RE: 2008 DC question

2010-06-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
Sure you can do it. You still have to do the schema update at the forest root first though. Actually, wherever the schema master is, since schema updates go out to all DCs in the forest. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Lum

RE: Blue screen viewer

2010-06-03 Thread Ziots, Edward
I was searching for it last night, still digging folks... And yes from a Malware standpoint it is read only and I even have the SHA-1, SHA-256 and MD5 hashes of the files accordingly on that darn thing So you can check it yourself with fsum.exe. Now if I could just find the darn thing

Re: Blue screen viewer

2010-06-03 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: Remember from a malware security standpoint that a finalized CD-ROM is READ ONLY and not a vector for malware infections to spread ... A USB flash drive with a mechanical read-only switch is also nice for that. -- Ben ~

Re: 2008 DC question

2010-06-03 Thread Christopher Bodnar
This might help: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754209%28WS.10%29.aspx To use all the Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 domain-level features without upgrading your entire Windows Server 2003 forest to Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, raise only the

Re: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Andrew S. Baker
What account is the scheduled task using? Does the job work fine if you manually run it using the same credentials as the scheduled task? If not, what error is received? -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Steve Kelsay kels...@sctax.org wrote: The thing is, it

DC authentication issue with Samba

2010-06-03 Thread Fergal O'Connell
HI All, We are having sporadic problems with mostly XP clients connecting to a Samba share (RHEL5.4, with samba-3.0.33-3.14.el5.) Basically, automated builders connect to the samba share (on a VOB server), the samba share connects to the AD password server to authenticate. On the Samba server

RE: Blue screen viewer

2010-06-03 Thread Erik Goldoff
Agreed, Just more costly and not as convenient *all* the time as making copies on CD ROM. I normally carry both with me, but the CD-ROM is guaranteed read only and a must for those sites where you need PROOF you didn't cause an infection, but with the switch on the USB drive, well, you know

DNS question

2010-06-03 Thread David McSpadden
Can I have multiple domains pointed to the same IP? Mx1.imcu.org xxx.xxx.xxx.xx1 Mail.imcu.com xxx.xxx.xxx.xx1 Mail.indianamembersinsurance.com xxx.xxx.xxx.xx1 Please consider the environment before printing this email. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a

RE: DNS question

2010-06-03 Thread Andy Shook
Yes and I printed your email, just to tick you off Shook From: David McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 9:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DNS question Can I have multiple domains pointed to the same IP? Mx1.imcu.org xxx.xxx.xxx.xx1 Mail.imcu.com

RE: DNS question

2010-06-03 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Yup. It's standard practice if you are using host-headers on your web server to serve multiple domains. -sc From: David McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 9:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DNS question Can I have multiple domains pointed to

Re: DNS question

2010-06-03 Thread Andrew Levicki
As long as you considered the environment first, that's fine. On 3 June 2010 22:32, Andy Shook andy.sh...@peak10.com wrote: Yes and I printed your email, just to tick you off…. Shook *From:* David McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] *Sent:* Thursday, June 03, 2010 9:31 AM *To:* NT

RE: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Steve Kelsay
It is using a Microsoft account. Runs fine when run manually, when run from Task scheduler, it gets an error the target path cannot be found. It is the correct path, I can browse it using the same account. It is like the 2008 task scheduler does not like to connect to the novell box, but the

RE: DNS question

2010-06-03 Thread David W. McSpadden
Just says to consider. :-) _ From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 9:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DNS question Yes and I printed your email, just to tick you off.. Shook From: David McSpadden

RE: DNS question

2010-06-03 Thread David W. McSpadden
Ok. Going forward with a migration away from hosted email to hosting it my self on Exchange and I have 4 domains' to bring in through my firewall and Ironport. Just wanted to be sure before I finish this write to the board. Thanks _ From: Steven M. Caesare

RE: 2008 DC question

2010-06-03 Thread Brian Desmond
Yes and don't see any reason it wouldn't be recommended. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: 2008 DC question 2003 forest with 1 subdomain. Can

RE: DNS question

2010-06-03 Thread Erik Goldoff
Sure, some web servers use host headers to handle multiple domains from a single IP web host http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308163 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308163 for one example on IIS Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process,

Re: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Andrew S. Baker
*** It is the correct path, I can browse it using the same account.* I take this to mean that you have logged on to the console with the same account as the Microsoft account in question and then you're running whatever the scheduler is running? ***when run from Task scheduler, it gets an error

RE: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Ziots, Edward
Can you lay down auditing on the target directory for the account you are using in the script and audit for read/write access for that account, this will tell you if the script is even attempting to read/write to the directory accordingly. Should pair down where you might be having issues.

RE: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Steve Kelsay
I never tried auditing on a Novell box, I do use it all the time on MS though. We are moving our entire data center across town, so I have been running a bit ragged for a few weeks! Thanks. I should have thought of that. From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Thursday, June

RE: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Tom Miller
Can you tell us what the script/task you are attempting to run is supposed to do? Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org 6/3/2010 9:57 AM Can you lay down auditing on the target directory for the account you are using in the script and audit for read/write access for that account, this will tell

RE: 2008 DC question

2010-06-03 Thread David Lum
Rock on, thanks everyone! Dave From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 6:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 2008 DC question Yes and don't see any reason it wouldn't be recommended. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c -

RE: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Steve Kelsay
It runs an executable which moves files from certain folder trees on a Novell FTP server to a Microsoft server to be processed by our tax system. Essentially, it just moves files from a public server to a private one and renames them according to some weird process incorporating account names

RE: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Steve Kelsay
It just seems strange to me that it does not like UNC conventions, nor a drive mapped according to the same user, but if that drive is mapped inside the bat file, it does recognize the letter. There is a hotfix about usernames in the task scheduler, so perhaps there is another issue involving them

Vista printing problem

2010-06-03 Thread John Aldrich
I'm having a problem with a program that wants to print to LPT2 on our Vista machine. The Vista machine is a replacement for an XP machine that just wore out. The XP machine used to have LPT2 mapped to LPT1 on another XP machine and I tried re-doing the mapping in Vista, and it *says* it's

RE: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Tom Miller
You can use UNCs on Netware servers just fine, but you need to configure the server to do so. It's not out of the box like Windows. Remember with Netware servers you map server / volume / full path unless you configure the system to do otherwise. The server will need to have Universal Password

RESOLVED: Vista printing problem

2010-06-03 Thread John Aldrich
Ok. I got it working, but why is Vista such a PITA to print on a different port locally than the physical port on the computer the remote printer is connected to? John-AldrichTile-Tools From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 10:13 AM To: NT

Re: RESOLVED: Vista printing problem

2010-06-03 Thread tony patton
And the solution was? Just in case someone else comes across the same issue. From: John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: 03/06/2010 15:21 Subject:RESOLVED: Vista printing problem Ok? I got it

RE: DNS question

2010-06-03 Thread Brian Desmond
You might want to cname all those actually as then if the IP changes you only update it once... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 8:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DNS

RE: RESOLVED: Vista printing problem

2010-06-03 Thread John Aldrich
I found another batchfile on an XP machine. Simple, 2-line batch file: Net use /del LPT2 Net use LPT2 \\computername\printershare file:///\\computername\printershare And you *don't* have to create the actual printer in Windows. For some strange reason, Vista modifies the settings on the

RE: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Ziots, Edward
OK then can you see if it takes the information from the FTP server ( FTP logs) (Step 1), then audit the Microsoft Server to see if its put there with the auditing. Also you can use tcpview to take a look if the executable when run makes a connection to the FTP accordingly. Z Edward

Spotty DNS forwarding killing us

2010-06-03 Thread John Hornbuckle
We started having a problem yesterday that's continuing today, and I'm not sure how to track down the cause. The issue is that we're getting sporadic-but fairly regular-DNS lookup timeouts that are killing our Internet connectivity. Here's a sample nslookup: www.nbc.comhttp://www.nbc.com

Terminal Server 2008, Active X

2010-06-03 Thread Tom Miller
Hi Folks, This happens occasionally and I'm looking for a method to avoid this. We run Terminal Server 2008 here, and occasionally after a patch is applied a user will call stating he can no longer get to the TS farm via the Web interface. Some users have IE 6, some IE 7, some IE 8. For

RE: Spotty DNS forwarding killing us

2010-06-03 Thread John Cook
Are you on the MFN (Florida DMS) network? We just brought up a site two days ago with some similar issues - internal is fine but going out to the internet is sketchy. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741

RE: Spotty DNS forwarding killing us

2010-06-03 Thread John Hornbuckle
Yes, in fact! From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Spotty DNS forwarding killing us Are you on the MFN (Florida DMS) network? We just brought up a site two days ago with some similar issues - internal is fine

RE: Spotty DNS forwarding killing us

2010-06-03 Thread John Cook
You need the phone #? 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, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: John Hornbuckle

RE: Spotty DNS forwarding killing us

2010-06-03 Thread John Hornbuckle
I'll write you off-list... From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Spotty DNS forwarding killing us You need the phone #? John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave

RE: Spotty DNS forwarding killing us

2010-06-03 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
Ah, that explains it, there must be a hanging chad stuck in the system somewhere. From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Spotty DNS forwarding killing us Yes, in fact! From: John

RE: Spotty DNS forwarding killing us

2010-06-03 Thread John Hornbuckle
That's how we roll down here. From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Spotty DNS forwarding killing us Ah, that explains it, there must be a hanging chad stuck in the system somewhere. From: John

RE: Spotty DNS forwarding killing us

2010-06-03 Thread Joseph Heaton
I can always count on this list for at least a laugh a day... John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us 6/3/2010 8:49 AM That's how we roll down here. From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Spotty DNS forwarding killing us

2010-06-03 Thread Carol Fee
And just when Al and Tipper Gore announced they are separating CFee From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Spotty DNS forwarding killing us Ah, that explains it, there must be a hanging chad stuck in

Re: DC authentication issue with Samba

2010-06-03 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Fergal O'Connell foconn...@curamsoftware.com wrote: Basically, automated builders connect to the samba share (on a VOB server) ... What's a VOB server? the samba share connects to the AD password server to authenticate. How is authentication configured on

RE: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Steve Kelsay
No, I think I led you astray. The executable does not use FTP. It picks up files that have been ftp from the external world to a Novell server, then moves the files using windows to a Microsoft server. That is the point that is failing, it cannot see the Novell folders in order to do the file

Re: DNS question

2010-06-03 Thread Steven Peck
In fact that is what I do with my sites. 1 A Record for the actual server, several CNAMEs pointing to the A Record for each site. Much easier if you have to move hosts. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.comwrote: *You might want to cname all those actually as

Re: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Andrew S. Baker
We're still missing some key info, methinks. Is the scheduled job a single executable that does all of this wonderful magic? Where is the error message occurring, and how are you able to determine if it is the source location or destination that is having the problem? If you are able to get

RE: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Steve Kelsay
The executable is a single executable. It writes its' own log file. Nothing is showing in the system logs. The log says the source folder does not exist, then lists the correct source folder. Yes, it does indicate it is not a user account issue, but that is the point. The user account is not

Re: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Andrew S. Baker
***The log says the source folder does not exist, then lists the correct source folder.* Which we are to understand is using a UNC path, correct? *** but that is the point. The user account is not function inside the task under server 2008 as it did in server 2000. * To say that there are

Re: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Try to logon as the account for the scheduled task, and make a persistent connection to the Novell resource. At a glance, I couldn't find any errors on Google that would suggest a specific Win2008 vs Novell issue. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Steve Kelsay

Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread David Lum
Would I be correct in telling my fellow SE's that Server Core typical uses are remote DC (along with RODC), hyper-V hosts and web servers? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a

RE: Server Core - answered my own Q

2010-06-03 Thread David Lum
I KNEW I'd answer my own question right after hitting SEND: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd184076.aspx Dave From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server Core Would I be correct in telling my fellow

RE: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
Server core is good for anything that doesn't need a gui on top. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 2:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server Core Would I be

Re: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Kurt Buff
Uh, So what needs a GUI on top? On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:22, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Server core is good for anything that doesn’t need a gui on top. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Lum

Re: Server Core - answered my own Q

2010-06-03 Thread Kurt Buff
Which is all the incentive you need to send as soon as you think of a question, right? :) On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:21, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: I KNEW I’d answer my own question right after hitting SEND: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd184076.aspx Dave From:

RE: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
Exchange for example. Most AV engines. Blah blah blah. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 2:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re:

RE: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
That's what a lot of former Novell admins used to say, including myself. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 1:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server Core Uh, So what needs a GUI on top? On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at

Re: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Kurt Buff
Exchange? Huh. I would have thought that could be managed remotely. Interesting. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:32, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Exchange for example. Most AV engines. Blah blah blah. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP

Re: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Kurt Buff
Haven't touched Novell since 3.12 - back in the '90s. FreeBSD is the non-GUI platform I implement now. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:34, Kim Longenbaugh k...@colonialsavings.com wrote: That's what a lot of former Novell admins used to say, including myself. -Original Message- From: Kurt

RE: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Joseph L. Casale
FreeBSD is the non-GUI platform I implement now. Ahh Kurt, There's hope for you yet:) ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

Re: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Kurt Buff
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:47, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: FreeBSD is the non-GUI platform I implement now. Ahh Kurt, There's hope for you yet:) Heh. I doubt it. I have a 9-month old boy... Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Richard Stovall
Are you kidding? That's *why* there's hope for you. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:47, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: FreeBSD is the non-GUI platform I implement now. Ahh Kurt, There's hope for you yet:)

Re: Server Core - answered my own Q

2010-06-03 Thread Jonathan Link
I do that all the time. The act of phrasing a question for the list generally reorders my mind enough to try a different search pattern. I must have 20 drafts of questions that I start typing out and never finish because the lighbulb goes off before I've clicked send. You do have to send a lot

RE: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Steve Kelsay
Perhaps you missed one of the original posts. The user is logging into the machine and has a persistent drive mapping. It works fine. The executable being run by the task works just fine when run from the command line. When run from the task scheduler, even when the user is logged in, it fails.

RE: Server Core - answered my own Q

2010-06-03 Thread John Aldrich
Yeah. I did that with my question earlier today about printing in Vista. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 3:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server Core - answered my own Q I do that all the time.

RE: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
It can be managed remotely. I don't know exactly what the dependency on GUI is (never thought to ask, actually), but it won't install on server core. Interesting question to ask though... Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original

Re: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Andrew S. Baker
You can map a drive in one of 3 ways: - NETBIOS name - FQDN - IP address These methods can be done to the same resource simultaneously with different credentials. If you have the batch file use one of the latter two options for mapping the drive, there won't be any conflict with the

Re: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Kurt Buff
Only from a personal point of view - professionally speaking, I now have less time learn and spend on overtime than I had before, and I'm tied to a more constrained schedule at work. I don't mind that a bit - Wouldn't give up my time with the boy for the ten times the pay, but it crimps the work

Re: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Kurt Buff
Certainly not a burning issue, but if you ever get an answer on that, it would be interesting to hear the response. Kurt On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:16, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: It can be managed remotely. I don't know exactly what the dependency on GUI is (never thought to

RE: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Jay Dale
I would assume to troubleshoot if there are local issues with connectivity. Jay Dale I.T. Manager, 3GiG Mobile: 713.299.2541 Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of

RE: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Free, Bob
Remember the purpose of core was not to be an application platform but to “provide a minimal environment for running specific server roles that reduces the maintenance and management requirements and the attack surface for those server roles.”

IT Groups / Organizations

2010-06-03 Thread Cesare' A. Ramos
Hellos all. I am researching to see if there are any IT groups / organizations that anyone knows about. What I mean is like an association where IT professional or IT companies attend meetings, education, some sort of accreditations? Thanks to all. Sincerely, Cesare' A. Ramos

RE: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I would assume to troubleshoot if there are local issues with connectivity. You can still log on manually to a phys console and execute powershell... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

RE: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Jay Dale
Agreed, unless you're PS challenged like myself...:) Jay Dale I.T. Manager, 3GiG Mobile: 713.299.2541 Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient.

Re: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Kurt Buff
Interesting, and good to know. Still, the more they can support on core, the better, IMHO. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:48, Free, Bob r...@pge.com wrote: Remember the purpose of core was not to be an application platform but to  “provide a minimal environment for running specific server roles that

RE: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Chris Blair
They sure push Server Core hard in the 70-640 test. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 2:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server Core Interesting, and good to know. Still, the more they can support on core, the

RE: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Remember the purpose of core was not to be an application platform but to   “provide a minimal environment for running specific server roles that reduces the maintenance and management requirements and the attack surface for those server roles.”  

Re: IT Groups / Organizations

2010-06-03 Thread Kurt Buff
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:56, Cesare' A. Ramos cra...@idfllc.com wrote: Hellos all. I am researching to see if there are any IT groups / organizations that anyone knows about.  What I mean is like an association where IT professional or IT companies attend meetings, education, some sort of

Re: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Kurt Buff
Test? You mean certification? Certs are for the weak. I overcame that need in 1995. Kurt On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:57, Chris Blair chris_bl...@identisys.com wrote: They sure push Server Core hard in the 70-640 test. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]

RE: IT Groups / Organizations

2010-06-03 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Ditto to what Kurt said. The other question is, in what part of the world are you located? Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.com -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]

RE: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Brian Desmond
I put ALL DCs on Server Core given the opportunity. It also supports lots of other roles so... Personally if I worked in an environment where I had admins who were all sufficiently skilled I'd put every box I could on Server Core, but, I recognize reality. Very few places I've been where this

RE: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Brian Desmond
You can run GUIs on Server Core in some cases... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server Core Server core is good for anything that

Re: DNS question

2010-06-03 Thread Jeff Bunting
BTW, CNAMEs pointing to MX records is a no-no. It may or may not work; but isn't RFC compliant (unless this has changed recently?) Jeff On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote: In fact that is what I do with my sites. 1 A Record for the actual server, several

RE: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Steve Kelsay
We are not communicating. The Batch file is mapping the drive fine. The task is not able to run without the ,mapping taking place inside the task. The question is, why do we need to map the drive inside the batch file? The server has a drive already mapped, and under server 2000, the executable

RE: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Chris Blair
Yes, cert. I had the same attitude, but I am actually enjoying it and learning a lot. Each to their own. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 3:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server Core Test? You mean

Re: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Andrew S. Baker
And I'm saying that this is not a new problem under Windows Server 2008. There was very likely something done on your 2000 server to accommodate this, because this is the way that Windows normally operates with mapped drives and scheduled tasks. The recommendation for years has been to use UNC

RE: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
Yeah, that's from the 2008 not the 2008 R2 docs... Server 2008 R2 now supports powershell, ASP.NET, some fraction of .NET that isn't required for WPF, etc. etc. Those were the initial _technical_ reasons. :-) Marketing is just that - marketing. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and

RE: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
Yes, GUI's that have no dependencies other than on the OS itself. Relatively few and far between. :) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 4:03 PM To: NT System

RE: IT Groups / Organizations

2010-06-03 Thread Rod Trent
Local User Groups? What area are you in? From: Cesare' A. Ramos [mailto:cra...@idfllc.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 3:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IT Groups / Organizations Hellos all. I am researching to see if there are any IT groups / organizations that anyone

Re: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Kurt Buff
Heh. If only I had the time... On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 13:07, Chris Blair chris_bl...@identisys.com wrote: Yes, cert. I had the same attitude, but I am actually enjoying it and learning a lot. Each to their own. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]

RE: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Steve Kelsay
The recommendation for years has been to use UNC paths in scheduled tasks. OK, how do you get the unc path to work? That is the crux of what I have been asking. It worked fine in 200, does not work in 2008. Nothing else has changed except the task scheduler. I would love to do what you are

RE: IT Groups / Organizations

2010-06-03 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
Cesare, I admit to being a bit biased here, but the short answer is GITCA (www.gitca.orghttp://www.gitca.org) which stands for the Global IT Community Association. GITCA is an organization made up of User Groups around the globe as well as other user group communities. GITCA has a User Group

Re: DNS question

2010-06-03 Thread Richard Stovall
Good catch. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Jeff Bunting bunting.j...@gmail.com wrote: BTW, CNAMEs pointing to MX records is a no-no. It may or may not work; but isn't RFC compliant (unless this has changed recently?) Jeff On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com

Re: Server 2008 reading from Novell server

2010-06-03 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Can you provide the batch file you use as the work around? If the UNC path works for mapping the drive, it should work elsewhere. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Steve Kelsay kels...@sctax.org wrote: The recommendation for years has been to use UNC paths

OT (bit of topic), anyone delt with recovery ITunes Store bought Music,(backedup to external drive) and restored to a brand new install???

2010-06-03 Thread justino garcia
OT (bit of topic), anyone delt with recovery ITunes Store bought Music, and restored to a brand new install??? I am going to reformat and reinstall the OS a customer who got malware. They asked me to backup thier itunes library, bought tons of music from itunes store. Is it simple Backing of

RE: OT (bit of topic), anyone delt with recovery ITunes Store bought Music,(backedup to external drive) and restored to a brand new install???

2010-06-03 Thread Don Guyer
Google something like move itunes library to another computer. Tons of info out there. 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

RE: OT (bit of topic), anyone delt with recovery ITunes Store bought Music,(backedup to external drive) and restored to a brand new install???

2010-06-03 Thread Andy Shook
I think there's an app for that. Shook From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 4:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT (bit of topic), anyone delt with recovery ITunes Store bought Music,(backedup to external drive) and restored to a brand new

RE: OT (bit of topic), anyone delt with recovery ITunes Store bought Music,(backedup to external drive) and restored to a brand new install???

2010-06-03 Thread David W. McSpadden
Really? _ From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 4:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT (bit of topic), anyone delt with recovery ITunes Store bought Music,(backedup to external drive) and restored to a brand new install??? I

Re: OT (bit of topic), anyone delt with recovery ITunes Store bought Music,(backedup to external drive) and restored to a brand new install???

2010-06-03 Thread Richard Stovall
I've done this before for myself. I took the entire iTunes directory (which also includes several other .itl and .itdb files). Just image the drive first and you can always recover if it doesn't go well. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:33 PM, justino garcia jgarciaitl...@gmail.comwrote: OT (bit of

Re: Server Core

2010-06-03 Thread Jonathan Link
If anyone tells you it (the time sink thing) gets better they're lying. My daughter consumes more of my time now than when she was your son's age. Wouldn't change a thing, though. Luckily I do the day-care dropoff and she has the pickup, so I can work late when necessary... On Thu, Jun 3, 2010

RE: IT Groups / Organizations

2010-06-03 Thread David Lum
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS In order for organizations to be considered for membership they should: A.Consist of at least 10 registered members who physically or virtually gather for the mutual benefit of sharing information, generally about Information Technology. This group 'virtually'

Re: OT (bit of topic), anyone delt with recovery ITunes Store bought Music,(backedup to external drive) and restored to a brand new install???

2010-06-03 Thread justino garcia
I was going to create a acronis image backup I want to make sure it not going to infect the computer, so I may do a malware scan on it. So if all the files are in the same location as before, itunes should see as if nothing changed, just maybe authorize it. If thier an app for that, what the

RE: IT Groups / Organizations

2010-06-03 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
Very true Dave, and there are members of this list who head groups or organizations who are members of GITCA (I won't call them out or anything). Members of this list are exactly the types of people that we would love to get involved with User Groups in their local areas - that is people who

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