Re: Dell battery replacement still giving warning

2011-02-24 Thread Jonathan Link
whomever and not worry about OEM or NON-OEM, even going so far as to make a specific vendor recommendation; or do you want me to just continue on as I have been doing and just ignore what the list recommends? From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 9

Re: RE: Dell battery replacement still giving warning

2011-02-24 Thread Jonathan Link
You just beat us up over it, though. On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:38 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: Jonathan, thank you for your reply. Yes, I should have waited, but the consensus of opinion on this list yesterday seemed to be don't worry about it... if you can't find it

HP P1102

2011-02-24 Thread Jonathan Link
PSA Don't buy this printer. /PSA ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to

Re: HP P1102

2011-02-24 Thread Jonathan Link
Yes. It leaves grey all over the page (two printers, three different cartridges). HP's solution is to turn printer density down to its lowest setting (which I had already done). It just makes the grey a little less noticeable. I'm familiar with the root causes of this condition from my DP

Re: HP P1102

2011-02-24 Thread Jonathan Link
where it's easier and cheaper to buy another rather than a new toner cartridge ( a al my ex Samsung CLP-500 color laser ) On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: PSA Don't buy this printer. /PSA ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T

Re: HP P1102

2011-02-24 Thread Jonathan Link
But now, not so much, ya know what I mean? On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: The purchase wasn't entirely my decision. :-/ I had help... On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.comwrote: Just took a look at it online. 1

Re: HP P1102

2011-02-24 Thread Jonathan Link
That's a decent printer, I've had no complaints from the users who use that printer regularly. In this case, I need a small footprint, and that's why I chose this one. It seemed to be of a model similar to what my boss has in her office. Hers doesn't have a problem, but then again it is a

Re: RE: Dell battery replacement still giving warning

2011-02-24 Thread Jonathan Link
You should. Star Wars quotes are always appropo. On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:24 AM, William Robbins dangerw...@gmail.comwrote: No worries. I am tempted to quote Yoda here regarding the word 'try' however. :) - WJR On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:16, John Aldrich

Re: HP P1102

2011-02-24 Thread Jonathan Link
of the Dell offerings. I think they are all still made by Lexmark. Some of the high-end ones I purchased have been spitting out 1000’s of pages a week for 3-4 years now without a hitch. Some of the less expensive ones have died in less than 12 months. BF *From:* Jonathan Link

Re: HP P1102

2011-02-24 Thread Jonathan Link
Thanks for the advice everyone, I've got some thinking to do. On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: So, since I suck at selecting printers, anyone care to recommend a small

Re: HP P1102

2011-02-24 Thread Jonathan Link
Evil. On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Doug Hampshire dhampsh...@gmail.comwrote: Perhaps Mr Aldrich has a suggestion. John? On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Yes. It leaves grey all over the page (two printers, three different cartridges

Re: Can you hear me now, Microsoft?

2011-02-24 Thread Jonathan Link
No. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_(Apple) The iPod interface and iPhone interface are not related. On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Keep in mind that “both” interfaces came directly from digital music devices (Zune and iPod). *From:* Micheal

Re: Installing OS on IBM x3550 server

2011-02-24 Thread Jonathan Link
I've never had an issue with Dell and ESL speakers in regards to servers... How recent is your Dell experience? On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: Also, IBM tech support, in my experience, has been VERY good (I've got a number of IBM servers, both x86 and RISC

Re: Dell battery replacement still giving warning

2011-02-23 Thread Jonathan Link
Seriously? You're comparing keyboards and batteries? Dude. 1) I don't think anyone else is making keyboards for laptops of other manufacturers. I might be wrong, but it's definitely a low margin business. 2) Batteries are a different animal, and there's a lot of room to scam, because they can

Re: Printer driver update

2011-02-23 Thread Jonathan Link
While mentioning you're stopping to get a pint around noon or 1pm eastern drives us crazy... On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: You've got to keep asking yourself these cool questions in the morning (EST). Benefits us all. :) *ASB *(Find me online

Re: Can you hear me now, Microsoft?

2011-02-23 Thread Jonathan Link
does a pretty decent job overall but is at times a bit over the top. Oh, and Verizon does not currently have a Windows Phone 7 device, CDMA and all that... just saying :) Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: http

Re: Can you hear me now, Microsoft?

2011-02-23 Thread Jonathan Link
, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/02/everything-that-can-go-w rong-w ith-windows-phone-7-update-does.ars My apologies to those with Windows 7 phones, Windows Phone 7, or whatever the heck it's called

Re: Can you hear me now, Microsoft?

2011-02-23 Thread Jonathan Link
a bit over the top. Oh, and Verizon does not currently have a Windows Phone 7 device, CDMA and all that... just saying :) Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news

Re: RE: Dell battery replacement still giving warning

2011-02-23 Thread Jonathan Link
If he could be turned, he would be a powerful ally. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:59 PM, William Robbins dangerw...@gmail.comwrote: The Force is strong with this one! - WJR On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 15:56, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: I sense a recurring theme of impatience here

Re: Dell battery replacement still giving warning

2011-02-23 Thread Jonathan Link
LOLWTIME (with tears in my eyes) for real. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: That's par for the course... So, I tell ya what. From now on, whenever you ask a question on the list, how about we wait 48 hours before responding, long enough so you realize

Re: widescreen vs standard monitors

2011-02-22 Thread Jonathan Link
TV/monitor to get for an equivalent viewing size... :-) From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: widescreen vs standard monitors That's another discussion altogether, and one that has

Re: Security ROI - comment on this please

2011-02-22 Thread Jonathan Link
That's just dumb. The Myth, well, I don't know who's been saying that security produces ROI, I'd never heard of that myth. Protects revenue generation, is as far as I'd define security processes in this context. The fact is interesting. Is inurance a negative deliverable, too? Do business

Re: OT: RE: Security ROI - comment on this please

2011-02-22 Thread Jonathan Link
Free time is over-rated. On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Guyer, Don don.gu...@fiserv.com wrote: I’ll have to admit, ASB, I’ve never visited your website. Now that I have, thanks to you, I won’t have any free time for the next few weeks J *Don Guyer* Windows Systems Engineer

Re: Dell battery replacement still giving warning

2011-02-21 Thread Jonathan Link
All that counter does is actually do a better job of presenting an accurate picture of how much battery life you have. You indicate the battery lasts for 45 minutes, that's the life of the battery as it is now. If however, your laptop is indicating that it has 2 hours of life, that's the counter.

Re: double hop RDP

2011-02-21 Thread Jonathan Link
Ctrl-Alt-End On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Kevin Lundy klu...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to RDP into a Win 7 box, and from there RDP into an XP box. Anyone know how to send ctrl-alt-del to the 2nd session? When I do ctrl-alt-end, I am getting a response from the Win 7. No luck with

Re: Dell battery replacement still giving warning

2011-02-21 Thread Jonathan Link
Working out frustration can do odd things to one's mind... On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: +1 - we had to rent some laptops one time about 5 years ago. At least two of them caught fire...fun times. Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and

Re: File Copier with GUI?

2011-02-21 Thread Jonathan Link
You say subdirectories...as in directories under a folder... What's wrong with robocopy source dest /mir include other flags as necessary? Or grab a directory listing that's blank dir /b directory.txt, filter the unneeded directories (and files) and use a for /f %f in (directory.txt) do robocopy

Re: File Copier with GUI?

2011-02-21 Thread Jonathan Link
Note if your files don't have periods in them, dir *. /b will grab directories (and files without extensions). On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: You say subdirectories...as in directories under a folder... What's wrong with robocopy source dest /mir

Re: File Copier with GUI?

2011-02-21 Thread Jonathan Link
, tick subset of folders, choose dest, hit go, walk off and leave. *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] *Sent:* 21 February 2011 20:27 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: File Copier with GUI? You say subdirectories...as in directories under a folder... What's

Re: File Copier with GUI?

2011-02-21 Thread Jonathan Link
you want and then run robo.bat DESTINATION The only thing you do one-off is recreate the text file of directories. *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, February 21, 2011 2:28 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: File Copier with GUI? Note

Re: Today is the end of the line for me,

2011-02-18 Thread Jonathan Link
PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: This may be appropriate to your mood. http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/hawall.htm On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: I think after this day I have come to the conclusion is time to move

Re: Today is the end of the line for me,

2011-02-18 Thread Jonathan Link
to find contentment). JR On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: In the vein of greener pastures and all that, I also read this editorial recently (subscription required, probably not worth it because I'll paraphrase it below). http

Re: widescreen vs standard monitors

2011-02-18 Thread Jonathan Link
I will say a 22 wide screen with a minimum of 1680x1050 res, stood up in portrait mode is dynamite for code work, or anything that approximates the printed page (web browsing, anyone). Many of our tax users have three monitors (when taking into account the notebook monitor), and they leave one in

Re: widescreen vs standard monitors

2011-02-18 Thread Jonathan Link
That's another discussion altogether, and one that has been largely decided with the move to HD. If you expect a TV to last more than a few years, get a widescreen. End of discussion. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:06 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: Well, actually, I was

Re: widescreen vs standard monitors

2011-02-18 Thread Jonathan Link
for an equivalent viewing size... :-) From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: widescreen vs standard monitors That's another discussion altogether, and one that has been largely decided with the move

Re: SQl Injection, Rainbow Tables, Social Engineering, oh my!

2011-02-18 Thread Jonathan Link
Here's some more... Talk about Hubris! http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/how-one-security-firm-tracked-anonymousand-paid-a-heavy-price.ars On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.eduwrote: Fun and interesting read. Thanks. *From:* Jonathan Link

Re: SQl Injection, Rainbow Tables, Social Engineering, oh my!

2011-02-18 Thread Jonathan Link
I apologize... there is a NSFW message on the last page... On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Here's some more... Talk about Hubris! http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/how-one-security-firm-tracked-anonymousand-paid-a-heavy-price.ars

Re: How do you deploy AV?

2011-02-18 Thread Jonathan Link
What's the downside risk of these computers receiving updates? They stop working and someone brings them back to you to fix? As opposed to the hey, you're supposed to bring your machine in to get updates. In an environment where I have to ensure updates get to computers, I'd forgo vetting in

Re: Sounding board on issue we are seeing with a Windows 2003 Cluster with SQL 2005

2011-02-18 Thread Jonathan Link
Pure speculation, but the time frame to me screams: User runs a manual query that in their experience takes a long time to process (they don't know why) so they set it to start as they leave for the day, and then take action on the results the next day... On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Ziots,

Re: Sounding board on issue we are seeing with a Windows 2003 Cluster with SQL 2005

2011-02-18 Thread Jonathan Link
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 13:43, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Pure speculation, but the time frame to me screams: User runs a manual query that in their experience takes a long time to process (they don't know why) so they set it to start as they leave for the day, and then take

Re: Registry permissions

2011-02-17 Thread Jonathan Link
+1 If I can make Quickbooks run without admin rights, you can make anything run without admin rights... On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: +1 on that recommendation, it takes time, but most times, it only needs certain access to directories/registry or

Re: Thoughts on this pitch from Trend

2011-02-17 Thread Jonathan Link
*crickets* On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: Very interesting We switched from McAfee to Trend a year ago. Between 500 and 600 nodes, including servers, and we have not experienced problems like what some of you have described...we are controlling

Re: Bandwidth Usage

2011-02-17 Thread Jonathan Link
And your industry is familiar with handling multiple simultaneous interaces... On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.com wrote: Oosp.. meant two OC3s *From:* Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] *Sent:* Thursday, February 17, 2011 2:06 PM *To:* NT System Admin

Re: Today is the end of the line for me,

2011-02-17 Thread Jonathan Link
This may be appropriate to your mood. http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/hawall.htm On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: I think after this day I have come to the conclusion is time to move on, if there is companies in the RI/MASS/CT area looking for a

Re: Anonymous strikes back at HBGary with stolen emails | Leak prevention - InfoWorld

2011-02-16 Thread Jonathan Link
My first thought...what a tool (the entire HBGary management). On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:08 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: Funny, I had that EXACT same thought…J *From:* Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] *Sent:* Wednesday, February 16, 2011 7:04 AM *To:* NT

Re: Scanner recommendations please

2011-02-16 Thread Jonathan Link
You don't indicate a projected monthly duty cycle. I think in that price range you're going to find you're under-buying based on the actual use. If they are digitizing documents, and then performing work on those documents the cost of downtime is going to be a huge big deal. I'm going to echo the

Re: Bandwidth Usage

2011-02-16 Thread Jonathan Link
Case in point, we're ~40 on 10Mb. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.com wrote: Ouch… *From:* itli...@imcu.com [mailto:itli...@imcu.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, February 16, 2011 1:07 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Bandwidth Usage 280 users, 3MB

Re: Disabled AD Accounts and BES

2011-02-16 Thread Jonathan Link
Moving forward, I would make wiping the device for terminated users an SOP... And consider doing it now. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote: Ahh. Thanks Michael. I'll make sure the team updates their documentation to either remove Exchange Attributes --

Re: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy

2011-02-14 Thread Jonathan Link
If you unenforce a GPO, subsequent GPO's can overwrite the settings. That's the actually meaning of enforced, not allowing settings to be overwritten by GPO's in OU's below the GPO which is enforced. Does that make sense? It does to me, but I have a head cold and a lack of sleep trying to get

Re: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy

2011-02-14 Thread Jonathan Link
overriding. Thx, *Don Guyer* Windows Systems Engineer Datasafe Platform Fiserv Enterprise Technology *Fiserv* don.gu...@fiserv.com Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 Fax: 610-293-4499 www.fiserv.com *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday

Re: Acrobat 9.4.2 breaks printing PDFs

2011-02-14 Thread Jonathan Link
We are all standard 9.x. Problems are intermittent, but once they strike printing stops and sometimes takes two or more restarts (print spooler or computer depending on who's taking action between a user and an workstation admin) and it seems limited to only Windows 7 users... On Mon, Feb 14,

Re: iSCSI LAN shows as Unidentified Network in Control Panel?

2011-02-13 Thread Jonathan Link
Out of curiosity was it set that way during install? I think the following might work... Open the Local Security Policy Select Network List Manger Policies Right click on the Network name and properties. Set it to a different location from Public On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 5:55 AM, Paul Hutchings

Re: Personal phones connecting to your corporate data - how do you handle security?

2011-02-11 Thread Jonathan Link
And will make any AUP effecitvely toothless. For a school, this is an incredibly bad idea. On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.orgwrote: We have been looking at a similar Public only wifi for our schools. The outcry for access is growing, and we are feeling

Re: Personal phones connecting to your corporate data - how do you handle security?

2011-02-11 Thread Jonathan Link
AUP toothless or, it will cost you $$ to implement. On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 6:45 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: We have been looking at a similar Public only wifi for our schools. The outcry

Re: Crypto Theory -- Was: IPhone attack reveals passwords in six minutes

2011-02-11 Thread Jonathan Link
Don't go all Don Rumsfeld on us... On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, I hope you don't believe for a minute that *I* could do this. I know some of what's possible, but I am not a

Re: Scary Night Dragons Fall from Sky

2011-02-11 Thread Jonathan Link
Pillows? On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:28 AM, William Robbins dangerw...@gmail.comwrote: That's not sand... - WJR On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 09:24, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Marc Maiffret mmaiff...@eeye.com wrote: If you read the mainstream and

Re: Crypto Theory -- Was: IPhone attack reveals passwords in six minutes

2011-02-11 Thread Jonathan Link
I know it was trying to be funny, but while ID4 and Jobs return to Apple were roughly contemperaneous, ID4 came out before NeXT was purchased. And even then Jobs didn't ascend to the CEO position until middle of 1997... On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:17 PM, S Powell powe...@gmail.com wrote: yes

Re: Crypto Theory -- Was: IPhone attack reveals passwords in six minutes

2011-02-11 Thread Jonathan Link
, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: I know it was trying to be funny, but while ID4 and Jobs return to Apple were roughly contemperaneous, ID4 came out before NeXT was purchased. And even then Jobs didn't ascend to the CEO position until middle of 1997... On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:17 PM

Re: Personal phones connecting to your corporate data - how do you handle security?

2011-02-11 Thread Jonathan Link
they want to use to expand... *grumble* --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 07:31:10 -0800 Subject: Re

Re: RBL issues

2011-02-11 Thread Jonathan Link
On a related note gmail marked it as spam for me. On Friday, February 11, 2011, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Gmail presents your email to me with a bright red banner, with the following text in it: Warning: This message may not be from whom it claims to be. Beware of following any

Re: Acrobat 9.4.2 breaks printing PDFs

2011-02-11 Thread Jonathan Link
I don't think it's been limited to 9.4.2... While I generally consider printing the bane of the network administrator, more than lately I seem to have been pulling my hair out with Acrobat 9.xx and Windows 7 computers. Same computer on XP nary a problem. On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Ben Scott

Re: IPhone attack reveals passwords in six minutes

2011-02-10 Thread Jonathan Link
Um wow. On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 11:40 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: What I don’t know is if this phone OS is any worse than anything else in use. Anyone care to comment?: “Among passwords that could be revealed were those for Google Mail as an MS Exchange account, other MS

Re: RE: Licensing Q.

2011-02-10 Thread Jonathan Link
I'm coming into this a bit late, but since you're billing time and materials here, I'm trying to figure out the scope of your project. The OP just states that you're intested in standing up a 2008 DC. The question is why. Is it your intention to migrate away from SBS 2003 and go with...what,

Re: IPhone attack reveals passwords in six minutes

2011-02-10 Thread Jonathan Link
I'm a recent, and satisfied user/admin, too. On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Here's something even scarier: http://www.cellebrite.com/forensic-products.html I have the closest thing to a remedy for the issue that David raised, and possibly the above:

Re: IPhone attack reveals passwords in six minutes

2011-02-10 Thread Jonathan Link
How do you solve a problem like WJR? :-) On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:07 PM, William Robbins dangerw...@gmail.comwrote: I got the idea for song lyrics that way. Place I did some side work for had the admin password as ThaawTsoM! (The hills are alive with The sound of Music!) ((Hopefully I

Re: IPhone attack reveals passwords in six minutes

2011-02-10 Thread Jonathan Link
Give me a large enough Rainbow Tables, and a short enough password... On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: It isn’t impressive. I’ve got 250 GB of Rainbow Tables. I am surely not the only one. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and

Re: win7 printer discovery

2011-02-08 Thread Jonathan Link
Network discovery turned off, perhaps? On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Bill Humphries nt...@hedgedigger.comwrote: So, I guess my simple question is why is printer discovery broken and how do i fix it? We haven't rolled out many Win7 machines and I'm not sure if this is a common issue or

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Jonathan Link
Seems as if you should have enough evidence to justify the expenditure of funds for additional wiring drops. X= Hours lost due to unproductive users, and misallocation of your time. Y=Cost of expanding cabling plant. If XY you win, pretty cut and dried. On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Kurt Buff

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Jonathan Link
Yes, so then calculate it out and get your additonal cabling. On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: I'm salaried, and OT doesn't count, until it's too much OT. But, there's also the opportunity costs involved, and not just for me. Down time is not productive

Re: Dedupe Thoughts?

2011-02-05 Thread Jonathan Link
take my disks offsite. Tape isn’t going away anytime soon. *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, February 04, 2011 1:09 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Dedupe Thoughts? There's a flaw in your parenthetical observation. If the disk fails

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-05 Thread Jonathan Link
Ask him about EULAs... On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 8:47 AM, Ray rz...@qwest.net wrote: So because someone made a mistake you're condemning using them? -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 1:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: Knock me down a notch (aka some days, I am too proud of myself)

2011-02-05 Thread Jonathan Link
+∞ On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.comwrote: *I have been crafting one time batch jobs in Excel for years. The day someone showed me this obvious trick I was like “duh!” and have been doing it ever since. Frankly sometimes it’s infinitely easier than any

Re: Folder transfer over WAN via BITS???

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan Link
What? I haven't gone to 2008 R2, yet. Please to be explaining. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.orgwrote: Robocopy can do anything. I am thinking of an auto responder for the list that just replies to the list with ‘Use Robocopy. I love Robocopy.

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan Link
If it's a simple switch, I've not had any problems with the smaller linksys ones. At this space, almost anything as long as it isn't total junk will work. I think you're overthinking this. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:27 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: Thanks. I'll keep that

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan Link
) on NewEgg and TigerDirect that are about $35. Then there's a D-Link 5-port switch for about $35. I'm leaning heavily towards the D-Link, unless anyone knows anything bad about it... It's a DGS-2205. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 2:35 PM

Re: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan Link
In the name of all that is good and holy, please ask your question after you've exhausted your search and come up empty. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:45 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: Procurve and cheap in the same sentence??? :-) Surely you jest! Anyway, I just found a

Re: Folder transfer over WAN via BITS???

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan Link
and tried….work. *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, February 04, 2011 11:13 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Folder transfer over WAN via BITS??? What? I haven't gone to 2008 R2, yet. Please to be explaining. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:06

Re: Dedupe Thoughts?

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan Link
There's a flaw in your parenthetical observation. If the disk fails in a d2d backup, and the tape is backing up from the backup disk, then the tape is worthless as far as a secondary backup. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.ukwrote: Fair point on the

Re: OT:RE: desktop network switches

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan Link
When you say PICNIC, I'm reminded of the scene from O Brother Where Art Though with John Goodman, George Clooney and the other guy having a picnic beneath the tree... On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Free, Bob r...@pge.com wrote: Ah, in the extreme cases the LS is probably better than the

Re: [OT] Superbowl

2011-02-04 Thread Jonathan Link
Nothing like a Steelers fan to overcompensate... On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote: so... you brought a bazooka to a knife fight. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Randall yuhro...@verizon.net wrote: Just a rebuff from a proud Steelers fan 1. A

Re: [OT] VPN problems

2011-02-03 Thread Jonathan Link
MBS:You know better... JA:doesn't the Premium version of Vipre have a firewall? Have you disabled or done anything with that (such as disabling it)? On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: Tough crowd here today! :-P Regards, Michael B. Smith

Re: [OT] Job Change

2011-02-03 Thread Jonathan Link
Congrats! On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Eldridge, Dave d...@parkviewmc.com wrote: Absolutely congrats. I hope you continue to add value to this list. Good luck. Dave -Original Message- From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: Thursday, February 03,

Re: web content filtering in the SMB

2011-02-03 Thread Jonathan Link
Is the user running as admin, and what are the versins of QB? On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Bill Humphries nt...@hedgedigger.comwrote: David, do you think the antivirus aspect of it is a real benefit? Like you know it helps stop baddies? This client uses Trend and it has been less than

Re: [OT] Job Change

2011-02-03 Thread Jonathan Link
It's a credit to your new/future employer to give you the latitude necessary to do the right by your old empoyer. On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 5:38 PM, James Hill james.h...@superamart.com.auwrote: I accepted a job offer a couple of days before the flood hit. The timing couldn’t have been worse!

Re: Getting Rid of CAT5?

2011-02-02 Thread Jonathan Link
You're well in excess of the limit of Ethernet over twisted pair, regardless of the cable used. Runs should be limited to 100 meters in total (including patch cables). Usually 90 meter run to allow 10 meters fo patch cables is the practice. On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Holstrom, Don

Re: Getting Rid of CAT5?

2011-02-02 Thread Jonathan Link
The only thing worse than HP's URLs is their search capability on their site[1]. [1] I admit I may be a few years out of date here...I haven't tried searching the HP site in a long time. On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle jra...@eaglemds.com wrote: Aside: HP has some of

Re: Copying large file

2011-02-01 Thread Jonathan Link
I regularly copy my exchange backup file from disk to RDX cartridge using robocopy, and it is about 45 GB. While it is smaller than your file, I've never had a problem with it. What are your results with robocopy? On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 8:26 AM, itli...@imcu.com itli...@imcu.com wrote:

Re: Copying large file

2011-02-01 Thread Jonathan Link
the requested services. S: drive is an NTFS Raid 5 with 860 GB of space. The file is 57GB on S:. The destination is a 320GB USB drive that has been formatted NTFS. *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] *Posted At:* Tuesday, February 01, 2011 8:50 AM *Posted To:* itli

Re: iSCSI SANs vs FibreChannel SANs

2011-02-01 Thread Jonathan Link
I ran OpenFiler in production for 8 months due to some budgetary constraints and some general operational deficiencies leftover from my predecessor. I was generally pretty happy with it, and only had one minor issue where one LUN was showing as a RAW drive. I was able to successfully recover the

Re: Copying large file

2011-02-01 Thread Jonathan Link
I'm going to beat the dead horse. Use robocopy. If it's on the root of the drive, move it to a subfolder... On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:32 AM, itli...@imcu.com itli...@imcu.com wrote: Yes and Yes. Passport essentials 320 USB. *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com

Re: File distribution with local peer to peer feature?

2011-02-01 Thread Jonathan Link
Yes, I've seen your knowledgebase... :-) On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: For that many sites, I'd like something else handle all the replication rather than scripts. And I really like scripting. *ASB *(My Bio via About.Me

Re: Getting Rid of CAT5?

2011-02-01 Thread Jonathan Link
You need a fair amount of wire to get any amount of copper. According to this site 24 gauge copper wire of 817.7 feet weighs one pound. Divided by 8 (strands in cat 5) yields a little more than 102 feet needed to get a pound of copper. Then discount that price based on all the insullation that

Re: Getting Rid of CAT5?

2011-02-01 Thread Jonathan Link
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: You need a fair amount of wire to get any amount of copper. According to this site 24 gauge copper wire of 817.7 feet weighs one pound. Divided by 8 (strands in cat 5) yields a little more than 102 feet needed to get

Re: Getting Rid of CAT5?

2011-02-01 Thread Jonathan Link
Argh... http://www.interfacebus.com/Copper_Wire_AWG_SIze.html There's the site, gmail decided to freak out and send a couple of messages on me... On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l

Re: File distribution with local peer to peer feature?

2011-02-01 Thread Jonathan Link
Drop box runs within the user process. How big or how many data files are you dealing with, though? Only the changed bits are transmitted, so the sync process for Dropbox is very quick. On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Durf stygm...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting - I'll look into that more.

Re: Group Policy Preferences installing a local printer

2011-01-31 Thread Jonathan Link
...@superamart.com.au 1/30/2011 5:12 PM Have you enabled GPP logging? There is a GPO to enable it for printing. Might be a good place to start. *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Saturday, 29 January 2011 1:26 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Group Policy

Re: Group Policy Preferences installing a local printer

2011-01-31 Thread Jonathan Link
. The printers I want are already there, and remain their when the printer is connected. On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:12 PM, James Hill james.h...@superamart.com.auwrote: Have you enabled GPP logging? There is a GPO to enable it for printing. Might be a good place to start. *From:* Jonathan Link

Re: iSCSI SANs vs FibreChannel SANs

2011-01-31 Thread Jonathan Link
Some variables to consider: Size of the environment Applications to be housed in shared storage Utilization of applications above. That being said, I'm very happy on my EqualLogic PS5000. It might even have a bit more power than we need, but at the time we bought ours some of the other solutions

Re: iSCSI SANs vs FibreChannel SANs

2011-01-31 Thread Jonathan Link
What are your current crappy iSCSI devices? On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Oliver Marshall oliver.marsh...@g2support.com wrote: Well, there will be maybe 3 VMs running on each host, most likely VM will have a redundant ‘spare’ running on the other physical host. The largest will be about

Re: iSCSI SANs vs FibreChannel SANs

2011-01-31 Thread Jonathan Link
In my opinion, and my experience with ESXi, there's nothing to do in the console anywyay... What things are you thinking about? On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Oliver Marshall oliver.marsh...@g2support.com wrote: Yeah I really like ESXi but somehow the lack of a…..windows-like OS puts me

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