RE: problem subscription to new list

2013-05-03 Thread Kennedy, Jim
FWIW, my spam filter let the admin messages through but blocked the list messages. Then after I fixed that it hit my rate limit and I had to fix that. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 11:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: problem

RE: The list status

2013-05-03 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I don't think he cares who owns it, I think he is just trying to help us out...and was unaware of our plan B. From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bill.m...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 10:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: The list status The problem being? From: Jonathan Li

RE: The list status

2013-05-03 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I think you will get some push back on Google Groups. We were unsure what was going on, so in case of a disaster there is another list started by Rod Trent on ITForum.com I think you should ping him and see if you can work together on this. His address isrodtr...@myitforum.com Thank you fo

RE: The list?

2013-05-02 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Address was legit. Stu isn't with GFI anymore. He has his own security venture going. http://www.knowbe4.com/ From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:r...@finnesey.com] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 2:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: The list? I am starting to also think something was fishy.

RE: The list?

2013-05-02 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Yes, it was very awesome of him. Things change, I get it if he can't keep doing it. -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 1:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: The list? don't think it's been said enough, so Thanks Stu

RE: The list?

2013-05-02 Thread Kennedy, Jim
My theory is this: 1) He sent his email a month early by accident, it isn't shutting down until the end of April. 2) He has been busy, and hasn't seen what we have been sayingso he isn't aware we are freaking out. From: Clark, Tommy R [mailto:tommy.r.cl...@saic.com] Sent: Thursd

RE: DFSR

2013-04-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, 30 April 2013 10:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DFSR That can be mitigated with setting referral ordering on the namespace for common shares. I don't DFSR to load balance, I do it for uptime. All of the

RE: DFSR

2013-04-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
That can be mitigated with setting referral ordering on the namespace for common shares. I don't DFSR to load balance, I do it for uptime. All of the shares are referral ordered to just one server. To date, we have not had any double edit issues. Although I probably just jinxed myself. From: M

RE: So where is this new list signup?

2013-04-29 Thread Kennedy, Jim
We don't know what is happening on the move. So here is plan B: From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 10:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: End of month plan B for list shutdown. Done. Link is here: http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/services/ema

RE: End of month plan B for list shutdown.

2013-04-29 Thread Kennedy, Jim
f bandwidth to spare. Sent from Microsoft Surface Pro From: Kennedy, Jim Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎April‎ ‎29‎, ‎2013 ‎8‎:‎14‎ ‎AM To: NT System Admin Issues The end of the month and allegedly the end of the list is tomorrow. We need a plan B to get back in contact to get this going again if possible. S

RE: End of month plan B for list shutdown.

2013-04-29 Thread Kennedy, Jim
d. We already host over 25 lists and have plenty of bandwidth to spare. Sent from Microsoft Surface Pro From: Kennedy, Jim Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎April‎ ‎29‎, ‎2013 ‎8‎:‎14‎ ‎AM To: NT System Admin Issues The end of the month and allegedly the end of the list is tomorrow. We need a plan B to get

RE: End of month plan B for list shutdown.

2013-04-29 Thread Kennedy, Jim
(ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk<http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk/> On 29 April 2013 13:14, Kennedy, Jim mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org>> wrote: The end of the month and allegedly the end of the list is tomorrow. We need a plan B to get back in contact t

RE: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION

2013-04-26 Thread Kennedy, Jim
˙sıɥʇ ǝʞıן ǝdʎʇ noʎ ɟı ʎןuo -Original Message- From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 12:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION You're right, the older I get the more it annoys me... > that brings up probably the best

RE: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION

2013-04-26 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Kurt's paper check might be the smart way. One of the major grocery chains in Cleveland sent their debit card transactions complete with the account number and pin in plain text via wireless from their cash registers. We were grabbing them from the parking lot just sitting in our car. From: D

RE: Startup processes

2013-04-25 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 10:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Startup processes I thought that setting just delayed GPO processing? Regards, Don Guyer Catholic Health East - Information Technology Enterprise Directory & Messaging Ser

RE: Startup processes

2013-04-25 Thread Kennedy, Jim
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 goto :SUCCESSshould be on it's own line. Darn word wrap. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Startup processes Along Joseph's lines

RE: Startup processes

2013-04-25 Thread Kennedy, Jim
ul (or some other non-existent address, will wait for 10 seconds) goto :START :SUCCESS Run your process :END Might want to add a counter in there, so it exits after a certain number of tries. Set the whole thing as a startup scheduled task. -----Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim Sent: T

RE: Startup processes

2013-04-25 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Along Joseph's linesif you can control the process you are running on startup from a command line. ECHO Checking connection, please wait... PING -n 1 192.168.1.1|find "Reply from " >NUL IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 goto :SUCCESS IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto :FAIL :FAIL Goto :End (or whatever you want to

RE: Very weird file rename issue

2013-04-24 Thread Kennedy, Jim
What I find interesting is I see this problem on my docs, and directly hitting server shares...yet none of them are set up for offline. Not a big deal, just an interesting puzzle. -Original Message- From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 10:53 AM To: NT

RE: Endpoint backups

2013-04-17 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Catch 22. Too busy fixing endpoint backups to give them home folders so you don't have to do endpoint backups. :) From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 12:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Endpoint backups LOL. Yeah, we don't have home folders

RE: Endpoint backups

2013-04-17 Thread Kennedy, Jim
and funny videos to the desktop"till they drop a 2.8GB movie into their roaming profile :-) On 17 April 2013 17:00, Kennedy, Jim mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org>> wrote: So the goal is to protect the orgs docs...not backup desktops. Backup desktops is a method for getting to y

RE: Endpoint backups

2013-04-17 Thread Kennedy, Jim
So the goal is to protect the orgs docs...not backup desktops. Backup desktops is a method for getting to your goal. Most of us would argue that redirect my docs to a server and back that up is a better way to get to that goal. Tell them anything on their desktop is subject to instantaneous lo

RE: OT - Google Apps down?

2013-04-17 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Yes, all morning. Google has posted they are looking into it. Seems to be getting better...but not there yet. -Original Message- From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 9:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT - Google Apps down? I'm having

RE: Prevent IE 10 install in SCE/SCCM

2013-04-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
e. I don't see it as an update in SCE. I would expect it with the other IE updates but it's not there. On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Kennedy, Jim mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org>> wrote: You can't right click the update in SCE and hit decline? From: Tom

RE: Prevent IE 10 install in SCE/SCCM

2013-04-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
le to do it in SCE. On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Kennedy, Jim mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org>> wrote: Run this as a machine startup script once. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36512 From: Tom Miller [mailto:tominyorkt...@gmail.com<mailto:tominyork

RE: Prevent IE 10 install in SCE/SCCM

2013-04-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Run this as a machine startup script once. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36512 From: Tom Miller [mailto:tominyorkt...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 9:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Prevent IE 10 install in SCE/SCCM Anyone have any suggestions on ho

RE: Push msi install package

2013-04-10 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Sounds like you are pushing it at users? Push it to the machines perhaps. From: Tom Miller [mailto:tominyorkt...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 3:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Push msi install package Hi Folks, We use Ricoh printers/copiers here. They provide an agent th

RE: Blocking executables for the root of a share

2013-04-09 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I wouldn't let any exe's on any user share anywhere. I block all of that and a host of others that we deemed unneeded with FSRM. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 1:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Blocking executables for the root of a share Our

RE: GFi Mailarchiver - Was Exchange mail archiving solution

2013-03-20 Thread Kennedy, Jim
vised me to use just SQL for my org, which has about 200 mailboxes. I'm running the trial with SQL Express 2012 and file storage, so far everything seems to work quite well. Ralph From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:26 PM To: NT System Ad

RE: Exchange mail archiving solution

2013-03-19 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I'll add GFI Mailarchiver to the list. Been running it for years and I am very happy. Last few versions have been downright snappy to use. Tech support is outstanding. I would not recommend it for a large org though, we are running about a 1000 mailboxes with 7 years of email on it and it is doi

RE: Declined update won't die. SOLVED

2013-03-19 Thread Kennedy, Jim
For in house machines I just need to push the reg file to turn on CredSSP and they can keep the update. NM. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Declined update won'

Declined update won't die.

2013-03-19 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Trying to remove KB969084 from some XP machines using WSUS, it is RDP 7. Declined it (not removable in WSUS), uninstalled and it keeps reinstalling itself very quickly. I have seen a few posts that say an update with multiple versions can do this, but I can find any for this KB or and any super

RE: Difference between port forwarding and DMZ

2013-03-14 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Put an SSL reverse proxy in the DMZ and tunnel that to the RDS Gateway -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 2:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Difference between port forwarding and DMZ " I'll make another sweeping sta

RE: Difference between port forwarding and DMZ

2013-03-14 Thread Kennedy, Jim
And no longer have a DMZ by my definition. You just have another subnet for your domain. -Original Message- From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 2:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Difference between port forwarding and DMZ And you ma

RE: Difference between port forwarding and DMZ

2013-03-14 Thread Kennedy, Jim
“Depending on the configuration of the DMZ.” This is an important point. Once the box in the DMZ is popped what traffic from it is allowed to the internal network needs to be considered. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:33 AM To: NT

RE: RD Gateway creds

2013-03-04 Thread Kennedy, Jim
orget the exact combination I have now, but from my home PC I only need to enter my credentials once to get past the RDS server and access resources. In my experience at %dayjob%, SSO is confused with "don't ever need to enter credentials". From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@ely

RE: RD Gateway creds

2013-03-04 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Wooo, I bet it is because the public domain of the RD Gateway and the private domain of the Remote Desktop don't match. From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 9:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RD Gateway creds Trying to set up a s

RE: Webster's question is very timely...

2013-02-28 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Call them, give them heck. "How Long Does The Coverage Last? Our warranty periods are 1 year, 2 years, 3 years or 5 years from the documented date of purchase, depending on the type of product and where it was purchased." http://www.seagate.com/support/warranty-and-replacements/limited-consumer

RE: Quick, spot the irony...

2013-02-28 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Not irony, it's a Catch 22. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 9:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Quick, spot the irony... And no, it's not the sections. I've created a new account which can be used for any of us to send an email to text duri

RE: Prevent duplicate DNS entries

2013-02-27 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Have the ASA act as a dhcp relay for the DC's and have the DC's handle the DNS registration. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Prevent duplicate DNS entries For VPN it's the ASA, which is different than

RE: Color me skeptical

2013-02-27 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Voice recognition needs to be far superior to what we have on our phones currently. And yep, it will have to fully integrate with your phone. I see it as a monitor and voice system for your phone. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013

RE: Servers in remote locations

2013-02-26 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Yea, run VM's. No reason not to and lots of little reasons why you should. " I'd run 2VM's if licensing isn't an issue." Licensing shouldn't be an issue, IIRC you can run 4 VM's under one server license. -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, Febr

RE: Communications slow between two servers

2013-02-26 Thread Kennedy, Jim
"TCP offload/chimney settings?" It's always that. Don't know why it even still exists. From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Communications slow between two servers And NIC firmware? TCP off

RE: Communications slow between two servers

2013-02-26 Thread Kennedy, Jim
X has AV installed? From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Communications slow between two servers NIC drivers? On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Eric Brouwer mailto:ithelp.e...@gmail.com>> wrote: Greetings,

RE: Java 7-15 failures.

2013-02-25 Thread Kennedy, Jim
ix yet, but it usually requires a mix of rebooting, disabling, re-enabling plugins, and re-installing java. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 3:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Java 7-15 failures. Not

RE: IIS security / Chrome Firefox / ADFS

2013-02-22 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I have been down this road and I would be comfortable with either solution. From an end user standpoint 1 would be my choice. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 3:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IIS security / Chrome Firefox / ADFS I've been ask

RE: Java 7-15 failures.

2013-02-22 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Not sure how to say this...but glad to hear that. So it isn't just me, there are others. So there is hope Java will release a fixed patch. -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subje

Java 7-15 failures.

2013-02-22 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Anyone else having issues going from 13 to 15. It seems either the 13 installer or the 15 installer is horribly messed up. I am getting all kinds of errors trying to install via gpo, the exe or via the website no matter what I do. On lots of machines, some of them pristine new images. All my old

RE: outlook autocomplete lost

2013-02-22 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I just noticed that yesterday when I re-imaged my desktop. Was surprised to see all my auto complete..all my view settings...were there when I fired up the new OS. From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 8:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subj

RE: outlook autocomplete lost

2013-02-21 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Ok, that is very cool Derik. tyvm From: Derek Harris [mailto:dhar...@panoramaortho.com] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 4:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: outlook autocomplete lost This is handy: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/outlook_nk2_edit.html It also works on remote computers if

RE: This has been in the news a lot lately, and it's interesting

2013-02-20 Thread Kennedy, Jim
lately, and it's interesting HIV, ROFL! I heard he wasn't wearing any pants either. Seriously, I thought it was a pretty good interview. …Tim -Original Message----- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:27 PM To: NT Sy

RE: This has been in the news a lot lately, and it's interesting

2013-02-20 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Correction, Martin Bros made up the new buzzword on twitter. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 3:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: This has been in the news a lot lately, and it's interesting Thanks Kurt! Been trying to figure ou

RE: This has been in the news a lot lately, and it's interesting

2013-02-20 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Thanks Kurt! Been trying to figure out how to work this into the list and you came through. My kid was on CNN yesterday on this topic. He comes in about 1:30 Kudos to whoever spots the new buzzword he made up and worked in there for laughs for those of us that knew it was comming. And bonus poin

RE: Non-corp desktops and RDS

2013-02-15 Thread Kennedy, Jim
ions & Information Security) for the SMB market... On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Kennedy, Jim mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org>> wrote: How well is allowing non-corporate assets connect to a RDS session from home working for everyone. Using an SSL tunnel here. I am just starti

RE: Non-corp desktops and RDS

2013-02-15 Thread Kennedy, Jim
does require terminal server licences for the users, but eliminates the kind of issues you're describing by tunneling only RDP over SSL and nothing else. On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Kennedy, Jim mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org>> wrote: How well is allowing non-corporate assets

Non-corp desktops and RDS

2013-02-15 Thread Kennedy, Jim
How well is allowing non-corporate assets connect to a RDS session from home working for everyone. Using an SSL tunnel here. I am just starting initial testing with a few users and it is a nightmare. Wrong Java, toolbars and popup blockers and layers and layers of crapware are causing tons of p

RE: symlink c:\users?

2013-02-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Ok, that was lazy of me. Google says Path: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList Value: ProfilesDirectory -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: symlink c:\users? And that registry

RE: symlink c:\users?

2013-02-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
change and it works flawlessly, all new users drop to the new drive, and it was trivial moving the existing ones over. Depending on your environment it might be time consuming while you wait for all the files to move over... Dave -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy

symlink c:\users?

2013-02-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I have an existing RDS 2008 R2 server that is used by students in a lab. I really need to get c:\users off the C drive. There are times they need to store items on the desktop as they are not allowed on their network storage. Anyone moved it using a symlink to another drive? I read it is uns

RE: Another Java Update to close in the wild exploits Feb 19, 2013

2013-02-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I think it might be a bit soon to expect fixes to those. I sincerely hope I am wrong. -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Another Java Update to close in the wild exploits Fe

RE: Another Java Update to close in the wild exploits Feb 19, 2013

2013-02-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
There is another coming on the 19th. -Original Message- From: Ben M. Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 10:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Another Java Update to close in the wild exploits Feb 19, 2013 That update was from a week ago wasn

RE: Java

2013-02-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
former versions of XenApp (Metaframe, MetaFrame XP and Presentation Server) that require NT4 and W2K. Thanks Webster From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Subject: RE: Java Yes, the big holes that everyone was talking about are fixed. There are still some there though. But

RE: Java

2013-02-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Yes, the big holes that everyone was talking about are fixed. There are still some there though. But as you say later in the thread. 6 is dead Jim, time to move on. It is the lesser of evils now. From: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife [mailto:joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013

RE: Java

2013-02-08 Thread Kennedy, Jim
7 13 is better than 6 38, but I won't say it is 'fixed' since it isn't. There are still problems and will be for years to come, imho. From: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife [mailto:joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 3:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Java Anyone know

RE: Registry entries to set a WSUS client

2013-02-07 Thread Kennedy, Jim
First and foremost I suggested that before Andrew did. He just copied off me. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2734608 Then reregister the server. Also that update needs to be on your console machine if that is how you are doing it. Andrew is going to copy, I just know it. -Original Message

RE: Registry entries to set a WSUS client

2013-02-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Would it be easier to put the test subjects in their own OU, block the domain gpo for updates and make a new gpo for that ou? After testing is complete you now have a tested gpo to roll out with. -Original Message- From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, Febru

RE: OT: Hello Kitty in space

2013-02-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I can't believe they found the thing and that it didn't land in the middle of an ocean. It was only 50 miles from where she launched it. Very amazing stuff. From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 10:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT:

RE: Advice on migrating WSUS 3.0 SP2 from Win2003 32bit to Win2008 R2

2013-02-05 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I have moved WSUS servers twice. It isn't worth it, just redo it. It doesn't take that long to mass approve the updates. -Original Message- From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 11:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Advice on migrating W

RE: Robocopy reliability

2013-02-04 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 In fact just this morning I expanded it's use here automating the deletion of videos from a security camera share. From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@sfgtrust.com] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 12:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Robocopy reliability The only errors I've seen

RE: MS site?

2013-02-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Wow, yea. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 9:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: MS site? Anyone else having trouble getting to this link? http://support.microsoft.com Christopher Bodnar Enterprise

RE: Favorite VPN solution?

2013-01-29 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Ok, you owe the taxpayers of Elyria a new screen. I haven't C&C'd like that in years. -Original Message- From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 2:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Favorite VPN solution? So Java and Barracuda? Two expl

RE: DNS concerns - Server 2003 R2 SP2 Domain Controllers

2013-01-28 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Add to the below...your ISP turned on dns fixup this weekend on their internet facing firewall since they don't have that issue and the below scenario fits the symptoms anyway. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 12:10 PM To: N

RE: Java 7 0day actively exploited in the wild | BeyondTrust

2013-01-25 Thread Kennedy, Jim
ll it from people's PCs right afterwards. So looks like 6 is now the flavor of the month. Hard to keep track. Speaking of months, v6 is EOL in FEB. We'll no longer have the options between 6 and 7 going forward to sidestep all these issues :( Sam -Original Message- From:

RE: Limiting who can send all-staff e-mails

2013-01-25 Thread Kennedy, Jim
You have to decide how hard to push the issue. I look at these things based on risk and damage to the org. If the risk/damage is high I push hard. If it isn't I advise them of the situation and let them learn for themselves. And I don't say/do that because I am smug or think I am smarter than

RE: Windows 7 Sysprep, PITA

2013-01-25 Thread Kennedy, Jim
d try again. Is there a better way to image machines that I could try? -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Posted At: Friday, January 18, 2013 4:30 PM Posted To: itli...@imcu.com Conversation: Windows 7 Sysprep, PITA Subject: RE: Windows 7 Sysprep,

RE: DNS concerns - Server 2003 R2 SP2 Domain Controllers

2013-01-24 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Thank you everyone for your help. Applied some recommendations last night from this article... so far so good. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956188 -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 7:16 AM To: NT System Admin

RE: DNS concerns - Server 2003 R2 SP2 Domain Controllers

2013-01-24 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Controllers On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Kennedy, Jim wrote: > To clarify...the dns fixup refers to Cisco firewalls/asa's. I've noticed that Cisco's "fixup" features tend to break things. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN&

RE: DNS concerns - Server 2003 R2 SP2 Domain Controllers

2013-01-23 Thread Kennedy, Jim
To clarify...the dns fixup refers to Cisco firewalls/asa's. From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DNS concerns - Server 2003 R2 SP2 Domain Controllers Yes. At some point your DNS server

RE: DNS concerns - Server 2003 R2 SP2 Domain Controllers

2013-01-23 Thread Kennedy, Jim
week. We also are in the middle of a Cisco VOIP project, past 6 months. Phones all up, but they are still working out tweaks, etc. Trying to make a "Jabber" client work on desktops and PDAs. Something on the Cisco side I should dig into? From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyrias

RE: Windows 7 Sysprep, PITA

2013-01-18 Thread Kennedy, Jim
What I do is make an image just before I sysprep it. Then reboot it and sysprep and make an image and use that in production. So I always have an image that is in audit mode to fall back on. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Friday, Januar

RE: Server room monitoring/alerts SOLVED

2013-01-17 Thread Kennedy, Jim
rsday, December 06, 2012 11:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server room monitoring/alerts ITWatchdog devices have optional accessories for PSTN or cell autodialers. On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Kennedy, Jim mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org>> wrote: Anyone have any opini

RE: 86 fixes in Oracle released today

2013-01-16 Thread Kennedy, Jim
new zero day for java http://m.krebsonsecurity.com/2013/01/new-java-exploit-fetches-5000-per-buyer/ From: Ziots, Edward [ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 10:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: 86 fixes in Oracle released today h

RE: FoxIT reader vulnerability

2013-01-16 Thread Kennedy, Jim
"* Java will ask if you intended to open the plugin." Which leads to users spamming yes without thinking. "* Java does allow for signed certificates for validation." Let's reword this, Java allows for SELF signed certificates for validation. I know someone in the security field that owns an L

RE: hakin9.org magazine

2013-01-15 Thread Kennedy, Jim
ystem Admin Issues Subject: Re: hakin9.org magazine They only wish to raise quality of life for all species. On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Kennedy, Jim mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org>> wrote: They are spammers so by definition they are thieves. __

RE: hakin9.org magazine

2013-01-15 Thread Kennedy, Jim
They are spammers so by definition they are thieves. From: David Lum [david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 2:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: hakin9.org magazine Anyone know about this magazine? I got SPAM from them and it did make

RE: Java 7 0day actively exploited in the wild | BeyondTrust

2013-01-15 Thread Kennedy, Jim
t version of version 6 is, or was, NOT affected by this? Can't find anything out there that suggests it was... -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 1:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Java 7 0day actively e

RE: Java 7 0day actively exploited in the wild | BeyondTrust

2013-01-15 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Java 7 0day actively exploited in the wild | BeyondTrust Am I right in assuming that the latest version of version 6 is, or was, NOT affected by this? Can't find anything out there that suggests it was... -Original Message----- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Se

RE: Java 7 0day actively exploited in the wild | BeyondTrust

2013-01-14 Thread Kennedy, Jim
there's a negative-one-day exploit? Thanks, though, just now got through doing a bunch of JRE upgrades. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 8:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Java 7 0day actively expl

RE: Java 7 0day actively exploited in the wild | BeyondTrust

2013-01-14 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Java released update 11 last night. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 2:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Java 7 0day actively exploited in the wild | BeyondTrust http://www.zdnet.com/homeland

RE: Java 7 0day actively exploited in the wild | BeyondTrust

2013-01-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
http://www.zdnet.com/homeland-security-warns-to-disable-java-amid-zero-day-flaw-709713/ From: Mark Boeck [netadmin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 12:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Java 7 0day actively exploited in the wild

RE: Replacement for SteadyState

2013-01-07 Thread Kennedy, Jim
smond.com> w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Monday, January 7, 2013 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Replacement for SteadyState " how do you handle situations where students don't logout before they

RE: Replacement for SteadyState

2013-01-07 Thread Kennedy, Jim
" how do you handle situations where students don't logout before they leave.. then student 2 has access to student 1's account." Self-correcting problem. Student 2 deletes all of Students 1's stuff and Student 1 never does it again. With 7,000 students we have very little trouble

RE: Occasional local admin needed

2013-01-04 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Do a domain account as you describe and set the account to expire tomorrow. When they need it you re-enable it and set it to expire again the next day. Still manual intervention on your part but the automatic expire solves the ongoing access issue. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] S

RE: Time sync

2013-01-04 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Here is how I do it. I use the standard domain structure and have the PDC emulator sync to a good outside source. But the one thing I added was a scheduled task on every server that runs twice a day to stop and start the time service. That has helped dramatically, I can't remember the last tim

RE: Restore 2008 R2 including product activation

2013-01-02 Thread Kennedy, Jim
>  > KMS I tried KMS back when it was implemented (Windows Server 2003 R2 days)... and it didn't work out for me. I'm guessing it's much improved; is it? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message - From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyria

RE: Restore 2008 R2 including product activation

2013-01-02 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Three letter suggestion. KMS -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 2:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restore 2008 R2 including product activation > Is there a native way to do this, or are backups the

RE: KB931125

2012-12-19 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Restore hidden updates perhaps? From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 2:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: KB931125 Ok, so I manually update my servers, WSUS shows me what needs to be don, I then log on to the server and do a manual check with

RE: Noob networking Q

2012-12-14 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Dang kids, always trying to reinvent the wheel. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Noob networking Q I had thought of that, but using HOSTS seemed too old school! From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy

RE: Noob networking Q

2012-12-14 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Set the second nics on their own subnet. Add the ip's and names to hosts and lmhosts. That is how I do it physically with my DFS boxes. It will work virtually too. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Noob networ

RE: OT VDI in a box.

2012-12-14 Thread Kennedy, Jim
di- >> in-a-box-part-1-setting-up-the-server/ >> >> >> >> >> http://neil.spellings.net/2011/09/28/first-look-at-citrix-kaviza-vdi- >> in-a-box-part-2-creating-master-image/ >> >> >> >> I just sent Neil an email asking where is par

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