RE: MX backup service

you use Dyn spam filter or your own or a combination? --T On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Ralph Smith wrote: Been using that for a few years. It works and has been helpful when we have lost our Internet connection. There is no insight into what's happening, it just q

RE: MX backup service

Been using that for a few years. It works and has been helpful when we have lost our Internet connection. There is no insight into what's happening, it just queues up messages and keeps attempting to deliver them. If you wanted to check if there are undelivered messages in the queue, for example

RE: GFi Mailarchiver - Was Exchange mail archiving solution

r you. From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 9:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: GFi Mailarchiver - Was Exchange mail archiving solution T - Just wondering - I'm just starting a trial of GFi MailArcher 2012, moving away from a previou

RE: GFi Mailarchiver - Was Exchange mail archiving solution

Sorry, I meant that for Jim. Ralph From: Ralph Smith Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 9:08 AM To: 'NT System Admin Issues' Subject: GFi Mailarchiver - Was Exchange mail archiving solution T - Just wondering - I'm just starting a trial of GFi MailArcher 2012, mov

GFi Mailarchiver - Was Exchange mail archiving solution

T - Just wondering - I'm just starting a trial of GFi MailArcher 2012, moving away from a previous solution. Are you using purely SQL server for indexing and message storage, or SQL and file storage? They advised me to use just SQL for my org, which has about 200 mailboxes. I'm running the tria

RE: Joomla site move

I don't believe you would be able to import the Joomla 1.0.15 database directly into the most recent version of Joomla and have it work. Set up a VM with LAMP of XAMPP or WAMP - you may need to make sure you have the same versions of MYSQL and PHP as on the current host server. Install the cur

RE: InfoSec compliance

Paper signed on hire, annual training in which we review policies and they sign a new paper. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 2:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: InfoSec compliance Assuming you guys have employees confirm they've read and u

RE: Latest flash

This seems to be the case now. On the page to download the uninstaller (http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.h tml), they used to have both 32 and 64 bit versions, now it also has just one file with the note: "The Flash Player uninstaller executes on both 64-b

RE: Looking for an odd item

inter by Ricoh. It can have both USB and network connections on at the same time. Daniel On Apr 17, 2012 2:53 PM, "Ralph Smith" wrote: Just looked at a couple of USB add in cards on Newegg that claimed to be Windows 98 compatible. You said the printer is already on the netw

RE: Looking for an odd item

Actually OP noted that the computer is not on the network but the printer is: “I have an old PC that is running Windows 98 SE, and I need to replace the printer. It's not on the network, else I could print to the new printer via IP. Plus, management doesn't want it on the network.” “Printer

RE: Looking for an odd item

Just looked at a couple of USB add in cards on Newegg that claimed to be Windows 98 compatible. You said the printer is already on the network? What kind of printer is it - does it support having the USB and network connections in use simultaneously? Not all do. From: Mack Bolan [mailto:mack.b

RE: Looking for an odd item

How about throwing a USB card in the computer? From: leedoug...@pellis.com [mailto:leedoug...@pellis.com] On Behalf Of Lee Douglas Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Looking for an odd item http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-

RE: Worth some consideration...

I keep a few important but seldom used passwords, account numbers, PINs etc. in my wallet, but they are unlabeled and somewhat obfuscated using a simple code I made up as well as inserting extra characters. Seems a little weird to do when I write it out like that. -Original Message- Fr

RE: New to virtualization

erver environment. David: of the physical servers, if you had your druthers and could isolate the tasks out to an individual server, how many servers would you really have? Or are all those servers only doing one task, already? On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Ralph Smith wrote: &quo

RE: Favorite corporate PCs?

Same here – non-profit, all Dell. We also decided to stick with Dell to stay standardized. I looked around last year and didn’t see a big enough price savings to make me want to move away from Dell. We did find that we could get better pricing on Dell from one of our vendors (Zones) so we hav

RE: Printer/Copier/MFP Contract Renewal

Huh, our experience pretty much mirrors yours - our Konica-Minolta MFPs machines are mediocre and the vendor is about the same, our Toshiba MFPs are significantly better and the service from the vendor is much better. Interesting. From: Mike Sullivan [mailto:neog...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursd

RE: Home Throughput Issue

When you say he adjusted the speed and duplex what did he do? If he simply set them both to auto I've seen that not work many times and cause poor network performance. From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Big brother, not many care that he's here.

>The big difference is that the consumer has purchased "Big Brother". It's not been forced on us by the government. Just because you don't know about it doesn't mean they aren't doing it ;) ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Cat6 Brain Fart

Each switch port will independently match the speed and duplex of the connected PC. -Original Message- From: gro...@beachcomp.com [mailto:gro...@beachcomp.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 9:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Cat6 Brain Fart Hi gang, I know I'll probably get

RE: Bringing a Win2K3 server back online

The OP said it was a DC. I've done this before without any problems. I usually disable the DHCP server just to be safe. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 9:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Bringing a Win2K3 server back online

RE: Anybody else having large failure rates of Dell Power Supplies, SFF Model Optplex 390 and/or 790?

We've had an issue with the power supplies on Optiplex GX520 SFF Dells - we were having something like a 25% fail rate while they were still under warranty. Dell sent us a few spares to keep on hand so we didn't have to wait for them to ship replacements, but we still had to go through the whole te

RE: MDT and WIM Deployment?

I'm also just testing this out. I found this free ebook by Greg Sheilds to be helpful. It's more about combining MDT with Windows Deployment Services (WDS) and Windows Automated Installation Toolkit (WAIK). Pretty much following his tutorial we've got this set up and are upgrading WinXP machines

RE: How much processing power do you need? (WAS: So, my Mac Mini server arrived today...)

>From a link at windowsitpro.com, which had some interesting articles in this month's issue on Server 8 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516 -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 1:55 PM To: NT System A

RE: How much processing power do you need? (WAS: So, my Mac Mini server arrived today...)

ere are lots of extra dark pairs if we need them in the bundles. -Original Message----- From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 4:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How much processing power do you need? (WAS: So, my Mac Mini serve

RE: How much processing power do you need? (WAS: So, my Mac Mini server arrived today...)

" We have dedicated 100 MB fiber between them and it still runs just fine. In a few weeks we will have gig fiber between it all and life will be really good." If you don't mind me asking, how much does that 100MB cost you? Every time I've looked into getting service with that kind of bandwidth

RE: Staff training

Good to know, thanks. From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 9:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Staff training I like the Train Signal discs. James On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Ralph Smith wrote: Thanks, i'll check thos

RE: Staff training

n Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Ralph Smith wrote: This may be a little OT, but I was just pricing out some training for 3 staff here with the idea of sending them to some classroom training for Windows 7 and Server 2008 administration. If I target the courses related to "MCITP Enterpri

RE: Staff training

with Microsoft? Sometimes you can get training credits with your agreements that will cover the cost of most of the classes (which I think were more around $3000-3500 range each). -Original Message- From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011

RE: Staff training

chael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 12:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Staff training This may be a little OT, but I was just pricin

RE: Staff training

her_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 From:"Ralph Smith" To:"NT System Admin Issues" Date:10/12/2011 12:17 PM Subject:Staff training This may be a little OT, but I was just pricin

RE: Staff training

r OLL, but otherwise it can be done from their home or in your office if you have a suitable place. -Original Message- From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Staff training This may be a litt

Staff training

This may be a little OT, but I was just pricing out some training for 3 staff here with the idea of sending them to some classroom training for Windows 7 and Server 2008 administration. If I target the courses related to "MCITP Enterprise Desktop Administrator on Windows 7" certification and the "

RE: Upgrading Windows in-place - your experiences?

As stated already my first choice is always to do a fresh install, but just as a note I have done a few in place upgrades with no problems. I had one Windows NT server that had an old accounting app on it that was still required. Installed before I got here, no installation disks and the company

RE: Remote Desktop App recommendation?

for Android, ios etc that support RD Gateway but nothing exists for OSX. From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2011 11:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Remote Desktop App recommendation? It seems like I saw this asked and answered here be

RE: Remote Desktop App recommendation?

puter, laptop/desktop, You don't have to install it. I use it on my Dell Streak 7 and am able to do all that you specified, though a bigger screen would definitely help. Daniel On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Ralph Smith wrote: It seems like I saw this asked and answered here before b

Remote Desktop App recommendation?

It seems like I saw this asked and answered here before but I can't find the thread: Anybody using a Remote Desktop app for iPad 2 that you can recommend that works with Windows Server 2003, 2008 R2 and Remote Desktop Gateway? My CEO was just issued an iPad through another agency for which she

RE: Looking for cable

For work the Belkin we had was a piece of cr@p, the Avocent we have now works great. For home use I have purchased a few iogear 2 to 4 port KVMs and not had any problems with them. -Original Message- From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 3

RE: Tell me about your experience with free filtering proxies

I had Dan's Guardian installed on an IPcop box for one of our programs that had 'at risk' high school kids using some of our computers. I found it to be very effective. They found it to be quite frustrating. From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:ken.corne...@kimball.com]

RE: Tell me about your experience with free filtering proxies

We use the free opendns at our organization. A couple of weeks ago I found one of our clients (adult) surfing pr0n sites on one of our computer lab computers. Looking through his browsing history, I would say opendns blocked about 50% of the sites he attempted to open, so I'm not so sure how effe

RE: WIndows 95 and Server 2008 R2 DCs

Could you P2V one of the Win95 machines and install the AD client extension on it as a test to see if it works? Back when I had Win 95 machines on a 2003 domain I ended up installing it on all the win9x machines with good success. Alternately, and this is kind of a kludgey (is that a word?), as

RE: Vipre console hangs server on reboot

My wife just gave up her 17 year old Ford Escort with over 250K miles on it. She got a new Kia Rio. I have a 13 year old Escort wagon, my one son who is still living at home has a '94 Saturn, and the other one, who finally moved out, has a '96 Sentra. We tend to take care of our cars and keep

RE: Proxy Server Suggestions - was ISA vs. Forefront Threat Management Gateway on server 2008 R2 64 bit

of good Windows-based options here... ASB http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Ralph Smith wrote: I used a product for several years at two sites called CCproxy. Not free but also not expensive. I

RE: Proxy Server Suggestions - was ISA vs. Forefront Threat Management Gateway on server 2008 R2 64 bit

I used a product for several years at two sites called CCproxy. Not free but also not expensive. I don't recall if it had reporting features, I do remember that it generated a log. Never had a problem with it. From: Don Kuhlman [mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 10:

RE: OT: Off-Brand / Reman Toner

der maintenance so they replaced it, but it *does* happen, even with OEM cartridges. -Original Message- From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Off-Brand / Reman Toner We have about 75 sma

RE: OT: Off-Brand / Reman Toner

We have about 75 small to medium size laser printers. For a few years we tried to save money with remanufactured or third party toners, running the gamut from some done by a local business person in their garage, to some from those companies that do the phone marketing, to ones available from Stap

RE: Clean & Pristine or Swing Migrations?

Same here transitioned from Netware 4.11 to NT4 and then to 2000, 2003 and 2008. Never had a problem. From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 3:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Clean & Pristine or Swing Migrations? Mine was NT4 to 2000 to 20

RE: Weird Duplicate IP address problem

Thank you Michael, that seems to have fixed it for me. Rebooted the server 3 times and no errors. It's great to be able to get a suggestion from someone else when you're overlooking something. The help is much appreciated. Ralph Smith From: Michael B. Smith [m

RE: Weird Duplicate IP address problem

July 19, 2011 2:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Weird Duplicate IP address problem I was thinking the projector. But redo the mac spoofing as Michael suggested first. From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 2:22 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: Weird Duplicate IP address problem

at it with a hammer. Tell the bean counters someone must have dropped it. From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 2:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Weird Duplicate IP address problem Unfortunately I can't give the projector a

RE: Weird Duplicate IP address problem

spoofing turned on for the VM? Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 12:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Weird Duplicate IP address problem I

RE: Weird Duplicate IP address problem

dmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 1:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Weird Duplicate IP address problem Are Broadcom NICs involved anywhere? -- richard "Ralph Smith" wrote on 07/19/2011 11:56:28 AM: > I have a Windows

RE: Weird Duplicate IP address problem

rojector a static IP and rebooting the server? On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Ralph Smith wrote: I have a Windows 2008 Server with a statically assigned IP address that seems to have an issue with another device on my network. Whenever the server is rebooted, it displays an error that there is a

Weird Duplicate IP address problem

I have a Windows 2008 Server with a statically assigned IP address that seems to have an issue with another device on my network. Whenever the server is rebooted, it displays an error that there is a duplicate IP address on the network, and changes its own address to an auto-configured 169... add

RE: PC Mall created a customer account without my knowledge

I worked with pc mall for about four years during which time I had the same account rep. She was very good about working with me, conferencing in people they had on site from different vendors, such as Dell and HP when I had a project, question or issue. I never had problems with delivery, or ret

RE: Win7 UAC - is your on or off?

“I've set up 4 different shared password safe databases, plus individual ones, for the IT staff here, but if someone has a database open for writing, the others only get RO access, which is sometimes an annoyance.“ With Keepass if you attempt to open a password database that someone else alr

RE: Unable to browse 1 server from XP machines

s is an AD domain and all computers are properly joined to the domain ? ) On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Ralph Smith wrote: Thanks for the suggestions: Tracert completes fine in one hop. The time is the same on all machines involved. From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sen

RE: Unable to browse 1 server from XP machines

Have you checked to see if there is a significant time difference between the XP client and the server? On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Ralph Smith wrote: I have one 2003 server that suddenly today can’t be browsed from any XP sp3 machines. Attempting to go to either \\servername or \\[ip

Unable to browse 1 server from XP machines

I have one 2003 server that suddenly today can't be browsed from any XP sp3 machines. Attempting to go to either \\servername or \\[ip address] returns a "the network path was not found" message. Browsing to it from Windows 7, 2003 and 2008 machines works with no problem. I can ping it from

RE: Anyone else seeing the Google interface changes?

Because they add these "features" without giving you a choice, like the page previews that pop up next to search results and can't be permanently disabled. It annoys me so much I've pretty much stopped using Google search. From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 01, 201

RE: Win 7 login problem with trust relationship error

RE: Win 7 login problem with trust relationship error Well, I'm no expert by any stretch of anyone's imagination, but it sounds to me like her account has gotten corrupted somehow. Have you checked her A/D account? -Original Message- From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@g

RE: Win 7 login problem with trust relationship error

of any sort? Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: "Ralph Smith" Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:22:21 To: NT System Admin Issues Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" Subject: RE: Win 7 login problem with

RE: Win 7 login problem with trust relationship error

ly the user's A/D account. From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 10:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win 7 login problem with trust relationship error I thought of that, but this seems to be affecting a specific user account on mult

RE: Win 7 login problem with trust relationship error

ppens. We just changed the problem PC from something like 4097 to 4097A and that did it. >>> "Ralph Smith" 6/24/2011 9:34 AM >>> Has anyone seen a problem like this and found an explanation / solution? Windows 2008 domain and all Windows XP clients except for five Win

Win 7 login problem with trust relationship error

Has anyone seen a problem like this and found an explanation / solution? Windows 2008 domain and all Windows XP clients except for five Windows 7 machines. Single forest, single domain - no trusts or child domains. One machine is a laptop we just upgraded to Win 7, and when we went to have the us

RE: Hiding Outlook 2003 Icon

That should work. From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hiding Outlook 2003 Icon Change the permission on the icon. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Tech

RE: OT: Dear Dell

"Writing an email, or picking up the phone, or whatever, is an opportunity cost. You have better things to do." Absolutely, like writing emails to this list! On Jun 7, 2011 11:57 AM, "Ken Schaefer" wrote: > Writing an email, or picking up the phone, or wha

RE: RDP through ISA Array

Possibly set the rule on the ISA server to listen on both the WAN and the LAN NICs, and then also set the rule to allow traffic from both internal and external networks, and then set up split DNS so that from inside the LAN the URL resolves to the internal IP of the ISA server.

RE: Docuteam

Nice effort, I can feel a sense of peace and calm descending over the entire list ;-) From: Gary Slinger [mailto:gary.slin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 11:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Docuteam What Jonathan said. With

RE: Color issues

You also have a flawed procurement policy. Read the other posts that were made. Your only legitimate comment regarding pricing is when the /reseller/ doesn't post pricing. That's just silly. Even if/when a manufacturer posts prices - for instance, Microsoft - what's the point? W

RE: Color issues

eir reseller's sites either. This is of course for products that fall into the category of "would be really nice to have", not mission critical applications or devices. Ralph Smith > -Original Message- > From: Gary Slinger [mailto:gary.slin...@gmail.com] > Se

RE: Help with script or alternative to suppress flash update notices

Are you using server 2008 or 2008 R@? If so why not just put the file there using GPP? - Computer Config > Preferences > Windows Settings > Files. No need for a script & no problem with UAC. > -Original Message- > From: Shaun N Owens [mailto:snow...@ucdavis.edu] > Sent: Monday, April

RE: Good Linux Web Host

I've been using jaguarpc.com for several years now. Off hand I can't remember the last time it went down. At the moment we have a very simple site and are on the $5.00 a month shared hosting plan with unlimited disk space and bandwidth, but a new Joomla based site we are building on there seems t

RE: Windows InTune

Just to add to the Win 7 on older equipment comment, I'm sitting here right now on a six year old Pentium 4 system that is running Windows 7 as well as or better than it ran Windows XP. I did have to add in a cheap graphics card because I couldn't find a driver for the onboard graphics. Ralph

RE: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

Since you mentioned some gaming, just make sure you check the specs on the Optiplex GX620 - does it have a PCIe slot for a graphics upgrade, for example. If it's the small form factor one, there is almost no room for expansion. > -Original Message- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr.

RE: VPN problems

f the Cisco virtual network connection' Sunbelt may have fixed this problem by now - not sure, and don't know what version of VIPRE you are on. Ralph Smith > -Original Message- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 0

RE: Perhaps the BEST hotfix ever that you may need to install

OK, you've got me beat by a couple of years. From: pdw1...@hotmail.com [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 11:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Perhaps the BEST hotfix ever that you may need to install You feel old? He was

RE: Perhaps the BEST hotfix ever that you may need to install

Crap. I remember that snowstorm, only I was in my senior year at college. Now I feel old. From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 9:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Perhaps the BEST hotfix ever th

RE: OT: Office decorations - Are they allowed for you?

I agree with all these points about Christmas being called what it is etc. etc. etc. But on a humorous note, a few years ago when the cashier at a local department store wished me a merry Christmas, I replied (just for the hell of it because I'm not Jewish) "Thanks!, And a happy Hanukkah to you!"

RE: Restricting access to Outlook web mail

m working. > > -----Original Message- > From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 7:22 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Restricting access to Outlook web mail > > > Recently the VP in charge of Human Reso

RE: Restricting access to Outlook web mail

riginal Message----- From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 7:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Restricting access to Outlook web mail Recently the VP in charge of Human Resources has been asking that I prevent all hourly employees from access

RE: Restricting access to Outlook web mail

Relations, Michigan State University w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955 On Nov 19, 2010, at 8:22 PM, Ralph Smith wrote: > > Recently the VP in charge of Human Resources has been asking that I > prevent all hourly employees from accessing their email through the web. > Her main concer

Restricting access to Outlook web mail

Recently the VP in charge of Human Resources has been asking that I prevent all hourly employees from accessing their email through the web. Her main concern is that if it discovered that an hourly employee accesses their work email while they are not on the clock, they could be considered to hav

RE: vipre: SVCHOST.EXE virus.

2010 5:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: vipre: SVCHOST.EXE virus. How does 1) someone sign up to Facebook without an email account and 2) expect to be taken seriously AT ALL telling someone FB is the only way they communicate with people? -- Mike Gill From: Ralph

RE: vipre: SVCHOST.EXE virus.

27;s what I did for our folks. Otherwise, they're blocked. Sean Rector, MCSE From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 4:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: vipre: SVCHOST.EXE virus. Wouldn't bother me, but the last time I

RE: vipre: SVCHOST.EXE virus.

n Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Ralph Smith wrote: Yes, that's it. We had one workstation that had the fake Thinkpoint scan running, so apparently VIPRE AP didn't block it from executing on that one. On every affected machine we have seen, looking at the browser histo

RE: vipre: SVCHOST.EXE virus.

sktop\mstsc.exe Is what we saw in our inspect of some workstations. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Thursday, November 1

RE: vipre: SVCHOST.EXE virus.

for reimage of the system? On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Ralph Smith wrote: I've seen on a few computers over the last couple of weeks where there is a file on the user's desktop called MSTSC.exe, and there are various executables scattered around in the user's profi

RE: vipre: SVCHOST.EXE virus.

I've seen on a few computers over the last couple of weeks where there is a file on the user's desktop called MSTSC.exe, and there are various executables scattered around in the user's profile with various names the same as or close to legitimate Windows files, including SVCHOST.EXE. I sent s

RE: A real puzzler...

Do you have an AV application on the server? The reason I ask is I had some servers that exibited the exact symptoms you are describing after installing VIPRE Premium on them. Removing VIPRE solved the problem. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Sat

RE: OT: trade publications - toss or archive?

As long as you are a subscriber you can access Windows IT Pro articles online. I don't bother keeping the paper copies any more - when I want to go back to an article I get it online. Of course I wouldn't know there was an article to go back to if I hadn't read it in the print copy first. TechNe

RE: trade publications - toss or archive?

r - I don't read tech pubs socially. I have been known to build time in to my work schedule for professional reading/development. ____ From: "Ralph Smith" Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:02:06 -0400 To: NT System Admin Issues ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Is

RE: trade publications - toss or archive?

: trade publications - toss or archive? I'm pretty disappointed it went digital. I'd definitely be willing to pay for it, but they gave out so many free subscriptions, I think it just became a casualty. From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Thursday, October

RE: trade publications - toss or archive?

I'm curious - a few mentioned keeping their old TechNet magazines. Does everyone else keep up with that publication since it went digital only? I used to look forward to it, but have to admit I haven't looked at it since it stopped coming in a print version. F

RE: Could use your feedback...

Stu, It looks good, but I do have a couple of comments. On the slide that has the case studies: I know my users, and as soon as the narration stops and they are expected to read a few paragraphs of text, most of them will skip over it. If I were doing it I would automatically go to each case s

RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware

Along these lines, does anyone have experience with or have an opinion on a similar product from dyndns.com http://www.dyndns.com/services/dynguide/ The premium service is only $20 per year, and they seem to use Barracuda for their content and site blocking. Not a lot of detail on their we

RE: iTunes

I would add that there are several group policy settings available that can limit the way WMP is used on a Windows network. I am not aware of any way to centrally manage iTunes on a Windows network. From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursda

Anyone using EminentWare WSUS Extension Pack?

Just watched a couple of videos on their site - it looks like it adds some nice functionality to WSUS including managing third party patching. The price doesn't look too bad compared to some other patch management apps. Anyone using it or can comment? Thanks. Confidentiality Notice:

RE: Portable A/C for computer room?

I must have been lucky. After 3 years of NO AC in my server room, which is 8 x16 with about 8 servers, my place finally relented and got me a GE portable, I think it was 10,000 BTU. That thing ran 24/7 for 4 years and helped a lot, but as we replaced older servers with more powerful ones, and add

RE: OT: Vipre effectiveness & false positives

Ralph From: andy [mailto:afo...@psu.edu] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 11:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Vipre effectiveness & false positives all data is used to indicate what you want it to show. At 09:52 PM 7/29/2010, Ralph Smith wrote:

RE: Free Outlook Alternatives

Just saw this in a newsletter from Sourceforge this morning: 9. DavMail POP/IMAP/SMTP/Caldav to Exchange https://sourceforge.net/projects/davmail Ever wanted to get rid of Outlook ? DavMail is a POP/IMAP/SMTP/Caldav/LDAP gateway allowing users to use any mail/calendar client with Exchange, even

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