Thanks

2013-05-03 Thread Gary Whitten
In case this still gets out. Thank you Sunbelt for running it all these years and thanks to all of you, from whom I learned so much that I can never repay. Cheers! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/

RE: Sharepoint for Help Desk Use

2012-05-23 Thread Gary Whitten
I'm evaluating it on behalf of my company to replace a number of different tools, including documents on shared drives. The ticketing system is definitely not one of things that it will replace. -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 23,

RE: quick answer?

2012-03-16 Thread Gary Whitten
GotoAssist should let you remote to the computer as long as someone is there to do things with it. -Original Message- From: ANDREW F OFALT [mailto:afo...@psu.edu] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 4:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: quick answer? I thought i would never need a

RE: Carolina BBQ Sauce (was Re: Proxy server and ISA)

2012-03-13 Thread Gary Whitten
Per James’ comment in a previous email, I’ve been told a number of beers that are popular/well-received in the US have low opinions in the UK or elsewhere in Europe. Newcastle and Old Speckled Hen are two examples. Definitely agree with Kurt. ….Stone. Young’s Double Chocolate. J

RE: Carolina BBQ Sauce (was Re: Proxy server and ISA)

2012-03-13 Thread Gary Whitten
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Carolina BBQ Sauce (was Re: Proxy server and ISA) When i was in the UK, it seems everywhere in london the beer of choice was stella. I wouldn't consider that particularly good beer. If we are throwing around good breweries, don't forget rogue. Gary

RE: ???

2012-03-02 Thread Gary Whitten
I didn't receive anything from Wed 2/29 4:42pm to Fri 3/2 8:51am -Original Message- From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 2:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ??? Am I blacklisted, or has no-one else seen any list messages all day?

RE: South Florida position.

2012-02-04 Thread Gary Whitten
Guessing for the employer.. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 10:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: South Florida position. Maybe I'm missing something here, but how is this *an added bonus anyhow* ??? In addition to the duties

RE: PC that can't Google

2012-01-12 Thread Gary Whitten
Looks like ::1 = 127.0.0.1 but for IPv6. From: Bob Hartung [mailto:bhart...@wiscoind.com] Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PC that can't Google Interesting. Originally I searched for hosts on the C Drive and nothing showed up. Now I've

RE: Moving on, leaving the list for a bit

2011-11-28 Thread Gary Whitten
Best of luck to you. -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Moving on, leaving the list for a bit I just wanted to reach out to the list, that I am going to be moving on from my

RE: Renaming blank files from cmd line

2011-10-29 Thread Gary Whitten
Scott, I believe they were asking about making a blank filename to actually test a batch file before letting it loose on a live server. From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 7:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Renaming blank files

RE: 2007 Office system SP3

2011-10-26 Thread Gary Whitten
: 2007 Office system SP3 On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Gary Whitten li...@undiscoveredworlds.com wrote: Woke up today to find that both systems at home have updates scheduled for 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 3. However, I don't have that installed, I have Office 2010. The updates

RE: Sys Admin Day

2011-07-29 Thread Gary Whitten
Nice! Did you drop hints in advance? From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 1:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Sys Admin Day I came in today and my office was totally decked out. Banners and gift cards everywhere. Little chat bubbles

RE: Sys Admin Day

2011-07-29 Thread Gary Whitten
Even better. Nice to have appreciative users. From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 7:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Sys Admin Day Nah. I knew it was coming up but didn't know it was today. -- Mike Gill From: Gary Whitten

RE: Password complexity

2011-05-03 Thread Gary Whitten
Personally, I'd be shocked if any user ID or password was allowed to have a space in it. From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 8:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Password complexity Using 2008 R2 with password complexity set to true.

RE: Password complexity

2011-05-03 Thread Gary Whitten
: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 9:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Password complexity Why? Ever heard of pass-phrases? They are more secure than passwords, IMHO On 3 May 2011 14:36, Gary Whitten li...@undiscoveredworlds.com wrote: Personally, I'd be shocked if any user ID or password

RE: OT: looking for favorite Network Engineer interview questions

2011-03-25 Thread Gary Whitten
In many ways, and dependent on the job, the team chemistry can be as (or more) important as the skill sets of the team members. From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 4:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: looking for favorite

RE: Windows Activation for non-Dummies?

2011-03-23 Thread Gary Whitten
At least that's better than 'Peggy'? -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows Activation for non-Dummies? On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Matthew W. Ross

RE: Invalid Physical Volume Library Media Identifier

2011-03-20 Thread Gary Whitten
Sorry, if you already tried this but didn’t see it mentioned. Did you try to inventory the tape first before cataloging it? I found this article: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=contentid=TECH26992

RE: Remote access - Allow employees work from home

2010-12-08 Thread Gary Whitten
require a speed test with one of the sites out there that do that, specifying a destination near your connection point, which wouldn't necessarily be conclusive. What other considerations on this line of thought are there? Gary Whitten -Original Message- From: Fergal O'Connell

RE: Wxp sysprep and WSUS

2010-11-21 Thread Gary Whitten
Boston Crème? From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 9:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wxp sysprep and WSUS What kind of donuts? On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 8:58 PM, RS rich...@gmail.com wrote: Dollars to donuts it's the good 'ol

RE: Multiple monitor control

2010-11-06 Thread Gary Whitten
Never seen that but will agree with you on your premise that the driver is getting carried away. What you are desiring is what I've seen as standard multi-monitor behavior. Standard stuff I'd check is driver version, firmware, etc. Also, there was a time or two when I had tried to install

OT: Sprint SmartView, U301, Win 7x64 and failure to connect

2010-07-30 Thread Gary Whitten
reimage. I'd really rather avoid this without knowing the cause, so I can avoid that trigger going forward. If anyone has any suggestions or experiences to share on this, I'd really appreciate it. Have a great Friday, Gary Whitten ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog

RE: Handling Developers

2010-06-17 Thread Gary Whitten
Generally a no-win in my experience but get any decisions overriding your better judgment in writing, in case things go south. _ From: James Hill [mailto:james.h...@superamart.com.au] Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Handling Developers I'd

RE: Utterly OT - World Cup

2010-06-11 Thread Gary Whitten
We have a number of people who work in my company in the US from the various UK nations (not sure how to properly phrase that) but none that I closely work with from England itself. That being said, I've seen a Hyundai SUV with an England car-window flag all week out in the parking lot. I will

RE: Dell system reboots every other Monday at 6am

2010-04-19 Thread Gary Whitten
On a related note, if there are smart UPS units on the same electric circuit, might you have a log of them draining power/being offline at that time? _ From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 12:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell

RE: MOVING TO NEW COMPUTER

2010-03-01 Thread Gary Whitten
Murray, you won't be able to run them off of D simply because the system won't know they're there in the registry, menus, etc. You'd actually probably end up wasting time over a fresh install getting them to work. You may want consider doing your new system in a way to facilitate this for the

RE: OT ? need a recommendation for an wlan password hacker tool

2010-02-07 Thread Gary Whitten
How anti-climatic :D _ From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 10:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT ? need a recommendation for an wlan password hacker tool They did not have the administrator password for their WAP. They also

RE: Rediculous Support Clause

2010-02-03 Thread Gary Whitten
Sounds like 'We have you where we want you so we can dictate terms'. I don't understand why you think it wouldn't be legal as nothing says they have to reinstate you at all. Playing Devil's Advocate here, it's highly likely that if you're in a position to need to be reinstated, it's because

RE: Time Synch problem

2009-11-03 Thread Gary Whitten
Did someone change the time by changing the time zone and not the actual time (assuming that the auto-update isn't on)? -Original Message- From: Larry Rappaport [mailto:r...@lmr.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 10:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Time Synch problem

RE: User who doesn't like logging off / shutting down

2009-10-22 Thread Gary Whitten
I assume they also don't lock it? As was pointed out, that's easy enough to configure. _ From: Andrew Levicki [mailto:and...@levicki.me.uk] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: User who doesn't like logging off / shutting down Hi, I've got a

RE: Good NT sysadmin list?

2009-08-28 Thread Gary Whitten
There is _ From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Good NT sysadmin list? Isn't there a 80's hair metal song called Tease Me, Please Me or something like that? Shook goes to new tab with

RE: Policy to block roaming on sprint mobile broadband.

2009-08-19 Thread Gary Whitten
Check for a North America billing plan, not just a US plan. _ From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Policy to block roaming on sprint mobile broadband. Called sprint and asked, they

RE: OT: Star Trek Science Fiction?

2009-07-31 Thread Gary Whitten
Isn't that the tune they play at noon on half the radio stations on Thanksgiving Day? -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 9:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Star Trek Science Fiction? Hmm, ok, thanks.

RE: OT: Star Trek Science Fiction?

2009-07-31 Thread Gary Whitten
Fiction? I think Eric just said essentially that. Learn to read. Read to learn. My Public Service Message for the day. -sc -Original Message- From: Gary Whitten [mailto:li...@undiscoveredworlds.com] Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Star

RE: Direct to text SMS gateway

2009-07-28 Thread Gary Whitten
Quick look on Google re: Teleflip indicates they're out of biz as of sometime in 2008 but someone suggested http://www.beltic.com/ as alternative. Have no idea what they're like, if it really does what is needed, etc, but might give you a leg up. HTH _ From: Erik Goldoff

RE: Direct to text SMS gateway

2009-07-28 Thread Gary Whitten
The key point of your statement is 'if you know the gateway information'. Personally, I wouldn't know all of these and wouldn't be aware of any changes to them. Having a service that monitors all of the gateways and automatically adjusts to changes would be of potential value to me especially if

RE: What does it take to get off this mailing list?

2009-07-17 Thread Gary Whitten
Friend of mine had a bible sitting on some workout equip. On said bible was the cat. She observed to her husband that the cat was 'exercising her demons' _ From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Apple vs Microsoft?

2009-07-15 Thread Gary Whitten
PIN number _ From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Apple vs Microsoft? Right up there with my personal fav NIC Card From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: July-15-09

RE: Happy Fourth of July

2009-07-03 Thread Gary Whitten
I'd guess most corps, like mine, have their holiday on the 3rd. :) _ From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 3:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Happy Fourth of July Hopefully everyone south of the border has a happy and safe Fourth of July

RE: Finding a needle in a haystack

2009-06-04 Thread Gary Whitten
Sooowhy didn't you fix it in the subject line when you vented? :) _ From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 3:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Finding a neddle in a haystack Can't stand it any longer, the correct spelling

RE: OT URL characters

2009-06-01 Thread Gary Whitten
They are replaceable by different character codes. Spaces are replaceable by %20 for example. See: http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/topics/urlencoding.htm (among others) _ From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:00 AM To: NT

RE: 17,5 mill Hard Drive

2009-05-27 Thread Gary Whitten
I think you blue it with this answer. _ From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 17,5 mill Hard Drive very small size Shook From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent:

RE: Could you try this link?

2009-05-20 Thread Gary Whitten
dod-emall.dla.mil uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is not trusted because the issuer certificate is unknown. (Error code: sec_error_unknown_issuer) -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009

RE: Rackable 'lights' etc

2009-05-03 Thread Gary Whitten
Valid point. But if you had tech savvy clients, you probably wouldn't be needing to do this in the first place. _ From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rackable 'lights' etc I'd be careful of just

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-29 Thread Gary Whitten
Agreed. It's 24 hours here. It can cause some problems if you're trying to resolve issues with password changes not synching with everything it needs to but generally works out ok. _ From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:38 AM To:

RE: NAC - Network Access Control

2009-04-28 Thread Gary Whitten
I hesitate to respond to this because I was not actively involved with purchase, planning and deployment of NAC where I am. I actually no longer work directly with server/network planning at all. I am, however, a senior tech at the call center for a large company and we bore the brunt of a lot

RE: McDonald's vs. Starbucks

2009-02-16 Thread Gary Whitten
The Navy _ From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 1:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: McDonald's vs. Starbucks Who do you think is doing the prez's morning brew, now? :) On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Cameron Cooper

RE: Sony Laptop automagically sending emails and opening documents

2009-02-13 Thread Gary Whitten
Whenever possible, I always use the setting of 'disable keypad when an external mouse is in use'. Some models have this in BIOS, some are on the driver, sometimes both. I just got sick of having my cursor jump around, etc. -Original Message- From: David W. McSpadden

RE: Server Room fire pictures

2009-01-16 Thread Gary Whitten
Hopefully, you're allowed to have sprinklers so that water is not present in the pipes over the servers. I forget the term for this, but I'm pretty sure there's a way you can have it so that the pipes are not full and thus reduce/eliminate the chances of accidental discharge. _ From:

RE: OT: Seagate HDs

2009-01-14 Thread Gary Whitten
That was rude, unprofessional, unnecessary and should be kept off the list. -Original Message- From: Gary Jackson [mailto:gjack...@visi.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Seagate HDs You hear that sound? It's the world's

RE: OT: Seagate HDs

2009-01-14 Thread Gary Whitten
Stu, can we get him out? -Original Message- From: Gary Jackson [mailto:gjack...@visi.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Seagate HDs You hear that sound? It's the world's smallest violin playing a sad song for you. Loser. ~

RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now

2009-01-09 Thread Gary Whitten
Cool trick...only 2:08 EST here now :) -Original Message- From: Chinnery, Paul [mailto:pa...@mmcwm.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now +1 Just tried it at 2:30 EST Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Memorial

RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now

2009-01-08 Thread Gary Whitten
Decreased compared to which OS? _ From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Well I downloaded this morning, and installed it on an older Dell Precision. Works like a champ so

RE: Wednesday Funny

2009-01-07 Thread Gary Whitten
Don't think so. Kim might have skimped on the morning coffee tho. Should see what I'm capable of when I'm under-caffeinated. _ From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 4:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wednesday Funny Mike? Am I

OT: Power Management has a mind of its own

2008-10-21 Thread Gary Whitten
All Perhaps my Google-fu is weak, and if so, I will accept shame willingly at this point but my home laptop is driving me up the wall. Windows XP SP3, Dell Latitude D531 that's reasonably healthy. It's in a docking station with two monitors attached. This only started happening about a week

Blackberry Email Outage?

2008-07-11 Thread Gary Whitten
Anyone having any issues with Blackberry units receiving emails? My company has multiple users failing to get email across multiple carriers. RIM states there is no issue and our BES appears to be functioning appropriately. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~

RE: Blackberry

2008-05-04 Thread Gary Whitten
Translation: semi-professional cat-herder Former ASM from Mass -Original Message- From: Tom McCarty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 8:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberry hehe I'm ASM in my son's troop, Assistant District Commissioner for

RE: Vista SP1 ready...

2008-02-18 Thread Gary Whitten
Heck, more than a few people with MSDN, TechNet and the assorted MC* certs and the rest of us that support the stuff think MS is in league with the devil at least a couple times a month. -Original Message- From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 10:03

RE: OT: A very timely movie clip

2008-01-22 Thread Gary Whitten
Also from eastern MA, here. What everyone seems to conveniently forget is that the NFL itself said that the Patriots gained no advantage from the taping at all. All the mention of condemning x and ignoring y is generally sour grapes IMHO. The Patriots have earned this; if you can't give them