RE: list admins?

2013-04-18 Thread Terry Dickson
Ryan, I have the same problem. I get the email but can't reply. All I know is that when I try to send the reply it never appears. I have come up with a workaround but hate it so many times I do not reply when I do have a potential answer for someone. I just click on the website link on the b

Re: Excel 2010 problem - can't quite figure it out

2013-04-06 Thread Terry Dickson
I forget what it is called in 2010 but if you delete the default Excel Template and let Excel create a new one next time the user opens it. We have not had this problem since 2007 but in 2003 it was common. We would just delete the default and it would create a new one and the problem went awa

OT-But this is Friday and we all do Security.

2012-10-05 Thread Terry Dickson
http://video.security.org/Magnetic_Bypass_Kaba_Simplex_Short.wmv ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an

re: DNS/DHCP

2012-05-21 Thread Terry Dickson
Did you make sure you cleared the DNS Cache on the machine you are pinging from? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_fo

re: Symantec system recovery for server 2010

2012-05-06 Thread Terry Dickson
It appears the 2011 version is out so if you are purchasing from a vendor make sure you are getting the current version. But no, I have not used it so I can't give you first had info on it. I have seen a demonstration earlier this year and it looked very promising, but then again that was a de

Commvault Training

2012-04-25 Thread Terry Dickson
OK we are looking at Commvault, it is recommended by our storage vendor. We have outgrown the capabilities of our current backup software and need something new. In our quote for Commvault the vendor quotes and STRONGLY encourages us to purchase 3 full days of training. Does anyone have sugg

Re: Favorite corporate PCs?

2012-03-02 Thread Terry Dickson
I have a different opinion of my local vendor. They are not exactly local but within 18 miles. They do an excellent job of everything they do. We have had a contract with them for over 20 years and I hope they stay on contract until I retire. I have had them do multiple repairs to a single c

RE: Another tablets question

2012-02-23 Thread Terry Dickson
I just checked and they are still listed on the viewsonic website as a matter of fact they have added a second model of the dual-boot version. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subscrip

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-02 Thread Terry Dickson
Wbadmin Start backup -backuptarget:\\targetbackupserver\targetshare -Include:c:,E:,f: -vssfull -allCritical -noinheritacl -quiet -user:domain\username -Password:userpassword OK I took out specific info, but this is the command I use to backup many of our servers. I choose this one because you

RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

2012-02-01 Thread Terry Dickson
If you have moved to 2008 R2 the backup is pretty great. We have some scheduled straight out of the GUI Interface, and Many scheduled with command line and task scheduler. The Command line is more flexible and you can setup up multiple instances, where the GUI is limited to only one job. We b

re: Silly question: Windows 7.5 Phone + DNS

2012-01-25 Thread Terry Dickson
The only way I can think of might be to Power off and back on? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an e

RE: Knowbe4 website

2011-11-01 Thread Terry Dickson
I just tried it and I got there? -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 9:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Knowbe4 website Anyone know what happened to the Knowbe4 website? After months of getting calls from them I

RE: First an apology

2011-10-26 Thread Terry Dickson
Welcome Back. -Original Message- From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:s...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 8:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: First an apology Guys, My apologies for being so quiet recently. The worst is that I only a lame excuse for it all, an

RE: printer server paging file

2011-10-14 Thread Terry Dickson
Ours is a Virtual Server with 15 printers. 1GB of Ram Server 2008R2 Page File 759/2537M We have had 2520 Print jobs across the 15 printers in the last 7 days and we have no problems or complaints. -Original Message- From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com [mailto:jesse-r...@wi.rr.com] Sent: Friday,

RE: IPAD+ IOS 5.0, Any one roll it out yet in the enterprise

2011-10-13 Thread Terry Dickson
Did you see Jon Harris's post yesterday including this link? http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220782/iOS_5_upgrade_error_reports_flood_Apple_s_support_forum -Original Message- From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 9:38 AM To: NT Sys

RE: Adobe Reader 10.1.1

2011-09-15 Thread Terry Dickson
Of the 10.1.X machines we have so far no problem. However most of our people are stuck on 9.4.x since we have a couple of applications that do not play well with 10.x yet. -Original Message- From: Eric Wittersheim [mailto:eric.wittersh...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:

RE: Email Problem

2011-09-02 Thread Terry Dickson
Is the email delayed for all recipients or just a few or one? We have that routinely around with emails to large groups. The best way we have found to help alleviate it is to put one person in the To line and BCC the rest of the people. Usually by doing that the problem goes away. But usuall

RE: Looking for cable

2011-08-31 Thread Terry Dickson
Just looking at some of the info available some of the USB Wireless do not work with the adapters so be careful, you might end up with replacing everything. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 1:41 PM To: NT System A

RE: What do you do when things go quiet?

2011-08-31 Thread Terry Dickson
If you backups are automated, and if not automate them, check to make sure they are working when they are supposed to. Check backups to make sure everything that NEEDS to be backed up is getting backed up. -Original Message- From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:s...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent:

RE: Apple newbie - iPad remote access to server shares

2011-08-23 Thread Terry Dickson
What about the point I might have missed in this discussion on Security. I do not have any experience with an Ipad, but I hear they are HUGE Security Risks. I have heard this more than once, and I would like to know more on why. It is not that I do not believe the people telling me that, howe

RE: MS Patch fallout

2011-08-22 Thread Terry Dickson
I have one 2003 server that is not working correctly with RDP after Patching. Haven't had time to diagnose it yet. I probably will not be able to work on it during business hours today either. Some people do not like it when I pull their server out from under them during the day. -Origin

RE: Acrobat Alternatives - PDF-XChange?

2011-08-16 Thread Terry Dickson
What version of Word? You know you can do that directly from Word now, no other software required? From: Paul Hutchings [paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 2:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Acrobat Alternatives - PDF-XChange? We

RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords

2011-08-12 Thread Terry Dickson
Now you are all entering you real current Password right? Hmmm..how long until you are hacked because the collected those Passwords? -Original Message- From: kz2...@googlemail.com [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 2:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re:

RE: The U in UPS stands for...?

2011-08-10 Thread Terry Dickson
I have had this happen before but usually it was shortly before the entire UPS died. -Original Message- From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 4:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: The U in UPS stands for...? I had a "what the heck

RE: Barebones Server based on Sandy Bridge (LGA 1155)

2011-08-07 Thread Terry Dickson
Actually some places will even for a very small charge put it all together for you if you buy all the parts, last one I had done like that was $10 for the assembly. From: Jim McAtee [j...@zolx.com] Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 6:02 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: Exchange 2010 SP1 RU4 - Anyone installed it?

2011-08-07 Thread Terry Dickson
I saw an article on it on July 29th but we have not installed yet. It will probably wait for 2 weeks when we are taking down our exchange server to move it to a new Virtual Host, but who knows I might decide to do it earlier, but not today. -Original Message- From: HELP_PC [mailto:g...

RE: HP universal driver for 2008 x64 and x32?

2011-07-29 Thread Terry Dickson
22 Jul 2011 at 15:10, Terry Dickson wrote: > I pulled one yesterday with FTP, the link on the website was broken. > However that was for Windows 7, I don't see them for Server 2008. Do you have the FTP URL for this? -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 Se

RE: HP universal driver for 2008 x64 and x32?

2011-07-22 Thread Terry Dickson
I pulled one yesterday with FTP, the link on the website was broken. However that was for Windows 7, I don't see them for Server 2008. -Original Message- From: Eric Wittersheim [mailto:eric.wittersh...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 10:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re

RE: Group calendar question

2011-07-22 Thread Terry Dickson
Do you have Sharepoint already? Sharepoint will do some of that. We are bringing up a test deployment now so I can't speak to all of the features you ask for. -Original Message- From: Gasper, Rick [mailto:rickgas...@kings.edu] Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Iss

RE: OT: Off-Brand / Reman Toner

2011-07-21 Thread Terry Dickson
I have not had the Mechanical issues, I agree with Leaking Toner, however we do get that with new cartridges just not as much. We have had several that report Empty with almost no pages printed, so we have to return to company for credit. -Original Message- From: Roger Wright [mailto:rh

RE: Server 2008 R2 on Multiple UPSes

2011-07-15 Thread Terry Dickson
Yes but in most cases unless you have segregated power both UPS's are on the same commercial feed. If power goes out for one UPS it will go out for the other and would it not be better to have the server shut down, rather than "hope" that the second UPS did not give a false reading and just die

RE: MVLS - no 64bit Win7 with SP1?

2011-07-13 Thread Terry Dickson
Just hit the MVLS site and after I choose language next option is Operating site where I can choose 64-bit. From: Terry Dickson [te...@treasurer.state.ks.us] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 5:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MVLS - no 64bit Win7 with

RE: MVLS - no 64bit Win7 with SP1?

2011-07-13 Thread Terry Dickson
I pulled it last week, it is still on my desktop? From: Damien Solodow [damien.solo...@harrison.edu] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 4:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: MVLS - no 64bit Win7 with SP1? I hit the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center, and

RE: Excel slow to open files since patch Tuesday

2011-07-13 Thread Terry Dickson
I only have the latest patches installed on a few machines yet, but so far no excel problems with Excel 2010 64-bit. -Original Message- From: Craig Gauss [mailto:cra...@sound-solutions.biz] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 10:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Excel slow to open file

RE: Password expirations

2011-07-07 Thread Terry Dickson
We use Kix for our scripting of Logon scripts, but it can be run anytime so just create a script and schedule it and you are done. From: John Aldrich [jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 3:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: P

RE: It isn't worth it

2011-07-01 Thread Terry Dickson
Our policy is that "I" have the right to remove any software I find on a PC that is questionable. I can do this without informing anyone in advance. However I do have to report it and then Management will review it and see if the software is appropriate for that persons Duties. If so it can t

RE: Print screen utility

2011-06-21 Thread Terry Dickson
I find the Windows 7 Snipping tool works just fine for me. From: John Aldrich [jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 7:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Print screen utility Do any of you have a favorite "print screen" utility

RE: W2K8 R2 failing to backup to external USB HD

2011-06-20 Thread Terry Dickson
Not sure if this helps but good reading. http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/tip/Advanced-Format-drives-can-impact-software-in-Windows-Server?asrc=EM_NLT_14040359&track=NL-1687&ad=836109 -Original Message- From: Mark Smith [mailto:winsysad...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 1

RE: Win 7 Start Menu.... arrrgghhhh

2011-06-10 Thread Terry Dickson
I have an app that is just as bad, but here is what I did. I copied the exe to the local computer, then pinned the to the start menu, or taskbar, or wherever you want. Then changed the item you just pinned, and removed exe from local drive. I would love to see another way because I am stuck w

RE: Tape backup policies

2011-06-03 Thread Terry Dickson
Exactly problem we faced, our solution was to read tapes on old drive and write again on new drive. However if you have multiple drives and the right type of software you can archive directly from one tape to another. -Original Message- From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl

RE: Tape backup policies

2011-06-03 Thread Terry Dickson
OK I am over cautious, and we have a small data store in comparison to many on the list. I am just in the process of converting old backup tapes. Our normal backup procedure is Monthly tapes, one for each month, for our offsite backup. Onsite we use smaller tapes and do a weekly backup. Agai

RE: Data Center Shutdown Procedure suggestions

2011-05-27 Thread Terry Dickson
My first thought would be what kind of UPS's, most come with monitoring software that could be used to automate the process. Start shutting down least important as soon as you hit battery and set the others to shutdown when batteries are X percent depleted. Power up is a harder question as it

RE: Auto Archive Loosing Email

2011-05-13 Thread Terry Dickson
My first thought is how big is his Archive, is it over 2GB? From: Shawn Everett [sh...@tandac.com] Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 3:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Auto Archive Loosing Email Hi Guys, I'm very confused and hope someone can help shed

RE: Smartphone survey

2011-04-27 Thread Terry Dickson
I am currently only on Windows 6.5 but I agree with Steven's Statement. -Original Message- From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 6:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Smartphone survey I had to use 'other' for WIndows Phone 7. Then I realize

RE: 0 Day in Adobe

2011-04-12 Thread Terry Dickson
Not sure but I had to pull Reader X off all the systems I was testing it on, well all but mine. Many of our users have PDF's generated by the system they are running. They then do something stupid and print them. Well after a while opening them from the system with Reader X Adobe Reader will

RE: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast

2011-04-11 Thread Terry Dickson
There are several USB options available that say they work with Digital Cable. I do not have Comcast and have not tried any of them, but I am getting ready to purchase one for the Digital Cable in my area. -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April

RE: Hot folder for text files?

2011-04-11 Thread Terry Dickson
You should be able to do that with Batch and Print Pro http://www.traction-software.co.uk/batchprint/ -Original Message- From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 12:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Hot folder for text files? Dumb qu

RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5

2011-04-11 Thread Terry Dickson
In my opinion Raid 5 on Everything is just wrong. You have to use the appropriate Raid Level for you specific needs. I had a consultant several years ago that said Raid 5 was the absolute best for their application. As a matter of fact they said it was best in all occasions. I then setup two

RE: Touch screen PCs

2011-04-02 Thread Terry Dickson
Well as long as you are looking not buying yet check out this one from acer. http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/acer-launches-dual-screen-tablet-notebook/6208952?tag=nl.e103 -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 9:35 AM To: NT Sy

RE: Find out what is doing this

2011-03-31 Thread Terry Dickson
When you say automagically do you mean via something like task scheduler? I have seen this several times with Task Scheduler. It is usually the credentials setup in the task. Sometimes it happens because of a PW change, sometimes it is a simple check of the tazks and make sure it is set to ru

RE: VESA LCD monitor stands

2011-03-30 Thread Terry Dickson
We just purchased some kind of expensive ones from 3M they are available most office supply places they are MS110MB and they work pretty well, and have some nice features. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 3:33 PM

RE: New Adobe Patches

2011-03-22 Thread Terry Dickson
Yes it is listed at Adobe, but can't find it in the Adobe ftp site, and if you actually use the reader it does not find it yet either. -Original Message- From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subje

RE: Upgrade O/S or GPU?

2011-03-10 Thread Terry Dickson
It is hard to compare one system to another, but we are running Photoshop on a Win7 64-bit computer with only 2GB of Ram, however we do have the user shut down everything but Outlook before firing it up. I have personally had word, excel, and outlook up while launching Photoshop with no problem

RE: Windows 7/2008R2 SP1 available

2011-02-22 Thread Terry Dickson
I have two installing right now, other than that nothing yet. -Original Message- From: Guyer, Don [mailto:don.gu...@fiserv.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 2:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7/2008R2 SP1 available Just curious before I jump in. How many list'ers

RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors

2011-02-22 Thread Terry Dickson
After the Australia Situation it adds a whole new meaning to "Wet Bar". -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors Of course not. I knew EXACTL

RE: win7 printer discovery

2011-02-07 Thread Terry Dickson
My first thought is you had the 64-Bit drivers already installed on your laptop but no 64-bit drivers installed on the Print Server. -Original Message- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 3:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: win7 prin

RE: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread Terry Dickson
Sorry to hear about your personal woes...but you might look at www.surpluscomputers.com We have made some purchases from them in the past and I know my assistant has purchased a system or two from them. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Mo

RE: forecast database growth?

2011-02-06 Thread Terry Dickson
OK I have to ask, if you have historical data back to 1982 you should be able to get a pretty good idea on growth. Just start adding the historical and then check on size. From: Ryan Finnesey [ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011

RE: VPN problems

2011-02-03 Thread Terry Dickson
Several years ago we had a problem with out of our traveling laptops. It was at an event where we had six setup for use, but only one was exhibiting the problem. What we finally discovered was a specific Windows Update Patch was causing the problem. The other 5 did not have that patch install

RE: Basic/Standard Certificate ok?

2011-02-02 Thread Terry Dickson
We have one using Certificates for Exchange for $29.99 and it works fine. -Original Message- From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Basic/Standard Certificate ok? We are setting up a remote desktop g

RE: First Windows Server 2008 member server

2011-02-01 Thread Terry Dickson
If I remember correctly you might not have to buy 3rd party if you have LTO-5 or above. There was supposed to be a filesystem built into LTO-5 where you would not need a 3rd party solution to utilize it. However not too many people have LTO-5 yet. -Original Message- From: Eric Witte

RE: AD Migration from 2003 to 2008

2011-01-27 Thread Terry Dickson
We have some 1U servers without room for a DVD Drive so we have a USB DVD drive that we utilize for these, but I agree with Malcolm that the USB Flash drive is faster. -Original Message- From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:malcolm.re...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:08 AM To: NT S

RE: Forcing Adobe Reader and Java updates

2011-01-20 Thread Terry Dickson
I like your solution, however last year during a security audit we were written up for Java. Specifically before a certain level of Java the installer would not remove the older versions. They show up in add and remove programs, and that is what I was written up for. Then older versions have

RE: Freeware PDF creator?

2011-01-20 Thread Terry Dickson
You might try etoner.com I think I saw it there. -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 8:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Freeware PDF creator? wow, a 2si ? Didn't know they made those prior to a IIIsi. hopefully y

RE: free PDF "printer"

2011-01-18 Thread Terry Dickson
Well we used to use cutepdf. From: John Aldrich [jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: free PDF "printer" What do you guys like for creating PDFs? ISTR that someone recommended PrimoPDF. I

RE: Wake on LAN options

2011-01-14 Thread Terry Dickson
We use a product from Aquilatech.com Not sure how robust it is for your purposes, but it works for me. From: Free, Bob [r...@pge.com] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 10:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wake on LAN options http://www.1e.com/softwarepro

RE: BGINFO

2010-12-23 Thread Terry Dickson
Well I can think of several things, on some of my servers I have it running on startup for the administrator login. That way the info is right there on the desktop for us to easily see. On others it is not on the desktop but I can easily run it when I want to from the menu. -Original Mess

RE: Office decorations - Are they allowed for you?

2010-12-07 Thread Terry Dickson
OK I have to chime in, a few years ago the IT dept all 6 of us we chastised for not putting a wreath on our door, I had some old Mainframe Drive packs at home so I took one apart. Pulled out the individual platters and we started adding stuff to it. We have circuit boards from Floppy drives, O

RE: Adobe Reader X Access Denied on DFS shares

2010-11-22 Thread Terry Dickson
throw the Access Denied error when accessing dfs shares. Looks like we will be staying on 9.4.1 for a while Mike Wiebke Rapid Fire Solutions - Original Message From: Terry Dickson To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Mon, November 22, 2010 3:28:44 PM Subject: RE: Adobe Reader X Access

RE: Adobe Reader X Access Denied on DFS shares

2010-11-22 Thread Terry Dickson
Just tried it on mine and everything seems to work appropriately for me. -Original Message- From: Mike Wiebke [mailto:m...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 3:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Adobe Reader X Access Denied on DFS shares Has anyone done any testing with the

RE: Freeware PDF creator?

2010-11-11 Thread Terry Dickson
I have been doing that out of Excel for years, no need for anything else. Excel had this availability since 2007, I think there was an addin for 2003 that allowed Excel and word to directly save as PDF. From: John Aldrich [jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] S

RE: Dell vs Kingston ram

2010-11-04 Thread Terry Dickson
The one time I had to try that, I let Dell know the price from the competitor and they matched it. That might be worth a try, not sure it will work anymore but hey what have you got to lose. From: Ben Scott [mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November

RE: Printing Issue

2010-11-04 Thread Terry Dickson
We had similar issues with PDF's using the Universal driver. What are you using to print the PDF's? We found that changing the version of Adobe Reader solved that problem. You also say word documents sometimes do not print but appear in the queue. What does the Queue say, does it say printed

RE: How'd this for a bad day? AKA bad me

2010-10-08 Thread Terry Dickson
Amen -Original Message- From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 11:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How'd this for a bad day? AKA bad me I've said it before, but I will say it again. In a highly virtualized, heavily consolidated worl

RE: Adobe Reader

2010-10-07 Thread Terry Dickson
of 10.1.85.3. So CNET was either jumping the gun or behind the curve. Carl -Original Message- From: Terry Dickson [mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us] Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 2:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Adobe Reader The article on CNET said they were going to

RE: Adobe Reader

2010-10-05 Thread Terry Dickson
... -Original Message- From: Terry Dickson [mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us] Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 1:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Adobe Reader For those of you that care, Adobe Reader 9.4 is now available for download. I have not checked on the new version of Flash yet

RE: Adobe Reader

2010-10-05 Thread Terry Dickson
for the FYI. Flash player was updated around 9/20. Hope we don't need a new one already... Carl -Original Message- From: Terry Dickson [mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us] Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 2:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Adobe Reader For those of you that

Adobe Reader

2010-10-05 Thread Terry Dickson
For those of you that care, Adobe Reader 9.4 is now available for download. I have not checked on the new version of Flash yet. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click h

RE: Mails Lost during Uninstall/Reinstall of Entourage 2008

2010-10-05 Thread Terry Dickson
OK not sure it this helps, but is autoarchival turned on? I know it was on Office 2007 by default so it would archive older email if you did not turn that off in install. -Original Message- From: Juma, Lumumba [mailto:lcj...@icipe.org] Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 9:00 AM To: NT Sys

RE: Strange disappearing DVD Drive.

2010-09-29 Thread Terry Dickson
First check your power settings. Do you have your laptops set to power off drives to save power? I have only seen this once and it was because the drive was powered off to save power and when it was the only way to get it back in that laptop was to pull and insert drive. _

RE: IT staffing costs for email

2010-09-28 Thread Terry Dickson
Since it is a municipality remember the archiving solution and the time built in for records request. Government's tend to have quite a few of those. From: Andrew S. Baker [asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 8:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Sub

RE: Outbound firewall ports

2010-09-28 Thread Terry Dickson
Amen Brother. From: Jon Harris [jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 5:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Outbound firewall ports I seem to remember a couple years ago someone on the list put it as "if in doubt block and unless require

RE: LOL (FW: Introducing eEye's Free Zero-Day Tracker)

2010-09-27 Thread Terry Dickson
I just got that email and I tried the link after reading yours. It is working again. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 12:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: LOL (FW: Introducing eEye's Free Zero-Day Tracker) I get an e-mail form eEye at 9:42 thi

RE: Spam appliances/services

2010-09-23 Thread Terry Dickson
A year ago I would have recommended the Ironmail Product. I still love ours, but since it was purchased by McAfee I am less hesitant to recommend it. The customer service with McAfee, well I guess I really don't need to say any more. If I had to purchase it now, I am not sure I would. The Pr

RE: Twitter

2010-09-21 Thread Terry Dickson
Thanks to all who replied. From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Twitter It's specific to the web pages of Twitter.com. Those using Twitter clients never really hit the web site. From: Terry Di

RE: Twitter

2010-09-21 Thread Terry Dickson
: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Twitter Having trouble thinking of a reason to care about a tweet virus... On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Terry Dickson mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us>> wrote: Has anyone heard about a new Virus hitting Twitter today? I just got a second hand

Twitter

2010-09-21 Thread Terry Dickson
Has anyone heard about a new Virus hitting Twitter today? I just got a second hand report from someone that a virus is spreading quickly on Twitter and I want to do more research. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: OT KVM recommondation

2010-09-15 Thread Terry Dickson
Just don't skimp on the connectors. Someone thought cheaper was better on some we purchased. They would fail in a short period of time, and the only thing you could do was replace them. The worst part is they would either fail on Keyboard or Mouse and never the same one twice.Pay a little

RE: SAN vendors

2010-09-13 Thread Terry Dickson
My Vendor of choice is http://storagebyeagle.com/ But then again they are close by, and offer some extras that you will not find from anyone else I have talked to. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 11:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subje

RE: SuperMicro

2010-09-13 Thread Terry Dickson
new RAID controller and requested the old one back (years ago). A short while later they issued a firmware update to correct the issue. Steven On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Terry Dickson mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us>> wrote: I agree, I have not had dozens but several failed, and in e

RE: SuperMicro

2010-09-13 Thread Terry Dickson
the PERC controllers to be very solid when we had 3 datacenters full of dell servers... *** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *** > -Original Message- > From: Terry Dickson [mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us] > Sent: M

RE: SuperMicro

2010-09-13 Thread Terry Dickson
works, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Terry Dickson [mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us] Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 9:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SuperMicro My only response to that is what I have been told from two

RE: SuperMicro

2010-09-13 Thread Terry Dickson
My only response to that is what I have been told from two different Dell Support personnel. I have had a drive fail in an array, both times I had online spares configured and when the first drive failed it took out the array. I was told by the support personnel at Dell, this is normal, when a

RE: XP activation problem?

2010-09-12 Thread Terry Dickson
Ok did you do a system restore from safe mode to restore to earlier date and time? -Original Message- From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:er...@forestpost.com] Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 5:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: XP activation problem? Unfortunately, I can't get the m

RE: OT : Malware alerts from McAfee, anyone experienced these yet ?

2010-09-09 Thread Terry Dickson
I heard from some of our organization that they did get hit. However we use an email device called Ironmail. Unfortunately it was purchased not too long ago by McAfee, however according to McAfee it was protected because of the way it scans email on the way in using Trusted Source. Good thin

RE: ESET fiasco from last week hosed my Virtual XP on my Windows 7 Box

2010-09-07 Thread Terry Dickson
Well I would guess that the previous version is out of date. You will have to unjoin from the domain and rejoin to get it to work. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 2:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ESET fiasco from last week hosed my Vi

RE: SAN Storage

2010-08-31 Thread Terry Dickson
Not sure if you have chosen a vendor yet, but checkout www.storagebyeagle.com These guys really know their stuff and they offer many "Free" extras that you will not get elsewhere. Ask for Mark Van Bunen I think was his name. He is super helpful and extremely knowledgeable. All of the Staff

RE: Windows 95.

2010-08-26 Thread Terry Dickson
l codebase... I wonder if I still have my copy of Andrew Schulman's "Windows 95 Undocumented" around... -sc From: Terry Dickson [mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us] Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 4:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 95. Hey for all of you who m

Windows 95.

2010-08-25 Thread Terry Dickson
Hey for all of you who missed this like me, Happy Belated Birthday to Windows 95. It turned 15 yesterday. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: What IP has this MAC?

2010-08-24 Thread Terry Dickson
Well if I had control of the Switches I would start like you said, then disable the port and see who yells and why. People do not like this but I have found it very effective in seeing what was going on. From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010

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