Does anyone know of the availability of any tools for measuring CIFS/SMB
performance? To cut a long story short, users access Windows Server 2003 SP1
file servers via SSL VPN solution (Citrix Access Gateway/Secure Access
Client), but file transfer operations sporadically fail resulting in errors
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=845289ca-16cc-4c73-8934-dd46b5ed1d33displaylang=en
You can also get the WS-MAN 2.0 CTP3 client from connect, but I think it's only
available if you are already in winbeta.
From: Christopher Bodnar
Thanks for responding.
Terri
David Warby said the following on 4/6/2009 10:55 PM:
Windows Server 2008 has it's own built in Printer Migration tool built
in for backing up and restoring printers.
You are probably correct about having issues with the 32-bit drivers
trying to migrate to a
Anyone using one of these? We somehow have 4 mysteriously show up over
the past 6 months and we're trying to get support and finding it
extremely difficult
Rick
Rick Fogarty
Team EITC, Senior Systems Engineer
Plans Engineering Coordinator
US Army Special Operations Command
(910)
My $0.02: Since my scans are off hours, I scan daily. Having said that the
real-time scans have caught 99.9% of the threats found so weekly is probably
plenty.
+1 with others comments about .ZIP files.
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 //
Partner came to me with a request to host a conference call with him and 5
other people (tonight). Has anyone worked with any hosting service to do
this that you care to recommend?
Google is singularly unsuited to this task due to the short time frame
involved, and the high ad/to info ratio the
http://www.dimdim.com/products/what_is_dimdim.html
It's Free and works well...
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote:
Partner came to me with a request to host a conference call with him and 5
other people (tonight). Has anyone worked with any hosting
Just phone or is there any web stuff like PDF's or anything?
From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 7:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Conference call hosting
Partner came to me with a request to host a conference call with him and
I'm about to set this up now and was wondering if I should go with Windows
or CentOS. Anyone using it care to share their thoughts?
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Jeb Barger j...@rev-x.com wrote:
http://www.dimdim.com/products/what_is_dimdim.html
It's Free and works well...
On Tue, Apr
We use Intercall. Just signed up with them for like 5¢/minute. That includes
interactive desktop sharing, etc. You can share your entire desktop, or just
one app. Very interesting. Theres no monthly fee, however, its
5¢/minute/user, so it can add up pretty fast.
John-AldrichTile-Tools
I use gotomeeting.com for ours. You can sign up online for free 30 day trial if
I'm not mistaken. There's a conference call number and desktop sharing for up
to 16 people in the base package for $50/month.
Good luck,
Jason
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent:
We use a similiar service from Verizon.
The moderator sets it up, and everyone else calls the 800 #.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 11:26 AM, John Aldrich
jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote:
We use Intercall. Just signed up with them for like 5¢/minute. That includes
interactive desktop sharing, etc.
Web conferencing or just voice conferencing?
We've had great success with www.yugma.com for free web conferencing,
though it's been awhile since we last used it. The teleconference
portion is also free, although standard toll charges apply:
Yugma provides its community with free
It's just a conference call, no computer interface necessary.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Roger Wright rwri...@evatone.com wrote:
Web conferencing or just voice conferencing?
We’ve had great success with www.yugma.com for free web conferencing,
though it’s been awhile since we last
Hey all;
So we have three remote offices with laptops for all the users, they all
RDP in to get their work done, We've been looking into backing up the
data contained in their laptops back to the central office but it seems
we are getting their pipes saturated since some of their doc's folders
I have the same situation. THe users use RDP...they work on their mail,
docs, etc remotely. Most of their workflow is all backed up since they use
our storage in-house already. For local storage I use a small (workgroup
style) NAS. Works fine and backs up their profiles in case of hardware
Maybe I'm missing something here, but if the users are just using the
laptops as terminals to RDP into a terminal server, what data is there to
backup on the laptops? Heck, just have 'em copy all their data manually up
to a server (or two or three) and have the users just access their data off
the
1. I have SyncBack on a central server pulling the data to a central
repository throughout the day, then the central repository is replicated
remotely via RSYNC every night (Google it). You could use anything in
place of the later, I prefer it because it's block level (I usually save
about
I have a new print server and am about to modify the logon script to use this
server. It uses newer drivers than the old server and hence the users will be
prompted to install drivers. What's the easiest way to pre-populate the array
of win2k - vista machines in a startup script for example
Our local ISP uses vembu for online backups. I think it uses rsync and
bandwidth throttling (or something like those). The restore is a little
confusing. I believe there are other services and/or programs like vembu.
Gene Giannamore
Abide International Inc.
Technical Support
561 1st Street
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote:
Partner came to me with a request to host a conference call
with him and 5 other people (tonight).
We shopped around and found that http://www.conferencecalls.com/
had the best rates, coverage, and features for our
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Joseph L. Casale
jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote:
I have a new print server and am about to modify the logon script to use
this server. It uses newer drivers than the old server and hence the users
will be prompted to install drivers.
If the print server is
I'm trying to find a solution for gathering employee information and
generating reports for management. The reports mostly are stuff from Active
Directory. Things like what groups employee belongs to what shares they have
access to. So assuming standard stuff from AD I would also like to include
Anyone have good recommendations on print audit/tracking programs. Not
being used publicly, just need to track codes on a wide range of
printers, plotters, copiers etc. All devices are actual printers on a
2003 Print Server.
It is preferable to be able to set cost per print based on size or
You could pull this information using a script.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Tigran K tigr...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm trying to find a solution for gathering employee information and
generating reports for management. The reports mostly are stuff from Active
Directory. Things like what groups
How many per office? You could put in a Windows Home Server and let it sort
everything out (one server per 10 users). Then when they trash the laptop they
can restore it themselves.
Mike
From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com]
Sent: 07 April 2009 18:02
To: NT System
I currently use Print Manager Plus and have really had no issues and if I did I
sent in an email and they were able to help out.
It will track print jobs from any printer, you can set messages to be displayed
on the person computer screen if you want, you can set price per page on a per
printer
Thanks for the advice. It appears that Yugma will meet the needs for this
limited application.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Gene Giannamore
gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com wrote:
+1
Gene Giannamore
Abide International Inc.
Technical Support
561 1st Street West
Print Manager Plus was recommended by several others as well outside of
this forum. Thanks for the input, we are going to give them a beta test
to see how well it works. Thanks again!
Greg
From: SMREKAR, JACK [mailto:smre...@aasd.k12.wi.us]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 3:30 PM
To: NT
By the time you find what you want, and then configure it to add the extra
fields, you probably could have written the scriptsand the scripts would
be free.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Tigran K tigr...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm looking for something more ready to go. Scripts will take a
Quest Reporter will do all of this out of the box.
Thanks,
Jeremy Phillips
Managing Consultant | Cohesive Logic LLC | M: 540-322-7980 | D: 425-949-1337 |
BB PIN: 318A6889
From: Rob Bonfiglio [robbonfig...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 12:46 PM
To: NT
Would grabbing event logs do this for you? You get what printer was used and
who printed to it, as well as how many pages (I think). Then again it might be
too kludgy for what you're looking for.
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell)
We've got two, but haven't had much of a need to call support.
-sc
From: Fogarty Rick MR - CONTR - Team EITC
[mailto:rick.foga...@us.army.mil]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 8:27 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Google Search Appliance
Anyone using one of these? We somehow have
That's what home server does. For about £400 you can get a low power server box
preconfigured with .5TB of storage and for another £400 you can add 2Tb more in
a wall mount bracket. No cals to worry about, just run the wizard and you can
RDP into the server and check it's backing up ok. You can
Try this one for size:
www.printmanagerplus.com
Warm regards,
Stu Sjouwerman
Founder, VP Marketing.
P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218
F: +1-727-562-5199
s...@sunbelt-software.com
From: gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net]
Sent:
Dear Greg
Have a look at uniFLOW Output Manager from NTware. If you mainly use HP
or Canon printers, it may be a good solution for you. Printers from
other vendors are supported for accounting, if they use a standardised PDL.
Regards
Silvia
gswe...@actsconsulting.net wrote:
Anyone have
I was just forwarded an e-mail from an internal department. The e-mail
appears to be sent from do-not-re...@arin.net and the subject is: Notice
from ARIN. I'll post part of the e-mail below. I'm first trying to
determine the legitimacy of the e-mail. Has anyone else received something
like this?
We use Technesis:
http://www.technesis.com/
it's installed on each workstation.
We purchased it when we leased our plotters, so I'm not sure what the
cost would be without.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 1:55 PM, gswe...@actsconsulting.net wrote:
Anyone have good recommendations on print
I'm looking for something more ready to go. Scripts will take a while.
--Tigran
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote:
You could pull this information using a script.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Tigran K tigr...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm trying to find a
You want to use setspn.exe to manage your SPN's not ADSIedit.
Here's a link with a CRM specific how-to and an explanation of why you
do it that way .
http://blog.sonomapartners.com/2007/04/kerberos_and_de.html
Your setup as evidenced below also begs the question- Why in insert
deity's
+1
Gene Giannamore
Abide International Inc.
Technical Support
561 1st Street West
Sonoma,Ca.95476
(707) 935-1577Office
(707) 935-9387Fax
(707) 766-4185Cell
gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com
www.abideinternational.com
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich
If the print server is Windows NT or later, and both server and
clients are members of the same domain, drivers will automatically be
installed without prompting or need for users to have particular
privileges.
Well, the Vista machines are prompting, I am testing XP machines now...
To make
I think that some sort of local device is what we are leaning to as well
From: Michael Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 1:59 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remote Office laptops backup Suggestions
How many per office? You could put in a Windows
Any circumstances this file wouldn't be created on a stop error on
Win2003?
And I would assume the modification date/time would match the crash,
right? I just got a crash and Memory.dmp's last mod. date = Jan 2006
:(
-Sam
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~
System Properties may be set to not create a DMP file :
System Properties, Advanced, Startup Recovery
Erik Goldoff
IT Consultant
Systems, Networks, Security
_
From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 5:05 PM
To: NT System Admin
Did you check to make sure the .dmp filename hasn't change from the default?
From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 5:05 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Memory.dmp
Any circumstances this file wouldn't be created on a stop error on Win2003?
It's set to Kernel Memory Dump. Overwrite is checked.
From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 4:13 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Memory.dmp
System Properties may be set to not create a DMP file :
System
check.
From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 4:14 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Memory.dmp
Did you check to make sure the .dmp filename hasn't change from the
default?
From: Sam Cayze
2 reasons I can think of:
. Issues with the disk that may have generated the stop error code may
also prevent the system from being able to write to it
. Not having enough free space at the time the dump occurred.
Are you doing minidumps or full dumps? If full, then you'd need as much
space
I think the Page File might have been too small :(
From: Joe Tinney [mailto:jtin...@lastar.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 4:43 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Memory.dmp
2 reasons I can think of:
. Issues with the disk that may have generated
On 4/7/09, Garcia-Moran, Carlos cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com wrote:
So we have three remote offices with laptops for all the users, they all
RDP in to get their work done, We've been looking into backing up the
data contained in their laptops back to the central office but it seems
we are
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Joseph L. Casale
jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote:
Well, the Vista machines are prompting ...
What version of Windows is the server running?
Does the printer mfg provide separate drivers for Vista? If so,
have you tried adding those to the server as
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 14:04, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote:
Any circumstances this file wouldn't be created on a stop error on Win2003?
And I would assume the modification date/time would match the crash, right?
I just got a crash and Memory.dmp's last mod. date = Jan 2006 :(
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm first trying to determine the legitimacy of the e-mail.
Examine the RFC-822 headers, specifically the Received: headers.
Look to see what server *your* server got the message from.
But the claims in the email seem
Server 2003 has no problem with Vista drivers.
You need to add them from a Vista or Server 2008 machine though.
Ben Scott wrote:
Newer drivers, designed for Vista, may make Vista happy. However, I'm
not sure about which versions of Windows Server can accept what
flavors of print drivers.
--
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote:
I think the Page File might have been too small :(
That will do it. To get a full memory dump, a page file has to be
on the System Drive (the drive containing Windows), and that page file
has to be at least the size of
I can't find anywhere if it's the initial size, or the max size that has
to be larger than the RAM?
Don't recall ever changing the page file settings on this box (or
anywhere). I'm not well versed in page file technology.
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott
RAM plus, IIRC, 2mbytes, though it might be a bit more.
1.5xRAM is way safe.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 16:39, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote:
I can't find anywhere if it's the initial size, or the max size that has
to be larger than the RAM?
Don't recall ever changing the page file
I think I read 11MB.
Should initial max be set the same? I got 4GB ram in the box.
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 6:43 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Memory.dmp
RAM plus, IIRC, 2mbytes, though it might be a
Oh, and set it to a static size - upper and lower limits the same.
Saves a lot of grief if done at time of original OS install, as it
keeps the page file from fragmenting furiously on a loaded machine.
1-5 fragments are OK for a page file.
50-500 fragments (or more!) not so OK for a page file. I
You're probably correct.
And, in saying that 1.5xRAM is safe, I am only speaking in terms of
memory dump. What you want the size to be for performance reasons is
very situational.
Kurt
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 16:45, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote:
I think I read 11MB.
Should initial
What version of Windows is the server running?
CentOS 5 with Samba and Cups:) The driver's for the HP's and
Canon's were added to the share and they function as expected.
They are just newer/not included by default in XP or Vista.
You may also want to check to see if there's anything you can do
I have a GPO that adds a group into the local admin group on every wkst.
Problem is that it overwrites any manual additions. Is there a way to control
this behavior
or a better way to do this so that if a user for whatever reason has to be
added, it can be
done at the wkst without risk of losing
Hi - Forgive the basic question but we are looking at building a file and print
server using Windows 2008 on a virtual server (MS Hyper V). In the past I have
typically mirrored the OS and used raid 5 for data (about 0.8 TB). Since all
data will be on the one raid volume is there any point in
Yes, there is. Just not in the way you've used in the past.
You could create 2 separate virutal disks for the VM - one for the OS
and one for the data - or 1 virtual disk for the VM and partition it
into separate OS and data file systems.
Mark Milo wrote:
Hi - Forgive the basic question but we
Generally for debugging a BSOD only kernel memory is important.
A kernel dump is usually around 800MB or so (max). You do not need a full dump,
nor do you need a 4GB page file. Just configure something around the 1GB mark
(for the purposes of capturing these dumps).
Only configure a full dump
You can accomplish this using Restricted Groups member of
functionality. If you use the member facility of Restricted Groups, it
limits the group to the members specified in the policy which sounds
like what is happening to you.
This blog describes it nicely.
That's how I add the group via GPO's, but this seems to clear out anything
inside the Local Admins group on the wksts. I have a few users who each only
need Local Admin on their own wkst. Making a GPO for all these users would be a
pain.
jlc
From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com]
Sent: Tuesday,
Heh,
Sorry Bob, asleep at the wheel :) The last paragraph hits on what I need (as
you know):)
Thanks!
jlc
From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 9:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Adding users as Admins
You can accomplish this using Restricted Groups
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