RE: Powershell regex

2010-01-15 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>For example, how can I actually do multiple regex's on one line Looks like -Replace handles actual regex's, that made things cleaner... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: Powershell regex

2010-01-15 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>If you actually meant "/$" as a regex, so that it removes the last character >of $path, if it's a /, you can keep that and do: > >$strLog = ([regex]::Replace($path, "/$", '')).Replace('/','_') + '.log' > >So, if $path = "/cygwin/c/windows/", then $strLog = "_cygwin_c_windows.log". Cool, I shoul

Powershell regex

2010-01-14 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Is it possible to do more than one regex in the same command? $strLog = [regex]::Replace($path, "/$", '') $strLog = [regex]::Replace($strLog, '/', '_') + ".log" + '"' That's looks hideous:) Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Powershell Question

2010-01-14 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>This would be why I said I wasn't clear on your quoting requirements. :-) > >I know the whole Cygwin thing combined with PowerShell combined with cmd.exe >can be a littlestrange. > >This seems to work, on my system. The amount of beer debt I amassing in your favor is getting to be rather la

RE: Powershell Question

2010-01-14 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>is there a particular reason you want to use II? And I'm not completely clear >about your quoting requirements, but I'd do something like this: Nope, I actually don't know any better:) >cmd.exe /c c:\Program Files\cwRsync\rsync.exe $options "$source" "$dest" Having an issue with this, so I ame

Powershell Question

2010-01-14 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Guys, I have a backup script to have ready for implementation on Saturday morning. It uses rsync to copy on diffs to a remote Linux server over a vpn through a slow link. I finally finished all the server and vpn setup and I had been avoiding how to handle the huge dataset, which would make a si

HP Print Drivers

2010-01-06 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Anyone use something other than the UPD or the model specific drivers from HP that don't install services etc on the local wkst's? Not ever trying anything but the mfg supplied drivers, what kind of issues could I expect by using a driver from the OS like an hplj5 on various hp laserjets? The

RE: HP 2430n printing issue

2010-01-06 Thread Joseph L. Casale
as image" which will rasterize all vectors/curves/fonts in the document. Perhaps its rasterizing with a nearest-neighbor resizing algorithm which would cause fine gridlines to disappear. I dunno, just an idea. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107

HP 2430n printing issue

2010-01-06 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I have one of these amongst several that misses a repeatable pattern of gridlines when printing from excel. It's a perfect pattern that almost looks intentional but the same doc printed to the other prints them all. Firmware and driver are all the same, I'm lost where else to look? All the sett

RE: Weird DNS issue I can't figure out

2009-12-30 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Weird DNS issue I can't figure out I put in an A record - I have a separate web site just for this. On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:41, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > What type of

RE: Weird DNS issue I can't figure out

2009-12-30 Thread Joseph L. Casale
What type of dns entry did you make? I made a cname for mine to `wpad -> fqdn.server.local.` then just put a wpad.dat in the root of the default site on that server (this way I could move it transparently by only adjusting the cname if need be...) -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mail

Remote installation of snmp in windows

2009-12-18 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Hey guys, I am trying to use psexec to run a sysocmgr script to install snmp on some windows machines I don't have console access to. Anyone know if this should work, or otherwise how I can do it remotely? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Office 2007 Rollouts

2009-12-11 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Yes, I have a login script (as it cant be done via gpo no more...). As far as updates, just add them into the distributions "Updates" folder and setup will automticall pick them up. Technet has the relevant docs... jlc From: pierre.camill...@fosterclark.com [mailto:pierre.camill...@fosterclark.c

Name Resolution Issue

2009-12-07 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I have several OpenVPN users who experience intermittent name resolution issues and I don't know why. The tap interface gets a route and dns server pushed to it, if I open a cmd window and type nslookup, it actually defaults to the pushed dns server and I obviously can resolve any name. If I exi

RE: smtp capable MFP

2009-11-16 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Sorry, should have been clear: They are hoping to find something under 200 for all of these. The Lexmark Interact S605 does it for 200 but its not available in Canada:( From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 11:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: smtp capable MFP

2009-11-16 Thread Joseph L. Casale
MFP what do you consider "cheap/economical"? ____ From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 12:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: smtp capable MFP Does anyone know of any cheap/economical priced MFP'

smtp capable MFP

2009-11-16 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Does anyone know of any cheap/economical priced MFP's that support scan to an email address *without client software* such as the higher end HP's that allow a smtp server to be configured locally on the printer? We are planning on using these as fax machines with a fax/email provider and don't

RE: Network video recorder

2009-11-04 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Just went through this myself, I did a few and the Axis stuff is solid but bloody expensive with the software. I now typically rollout Axis IP cameras and intend on using Zoneminder for software with the next line. I am not 100% sure about where axis software is right now, but the last run in w

RE: HP StorageWorks X1600 Network Storage System

2009-10-23 Thread Joseph L. Casale
riday, October 23, 2009 6:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP StorageWorks X1600 Network Storage System Two Windows servers running Server 2003. The DCs are Poweredget 2900. -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2

RE: Lotus Domino P2V in VMWare snag

2009-10-23 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Have you seen this? http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21192996 From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 7:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Lotus Domino P2V in VMWare snag Greetings! I believe I have cloned one of o

RE: HP StorageWorks X1600 Network Storage System

2009-10-22 Thread Joseph L. Casale
There might be better cases if you're not space strapped, I have a few 3U sm cases with many more HD's. Just get a quality mobo and an enterprisable raid card. Last we spoke John you were just getting your feet wet with Linux. If you're comfortable now, you can do some pretty hardcore HA for free

RE: HP StorageWorks X1600 Network Storage System

2009-10-22 Thread Joseph L. Casale
What do you plan on putting in front of this beast? -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP StorageWorks X1600 Network Storage System Redundant power supplies, redundant

RE: HP StorageWorks X1600 Network Storage System

2009-10-22 Thread Joseph L. Casale
n-Aldrich][Tile-Tools] From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP StorageWorks X1600 Network Storage System No, but how much? It looks like a DL320 I setup as a security camera DVR appliance at o

RE: HP StorageWorks X1600 Network Storage System

2009-10-22 Thread Joseph L. Casale
No, but how much? It looks like a DL320 I setup as a security camera DVR appliance at one shop. A bit anemic on horsepower both in the proc and controller IMHO... But that depends on the load I suppose. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:4

RE: cli wsus client patch install

2009-10-22 Thread Joseph L. Casale
setup, the closest thing I can think of is to force a wuauclt /detectnow with psexec and have Group Policy configured (and already applied) to install updates. On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Joseph L. Casale mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com>> wrote: Other than dead lining, is there a

cli wsus client patch install

2009-10-22 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Other than dead lining, is there a script anyone knows of that can be run to force a wsus client to connect to *its* wsus server and not WindowsUpdate and pull down, and install its updates, then reboot? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Second OS install on same physical hardware

2009-10-20 Thread Joseph L. Casale
If it's a domain member, then yes the SIDS will map back appropriately. If not, afaik your screwed. If the perms are really that complex and hard to recreate manually, save them out to a text file and re-apply after editing the text file. You could also boot with a WinPE disc and move/del the prog

RE: Win2008r2 in W2k3 AD

2009-10-20 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Well, My WSUS 3.0sp2 params and a forefront aren't getting even though the docs say its supported? Thanks! jlc -Original Message- From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 6:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win2008r2 in W2k3 AD Shou

RE: Free eBook: Deploying Windows 7 Essential Guidance from the Windows 7 Resource Kit and TechNet Magazine

2009-10-19 Thread Joseph L. Casale
> PDF itself isn't a bad format. Except when it comes to editing the fsck'in things:) With access to Adobe Acrobat and the surprisingly worse FOSS alternatives, I have started editing them online, farsical. I have yet to encounter a platform agnostic format that was genuinely a pleasure to work

RE: Sysadmin mistake of the week

2009-10-19 Thread Joseph L. Casale
F'in Classic Ben:) It actually lived through that as well? Heh, sweet! -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 5:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Sysadmin mistake of the week On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Matthew W. R

RE: Exch2003 to 2007 experiences?

2009-10-19 Thread Joseph L. Casale
olution in the first place, that you very likely don't really need to bother with a edge server. £0.02 Paul G. -Original Message----- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: 19 October 2009 20:22 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exch2003 to 2007 experience

RE: Exch2003 to 2007 experiences?

2009-10-19 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>1. When building my new Exchange 2007 server, I am probably going to >install Windows 2008 right away to save me from having to upgrade in the >future. Is this what most people are doing, or are they sticking with >Windows 2003 for Exchange 2007 >2. If I install Windows 2008, can I use my Excha

RE: WMI filter syntax

2009-10-19 Thread Joseph L. Casale
System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WMI filter syntax That would be cool. Can you send it to me off-line? >>> "Joseph L. Casale" 10/19/2009 3:00 PM >>> There is also wmi filter test (I have the exe if you can���t find it) that I use to make testing fasting��� jlc Fr

Win2008r2 in W2k3 AD

2009-10-19 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Anyone have a pointer to the specific doc that outlines the nuances associated with 2008r2 member servers in a 2k3 AD environment WRT to GPO's? I tossed one in an OU as a test and certain policies get applied, whereas some don't (I expected there to be needed). Modeling yields no info. Thanks! j

RE: WMI filter syntax

2009-10-19 Thread Joseph L. Casale
There is also wmi filter test (I have the exe if you can't find it) that I use to make testing fasting... jlc From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 11:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WMI filter syntax That filter doesn't look right to me

RE: To VM or not VM?

2009-10-19 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Well you never know:) I would. Toss the free version of ESXi on it if it supports it. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 7:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: To VM or not VM? We have a remote office with 20 users and a six month old file/print serve

RE: "Why RAID 5 stops working in 2009 | Storage Bits | ZDNet.com"

2009-10-18 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Well, I dunno if I would say Tier 1 to get it? There are boat loads of people using them in ZFS environments, hell, even a slew of Solaris Admins running a couple as a log device at home... Intel's current gen of even the Enterprise variants are actually cheap as hell now. From: Martin Blacksto

HP 2430n issues

2009-10-15 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I have several 2430n's that have various paper feed issues such as trays worn out and upper roller problems. As they are all out of warranty and I have been asked to assess repairing them, anyone have a reco on the best approach to this? I really don't know sh!t about mechanically repairing pri

RE: SQL Agent Job issue

2009-10-13 Thread Joseph L. Casale
> That I find to be an odd statement. > > I never had to redo much with Samba. I generally found it pretty >easy to track most stuff. The config is in a text file that can be >easily put under revision control. The shares are simple, except when a tdb tanks and you have a crappy mapping id map

RE: SQL Agent Job issue

2009-10-13 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>As an AD member, it's not bad, for what it sets out to do >(file and print). Config is obviously totally different, but given >that it's a whole 'nother OS, I think that's to be expected. Ugh, setting up the drivers for printers so they are automatically available in most cases is more painful t

RE: SQL Agent Job issue

2009-10-13 Thread Joseph L. Casale
nice, but it's like fitting a square peg in a nice round hole. There are bound to be gaps. Explicit enumeration in a mixed environment is always a good thing, especially when it comes to authentication. On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Joseph L. Casale mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com&g

RE: SQL Agent Job issue

2009-10-13 Thread Joseph L. Casale
System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SQL Agent Job issue Use domain\user for the username? On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Joseph L. Casale mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com>> wrote: I have a job defined with several steps, one is a batch file that maps a drive on a Samba server. To setup t

RE: SQL Agent Job issue

2009-10-13 Thread Joseph L. Casale
AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SQL Agent Job issue Use domain\user for the username? On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Joseph L. Casale mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com>> wrote: I have a job defined with several steps, one is a batch file that maps a drive on a Samba server.

RE: SQL Agent Job issue

2009-10-13 Thread Joseph L. Casale
k [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SQL Agent Job issue Use domain\user for the username? On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Joseph L. Casale mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com>> wrote: I have a job defined with several

SQL Agent Job issue

2009-10-13 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I have a job defined with several steps, one is a batch file that maps a drive on a Samba server. To setup the IPC session so the UNC exists, I start the script with: rem Setup IPC$ net use \\Server /USER:user_name password But I get an error in the log: "A specified logon session does not exis

RE: MSE is released...

2009-10-07 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>Sometimes people use whatever word they're most familiar with, though. Yeah, it wasn't either. Interesting tangent though: I haven't seen/heard about McCrappy since my University days, I am back at school now after being away from it for 10 years and I see they are still using McCrappy! Something

RE: MSE is released...

2009-10-07 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>What was the old product? Ah buddy, I am so bitter from my experience with it and its support, I'd rather not even say... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: MSE is released...

2009-10-07 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>Microsoft Shocker: Antivirus Software That Just Works I have been running Forefront from several months after migrating off another product and haven't a single problem *at all*. It's just bloody worked with zero hiccups. With my last product, I was avoiding my phone and dreading coming in, I swe

RE: VMWare tools

2009-09-30 Thread Joseph L. Casale
here's what I do, all with the free version. I have a couple scenarios. Some vm's have disc's setup as RDM's from ZFS backed iSCSI targets, some vm's exist on ZFS backed NFS mounted vmfs stores. Doesn't matter... I script the proper shutdown of the vm, check that its off, then trigger a snap o

orinoco ap 700

2009-09-29 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Anyone used one of these? Reading the manual suggests what I need may not be possible, but I am unclear. I want to filter all *but* a short list of wireless macs from communicating. Unless I misunderstand, it looks like I can only block specific macs based on the filtering capabilities. Anyone

WinXP wont autologon anymore

2009-09-27 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I have a few physically locked wksts that are member pc's. Because of lame software, they need to auto logon. I have done this for years w/o issue, but now after a reboot or two they all stop logging on? I have the usual: "DefaultDomainName"="wkst name" "DefaultUserName"="local user" "AutoAdmin

RE: Officejet 6500 drivers in an XP vm

2009-09-27 Thread Joseph L. Casale
are it out. Connect to it from you VM, and let it install the drivers that way. ____ From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 11:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Officejet 6500 drivers in an XP vm This netwo

Officejet 6500 drivers in an XP vm

2009-09-26 Thread Joseph L. Casale
This network printer needs to be connected to an xp vm. As its not wireless (and therefore needs the usb connection first) I thought this would be simple. The setup program ties network and wireless setup together, so it bails as the vm doesn't have a USB setup on it? Anyone know a trick? Than

Notebook opinion

2009-09-17 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I was looking for a netbook for personal/work use but never having used one I realized it wouldn't cut it. I will need to dual boot between windows and nix and as far as work goes, it will only need to allow ssh/rdp over OpenVPN so no issues I can imagine. The rest leaves personal use. If I was on

RE: Windows Storage Server 2008

2009-09-09 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Doug Hampshire mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com>> wrote: Next you'll be say you don't know what missying or dr*wing are either. On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Joseph L. Casale mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com>> wrote: >[deaned] yea, I can&#x

SQL backup question

2009-09-09 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I am migrating some windows backups to another system for the sake of uniformity and want to double check my procedure. The db sizes are small and I can easily do FULL's every day. My script does not purge the existing file on disc, but simply runs an osql statement like this: osql -S Server -E -Q

RE: Windows Storage Server 2008

2009-09-09 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>[deaned] yea, I can't follow those posts either:) But I have to ask, WTF does "deaned" mean? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: SPAM Solution

2009-09-06 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>From my original reply to Ken: > >"Wound up building me a Windows Storage Server 2008 box now that WSS08 is on >MSDN." But something initially compelled you to shell out 2g's for that thing to start:) That was my point ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: SPAM Solution

2009-09-06 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>Typo, that was an 809 Pro. >http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=109 FFS, that thing is expensive, how comes you wouldn't just roll your own and get all those features and more? I have been running IET for iSCSI stores and rdm's at home for some time. The benefit to rolling my own is

RE: Windows 7 in 2003 domain

2009-09-01 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Carl, I recall some early ramifications of opening a GPO on the Vista/Win7 box, followed by opening them on the server or anything else mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 in 2003 domain Install the RSAT tools on

RE: Free Terminal Server 2008 RK ebook from Microsoft

2009-08-30 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Got a place I can put it? It's 40 megs... jlc -Original Message- From: Jay Dale [mailto:jd...@xpresstel.com] Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 9:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Free Terminal Server 2008 RK ebook from Microsoft Sorry to be a bit late for this, but does anybody

RE: Advice: Using VMware ESX to practice upgrading a domain

2009-08-27 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>I have a VMware ESX cluster, and want to practice the steps for upgrading >my domain from AD 2000 to AD 2003 (then, AD2008 later). I can recall doing >something similar 3 years back with the regular VMware Server, but that >was on a physically isolated network. Here, I want to do it on the >produc

First ps script

2009-08-25 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I have a powershell script that uses a wget like function and I want to execute the contents after it downloads. The output when running the script looks like this: C:\Scripts\Maintenance>PS C:\Scripts\Maintenance> get-webfile http://url... Directory: Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::C

Remote Control Console

2009-08-25 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Anyone got a reco for a good console that does SSH and RDP? I am using mRemote, but its buggy in Vista. Thx! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: Generic Vista install without OEM shovelware

2009-08-19 Thread Joseph L. Casale
> (1) Uninstalling software from Windows is like unscrewing a virgin. >There's really no way to go back to the way it was. FFS, now that was funny! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: Robocopy

2009-08-10 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Well your using /COPYALL, which is equiv to /COPY:DATSOU... /COPY:copyflag[s] :: what to COPY for files (default is /COPY:DAT). (copyflags : D=Data, A=Attributes, T=Timestamps). (S=Security=NTFS ACLs, O=Owner info, U=aUditing info). Drop the copyall and ju

RE: UNSUBCRIBE

2009-08-10 Thread Joseph L. Casale
to be looking for a better job? :-) On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Joseph L. Casale mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com>> wrote: Unfscking believable, a goddang row of certs w/ VP titles and cant fsking figure out how to unsub a mailing list? Why can't I find a good job with bullsh!t en

RE: UNSUBCRIBE

2009-08-10 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Unfscking believable, a goddang row of certs w/ VP titles and cant fsking figure out how to unsub a mailing list? Why can't I find a good job with bullsh!t entry requirements? I run a mix of Windows, Linux and Unix machines with no paid support on any of it bc my company owner is a cheap bugger

RE: VLAN Best Practise

2009-08-07 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Thanks Ben. jlc -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 3:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VLAN Best Practise On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > What's the general layout you guys use for

RE: VLAN Best Practise

2009-08-07 Thread Joseph L. Casale
our switch ports are trunked so I can assign each port a specific VLAN if need be. ____ From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 11:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VLAN Best Practise What's the general layo

VLAN Best Practise

2009-08-07 Thread Joseph L. Casale
What's the general layout you guys use for setting up network topology? We are replacing some equipment which gives me the opportunity to undo the setup someone else did whereby the entire network, switch management and users/data runs in vlan 1 :) Just curious how you guys layout your topology

RE: Favorite Tools

2009-08-03 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Wow, Where the hell you been the last few years? From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Favorite Tools HmmmI think I have to update my list which hasn't been updated in ages! http://KB.UltraTech-llc.

RE: Paging the scripting Guru's - mass shortcut properties rename???

2009-07-31 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Check the External Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_shortcut Not easy:) From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 2:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Paging the scripting Guru's - mass shortcut properties rename??? Hi, I'm on a site that us

RE: storage server 2008

2009-07-29 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I'd say yes :) http://www.microsoft.com/Windowsserver2008/en/us/wss08.aspx -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: storage server 2008 Anyone know if MS is going to make a storage serve

Smartphone RSS Reco

2009-07-29 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Anyone got any experience with an RSS reader for Windows Mobile that supports stored username/pass for authenticated feeds for a Smartphone? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: Configuring a ProCurve switch from scratch

2009-07-27 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Hook up a console cable:) From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 12:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Configuring a ProCurve switch from scratch I have a Procurve 2524 switch here that I do not know how to access. I browsed the manuals on

RE: Procurve2180 Vlan tagging

2009-07-27 Thread Joseph L. Casale
If you want something that's plugged into that port to be in vlan60, untag it into it. Then unless the nic/host does the following: 1. Supports 802.1Q 2. Switch has a tagged ref into an additional vlan It would always push traffic into vlan60. So if you *only* want that port in vlan

RE: Procurve2180 Vlan tagging

2009-07-27 Thread Joseph L. Casale
If you want an non vlan aware connection dumped into vlan60, you untag it into that vlan. Tagged ports only permit traffic into the tagged vlan when the packets are tagged into that vlan themselves. So non 802.1Q traffic goes to the untagged designation as it is "not tagged" to a specific one.

SQL 2000 Job User Account

2009-07-19 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I have a job that executes a series of commands, one of which is an rsync/ssh job that uses host keys and looking at taskmgr I see its run as SYSTEM. I used psexec to launch a cmd.exe so I could populate the registry with the keys to eliminate the prompt when starting. I can see the reg entries

RE: Spare touch screen

2009-07-15 Thread Joseph L. Casale
What did you drive the touch screen w/ when you were using mce? -Original Message- From: gro...@beachcomp.com [mailto:gro...@beachcomp.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Spare touch screen I meant at home. I've been trying to get LinuxMCE to

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

2009-07-13 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Flawlessly? If your idea of "Flawless" is a crash-consistent copy of the disc... All kinds of ways to do this depending on your hardware. Some options I use/have used are scripts that shutdown the vm, snapped the store/rdm/etc then restarted the vm which gave me infinite time to backup the image

RE: Can't add x86 drivers to x64 Windows 2008 server

2009-07-13 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Check the archives, I think Ben or someone posted a solution recently. From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Can't add x86 drivers to x64 Windows 2008 server Can someone enlighten me? Within printer management on my

RE: Find text in files

2009-07-10 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I forgot about that, I am so used to using Unxtools, good reco :) From: Joe Tinney [mailto:jtin...@lastar.com] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Find text in files Have you tried findstr.exe? I've not used it much but I know that what you are asking for

RE: Find text in files

2009-07-10 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Download UnxTools. Designed for this very thing... I'll be online working for another hour, post back if you need syntax. There are literally 100 ways to do this, some faster than others yadda yadda yadda... jlc From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 8:35 PM To:

RE: Phones

2009-07-08 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Hrm, I sent email to a CCIE I know... Hopefully he has some insight! jlc -Original Message- From: S Conn. [mailto:sysadminli...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 12:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phones On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >

RE: Phones

2009-07-08 Thread Joseph L. Casale
BES, EAS? And that might help you make your decision. Both the Jack and the iPhone are 3G. That too me, would be an important factor. Thanks, - JB From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:2

RE: Phones

2009-07-08 Thread Joseph L. Casale
rm and they are fine. There are free ones and paid for ones. I liked a paid for version of Rove's SSH client - not sure if they sell just the SSH client by itself anymore. Thanks, - JB From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:19 AM To: NT Sy

Phones

2009-07-08 Thread Joseph L. Casale
As a result of working with Fido and a super cheap company, I need a new phone "from the list of possible ones" handed to me. I need an ssh client and PIX vpn access, the only options I have are a Samsung Jack, Blackberry Pearl, or iPhone 3G (not the new one). Anyone got any experiences with the

RE: Poll: Internal temperature of UPS?

2009-07-06 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I'd say that's getting pretty warm if reliability is a concern:) I have one that is sitting at 70.7 degrees right now... jlc From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 12:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Poll: Internal temperature of UPS?

RE: The install that wouldn't stop

2009-07-06 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Its not a start menu or reg/run issue. It's a windows installer issue. Check the web, I don't have the link handy but the fix is related the service. jlc From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 12:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: The install that wouldn't

RE: Win7 on an Adaptec 29160

2009-07-03 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>Why doesn't anybody make a 15,000 RPM SATA disk. They do, they just add other features/design characteristics to an obviously "enterprise" HW seeking customer and call the device a SAS disc :) jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Win7 on an Adaptec 29160

2009-07-03 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Given that controller is so old they likely removed support for it! Adaptec doesn't even have a Vista driver so I presume your fsck'ed :( I wouldn't hold your breath for a 7 driver. Time for a new PC:) jlc -Original Message- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: Friday, J

RE: External hard drive for home LAN

2009-07-01 Thread Joseph L. Casale
After having used a few enclosures, all I can say is don't get one without a fan. All the fanless ones I have encountered roast the hd's... jlc From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 12:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: External hard

RE: Server Updates

2009-07-01 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Use WSUS, don't allow automatic install, but automatic download and no reboot. Decide *what* gets applied in a wsus group so every new build benefits from the work you already did once. Then manually install when you have a maint window. I always perform a backup first, but then again most all o

RE: Outlook 12 POP password issue

2009-06-30 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>Did you STFW (Search The Full* Web) for other possible solutions? >http://www.google.com/search?q=outlook+"won't+remember+password" > >I'm afraid you didn't give us much info. In particular: > >What version of OL? >What OS and SP? Ahh, sorry about that. I never got it initially myself and

Outlook 12 POP password issue

2009-06-29 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I got a guy who can't get OL to remember the password for a pop account (no other accounts configured). I looked at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290684 but it didn't help. Anyone know any other tricks to getting OL to remember the password? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security t

RE: MountedDevices

2009-06-25 Thread Joseph L. Casale
System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MountedDevices WMI and Win32_DiskDrive. Scriptomatic is your friend. Carl From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: MountedDevices He guys, I was trying to write a

MountedDevices

2009-06-24 Thread Joseph L. Casale
He guys, I was trying to write a script to enumerate the disk sig on a drive that gets mounted by looking in HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices but it seems that gets populated and stays populated. Anyone know how to enumerate the sig on only what _is_ mounted, so when a disk is unmounted that sig wont

RE: Scheduled task Windows 2003 R2

2009-06-24 Thread Joseph L. Casale
What's the auth it runs under when scheduled? For instance, local admin on a server who's username and or password isn't the same in the local user db no the wkst? From: Scott Schneider [mailto:sschnei...@inscapesolutions.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Sub

RE: How to get MS Windows systems to see RedHat Linux server files

2009-06-24 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Lotsa ways. Share the filesystem with Samba or NFS and install the MS NFS client on your windows box. Samba is prolly the easiest, I just hate it:) You can join the RHEL box to your AD as well and even setup ad integrated perms/shares... jlc From: Darin McHenry [mailto:dmche...@gmail.com] Sent:

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