Re: Datadomain / Exagrid - Backup Times over Cat5

2013-04-10 Thread Jon D
True. I'm trying to backup ~4TB in under 12 hours. 8 hours would be nice... I think a single 1Gig Cat5 cable is going to get me around 23 hours at around 850Mbps On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Jon D rekcahp

Re: Datadomain / Exagrid - Backup Times over Cat5

2013-04-09 Thread Jon D
Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Jon D rekcahp...@gmail.com wrote: I'm trying to wrap my head around the speed of backup appliances like Data Domain and Exagrid. The thing that doesn't make sense to me

Wireless controller for 2 APs?

2012-04-17 Thread Jon D
I'm new to enterprise wireless. I'm setting up 2 APs to share out a fios connection for our conference rooms. 100% seperate from our corporate network. Our IT consultants is trying to sell a cisco wireless controller to manage the APs. Does this sound like overkill to anyone? Do you really need a

Re: Wireless controller for 2 APs?

2012-04-17 Thread Jon D
for only 2 ap's. -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Wireless controller for 2 APs? I'm new to enterprise wireless. I'm setting up 2 APs to share out a fios connection for our

Re: web filtering

2012-04-02 Thread Jon D
Sorry to bump up this old thread, but has anyone seen reviews on which web filters catch zero day viruses the best? We get some targeted emails with links to websites that then load flash/java/acrobat zero day viruses. Thanks, Jon On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Dean Cunningham

Exchange Disaster Recovery Solutions

2012-03-20 Thread Jon D
Outside of using a DAG, what other technologies are youguys using to replicate exchange data to your DR sites? I saw that google/postini had an exchange message continuity solution that they're apparently phasing out. It looks like http://www.mimecast.com offeres something simular. Anyone have

Re: PGP + SSD = No boot?

2011-08-18 Thread Jon D
any useful input, or have you contacted them yet? Do they have the same issues if the machines are built fresh and not an image? Dave -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 4:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PGP

Re: PGP + SSD = No boot?

2011-08-17 Thread Jon D
: BTDT. You need PGP Desktop client 10.1.2. We have newer Dell's that borked when encryption was done with the earlier client version. Contact PGPerrSymantec support and get 10.1.2 or later. Dave -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday

PGP + SSD = No boot?

2011-08-16 Thread Jon D
Has anyone here had issues with PGP Whole Disk Encryption not booting when used with SSD hard drives? Our helpdesk asked me, and I don't know. Seems like around 10% of the laptops they're rolling out will work for a few days and then then it seems like PGP loses the location of the partition or

Do you have a IT blog?

2011-08-01 Thread Jon D
Just curious if anyone here has an IT related blog? I was thinking about starting one. Looking for inspiration. . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here:

Re: Training (was RE: Error message in logs)

2011-08-01 Thread Jon D
There's no excuse for a company not to pay for training for their IT staff. Unless they make up for it in higher than average pay, or lower than average responsibilities. Every job is different, but where I work, I have know master at least 50 different high level technologies, and stay up on

Re: Do you have a IT blog?

2011-08-01 Thread Jon D
] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 12:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Do you have a IT blog? Yes. -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 1:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Do you have a IT blog? Just curious

Re: Win7 UAC - is your on or off?

2011-07-01 Thread Jon D
Off. We have too many custom scripts that can't run with it on. The users would be less secure w/o the scripts than w/o UAC. On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:33 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: Do any of you turn this off? I had our Service Desk Manager look at me like I had two heads when I

Re: Be Very Wary of The Cloud...

2011-06-27 Thread Jon D
The Cloud is just another name for outsoucing. If the cloud takes hold, datacenters will quick enough move to China/India and the IT profession in the US will be dead. A few cisco guys will be left over to keep the internet up, and that's about it. Fight the cloud! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint

Re: Be Very Wary of The Cloud...

2011-06-27 Thread Jon D
reason why I should pay 2x - whether that be data sovereignty, or because the second guy brings more to the field. Otherwise ,it's no different to having two job applicants except one wants to be paid 2x as much. -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent

Re: Not as OT as you might think IMO. Facebook facial recognition

2011-06-09 Thread Jon D
Google's Gmail + Facebook = 'Probabality index database'(how likely you are to be up to something no good) Public cameras + Face reconization + 'Probabality index database' = Police knowing who to watch 1984 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

VPN Connection from behind Cisco ASA Firewall? -- Anything special?

2011-04-04 Thread Jon D
I'm a firewall newb. If someone wanted to connect to a remote VPN from inside my network, is there anything I would have to do to my Cisco ASA firewall? Most things just work when it's an outbound connection, but I'm not sure if VPN connections are different? Thanks, Jon . ~ Finally, powerful

Forefront TMG -- Reverse Proxy OWA

2011-03-21 Thread Jon D
Anyone here use Forefront TMG to reverse proxy outlook web access on Exchange 2010? I like the idea of OWA/ActiveSync/OutlookAnywhere being in a DMZ, but it definitally adds cost. I'm curious if anyone has done it, if they recommend it, any issues, etc. Thanks, Jon ~ Finally, powerful endpoint

Re: Exchange Database -- VMDK or RAW?

2011-03-15 Thread Jon D
Awesome Ken! Thanks! Do you backup with something like ESXRanger or Veeam? If so, any issues with them backing up huge VMDKs? Thanks, Jon On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Ken Cornetet ken.corne...@kimball.com wrote: VMDK. We have two mailbox servers handling about 4000 mailboxes each. Each

Exchange Database -- VMDK or RAW?

2011-03-14 Thread Jon D
For those who have your Exchange boxes inside of VMWare, did you put your databases inside VMDK files, or did you go RAW? VMDK seems like it would be easier to manage, but I'm wondering about size issues, performance, etc. Thanks, Jon ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource

Re: Exchange Database -- VMDK or RAW?

2011-03-14 Thread Jon D
the drives on the fly when we needed to add space for some reason.  I know you can do the same with VMDK files, but don't have any experience with RAW drives. -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: wiping drives in a RAID

2011-01-04 Thread Jon D
Do you have to configure Raid 0 before wiping, or does it matter? I would be a little nervous something like Raid 5 would leave data somewhere??? . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage

Outlook dropping connection after windows updates

2010-12-16 Thread Jon D
Wondering if anyone else is having the problem and if anyone has figured it out yet. I google it and saw some other people have the same issue this morning, but no solutions yet. Issue: When they open Outlook, the bubble will pop up on the taskbar stating connection to exchange has been lost then

Re: Outlook dropping connection after windows updates

2010-12-16 Thread Jon D
wrote: Try disabling the Outlook Connector add-in. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 9:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject

Re: Outlook dropping connection after windows updates

2010-12-16 Thread Jon D
. To Life. -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 8:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Outlook dropping connection after windows updates Wondering if anyone else is having the problem and if anyone has figured it out yet

Re: Outlook dropping connection after windows updates

2010-12-16 Thread Jon D
/ol4law-amazon Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2007: http://tinyurl.com/abaword2007 -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 07:43 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Outlook dropping connection after windows updates

Connecting an ASA Firewall directly to internet ethernet dropoff ?

2010-11-03 Thread Jon D
If you have an ethernet drop off to the internet, and a new Cisco ASA, and no router, can you connect it to the internet? I have a CIDR range, and a Serial range. Right now I have 1 interface with an inside natted address and 1 interface with a serial ip. Should I have a 3rd interface configured

Re: Connecting an ASA Firewall directly to internet ethernet dropoff ?

2010-11-03 Thread Jon D
Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.com -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 9:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Connecting an ASA Firewall directly to internet ethernet

Re: Connecting an ASA Firewall directly to internet ethernet dropoff ?

2010-11-03 Thread Jon D
!) Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.com -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 10:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re

Moving Page File on Exchange Server -- Anything to look out for?

2010-10-22 Thread Jon D
My exchange 2k3 box has it's exchange apps on C, and database and logs on other drives. The C drive is almost full. One of the things on C that I can move is the system page file. Is there anything special with moving a page file on an exchange server, anything to look out for, or just same as

Windows 7 UAC and Scripting -- What's everyone doing?

2010-06-16 Thread Jon D
I'm curious what everyone else is doing as far as UAC is concerned. It seems to really get in the way of a lot of in-house scripts(we have TONS of scripts). We've played around with the 'runas' command, with 3rd party 'runas' tools, etc, but it seems like all have issues somewhere. So basically

Re: Windows 7 UAC and Scripting -- What's everyone doing?

2010-06-16 Thread Jon D
that requires you to need to elevate permissions? On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Jon D rekcahp...@gmail.com wrote: I'm curious what everyone else is doing as far as UAC is concerned. It seems to really get in the way of a lot of in-house scripts(we have TONS of scripts). We've played around

Re: There is a new Certification in town... I passed my CISSP

2010-03-05 Thread Jon D
Congrats! How many hours of studying a day did you average during the 8 months? Best, Jon ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

Managing iPhones in a corporate environment?

2010-02-11 Thread Jon D
I'm curious how everyone else who allows iPhones manages them in terms of remote wipe, password policies, encryption, etc. I know there are a few 3rd party software packages like 'Good for Enterprise' and Sybase but I know nothing about them Are any better than the others? Any issues with

Re: Managing iPhones in a corporate environment?

2010-02-11 Thread Jon D
Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Managing iPhones in a corporate environment? I'm curious how everyone else who allows iPhones manages them in terms of remote wipe, password policies, encryption

Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

2010-01-12 Thread Jon D
I'm curious for those whose company requires them to get certifications, if the company also gives them time to study at work. One of the partners where I work wants me to get a new certification that's probably 1,000-1,400 hours of study time. Is it too much to ask for an hour a day of study time

Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

2010-01-12 Thread Jon D
Seems like the general consensus is no. I figured as much, but figured I would check around before I just suck it up. Answers to questions below: What cert is that? The partner wants me to get EnCase certified, but I'm thinking CISSP instead. My job title is 'Systems Engineer' and the majority

Re: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

2010-01-12 Thread Jon D
Hahaha. Nice. Believe it or not, we actually had a position in our IT Dept called Application Support Specialist. No Joke. On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Devin Meade devin.me...@gmail.com wrote: Sarcasm Alert You can get a Certified Application Security Specialist here:

Re: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Jon D
Firefox auto updates itself for patches, but what about major versions? Do you have a trick to make sure a user who has a 3 year old laptop isn't way behind in versions? . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

TraceRoute Timout -- Normal???

2009-09-10 Thread Jon D
I've never paid enough attention. When youguys do a tracert to your wan links, is it normal to get a timeout somewhere along the way, like maybe right after your border router? I'm assuming the answer is 'NO', but I just wanted to verify. I have users complaining about speed. I see some high

Re: TraceRoute Timout -- Normal???

2009-09-10 Thread Jon D
traffic, making them 'stealth' to some scripted attacks that target addresses that respond. Erik Goldoff IT  Consultant Systems, Networks, Security -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:07 AM To: NT System Admin

Re: TraceRoute Timout -- Normal???

2009-09-10 Thread Jon D
Awesome! Thanks Ben! On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Jon D rekcahp...@gmail.com wrote: I've never paid enough attention. When youguys do a tracert to your wan links, is it normal to get a timeout somewhere along

Re: Slow desktop logons.

2009-08-21 Thread Jon D
Wireless service disabled? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

Re: XBox mod hacker could face 10 years in prison !!!

2009-08-13 Thread Jon D
Doesn't make me think twice about jailbreaking the iphone as much as it makes me think twice about continuing to live in the land of the free. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Erik Goldoffegold...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: BackupExec 11d and Exchange 2003 restore

2009-07-23 Thread Jon D
Was the database backed up, and just not the individual mailboxes? If so, there's an easier way. On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Craig Gaussgau...@rhahealthcare.org wrote: Our backup was not setup correctly and we need to restore a mailbox.  I am following the doc at

Server 2008 and Windows Updates

2009-07-17 Thread Jon D
Has anyone had issues with Windows 2008 Server giving error when you try to manually check for windows updates? I have a fresh install, and it's doing it. After spending a day messing with it, I rebuilt it and same thing. Fresh install, nothing custom. The error code is 80072EE2. I've google it

Backing up VMWare ESX servers -- What do you use?

2009-07-13 Thread Jon D
In the past I've used a 3rd party app called 'ESX Ranger' which really didn't work that great, but it was okay. I'm wondering what everyone else uses to backup their ESX servers. Thanks in advance, Jon . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Backing up VMWare ESX servers -- What do you use?

2009-07-13 Thread Jon D
host servers or the virtual machines they are providing resources to? Shook -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 3:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backing up VMWare ESX servers -- What do you use? In the past I've used

Re: Backing up VMWare ESX servers -- What do you use?

2009-07-13 Thread Jon D
. It even has the ability to do a file restore from a mounted image. What didn't work for you? -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 1:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backing up VMWare ESX servers -- What do you use

Re: Windows 7 RC

2009-05-11 Thread Jon D
Anyone having issues joining Windows 7 RC1 to a domain? I heard a rumor about an issue, so I haven't tried yet. I know beta works perfect on a domain. Thanks, Jon . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/

Re: Citrix on VMWare platform

2009-05-07 Thread Jon D
I had a 4.0 citrix box on esx for 3 years, and the rest of the farm physical. While the virtual server couldn't hold as many users, it seems fine. I made sure the other servers on the esx box had lowered priority on everything. Lower processor rights, lower memory rights, etc, etc. . ~ Finally,

Re: Anybody else having patch deployment issues?

2009-04-23 Thread Jon D
One of my domain controllers hung on reboot last night after windows patches. Had to hard power it down this morning. Jon . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

nmap and EMC Sans

2009-04-02 Thread Jon D
Has anyone had any issues running the newer nmap builds against a EMC SAN? I got a bunch of TCP warnings from my SAN yesterday as I was doing an nmap scan. I'm not 100% if they're correlated or not. I don't want to run another scan right now to determine if it's definitally a correlation since

Re: Conflicker detector

2009-04-01 Thread Jon D
0 issues here. Jon . On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Andy Crellin andy.crel...@lcdisability.org wrote: Just had our first attack - single machine (out of an estate of over 2000), damage limited to just a few locked out accounts by the looks of it. Andy Crellin Technical Services

Re: Conflicker detector

2009-03-31 Thread Jon D
FYI - eEye has a free conflicker scanner: Conficker Worm Free Scanner This free scanner is designed to identify infected hosts remotely and anonymously without causing any disruption in business continuity. http://www.eeye.com/html/downloads/other/ConfickerScanner.html Jon . ~ Finally,

CDW Technology Seminar -- Anyone ever been to one?

2009-03-31 Thread Jon D
I got envited by CDW to be flown out to their technology seminar. I've never been to one, and I'm wondering if anyone here has been, and if so, is it worth the time to go? Thanks, Jon . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Free Conficker Scanner

2009-03-31 Thread Jon D
Can you access the remote share on said computers? I've noticed on computers with their firewall setup wrong(blocking sharing) that it would read as incomplete. The tool did find 1 computer on my network that was missing 20+ patches. Not sure what happened there. Jon . On Tue, Mar 31,

Re: Conflicker detector

2009-03-30 Thread Jon D
How about netcat listening on the ports it brodcasts on (139?), and have netcat piped to a text file, and then just do a batch file loop that reads the text file and if anything is in it, do a net send to you.. Jon On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 8:47 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote:

Re: April 1st Conflicker Version C to erupt

2009-03-27 Thread Jon D
What happens if you simply disable the browser, and server service, and disable autorun? Will that pretty much do the trick? . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

Re: Can not open PST files

2009-03-24 Thread Jon D
If you have snapshots turned on on your file server, then your users huge PSTs are getting backed up during every snapshot if they do ANYTHING to the PST. Solution is to have users break up their PST to smaller files, and reduce the number of snapshots you do. And/or schedule a weekly reboot.

Re: Can not open PST files

2009-03-24 Thread Jon D
Newer versions of adobe acrobat have a really nice indexed email to pdf option. On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Eric Wittersheim eric.wittersh...@gmail.com wrote: How about saving a copy of the emails in that folder with the documents? You can save in Text, HTML, or Outlook format. On

WSUS -- How many Gigs is your server?

2009-03-12 Thread Jon D
My 35gig drive just filled up on my WSUS SP1 box. I tried running the WSUS cleanup wizard, and the disk cleanup wizard, but they didn't free much at all. I only have english selected, and I don't have products I don't use selected. 35 Gigs just seems like a lot... How many gigs is everyone elses

Re: WSUS -- How many Gigs is your server?

2009-03-12 Thread Jon D
are downloading all the languages? -- ME2 On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Jon D rekcahp...@gmail.com wrote: My 35gig drive just filled up on my WSUS SP1 box. I tried running the WSUS cleanup wizard, and the disk cleanup wizard, but they didn't free much at all. I only have english selected, and I

Re: Incorporate, LLC, or ???

2009-02-23 Thread Jon D
Anyone know how to go about operating under more than 1 name? Say if you wanted 'Jons IT Consulting' AND 'Jons Network Hardware'. Do you just need 2 DBAs and operate as 1 business, or do you HAVE to keep everything seperate and operate as 2 businesses? On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Michael

Re: Used Cisco Equiment?

2009-02-05 Thread Jon D
PM, Jon D rekcahp...@gmail.com wrote: What I'm doing is buying used or refurbished gear instead of renewing smartnet. Used gear will sit on a shelf powered off. Should a production device break, I'll simply swap it. I would think that should be legal... It should be, but it isn't. As far

Used Cisco Equiment?

2009-02-04 Thread Jon D
Does anyone know of good places to buy used Cisco equiment? Other than ebay... Thanks in advance, Jon . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

Re: Used Cisco Equiment?

2009-02-04 Thread Jon D
, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Jon D rekcahp...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know of good places to buy used Cisco equiment? Be aware that the software license for the IOS/firmware is non-transferable. So you need to buy new licenses from Cisco for everything to be legal. http://www.cisco.com/web

Training -- Where do you go?

2009-01-20 Thread Jon D
For the last several years I've been going to Global Knowledge for my IT training. I'm wondering where everyone else goes? If there is anywhere better or not. Thanks in advance . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Training -- Where do you go?

2009-01-20 Thread Jon D
of Hard Knocks. -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Training -- Where do you go? For the last several years I've been going to Global Knowledge for my IT training. I'm wondering

PageFile error with new MS Update?????

2009-01-14 Thread Jon D
I've got 2 users so far this morning with invalid page file errors after installing the windows update for XP that came out yesterday. Anyone else have this issue? Anyone know the fix? Thanks, Jon . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: PageFile error with new MS Update?????

2009-01-14 Thread Jon D
. Never tell people everything you know. -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: PageFile error with new MS Update? I've got 2 users so far this morning with invalid page file errors

Re: PageFile error with new MS Update?????

2009-01-14 Thread Jon D
False alarm! It ended up being related to a change to the login script yesterday. One of the parts of the login script that copies templates to users computers was using robocopy with the /SEC option. Amazing.. :| On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com

Re: PageFile error with new MS Update?????

2009-01-14 Thread Jon D
...@activenetwerx.com wrote: So how the he!! did that affect the pagefile? -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PageFile error with new MS Update? False alarm! It ended up being

Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now

2009-01-08 Thread Jon D
Anyone have any inside info? Are we talking 12:01am tomorrow, or more like 4:00pm in the afternoon? On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Public beta tomorrow. I'll have to wait as I don't have MSDN. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c.

Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now

2009-01-08 Thread Jon D
, Jon D rekcahp...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone have any inside info? Are we talking 12:01am tomorrow, or more like 4:00pm in the afternoon? Everybody lied, it'll be available the day after tomorrow. (In other words: Sheesh, does it matter that much? If you're that worried about the precise

Re: C$ Permissions on a Domain Controller????

2008-12-30 Thread Jon D
if you need to. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 30 December 2008 8:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: C$ Permissions on a Domain Controller Anyone know what the proper permissions are on the C: drive of a Domain

C$ Permissions on a Domain Controller????

2008-12-29 Thread Jon D
Anyone know what the proper permissions are on the C: drive of a Domain Controller? Are they special or no? I'm doing a security audit and I came across 2 domain controllers that do not require a password to access their C$ share. You can't view the permissions of the share itself, but the

Search Engine Optimization Companies -- Any good ones?

2008-12-15 Thread Jon D
Our compnay is looking to hire a Search Enghine Optimization firm to tweak our website. Does anyone have any experience with any of them? I know there are a ton out there, and most are probably not that great. Thanks in advance, Jon . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a

PST Support in Exchange 12???

2008-11-12 Thread Jon D
I thought I read somewhere that in Microsoft Exchange 12, you will no longer be able to make archive .PST files. Anyone know the details on this? I've searched, but didn't find anything. Thanks in advance, Jon . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Adobe Patch -- How are youguys pushing it out

2008-11-07 Thread Jon D
I hate adobe. There's no easy way to push out these massively critical security patches. How are youguys doing it? My current plan is to write a script, and email it out to all our companies. Put some logging in the script so I can do an audit in a few days. Thanks in advance, Jon . ~

Screen Recording Software to document things -- What do you use?

2008-09-02 Thread Jon D
I'm wondering who else uses some sort of screen recording(video) software to document their work and what product they use. I've been using CamStudio for a long time, but the text in the videos are always kind of blurry and I'm just not that impressed. I tried a demo copy of Camtasia and it's

Re: MX Logic vs. Postini

2008-08-21 Thread Jon D
I have the same question. I've been with Postini for years and they're amazing. BUT, MXLogic has that continuity feature which Postini doesn't. Anyone know if Postini is planning on adding anything like that? They're usually on top of things... On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Andy Ognenoff

Re: After-hours work

2008-08-16 Thread Jon D
I'm #1. I'm on call 24x7x365. I don't get paid extra for it. I carry a blackberry. Work pays $40 of the $120 verizon bill. That said, I almost never get called. If I do, it's my Jr Systems Engineer with a simple question. I do have to do work that requires system downtime after hours(obviously),

Missing emails -- After exchange server outage

2008-06-04 Thread Jon D
Has anyone ever seen it where after your exchange server goes offline for an hour or so, that new emails to users during that time period goes into a folder called 'Sync Issues' - 'Server Failures'? I've never seen this before, and not sure what would cause it. I've had the exchange server down

Viewing .msg files on file servers

2008-05-23 Thread Jon D
Is there an easy way to view/preview .msg files if they've been saved to a file share? Say you copy 100 .msg files to a shared location, the only way to find a email is to open each one. I need a way to preview them like outlook does. I found one product, but I'm wondering if theres something

Re: Viewing .msg files on file servers

2008-05-23 Thread Jon D
, but maybe someone has created an add-on? -Bonnie -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 7:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Viewing .msg files on file servers Is there an easy way to view/preview .msg files if they've been saved

Re: Remote Control Application

2008-05-21 Thread Jon D
That's what I use. It doesn't require an install, and the user doesn't need to do anything. Assuming you have rights it just works. On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Michael Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: gencontrol ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~

Where do you want to be in 5 years? -- CIO, Manager, Same position???

2008-04-15 Thread Jon D
Someone asked me today where I want to be in 5 years and I have no idea. I'm curious where youguys want to be in 5 years... Do you have aspirations to become a CIO, or a network manager, or start your own consulting practice? Really, I'm looking for more ideas of where to go from here. Right now

Do you run AV on your file servers?

2008-04-14 Thread Jon D
I'm wondering who runs anti-virus software on their file servers? I know best practice has changed over the years, and I'm curious what people are doing now days. Thanks. . ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~

Re: Why is Search so crap in Outlook 2007

2008-04-11 Thread Jon D
I've been running office 07 since it came out and have never had a problem with the instant search. On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Andy Crellin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Small rant coming up. The one overriding piece of crapness with MS kit that has been a thorn in my side for the last

Re: Hardware-Based Drive Imaging/Cloning/Ghosting

2008-04-07 Thread Jon D
, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org Jon D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/03/2008 03:38:29 PM: Does anyone use a hardware based solution to imagine new laptops and desktops instead of software like ghost

Re: Job title - Systems Engineer, Systems Administrator, Network Administrator

2008-04-07 Thread Jon D
. -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 11:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Job title - Systems Engineer, Systems Administrator, Network Administrator I'm searching the internet and can't find a distinction between Systems Engineer

Job title - Systems Engineer, Systems Administrator, Network Administrator

2008-04-07 Thread Jon D
I'm searching the internet and can't find a distinction between Systems Engineer, Systems Administrator, and Network Administrator. Is there a definite difference between these job titles? Or are they simply 3 names for the same job? Thanks, Jon . ~ Upgrade to Next Generation

Hardware-Based Drive Imaging/Cloning/Ghosting

2008-04-04 Thread Jon D
Does anyone use a hardware based solution to imagine new laptops and desktops instead of software like ghost or acronis? If so, what do you use, and how well do you like it? This is an example of what I'm talking about:

Re: Vista SP1 Released (for everyone!)

2008-03-19 Thread Jon D
Anyone have an ETA from symantec on when they're planning on getting around to this? This is kind of lame being how long the beta and RC1 has been out... On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Amer Karim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to the MS article: Symantec software driver for Symantec

Re: IT Salary Survey

2008-03-10 Thread Jon D
9 years experience, College Degree(but not in IT), MCSE, CCNA, CCA. All certs are expired. Around $80,000. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~

Quantum's Scalar tape libraries?

2008-03-04 Thread Jon D
Any comments on Quantum's Scalar tape libraries? Reliabiliy, support, ease of use, etc.? Thanks in advance, Jon . ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~

Office 2007 documents quarantined

2008-03-03 Thread Jon D
Is anyone else having a problem with Office 2007 documents being quarantined? It appears the problem may be with office 2007 putting print drivers into an embedded .bin file which causes anti-virus on exchange to quarantine it. Anyone else have this issue? Is this a bug that MS is going to fix,

Determining duplex of cisco router interface?

2008-02-20 Thread Jon D
I've got a router that is running at 10mb half duplex. I'm planning on trying to force it to full duplex, but I'm wondering if there's a way to tell what duplex it is before I try to force it to full? I would ASSUME that no card sold in the last 10 years would be only half duplex? Thanks, Jon

Re: Google Desktop slowness

2008-02-12 Thread Jon D
My work called me today with the same issue. 3/4 of the company is running very slow. I'm having them look into if this is the issue now or not. Thanks for the heads up. Google failed massively with their spyware(desktop) product. Not giving the remote uninstall option for network engineers and

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