RE: Penetration Testing

2010-02-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
This is probably the most awesome father moment of my life (and he has provided many). My son is on the Metasploit team, and is the author of Fast-Track. From: Marc Maiffret [mailto:marc.maiff...@fireeye.com] Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 1:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE:

RE: OT ? Server ROI - Reuse ?

2010-02-09 Thread Kennedy, Jim
We recycle servers like that downward from mission critical to lesser important things. That satisfies the bean counters and keeps mission critical on new solid hardware. So, do you have an older server that could be replaced with this less older server. As for the bean counters that is

RE: OT ? Server ROI - Reuse ?

2010-02-09 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Point three is an excellent point. If the life of the app extends beyond a couple of years then moving it around and all that downtime/hassle negates any perceived loss of RoI. -Original Message- From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:charl...@golden-eagle.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 09,

RE: backspace working as the delete key

2010-02-09 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Are you using an USB keyboard with a PS2 converter to plug into the KVM. I have seen what you described happen that way sometimes. From: Miguel González Castaños [miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:51 PM To: NT System Admin

Outlook connection issues.

2010-02-03 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Posted on the exchange list, but I am at a loss here big time so I am reaching out where ever I can. I have a real stumper this morning. A handful of users cannot connect to their mailboxes. Outlook XP hits them with the 'offline' dialog box. This is in multiple buildings all being serviced

RE: Outlook connection issues.

2010-02-03 Thread Kennedy, Jim
...@rogers.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Outlook connection issues. Does this behaviour continue if you open Outlook in safe mode? Have you tried creating a new Outlook profile for the affected user(s)? From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy

RE: Outlook connection issues.

2010-02-03 Thread Kennedy, Jim
#1800525226 What fixed it for us was the last item; enabling kernel-mode auth. Tried rollup 9 but that didn't do it for us. *** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *** -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy

OT Win 7 startup delay.

2010-01-27 Thread Kennedy, Jim
We only have a few Win 7 boxes in service, but as far as I can tell it is only me having this issue. Started yesterday afternoon. I swear to the Redmond Gods that I did not change anything on my account or machines or GPO's yesterday. Takes forever to get past 'Please Wait' to get to the log on

RE: N00b question

2010-01-26 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Create a contact 'I.T. Garage Clients' that is yourself in your local address book. That goes in the to field and all the rest go in another DL that goes in the BCC. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE:

RE: GPO Best Practices

2010-01-20 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Yes, that is how restricted groups work, it over writes whatever is existing on the current machine. The best way to do it, then your GPO is the definitive authority on who is a local admin. So yes, servers should be in separate OU's so they can have their own GPO's on this issue and all the

OT Norlight Communications.

2010-01-20 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Anyone using/used them? They are offering us a pretty good deal on some dedicated connections between our buildings. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

RE: Local Admin Permissions WAS: RE: Internet Policy

2010-01-15 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Win 7 makes that whole process much easier. It seems to know what needs admin permissions so you just click it as normal and it pops the dialog box for you. Very handy and painless for the MMC admin tools like ADUC and so on. From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday,

RE: Local Admin Permissions WAS: RE: Internet Policy

2010-01-15 Thread Kennedy, Jim
that feature till it just recently stopped. Anyone know what might cause that. Now when I open ADUC or any other MMC, it just opens but admin related stuff is grayed out. I can shift, right click and runas, enter admin username and password and it works as it should. From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy

RE: Migrate DHCP database

2010-01-15 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Migrate DHCP database Have used it countless times with no issues. Webster From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Subject: Migrate DHCP

RE: Backup Exec 12.5 file restore missing a bunch of files

2010-01-14 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Does the account running the BE service have the same perms as the account doing the folder right clicking and checking? I think the right clicking account is lacking some perms on the target drive. -Original Message- From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:charl...@golden-eagle.org] Sent:

RE: Backup Exec 12.5 file restore missing a bunch of files

2010-01-14 Thread Kennedy, Jim
only see half the files. Obviously a perms issue, but why? Even an elevated Explorer window doesn't show all the files... *** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *** -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy

RE: Is E-mail the right solution for this request?

2010-01-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I think this is one of those situations where you need to ask more questions. Where are all of these items coming from, I would be especially interested in where the 'invoices' are coming from. How many projects are there? Public folder for each project under a tree maybe. From: David Lum

RE: Is E-mail the right solution for this request?

2010-01-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Or sharepoint depending upon the document type. From: Kennedy, Jim Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is E-mail the right solution for this request? I think this is one of those situations where you need to ask more questions. Where are all

RE: Motorola Droid - Exchange

2010-01-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Do you have OWA on 443? Just point it at that URL, that is all we had to do on our one and only Droid. From: Phil Guevara [pguev...@mhccov.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 7:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Motorola Droid - Exchange Yes

RE: How long to get a server?

2010-01-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
That is insane. Cancel them. From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from

RE: Looking for a simple FTP / FTPs - server

2010-01-05 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Filzilla should meet all of that. If I recall the user transfer is a tiny bit more involved...you have to run a little script that comes with it to transfer users. http://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Main_Page -Original Message- From: Buchenauer Christian [mailto:cbuchena...@gmail.com]

RE: Win7 God mode?

2010-01-05 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 on 64 bit. Thanks for the info Dave. Also, I just made one on a server share, then hit a couple of Win 7 machines with \\servername\sharefile:///\\servername\share then clicked the GodMode folder I created in the share and it hooks to the local machine. From: Sam Cayze

OT Cisco CSA EOL?

2010-01-04 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Anyone else hearing that the next version of Cisco CSA will be the last? And if so could you give me a general idea of who your source is please. I am hearing it in multiple places but the sources are not totally reliable. I want to make sure of my info before I stuff our recent purchase of the

RE: 2003 - 2008 sales pitch, sorta

2009-12-22 Thread Kennedy, Jim
ABE is available for 2003 SP1 and up. -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 2:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: 2003 - 2008 sales pitch, sorta Here's what I have pulled from MS's website on 2008 Server and pared down.

RE: Thursday Funny Request

2009-12-17 Thread Kennedy, Jim
That is the part I don't get. Based upon his/her request the installer shouldn't even need to know the password. It should just install with the logged in credentials. And if it chokes on a complex password during install maybe because of a service it installs it will choke afterwards too.

RE: Best way to get remote access to new network PCs

2009-12-17 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Maybe they should. Not being a smart-aleck here but if you bought themset them up and then shipped them. That sounds a whole lot easier and less hassle for the users at the other end. From: Don Kuhlman [mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 2:54 PM To: NT System

RE: newer laptop and Windows xp

2009-12-14 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 We have to do that here reasonably often. From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 2:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: newer laptop and Windows xp XP works fine on SATA it's more likely a BIOS issue as mentioned. You can emulate

RE: Move File shares from one drive to another?

2009-12-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I would use robocopy to copy them over. Then regedit share paths in hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\lanmanserver\shares From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Move File shares from one drive to

RE: Ironport question

2009-12-10 Thread Kennedy, Jim
It is blocking requests from your users to bad websites? Then no, your users request www.BadURL.comhttp://www.BadURL.com and the ironport tells them no right away. It does not fetch the pages and then tell them no. Or is it blocking access to your internal website/systems from bad area's? Then

RE: Ironport question

2009-12-10 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Ok, had some more coffee. This is url blocking in email. Yes, the Ironport is accepting the traffic then blocking it on the machine. Outside hosting of email filtering fixes that if it is an issue for you, but less control over the system. Pick your poison. From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy

RE: OTish: Weather cam for work

2009-12-10 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 on Axis. We have 6 or 8 of them outside and they are trouble free for a couple of years. Only issue is there is a codex or something (don't remember for sure what it was) that requires admin rights to install on the desktop. -Original Message- From: Phillip Partipilo

RE: VIRUS INSTALLED ON RESTRICTED USER PROFILE

2009-12-03 Thread Kennedy, Jim
My bet is it didn't. It created it using an elevated service maybe. Or got hit it across the network from another machine..that is exactly how conflikr works. What virus is it? From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: Startup script security context

2009-11-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Brilliant idea. But change it to 'At Startup' for the context of how he describes when it runs now? From: Jackson, Jeff [mailto:jeff.jack...@rbza.com] Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Startup script security context How about running the script

RE: Google Wave Invite Available

2009-11-25 Thread Kennedy, Jim
kennedyjam...@gmail.commailto:kennedyjam...@gmail.com please sir. From: leftongr...@gmail.com [mailto:leftongr...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Google Wave Invite Available Yay- I have 8 available! Sent: 2jbr...@gmail.com (7 now)

RE: Supporting former employer

2009-11-24 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I think the reply came through pretty quick, it just took Mr. Ziots 9 months to type it. :) From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Supporting former employer Am I losing the plot, or did that reply

Lansweeper advice.

2009-11-19 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Ok, I have seen this mentioned many times here so I am looking at it real hard. I like it a lot, using the free version I have to have the client execute an exe as they log on to 'phone home'. Having a heck of a time getting that to run under a user account (non-admin). The pay version uses AD

RE: Lansweeper advice.

2009-11-19 Thread Kennedy, Jim
configuration utility. -Bill On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.orgmailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org wrote: Ok, I have seen this mentioned many times here so I am looking at it real hard. I like it a lot, using the free version I have to have the client execute

RE: Early OT: Friday Link

2009-11-19 Thread Kennedy, Jim
It is. It is along the same lines as The Three Wolf Moon T-Shirts on Amazon. That one is epic. Although the makers of that shirt are getting rich, it is all they make anymore and they can't keep up. http://www.amazon.com/Mountain-Mens-Three-Short-Sleeve/dp/B002HJ377A From: Richard Stovall

Win 7 logon script

2009-11-18 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Having some odities with Windows 7. Just a few of us using it right now. A simple VBS script applied to the user via GPO. There is also a my doc's redirect in the same GPO that applies and works just fine. But the below script does not map drives in Windows 7, yet it does in XP. No errors

RE: Win 7 logon script (RESOLVED)

2009-11-18 Thread Kennedy, Jim
5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] EnableLinkedConnections=dword:0001 Carl -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject

RE: Win 7 logon script (RESOLVED)

2009-11-18 Thread Kennedy, Jim
: RE: Win 7 logon script (RESOLVED) wwi? Registry hack did the trick? From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win 7 logon script (RESOLVED) TYVM Carl and David

RE: Not wanting to be a spammer

2009-11-17 Thread Kennedy, Jim
That won't fix PTR issues if the IP's are owned by the ISP, they are authoritative for the records on the IP address space. From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Not wanting to be a spammer Start

RE: Windows 7 Mouse Hover to Click

2009-11-17 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Gotta be. I have several Win 7 boxes and have never seen this. From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 Mouse Hover to Click H my Win7 boxen don't do that. Any chance this is a

RE: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Veteran refers to someone that has served active duty. That is my definition anyway, and I think it is pretty much the common accepted definition. 180 days of active duty is the benchmark from the Feds for many 'Veteran' benefits. I am NOT belittling a reservist, they make huge sacrifices

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-10 Thread Kennedy, Jim
To dovetail on the below http://www.speedtest.net/ is a good place to test from. You can pick points all over the world and see what you get. FWIW I had a bonded T1 at a 50 user office, it was not enough. It was saturated. HOWEVER, these were heavy surfers and downloaders, an advertising

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-10 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Advertising Agency, I can't begin to describe it. You had a problem with YouTube, they didn't care if the staff used YouPorn. I got yelled at for deleting 10 gigs of pirated music off a server.. From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:04 AM To: NT

RE: Your membership on ntsysadmin has been put on hold

2009-10-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
It's a little broke. For me a few weeks ago it was a single failure and it wasn't a permanent failure it was a time out on my receiving MTA it got bogged down. The list took me off for that one transient failure. I finally got a hold of Stu and hooked me up the admin and they had me going again

RE: Smartboard Software Recommendations

2009-10-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
If you bought a SMART brand then you got a license for Smart Notebook and that is what I would recommend. We are edu but the software is not at all specific to edu needs. It will do a good job for you and we have found it to be very stable and dependable. Just turn off the automatic updates

RE: Smartboard Software Recommendations

2009-10-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
was a real deal...like a hundred bucks or so for a our whole domain. JoeWare also has a free version but I like Wingnut's because it is encrypted. From: Kennedy, Jim Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 2:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Smartboard Software Recommendations If you bought a SMART

RE: Smartboard Software Recommendations

2009-10-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
at 2:20 PM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.orgmailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org wrote: Sorry, didn't answer the deploy issue. We deploy software that requires admin privs via a web page. We put the install up on a share, then use Wingnut Software's RUNas utility to run

RE: Smartboard Software Recommendations

2009-10-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
It does. One key and it is wide open to install anywhere you want per the license. We can even let students or staff install it at home if they want, the license specifically mentions that. They want to sell smartboards not software is the impression I have from how they have it set up. So the

RE: [LIST ADMIN MESSAGE] r.gri...@wind.blackberry.com

2009-10-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
This guy has sent 6 NDR's from is crackberry to me so far. It may be a clue to the list errors or it could be someone that needs to be unsubscribed. From: Sam Cayze [sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 6:32 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: Directory not shared.....but already shared?

2009-10-27 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Can you hit the share via \\servernamefile:///\\servername? What do you see in computer management under shares? Might help to remove it from the registry...HKLM\System\CurrentcontrolSet\Services\Lanmanserver\Shares From: David [mailto:blazer...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009

RE: Directory not shared.....but already shared?

2009-10-27 Thread Kennedy, Jim
.but already shared? +1 If not there, do a registry search for the share name. From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Directory not shared.but already shared? Can you hit the share via

RE: Ammo for apple mac sales pitch

2009-10-23 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Just to echo and expand on what some others have said...you should remain focused on making the rep prove how these Macs are going to help the company make more money or make its users be more efficient. Besides training you consider the training for the users.that is actually a bigger

RE: Ammo for apple mac sales pitch

2009-10-23 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Mr. Baker is 169 percent correct, and said it the best out of everyone that was going in this direction. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 9:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Ammo for apple mac sales pitch Simply start off the meeting

RE: Constantly getting locked of 2003 domain

2009-10-20 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 on Conficker From: Jason Morris [mailto:jmor...@mjmc.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Constantly getting locked of 2003 domain That's because Conficker runs as the Network Services Account. :) Look under: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows

RE: Constantly getting locked of 2003 domain

2009-10-20 Thread Kennedy, Jim
And while you are tracking this down, change your password to something very strong if it isn't already. It is running a dictionary attack against your account and if it gets it all heck is going to break loose. It will use your credentials to infect every machine it can find. From: Kennedy

RE: Constantly getting locked of 2003 domain

2009-10-20 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Those random letter strings at the bottom are not good. This worm usually blocks most of the anti-virus websites. See if you can get to trendmicro.com or mcafee or symantec. Or hit this link and see if you can see their logo's

RE: A poke in the eye for cloud computing?

2009-10-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
2008ish so I vote MS failing http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/feb08/02-11acquisition.mspx From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 11:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: A poke in the eye for cloud computing? I've got

RE: NTFS permissions issue

2009-10-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Set up one set of empty dummy folders with the perms you need, somewhere else outside this folder setup. Rename them to the new department as you need them and robocopy them to the real destination. Rinse, Lather, Repeat for each department. -Original Message- From:

RE: Price of Office 2007 Pro

2009-10-09 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Not 100 percent certain but that sounds like less than our EDU price. -Original Message- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 12:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Price of Office 2007 Pro Maybe call this a jaded Friday for me, but get

RE: Once more - software RAID

2009-10-08 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 Windows RAID is the equivalent of nothing, imho. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 11:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Once more - software RAID If it were me, I'd go buy a RAID card and stick it in there and build the

RE: Why is Windows Time service crap?

2009-09-18 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Jumping in late here but let me agree the time service is crap. Here is how I overcame it. I use our core Cisco router for the authoritative time source. It does a good job of keeping it's clock current. I do not sync it outside I do it manually if I ever notice a time difference. Since

RE: My Docs Redirection

2009-09-16 Thread Kennedy, Jim
In the GPO don't move my music, leave it behind on the local machine. Same with My Pictures if that suits your needs. From: Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: My Docs Redirection I am in the testing

RE: My Docs Redirection

2009-09-16 Thread Kennedy, Jim
PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: My Docs Redirection I somehow missed that. Thanks! From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: My Docs Redirection In the GPO don't move my music, leave

RE: Real a/v Testing

2009-09-16 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Wait a few days, Conflicker 2.0 is about to be unleashed. It appears one of the patches opened another similar vulnerability. From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Real a/v

RE: My Docs Redirection

2009-09-16 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Admin Issues Subject: RE: My Docs Redirection Guess not... where can I get those? From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 3:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: My Docs Redirection It is part of the spiffy

RE: can't mount usb drives without admin permissions

2009-09-15 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 Software for some built in encryption, or syncing system or something along those lines. It is on the thumb drive with an autorun.ini. Which brings up that you should consider disabling the autorun also. From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 3:28 PM

RE: can't mount usb drives without admin permissions

2009-09-15 Thread Kennedy, Jim
to format and eject removable devices as some people suggest, but no love... Any ideas? Miguel --- El mar, 15/9/09, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org escribió: De: Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org Asunto: RE: can't mount usb drives without admin permissions Para: NT System Admin

RE: Possible to have GPO assigned software package install at shutdown?

2009-09-09 Thread Kennedy, Jim
assigned software package install at shutdown? Hmm, Would I then make a batch file to call the msi? I'll give that a shot. Thanks. On 9/9/09, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org wrote: Assign it as a shutdown script, it is in the computer configuration/windows settings/scripts section

RE: OT: Need a developer / Need info

2009-09-03 Thread Kennedy, Jim
W...Lexington. I will be blowing through there on my bike next Thursday on my way to Deals Gap. I love the horse farms on 68, I always go that way. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 2:27 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: Adding 2008 DC to 2000 Domain

2009-09-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Run it so you can add them later if you decide you need one. From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 10:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Adding 2008 DC to 2000 Domain Im trying to add a 2008 DC to a 2000 domain with one 2000 DC. I ran adprep

RE: MSINFO popping up

2009-09-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Fire up task manager when it happens. See what the process is. Msinfo.exe is a virus/adware usually and msinfo32.exe is part of the OS. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 11:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: OTish Odd FF vs IE display issue.

2009-09-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
[mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 12:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OTish Odd FF vs IE display issue. On 31 Aug 2009 at 9:46, Kennedy, Jim wrote: Ok, so at the link below if you go there with Firefox you see a set of pictures of aleged damage to a car

RE: OTish Odd FF vs IE display issue.

2009-09-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
and feeding two different pages. -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 12:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OTish Odd FF vs IE display issue. On 31 Aug 2009 at 9:46, Kennedy, Jim  wrote: Ok, so

RE: OTish Odd FF vs IE display issue.

2009-09-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Pulled your response out of our email archiver, I must have mass deleted it over the weekend. You sir are a genius. Tyvm, it was driving me crazy. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 12:48 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: MSINFO popping up

2009-09-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
, it was definitely the Microsoft System Information tool... but what caused it to pop up, I haven't a clue. Just for giggles I'll go install MalwareBytes on that machine and make sure it's not infested or anything. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy

RE: MSINFO popping up

2009-09-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
. That being said, when I ran msinfo32 on my machine, it *looked* like what was on the user's machine. Next time it happens, I'll try to make it a point to look at the task manager. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.orgmailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org

RE: GPO filtering

2009-09-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Applied as a Machine Policy? When you remove authenticated users you are, in effect, removing the computers also unless you give them perms another way. A computer is an authenticated user when it authenticates. From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 3:20

RE: GPO filtering

2009-09-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I think you should be looking at assigned software VIA group policy. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302430 From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 4:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: GPO filtering That's already enabled for the particular user

RE: [On-Topic] Patching with PSEXEC

2009-08-31 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Ok, I am going off in a completely different direction. I did not see the part where you talked to others about PSEXEC so I don't know why you are going in that direction. Why not just script it to the machines via GPO. If it is a machine policy the install/update will run with elevated privs

OTish Odd FF vs IE display issue.

2009-08-31 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Ok, so at the link below if you go there with Firefox you see a set of pictures of aleged damage to a car that ran over a mattress. But if you go there with IE you see completely different pictures. You can see it easiest if you look at the last picture. Completely different people looking at

RE: Websense vs. Barracuda

2009-08-28 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Barracuda has lost their way, imho. They are not what they used to be. Each new software 'update' is just messier and messier. -Original Message- From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:charl...@golden-eagle.org] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 6:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

OT Good NT sysadmin list?

2009-08-28 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I think this whole issue could be resolved if we tagged our subjects. Then both 'sides' can live in harmony. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

[OT] Good NT sysadmin list?

2009-08-28 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I should have know that. Those are the tags used on SPAM-L, now I know why. That list doesn't accept messages unless you have them tagged properly. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 3:57 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: WSUS SP2 is out

2009-08-26 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WSUS SP2 is out Nope. Not in my case. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:13 AM

RE: webcam software

2009-08-25 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 UStream is the bomb. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: webcam software So your webcams are gonna be mobile with laptop users ?... One method I've used in the past to provide webcam views of

RE: IIS services disappearing

2009-08-25 Thread Kennedy, Jim
What version of Exchange? Outlook 2007 is supported on an Exchange 2007 server I believe. http://blogs.msdn.com/dgoldman/archive/2007/02/27/installing-outlook-2007-on-an-exchange-2007-server.aspx On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Silvio L. Nisgoski nisgo...@gmx.demailto:nisgo...@gmx.de

RE: Right to create share on server?

2009-08-24 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Give the 'partial-admin' a root folder and share it..full control to them. That would probably get you there assuming all the shares are inside of that.. From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 11:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Right

Slow desktop logons.

2009-08-21 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I got nothing on this one, it is killing me. 2008 domain, mostly XP desktops but some Win 7 and Vista machines with the same problem. Applies settings and all of that very quickly. But when the desktop shows up, it is blank...then it can be 3 or 4 minutes before the hourglass goes away and

RE: Slow desktop logons.

2009-08-21 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Nope, no roaming profiles. They are evil. From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 7:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: re: Slow desktop logons. Any chance you are using roaming profiles? I got nothing on this one,

RESOLVED: Slow desktop logons.

2009-08-21 Thread Kennedy, Jim
, August 21, 2009 8:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Slow desktop logons. What about redirected My Documents folder? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: Kennedy, Jim Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:04:00 -0400 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin

RE: Windows 7

2009-08-20 Thread Kennedy, Jim
You should be able to run the install in compatibility mode. That worked for me with my Wacom Tablet drivers, and the drivers now work perfectly. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:sj...@amico.com] Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 Ok, I'm

Server Null sessions.

2009-08-17 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Implementing CSA here, so far so good. One thing CSA is reporting are a number of null session requests from servers to other servers. Now all of the servers are GPO'd to not accept null sessions. And packet captures shows that they are denying the request, and then authentication occurs as it

RE: Mail server software

2009-08-17 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 I have only used it twice, when it was a serious issue. They stick with you and they get it fixed, and the price is very reasonable as far as I am concerned. From: John Gwinner [jgwin...@dazsi.com] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 7:46 PM To: NT System

RE: Recommendations for remote control program for home support?

2009-08-14 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Been using logmein free for about a year with for my mom. No complaints here, works fine. -Original Message- From: michael.le...@pha.phila.gov [mailto:michael.le...@pha.phila.gov] Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 3:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Recommendations for remote

RE: The network path not found

2009-08-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
this, is it in a separate OU than the other systems. Bob Smith -- From: Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: The network path not found

OT Win 7 sharing

2009-08-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Driving me crazy, just want to be able to connect to my desktop from server to copy stuff back and forth. Vista was no problem. \\desktopname gets me network path was not found. Same with the full domain name. 2008, XP 2003 and 2003 r2 same result. Got it all turned on in the domain tab in

RE: OT Win 7 sharing

2009-08-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
-Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT Win 7 sharing Driving me crazy, just want to be able to connect to my desktop from server to copy stuff back and forth. Vista was no problem

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