Re: [NTSysADM] Microsoft Security Essentials

2013-05-15 Thread James Rankin
. Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] James Rankin

2013-05-17 Thread James Rankin
Sadly I probably look a lot worse this morning, having had far too much free booze last night. Webster has the right idea - stick to the ginger ale. On 17 May 2013 10:05, Webster webs...@carlwebster.com wrote: Greetings from London, Got to meet James Rankin last night. That dude talks

Re: [NTSysADM] Pin a .chm file to the Taskbar or Start Menu

2013-05-17 Thread James Rankin
. ** JimM *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [ mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10:11 AM *To:* NTSysADM@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Pin a .chm file

Re: [NTSysADM] .VBS error

2013-05-20 Thread James Rankin
in the event logs. ** ** Anyone? ** ** Dave ** ** ** ** -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] What's the best app to torture test new hard drives?

2013-05-20 Thread James Rankin
-- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] What's the best app to tortu re test new hard drives?

2013-05-20 Thread James Rankin
don't understand that negative reaction some people have to him. Personally, I find him full of useful knowledge, and generally a pleasure to listen to. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] To: ntsysadm

[NTSysADM] Moving ProgramData

2013-05-23 Thread James Rankin
a different method - maybe by using a junction point instead - might avoid the possible issues? TIA, -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

[NTSysADM] Re: Moving ProgramData

2013-05-30 Thread James Rankin
, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: I'm experimenting with a method of retaining certain settings in non-persistent system disk scenarios. Some of these settings are held in C:\ProgramData, so I've been changing the Registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Microsoft's 'Blue' servers

2013-06-04 Thread James Rankin
choice. Sent from Microsoft Surface Pro *From:* James Rankin *Sent:* Tuesday, June 4, 2013 9:33 AM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com But the expectation is that years later everyone will go cloud-based of some sort? I can see that not flying for a lot of orgs - if MS take the shove

Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Microsoft's 'Blue' servers

2013-06-04 Thread James Rankin
Online – they think Office 365 is great! Except for the change from CapEx to OpEx. ** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Tuesday, June 4, 2013 11:07 AM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re

Re: [NTSysADM] OT: LinkedIn endorsement fun

2013-06-04 Thread James Rankin
, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: You know when you log into LinkedIn, and it offers you the chance to endorse people does Dave know about DataCenter? Citrix? Security? Well there is a box next to the skills that you can type into and find something utterly random

Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Microsoft's 'Blue' servers

2013-06-04 Thread James Rankin
) for the SMB market…*** On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 11:07 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: Hmmm, sounds like MS' approach is that they've decided that The Cloud is unavoidable, or will at least represent the sensible choice in future For dev and test environments, sure, and maybe

[NTSysADM] Terastation drive recovery

2013-06-18 Thread James Rankin
Anyone know a (free, ideally) utility that can read the filesystem on a TeraStation from under Windows? -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] Terastation drive recovery

2013-06-18 Thread James Rankin
*To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Terastation drive recovery http://www.ufsexplorer.com/inf_terastation.php perhaps? On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:43 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: Anyone know a (free, ideally) utility that can read the filesystem

Re: OT: slang (was RE: [NTSysADM] Terastation drive recovery)

2013-06-18 Thread James Rankin
: Mutt’s nuts? ** ** Really? ** ** HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. ** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:53 AM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM

[NTSysADM] Ultimate home lab?

2013-06-21 Thread James Rankin
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/04/dell_poweredge_vrtx_smb_system/ -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread James Rankin
Store front those people running Windows 8 (RT, Pro, Phone) will be getting the new Windows 8.1 when it is released. I would like to confirm this and find out if this will come by way of a download using Windows Update or what? Anyone have any ideas? Thanks a lot! ** ** -- *James

Re: [NTSysADM] Submit e-mail anonymously

2013-06-27 Thread James Rankin
. ** ** Wow, I guess I’m asking how SPAM works… *David Lum* Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 //* *Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ** ** -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] Submit e-mail anonymously

2013-06-27 Thread James Rankin
: They would be the owner of that file…… ** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Thursday, June 27, 2013 1:09 PM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Submit e-mail anonymously

[NTSysADM] Interesting

2013-06-28 Thread James Rankin
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2748329 Nice for enterprises, I suppose :-0 -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] Interesting

2013-06-28 Thread James Rankin
profiles change, and prior versions of the OS don’t know the later versions (d’oh!). ** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Friday, June 28, 2013 8:13 AM *To:* NTSysADM@lists.myitforum.com *Subject

Re: [NTSysADM] Interesting

2013-06-28 Thread James Rankin
with that; but they may have been customer related. ** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Friday, June 28, 2013 8:24 AM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Interesting ** ** Really

Re: [NTSysADM] Interesting

2013-06-28 Thread James Rankin
...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Friday, June 28, 2013 8:13 AM *To:* NTSysADM@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Interesting ** ** http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2748329 Nice for enterprises, I suppose :-0 -- *James

Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-28 Thread James Rankin
qualify it with 'late at night', as if that is a deciding factor?. :-) Why do you think old people eat a 3:30-4:30 I don't know, I've never seen someone eat a time. ;-) (Hmmm, must be Friday.) -- Ben ** ** -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS

Re: [NTSysADM] Unable to browse the Web when additional domain controller goes down

2013-07-04 Thread James Rankin
complained that they were unable to browse the Web and also certain files from our file server. I cannot understand why this should have happened. Any idea why this happened? ** ** Thanks Pierre ** ** ** ** ** ** -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA

Re: [NTSysADM] Offline Files

2013-07-08 Thread James Rankin
. But that was again a few years ago, maybe it will be better now? -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of James Rankin Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 8:01 AM To: NTSysADM@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] Offline Files I do so

Re: [NTSysADM] Scopia Desktop add-in for Outlook

2013-07-10 Thread James Rankin
this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

[NTSysADM] Nostalgia

2013-07-16 Thread James Rankin
A bit MS-tinted, rather, but still takes me back http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/16/netware_4_anniversary/ Now I feel old, having to explain what Netware was to youngsters around me! -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] Nostalgia

2013-07-16 Thread James Rankin
[ mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2013 12:59 PM *To:* NTSysADM@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Nostalgia ** ** A bit MS-tinted, rather, but still takes me back http

Re: [NTSysADM] MSIEXEC CPU on TS

2013-08-21 Thread James Rankin
on the TS Environment, 2008 32 bit TS with Citrix fundamentals Any thoughts are appreciated -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] MSIEXEC CPU on TS

2013-08-21 Thread James Rankin
with Citrix fundamentals Any thoughts are appreciated -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

[NTSysADM] PowerShell string manipulation

2013-08-23 Thread James Rankin
Anyone have any ideas how to grab the first character of a string (namely a username) in PowerShell? Plenty of hits on removing the last characters from Google, but nothing useful Cheers, -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] PowerShell string manipulation

2013-08-23 Thread James Rankin
Managed to do this in batch using set first=%username:~0,1% reg add HKCU\Environment /v FirstLetter /t REG_SZ /d %first% /f but I'd rather do it in PowerShell, if anyone has any pointers... TIA, JRR On 23 August 2013 11:03, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: Anyone have any

[NTSysADM] Super mandatory profiles

2013-08-29 Thread James Rankin
\RUP\user1.man. -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] MSE MSI

2013-09-03 Thread James Rankin
...@smithcons.com wrote: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=security+essentials+download ** ** (couldn’t resist) ** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Tuesday, September 3, 2013 12:13 PM *To:* NTSysADM

[NTSysADM] MSE MSI

2013-09-03 Thread James Rankin
business use, in my eyes. Just wondering if anyone's done it and if there's a quick way to get hold of the MSI file TIA, -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] MSE MSI

2013-09-03 Thread James Rankin
to start with. That’s what I do for my VDI labs. ** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Tuesday, September 3, 2013 12:25 PM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] MSE MSI

Re: [NTSysADM] Set a maximum file size?

2013-09-04 Thread James Rankin
.log files. Sure, set the disk user's quota to that size. The file won't get any bigger than that. ;-) (I'm here all week. Try the veal.) -- Ben -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

[NTSysADM] Be afraid

2013-09-05 Thread James Rankin
get the described issue when opening ANY MS Office documents for all my users? Strange coincidence that! -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] Be afraid

2013-09-05 Thread James Rankin
, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.orgwrote: Where the heck did this come from…never heard a word and now all of a sudden 2003 is freaking out? Was it an update? ** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Thursday

Re: [NTSysADM] Be afraid

2013-09-05 Thread James Rankin
, 2013 at 8:22 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: I'm seeing this issue everywhere and can't solve it except by disabling My Documents Folder Redirection - which in a XenApp thin client environment is really a non-starter, I think http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2816253/en-us?sd=rssspid

Re: [NTSysADM] Be afraid

2013-09-05 Thread James Rankin
] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Thursday, September 05, 2013 9:25 AM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Be afraid ** ** You also get the same issue if you disable the redirection and use a GPO to point the default file location to the network path

Re: [NTSysADM] Be afraid

2013-09-05 Thread James Rankin
...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Thursday, September 05, 2013 9:30 AM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Be afraid ** ** It's 2010 and 2003 I'm seeing the same issue on. ** ** On 5 September

Re: [NTSysADM] Logon sniffing tool

2013-09-10 Thread James Rankin
from your computer. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Logon sniffing tool

2013-09-11 Thread James Rankin
this email. -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk image001.gif

[NTSysADM] Make a program run with UAC

2013-09-12 Thread James Rankin
every time you launch it? Cheers, -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

[NTSysADM] Re: Make a program run with UAC

2013-09-12 Thread James Rankin
Looks like this does the trick (although it seems very complicated to me) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb756929.aspx The usual post query, then find answer process :-) On 12 September 2013 09:35, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: How do you make a program pop up the UAC

Re: [NTSysADM] OT: Speaking in public

2013-09-12 Thread James Rankin
someone to shut up. It's a one-to-many presentation, not a one-to-one support call. -- Ben -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] OT: Speaking in public

2013-09-12 Thread James Rankin
They all mean the same thing, just different terms. On 12 September 2013 15:51, Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.com wrote: Trouble and strife! On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 10:47 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: Sorry, inadvertent slip into some Cockney rhyming slang for wrong I

Re: [NTSysADM] OT: Speaking in public

2013-09-12 Thread James Rankin
it goes Peter O'Toole? Don't forget we are two countries separated by a common language. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 10:36 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: Thanks everyone for all the many tips given here. If everything goes Pete Tong on the day, then at least it won't be for a lack

Re: [NTSysADM] Re: Make a program run with UAC

2013-09-16 Thread James Rankin
. ** ** **- **Harry ** ** ** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Thursday, September 12, 2013 5:16 AM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Re: Make a program run with UAC

[NTSysADM] I see MMS is no more...

2013-09-17 Thread James Rankin
http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2013/09/16/the-microsoft-management-summit-saying-goodbye-to-a-good-friend/ -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] Quiet Monday

2013-10-01 Thread James Rankin
...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Jon Harris *Sent:* Monday, September 30, 2013 7:01 PM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Quiet Monday ** ** Today is way too quiet. -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] AD Password reset tool - Need a recommendation

2013-10-02 Thread James Rankin
they have to have the end-user answer a question or two before it will reset their password. Does anyone know of or use any good tools out there like this? Thanks, Jon -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] PowerShell (again)

2013-10-03 Thread James Rankin
Just as you post, a solution presents itself :-0 $a = new-object -comobject wscript.shell $b = $a.popup(“This is a test”,0,”Test Message Box”,1) On 3 October 2013 13:31, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: Is it possible to use PowerShell to display a message to a user and then log

Re: [NTSysADM] Patch Management

2013-10-03 Thread James Rankin
. ** ** Just starting my search and I quickly looked at DameWare Patch Manager. It looks like it could be interesting. ** ** Thanks for any input. ** ** Matt ** ** -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] PowerShell (again)

2013-10-04 Thread James Rankin
about not being able to use separate OUs. ** ** -Aakash Shah ** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Thursday, October 3, 2013 5:32 AM *To:* NTSysADM@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* [NTSysADM

Re: [NTSysADM] OT: Job Search

2013-10-04 Thread James Rankin
@Wildlife joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov wrote: What sites/tools/resources do you guys use to look for jobs? I’m looking to possibly make a huge move, out of CA, and need tips/advice on this sort of thing. ** ** Thanks, ** ** Joe Heaton -- *James Rankin* Technical

Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Adobe Customer Data breached

2013-10-04 Thread James Rankin
the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk image001.jpg

Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Adobe Customer Data breached

2013-10-04 Thread James Rankin
] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Friday, October 04, 2013 9:06 AM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Adobe Customer Data breached ** ** Or a ColdFusion one ** ** On 4 October 2013 14:04, Richard McClary richard.mccl...@aspca.org wrote

Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Adobe Customer Data breached

2013-10-04 Thread James Rankin
...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Friday, October 04, 2013 11:00 AM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Adobe Customer Data breached ** ** Adobe should be ditched en masse. They've been a massive target for hackers for years along

Re: [NTSysADM] Friday OT: PicoBrew

2013-10-04 Thread James Rankin
: [NTSysADM] Friday OT: PicoBrew http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2021921820_briercolumn30xml.html -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] PowerShell (again)

2013-10-07 Thread James Rankin
. ** ** -Aakash Shah ** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Friday, October 4, 2013 1:24 AM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] PowerShell (again) ** ** I might

Re: [NTSysADM] PowerShell (again)

2013-10-08 Thread James Rankin
:47, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: That's definitely a possibility, to use the groups as security filters on GPOs with the settings in, thanks. I've actually managed to get this working simply by using some custom group checks in AppSense Environment Manager (the Condition is only

[NTSysADM] FYI - Disabling safe mode

2013-10-09 Thread James Rankin
know how to do it - this was on Windows 7 desktops. Cheers, -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

[NTSysADM] Slow day on the list...

2013-10-10 Thread James Rankin
so here's a tiny bit of humour http://devopsreactions.tumblr.com/post/63454466630/after-causing-an-outage -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Download manager for file server

2013-10-15 Thread James Rankin
. - This mail is sent via Sony Asia Pacific Mail Gateway.. -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

[NTSysADM] FTAs

2013-10-16 Thread James Rankin
Can you set file type associations in PowerShell? I'm looking currently at calling out to FTYPE and ASSOC, but this feels kind of clunky... TIA, -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] File Server Permission Issue

2013-10-16 Thread James Rankin
, not sure if we don't have auditing turned up enough. Appreciate any input about what to audit or where to start troubleshooting. Thanks, Robert -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

[NTSysADM] Re: FTAs

2013-10-16 Thread James Rankin
Just a quick bump before I continue down the external route... On 16 October 2013 11:37, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: Can you set file type associations in PowerShell? I'm looking currently at calling out to FTYPE and ASSOC, but this feels kind of clunky... TIA

[NTSysADM] Technical authoring

2013-10-16 Thread James Rankin
for a properly authored resource. As always, the help of the list is greatly appreciated and of immense value. Cheers, JR -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] More PowerShell

2013-10-18 Thread James Rankin
** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Friday, October 18, 2013 7:09 AM *To:* NTSysADM@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* [NTSysADM] More PowerShell ** ** A guy I knew once gave me a bit of PowerShell which would

Re: [NTSysADM] More PowerShell

2013-10-18 Thread James Rankin
. Can you please PM me, as I might have a solution for you. Thanks 2013/10/18 James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com Hmmm, bummer. I thought I was just getting hit by a lot of Google-chaff because every link I could find simply talks about creating an executable from a PS script, which

Re: [NTSysADM] More PowerShell

2013-10-18 Thread James Rankin
a file with an exe extension? You are not running the exe file are you? ** ** Thanks ** ** ** ** Webster ** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Friday, October 18, 2013 6:09 AM

Re: [NTSysADM] More PowerShell

2013-10-21 Thread James Rankin
...@lists.myitforum.com listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Friday, October 18, 2013 9:35 AM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] More PowerShell ** ** Just to redefine, then... ** ** I am looking for a script (PowerShell, VB

Re: [NTSysADM] More PowerShell

2013-10-21 Thread James Rankin
to the new lines and tabs). -Aakash Shah *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Monday, October 21, 2013 9:04 AM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] More

Re: [NTSysADM] More PowerShell

2013-10-21 Thread James Rankin
** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [ mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Monday, October 21, 2013 9:22 AM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] More PowerShell ** ** Hmmm.gives me tabs

Re: [NTSysADM] More PowerShell

2013-10-21 Thread James Rankin
in the armoury. Cheers, JR On 21 October 2013 18:12, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: Me too On 21 October 2013 18:08, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: Envious of you guys scripting prowesss J ** ** Z ** ** Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, CISA, Security

Re: [NTSysADM] IE will not run 32 bit

2013-10-21 Thread James Rankin
be causing this and I have never seen any system with these symptoms before. ** ** Any ideas ** ** Thanks -Dave Vantine -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] More PowerShell

2013-10-21 Thread James Rankin
In it goes then :-) On 21 October 2013 21:05, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Yes it works. J And yes, I tested it. J ** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Monday, October 21, 2013 4:02

Re: [NTSysADM] Desktop refresh

2013-10-22 Thread James Rankin
) ** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Tuesday, 22 October 2013 7:17 PM *To:* NTSysADM@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Desktop refresh ** ** One final thing - is there any way

Re: [NTSysADM] Desktop refresh

2013-10-22 Thread James Rankin
. Something may require a logoff,while others a reboot. -- Espi On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 1:27 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: Well, the shell, rather, my bad. Basically I am changing some GPO settings mid-session, and they apply to explorer.exe (restricting drives in My Computer

Re: [NTSysADM] More PowerShell

2013-10-22 Thread James Rankin
); } } ** ** ** ** Thanks ** ** ** ** Webster ** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [ mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Monday, October 21, 2013 11:22 AM *To:* ntsysadm

Re: [NTSysADM] More PowerShell

2013-10-22 Thread James Rankin
: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Tuesday, 22 October 2013 10:05 PM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] More PowerShell ** ** Finally finished bashing this article together.a bit long-winded, but it did what I wanted

Re: [NTSysADM] Desktop refresh

2013-10-22 Thread James Rankin
back into the system tray. Etc. YMMV, but it can happen. -- Espi ** ** On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 2:20 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: Guess this one needs a logoff (or at least a restart of the shell), because gpupdate doesn't cut

Re: [NTSysADM] Desktop refresh

2013-10-22 Thread James Rankin
the * SystemParametersInfo* function - but I've yet to see a working commandline expression for it. -- Espi On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:53 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: I did find that - it throws an error on Windows 7 if I remember correctly. Although I didn't test very long...it may

Re: [NTSysADM] OT-ish: Laptop

2013-10-29 Thread James Rankin
the research for me :-) Cheers, JR Sent from my (new!) BlackBerry, which may make me an antiques dealer, but it's reliable as hell for email delivery :-) ** ** -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] accessing . b a t files from an internal IIS site

2013-11-07 Thread James Rankin
in error, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately from your computer. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- *James Rankin* Technical

[NTSysADM] Icacls syntax

2013-11-08 Thread James Rankin
other perms are removed and one user only added to the ACL Cheers, -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] Bye Citrix

2013-11-14 Thread James Rankin
? IMHO, YMMV, etc. On 14 November 2013 04:18, Jeff S. Gottlieb jeff.s.gottl...@gmail.comwrote: Just released today! http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2013/11/amazon-workspaces-desktop-computing-in-the-cloud.html -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http

[NTSysADM] How much damage can you do with a misconfigured GPO?

2013-11-26 Thread James Rankin
Plenty, it seems http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/25/microsoft_dns_fail/ -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

[NTSysADM] OT: Looking for opinions on VDI

2013-12-02 Thread James Rankin
there. Cheers, -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

[NTSysADM] Home labs on hosted services

2013-12-02 Thread James Rankin
)? I am sick and tired of doing backups of VMs and data, being crippled by hardware failures, spending lots of time maintaining the lab itself, etc. and was wondering if anyone has any pointers to share around possible migration to an online service? Cheers, -- *James Rankin* Technical

Re: [NTSysADM] Home labs on hosted services

2013-12-02 Thread James Rankin
*Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market…* On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 11:53 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: I am thinking of migrating my home lab to the cloud and was wondering if anyone has done so. I've been looking at Amazon

Re: [NTSysADM] Weird IE History issue

2013-12-04 Thread James Rankin
/ -- *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com listsad...@lists.myitforum.com on behalf of James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com *Sent:* Wednesday, December 4, 2013 4:24 AM *To:* NTSysADM@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Weird IE History issue I've had

Re: [NTSysADM] Weird IE History issue

2013-12-04 Thread James Rankin
seen similar issues with Folder Redirection? -- Espi On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 2:24 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: I've had this issue for a few weeks now and thought I'd throw it out there. One of my clients has just done a Citrix deployment and what they are finding

Re: [NTSysADM] Re: Home labs on hosted services

2013-12-04 Thread James Rankin
? Cheers, -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [NTSysADM] Weird IE History issue

2013-12-06 Thread James Rankin
weeks, for sure :-) Cheers, JR On 4 December 2013 13:52, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: Forgot to addI tried it with Folder Redirection for History disabled and Personalization Server capturing the IE History. Exactly the same behaviour was observed. On 4 December 2013 12:45

Re: [NTSysADM] Weird IE History issue

2013-12-07 Thread James Rankin
Yep, redirecting the Internet Cache did the trick. Still trying to understand the why, but this project is now officially completed :-) On 6 December 2013 14:45, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: I think I may have cracked this, just to follow up. It looks like for whatever reason I

[NTSysADM] PowerShell is my weakness....

2013-12-10 Thread James Rankin
it to be a short format so I can easily compare the two? TIA, -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

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