Thanks for the pointers
I have managed to get this working using a combo of dsquery, net user, and a
good ol' fashioned scheduled task
Cheers,
2009/3/2 Carl Houseman c.house...@gmail.com
User account restrictions are not manipulated via GPO. You (or someone)
could construct a script that
I wasn't going to reply to this thread for some obvious reasons. I started
a new job 4 months ago and it was a perfect fit in almost every aspect:
Cut my daily commute from 90 miles to 20 round trip
20% increase in salary
Dramatically more friendly work environment
It was a 6 month
On the plus side, looks like you'll still be made a permanent employee. And a
even after the 10% cut, you'll still be making more money than at the old job
(8% more, if my math is right). That plus the shorter commute and better
environment sounds great.
In these times, I think we all need to
Depends if it is 10 percent less than the 20 percent increase or 10 percent
less than current. But either way it is more than unemployment and as soon as
gas hits 4 bucks a gallon again this summer the OP will have actually gotten a
raise.
From: John Hornbuckle
It is with great sorrow that I inform you this morning that a long
time ntsysadmin list member, Steve Pruitt, passed away last night.
Steve had an incredibly optimistic, positive attitude that will be
missed here at work, and I'm sure on this list.
Plans are still being made, but if any of you
Hellos.
We are having an issue at a site when they try to print to a Canon printer from
MS Outlook. The jobs just hang and do not print. Printing from MS Word or
other apps is fine. Anyone else seen this?
CAR
This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it
The 12 minute time offset was the issue! Changed the time, forced
replication...presto! However the DC in question still shows NtpClient has no
source of accurate time in the event log. The registry has the following
entries in
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Service\W32Time\Parameters
Ntpserver:
Damn.
Let his family know that he was a valued member of this community, for
whatever comfort that might give them.
Kurt
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 07:06, Kevin Lundy klu...@gmail.com wrote:
It is with great sorrow that I inform you this morning that a long
time ntsysadmin list member, Steve
Time comes from the PDCe. Which one holds that?
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Bizarro-world: fixed! (mostly)
The 12 minute time offset was the issue! Changed the time, forced
replication.presto!
I only knew Steve through this list and our occasional off-list
communications. But my wife participated in a career transition program
with Steve a little over a year ago and always spoke highly of him.
Steve and his contributions to the list will be missed.
My condolences to his family...I'll light a candle for them...
Bill Lambert
Concuity
847-941-9206
-Original Message-
From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Sad News
It is with great sorrow that I inform you
Sorry to hear about this loss.
___
Cameron Cooper
IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified
Aurico Reports, Inc
Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896
ccoo...@aurico.com
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~
More deaths in the last 3 months than I want to think about. Please let his
family know he will be missed but all of us.
Jon
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Cameron Cooper ccoo...@aurico.com wrote:
Sorry to hear about this loss.
___
Cameron Cooper
IT Director
Since our hours are cut 20%, that could mean one thing.. company is a slow
motion train wreck. Now that morale has hit rock bottom, people are talking
about using the Fridays off to look for new jobs... whatever is out there.
I have a led on a company that is Japanese based. They have a office
So sorry to hear that, my condolences to his family.
Thomas
-Original Message-
From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Sad News
It is with great sorrow that I inform you this morning that a long
time
Deck the Ralls with Roughs of Rolly
Fa-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra
Or
ROR
Raff out Roud
Shook
From: Scott Williamson [mailto:scottwilliamson...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Ot - Working with Japanese Company (was: OT - Reduction in hours,
When expressing gratitude, DO NOT say Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto. That never
seems to go over well.
From: Scott Williamson [mailto:scottwilliamson...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Ot - Working with Japanese Company (was: OT - Reduction in
Dude, that was Chinese, not Japanese.
From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Ot - Working with Japanese Company (was: OT - Reduction in hours,
forced to use PTO)
Deck the Ralls with Roughs of Rolly
I have talked to someone who works in Japan. He says they are always
talking to themselves about what they are doing as they are doing it.
For example, when someone is walking down the hall they will say very
busy, so very busy. They also do not make eye contact and smiling to
someone you don't
Sounds like my experiences on the New York subway system.
John W. Cook
Systems Administrator
Partnership For Strong Families
Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud
From: Steven Calvanese
To: NT System Admin Issues
Sent: Tue Mar 03 11:01:25 2009
Subject: RE:
I don't think the Japanese will stab you for making eye contact though.
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:01 AM, John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote:
Sounds like my experiences on the New York subway system.
John W. Cook
Systems Administrator
Partnership For Strong Families
Sent to you from my
In all seriousness, when dealing with the Japanese I try to honor their culture
to the best of my abilities without trying to act Japanese. This is even more
true when interacting with Japanese people in the U.S. as compared to being in
Japan.
So, for example, I'm not likely to bow because I'm
I worked for NEC and while it's a different culture, it's simple to adjust to
like any company. Now if you were in Japan it's be much different.
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
From: Scott Williamson
A good friend of mine works for a Japanese based auto supplier. When
he's meeting with them, here or abroad, they work very hard and play
harder. They work long hours, and when they go to dinner, they hit
the drinks pretty hard. They might stay out all night, but they will
be in the
Site1 DC2. How to I tell this server to sync with that?
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:24 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Bizarro-world: fixed! (mostly)
Time comes from the PDCe. Which one holds that?
From: David Lum
On the remote DC, open a command prompt type:
W32tm /config /syncfromflags:DOMHIER /update
Net stop w32time net start w32time
On the PDCe server, I configure it to synch from external sources with
the following command:
w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:pool.ntp.org
I worked for Mitsubishi for almost 10 years and, as a woman, it was quite a
trip. I will say, however, that it was one of the best jobs I ever had.
Yes, they do work hard and play hard and if you can't run with the big dogs,
you'd better stay on the porch. But, if you prove to them that you are
Wow... thanks for sharing that one Pat. Agree that if more US companies
ran like that things might be better.
---___
Cameron Cooper
IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified
Aurico Reports, Inc
Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896
ccoo...@aurico.com
~
Sorry to hear of the loss. He was a valued member of the list.
-Original Message-
From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Sad News
It is with great sorrow that I inform you this morning that a long
time
I would change the Type to NT5DS and let the PDCE set it's time using the
domain hierarchy. Just curious, are all your DC's or servers set to this?
Chris Bodnar, MCSE
Sr. Systems Engineer
Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Two of the three are set to NT5DS, the recalcitrant one is not. I tried and
attempted to restart the servicethe service I now hung in starting mode.
I'll be kicking the Dc in a couple of hours.
Dave
From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009
If you can, please pass along my condolenses to this unfortunate loss.
He will be missed.
--
ME2
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Kevin Lundy klu...@gmail.com wrote:
It is with great sorrow that I inform you this morning that a long
time ntsysadmin list member, Steve Pruitt, passed away last
In case you guys are using CounterSpy, and are not on or watching the
CSE list, there are major problems with the latest definitions updates
which is causing agent machines to hang.
http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/?forum=cse
Heads up!
Sam Cayze
Information Technology
Yes, add my name to the list of condolences for his family. He will indeed
be missed here.
As far as I can tell, his last post was Feb. 6 and he left us with this
link: http://despair.com/government.html.
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr
michealespin...@gmail.com wrote:
My condolences to be passed on as well, anyone on this list is second family
and it hurts to lose someone (EXCEPT FOR THE id10ts that can't unsubscribe
themselves).
John W. Cook
Systems Administrator
Partnership For Strong Families
315 SE 2nd Ave
Gainesville, Fl 32601
Office (352) 393-2741 x320
That's DEF 5019, which was only there for a couple of hours before they
yanked it. We've only had a single user's laptop so affected, but it's
affected big time!
President Alex says that, if Def 5019 ever does finish installing, it is
fine. It's the 5018-to-5019 that is killing things.
--
'Couple of hours' is plenty of time if your clients update their defs
via the Internet every 2 hours like mine :(
-Original Message-
From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 12:04 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re:
Thanks everyone. It looks like I'll take the plunge. I was concerned that the
remote desktop was buggy, but it seems that everyone is happy with its
function.
Do the users log in one time with their Active Directory credentials? Or do
they log in to the appliance with one set of
My cousin worked in Japan for a few years. He said it was an awesome
experience.
His job was a Quality Engineer for process improvement. He summarized
it as, listening very carefully to the issues the guys on the
production line were having and then write them up as process
improvements. He
From the command line, I've never seen NT5DS as an option. Only have
seen it in GPO's
As such, in all environments I've worked on, as part of initial DC
creation, I set the DC's to use the domain hierarchy, and configure the
DC holding the PDCe role to sync to external NTP servers. In
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:19, Bill Songstad (WCUL)
administra...@waleague.org wrote:
Thanks everyone. It looks like I'll take the plunge. I was concerned that
the remote desktop was buggy, but it seems that everyone is happy with its
function.
Do the users log in one time with their
I have a batch file with a for loop:
FOR /L %%i IN (%4 1 %5) DO (
Lost-of-Stuff
Lost-of-Stuff-that-needs-above-completed-successfully
)
How can I check each command before the next for success, and how do I pass
command line arguments with spaces into this
If memory serves, if the commands that you are using are DOS based commands,
each command would give back an error condition. I.E., if you used a command
and if there was an error while trying to execute it, then you could check
for the error condition number. If the command that was executed came
http://2dos.homepage.dk/batutil/help/INDEX.HTM#c
more specifically look at the For to see the answer to the arguments question
and the if to see the errorlevel part of the question.
-Original Message-
From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03,
What are you trying to print? An email or its attachment? If it is an
attachment, what type of file is it? Also, you may want to try and save the
attachment to the desktop and then attempt to print it from there. Don't try
to use Outlook to open the attachment.
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:10 AM,
You have a batch file that makes you lose your stuff?
From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 1:48 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Old School batch File
I have a batch file with a for loop:
FOR /L %%i IN (%4 1 %5) DO (
Anyone seen this?
[1]http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/484544862_BiB6W-XL.gif
It's working great in one of our domains. Clients in the other
domain get the above prompt each and every time they boot up and
connect wirelessly to the LAN. The cert appears to have been
issued by a local cert
It still needs some tweaking...shadow copy needs to be turned off and
purged first.
John W. Cook
Systems Administrator
Partnership For Strong Families
315 SE 2nd Ave
Gainesville, Fl 32601
Office (352) 393-2741 x320
Cell (352) 215-6944
Fax (352) 393-2746
MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+,
lol,
The first couple sure did:)
I saw the error handling, but am still not sure how to use cmd args with spaces?
jlc
From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 12:18 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Old School batch File
You have a
He was known by the myITforum crowd as the patch master. His contributions
were always spot-on and extremely helpful. In fact, he started an entire
Wiki series on OSD. Steve won a myITforum award this past year at MMS 2008
for outstanding performance and lasting contributor.
I will
Hi all hope all is well?
My windows Xp workstation is connected via USB to Fujitsu Fi 5110C scanner.
When i try to scan via the ISSIS driver it defaults to 8.5x14. However, i need
the scan to be defaulted by 8.5x10 when i try to make the modification in
Windows Scanner option it always
Use double-quotes IIRC
Cheers
Ken
From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 3 March 2009 11:39 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Old School batch File
lol,
The first couple sure did:)
I saw the error handling, but am still not sure how to use cmd args
This thing is worth it's weight in gold in my opinion:
http://www.amazon.com/Windows-NT-Shell-Scripting-Circle/dp/1578700477/ref=
pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8
http://www.amazon.com/Windows-NT-Shell-Scripting-Circle/dp/1578700477/ref
=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1236111317sr=8-1
Talk about taking time to read before joining. I received an invite, from a
reputable source, to join Boxbe and without thinking did so. Well during the
resign up process it scanned my gmail and added pointers to it. Now I'm
flooding lists and ticking off list admins. So to keep from being banned
Tried the double quotes :/
It's a batch script to run some imagex and peimg commands, I have syntax like
this:
script.cmd c:\Vista\install.wim c:\Mount c:\Driver\File.inf 1 7
and I was hoping to be able to use spaces in the pathnames so I wouldn't have
to change everything... If I run the
We currently have 2 and will have 3 as of Saturday.
Don Guyer
Systems Engineer - Information Services
Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group
431 W. Lancaster Avenue
Devon, PA 19333
Direct: (610) 993-3299
Fax: (610) 650-5306
don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
From: David Lum
Get back to work Shook!!
Tom
On Mar 3, 2009, at 8:54 AM, Andy Shook andy.sh...@peak10.com wrote:
Deck the Ralls with Roughs of Rolly
Fa-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra
Or
ROR
Raff out Roud
Shook
From: Scott Williamson [mailto:scottwilliamson...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March
Are the path names the ones you want to pass into the command?
Doesn't
DO script.cmd %%1 %%2 %%3 %%4
work? Where %%1 = c:\program files\whatever\something with spaces in
it\install.wim
Cheers
Ken
From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:43 PM
Is there a way to add words into an outlook form that can not be seen or
deleted by the user?
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
No, that's what I have but the script.cmd executes the imagex and peimg exe's
with the %%n args without quotes!
Thanks!
jlc
From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 3:14 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Old School batch File
Are the path names
Sure. You can uncheck Visible.
From: Steven Calvanese [mailto:scalvan...@membersolutions.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 5:23 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Hiding words in an outlook form
Is there a way to add words into an outlook form that can not be seen or
deleted by the
Would the word be picked up by a PacketSure Palisade box? We are trying
to control the forwarding of confidential emails.
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 5:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Now we've entered the application domain - and I don't know.
By default, encryption between the Outlook client and Exchange server is
encrypted (starting with Wave 12, and configurable before then).
Where does that box sit in the topology?
From: Steven Calvanese
We've previously not allowed users to change their own passwords; we've handled
that for them, and in Active Directory have their accounts configured to
prevent them from doing it.
We're implementing some new policies now, and in the near future users will
need to be able to change their own
ADModify.Net
Carl
From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 6:43 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Changing Account Settings en Masse
We've previously not allowed users to change their own passwords; we've
handled that for them,
$ou = LDAP://cn=Users,dc=essential,dc=local
## the domain above must match the script's execution domain
$domain = (gc env:userdomain)
$ADS_UF_PASSWD_CANT_CHANGE = 0x40
$objDomain = New-Object
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Joseph L. Casale
jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote:
How can I check each command before the next for success ...
After a command, do:
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO error_handler
The above assumes the command you're executing returns a non-zero
exit status for
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Cesare' A. Ramos cra...@idfllc.com wrote:
We are having an issue at a site when they try to print to a Canon printer
from MS Outlook.
All messages, or just some?
What if that user logs on to a different computer and tries to print
from Outlook? What if
I have been tasked with finding a solution to the slow Terminal server speeds.
I think the problem is our Comcast business internet. Even though its fast,
worst speedtest result so far has been 4.4mbps download, 1.6mbps upload.
However 1 service claims the quality of service is at 47%, not good
From: Gene Giannamore [mailto:gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com]
Subject: Help with resolving Terminal server problems
I have been tasked with finding a solution to the slow Terminal server
speeds.
I think the problem is our Comcast business internet. Even though its fast,
worst
I just upgraded to v3, looks like v4 is out, anyone upgraded yet, any
benefits?
__
Stefan Jafs | Director of Engineering
Amico Corporation
': 905.747.5010 | Toll Free: 1.877.462.6426 /5010
7: 905.764.0862 | Cellular: 416.543.0210
*:
From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:sj...@amico.com]
Subject: ESET v4
I just upgraded to v3, looks like v4 is out, anyone upgraded yet, any
benefits?
No thanks. I gave up on ESET and moved everyone to Vipre.
Webster
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~
Server 2003. Slow screens, only for wan users (Comcast cable, DSL - any,
version mobile internet - rarely used). Occasionally disconnected. Locally
(LAN), very fast, almost as fast as a first generation core 2 duo computer
running xp-sp3, occasional delays locally.
Gene Giannamore
Abide
Please provide the hardware attributes of the terminal server and what
applications are installed there.
Cheers.
-Original Message-
From: Gene Giannamore [mailto:gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 8:06 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Help
I have 4 in one subnet. No issues. Just keep dns and computer names
seperate.
On Mar 3, 2009 1:31 PM, Don Guyer don.gu...@prufoxroach.com wrote:
We currently have 2 and will have 3 as of Saturday.
Don Guyer
Systems Engineer - Information Services
Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group
431
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