RE: SQL Cluster Disk IO issues

2012-05-30 Thread Mark Robinson
g the right log set built and then analyzing it. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: Mark Robinson [mailto:mark.robin...@cips.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SQL Cluster Disk IO is

RE: Outlook 2010 and Citrix Presentation Server 4

2012-03-30 Thread Mark Robinson
s and see if the problem goes away. I had a very stubborn Outlook hang issue that turned out to be the SAP calendar add-in. Ken Cornetet 812.482.8499 To err is human - to moo, bovine. From: Mark Robinson [mailto:mark.robin...@cips.org] Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 6:56 AM To: NT System

RE: Outlook 2010 and Citrix Presentation Server 4

2012-03-30 Thread Mark Robinson
Have tried both modes, but same issue on both... From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 30 March 2012 12:09 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Outlook 2010 and Citrix Presentation Server 4 Cached or non-cached? From: Mark Robinson [mailto:mark.robin

Outlook 2010 and Citrix Presentation Server 4

2012-03-30 Thread Mark Robinson
will not allow it. Has anyone come across and resolved this issue before? Many thanks, Mark Mark Robinson ICT Manager T +44 (0)1780 761526 * W www.cips.org <http://www.cips.org/> CIPS, Easton House, Easton on the Hill, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 3NZ, United K

RE: Changing Schema Master

2012-01-11 Thread Mark Robinson
domain controller into my domain with a view to decommissioning and replacing the current schema master. Are there any best practices around how long I should let the new DC ‘bed in’ before I change it to the schema master? Thanks, Mark Mark Robinson ICT Manager The Chartered Institute o

RE: Move virtual machines to a new physical host - VMWare Server for Windows

2011-06-15 Thread Mark Robinson
pshots? > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Mark Robinson <mailto:mark.robin...@cips.org>> wrote: > > Thanks Scott. Yes that's what I thought! However I've just fired > up one of the VM's (with Snapshots) that I copied over to the new > host

RE: Dell Powerdge Disk Failure

2011-06-14 Thread Mark Robinson
Thanks Jon. I sorted it in the end by clearing the foreign config on two disks from a redundant server in the BIOS configuration utility and created a mirror whilst preserving the Raid5 array. However in future I will bear in mind that Dell support is free! Cheers From: Jon Harris [mailto

RE: Move virtual machines to a new physical host - VMWare Server for Windows

2011-06-14 Thread Mark Robinson
would work fine. From: Mark Robinson [mailto:mark.robin...@cips.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Move virtual machines to a new physical host - VMWare Server for Windows Hi, I have VMWare Server for Windows (the free one) installed on a m

RE: Dell Powerdge Disk Failure

2011-06-14 Thread Mark Robinson
n Issues Subject: Re: Dell Powerdge Disk Failure On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Mark Robinson wrote: > I'm looking for some advice with a Dell PowerEdge server at one of my > clients. Call Dell tech support. It's free forever. No contract needed. Here's my guesswor

Dell Powerdge Disk Failure

2011-06-14 Thread Mark Robinson
Hi all, I'm looking for some advice with a Dell PowerEdge server at one of my clients. I am a HP man predominantly so my knowledge of Dell disk configurations is minimal. Issue: The Dell server in question is reporting a fault on the LED display "The following virtual disks are missing:

RE: Capturing video from YouTube?

2011-06-13 Thread Mark Robinson
I use Realplayer Basic... From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: 13 June 2011 17:17 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Capturing video from YouTube? I have a firefox addon that allows a save as, there are many for firefox... jlc From: James Rankin [mailto

RE: Helpdesk software

2011-05-25 Thread Mark Robinson
for the last 4 years Tobie From: Mark Robinson [mailto:mark.robin...@cips.org] Sent: 25 May 2011 10:18 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Helpdesk software Hi all, I am currently going through a make v buy exercise on incident logging / helpdesk software to ascertain which will be

RE: Helpdesk software

2011-05-25 Thread Mark Robinson
ules. I seem to remember SpiceWorks has a helpdesk side to it On 25 May 2011 10:18, Mark Robinson wrote: Hi all, I am currently going through a make v buy exercise on incident logging / helpdesk software to ascertain which will be the most cost-effective. Are there any recommendat

RE: Dell support downloads

2011-05-24 Thread Mark Robinson
Thanks! The FTP site appears to have it all! From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 May 2011 16:13 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Dell support downloads try ftp.us.dell.com Jeff On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Mark Robinson wrote: Hi all

RE: Question on PCI compliance

2011-05-19 Thread Mark Robinson
Data Sentinel does it for us, but there are other cheap alternatives. If you do not store any credit card info at all, then you don't need to be as stringent as other merchants who do. I agree with Erik. Initially we were a level 1 when we did store cc details on our LAN, but now that we don't

RE: Manually select domain upon logon

2011-04-26 Thread Mark Robinson
\Winlogon\DefaultDomainName? On 26 April 2011 11:59, Mark Robinson wrote: Hi All, When I log on to a particular server 2003 box, I always have to manually select the domain from the drop-down list in order to log on. By default the log on domain is 'This computer'. Any ideas how to

RE: 'The Citrix Presentation server you have selected is not accepting connections'

2011-03-09 Thread Mark Robinson
with the firewall, as it may have an extra setting for the other Citrix boxes that has not yet been enabled for this one) ASB (Find me online via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio> ) Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Mark Ro

RE: 'The Citrix Presentation server you have selected is not accepting connections'

2011-03-09 Thread Mark Robinson
x27;re ruling things out way too early here. ASB (Find me online via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio> ) Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Mark Robinson wrote: Hi All, I have built a new single node (for now) Present

RE: 'The Citrix Presentation server you have selected is not accepting connections'

2011-03-09 Thread Mark Robinson
onnections' Are you using Citrix Secure Gateway/Access Gateway or anything like that to facilitate your remote users? On 9 March 2011 14:02, Mark Robinson wrote: Hi All, I have built a new single node (for now) Presentation Server 4 Citrix Farm which I need to open up to some remote u

Re: MS software Licensing for Citrix users

2011-02-13 Thread Mark Robinson
Program cannot be used on Terminal Server. Please contact your local authorized Microsoft retailer for more information.” Thanks Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://dabcc.com/Webster <http://dabcc.com/Webster> From: Mark Ro

MS software Licensing for Citrix users

2011-02-13 Thread Mark Robinson
Hi All, I need to upgrade Office 2003 to Office 2010 on our Citrix farm. We have been issued MAK / KMS keys for Microsoft for the upgrade, however I'm not sure that this is the correct licensing model for a terminal server? Previously we have used a Volume License Key to install Office produc

RE: Checking disk capacity remotely

2011-01-10 Thread Mark Robinson
HTC Desire On 10 Jan 2011 12:55, "Mark Robinson" wrote: > Hi, > > > > I wonder if you can help please. I need to determine the free disk > capacity on 100+ networked PC's before we upgrade to Office 2010. Does > anyone know of a free tool that I can use

Checking disk capacity remotely

2011-01-10 Thread Mark Robinson
Hi, I wonder if you can help please. I need to determine the free disk capacity on 100+ networked PC's before we upgrade to Office 2010. Does anyone know of a free tool that I can use which will to scan these machines remotely and determine and report on free disk space? Don't want to have

RE: Backup Solutions

2010-11-17 Thread Mark Robinson
? Windows Home Server is pretty cheap if the business is very small. Cheers Ken From: Mark Robinson [mailto:mark.robin...@cips.org] Sent: Wednesday, 17 November 2010 5:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup Solutions Hi, Can anyone recommend a good value (i.e reasonably

RE: SQL 2000 Licensing

2010-11-09 Thread Mark Robinson
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SQL 2000 Licensing On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Mark Robinson wrote: > Our firewall is remarkably flaky, yes ... Stop looking for other causes of network trouble and fix that first, then. If the power fails, and at the same time the lights go

RE: SQL 2000 Licensing

2010-11-09 Thread Mark Robinson
lt;http://www.acts360.com/> P.O. Box 1193 Brandon, FL 33509 813-657-0849 Office 813-758-6850 Cell 813-341-1270 Fax From: Mark Robinson [mailto:mark.robin...@cips.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 7:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SQL 2000 Licensing Hi all, I won

SQL 2000 Licensing

2010-11-09 Thread Mark Robinson
tion licenses that my SQL 2000 environment is currently using, in an attempt to resolve a Many thanks, Mark Mark Robinson ICT Manager The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply Tel: +44 (0) 1780 761526 Fax: +44 (0) 1780 751610 www.cips.org <http://www.cips.org/> IMPORT

iPhone and Exchange 2003

2010-10-12 Thread Mark Robinson
Hello all, I've been tasked with synchronizing our Microsoft Exchange with Apple mobile devices. I imagine that this has already been a hot topic on this forum in recent times so forgive me if I'm covering old ground, but has anyone attempted this in a corporate environment before, and if so p

Re: Port 80 blocked?

2010-08-21 Thread Mark Robinson
25:50 2010 Subject: RE: Port 80 blocked? Just out of curiosity – have you tried connecting to a website using HTTPS? Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson From: Mark Robinson [mailto:mark.robin...@cips.org] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 2:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issu

Re: Port 80 blocked?

2010-08-21 Thread Mark Robinson
No, this is a domestic PC without any personal websites hosted on it in IIS, or other machines on the home neywork. Telnet on port 80 fails with an error "could not open connection on port 23"!!! Inserting OS restore disc in 3...2...1... - Original Message - From: Erik Goldoff To: NT

Re: Port 80 blocked?

2010-08-20 Thread Mark Robinson
: Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Port 80 blocked? Have you checked the hosts file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc? On 19 August 2010 10:29, Mark Robinson wrote: Hi all, I wonder if anyone can help please? I have an issue on a clients XP SP3 machine

RE: Port 80 blocked?

2010-08-19 Thread Mark Robinson
:45 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Port 80 blocked? Hmm... have you done a malware scan with something like Vipre Rescue and/or Malware Bytes and/or SpyBot S&D? I've seen something similar happen when a machine was infested with Malware. From: Mark Robinson [mailto:mar

RE: Port 80 blocked?

2010-08-19 Thread Mark Robinson
min Issues Subject: Re: Port 80 blocked? Does 'any browser' include non-installed browsers such as those from Portable Apps? http://portableapps.com/apps On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 5:58 AM, Mark Robinson wrote: Yep, I have other machines connected to the same router than c

RE: Port 80 blocked?

2010-08-19 Thread Mark Robinson
? Da: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Inviato: gio 19/08/2010 11.55 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: RE: Port 80 blocked? Are you sure the problem isn't with the router? (probably unlikely, but you never know) Cheers Ken From: Mark Robinson [mailto:mark.

Re: Port 80 blocked?

2010-08-19 Thread Mark Robinson
? (probably unlikely, but you never know) Cheers Ken From: Mark Robinson [mailto:mark.robin...@cips.org] Sent: Thursday, 19 August 2010 5:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Port 80 blocked? Hi all, I wonder if anyone can help please? I have an issue on a clients XP SP3 machine in

RE: Port 80 blocked?

2010-08-19 Thread Mark Robinson
2010 10:49 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Port 80 blocked? Have you checked the hosts file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc? On 19 August 2010 10:29, Mark Robinson wrote: Hi all, I wonder if anyone can help please? I have an issue on a clients XP SP3 machine in that they are

Port 80 blocked?

2010-08-19 Thread Mark Robinson
Hi all, I wonder if anyone can help please? I have an issue on a clients XP SP3 machine in that they are able to successfully connect to the internet via an ADSL router, and ping hosts on the internet via hostname and IP address. However they are unable to browse web pages using any browser.

RE: Windows 7 Black Screen

2010-08-11 Thread Mark Robinson
I agree. I have experienced this many times. If you go to Computer-Properties and scroll down to the bottom 'Windows Activation' section, you will see whether windows is activated or not... From: John C Owen [mailto:jo...@efotobooth.com] Sent: 11 August 2010 13:01 To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: SQL Native Client install error

2010-07-08 Thread Mark Robinson
http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Mark Robinson wrote: Hello all, Has anyone come across the following error when trying to install the SQL Native Client? I have this issue on four Windows XP SP3 machines, yet I managed to install the client on ten othe

RE: SQL Native Client install error

2010-07-08 Thread Mark Robinson
+ Network Engineer Lifespan Organization 401-639-3505 ezi...@lifespan.org From: Mark Robinson [mailto:mark.robin...@cips.org] Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 6:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SQL Native Client install error Hello all, Has anyone come across the following error when trying

SQL Native Client install error

2010-07-08 Thread Mark Robinson
Hello all, Has anyone come across the following error when trying to install the SQL Native Client? I have this issue on four Windows XP SP3 machines, yet I managed to install the client on ten other XP SP3 workstations without a hitch. I have attempted the install as a Domain Admin

RE: Network File Copy

2010-04-27 Thread Mark Robinson
EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Mark Robinson [mailto:mark.robin...@cips.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 6:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Network File Copy HI All, I wonder if someone can help please. I'm looking to archive 5

Network File Copy

2010-04-27 Thread Mark Robinson
HI All, I wonder if someone can help please. I'm looking to archive 5000+ files that were modified pre-2008 to Tape. I am using only the Standard windows search tool to search a specific network location for all files created before 01/01/2008. When I copy these files to a holding area re

RE: Penetration Testing

2010-02-10 Thread Mark Robinson
electronic devices to send unsolicited advertisements; * * * [ Amended 1992: Subsec. (b)(2)(C). Pub. L. 102-556 added subpar. (C). ] From: Mark Robinson [mailto:mark.robin...@cips.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Penetration Testing Hi there,

Penetration Testing

2010-02-10 Thread Mark Robinson
Hi there, Does anyone know of a good quality, free, network-layer penetration testing tool? Many thanks Mark Robinson IT Technical Support Analyst The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply Tel: +44 (0) 1780 761526 Fax: +44 (0) 1780 751610 www.cips.org <http://www.c

RE: Protecting LAN access from Wireless Access points

2009-12-17 Thread Mark Robinson
Access points On 16 Dec 2009 at 16:03, Mark Robinson wrote: > > Hi, I currently have two wireless access points that provide wireless > access to the corporate LAN in two meeting rooms. To satisfy PCI compliance, > I need to install a firewall between each access point and the

RE: Protecting LAN access from Wireless Access points

2009-12-17 Thread Mark Robinson
cott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 3:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Protecting LAN access from Wireless Access points On 16 Dec 2009 at 16:03, Mark Robinson wrote: > > Hi, I currently have two wireless access points that provide wir

Protecting LAN access from Wireless Access points

2009-12-16 Thread Mark Robinson
Hi, I currently have two wireless access points that provide wireless access to the corporate LAN in two meeting rooms. To satisfy PCI compliance, I need to install a firewall between each access point and the LAN and only allow traffic from our corporate IP range through to the LAN. Has a

HP Storageworks SA1000 question

2009-11-26 Thread Mark Robinson
Hi, Does anyone know a simple way of calculating the free disk space on a HP Storageworks SA1000? I can use the HP Array Configuration Utility to calculate total size for all disks, but it does not tell me how much space is left? Many Thanks, Mark IMPORTANT INFORMATION    

RE: PCI DSS Compliancy

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Robinson
our work on this issue is done. Are you working with any organizations to assist you in PCI compliance? ASB (My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Mark Robinson wrote: Hi, I won

PCI DSS Compliancy

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Robinson
ities this rule applies to. Any assistance will be gratefully received! Many thanks, Mark Mark Robinson IT Technical Support Analyst The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply Tel: +44 (0) 1780 761526 Fax: +44 (0) 1780 751610 www.cips.org <http://www.cips.org/>

FW: DSRM Password error

2009-11-02 Thread Mark Robinson
is a default DSRM password - I certainly haven't set one myself - and the local admin password does not work. Therefore I tried to reset the password but I get the following error: Any ideas?! I'm stumped. Thanks, Mark Mark Robinson IT Technical Support Analyst The

RE: Duplicate Servers

2009-10-15 Thread Mark Robinson
Thanks for your help Ben, appreciate it. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: 15 October 2009 16:02 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Duplicate Servers On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Mark Robinson wrote: > We are putting together a disas

RE: Duplicate Servers

2009-10-15 Thread Mark Robinson
ivate dhcp and repoint DNS to the virtual On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Mark Robinson wrote: Hi, I wonder if anyone can help please. I'm sure I know the answer to this but my brain has gone all squishy today. We are putting together a disaster recovery policy, and I would like to re

Duplicate Servers

2009-10-15 Thread Mark Robinson
ch will be DNS servers. Should I create a new subnet and put the VM servers on this subnet? Or will that not make a difference? Will I need to construct a completely separate test environment, switches, warts and all?? Damn, that networking exam seems like a long time ago now. Cheers, Mar

RE: BES 4.1 syncing

2009-10-06 Thread Mark Robinson
Hi, I'm just picking up this thread. I have been experiencing the exact same issue since we installed BES over 12 months ago. Can I ask you guys which network carrier you are using? Just wondering if there's a common theme. We are with Vodafone. Thanks Mark -Original Message- From: M

RE: Help Desk Software

2009-02-26 Thread Mark Robinson
'Incident Monitor' by Monitor 24 / 7. Cheap and cheerful but does the trick... Cheers From: Todd Arnett [mailto:tarn...@lastar.com] Sent: 26 February 2009 15:35 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Help Desk Software We are currently evaluating different help desk software. Just curiou

Vista Roaming Profiles

2009-01-29 Thread Mark Robinson
Hi, I have just added our first Windows Vista Business machine onto our Windows Domain. We are using Windows Server 2003. I cannot get roaming profiles to work. As it is the only machine for now that we are adding, I have not bothered with a Folder re-direction Group Policy. I simply logged