Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-03 Thread Jon Harris
Yeah but like me you are in Florida where we sometimes get nights above 80. Personally I like it no higher than 75 but will accept with a lot of complaining higher but like Roger says 80 and above is just not good. Jon On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Roger Wright rwri...@evatone.com wrote: I

RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-03 Thread Maglinger, Paul
I'm surprised they run at that temp. HP servers will typically shutdown around 90F. -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS I've got a

RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-03 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Eh? I've had racks of HPs running @ 100+ during HVAC events... -sc -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

Re: OT antique modem

2009-06-03 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
8675309 was Jenny's number. In the Dallas/Fort Worth area there is a big plumbing company that has that number and uses that tune in their radio advertising. On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: That ain't Jenny's number... On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at

RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-03 Thread Maglinger, Paul
We had an older Proliant (now retired) that was always the first to shut down when the AC went down, and would do so at 90 degrees. We now have HP Integrity servers that will shut down somewhere between 90 to maybe 95 degrees (not that far off from your 100). -Original Message- From:

Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-03 Thread David W. McSpadden
Even if you keep the room in the mid 70's you should get a reading right next to the servers in the rack you will see about a 15 to 20 degrees difference. Tell your boss it is like running a temperature yourself. You can survive and function at 104 degrees but you are miserable, you don't

RE: OT antique modem

2009-06-03 Thread Steven M. Caesare
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1149.html Alto I'm thinking of upgrading to: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2549.html -sc -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT antique modem I

Smartphone

2009-06-03 Thread Glen Johnson
I'm looking for a new smartphone/pda and I remember some discussions on here recently so I figure I can get some good opinions. I missed an important event last night so I need something to carry with me that can sync with my outlook calendar. I'm in a contract with Verizon for another 18

RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-03 Thread Steven M. Caesare
I'll assume that was for Paul, not me. In any case, the 100+ degrees we saw during enviro failures were as reported thru Insight Mangler, which is indeed the internal chassis temp... often 20 degrees higher then ambient... -sc -Original Message- From: David W. McSpadden

Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-03 Thread David W. McSpadden
Sorry, It was. Having same type issues here and used that analogy and it worked for now. - Original Message - From: Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:42 AM Subject: RE: PROPER

RE: OT antique modem

2009-06-03 Thread Maglinger, Paul
8675309 Heh... Didn't know Jenny had an online chat back then... :-) From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT antique modem AT+++ ATE1 ATL1 ATM1 ATV1 ATX4

RE: OT antique modem

2009-06-03 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Jenny was a nerdy sysop... Who knew??!? -sc From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT antique modem 8675309 Heh... Didn't know Jenny had an online chat back then... :-)

RE: OT antique modem

2009-06-03 Thread Maglinger, Paul
You had ones? I'm jealous. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT antique modem I only had zeros - no ones, just zeros. And I used homing pigeons. On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at

RE: OT antique modem

2009-06-03 Thread Erik Goldoff
ooops ! ( story of my life, just one number off - grin ) Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security _ From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT antique modem No

RE: OT antique modem

2009-06-03 Thread Erik Goldoff
And you had to carry the packets to the hosts by hand. Uphill. Both ways! ;-) ** In the SNOW !!! LOL ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:09 AM To: NT

RE: OT antique modem

2009-06-03 Thread Erik Goldoff
PPPoPidgeon ! LOL ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT antique modem

RE: OT antique modem

2009-06-03 Thread Maglinger, Paul
So what's 8655309? From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT antique modem 8675309 was Jenny's number. In the Dallas/Fort Worth area there is a big plumbing company

RE: OT antique modem

2009-06-03 Thread Steven M. Caesare
MitMwB[1] attacks are b!tch. -sc [1] Man In The Middle With Breadcrumbs -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT antique modem PPPoPidgeon ! LOL ! Erik Goldoff IT

RE: OT antique modem

2009-06-03 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Some number he got off a bathroom wall. -sc From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT antique modem So what's 8655309? From: Sherry Abercrombie

RE: OT antique modem

2009-06-03 Thread Erik Goldoff
Carbon Error Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security _ From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT antique modem So what's 8655309? _ From: Sherry

Kayako Helpldesk

2009-06-03 Thread Garcia-Moran, Carlos
Hey guys; Anyone out there using kayako for a helpdesk system? Looking for the lowdown on it, seems like a very good and inexpensive system with a lot of features. We also took a look at webhelpdesk.com and they seem fine but they're crazy money. My boss wants a new helpdesk that can do multi

Re: Kayako Helpldesk

2009-06-03 Thread David W. McSpadden
webcenter, spiceworks, liberium, - Original Message - From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:35 AM Subject: Kayako Helpldesk Hey guys; Anyone out there using kayako for a helpdesk system? Looking for the lowdown on

Re: OT antique modem

2009-06-03 Thread Kurt Buff
Off by one - it's a common programming error! Heh. On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 06:08, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: ooops ! ( story of my life, just one number off - grin ) Erik Goldoff IT  Consultant Systems, Networks, Security From: Micheal

Re: OT antique modem

2009-06-03 Thread Rob Bonfiglio
My sister's! What the hell are you guys doing with it?! :-P On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: So what's 8655309? -- *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:32 AM *To:*

Re: Kayako Helpldesk

2009-06-03 Thread Carlos Garcia-Moran
Yeah Ive looked at those before but wanted products with more features. On another note are we having lyris issues? I'm not getting any emails at all from the list, but the WebUI works fine ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: OT antique modem

2009-06-03 Thread Jonathan Link
Bo knows... On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Rob Bonfiglio robbonfig...@gmail.comwrote: My sister's! What the hell are you guys doing with it?! :-P On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.comwrote: So what's 8655309? -- *From:*

RE: Smartphone

2009-06-03 Thread James Winzenz
I have the XV6900 (HTC Touch) and love it. No issues with it at all. There is even a WM 6.1 upgrade for it, and you can get a cooked ROM that allows you to use the GPS without having to use Verizon's VZ Navigator service. I probably would have gotten the Omnia if I could have justified the

RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-03 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
In a well designed room the temperature should be relatively even with the only hotspot being directly behind the servers. Front, side, top and bottom temps should be very close to the same. TVK -Original Message- From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.org] Sent: Wednesday, June

RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-03 Thread David Lum
The latest conversations I've had with our server HVAC guy was the current thinking is that as long as the intake temp on each server is below 80 then it will be a non-issue. How one goes about achieve that is your choice :-) David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION

RE: Smartphone

2009-06-03 Thread N Parr
I also have and love the Touch Pro, not much else than an Omnia to pick from if you don't want a keyboard. Always been a fan of the Samsungs up till the touch pro came out. 700, 730, 760. Also heard things from people about how the Omnia is flaky. Check out pdaphonehome.com's forum section to

RE: Smartphone

2009-06-03 Thread Roger Wright
I have no experience with any of these, but it is a recent comparison: http://reviews.cnet.com/best-smartphones/ Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:42 AM

Re: Explorer on W2k3R2 servers slow to come up after unlocking screen saver

2009-06-03 Thread David
Can you replicate the same behavior under a different profile? On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.comwrote: Still getting the same thing, as far as the taskbar goes. Desktop icons are there, but all I see of the taskbar is the outline. No buttons, no Quick

Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-03 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
We have temperature probes that send snmp traps to Nagios to send messages when they get to a certain levels (warn, critical). We have one center of the server room probe that reports the ambient room temperature, the remaining probes are scattered through the server room behind the servers

No emails since 5/28

2009-06-03 Thread Carol Fee
The last email I received from this list or the Exchange list was on 5/28. We have not blocked any. Carol Fee Network Administrator 617-338-0623 c...@massbar.org Massachusetts Bar Association 20 West Street Boston, MA 02111-1204 (617)

RE: server monitoring

2009-06-03 Thread Ralph Smith
True. I am still more or less trying it out. I threw it on a Windows XP VM and only have about 30 monitors running at the moment, but so far I really like it. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:10 PM To: NT System

RE: No emails since 5/28

2009-06-03 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Actually, there have been threads today about server room temperatures and server monitoring. So I'd say you aren't getting them. You can read them here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/all_forums/ From: Carol Fee [mailto:c...@massbar.org] Sent:

RE: No emails since 5/28

2009-06-03 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Ditto... I've sent/recv'd a few of them today myself. -sc From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: No emails since 5/28 Actually, there have been threads today about server room

RE: No emails since 5/28

2009-06-03 Thread Sam Cayze
Well then you probably won't see my reply :) From: Carol Fee [mailto:c...@massbar.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: No emails since 5/28 The last email I received from this list or the Exchange list was on 5/28.

RE: No emails since 5/28

2009-06-03 Thread Bret Hanson
Have you switched to a 3rd party spam filtering service recently? That happened to me when we switched - opened a service ticket and they got the list mail flowing again. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:13 AM

RE: No emails since 5/28

2009-06-03 Thread RichardMcClary
There are some more aggressive spam filters out there! Folks with newer Baccacuda devices are driving us nuts! The devices are by-passing our hosted SMPT service (Postini) and trying to trace the source to our Notes server inside our firewall. Since it can't penetrate our firewall, the

OT Humor: 25 Best Programmer WebComic Strips

2009-06-03 Thread Sam Cayze
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RE: No emails since 5/28

2009-06-03 Thread RichardMcClary
Bingo! I don't know if the rest of you got this, but I just now had a Barracuda rejection notice show up in my NTSYSADMIN mailbox when I tried to CC: Carol. richardmccl...@aspca.org wrote on 06/03/2009 11:46:44 AM: There are some more aggressive spam filters out there! Folks with newer

RE: No emails since 5/28

2009-06-03 Thread Don Guyer
+1 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: Bret Hanson [mailto:bhan...@yunker.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:36

Re: Smartphone

2009-06-03 Thread Chipshead
I have an Omnia . The on screen keyboard is absolutely horrendous. Doubly worse if you let the screen auto rotate and try to use it in landscape mode.My fingers are fairly large. More than once I've been tempted to throw it out the car window or across the room. There is an update for it that

RE: No emails since 5/28

2009-06-03 Thread Richard Stovall
Was the Barracuda blacklist removal link as follows: http://www.barracudacentral.org/rbl/removal-request/12.15.29.130 In my limited experience, they have been pretty good about handling requests. If you don't get pretty much immediate relief from the problem, I would call and make a

Kind of OT: PDF to Word converters

2009-06-03 Thread Ralph Smith
This is a periodic request I get. Google yields many possibilities - besides Acrobat (which may be too expensive for us right now) does anyone have experience with a PDF to Word converter that does a consistently good job bringing PDFs into Word maintaining formatting? I've done a few trials in

Re: Kind of OT: PDF to Word converters

2009-06-03 Thread Phil Brutsche
Did you try PDF Converter Professional? Ralph Smith wrote: This is a periodic request I get. Google yields many possibilities – besides Acrobat (which may be too expensive for us right now) does anyone have experience with a PDF to Word converter that does a consistently good job bringing

RE: No emails since 5/28

2009-06-03 Thread Kennedy, Jim
That sounds like a mis-configured Barracuda. What you describe is deep header scanning. Something you can tell the Cuda to do but you should only do that if the first hop is known to you...for example if you have your own relay in a dmz that relay's it to your Cuda. So you tell the cuda to

RE: No emails since 5/28

2009-06-03 Thread Carl Houseman
Begs the question, is Carol benefitting from any of this discussion? Seems likely not. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: No emails since 5/28 Bingo! I don't know if the rest

RE: Kind of OT: PDF to Word converters

2009-06-03 Thread Ralph Smith
It doesn't ring a bell, but it looks good on the web site. Have you used it? -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Kind of OT: PDF to Word converters Did you try PDF Converter

RE: Smartphone

2009-06-03 Thread Ben Schorr
The 6900 is probably a good choice for a touch screen. If you can live WITHOUT the touch screen I'm using a Motorola Q from Verizon these days and I'm pretty happy with it. Performs well, requires about 99% fewer resets than my old XV6800 (HTC) did and just seems all the way around pretty solid.

Re: No emails since 5/28

2009-06-03 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Bingo. -- ME2 On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Carl Houseman c.house...@gmail.com wrote: Begs the question, is Carol benefitting from any of this discussion? Seems likely not. *From:* richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] *Sent:* Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:54 PM

RE: Kind of OT: PDF to Word converters

2009-06-03 Thread John Aldrich
www.zamzar.com is your friend. It'll convert just about anything to anything else for free. J 'Course, if you actually *pay* for an account, you get faster response and unlimited file size. So far, I haven't needed to pay for it. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Ralph Smith

Re: Kind of OT: PDF to Word converters

2009-06-03 Thread Phil Brutsche
Yessir I have. It's what we use for our PDF creation and touchup - the volume-licensed Enterprise edition is less than 1/2 the cost of Acrobat Standard. It does a reasonably good job on simple PDFs but large documents - like a 400-page laser printer service manual - are hit-and-miss. Ralph

RE: Kind of OT: PDF to Word converters

2009-06-03 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 I have been looking for that link since the original question, I couldn't remember the name. It has always worked great for us. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Kind of OT: PDF to Word

Re: Kind of OT: PDF to Word converters

2009-06-03 Thread Lee Douglas
The free version of this one does a great job and they have a Pro version http://www.primopdf.com/ On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com wrote: Yessir I have. It's what we use for our PDF creation and touchup - the volume-licensed Enterprise edition is less

Re: Kind of OT: PDF to Word converters

2009-06-03 Thread Phil Brutsche
The free version is fine if all you need to do is create PDFs, which is what 99% of those who need Adobe Acrobat use it for. It's worth what you paid for it if you need to go beyond that - touch up text, append one PDF to another, etc. We are that last 1% that find the free stuff unsuitable.

RE: Kind of OT: PDF to Word converters

2009-06-03 Thread Jeremy Anderson
I think the origional question was convert a PDF to DOCX. In that respect I have no idea. I do know that many PDFs are just pictures and that OCR text cant be pulled from them. (eaisily) If the question is save a Word doc as a PDF, then use the free MS plugin, Save as PDF

RE: Smartphone

2009-06-03 Thread Brian Desmond
I believe you can get a Palm Treo Pro with Verizon? I have the GSM version and it is an excellent device. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Smartphone

2009-06-03 Thread Sam Cayze
Love the Pro. Also waiting eagerly for the Pre / June 6th. From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Smartphone I believe you can get a Palm Treo Pro with Verizon? I

RE: Smartphone

2009-06-03 Thread Mike Gill
I'm in a contract with Verizon for another 18 months This shouldn't be a big problem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYUAnnCFscw -- Mike Gill From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Smartphone

Re: Kind of OT: PDF to Word converters

2009-06-03 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Ralph Smith m...@gatewayindustries.org wrote: does anyone have experience with a PDF to Word converter that does a consistently good job bringing PDFs into Word maintaining formatting? This is a hard problem. Short answer is you won't find anything that does

RE: Kind of OT: PDF to Word converters

2009-06-03 Thread Ralph Smith
This is a request people keep bring to me. I've tried countless but I saw this program on a website that said it would do it demos, and none of them have come close to doing a good job. That was mostly my experience also, but then I thought of posting to this list. I just uploaded a 17

RE: Kind of OT: PDF to Word converters

2009-06-03 Thread Chris Orovet
Try this. http://www.docudesk.com/deskUNPDF_Professional_PDF-to-Word-Converter_2e. shtml?gclid=CIKFoZH07poCFQE0xgodziQwjQ Regards, Chris Orovet ATSI Technical Support supp...@atsi-inc.com 727-812-0276 American Transcription Solutions, Inc. http://www.atsi-inc.com Confidentiality Notice:

Strange folder view

2009-06-03 Thread Glen Johnson
Anyone seen and know a fix for this? This is a display of home folders from a windows 2008 server. I see the same display from a vista client looking at the home share on a 2003 server. Note all the folders show Documents as the name. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that

RE: Strange folder view

2009-06-03 Thread Jeremy Anderson
I have not see that error - but on mine at home if I am in my laptop (xp), and I browse to my Vista Desktop like this - \\desktop\c$\users\username\documentsfile://\\desktop\c$\users\username\documents Documents dosnt actually work - but

RE: Smartphone

2009-06-03 Thread hank
I have an Omnia (on VZW) for ~ 4 months and like it. A good friend got one after he saw mine and he likes his too. I would say most of the complaints are likely related to calibrating the touch screen. It only takes a few minutes but you might have to do it a few times. BT works well and so

Re: Strange folder view

2009-06-03 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Glen Johnson gjohn...@vhcc.edu wrote: This is a display of home folders from a windows 2008 server. The DESKTOP.INI file can override the name of the folder it's in and tell the OS to display something else. The intent was for localized names, I believe. So,

RE: Smartphone

2009-06-03 Thread Rod Trent
Love my Samsung Saga. From: hank [mailto:hgedr...@myrealbox.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Smartphone I have an Omnia (on VZW) for ~ 4 months and like it. A good friend got one after he saw mine and he likes his too. I would say most

RE: Strange folder view

2009-06-03 Thread Jeremy Anderson
Ahh yes, good old Desktop.ini. When I started my current job they had a picture of Hannibal Lector as the background of the accounting folder. Very dark and irritating to see the document icons. I asked if I could disable it and the head accountant was like God Yes, we have been asking for

Re: Citrix MetaFrame Running on VM box - Thanks for your response

2009-06-03 Thread David Hekimian
Before you go about reinstalling from scratch, I'd suggest setting up a VMware vSphere 4 box and install Citrix on it. You can download and install vSphere 4 using a 60-day evaluation for free. vSphere 4 has been tuned for improving performance with MS SQL, MS Exchange, Citrix and several other

[OT] Wolfram Alpha

2009-06-03 Thread Ben Scott
Okay, so it's not quite Friday yet, but close enough... Wolfram Alpha http://www.wolframalpha.com/ is a general-purpose, natural-language knowledge retrieval system. You know, one of those things where you're supposed to be able to ask a question like you would a fellow human, and get back a