[NTSysADM] Forest Functional Level change

2014-03-05 Thread Melvin Backus
. I've done a few of these in the past with no issues but we've since added Exchange to the mix so that's my main concern. Single forest, single domain, multiple sites. Melvin Backus | Sr. Systems Analyst | Byers Engineering Company | 404.497.1565 Service Desk | 404-497

[NTSysADM] RE: Forest Functional Level change

2014-03-05 Thread Melvin Backus
@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Forest Functional Level change Which version of Exchange? Including SPs and URs. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 12:54 PM

[NTSysADM] RE: Forest Functional Level change

2014-03-06 Thread Melvin Backus
Of Melvin Backus Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 1:31 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Forest Functional Level change 2010 SP1 UR6 -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't

RE: [NTSysADM] One of those dumb things...

2014-03-11 Thread Melvin Backus
So, if I'm reading this correctly, PASSWORD1 is valid. :) WhooHoo!! -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Ben

RE: [NTSysADM] Active Directory DC replication issue

2014-03-11 Thread Melvin Backus
Also, from earlier in the thread I seem to recall that one of the child DCs resolved correctly while the other one resolved external addresses. That's pointing to configuration rather than the fact that the domain exists. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who

RE: [NTSysADM] unable to join domain

2014-03-13 Thread Melvin Backus
We’ve run into this on a pretty common basis in our remote offices. To the best of my knowledge every instance so far has been resolved by forcing the dns search list to contain the domain we’re trying to join and making it first on the list. Because of some client related configurations we

[NTSysADM] RE: Forest Functional Level change

2014-03-13 Thread Melvin Backus
...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 3:59 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Forest Functional Level change It's on our list, just hasn't made

RE: [NTSysADM] Rejoin Computer to Domain Without Removing

2014-03-17 Thread Melvin Backus
I wind up having to remove / rejoin machines to our domain occasionally that have been stored, etc., and get purged from the directory. While the unjoin process will prompt you for a reboot, I've not had any ill effects from skipping it and just immediately doing the rejoin. The research I've

RE: [NTSysADM] 64-bit GUI file copy puzzler

2014-03-20 Thread Melvin Backus
Just a shot in the dark, but … Since you said it was file format/extension dependent I’d check the file associations for .rpt files and see what program is set to deal with them. I’m guessing that may be different between the working XP clients and the failing Win7 clients. -- There are 10

RE: [NTSysADM] 64-bit GUI file copy puzzler

2014-03-20 Thread Melvin Backus
and the file copies fine. -Dave Lum From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 9:37 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE

RE: [NTSysADM] Start Menu returns

2014-04-04 Thread Melvin Backus
I can't say for what's been available recently but that sounds like exactly what we were using about 10 years ago in my QA group. Any OS, nothing else. They might have dropped it at some point in between and have revived it, or perhaps renamed it, but I'm sure that's what we were using. --

RE: [NTSysADM] Home router

2014-04-08 Thread Melvin Backus
Sorry, I've recently joined the list, but it sounds like you might be looking for a commercial consumer router which is already running DDWRT. In that case, some of the Buffalo units are probably what you're looking for. I believe the N600 is one of them. -- There are 10 kinds of people in

RE: [NTSysADM] OT: Opensource OS with RDP

2014-04-09 Thread Melvin Backus
If you're covered under SA there's WinTCP. Not open source, but free (if you're covered). I haven't worked with it yet, but I pulled a copy last week. Still trying to work it into my schedule. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who

RE: [NTSysADM] Home router

2014-04-14 Thread Melvin Backus
So, for those of you who've actually used them, do they support multiple networks, vlans, etc.? -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of

RE: [NTSysADM] XP issue after Forefront update

2014-04-16 Thread Melvin Backus
Given our experiences with UAG over the last couple of years, I'd say they quit testing with XP a looonnng time ago. :) -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com

RE: [NTSysADM] Windows 8.1 update required to be installed

2014-04-17 Thread Melvin Backus
If this is a broken update Microsoft normally wouldn't charge for an incident. Probably worth the attempt at least to confirm. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From:

RE: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro

2014-04-18 Thread Melvin Backus
Young Whipper Snapper! ☺ -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Steven M. Caesare Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 2:28 PM To:

[NTSysADM] RE: Print Drivers - v3 vs v4 With Server 2012r2 Print Server and Windows 7 Clients

2014-04-21 Thread Melvin Backus
Since we're on this topic, (and not to hijack the thread, it seems sort related) :) , is there a print equivalent to DFS which would make the target server transparent to the user? (Or is that what the 'point print' is supposed to do? -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world...

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Print Drivers - v3 vs v4 With Server 2012r2 Print Server and Windows 7 Clients

2014-04-21 Thread Melvin Backus
I'd considered clustering, although not that particular configuration. Since we're a VMWare shop that's easy enough to do with a FT VM. It may wind up being the best choice available. Either way that provides redundancy and failover, but not transparency. -- There are 10 kinds of people in

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Print Drivers - v3 vs v4 With Server 2012r2 Print Server and Windows 7 Clients

2014-04-22 Thread Melvin Backus
...@briandesmond.com w – 312.625.1438tel:312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132tel:312.731.3132 From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 3:20 PM

RE: [NTSysADM] iis7 Enter PASS command-Solvd

2014-04-23 Thread Melvin Backus
You might be able to address that by setting up a route on the remote FW to force that specific IP traffic out over the Internet instead of through the tunnel. It depends on the FW and what it's specific capabilities are. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who

RE: [NTSysADM] DHCP and Active Directory documentation scripts

2014-04-23 Thread Melvin Backus
Do you plan on maintaining support for both v1 and v2 of the AD scripts? I’m game to help test but 2012 isn’t in the picture for a while down the road. Perhaps a fallback mode to the 2008r2 functionality if the requirements for 2012 aren’t available? Anyway, I’m in! ☺ -- There are 10 kinds

RE: [NTSysADM] NAC and NAP technologies

2014-04-23 Thread Melvin Backus
We use MS NAP for enforcing health checks on our VPN. Happy to discuss if you like in that limited capacity. We don't really use it elsewhere, at least yet. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Andrew S. Baker Sent: Wednesday, April 23,

[NTSysADM] DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
in the event logs, etc., seems to indicate what triggered it, or what process is doing it. It doesn't happen as part of a DHCP operation as best we can tell. Melvin Backus | Sr. Systems Analyst | Byers Engineering Company | 404.497.1565 Service Desk | 404-497-1599 | http

RE: [NTSysADM] DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
would you need separate DNS servers to handle this? ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBakerhttp://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market... On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Melvin Backus melvin.bac...@byers.commailto:melvin.bac

[NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thursday, 24 April 2014 10:27 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] DNS server settings getting changed OK, this has been driving us nuts for a couple of days now. One of our remote sites is seeing seemingly

[NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
some software called DNSchanger installed. It would change DNS to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. Are those the IP's its changing to? From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 5

RE: [NTSysADM] DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 9:08 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] DNS server settings getting changed No other DHCP servers that I'm aware of but certainly worth a look. That said, the process

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
that these systems are getting your Domain DNS. Would those servers be providing resolution to systems that would otherwise not? Would someone want to use your Domain DNS over what you are configuring? -- Espi On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Melvin Backus melvin.bac...@byers.commailto:melvin.bac

RE: [NTSysADM] DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 9:19 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] DNS server settings

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 9:41 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed No reason I can think

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 9:00 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed We've considered that. We're going

RE: [NTSysADM] DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
settings? I can tell when it happens fairly easily, but nothing in the event logs, etc., seems to indicate what triggered it, or what process is doing it. It doesn't happen as part of a DHCP operation as best we can tell. Melvin Backus | Sr. Systems Analyst | Byers

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
, Melvin Backus melvin.bac...@byers.commailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com wrote: OK, I surrender. Showing my ignorance, where do I do that on an XP box? -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
server info. Regards, ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBakerhttp://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market... On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Melvin Backus melvin.bac...@byers.commailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com wrote

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market... On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Melvin Backus melvin.bac...@byers.commailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com wrote: I was actually already doing that, just in case. No joy. Supported

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
this? (Late to the party) Sent from my (new!) BlackBerry, which may make me an antiques dealer, but it's reliable as hell for email delivery :-) From: Melvin Backus melvin.bac...@byers.commailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com Sender: listsad

RE: [NTSysADM] IE exploit

2014-04-29 Thread Melvin Backus
Hey, it just means, if you can't get into the parking lot, you can't attack the front door. :) Well, at least not without finding another path. :( -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From:

RE: [NTSysADM] Disable the f**king Charms bar in Windows 8.1

2014-05-01 Thread Melvin Backus
Perhaps this? Haven’t tried it, just digging. http://ezinearticles.com/?Image-File-Execution-Options---How-to-Hijack-a-Programid=4088225 -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com

RE: [NTSysADM] XP is no longer supported. OK wait, just this one last time...

2014-05-01 Thread Melvin Backus
And I believe that technically this is classified as a browser patch, not an OS patch. The fact that they weren't planning on releasing it for XP was likely more policy driven than technical requirements. I suspect most of the stuff is just a matter of proper tagging to get it pushed rather

[NTSysADM] RE: Moving on to new Position, might be gone from the list for a Bit

2014-05-05 Thread Melvin Backus
Congrats dude. Good luck! -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Ziots, Edward Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 10:30 AM To:

RE: [NTSysADM] Get server data query..

2014-05-15 Thread Melvin Backus
Systeminfo with the csv format option should get what you want. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of

RE: [NTSysADM] A Windows 7 image was deployed to EVERYTHING.

2014-05-19 Thread Melvin Backus
I think it can safely be assumed (yes I know) that a deployment server should never overwrite itself as part of a deployment. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From:

[NTSysADM] RE: Adding employeeNumber field in ADUC user property window

2014-05-19 Thread Melvin Backus
I'm guessing you probably found the same one I did. I've been running if for about 5 years now with no known ill effects, in case that makes you feel better. We also handle employee type that way too. I agree, a separate tab or being able to expose it on one of the existing tabs would be

[NTSysADM] RE: Adding employeeNumber field in ADUC user property window

2014-05-20 Thread Melvin Backus
with everyone else for new users. -Paul -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 4:13 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Adding employeeNumber field

[NTSysADM] RE: Adding employeeNumber field in ADUC user property window

2014-05-22 Thread Melvin Backus
that's already familiar with everyone else for new users. -Paul -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 4:13 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Adding

[NTSysADM] RE: Expiring Passwords

2014-05-27 Thread Melvin Backus
Yep, lots of folks got bitten by that. I use a powershell script to parse AD for expiring users and do email notifications. I found a very nice one here: http://www.ehloworld.com/318 A few tweaks to customize it to your site (most of those are flagged in the script) and you're on your way.

[NTSysADM] Invisible NIC - now there's no network

2014-05-27 Thread Melvin Backus
, but that isn't consistent with this since they still show up both in the GUI and in the VMWare settings. (We actually have people do that occasionally in our VDI environment, and now I actually know how to prevent it. ) advTHANKSance Melvin Backus | Sr. Systems Analyst

[NTSysADM] RE: Invisible NIC - now there's no network

2014-05-27 Thread Melvin Backus
...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 2:53 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] Invisible NIC - now there's no network OK, after about a day and a half looking at this I'm officially, well, that might get me tossed

[NTSysADM] RE: Invisible NIC - now there's no network

2014-05-27 Thread Melvin Backus
...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 3:38 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Invisible NIC - now there's no network No need for Show Hidden

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Invisible NIC - now there's no network

2014-05-27 Thread Melvin Backus
@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Invisible NIC - now there's no network Corrupt plug-n-play database? On May 27, 2014, at 12:51, Melvin Backus melvin.bac...@byers.commailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com wrote: There don’t appear to be. The only things that show up by turning

RE: [NTSysADM] Invisible NIC - now there's no network

2014-05-27 Thread Melvin Backus
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Invisible NIC - now there's no network Are you running SEP by chance? Robert On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Melvin Backus melvin.bac...@byers.commailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com wrote: OK, after about a day and a half looking at this I’m officially, well, that might get me

RE: [NTSysADM] Invisible NIC - now there's no network

2014-05-28 Thread Melvin Backus
. Cheers, Robert On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Melvin Backus melvin.bac...@byers.commailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com wrote: Yes, we are. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad

RE: [NTSysADM] It has been a while.....Is it just me....

2014-06-03 Thread Melvin Backus
Everyone but you apparently. ☺ -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 12:52 PM To: NTSysADM Subject:

RE: [NTSysADM] It has been a while.....Is it just me....

2014-06-03 Thread Melvin Backus
Probably because the old list never stopped working, it just died functionally. AFAIK, they're still sending out quarterly admin notices, etc. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com

RE: [NTSysADM] Quick SRP question

2014-06-05 Thread Melvin Backus
Userprofile includes the drive, homepath doesn’t. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Richard Stovall Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: P2V DC

2014-06-06 Thread Melvin Backus
That said, in pretty much every case of machines that we’ve done a P2V, while they were successful, we later ended up rebuilding the VM or replacing it, either because of weird failures or performance issues. I know that *shouldn’t* happen, but after a few rounds of fighting it we just stopped

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: P2V DC

2014-06-06 Thread Melvin Backus
to a VM in our environment.) On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Melvin Backus melvin.bac...@byers.commailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com wrote: That said, in pretty much every case of machines that we’ve done a P2V, while they were successful, we later ended up rebuilding the VM or replacing it, either

RE: [NTSysADM] P2V DC

2014-06-06 Thread Melvin Backus
Technically your license is only good on the original hardware if it's an OEM. It can't be transferred. By P2V or server replacement for that matter, your license is no longer valid. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't.

RE: [NTSysADM] A quiet weekend and start of the week

2014-06-10 Thread Melvin Backus
Of course not. They’re all housed one of those DC in a box thingies. You know, take a shipping container and turn it into a self-contained data center. It was already on the back of a truck for DR purposes and they just drove across town. Connectivity was only via wireless, so everything

RE: [NTSysADM] Shrinking Windows volume

2014-06-16 Thread Melvin Backus
I've never had occasion to use it but I believe that VMWare has a shrink functionality as well. It's part of the VM tools run from within the VM. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com

[NTSysADM] VMWare upgrade gotchas

2014-06-16 Thread Melvin Backus
We're in the process of planning an upgrade from VMWare ESX 4.1 to 5.5. At this point it appears that our biggest challenge is going to be upgrading the vCenter server, but I was wondering if anyone had any specific things we should watch out for during the process. -- There are 10 kinds of

RE: [NTSysADM] RDS license question

2014-06-17 Thread Melvin Backus
No one is ever 100% sure about Microsoft licensing. Not even Microsoft. Call up 10 different Microsoft licensing specialists (not partners, Microsoft employees) and you'll likely get at least 6 different answers. I usually take the single answer with the most hits and move forward. :) --

RE: [NTSysADM] email access only - urgent

2014-06-18 Thread Melvin Backus
In which case I would ask if they need to be able to send email as a part of the requirement so that you can implement an appropriate solution and move forward accordingly. If they only need to receive email, the forward does that while restricting them to only email access as requested. :)

RE: [NTSysADM] Windows 8 still showing lock screen

2014-06-30 Thread Melvin Backus
In the past I found that screen savers seem to have a 2 hour time limit, so see if reducing the time below 120 minutes actually changes the time before this happens. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From:

RE: [NTSysADM] SSL ciphers

2014-07-07 Thread Melvin Backus
There are lots of obsolete ciphers out there. That doesn’t mean they were bad, just that they’ve been compromised at some point since they’re creation and are now no longer secure. I’m not sure I understand what’s sad about a security based audit expecting that they be disabled. Do you still

RE: [NTSysADM] Re: Windows 7 firewall

2014-07-07 Thread Melvin Backus
True, accept that due to management ... hmm, what's the word... anyway, all users have local admin rights. :( If I were actually alone in this situation I'd be much less dismayed since I would be able to point to anywhere else and say, Nobody else allows this, but hey, it pays the bills. --

[NTSysADM] RE: Mouse trails

2014-07-09 Thread Melvin Backus
It appears that this might be of benefit. I haven't tried it so please let us know how you make out. http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2013/01/17/use-powershell-to-change-the-mouse-pointer-scheme.aspx -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who

RE: [NTSysADM] Stupid terminology question

2014-07-14 Thread Melvin Backus
Been there. Server, Server2, yada, yada. Replaced them all and made that go away, as fast as possible. :) I suppose you could always do the air quotes thing, and ask, is that server or server? Seems like a name change would be in order but as I recall SQL doesn't really like that all that

RE: [NTSysADM] MS DirectAccess

2014-07-22 Thread Melvin Backus
in there. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: 21 July 2014 20:10 To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] MS DirectAccess

[NTSysADM] RE: storage spaces?

2014-07-22 Thread Melvin Backus
In that case it sounds like: Old through away PC + free NAS distro = local storage server I've used FreeNAS very successfully in the past. I believe that has actually become NAS4Free however if I recall correctly. I believe the former was purchased by a commercial entity and the free version

RE: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already...

2014-07-23 Thread Melvin Backus
Umm, that would be about 40 years ago, primarily in the telco/utility industries. Field vs on-prem has been around forever in those environments. Like most things, intermingling leads to migration of terminology. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand

RE: [NTSysADM] On premise vs. hosted service

2014-07-23 Thread Melvin Backus
Oh gee, thanks. Just when I got it added to my Threads that just won't die filter. :O -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com

RE: [NTSysADM] Polling wrong DC-FIXED- Kind of

2014-07-24 Thread Melvin Backus
If there was no VPN between the sites, how would traffic have routed to HQ? All the IP ranges were private so they would have been stripped by default unless you have some means of routing them without the VPN. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand

RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list?

2014-07-29 Thread Melvin Backus
Gee, I'm starting to feel old. Can we stop now? :) -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Ben Scott Sent:

[NTSysADM] RE: Sys admin day

2014-07-31 Thread Melvin Backus
ditto -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Gavin Wilby Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 9:49 AM To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com' Subject:

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Sys admin day

2014-07-31 Thread Melvin Backus
I didn't apply until around 6:30 when I got to work that morning and still got one. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of J- P Sent:

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Sys admin day

2014-07-31 Thread Melvin Backus
I won't try to draw any conclusions, just provide data for analysis. :) -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Thursday, July

RE: [NTSysADM] Native VNC-like Windows remote control toy?

2014-08-01 Thread Melvin Backus
Hmm, sounds like the tech they’re using for ChromeCast. Last I heard (it’s been several months) that was still a bit buggy, but I haven’t tried it recently. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From:

[NTSysADM] RE: SFTP server to backup our new Cisco phone system

2014-08-06 Thread Melvin Backus
It appears you're looking for something on premise. I'd recommend you look at the following options. 1. If this needs to be a dedicated machine (doesn't sound like that's really required) load up your favorite Linux distro and install the FTP server with SFTP enabled, FTP disabled. 2.

RE: [NTSysADM] can't ping gateway on linux machine

2014-08-06 Thread Melvin Backus
Normally when we do any kind of migration like that we wind up having to delete the NIC(s) and add new ones. It isn’t worth the aggravation to fix the existing ones, and they normally work as expected at that point. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Sys admin day

2014-08-08 Thread Melvin Backus
It means you’ve won a free phone, but activation and service is not included. ☺ Well, in this case, not quite that bad, you have the program and can run it presumably forever but you can’t upgrade it or get any support for it. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who

RE: [NTSysADM] password expiration notices

2014-08-14 Thread Melvin Backus
Try this powershell solution. http://www.ehloworld.com/318 -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Hank

RE: [NTSysADM] password expiration notices

2014-08-14 Thread Melvin Backus
That looks to be the admin report. What's the user's email look like? That was the one causing us issues. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com

RE: [NTSysADM] August Update issues

2014-08-18 Thread Melvin Backus
Gee, I wish I'd have waited before I rebooted my personal machine to let it finish updating last Friday. :( -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com

RE: [NTSysADM] Hyper-V versus VMWare

2014-08-19 Thread Melvin Backus
I could be mixing this with something else since it’s been quite some time since I looked at it, but I believe you can do NIC teaming on the host and point that vswitch to the team in order to increase the available capacity. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who

[NTSysADM] RE: Import mant PST files

2014-08-20 Thread Melvin Backus
I believe you're correct about that, but you could use Import-CSV to read in a list of the users and files and then a foreach to process the entire list. If you're lucky the usernames and the file names all match up and you can manipulate the data to extract that part of the file name, but if

RE: [NTSysADM] Printer managment

2014-08-28 Thread Melvin Backus
The REG command will give you that info. reg query HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On

RE: [NTSysADM] Remote full computer backup to cloud

2014-09-03 Thread Melvin Backus
Give him the link to the old FRAM filter commercial. Pay me now, or pay me later. Or as good ol' Phillip Crosby would say, It always costs less to do it right than to do it twice. Looks like they're already beyond the right point, but they could probably still get away with twice instead of

[NTSysADM] RE: VMware consolidation concern

2014-09-09 Thread Melvin Backus
Jesse, When you’ve got a few minutes ( I realize now may not be that time ) I’d like to talk about your 4.1 to 5.5 upgrade. We’re preparing to do that ourselves and I’d like to pick your brain. We can do it off list if you prefer. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world...

[NTSysADM] RE: need a Powershell script to resolve a campus student email problem

2014-09-12 Thread Melvin Backus
Do you need the users deleted / recreated, or do they just need to be removed from the OU then readded. If the later would moving them elsewhere temporarily then moving them back trigger the reactivation? -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and

[NTSysADM] RE: need a Powershell script to resolve a campus student email problem

2014-09-12 Thread Melvin Backus
suspended email accounts. Dave From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 8:54 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] RE

RE: [NTSysADM] Confused about domain replication times

2014-09-17 Thread Melvin Backus
But as we all learned at some point in our lives (usually by less than optimum means) just because you *can* do a thing doesn’t mean your *should* do the thing. ☺ -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From:

[NTSysADM] RE: weird access denied issue

2014-09-22 Thread Melvin Backus
Speaking of that, you probably want to make sure that Symantec isn't scanning network shares. Let the server AV handle that on file creation. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From:

RE: [NTSysADM] Remote change PC from static to dynamic IP

2014-09-24 Thread Melvin Backus
So how many machines are we talking about? Do you already know which ones they are? Did your reference to finding them mean physically or just determining which ones they are? -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From:

RE: [NTSysADM] Remote change PC from static to dynamic IP

2014-09-24 Thread Melvin Backus
...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: 24 September 2014 15:48 To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Remote change PC from static to dynamic IP So how many machines are we talking

RE: [NTSysADM] What is everyones preferred SFTP method

2014-09-25 Thread Melvin Backus
Depending on why you're using it WinSCP may also be a good choice. I use both that and Filezilla. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com

[NTSysADM] RE: quick batch question

2014-09-30 Thread Melvin Backus
Or do the redirection in the batch file itself instead. Do you really need to know that the blat operation worked? Afterall, you either got the email or you didn't. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From:

RE: [NTSysADM] #windowsnext is the hashtag to follow

2014-09-30 Thread Melvin Backus
Which would appear to be better than the not at all available blogs.windows.com site as it has apparently been overwhelmed. ☹ -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com

RE: [NTSysADM] #windowsnext is the hashtag to follow

2014-10-02 Thread Melvin Backus
Windows 8.x was an anomaly. Well, OK, maybe a temporary return to anomalous behavior? Looking at what we’ve had there hasn’t been a numbered version except 7 and 8, at least that were actually true operating systems. Windows 1.0 (not really an OS, just an application specific environment

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