RE: smb firewall recommendation

2013-01-14 Thread Jimmy Tran
go really cheap and get pfSense or ClearOS, or some other software-based firewall. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:32

RE: Standing up 2K8DC - finally. Opinions?

2012-11-08 Thread Jimmy Tran
May I add Client Side Extensions for GPO's if you still have XP boxes? Some GPO's may or may not work because XP doesn't know about the new GPO's. Then again, I'm not sure if that matters if you don't up change your FFL or DFL. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday,

RE: Starting an IT consulting shop -- Going out on your own?

2012-10-08 Thread Jimmy Tran
I am just starting this process. Luckily, my employer is helping me with the transition by contracting and working part time with them to slowly build up my business. Besides having a few good contracts as you start out, its best to find a way to transition so you don't have to the plunge

RE: GPO Printer install non-admins

2012-09-19 Thread Jimmy Tran
This what you are looking for? I finally figured it out. I figured that I'd share: I was sorting my labs AD Computers into OUs. I then assigned a blank group policy for the printers on that OU. Using the Printer Manager, I installed the printers and drivers as a TCP/IP printer on my print

RE: Quickbooks getting slower and slower

2012-08-31 Thread Jimmy Tran
Try copying the company files to the local machine where the User that has trouble is and open the company and give it a shot. Does it run slow? Have you compress the DB? I think there is an option to clean it up or something along those lines. I completely agree with David, QB will run slower

RE: DNS Lookup Failing for One Address

2012-08-14 Thread Jimmy Tran
Clear the DNS cache on that particular server? From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DNS Lookup Failing for One Address Okay, DNS wizards... I need some input. One of my DNS servers

RE: network drives show disconnected W7 and XP

2012-08-06 Thread Jimmy Tran
disconnected W7 and XP Kind of sounds like this one. These two settings are enabled by default, disable them and test to see if it helps. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc778473%28v=ws.10%29.aspx From: Jimmy Tran [jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Friday

RE: network drives show disconnected W7 and XP

2012-08-06 Thread Jimmy Tran
and to explore other ways of fixing this issue. On Monday, August 6, 2012, Jimmy Tran wrote: It actually turns out turning off UAC did the trick. I will try on another machine shortly to see what happens. From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org javascript:_e(%7b%7d,%20'cvml',%20

RE: PS export question

2012-08-06 Thread Jimmy Tran
http://www.guardianlife.com/ From:Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com To:NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date:08/06/2012 02:19 PM Subject:PS export question I’m trying to get a list

RE: network drives show disconnected W7 and XP

2012-08-06 Thread Jimmy Tran
Subject: RE: network drives show disconnected W7 and XP I wonder what would happen if you re-enabled UAC and disabled the settings I mentioned? wink From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 2:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: network drives show

network drives show disconnected W7 and XP

2012-08-03 Thread Jimmy Tran
Hi All, The problem is with W7 accessing an XP machine running as a file share. The W7 box has the xp shares mapped. Upon reboot the drives show disconnected until you open it manually. Anyway to get it to not disconnect? There is an app that used the mapped drive letter and it wont run

RE: Active Directory and Group Policy inheritance

2012-07-26 Thread Jimmy Tran
I don't think you can block itbut you can maybe modify the security filtering so it only applies to the users you want it to? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Active

RE: IT Consultant thoughts - article for your reading pleasure

2012-07-02 Thread Jimmy Tran
Very good list. I'm starting to venture out on my own and have seen many of the items on that list. From: Don Kuhlman [mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 8:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IT Consultant thoughts - article for your reading pleasure Here's

RE: Dell to acquire Quest

2012-07-02 Thread Jimmy Tran
The previous co-owner, Rob, hates how Dell is running the company. As far is the product goes, it hasn't changed much but the support and communications is definitely not the same. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 8:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: web and email hosting

2012-06-21 Thread Jimmy Tran
://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: I have a client who is looking to move to a different web and email hosting provider. I was looking at Rackspace but I wanted to see

RE: How many in your company can join systems to domain

2012-06-20 Thread Jimmy Tran
I believe by default a domain user can join a computer to a domain... From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 8:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How many in your company can join systems to domain Subject line pretty much says it. We have 600

RE: SBS Standard 2011 or Server 2008 R2

2012-06-06 Thread Jimmy Tran
... ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: I'm getting ready to purchase a few licenses for a client. The main difference I see between the two OS's is SBS includes

RE: SBS Standard 2011 or Server 2008 R2

2012-06-06 Thread Jimmy Tran
, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: Server will just be for the usual DC, DNS, DHCP, file sharing and WSUS. They will have no more than 20 per office and each office will be setup independent of each other. What other bells and whistles you get with SBS? The user doesn't want to invest

RE: SBS Standard 2011 or Server 2008 R2

2012-06-06 Thread Jimmy Tran
PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: They will have no more than 20 per office and each office will be setup independent of each other. Either that won't last, or the company won't. So I'd try to get them to plan for eventual integration of the various office networks. Which again rules out

RE: SBS Standard 2011 or Server 2008 R2

2012-06-06 Thread Jimmy Tran
because the network is connected doesn't mean they can't appear to run independent. There are benefits to central administration/management. James. -Original Message- From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2012 5:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE

RE: share ipad screen

2012-05-23 Thread Jimmy Tran
Thanks guys. Airplay with the relection app on a macbook did the trick! Jimmy -Original Message- From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: share ipad screen On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Jimmy

RE: Server 2008 R2 and SBS 2011 DNS cache problems

2012-04-25 Thread Jimmy Tran
its thing. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com http://www.carlwebster.com/ From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Subject: Server 2008 R2 and SBS 2011 DNS cache problems At the office I've been noticing a log of bad packets

ESXi and External USB HDD

2012-04-11 Thread Jimmy Tran
I think I already know the answer to this but I wanted to just verify. Is there a way I can connect an external usb HD to a ESXi 5.0 host and use that to backup the vmdk files? My Google searches show the answer as no, but just want to confirm. Thanks, Jimmy ~ Finally, powerful

RE: recommendations on home server

2012-04-03 Thread Jimmy Tran
: RE: recommendations on home server Check out Jeff's post at http://www.expta.com/2012/01/blistering-fast-windows-server-parts.html Lots of overlap with what you mentioned. From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 4:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

recommendations on home server

2012-04-02 Thread Jimmy Tran
I'm in need of a decent home server to run ESX-I to run SBS, W7 and some other test VM's. My budget is preferably around $500-$1k. Looking for lots of processing power but low powered (if possible), RAID on the drives, decent amount of ram. Don't know where to startcan someone recommend

RE: recommendations on home server

2012-04-02 Thread Jimmy Tran
money in mostly one place, thats where. From: Jimmy Tran [jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 4:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: recommendations on home server I’m in need of a decent home server to run ESX-I to run SBS, W7 and some other

RE: recommendations on home server

2012-04-02 Thread Jimmy Tran
Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com http://www.carlwebster.com/ From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 7:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: recommendations on home server So it sounds like a regular pc built up with good amount of ram

RE: recommendations on home server

2012-04-02 Thread Jimmy Tran
on home server I would go quad-core myself. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com http://www.carlwebster.com/ From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 7:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE

RE: recommendations on home server

2012-04-02 Thread Jimmy Tran
need to do some similar analysis. On Monday, April 2, 2012, Jimmy Tran wrote: Now would you guys recommend the same type of setup for the first server of a small business with 6 users? Will be using SBS, file and print server. From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com javascript:_e(%7b

RE: recommendations on home server

2012-04-02 Thread Jimmy Tran
What are the specs of your machine if you don't mind me asking? From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 7:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: recommendations on home server I have 6 running on a HyperV host with only a mirrored array (RAID1,

RE: KVM over IP

2012-03-05 Thread Jimmy Tran
...@gmail.com wrote: From a very quick glance at that unit, I don't think that supports a remote IP connection... On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 14:59, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: I use this: http://www.tripplite.com/en/products/model.cfm?txtSeriesID=763txtModelI D=3132 works pretty well

RE: Call conferencing solutions

2012-02-28 Thread Jimmy Tran
I switched to HiDefCorporate from Global Conferencing and have been very happy. HiDef is owned by Citrix now and we got the lowest pricing at the time I was shopping it. With the amount of minutes you will be using, it should be cheap. From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent:

RE: dns issue with browser (OS X)

2012-02-20 Thread Jimmy Tran
- Original Message - From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:52:56 -0800 Subject: dns issue with browser (OS X) Hi All, I have one specific user using a Mac who cannot resolve

dns issue with browser (OS X)

2012-02-17 Thread Jimmy Tran
Hi All, I have one specific user using a Mac who cannot resolve DNS properly in Firefox or Safari on OS X 10.6.8. They can ping by hostnames just fine. They can get to any website by IP just fine but not by hostname. Any ideas? I'm stumped and Google hasn't been very helpful this morning.

RE: dns issue with browser (OS X)

2012-02-17 Thread Jimmy Tran
, February 17, 2012 9:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: dns issue with browser (OS X) Has he restarted the computer? Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com http://www.carlwebster.com/ From: Jimmy Tran

RE: dns issue with browser (OS X)

2012-02-17 Thread Jimmy Tran
with browser (OS X) DHCP or static IP addressing? On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: Hi All, I have one specific user using a Mac who cannot resolve DNS properly in Firefox or Safari on OS X 10.6.8. They can ping by hostnames just fine. They can get to any

RE: dns issue with browser (OS X)

2012-02-17 Thread Jimmy Tran
Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:52:56 -0800 Subject: dns issue with browser (OS X) Hi All, I have one specific user using

RE: dns issue with browser (OS X)

2012-02-17 Thread Jimmy Tran
this search domain or something similar.) On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: DHCP. When it wasn’t working, I changed to static info and still nothing. The reboot does fix it temporarily but it just seems to come back in 24 hours. From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey

RE: dns issue with browser (OS X)

2012-02-17 Thread Jimmy Tran
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: dns issue with browser (OS X) Is there a way to flush the DNS cache on a Mac? -Original Message- From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 11:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: dns issue with browser (OS X

RE: Windows 7 Copy Default Profile

2012-01-26 Thread Jimmy Tran
Harry, I’m curious what was the problem with the copy profile set to true? I had some issues in the past and wonder if you are having the same ones. From: Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 1:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re:

RE: ideas for migrating from 32-bit to 64-bit Server 2008

2012-01-18 Thread Jimmy Tran
DC. Having a single DC is a liability even in the smallest environment. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: Nothing in particular. It's a small accounting

RE: ideas for migrating from 32-bit to 64-bit Server 2008

2012-01-18 Thread Jimmy Tran
a single DC is a liability even in the smallest environment. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: Nothing in particular. It's a small accounting firm that runs

RE: Microsoft Silverlight

2012-01-18 Thread Jimmy Tran
Did you install Silverlight for IE 64 bit or 32 bit? You are probably using the 32 it version of IE so you may need to download the 32 bit version of Silverlight. However, I could be completely wrong! Jimmy From: Troy Adkins [mailto:tadk...@house.virginia.gov] Sent: Wednesday, January

ideas for migrating from 32-bit to 64-bit Server 2008

2012-01-17 Thread Jimmy Tran
Hi All, I have a client who currently has a Windows Server 2008 32-bit machine. They need to upgrade to 64 bit so they can make use of the 8GB of ram they have installed. The server is a DC and file server only. I'm thinking I'll have to recreate a whole new domain since I only have one

RE: ideas for migrating from 32-bit to 64-bit Server 2008

2012-01-17 Thread Jimmy Tran
, AD groups and NTFS ACL's With a couple of extra steps you can bring up the rebuilt DC with the same name as the old one, depending on your environment it might not matter (not having Exchange helps). Dave From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:44

RE: ideas for migrating from 32-bit to 64-bit Server 2008

2012-01-17 Thread Jimmy Tran
. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: Hi All, I have a client who currently has a Windows Server 2008 32-bit machine. They need to upgrade to 64 bit so

RE: Acrobat X standard

2011-12-19 Thread Jimmy Tran
What about rebooting the users in the evening and deploying the install after the reboot? Would sending out an install disc to your remote folks be a valid solution? Jimmy From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 6:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Annoying DNS issue

2011-12-05 Thread Jimmy Tran
This is happened to me recently. Same setup as yours but the specific DNS entry would fail from all workstations (XP/7/OS10.6). I never really got it resolved except for clearing the DNS cache as well. I hope a solutions arises... Jimmy From: pierre.camill...@fosterclark.com

RE: OT: Streaming media device

2011-11-28 Thread Jimmy Tran
I just got a Roku and I'm thinking about returning it. Why are some of you switching to Roku from conventional cable or satellite? From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:li...@levelfive.us] Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 7:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Streaming media

RE: OT: Streaming media device

2011-11-28 Thread Jimmy Tran
Does the paid version of Hulu get you live tv? -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 10:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Streaming media device On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com

RE: Uninstall Adobe 8 standard and professional, install Adobe X

2011-11-07 Thread Jimmy Tran
If you install the Adobe X enterprise deployment toolkit, there will be an option to upgrade. That will take care all of your v8 installs. You can then package it up and deploy via script, GPO, or however you like. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011

RE: Uninstall Adobe 8 standard and professional, install Adobe X

2011-11-07 Thread Jimmy Tran
, install Adobe X Oh nicedoes it give the option to open PDF's with the Reader or full version? From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Uninstall Adobe 8 standard and professional, install Adobe X If you

RE: Deploying AIM via GPO?

2011-10-27 Thread Jimmy Tran
Try extracting the exe to see if you get a msi in the package? You can use 7-zip if you don't have it already. From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Deploying AIM via GPO? AIm does not

local subnet routing issue

2011-10-25 Thread Jimmy Tran
Hi All, We recently made some routing changes to our network in two of our offices. Some of the machines now, don't see its own local subnet properly. What happens is if the local routing table doesn't have 172.17.0.0/24 though its own NIC. When it routes, it will go to the firewall

RE: local subnet routing issue

2011-10-25 Thread Jimmy Tran
... On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: Hi All, We recently made some routing changes to our network in two of our offices. Some of the machines now, don't see its own local subnet properly. What happens is if the local routing table doesn't have 172.17.0.0/24 though

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Jimmy Tran
I use Global Knowledge and they are great. If you do a boot camp, they even give you free vouchers to take the tests. Sometimes they have a buy 2 get 1 free deal. I believe they also have deals that allow managers to purchase a few vouchers and have the staff take the classes whenever they

if/else statement problem.

2011-09-15 Thread Jimmy Tran
Can someone please tell me what is wrong with this statement? if exist C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exe ( REG ADD HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware /v silentipmode /t REG_DWORD /d 1) ELSE ( REG ADD HKLM\Software\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware /v

RE: if/else statement problem.

2011-09-15 Thread Jimmy Tran
SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.447.6014 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 5:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: if/else statement problem. Can someone please tell me what is wrong

RE: Adobe Reader 10.1.1

2011-09-13 Thread Jimmy Tran
I haven't tried but you should be able to extract the .exe file. Trying using 7-zip. You should see the MSI in there? From: Jim Dandy [mailto:jda...@asmail.ucdavis.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Adobe Reader 10.1.1 It looks like Adobe

WDS Setup

2011-09-09 Thread Jimmy Tran
Hi All, To those who do use WDS, how do you have the networking portion of it configured? Is it on the same VLAN as production or a separate deployment VLAN? I ask because I want to make sure when I have a downed workstation or server, it will not come back up and pxe boot and all of a

RE: WDS Setup

2011-09-09 Thread Jimmy Tran
recommend the use of a separate deployment LAN; and there are lots of reasons for this... Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 2:29 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: kbox Pxe boot + Remote Control , RDP, LMI, or TM?

2011-09-02 Thread Jimmy Tran
I haven't use the K2000 but have you called their tech support line? They are usually pretty good with support. From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 6:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: kbox Pxe boot + Remote Control , RDP, LMI, or TM?

RE: Notify off event log events

2011-08-29 Thread Jimmy Tran
I've never done this but I think creating a subscription for the specific error will work? It should be able to fire off an email to you when that error occurs. I believe it requires Windows Event Collector, wecutil. Jimmy From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday,

trouble downloading Adobe Flash Player

2011-08-09 Thread Jimmy Tran
Anyone else having this issue in IE 8 or FF 5? I get the installer downloaded and run it. The installer then downloads the app and it stops at 12% during the download. Thanks, Jimmy ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: trouble downloading Adobe Flash Player

2011-08-09 Thread Jimmy Tran
Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\wget.exe http://www.adobe.com/go/full_flashplayer_win_pl_msi C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\wget.exe http://www.adobe.com/go/full_flashplayer_win_msi Sam From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 11:02 AM To: NT System Admin

RE: Kace K1000 System Management Appliance

2011-08-08 Thread Jimmy Tran
My company has been using the K1000 box when they first launched. We were one of their first customers. It works great. The managed installations are awesome. Security patching has gotten much better throughout the years. It is also a great tool for inventory. Jimmy From: Senter, John

RE: wds not showing x86 install images

2011-08-04 Thread Jimmy Tran
So I reinstalled the WDS role service, only loaded up x86 images and it seems the PXE boot still detects my laptop as a x64 architecture. Does anyone know how to stop this from happening? I turned off architecture discovery and that didn't seem to help. Jimmy From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt

RE: wds not showing x86 install images

2011-08-04 Thread Jimmy Tran
, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: wds not showing x86 install images So I reinstalled the WDS role service, only

RE: wds not showing x86 install images

2011-08-04 Thread Jimmy Tran
: Thursday, August 04, 2011 9:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: wds not showing x86 install images What's your sysprep syntax? Overlooking the grossly obvious like missing mass storage drivers in the PE image, that only happens when you don't have the syntax right. jlc From: Jimmy Tran

wds not showing x86 install images

2011-08-03 Thread Jimmy Tran
Hi All, I have WDS all setup to properly deploy x64 OS's finally. Now, I'm trying to get a x86 image to install but I'm running into some issues. The first thing I noticed is when PXE starts up, it detects the laptop as a x64 box. I then select my x86 boot image. When WDS comes up, only see

USMT 4.0

2011-08-01 Thread Jimmy Tran
Hi Guys, I'm having a brain fart this morning. I'm trying install/load USMT 4.0. From everything I'm reading, it is supposed to be included in WAIK. We'll I have WAIK installed and cannot seem to find it anywhere. Can anyone give me any tips on how to find this tool? Thanks, Jimmy ~

RE: USMT 4.0

2011-08-01 Thread Jimmy Tran
MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: USMT 4.0 Hi Guys, I'm having a brain fart this morning. I'm trying install/load USMT 4.0. From everything I'm reading

RE: Advanced Format Drives 512e

2011-07-29 Thread Jimmy Tran
28, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: So I just purchased a Dell Latitude E6520 laptop.  In the package I found a yellow notice about 512e drives.  So I read about this and it looks like the partitioning of the drive is different. Do you have a hard disk larger 1 terabyte

RE: Advanced Format Drives 512e

2011-07-29 Thread Jimmy Tran
Nope, is is Win7 Pro so no bitlocker. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 9:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Advanced Format Drives 512e any chance the laptop is using encryption ? On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Jimmy Tran jt

RE: Advanced Format Drives 512e

2011-07-29 Thread Jimmy Tran
, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: Nope, is is Win7 Pro so no bitlocker. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 9:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Advanced Format Drives 512e any chance the laptop is using encryption ? On Fri, Jul 29

RE: Advanced Format Drives 512e

2011-07-28 Thread Jimmy Tran
, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:43, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: So I just purchased a Dell Latitude E6520 laptop. In the package I found a yellow notice about 512e drives. So I read about this and it looks like the partitioning of the drive is different. My W7 box doesn't recognize the partition

RE: Advanced Format Drives 512e

2011-07-28 Thread Jimmy Tran
best) Question 22: 1. What is required for Ubuntu Linux to support Advanced Format drives? Ubuntu 10.04 and RHEL6.x or later have native support. - WJR On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:15, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: Yes, I did read through that doc. Maybe I missed

RE: Advanced Format Drives 512e

2011-07-28 Thread Jimmy Tran
/E/B/A/EBA55FE2-373A-4351-9346-6D7 62B79AA69/Notable%20Changes%20in%20Windows%207%20and%20Windows%20Server% 202008%20R2%20Service%20Pack%201.doc Good luck, Joe From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE

wim file sizes in WDS console

2011-07-26 Thread Jimmy Tran
Hi All, I have quick question about wim files that have been loaded into WDS. I have a boot.wim file that is about 300MB from the install disc of W7. Once I loaded it into the Boot Images of WDS, it shows a 1GB file. Does anyone know why that is the case? Thanks, Jimmy ~ Finally,

RE: help setting up WDS

2011-07-15 Thread Jimmy Tran
this at %prevjob% was to install WDS on the Dhcp server as the network guys would add it to the switches. T Typed slowly on HTC Desire On Jul 15, 2011 12:28 AM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: I have WDS installed on a W2k8 server and DHCP on a 2K3 server. I think I have everything setup

RESOLVED: help setting up WDS

2011-07-15 Thread Jimmy Tran
When I removed options 60,66,67 from my DHCP server and setup a WDS server on the same subnet it worked. Thanks for the help! From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 9:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: help setting up WDS I just installed

RE: RESOLVED: help setting up WDS

2011-07-15 Thread Jimmy Tran
: RESOLVED: help setting up WDS Didn't see this before I replied to the other thread. Glad you got it sorted. Are you setting up WDS on its own, or are you going to use MDT also? T Typed slowly on HTC Desire On Jul 15, 2011 5:34 PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: When I removed options

RE: W7 print drivers on W2003 print server

2011-07-15 Thread Jimmy Tran
properly in Win7. -- Mike Gill From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 3:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: W7 print drivers on W2003 print server I'm not sure if this has been discussed in the past but here goes nothing. I'm trying to get my W7 x64

help setting up WDS

2011-07-14 Thread Jimmy Tran
I have WDS installed on a W2k8 server and DHCP on a 2K3 server. I think I have everything setup properly. I have my server options 60, 66, 67 configured on my DHCP server. However when I attempt to PXE boot from a machine, I get the following error: PXE-E55: ProxyDHCP service did not reply to

RE: help setting up WDS

2011-07-14 Thread Jimmy Tran
, do you have respond to all clients selected? I also checked the box to require approval for unknown computers. On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: I have WDS installed on a W2k8 server and DHCP on a 2K3 server. I think I have everything setup properly. I

RE: help setting up WDS

2011-07-14 Thread Jimmy Tran
, which happens occasionally, and I just manually start the service. On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: For now, I do have it set to all clients and did not check require for approval Jimmy From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent

RE: MVLS - no 64bit Win7 with SP1?

2011-07-13 Thread Jimmy Tran
I see x64 when I click on Downloads. I don't see much under software assurance. Jimmy From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 2:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: MVLS - no 64bit Win7 with SP1? I hit the Microsoft Volume

RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys

2011-07-08 Thread Jimmy Tran
key. Retail media requires Retail key. Etc. And I wouldn't trust any downloaded media unless it came directly from MS. Carl From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 1:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: question about OEM Windows License Keys

RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys

2011-07-08 Thread Jimmy Tran
and get the reinstall disk? License numbers are version specific On 7/8/11, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: So I have a Dell XPS laptop that needs the Vista reinstalled. The original OS version is Vista Home Premium. Since I don't have the OEM install disc from Dell, I decided to download

RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys

2011-07-08 Thread Jimmy Tran
key. From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys Ok, with that being said, is there a way to download retail media from MS if I already have a key? From: Carl Houseman

RE: RAW Disk Recovery?

2011-06-30 Thread Jimmy Tran
I use a program called recover my files, http://www.recovermyfiles.com/. Its great for reading data on partitions that are corrupt or RAW. From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 12:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RAW Disk Recovery? Any

RE: Search redirector

2011-06-27 Thread Jimmy Tran
Try Kaspersky's root kit removal. Works for me everytime. When you download and extract the zip, your virus protection may quarantine it. http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/solutions?qid=208280684 Jimmy -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]

DNS Cache Issue

2011-06-20 Thread Jimmy Tran
For the past month or so, I've had issues connecting to github.com, about 3 or 4 occurances. Whenever my developers notice this, I can confirm a nslookup for github.com fails with the following error: *** dc.domain can't find github.com: Server failed. The problem seems to be office/site wide.

RE: DNS Cache Issue

2011-06-20 Thread Jimmy Tran
Thanks, I'll see if their admins will work with me. Jimmy -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: DNS Cache Issue On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote

RE: 'All Programs' icons missing

2011-06-06 Thread Jimmy Tran
I had a case like this last week. You have to go into the users profile and unhide the icons under the start menu... That worked for me. Also, run Malwarebytes to clean up any problems. Jimmy -Original Message- From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com [mailto:jesse-r...@wi.rr.com] Sent: Monday,

RE: 'All Programs' icons missing

2011-06-06 Thread Jimmy Tran
Message: - From: Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 13:51:16 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: 'All Programs' icons missing I had a case like this last week. You have to go into the users profile and unhide the icons under the start menu

RE: 'All Programs' icons missing

2011-06-06 Thread Jimmy Tran
System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 'All Programs' icons missing What do you mean by unhide the items? From where? Original Message: - From: Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 13:51:16 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: 'All Programs' icons

RE: dns zone transfer issues

2011-05-27 Thread Jimmy Tran
the two locations? ASB (Professional Bio http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio ) Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: I am trying to add an IP address of a DNS server (in a different forest

RE: dns zone transfer issues

2011-05-27 Thread Jimmy Tran
PM, Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com wrote: Yes, there is connectivity and the forest trusts are valid. jimmy From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 9:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: dns zone transfer issues Hey, Jimmy Have you

RE: microsoft support with MCITP certification?

2011-05-12 Thread Jimmy Tran
and or TechNet packages. Webster From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Subject: microsoft support with MCITP certification? Does anyone know if Microsoft provides any free support if you have a MCITP Cert? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http

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