RE: Server hw inventory software...FREE!

arate worksheet with all the drive info as well as the server name and then you can use a PivotTable to easily view it. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/

RE: DHCP Failover

Windows Server 2008 R2 has DHCP replication. While that won't solve your problem today, it will solve it very soon. :) Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsof

RE: DHCP Failover

AFAIK there is no DHCP PowerShell coverage Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: Senter, John [mailto:john.sen...@etrade.com] Sent: Tuesday

RE: Backing up VMWare ESX servers -- What do you use?

istent VHD backups as opposed to paying for something else. I don't think there's anything MS specific in Ken's scenarios of dynamic allocation. Amazon actually rolled this out very recently with their virtualization platform. All that said I run VMWare and have zero plans

RE: OT Looking for new Webhost

Server Intellect has been great for me for many years. I assume given you're on WebHost4Life that's the price range you're looking to play in. If you're looking for something serious, OrcsWeb is where I'd go. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.31

RE: Exchange 07

Turn on protocol logging and figure out what the SMTP stuff is doing all day - that's not normal. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 8:13 AM To: NT System Admin I

RE: TechNet Plus

The test is idiotproof. It's one of the ones where it doesn't let you click next until you pick the right answer IIRC. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:21 PM To: NT System Ad

RE: TechNet Plus

Just register a new Live ID under a different email alias Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 4:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: TechNet Plus Hmm, If I log onto the site to

RE: adprep when adding first 2008 server

IIRC this is not the case. You would need to run it on an x64 machine. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 3:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: adprep when adding first 2008 server Good point, and although 'compatibility' isn't synonymous with M

RE: DHCP and multiple Subnets; Multiple DHCP server or DHCP-Relays?

A DHCP Relay is what you want. If a user on Subnet A plugs in to Subnet B, they will end up with a DHCPNACK for their old IP followed by the correct IP. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP

RE: server shutdown automation

That's pretty normal... 500' isn't much. It's not uncommon for the batteries, transfer switches, and generator ties to all be in one electrical area in a basement or something like that. This way you simply deliver protected power to the computer room and anyplace else that needs it. -Origi

RE: DHCP scope usage alert vbs, without MOM

What version of Windows? You can do all sorts of trigger based stuff in WS08. WMI also has event based things. I have a better question though. What are you doing wrong that is causing your scopes to fill up? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory

RE: Windows two factor auth quick poll

AuthAnvil - http://www.scorpionsoft.com/ gets a lot of good press from small org types I know. SmartCards are another option - simple enough. ActivIdentity has some cool hybrid token type things too. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed

RE: WOW64

It's enabled out of the box... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Thursday, Ju

RE: WOW64

No this has existed since WS03. The ability to turn it off is a new Win7 (WS08 R2) feature. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: John

RE: Paging the scripting Guru's - mass shortcut properties rename???

Yes. WshShell has a shortcut object. You can iterate through all the *.lnk files and then load and edit the shortcuts. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 3:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: DHCP For Wireless

Can the firewall/router act as a DHCP relay? If so just configure the scope on a DHCP server and set it as the DHCP relay. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com

RE: Is there a SharePoint Expert that can help me out? 2.0 - 3.0 PROBLEMS

come with none of that. You get what you pay for essentially... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:robbonfig...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 9:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Is there a SharePoint Expert that can help m

RE: Is there a SharePoint Expert that can help me out? 2.0 - 3.0 PROBLEMS

If you've got a premier contract you've got a TAM and their job in part is to be there when you have problems with getting the correct level of support or the quality of support and to fix it. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Rob Bonfiglio [mailto

RE: Is there a SharePoint Expert that can help me out? 2.0 - 3.0 PROBLEMS

a small firm on the outside, but, if your business depends on your IT systems and you lose money when they break, it's insurance. With a pro case there's no SLA to escalate a Sev A case to CPR at the four hour mark. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -Or

RE: Is there a SharePoint Expert that can help me out? 2.0 - 3.0 PROBLEMS

I think to a large extent it's luck of the draw. I'm not a fan of the outsourced PSS stuff at all but I understand why they do it having been there myself. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Troy Meyer [mailto:tme...@u

RE: Is there a SharePoint Expert that can help me out? 2.0 - 3.0 PROBLEMS

tasks. Even if it's a really amateur script, getting that step done means you can spend your time on something else. Three good people is enough to run A LOT of stuff if you're efficient about it. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory

RE: Is there a SharePoint Expert that can help me out? 2.0 - 3.0 PROBLEMS

th IT orgs as they need to do both. I've seen some large ones split into two orgs - one ops one engineering/projects. Solves the problem but tends to have a lot of political side effects. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th

RE: Is there a SharePoint Expert that can help me out? 2.0 - 3.0 PROBLEMS

into an SA incident on the backend and then you don't blow through all the hours. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 4:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: On the back of the "favorite tools" thread,...

There is an app memtest something that is an ISO IOMeter is free I/O load gen There used to be a tool called cpustres or cpustress I the Platform SDK which could max out CPUs but I don't see it in the version I have. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 A

RE: Domain and forest level

Trust will be fine. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 3:33 PM To

RE: IIS FTP file progress?

Could probably test to see if you can get exclusive write access to it. I imagine IIS has a lock ahead of time. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile

RE: GPO for a single user

PSS and your account team can both assist in filing a DCR on your behalf... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian -Original Message- From

RE: Windows Defender

Hope nobody's running it because otherwise they'll never get your message. ;) Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 5:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows Def

RE: GPO for a single user

Design Change Request. And no you'd need to pay. I don't know if they'd even let you do it on a pro case - no clue. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 03,

RE: Domain and forest level

Did this magically happen when you raised the DFL or when you were upgrading/replacing DCs to WS2008? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From

RE: Domain and forest level

OK those are two different activities though. Likely the issue came as a result of adding the new DCs. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 9:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Domain

RE: SQL 2000 Media

Volume licensing portal / MSDN / Technet ... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 3:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SQL 2000 Media Hello all... I've inherited a server wit

RE: AD/Exchange Assessments

s of the engagement. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 9:14 AM

RE: Encrypt E-mail between two different domains...for free?

If both ends trust the cert then you can use a self signed cert. Just need to install it in the store on either end, most likely. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https

RE: SAN EOL

HP definitely does. 7 years asset lifecycle seems pretty reasonable to me. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 1:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SAN EOL I found out today that

RE: Blackberry Server question.

r BES "Pro" version (BPS or something) which is missing some useful features, otherwise you're on the hook for the full BES. BlackBerry is not a cheap service to offer. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:tlemmik...@all-mode.com

RE: Custom BIOS

HP has tools to script all this for servers and IIRC Dell has it for clients so I'd venture to guess HP may have it for clients as well. Look for stuff centered around deployment scripting/automation/etc on their site. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From:

RE: domain/forest setup question

Please don't use UGC. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Thursday, A

RE: domain/forest setup question

Well there are very good scenarios for having separate forests. The main ones are ease for spinning off the business unit and the other one being if you need to have separate administration groups at each location that can't settle for delegated rights. Thanks, Brian Desmo

RE: domain/forest setup question

ed GC. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:23 PM T

RE: domain/forest setup question

Yeah - you said you have a couple hundred users total? A full T1 can sustain a domain with hundreds of thousands of users. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com

RE: domain/forest setup question

The global group part is what is unknown. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: domain/forest setup question Thanks for the

RE: LinkedIn

I know a lot of recruiters who use LinkedIn as a key search tool. I certainly use it that way too sometimes. It's a professional thing not a social thing. I usually describe it as LinkedIn is for work and Facebook is for fun. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731

RE: Monitor: regular or widescreen

Why not ask your users what they want? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Monitor: regular or widescreen Folks, I"m about to start purchasin

RE: Monitor: regular or widescreen

This general assumption IT folks make that every end user they support is an idiot is one of those things I can never figure out... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:40 AM To: NT System

RE: Monitor: regular or widescreen

ery day. If you've got to ask what is best for the user community then you're obviously not equipped to decide for them so why not ask? People generally take to change much better when they're given an opportunity to participate in it anyway. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmon

RE: LDAP Service

You'd probably want to look at a Virtual Directory product here. Trusts are going to use legacy RPC type stuff (ala the ports you mentioned) unless they are forest trusts in which case they are native Kerberos. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Fo

RE: Microsoft Cluster and Anti Virus

Agreed. There is a KB article that has the exclusions you want for MSCS and for MSSQL (I assume on the latter). Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 2:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Microsoft Cluster and Anti Virus

Didn't read that close - go figure Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Microsoft Cluster and Anti Virus It's a

RE: Paging the Powershell gurus

$server = Read-Host "Enter server name " I believe that will do what you want. To get environment variables, the exact syntax is something like $env:COMPUTERNAME. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] Se

RE: Paging the Powershell gurus

Not really. I just plug this stuff into Google when I need to- I'm not a big PowerShell guy at all - do everything in VBS. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 9:29 AM To: NT System

RE: Windows 7

but seems fundamentally about the same? I may just be missing something though - dunno. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 8:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 I have my first

RE: Windows 7

Ah ok. Would be curious to hear about user education issues you/others run into rolling this out. I haven't worked on anything involving desktop OS refresh since probably 2000>XP. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.c

RE: Mail server software

BPOS is in the $10/mo/user range with just Exchange. $15 for everything. Seems like something worth exploring here... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 11:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Mail server software

What's the problem with the database engine? There's been a massive amount of engineering work in that space - I don't expect it's going anywhere. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sen

RE: Obsolete TechS

never successfully go offshore. If you're sitting at a keyboard all day just clicking away instead of automating that task, or being a ticket jockey, or something like that, I'd be worried. Otherwise IMO you'll be fine. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From:

RE: 70-646 exam?

sts a long time ago and IIRC the 70-649 equivalent was much more of a PITA than the 70-646 equivalent. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian

RE: DNS change- what did I do wrong?

Not entirely sure I follow the event but if I do you need to register that SPN on the computer object. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 2:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: DNS

RE: Mail server software

that's an issue with managing the server. I've not run into any issues where doing a full store scan has caused the store to crash recently either, certainly nothing that hasn't been fixed. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: J

RE: Preventing users from ending a specific process (WinXP)

You can applies ACLs to processes so, sure. Without some context though that's about all I can offer... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/

RE: Preventing users from ending a specific process (WinXP)

Well you can have a startup script or something set an ACL on the process object so they can't modify it. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Robert Smith [mailto:exch...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 6:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subjec

RE: Mail server software

properly categorize and label it. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 7:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Mail server software I continuously coach user

RE: Mail server software

retty. There are tools around to go mucking with an ESE database in a graphical manner. Fortunately they're not public. The APIs are though if you're so inclined you could do whatever you wanted with an ESE database. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Di

RE: Sql Drive letter in cluster question

s and parent LUNs. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: Greg Olson [mailto:gol...@markettools.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:59 PM T

RE: Windows 2008 Server and/or Exchange in the cloud

Having spent a bunch of time working on EC2 this sounds like something I would be hesitant about. Microsoft supports all this with BPOS. They have BES support although I'm not exactly sure what the situation with that is. If it were me I'd look at BPOS. Thanks, Brian

RE: Windows 2008 Server and/or Exchange in the cloud

Random local MSP vs Established host - I'd not put a bet on that one. For every competent one there are A LOT of not so competent ones. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:li...@levelfive.us] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009

RE: Windows 7

My HP EliteBook 8530W, there were no Windows Update drivers for the HP 3D DriveGuard or the Quick Launch Buttons. I had to manually load the Vista x64 packages off hp.com and then it was happy. Everything else worked out of the box. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c

RE: Regional Settings on GPO

Correct. Just use a Vista/2008 (or Win7) box with the RSAT tools and you can push Group Policy Preferences settings to XP or better clients. You'll need to push the MSI down to the XP clients to install the CSE but that shouldn't be a big deal. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesm

RE: how to get rid of phantom exchange server in ESM ?

There is a technet or KB article (don't have it handy) called something like How to remove the First Exchange 2000 server in the organization and/or How to remove the Last Exchange 2000 Server in the Organization. There is a bunch of stuff you need to do so I'd review those. Tha

RE: how to get rid of phantom exchange server in ESM ?

You'd probably need to clean up the old Exchange server with something like ADSI Edit. Been a while since I did this but that's my recollection. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail

RE: FRS won't stop trying to replicate a folder

You could use ldifde to export an importable version of the offending object prior to deleting it. That's what I'd do followed by whacking it in AD and bouncing the NTFRS service. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From:

RE: First ps script

Sysinternals has a cmdline tool called sigcheck. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: First ps script I have a powershell script that

RE: Advice: Using VMware ESX to practice upgrading a domain

eful using snapshots to rollback your new lab as well as you will get into USN Rollback scenarios if you don't roll them ALL back at once. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: michael.le...@pha.phila.gov [mailto:michael.le...@pha.

RE: Home PC imaging

Not free, but perhaps look at a Windows Home Server? They will back your data up with an agent on each of your machines and you can boot from a CD they provide and restore your machine point-in-time from a backup like an image if it goes bad. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c

RE: OT: Skills assesments for new hires

Something I do sometimes is just say "Talk to me about . Pick a feature and explain it" where being some skill/concept/technology/etc that either their resume claims their strong in or the position is for and see how that goes. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com

RE: How to permanently accept cert in OL2K7

They should really all be using secure SMTP given the passwords are all cleartext otherwise. Why not buy a real cert? They're like 20 bucks on GoDaddy once you've clicked through beer, wings, strippers, race cars, etc. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 31

RE: How to permanently accept cert in OL2K7

The ISP isn't using a valid cert? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 > -Original Message- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 2:45 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE

RE: Adding 2008 DC's... (revisited)

Not 100% true as raising the forest functional level traditionally added attributes to the partial attribute set which is technically a schema change. Whether or not this will still happen when you go to 2008 FFL depends on what FFL you're at now. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmon

RE: Adding 2008 DC's... (revisited)

Sort of. I've seen this cause issues in large (and messy) customer environments before. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c – 312.731.3132 > -Original Message- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 12:01 PM &

RE: dc replication / logonserver

Typically you would use sites in AD to do this. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com> c - 312.731.3132 From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:li...@levelfive.us] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 5:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: dc repli

RE: dc replication / logonserver

I would enable change notification on the site link given this scenario so you don't get the 15 minute replication delay. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 > -Original Message- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] >

RE: dc replication / logonserver

Basically it just makes the site link act like an intra-site connection so not really any overhead on a connection like this. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 > -Original Message- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] > Sen

RE: Adding 2008 DC's... (revisited)

not really that big of a deal but you need to keep it in mind. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian Fro

RE: Reviewing my GPs, and found something I don't understand

Up until Windows 2008, there was a Group Policy tab on the properties of OUs, Domains, and Sites in ADUC and dssites. This was how you accessed policies and edited them. GPMC came out of band sometime after 2003 shipped. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active

RE: iPhone and Exch 2007?

What's the concern about activesync? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c – 312.731.3132 > -Original Message- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 9:53 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re:

RE: iPhone and Exch 2007?

Yes that is an issue. You can control this by preventing these devices from sync'ing though (Allow Non-Provisionable Devices checkbox). In Exchange 2010 you can filter and quarantine specific types of devices with the new device access rules. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.c

RE: Event ID for moving computer account?

It would be a delete and a create. Pre 2008 these audits aren't really helpful much. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com> c - 312.731.3132 From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 3:0

RE: I lost the fight

You just need to check the Allow Unprovisionable Devices checkbox on the Mobile Settings node. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com> c - 312.731.3132 From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 10:08 AM To: NT

RE: I lost the fight

I don't have an Exchange 2003 org handy but there's a Global Settings type node in the top of the tree in ESM and then under there is a Mobile Options type thing. Said Mobile stuff showed up in 2003 SP2 so if you're missing that (hope not) you won't see it. Than

RE: DHCP in Win2k3 R2 domain

The converse to the DHCP detection stuff is that if any Windows box comes up in the domain with DHCP installed, DHCP won't actually start until someone with (by default) Enterprise Admin privs "authorizes" it. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c – 312.731.3132

RE: DHCP in Win2k3 R2 domain

Yep. Do your switches support DHCP Snooping? You can pretty much kill the problem if they have such a feature. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c – 312.731.3132 > -Original Message- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 21, 201

RE: Archive data

Most folks use a third party archiving solution for this. There's a myriad of them which have wide ranging impact on your checkbook. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com> c - 312.731.3132 From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursda

RE: LDAP Query across Multiple OU's

That is a weird looking query. What are you trying to get out of it? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 > -Original Message- > From: Robert Smith [mailto:exch...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:44 PM > To: NT System Admin Issu

RE: LDAP Query across Multiple OU's

roup)))" Look at adfind as Michael suggested. You can use the incldn and excldn switches if you wanted and search the whole domain but only include certain OUs Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 > -Original Message- > From: Robert Smith [mailto:exch...

RE: system state backups

# for hex 0x8004230f / decimal -2147212529 : VSS_E_UNEXPECTED_PROVIDER_ERROR vss.h # 1 matches found for "0x8004230f" What else is installed on the box? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c – 312.731.3132 > -Original Message-

RE: gateway metric question

Sounds like a binding order issue to me. Make sure you don't have DNS or WINS configured on the iSCSI NIC and that it's not configured to register in DNS also. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com> c - 312.731.3132 From: N P

RE: DC moved from default DC OU

It should work however it's not really a recommended config Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com> c - 312.731.3132 From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 9:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DC moved from

RE: 32 bit drivers, 64-bit server

The trick to this is to connect to the print server from a 32 bit client (so goto \\server and browse the printers folder), and add the drivers that way. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com> c - 312.731.3132 From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortoni

RE: Nagios

I do all of those (except for backups) in some degree or another. With temperature, unless you have actual probes, the server agents will report on that. With backups you'd need to rely on events on either the backup system or the client if they're logged. Thanks, Brian

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