Re: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread Kurt Buff
Hell, I've been doing that since, oh, 1990 or so, IIRC. Kurt On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 21:30, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: > On 31 Jul 2009 at 12:10, Kurt Buff  wrote: > >> I admit, I don't RDP into users machines. > > NET USE L: \\LUSERCOMP\C$ /persistent:no allows me to browse the contents of > use

Re: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 31 Jul 2009 at 12:10, Kurt Buff wrote: > I admit, I don't RDP into users machines. NET USE L: \\LUSERCOMP\C$ /persistent:no allows me to browse the contents of user computers should I need to. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +--

Re: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 31 Jul 2009 at 12:32, David W. McSpadden wrote: > I don't have an oeminfo.ini It's just a text file formatted in a specific way. Create one with your favorite text editor. Put it in Windows\System32. Voila! More info here: http://www.google.com/search?&q=oeminfo.ini Here's mine from a

RE: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread Phillip Partipilo
: OT: Happy SysAdmin Day Happy SysAdmin Day to all! I have put a post on my blog about the trials and tribulations of a system admin, should anyone be bored enough to read it. http://raythestray.blogspot.com PS - I take no responsibility for any offence taken by anyone reading any of my earlier

RE: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread paul chinnery
od idea. > From: cluster...@gmail.com > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > Subject: Re: Happy SysAdmin Day > Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:25:31 -0400 > > Thats pretty cool but they wont let me do that at my place, we allow the > users to have their own wallpapers. >

Re: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread Kurt Buff
5 AM, James Kerr wrote: >> Thats pretty cool but they wont let me do that at my place, we allow the >> users to have their own wallpapers. >> >> >> - Original Message - From: "Kurt Buff" >> To: "NT System Admin Issues" >> Sent:

Re: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread Kurt Buff
was BGInfo. Change desktop wallpaper to it and shows >> all kinds of data of the pc as a wallpaper picture. >> >>> From: dav...@imcu.org >>> To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com >>> Subject: Re: Happy SysAdmin Day >>> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 20

Re: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread Steven Peck
tem Admin Issues" > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 2:07 PM > Subject: Re: Happy SysAdmin Day > > > BGInfo is on every machine I RDP into, servers and workstations. > > It's a damn fine tool. > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:56, paul chinnery wrote: >> >>

Re: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread James Kerr
Thats pretty cool but they wont let me do that at my place, we allow the users to have their own wallpapers. - Original Message - From: "Kurt Buff" To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 2:07 PM Subject: Re: Happy SysAdmin Day BGInfo is on

Re: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread Kurt Buff
; >> From: dav...@imcu.org >> To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com >> Subject: Re: Happy SysAdmin Day >> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:32:37 -0400 >> >> I don't have an oeminfo.ini >> >> - Original Message - >> From: "Angus Scott-Flem

RE: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread paul chinnery
A useful tool I found was BGInfo. Change desktop wallpaper to it and shows all kinds of data of the pc as a wallpaper picture. > From: dav...@imcu.org > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > Subject: Re: Happy SysAdmin Day > Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:32:37 -0400 > &g

Re: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread David W. McSpadden
I don't have an oeminfo.ini - Original Message - From: "Angus Scott-Fleming" To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 12:13 PM Subject: Re: Happy SysAdmin Day On 31 Jul 2009 at 11:16, James Kerr wrote: We have asset tags on our PCs and

RE: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread Phillip Partipilo
Issues Subject: OT: Happy SysAdmin Day Happy SysAdmin Day to all! I have put a post on my blog about the trials and tribulations of a system admin, should anyone be bored enough to read it. http://raythestray.blogspot.com PS - I take no responsibility for any offence taken by anyone reading

Re: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 31 Jul 2009 at 11:16, James Kerr wrote: > We have asset tags on our PCs and monitors, whenever I ask someone what the > asset tag is on their PC most of the time I end up with the monitor tag so I > can't find it to remote in.. Might be worthwhile putting the asset-tag info into C:\WINDOWS\

RE: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
alph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Happy SysAdmin Day Same exact thing here! I finally made it so can look up the computer by the monitor number attached to it because I got tired of wasting time trying to ex

Re: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread RichardMcClary
is on their PC most of the time I end up with the > monitor tag so I can't find it to remote in.. > - Original Message - > From: richardmccl...@aspca.org > To: NT System Admin Issues > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 11:05 AM > Subject: Re: Happy SysAdmin Day > >

RE: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread Ralph Smith
11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Happy SysAdmin Day We have asset tags on our PCs and monitors, whenever I ask someone what the asset tag is on their PC most of the time I end up with the monitor tag so I can't find it to remote in.. - Original Me

Re: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread James Kerr
riday, July 31, 2009 11:05 AM Subject: Re: Happy SysAdmin Day Well, we have a body of students who use whatever computer is not occupied by its full-time assigned user. The computer name is in big black letters on a big white lable. Still, these students, again working at whatever machine

Re: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread RichardMcClary
e pissed every time. > > James > > > - Original Message - > From: "James Rankin" > To: "NT System Admin Issues" > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:21 AM > Subject: Re: Happy SysAdmin Day > > > > Glad to hear you like it! > > &

Re: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread James Kerr
Good read, one of my biggest pet peeves is when someone calls me and asks if the system is down. That get me pissed every time. James - Original Message - From: "James Rankin" To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:21 AM Subject: Re: Happy

Re: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread James Rankin
> Subject: OT: Happy SysAdmin Day > > > Happy SysAdmin Day to all! > > I have put a post on my blog about the trials and tribulations of a > system admin, should anyone be bored enough to read it. > > http://raythestray.blogspot.com > > PS - I take no responsibili

Re: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread David W. McSpadden
I agree. - Original Message - From: Maglinger, Paul To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 9:41 AM Subject: RE: Happy SysAdmin Day That was great. Where can I get that on poster size

RE: OT: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread Maglinger, Paul
o: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Happy SysAdmin Day Sysadmin day? Really? Already... nice eail to come home too. SO, put in a 'simple' change to do the schema extension in preperation for our lcs2005sp1 to ocs2007r2 migration BOOM! Things you never want to hear support say;

RE: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread Maglinger, Paul
That was great. Where can I get that on poster size? From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 2:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Happy SysAdmin Day Happy SysAdmin Day to all! I have put a post on my blog

Re: OT: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread Steven Peck
teven On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:44 AM, James Rankin wrote: > Happy SysAdmin Day to all! > > I have put a post on my blog about the trials and tribulations of a system > admin, should anyone be bored enough to read it. > > http://raythestray.blogspot.com > > PS - I tak

OT: Happy SysAdmin Day

2009-07-31 Thread James Rankin
Happy SysAdmin Day to all! I have put a post on my blog about the trials and tribulations of a system admin, should anyone be bored enough to read it. http://raythestray.blogspot.com PS - I take no responsibility for any offence taken by anyone reading any of my earlier blog posts. I am a bit

RE: Happy Sysadmin day!

2008-07-25 Thread Miller Bonnie L .
That's so cool-I actually got an e-card from one of our techs. First time ever for anything, so maybe the word is getting out! =) -Bonnie From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 5:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Happy Sysadmin day! I

Re: Happy Sysadmin day!

2008-07-25 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
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RE: Happy Sysadmin day!

2008-07-24 Thread Don Guyer
://www.prufoxroach.com/> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Happy Sysadmin day! No way past the might of WebSense for such proxy sites here...

Re: Happy Sysadmin day!

2008-07-24 Thread James Rankin
No way past the might of WebSense for such proxy sites herecue evil laugh 2008/7/24 Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Apparently your users haven't discovered www.surfaz.com . Just happened > to see this flash by on my ISA server last night and wondered what it was. > I've got to hand it to him

RE: Happy Sysadmin day!

2008-07-24 Thread tgonzalez
Hmmm, interesting...I assume you blocked the site? From: Cameron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Happy Sysadmin day! Apparently your users haven't discovered www.surfaz.com <http://www.surfaz.com/> . Ju

RE: Happy Sysadmin day!

2008-07-24 Thread tgonzalez
That's what I say as well, blocking all their favorites sites, myspace, facebook, reunion and so forth. Where's the LOVE L From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Happy Sysadmin day! Wish my end u

RE: Happy Sysadmin day!

2008-07-24 Thread David Lum
EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Happy Sysadmin day! Wish my end users would respond with ANY sort of appreciation. Since I filtered Facebook, they hate me. 2008/7/24 Miller Bonnie L. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>

Happy Sysadmin day!

2008-07-24 Thread Miller Bonnie L .
Sending this "early" as it's already here in some parts of the world =) http://www.sysadminday.com/ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ ~