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

2009-03-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Hah! I own the OP. 51.5 gigs in the WSUSContent folder. Only English. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: WSUS -- How many Gigs is your server? Thats waaay

RE: MS Update Not Effective?

2009-03-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
As someone that is fighting conflicker that was supposed to be patched in October of last year it the article can be summed up this way: The Trustworthy Computing promise of 2002 is a lie. -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March

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

2009-03-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
.574BF510] English only and I run cleanups on content a couple of times a year, but also only download approved updates. We also get files for express installations. -Bonnie -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 9:15

RE: Account lockouts

2009-03-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
We have a couple of classes like that. Those classrooms are off network, on their own with their own fileservers and physically separate from our main network. Not giving you a hard time about the local admin issue just tossing out something that might help. -Original Message-

RE: Unlock accounts

2009-03-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
-disable-unlock- user-accounts/ On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org wrote: So one of the issues I have is 100's of accounts that are locked out. Anyone have an idea or a script that I can fire to unlock everyone at once? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint

Account lockouts

2009-03-10 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I am getting hammered with these in the event log: The SAM database was unable to lockout the account of USERNAME due to a resource error, such as a hard disk write failure (the specific error code is in the error data) . Accounts are locked after a certain number of bad passwords are provided

RE: Account lockouts

2009-03-10 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I should have added 2008 DC's. Seeing this in 3 of the 5 DC's. The killer is I can't unlock the locked accounts. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Account lockouts

RE: Account lockouts

2009-03-10 Thread Kennedy, Jim
, it was of great value. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Account lockouts Appreciate the responses...I am digging into your ideas now. I now see syn floods on two

Unlock accounts

2009-03-10 Thread Kennedy, Jim
So one of the issues I have is 100's of accounts that are locked out. Anyone have an idea or a script that I can fire to unlock everyone at once? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

RE: Unlock accounts

2009-03-10 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Joeware unlock FTW! Thanks joe. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 4:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Unlock accounts So one of the issues I have is 100's of accounts that are locked out. Anyone

RE: server 2003 - different domain computer using existing name?

2009-03-09 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I don't think this is a big deal really to reuse a desktop name. First check ADUC and make sure there are no duplicate names. You might find the old one with a red X on it. If so delete that one. Rename it and boot it and I will bet a box of powdered donuts you will be fine. If you want to be

RE: OT - Reduction in hours, forced to use PTO

2009-03-03 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Depends if it is 10 percent less than the 20 percent increase or 10 percent less than current. But either way it is more than unemployment and as soon as gas hits 4 bucks a gallon again this summer the OP will have actually gotten a raise. From: John Hornbuckle

RE: Help Desk Software

2009-02-26 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I am trying very hard to move our help desk to sharepoint. That template impresses me as a place to start but it has a long way to go before it is an actual solution for a larger multi person IT Department. Coras Works has a really nice out of the box sharepoint help desk system, but I think

RE: Flash patch, anyone?

2009-02-25 Thread Kennedy, Jim
It's no big deal to get. Free, fill out the forms and they send you the link via email right away. You are just agreeing to only distribute it to your network computers. http://www.adobe.com/products/players/fpsh_distribution1.html From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday,

RE: Supporting former employer

2009-02-23 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Walk them through it. If it gets bad and you have to go in and do a bunch of work then consult it, or if it becomes a frequent event. I did it that way and the guy moved on later and way up. Then he hired me for the best gig I have ever had. What goes around sometimes comes around. From:

RE: Sony Laptop automagically sending emails and opening documents

2009-02-13 Thread Kennedy, Jim
ROFL. I can see it now. Boss typing away on an email muttering to herselfI hope this piece of garbage doesn't just SEND this emailcrap it did it aga...@!!' From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 9:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE:

RE: Times

2009-02-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
That is probably the right answer, but double check the DC's event log and make sure there are no event errors for the time service. Also compare the DC's time to an accurate source such as http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ visually, and make sure your users time matches the DC. If

RE: Times

2009-02-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
There would be errors in the logs if that where the case. Net stop w32time and then net start w32time and see what happens in the event logs and to the clock. From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.org] Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re:

RE: Times

2009-02-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Technically we don't know that yet :) Could be the Navy is right and the rest of the world is wrong. From: Doige, Clayton [mailto:clayton.do...@cme-net.com] Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Times Odd that the navy's time server appears to be out

RE: power options and users

2009-02-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I think those are part of the new group policy preferences. You can add them with an update to existing machines. But you need to manage them and apply them with a Vista machine or a 2008 DC. -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es] Sent:

RE: UPS recommendations

2009-02-10 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 on the APC's melting/overcharging batteries for no apparent reason. Seems to be a built in 'feature' of the APC units so they can get you to buy more. Never had that problem with the Tripplites and battery life is much much longer. -Original Message- From: Glen Johnson

RE: WSUS Clients

2009-02-10 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I am assuming you can identify these computers pretty easily in your WSUS. You could move them to another group, make that group a sub-group of your master group. Then deny that update for that sub-group. The sub-group will inherit the rest of the updates. In other words you can nest

RE: OT: Warning (watching live video on CNN requires you to install a P2P client)

2009-02-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
How are you blocking it? From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 10:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Warning (watching live video on CNN requires you to install a P2P client) Thanks Peter. This is getting blocked at our office

RE: OT: Warning (watching live video on CNN requires you to install a P2P client)

2009-02-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
It will not. That is what is saving us also. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Warning (watching live video on CNN requires you to install a P2P client) Anyone

RE: OT: Warning (watching live video on CNN requires you to install a P2P client)

2009-02-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Interesting, I see it in add/remove programs only for the user that installed it. I installed it on purpose with LocalAdmin1 and it is there. But logging in with LocalAdmin2 it is not in add/remove programs. From: Eric Wittersheim

OT Ping Mr. Zoits

2009-02-05 Thread Kennedy, Jim
, Security +, Network + From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 12:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MCSE question The upgrade exams retired in March of 2008. So what you have to do now is go through the whole

Change updates temp folder drive

2009-02-04 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I have never seen an answer to this one and it drives me crazy. Server 2003 R2 (and most other I assume) when I run an MS update it picks the hard drive to make a temp folder on to expand and install the update. More often than not it picks a data drive on my fileservers, which have FSRM blocks

RE: MCSE question

2009-02-04 Thread Kennedy, Jim
The upgrade exams retired in March of 2008. So what you have to do now is go through the whole thing for 2008. From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 12:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: MCSE question Yes. 2009/2/4 Dennis Rogov

RE: Preventing user from changing login name

2009-02-04 Thread Kennedy, Jim
1) Have HR tell him not to do this. 2) Change the password on the account he is not supposed to be using. 3) Have HR fire him if he does it again. -Original Message- From: Pierre Camilleri [mailto:pierre.camill...@fosterclark.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 1:22 PM To: NT

RE: Used Cisco Equipment?

2009-02-04 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I have used these folks a few times with good luck. Also consider 'Cisco Factory Refurbished'. Refurb'd by Cisco, has a warranty. http://www.networkhardware.com/ On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Jon D rekcahp...@gmail.commailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know of good places

RE: Used Cisco Equiment?

2009-02-04 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I believe you are correct. -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 3:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Used Cisco Equiment? Correct me if I'm wrong (not A Cisco guy), but don't you need to relicense

RE: .Net Framework

2009-01-29 Thread Kennedy, Jim
If you have 3.5 installed it comes with 3 and 2. 1.1 is separate and theoretically it could be needed for some app or something you have out there, but I doubt it. From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 10:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Big Brother

2009-01-27 Thread Kennedy, Jim
SpectorSoft Totally stealth. Can't see it in task manager. It buries itself in a randomly named folder deep in the windows/system folder. It takes grayscale bmp's that are very small so you can set it to shoot every few seconds and never fill the hard drive. Completely logs keystrokes,

RE: Big Brother

2009-01-27 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Ext. 246 From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Big Brother SpectorSoft Totally stealth. Can't see it in task manager. It buries itself in a randomly named folder

RE: Why is the min. rec. paging file size 1.5x?

2009-01-27 Thread Kennedy, Jim
IIRC the 1.5 was back when we had smaller amounts of ram...because the initial foot print of the OS's in RAM was pretty big in comparison to the smaller amount of ram of the days. I think that this rule of thumb has just hung on over the years. -Original Message- From: Micheal

RE: Why is the min. rec. paging file size 1.5x?

2009-01-27 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Which is my vote, after watching our poor techs manually adjust 200 computers because they had added a boatload of ram to them. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Why is the min. rec. paging file size 1.5x?

2009-01-27 Thread Kennedy, Jim
the impression that the default/base for system managed was 1.5x. Not true? -- ME2 On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org wrote: Which is my vote, after watching our poor techs manually adjust 200 computers because they had added a boatload of ram

RE: Why is the min. rec. paging file size 1.5x?

2009-01-27 Thread Kennedy, Jim
That covers what I have seen from XP...BUT it creates a fixed 1.5 and will never change it automatically if you change the amount of ram. So I would call that semi-system managed. Actually I would call that broken :) -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr

RE: Virus scan a web site

2009-01-26 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Based upon that...was the site made with FrontPage? From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 1:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Virus scan a web site It was trying to run activex to install ietag.dll. I didn't run it - Original Message -

RE: Virus scan a web site

2009-01-26 Thread Kennedy, Jim
mistress. We'll wait and see what she says. Thanks Glen. From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 1:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Virus scan a web site Based upon that...was the site made with FrontPage? From: James Kerr

RE: Creation of User Question

2009-01-23 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Two options. Restore the deleted account per the MS KB article here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840001 and re-associate the account with the mailbox. Or create a new account associate that with the old mailbox. From: Kelli Sterley [mailto:kster...@design-plus.com] Sent: Friday, January

RE: Creation of User Question

2009-01-23 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Your question implies you are doing brick level backups. No need to do that but perhaps Ed Crowley is reading over here. He will take you to task on that one :) The mailbox is static once disabled, so the backup from 30 days ago should be sufficient. -Original Message- From: Sean

RE: Batch file task

2009-01-20 Thread Kennedy, Jim
What actions do you need to do? Robocopy will watch folders and run forever...if you just need to do a copy of the contents or changes to those folders it will work for you. From: m b [mailto:midphan12...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Batch file task

2009-01-20 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Could you have your internal users drop the xls's in one folder and the rest in the other? That makes your automated task a bit easier to do, just use Robocopy at that point, two instances watching each drop folder... From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday,

RE: Google Search Issues?

2009-01-13 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I screen pop a message to the students that says 'Busted' right after I disable their account and just before I remote boot their machine for them. Sometimes it's fun to be in edu. From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:28 PM To: NT System

RE: Google Search Issues?

2009-01-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Google flagged your IP with their mysterious system for identifying bots that search to drive up page rankings. There is nothing you can do but wait it out, it will clear in 24 hours or so. It just happens, no one really know why. From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent:

RE: Google Search Issues?

2009-01-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
guys, this should answer the question that my manager will be asking, so he's going to have the answers before he asks ;) And once again, this list has made me look like an absolutely brilliant admin!!! You guys rock!! On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy

RE: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney

2009-01-09 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Gotta be off by default, otherwise I would know. That one hit my DC's hard on 2003. Or maybe it actually works in 2008. Checking now...I'll be danged, it is enabled by default and not blowing up. From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009

RE: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney

2009-01-09 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.commailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, January 09

RE: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney

2009-01-09 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.commailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:19 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now

2009-01-08 Thread Kennedy, Jim
It is also on the partner website. -Original Message- From: Steve Moffat [mailto:st...@optimum.bm] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 10:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now It is available now on MSDN Technet. It is

RE: Server OS Reinstall

2009-01-07 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I never reuse a DC name, even if I removed it gracefully. That may be a bit overkill, but I would strongly advise against reusing a name on a failed DC. You can clean it out of AD, and you will need to but I still wouldn't reuse the name. I have always done a manual removal with the info in

RE: Auditing Everything

2009-01-07 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I think what the CEO is asking for will cost as much, if not more as they have invested already in IT, based upon your size. You need a proxy server for web surfing to log websites, so ISA for example. Servers need all the auditing logging turned up and then that will generate massive log

RE: Auditing Everything

2009-01-07 Thread Kennedy, Jim
EventManager from GFI is what I wrote and what we have. I think the others typo'd or something :) -Original Message- From: Gene Giannamore [mailto:gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 1:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Auditing

OT UK Police planning to hack citizens' PCs

2009-01-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
The Times over stated what is happening from what I read. Other papers report no changes in the rules or laws. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: UK Police planning to hack citizens' PCs Nice..this isn't a

RE: NTFS Permissions

2009-01-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
ACK, a DC with file serving open for students? Sorry but as a fellow edu type I vote 'very bad' on that idea. Leave the old unused ACL on the folders, it won't hurt anything. -Original Message- From: Walker, Clay [mailto:c...@bridgeportisd.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:45

RE: OT - Staffing Overtime

2009-01-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 on going over the head of the HR person and forcing them to do THEIR job or getting them fired. There are additional laws in Ohio that they need to also check into. I believe you owe them OT or comp time. From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009

RE: File name is too long

2009-01-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
And it is WAY faster. Robocopy FTW. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: File name is too long While, as others suggest, 'subst' might help, your real help here is

RE: windows internal database

2009-01-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
WSUS installs it if you decide not to use an SQL database. That is my bet. -Original Message- From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com [mailto:jesse-r...@wi.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: windows internal database I am trying to determine

RE: IIS redirect?

2009-01-05 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Response.Redirect is more perfect! -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 1:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IIS redirect? Yea, that's a better idea too. Anything that is server-side really. I

RE: Aaaiiiyyyeeeeee!!! OOO notices! (OT)

2008-12-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Sure it does, that is how ours is I just retested it to be certain. Internals get OOF's and externals do not. -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE:

Cert vulnerability

2008-12-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
PS3's used to crack MD5 certs. http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2339 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

RE: Aaaiiiyyyeeeeee!!! OOO notices! (OT)

2008-12-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Aaaiiiyyyee!!! OOO notices! (OT) Sure it does, that is how ours is I just retested it to be certain. Internals get OOF's and externals do

RE: IIS redirect?

2008-12-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
DNS CNAME pointing mail.myplace.com to www.myplace.comhttp://www.myplace.com Your default index.htm page at the website www.myplace.comhttp://www.myplace.com is this: META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT=1; URL=../exchange Watch the names on your Certs so you don't get a mismatch. From:

RE: IIS redirect?

2008-12-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
for mail.myplace.com and the index page is: META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT=1; URL=www.myplace.com/exchange But I am unsure of that, give it a test. From: Kennedy, Jim Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IIS redirect? DNS CNAME pointing

RE: Aaaiiiyyyeeeeee!!! OOO notices! (OT)

2008-12-29 Thread Kennedy, Jim
All list servers should treat OOO's as an automatic unsubscribe, imho. -Original Message- From: Edward B. DREGER [mailto:eddy+public+s...@noc.everquick.net] Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 1:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Aaaiiiyyyee!!! OOO notices! (OT) I normally

RE: Aaaiiiyyyeeeeee!!! OOO notices! (OT)

2008-12-29 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Hub transport config.remote domains.on the default domain is it set to 'none'? The wording can mislead you on that tab...none means to remote domains, internal will still work. -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Monday, December 29,

RE: NT issue

2008-12-29 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Can other servers/workstations authenticate to this PDC? Should be success events in it's logs. If so the PDC is working fine and the issue is the member server, or its connection. My bet is it's connection. Pop a laptop into the network cable it is using and see what you can ping, I will bet

RE: Server migration assistance

2008-12-29 Thread Kennedy, Jim
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy#GUI_front-end for syntax and the gui information. Precreate the base folder with the right permissions, imho. Also keep in mind you can test this, just leave your users/applications using the old location until you get it right. robocopy

RE: Certificate Authority move during Windows 2008 upgrade.

2008-12-19 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I completely blew up our CA system during the move from 2003 to 2008. Thankfully it is only a handful of laptop users that occasionally authenticate with certs to our wireless routers. No idea what I did wrong. Wish I could be more help. From: Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:robbonfig...@gmail.com]

RE: OT - Anyone VM a Mac Leopard OS on a PC?

2008-12-18 Thread Kennedy, Jim
In typical use, they are not faster imho. So there is no switch to flick. However if you use them professionally in areas that they shine they are faster. I did six years in a big advertising agency, and still do the support for my brother in-law's agency. And at the same time we have a big Mac

OTish Flow Control

2008-12-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
On, off or Auto? We were digging through a few switches chasing down some traffic problems and noticed that our servers are set all over the place, some on, some disabled..others autoThey must be doing it on their own, because it is a setting I have never looked at or touched and most of

RE: Lose access to local domain servers when connected w/VPN to remote / different Windows domain

2008-12-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Then ping the hostnames, see if you can resolve the names. That is my bet. The VPN is taking over your dns/wins. The delay is perhaps the time the resolutions live in your cache before they go poof. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December

RE: testing Speed Reliably between datacenters

2008-12-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
QCheck. http://www.ixiacom.com/products/performance_applications/pa_display.php?skey=qcheck From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: testing Speed Reliably between

RE: OT: Gmail Enables -SMS TXT

2008-12-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Gmail is also the free mail account provider of choice for Nigerian/419 spammers to send from because Gmail hides the originating client IP address making filtering them more difficult. From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:35 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: 0-day IE Exploit in the wild

2008-12-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
The IE tab type items would share any vulnerability since you are running IE in that tab. That at least is how I understand it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re:

RE: 0-day IE Exploit in the wild

2008-12-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Enable memory protection to help mitigate online attacks. Is the DEP option. Near the bottom of the Advanced tab. Vista with IE 7 only I believe, not available in XP. To answer the shadowserver question, it is safe it is a security website. On the linked pages is a list of websites that have

RE: 0-day IE Exploit in the wild

2008-12-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
-Messaggio originale- Da: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Inviato: giovedì 11 dicembre 2008 19.52 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: RE: 0-day IE Exploit in the wild Enable memory protection to help mitigate online attacks. Is the DEP option. Near the bottom

RE: edge switch (to the desktops)

2008-12-04 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 This is the correct motorcycle. I don't know anyone that has ever been fired for a network outage due to Cisco gear. It's your core, it is your backbone. If you have to lease it then so be it. The bean counters sometimes even like you for leasing, it is a fixed cost over time that they can

RE: DNS issue?

2008-12-02 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I am only addressing the specific question below, I did not have much luck trying to hit your site. You already are doing that through DNS, both point to the same IP address. So now make sure the web server is set to answer to the requests for that header. Don't know if that is your problem,

RE: Memory Upgrade question

2008-12-02 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Yep. My son can get all the blue tooth and GPS hacks out of his car in under 15 minutes. From: RM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 2:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Memory Upgrade question That's easy. Remove aftermarket RAM before placing a service

RE: DNS issue?

2008-12-02 Thread Kennedy, Jim
That should do it. -Original Message- From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 2:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: DNS issue? We don't host the site internally. When I contact them, what do I tell them I need done? That I need

RE: Office 2003 Image Writer Printer

2008-12-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Hate that thing. cscript //B c:\windows\system32\prnmngr.vbs -d -p Generic as a machine.bat file. Replace 'Generic' with whatever printer name you want to nuke. -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 12:24 PM To: NT

RE: Office 2003 Image Writer Printer

2008-12-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Subject: RE: Office 2003 Image Writer Printer That might help! But, will it make Image Writer go away forever? Or will it just get re- added the next time an Office update gets installed? -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 01

2008 DFS Namespace type

2008-11-20 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Just awhile ago I created a DFS Namespace. Unfortunately I did not enable the 2008 type, it is a windows 2000 type but it is Domain type. Any way to change it to 2008, right click properties won't let me edit that part of it. I can recreate it pretty easily but just changing would be nice. ~

RE: 2008 DFS Namespace type (Resolved)

2008-11-20 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Excellent, my google-fu is back! Export, delete, recreate the right way and then import it. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753875.aspx -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:48 AM To: NT System Admin

RE: Domain Controllers time sync software

2008-11-18 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 Did that 5 years ago and have never touched the time service since. From: MarvinC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Domain Controllers time sync software Do you have Cisco on the edge? If so synch the PDC emulator

RE: Windows 2008 Domain

2008-11-18 Thread Kennedy, Jim
The method you are describing is exactly what we did, it went very smooth. From: Vue, Za [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 1:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 2008 Domain Anyone upgraded from Windows 2003 to 2008 AD yet? Any problem? I am thinking

RE: Problems using alias for server?

2008-11-14 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Currently fighting the same issue, with no luck. Thankfully this is just a server we host installation packages on. OldServer and NewServer. I have static dns and wins entries for OldServer pointing to the IP address of NewServer. \\OldServer from start run on any desktop usually brings up

RE: What could cause this VPN issue?

2008-11-14 Thread Kennedy, Jim
One more to add. If using netbios names check the node type. See if they match what you have on your box. Also enable netbios over tcp/ip on their machine. From: Evan Brastow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: What could cause

RE: staff to equipment to end users ratios

2008-11-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
3100 computers in 15 school sites. 7200 users of which 900 are staff. 42 servers, and all the routing and switches of course. Me the Sys. Eng., 2 tech's and a department head that can help any of the three of us with basic issues. I want to work at John's district. :)

RE: Upgrade DCs from 2003 to 200 R2

2008-11-05 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Assuming you mean 2003 R2 :), no there are no higher levels and there are no pitfalls. It is a non-event. The upgrade reminds me of a 'Feature Pack' like they had for windows 98. Some good stuff if you need it, and we certainly did for our file servers...but no big deal to do the upgrade.

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I think others have answered the licensing question well. Before you go much further down this road make sure you can get the XP drivers you need. That seems to be getting harder and harder to do these days. From: Evan Brastow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 8:47 AM

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I disabled it on my home machine. But here at work I took a shot at doing it without disabling it. As you allude to once all the initial setup was done and all the big initial changes were done it doesn't really bother me much anymore. -Original Message- From: Tim Vander Kooi

RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
The part below surprises me since it is actually McCain that introduced the McCain-Kennedy amnesty act, and almost got it passed two years ago. And McCain has been very clear that this will be a priority of his administration if elected. This issue is hardly on Obama's radar. On this issue

RE: Barracuda and EmailReg.Org

2008-10-29 Thread Kennedy, Jim
It does more than that. Passing an SPF test will not stop your message from being blocked by a Bays filter for example. SPF is just one test. What the 'Cuda whitelist will do is just that, whitelist you past all the other tests, assuming the admin that runs the Cuda as the Barracuda Reputation

RE: More Updates

2008-10-29 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Yea, to release these right after what we did last Thursday to our users is unacceptable. Very lame of MS, and I don't usually bash them. From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: More Updates I'm not

RE: How to tell where a user is logged in?

2008-10-29 Thread Kennedy, Jim
How big is your network? You could just scan it with psloggedon in if it isn't too huge. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/0e18b180-9b7a-4c49-8120-c47c5a693683.aspx -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jond Sent: Wednesday,

RE: Is SourceForge down?

2008-10-29 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Down from here. I also did not get the memo, so I would bet technical difficulties that will be resolved as some point. From: Ken Hoegeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Is SourceForge down? I can't get this site. Did I

RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-29 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Ask me again after the 4th of November. We are a public school, we have a levy renewal up for vote on that date. It is not an increase, just a renewal of an existing levy. If it passes we have already made the cuts to cover inflation so we are good. If it fails it will be a nightmare here. I

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