-27 Thread Erik Goldoff
do you see it if you execute "Net View \\servername" ? On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:28 PM, David wrote: > I restored a data directory to a new server (SBS). It does not show in the > file tree as shared. But, when I attempt to share it, it says it is already > shared under that name. And, in ad

Re: What else would you tell this user?

2009-10-27 Thread Erik Goldoff
Last place I worked I told folks it was a conflict of interest for me to make money off of fellow employees for the same work I performed for the company ... and referred them elsewhere... couple folks got angry but most understood and their problems were no longer my problems, and I could work wit

Re: What else would you tell this user?

2009-10-27 Thread Erik Goldoff
is this personal property for the home user, or a system in place for business purposes ? The type of issue xx describes could easily have been a 'drive by' from a third party web page advertisement that takes advantage of PDF or Flash vulnerabilities, where the web site host is unaware of the mal

Re: Sysdiff replacement

2009-10-27 Thread Erik Goldoff
been a while, but I used to use inctrl5 ( a pcmag utility ) to monitor system differences after software installations On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Jim Slattery wrote: > I’m looking for a utility that can take before and after snapshots of an > XP system, then apply a difference file to othe

Re: Remote access card

2009-10-27 Thread Erik Goldoff
rdware off or bluescreened On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Rubens Almeida wrote: > It's for a white box , not IBM/Dell/HP hardware. > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Erik Goldoff wrote: > > depends on your server hardware ... iLO is for the HP Proliant line, DRAC > i

Re: Remote access card

2009-10-27 Thread Erik Goldoff
depends on your server hardware ... iLO is for the HP Proliant line, DRAC is for the Dell PowerEdge line, etc ... On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Rubens Almeida wrote: > Good morning folks! Can you recommend any generic RAC card? (like a > DRAC, RSA or ILO) > Any info will be appreciated. Thanks

RE: Sunbelt Tech.Ed Bike Give Away Survey

2009-10-26 Thread Erik Goldoff
you gotta add the final drive (chain?) before it'll go ... you know, too many lawyers willing to sue for liability at the first accident Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Lee Douglas [mailto:lee.doug...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October

RE: Sunbelt Tech.Ed Bike Give Away Survey

2009-10-26 Thread Erik Goldoff
They actually don't sell it as a moving vehicle, it's sold as an 'artistic' piece ... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Lee Douglas [mailto:lee.doug...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 5:19 PM To: NT System

OT RE: Sunbelt Tech.Ed Bike Give Away Survey

2009-10-26 Thread Erik Goldoff
Keep an eye on the final drive of the BMW ... not sure which model you got, but LOTS of reports of final drive failures beginning with a small leaky seal ending in a catastrophic drive failure ... a few folks on the MTF have been stranded. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks

RE: Sunbelt Tech.Ed Bike Give Away Survey

2009-10-26 Thread Erik Goldoff
"Forget the rice-grinders, offer me a Hawg." Not everything listed is Asian, and if you check the sources for H-D components you'll likely be very disappointed to find that they have a number of parts that are NOT made in the U.S. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Netwo

Re: PDF to Word Converter

2009-10-22 Thread Erik Goldoff
ions every now and then. > > > > _ > > *Cameron Cooper* > > *IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified* > > Aurico Reports, Inc > > Phone: 847-890-4021 Fax: 847-255-1896 > > ccoo...@aurico.com > > > > *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] > *Sent

Re: PDF to Word Converter

2009-10-22 Thread Erik Goldoff
for what kind of volume ? For occaisional needs, there are a few free online (web-based) services where you upload your file and click a convert button, and it cranks out the result for you On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Cameron Cooper wrote: > Any good suggestions for a PDF to Word converte

RE: WAN bandwidth *availability* monitor

2009-10-21 Thread Erik Goldoff
I remember a utility called qcheck , you run on the endpoints on your network to benchmark throughput I think this is it : http://www.ixchariot.com/products/datasheets/qcheck.html Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: G.Waleed Kav

Re: Constantly getting locked of 2003 domain

2009-10-20 Thread Erik Goldoff
TCP View, and have you checked the event log on the system you've identified ? On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Jimmy Tran wrote: > Every 5 minutes or so, I get lock out of our domain. I ran EventCombMT > and traced it back to a specific machine. Does anyone have any suggestions > on what I c

Re: Juniper Netscreen

2009-10-20 Thread Erik Goldoff
shouldn't the any, any, PERMIT be changed to any, any, TUNNEL ? ( Edit the rule and change the action from PERMIT to TUNNEL ) At least that's the way I do it on the Juniper Netscreen 5GT, and I wouldn't think they'd change the syntax too badly with the new version (SSG) On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:

RE: Safenet/Juniper VPN client problems ?

2009-10-19 Thread Erik Goldoff
ertificate, but don't know why all of a sudden this has shown up as a problem on 3 different systems in the past week. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 11:05 AM To

Safenet/Juniper VPN client problems ?

2009-10-19 Thread Erik Goldoff
ly, even before establishing the tunnel, the log viewer shows some basic info Uninstalling and reinstalling the client solves the symptom but doesn't address the cause ... I wonder if a recent Microsoft Update broke something that used to work ... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems,

RE: To VM or not VM?

2009-10-19 Thread Erik Goldoff
I'd say no, *if* you already have an available host on standby from somewhere, like a dev lab, and a backup of the DC virtual machine file ... or even virtual machine file that can be quickly promoted to DC ( presuming another DC to sync with at another site ? ) Erik Goldoff IT Consu

RE: To VM or not VM?

2009-10-19 Thread Erik Goldoff
least have the potential for testing new servers there in a VM without needing to shuttle new hardware or disks back and forth. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:29 AM To: N

RE: Online toner cartridge source.

2009-10-16 Thread Erik Goldoff
LD Products : http://www.ldproducts.com/ Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 6:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Online toner cartridge source. Sh

RE: Dumb HP ProLiant questions

2009-10-16 Thread Erik Goldoff
but that's a good thing ... power up tests and verifies that the fans CAN work at full output should they be needed, and then spool down to whatever airflow is necessary to maintain operating temperatures ... but yep, you WILL know when one is rebooted ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Sy

RE: Dumb HP ProLiant questions

2009-10-16 Thread Erik Goldoff
ork like the PCMCIA eject buttons on laptops ? ie, push it once and it extends, push the (now) extended button and the component releases ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Fri

RE: Online toner cartridge source.

2009-10-16 Thread Erik Goldoff
I've used LD and SuppliesGuys with good results and good prices, don't know if they're rock bottom prices tho Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Thursday, October 15,

Re: Duplicate Servers

2009-10-15 Thread Erik Goldoff
sure, you can *create* them all on the same subnet,and even have the DNS on the virtual servers 'download' zone info from the main DNS on the physical server ... if no one points to them as primary for AD, then no big deal. And simply turn off the DHCP on the virtual server. This way, the vm domai

RE: Outsourcing Discussion

2009-10-14 Thread Erik Goldoff
ss line support back to the U.S. even though home/individual consumers are still made to suffer. This barely scratches the surface of my experiences and frustrations with the results of outsourcing. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Sherry A

Re: mail server DR ?

2009-10-13 Thread Erik Goldoff
gt; wrote: > >> Or print out all the emails in the store... :-) >> >> *** >> Charlie Kaiser >> charl...@golden-eagle.org >> Kingman, AZ >> *** >> >> > -Original Message- >> > From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold

Re: mail server DR ?

2009-10-13 Thread Erik Goldoff
so 'show' him how much 450GB of data is ... measure the thickness of a 1.44mb floppy diskette, and then figure out how many floppies it would take to hold 450GB ( (450 x 1024)/ 1.44 ) and multiply by that thickness ... I did that once probably around 2001, and with much less data to back up, and

Re: Sanity check - AD groups

2009-10-13 Thread Erik Goldoff
member of” tab I can see exactly where they have > access to. > > *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 > > *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 13, 200

Re: 128bit OS?

2009-10-13 Thread Erik Goldoff
well, seeing how Intel based CPUs are *still* advertised based on being 64-bit wit 64 bit memory addressing, I'd say 128 bit version of Windows 8 is still vaporware for the common man On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:47 AM, David W. McSpadden wrote: > I have read two different articles. One says Wind

Re: mail server DR ?

2009-10-13 Thread Erik Goldoff
since they already have iSCCI SAN storage, run Exchange in a VM ( Virtual Server or VMWare, whichever you can support better/cheaper ... ) so that you can always boot up a new VM on another box if the server itself crashes, even if at dimished performance from the production server, it will still b

Re: Sanity check - AD groups

2009-10-13 Thread Erik Goldoff
agreed with most replies ... as long as you don't create too many individual groups ( so many as to be insane to manage ) I think you're always better off with discreet, granular groups ( ideally with self documenting names too ) so as not to over-permit beyond what is needed ... back to the princ

Re: test...sorry..

2009-10-13 Thread Erik Goldoff
fail On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Chyka, Robert wrote: > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: Consumer ISP availability tool?

2009-10-12 Thread Erik Goldoff
Glad to help ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 3:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Consumer ISP availability tool? Thanks. They

RE: Consumer ISP availability tool?

2009-10-12 Thread Erik Goldoff
used to be dslreports.com , give it a look-see Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 3:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Consumer ISP availability

RE: To All: Setback

2009-10-10 Thread Erik Goldoff
wishing you a speedy recovery, and glad we were able to 'hear' this from you Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 12:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues S

RE: Backup/Restore best practices for Sharepoint 2007

2009-10-09 Thread Erik Goldoff
thanks, I think he might have BE at that client site already, so maybe a simple upgrade will take care of what he needs . Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 8:40 A

Backup/Restore best practices for Sharepoint 2007

2009-10-09 Thread Erik Goldoff
Sharepoint 2007 at one of his law office clients at their request, but needs to learn more about it. I've done *some* work with Sharepoint but don't consider myself at the expert/specialist level and could use some feedback from those that have the proper experience ... Thanks in adv

Re: REPLMON shows errors, but only in 1 direction ...

2009-10-08 Thread Erik Goldoff
can you map an administrative share (c$) from one of the other DCs On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Michael Leone wrote: > Win2000 AD > > I have a site with 1 DC in it (name MJRSWDC001). This DC has > connections defined for 3 other DCs (in a different site) - names > WDC001, WDC002, WDC003. Rep

Re: ADSL router with different subnets on each port

2009-10-08 Thread Erik Goldoff
Don't know about the actual residential version with ADSL circuitry, but the Netscreen 5G firewall at 10.3 or higher firmware can have one WAN, and then independent with the remaining 4 LAN ports ... by default the wizard will set up to independent subnets with 2 ports each If you can't get a 5GT

Re: infected box

2009-10-08 Thread Erik Goldoff
, so I'm hesitant to do this. > > Erik Goldoff wrote: > > see my previous post, remove the hard drive, install it as a slave in a > second, known secure system, and then scan/clean it from there without the > OS on the infected drive active or in memory > > On Th

Re: infected box

2009-10-08 Thread Erik Goldoff
see my previous post, remove the hard drive, install it as a slave in a second, known secure system, and then scan/clean it from there without the OS on the infected drive active or in memory On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:05 PM, wjh wrote: > I've got a user's box now that has "securitytools" fake a/v

Re: infected box

2009-10-08 Thread Erik Goldoff
good advice already, but if all you really want is to save data off the drive before nuking to install win7, why not just remove the drive and install it as a slave on a known protected system ? Then you can copy the data from the slave to a backup destination without any 'quirks' from the operati

RE: Google's screen today

2009-10-07 Thread Erik Goldoff
Thanks to both responses ... Ironically, my knickname is Yoda ... but ... Sometimes Yoda, sometimes Yo-DUH ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 8:33 AM To

Google's screen today

2009-10-07 Thread Erik Goldoff
anyone with barcode skills able to explain Google's display on google.com today ? Just curious Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~

RE: OT: Portable AC unit for small closet

2009-10-03 Thread Erik Goldoff
you'll still need to account for discharge air through the 'dryer vent hose' outlet ... either up into the attic, or out through the wall or a modified door panel ... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto

RE: OT: Portable AC unit for small closet

2009-10-03 Thread Erik Goldoff
w unit in the opening, and for less $$$ too Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Portable AC unit for small closet A

RE: Job resume fun

2009-10-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
we gonna have to change your name to Hank Roving ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Job resume fun

Re: 3-Monitor Solutions

2009-09-28 Thread Erik Goldoff
Matrox and nVidia PNY show as having quad monitor cards in the $250 range , but I have no personal experience with them On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Jim Slattery wrote: > We’re looking at adding a third monitor to our call center workstations. > (New phone system takes up a screen, and they

RE: HP Rep (Vmware helps)

2009-09-25 Thread Erik Goldoff
that's usually what I did ... instead of going in blindly to CDW, I already knew *most* of what I needed and what price they should beat Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 25,

RE: HP Rep (Vmware helps)

2009-09-25 Thread Erik Goldoff
for me, already had a CDW account, with HP, they wanted me to go through paperwork hoops just to get a best price quote, and direct from HP was NOT always the best price ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet

RE: HP Rep (Vmware helps)

2009-09-25 Thread Erik Goldoff
, they were a subsidiary of SolarCom Craig M. Wade Account Executive Atlantix Global Systems One Sun Court - Norcross, GA 30092 email: cw...@atlantixglobal.com - AOL IM - CWadeAtlantix Direct: 770-582-7186 Fax: 770-582-8841 Toll Free: 1-888-786-2727 Extension # 7186 www.atlantixglobal.com

RE: Fiber Cable Tester

2009-09-23 Thread Erik Goldoff
I've got an acquaintance that's a bit of an authority in fiber, and that's his current specialty. I've emailed him for his opinion, don't know if he's available and 'listening' to email right now as he travels a lot on big fiber installation jobs _ From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmar

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