RE: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless

2010-10-13 Thread John Hornbuckle
D'oh! From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 2:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless Then you will be 99.91% sure! Webster From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Subject: RE:

RE: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless

2010-10-13 Thread John Hornbuckle
the event ID's was insufficient for me to research them further. Googling the event ID description text may also be useful. Good luck. Carl From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 1:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: G

RE: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless

2010-10-13 Thread John Hornbuckle
Wireless gpupdate /force Also eventid.net is your friend. Carl From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 12:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless Gpresult /v shows something odd. Below is an edit

RE: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless

2010-10-13 Thread John Hornbuckle
ing gpresult /v - especially the one about always waiting for network. Carl From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless Short version: Is there a trick to improving g

RE: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless

2010-10-13 Thread John Hornbuckle
m] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless Software Installation will not happen over what GP determines is a Slow Link on 2008 and R2. So turn off Slow Link detection and see if that helps. Webster From: John H

RE: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless

2010-10-13 Thread John Hornbuckle
at GP determines is a Slow Link on 2008 and R2. So turn off Slow Link detection and see if that helps. Webster From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Subject: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless Short version: Is there a trick to improving group policy processing when a

RE: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless

2010-10-13 Thread John Hornbuckle
point. From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless Does logging in twice initiate the software install, or not? On 13 October 2010 15:39, John Hornbuckle mailto:john.hornbuc...@t

RE: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless

2010-10-13 Thread John Hornbuckle
tware installation policy won't occur, as it is supposed to happen before login, as you say. I've seen it do the software install when the user logs back out and goes to log in again. On 13 October 2010 15:46, John Hornbuckle mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> wrote: The poli

RE: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless

2010-10-13 Thread John Hornbuckle
13 October 2010 15:39, John Hornbuckle mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> wrote: There's "Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon," but I've already got that enabled. John From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com<mailto

RE: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless

2010-10-13 Thread John Hornbuckle
to the DC is fine once you get the [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Del] window. You can log in (including as someone who has never logged into the machine before), ping the DC, browse to \\domain\syvol, and so on. It's just that at that point, group policy processing seems to have given up. My machi

Group Policy Problems Over Wireless

2010-10-13 Thread John Hornbuckle
never logged into the machine before), ping the DC, browse to \\domain\syvol, and so on. It's just that at that point, group policy processing seems to have given up. My machines aren't figuring out that they've been added to a new group. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylo

RE: Could use your feedback...

2010-10-11 Thread John Hornbuckle
of people in my organization can't put a face to the name. The annual training lets me go out in the field and get face-time with everypme, which is really important when trying to build a relationship between IT and users. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.t

RE: Could use your feedback...

2010-10-11 Thread John Hornbuckle
So, it seems kind of silly to ask users to select "Myth" or "Truth" when they can look at the outline on the left of the screen and clearly see the answer. Maybe those slide titles could be changed so as not to give away the answer? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor Co

RE: Replacement for Windows 7 Offline files?

2010-10-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
We use folder redirection for users' desktops and My Documents folders, and offline files so that they'll still have access to their stuff if they lose connection to the network. Can't say I've seen any clicking necessary, except in cases of file version conflicts.

RE: Interesting run-down on Stuxnet from F-Secure

2010-10-07 Thread John Hornbuckle
Ah-this one confirms that it uses the two zero-day exploits to get around users running with limited permissions. And that it doesn't work on 64-bit OS flavors. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com]

RE: Interesting run-down on Stuxnet from F-Secure

2010-10-07 Thread John Hornbuckle
An interesting read. Would running without elevated permissions eliminate the risk of infection? Or do the two zero-day exploits (privilege escalation via keyboard layout file and privilege escalation via Task Scheduler) allow infection even when running as a limited user? John Hornbuckle

RE: Opinions on Netbooks...

2010-10-05 Thread John Hornbuckle
I recently got a ThinkPad X100e because it has a bigger screen than other netbooks. It's 11.6", which gives a resolution of 1366x768. It's still small and light, though, and gets decent battery life. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.t

RE: Calculating SAN TCO?

2010-09-29 Thread John Hornbuckle
You make an excellent argument for EMC. But then again, they did cause the government of Virginia to shut down. So, those gurls had better be VERY special and VERY pretty. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Amit Hanji [mailto:amit.ha

RE: OT: Early Friday Funny...

2010-09-29 Thread John Hornbuckle
eople with the certs/degrees are more knowledgeable. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 9:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Early Friday

RE: OT: Your Friday Night Wiring p0rn

2010-09-26 Thread John Hornbuckle
+1 for Velcro. We quit using plastic ties ages ago. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us<http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us> From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 12:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues S

RE: OT: Your Friday Night Wiring p0rn

2010-09-26 Thread John Hornbuckle
me by just pulling a cable here and there. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us<http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 9:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE:

RE: Handling AD Direct Reports

2010-09-23 Thread John Hornbuckle
ne-off. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com> c - 312.731.3132 From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 10:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Handling AD Direct Reports We hav

Handling AD Direct Reports

2010-09-23 Thread John Hornbuckle
asy way to do this that I'm missing? Something other than moving each employee one by one? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public re

RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware

2010-09-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
are.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware http://vipre.malwarebytes.org/ Free. And the combination really works. From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday

RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware

2010-09-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
M To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware Do you do URL filtering? I work on the theory A/V should be the last line, stop them getting there in the first place. From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: 15 September 2010

RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware

2010-09-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
elete, then delete those, then delete the key from the registry. That's all it takes-the next time the user logs in, everything is clean. It's not horribly painful, but it gets old doing it again and again. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.tayl

RE: IE9 beta

2010-09-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
Ooh! Can this run alongside with the 32-bit version (that is, run 64-bit Square in 64-bit IE and the regular 32-bit 10.1 in 32-bit IE)? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:malcolm.re

RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware

2010-09-15 Thread John Hornbuckle
s GOOD there ain't nothin' like it, and when it's BAD there ain't nothin' like it! On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:20 PM, John Hornbuckle mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> wrote: The "Security Tools" malware is about to drive me insane. My users keep

#*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware

2010-09-15 Thread John Hornbuckle
of EXE's-but this would also prevent users from doing things like installing safe plug-ins from websites, so it's not a first resort. Suggestions? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most

RE: Resume's

2010-09-15 Thread John Hornbuckle
I refuse. My bank has online billpay, which I use for vendors who don't have an online system. The bank will either transfer the money to them (if they're capable of receiving it electronically), or mail them a check-which costs me nothing. John From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smit

RE: Resume's

2010-09-15 Thread John Hornbuckle
All I know is that my Netflix videos make it to me overnight, and back to them overnight-and I live in the middle of nowhere. From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Resume's Years ago, we _U

RE: OT : Malware alerts from McAfee, anyone experienced these yet ?

2010-09-10 Thread John Hornbuckle
What impact will attempting to run the worm as a non-elevated user have? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 9:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT

RE: Delegating Control

2010-08-31 Thread John Hornbuckle
oking at doing. But this will be a temporary endeavor, at > the end of which the user will no longer need to be able to do that. > So, how do I undo what the wizard does in this case? > > > > > > > > John Hornbuckle > > MIS Department > > Taylor Cou

Delegating Control

2010-08-31 Thread John Hornbuckle
y endeavor, at the end of which the user will no longer need to be able to do that. So, how do I undo what the wizard does in this case? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communicati

RE: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.68 billion

2010-08-19 Thread John Hornbuckle
AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.68 billion LOL, U have stock? Fear... Tech is ebil these days... Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: John Hornb

RE: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.68 billion

2010-08-19 Thread John Hornbuckle
Just what my Intel stock needed. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Simon Butler [mailto:si...@sembee.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 7:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.68 billion Here is a

RE: De-duping recommendation

2010-08-09 Thread John Hornbuckle
I can second ExaGrid; we're using their solution here, and have had no problems. I don't know how it compares with alternatives in terms of price, though. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: Chy

RE: OT: Web Content Management Systems

2010-08-05 Thread John Hornbuckle
hat's the site that showcases themes, correct? If so, it's just a slick front end to find themes designs you like. Most of them are the same themes you'll find on Drupal's site. I use them all the time. On Aug 5, 2010, at 9:48 AM, John Hornbuckle wrote: > I've be

RE: OT: Web Content Management Systems

2010-08-05 Thread John Hornbuckle
ed on shared hosting accounts ranging from $6 - $11 per month. Like all things, I assume you get what you pay for, for the most part. On Aug 5, 2010, at 9:13 AM, John Hornbuckle wrote: > Drupal and Joomla are the two I seem to be hearing the most about in > researching this topic. > >

RE: OT: Web Content Management Systems

2010-08-05 Thread John Hornbuckle
.edu) > > Pros > Tons of contributed functionality. > Easy to setup. > PHP based. > Highly customizable. > Free. > > Cons > To be honest, I really haven't found any. I've been able to find > existing code for almost anything we wanted to do. I just tweak fr

OT: Web Content Management Systems

2010-08-05 Thread John Hornbuckle
hat web CMS are you guys using, and what are the pros/cons of it? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to t

RE: Guilty, will change after reading this.

2010-08-03 Thread John Hornbuckle
roy a surge protector, but wouldn't harm equipment plugged directly into the UPS? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 1:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Gu

RE: Passwords on paper? Seriously?

2010-07-15 Thread John Hornbuckle
I'm not arguing with Schneier, though! From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Passwords on paper? Seriously? I'm weirder than I thought, it would NEVER occur to me to tell someone to have *any* password on paper AN

RE: Help Desk, or No?

2010-07-13 Thread John Hornbuckle
rvice provider to be able to offer a useful level of help to our users. Even the "I can't print" issues can be complex for someone without the knowledge that an insider has, like knowing that certain trick to get that specific model of printer to work with that one special application

RE: Help Desk, or No?

2010-07-13 Thread John Hornbuckle
with a copy of every survey coming to me so that I can ensure we're maintaining our desired levels of service quality. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Tues

RE: ATT outage 07/09/10?

2010-07-13 Thread John Hornbuckle
sues Subject: Re: ATT outage 07/09/10? Doesn't it make it worse now? Jon On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Dennis Hoefer mailto:dhoe...@ufcoop.com>> wrote: Sounds like your algorithm is corrupt. Apple has an app for that - -Original Message----- From: "John Hornbuckle&q

RE: Internet Proxy - Group Policy Question

2010-07-12 Thread John Hornbuckle
network infrastructure. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Internet Proxy - Group Policy Question Good Afternoon all, I have

RE: ATT outage 07/09/10?

2010-07-10 Thread John Hornbuckle
I'm in north Florida, and my service started acting spotty on Friday. I'm still having issues this morning-I'm between one bar and no signal in an area where I normally have 3-4 bars. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us<http://ww

RE: How to block, but not block?!

2010-06-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
But of course, the machine would be locked down so as to prevent the installation or execution of a third-party screenshot tool. :-) John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com

RE: How to block, but not block?!

2010-06-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/information-rights-management-in-the-2007-microsoft-office-system-HA010102918.aspx John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: gro...@beachcomp.com [mailto:gro

RESOLVED: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
27;s desktop to appear while scripts are still running, which allows wscript to run the looping script in the background. So now the only thing to do is to watch and make sure that changing that setting doesn't break some other script, but I'm cautiously optimistic that it won't.

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
8&displaylang=en If you have WSUS, you can push it out that way. On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:07 PM, John Hornbuckle mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> wrote: That one looks promising-although we still have a number of XP machines in our environment. From: Jonathan Link [

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
://www.grouppolicy.biz/2010/01/how-to-schedule-a-delayed-start-logon-script-with-group-policy/ On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 11:59 AM, John Hornbuckle mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> wrote: Super simple code, though (although conceivably a service that accomplished a similar task woul

RE: RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
Droid On Jun 8, 2010 11:27 AM, "John Hornbuckle" mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> wrote: I appreciate input from all--it's certainly welcome--but in the end I have to make the decisions that I feel are best for my organization. And for me, running a simple logon scr

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
bility of the entire IT ecosystem (definitely a possibility) b) you are using a kludgey solution (possible, given that no one on this list has ever mentioned this problem before in the >10 years I've been on this list) Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:jo

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 11:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Nested VBS in logon scripts So, others have already done what you're trying to do? On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 11:07 AM, John Hornbuckle mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> wrot

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
11:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Nested VBS in logon scripts On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 10:58 AM, John Hornbuckle mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> wrote: They threw around the idea of having a service, but that's not a panacea; it potentially opens a new can of w

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
m not sure what other "can of worms" issues there are... Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Tuesday, 8 June 2010 10:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts No one *should* be runnin

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
uch the only other login script we run is one that maps drives. Any thoughts? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disc

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
pplications that use HTTP also support this. If your vendor really needs this functionality, get them to write a service. It's quite simple in .NET (for example), and far more robust than a .vbs. Frankly, it sounds like your vendor sucks. Cheers Ken -----Original Message- From: John H

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
He has homebrew on the brain. -Original Message- From: Kent, Larry CTR US USA [mailto:larry.k...@us.army.mil] Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts (UNCLASSIFIED) Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO "barley"?

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
Plus, I don't want users to be able to provide credentials other than the ones they used to log into a computer. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Nested VBS in logo

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
Well, they do have an alternative--something that runs on DCs and monitors for login/logout events and reports them to the overmind (can't wait for the next StarCraft, by the way). But I'm really funny about what I put on my servers, and didn't like the idea of running an app like that on all o

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
I'm thinking iBoss is thinking about non-IE browsers, and wanting to cover their bases there. Plus, they filter other protocols like IM, filesharing, and such. Those apps wouldn't pass on AD authentication info the way IE would. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 9:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Nested VBS in logon scripts On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 8:34 AM, John Hornbuckle wrote: > It's possible to just send that info when the user logs into the > computer, but accord

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
Issues Subject: RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts Ayup. \\server\share\file.bat And have it "cscript x.vbs" Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message----- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Se

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
logon scripts Can you run the scripts separately instead of one not calling another? >>> John Hornbuckle >>> mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> >>> 6/8/2010 9:18 AM >>> The first one doesn't work. It doesn't give an error, but it doesn'

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
no confirmation prompt asking the user if they're sure they want to run it)? -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 5:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Nested VBS in logon scripts On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 4:35 PM, J

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
ripts supposed to be doing (particularly the one that sits around and waits)? I have to agree that this is a hideous kludge... -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 4:05 PM, John Hornbuckle mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> wrote: I'm not a logon script or W

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-07 Thread John Hornbuckle
rica Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com<mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com> Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 From: John Hornbuckle mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> To:"NT System Admin Issues" mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-07 Thread John Hornbuckle
haven't sold their solution elsewhere. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message----- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 4:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject

RE: Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-07 Thread John Hornbuckle
nt: Monday, June 07, 2010 4:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Nested VBS in logon scripts On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 4:05 PM, John Hornbuckle wrote: > objShell.Run "\\server\path\SecondScript.vbs", 0, False First, try: objShell.Run "\\server\path\SecondScrip

Nested VBS in logon scripts

2010-06-07 Thread John Hornbuckle
7;re the only installation they've seen this issue in. Could there be some group policy we have in place that would cause the behavior we're seeing? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records

RE: Spotty DNS forwarding killing us

2010-06-03 Thread John Hornbuckle
d Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Spotty DNS forwarding killi

RE: Spotty DNS forwarding killing us

2010-06-03 Thread John Hornbuckle
d Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Spotty DNS forwa

RE: Spotty DNS forwarding killing us

2010-06-03 Thread John Hornbuckle
but going out to the internet is sketchy. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: John Hornbuckle

Spotty DNS forwarding killing us

2010-06-03 Thread John Hornbuckle
g right up-so it's not as though everything my DNS servers do is slow. It's only the external forwarding that's problematic. Traceroutes and pings to the external DNS servers show no problems. So I'm stumped. What the heck could be going on here? John Hornbuckle MIS Depa

RE: Big Changes Ahead for IT - Anyone seen this?

2010-05-26 Thread John Hornbuckle
+1 From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Big Changes Ahead for IT - Anyone seen this? The fact is that as technology becomes more prevalent, MOST people desire to learn less about it. The ubiquity of autom

RE: OT, vintage memories

2010-05-20 Thread John Hornbuckle
Thanks for this; it made me feel a bit younger since most of those things were before my time! :-) John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 2:28 PM To: NT System

RE: sunbelt IRC channel/Server

2010-05-11 Thread John Hornbuckle
IRC? I feel like I just stepped out of a time machine and back into the 20th century! ;-) John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us<http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us> From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010

RE: Chkdsk on RAID 5

2010-05-05 Thread John Hornbuckle
'm prepared for the possibility that it will make things worse. John -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 11:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Chkdsk on RAID 5 On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:41 AM, John Hornbuckle wr

Chkdsk on RAID 5

2010-05-05 Thread John Hornbuckle
ctors. But is the /f parameter safe? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media

RE: Chkdsk on RAID 5

2010-05-05 Thread John Hornbuckle
a Windows-based software RAID, it should likewise be able to handle it. Chkdsk fixes the file system, and it shouldn't matter what the underlying hardware is. Bill Mayo ____ From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, May 0

RE: Problem with RAID 5 Array

2010-05-04 Thread John Hornbuckle
16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Problem with RAID 5 Array On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:26 AM, John Hornbuckle wrote: > So, what gives? The array reports everything is fine. But obviously, > something is funky. I can restore the four corrupt files from a > backup-that's

Problem with RAID 5 Array

2010-05-04 Thread John Hornbuckle
everything is fine. But obviously, something is funky. I can restore the four corrupt files from a backup-that's no problem. But not if I can't first delete the bad versions. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us NOTICE: Florida has a b

RE: need suggestions...iPad in a Windows enterprise, anyone?

2010-04-21 Thread John Hornbuckle
at the iPad was designed as a consumer device. That doesn't mean that it can't serve some functions in some industries, though. Bill -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:29 AM To: NT System Admin

RE: need suggestions...iPad in a Windows enterprise, anyone?

2010-04-21 Thread John Hornbuckle
Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.com -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: need suggestions...iPad in a Windows

RE: need suggestions...iPad in a Windows enterprise, anyone?

2010-04-21 Thread John Hornbuckle
ce for the enterprise. At least from what I can tell. But I'd love to be wrong on this, because we like the idea of the iPad here, too. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@p

RE: need suggestions...iPad in a Windows enterprise, anyone?

2010-04-21 Thread John Hornbuckle
tical. Virtually every doctor's office and hospital I've ever been to was a PC shop. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: paul d [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: n

RE: please don't change your password!

2010-04-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
It depends on the value of the data compromised. Let's say that the user whose password is known produces $100 per day of information. Depending on the specifics of the situation, that could mean that each day that an unauthorized user has access to the information costs the organization $100.

RE: please don't change your password!

2010-04-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
Balancing the cost of particular security measures against the cost of damages that could result from not having them is tricky, and I'll readily admit that it's something outside of my area of expertise. The field of risk management--which is what we're talking about here--is a specialized fiel

RE: please don't change your password!

2010-04-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
herefore, the difference between 30 days and infinity is negligible. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:02 AM, John Hornbuckle mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> wrote: How do we mitigate the effect of passwords compromised as a result of social engineering? User

RE: please don't change your password!

2010-04-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
ials -- ex-employees. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:40 AM, John Hornbuckle mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> wrote: Is your position that passwords should never be changed? From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:malcolm.re...@live.com<mailto:malcolm.

RE: please don't change your password!

2010-04-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
e latter. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:27 AM, John Hornbuckle mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> wrote: I agree that scripted attacks (which aren't mitigated by password changes) dominate, and targeted attacks are less common. Nevertheless, th

RE: please don't change your password!

2010-04-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
force attacks without having to be changed. And, if you know a user's password this month, you are probably 95% of the way to knowing his password next month (change a digit at the end, pick the next kid's name, etc.). -Malcolm From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.

RE: please don't change your password!

2010-04-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
evated rights. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 8:51 AM, John Hornbuckle mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> wrote: There's a flaw in the logic. The Globe article states: " . . . [U]sers are admonished to change passwords regularly, bu

RE: please don't change your password!

2010-04-16 Thread John Hornbuckle
60 days, for instance, the bad guy will only have 60 days to try to determine the user's password. This is generally considered to be better than the bad guy having an infinite amount of time to try to determine it. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www

Searching AD by Computer Description (RESOLVED)

2010-04-15 Thread John Hornbuckle
allow for any characters after the 96. -Bonnie From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Searching AD by Computer Description I'm not sure how to view the query string. ADUC is building the q

RE: Searching AD by Computer Description

2010-04-15 Thread John Hornbuckle
er Description What does your ADUC query string look like? -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Searching AD by Computer Description This s

RE: Searching AD by Computer Description

2010-04-14 Thread John Hornbuckle
This sounded like the easiest solution, but I can't get it to work consistently for me. For instance, say I have three machines with these descriptions: Machine123 Machine223 Machine323 I'm in ADUC, I create a search by description, and I put "*23" (not including the quotation marks). My search

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