Re: Massive computer outage halts some Va. agencies

2010-08-28 Thread Rob Bonfiglio
Looks like it's an EMC system: http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/news/2010/aug/28/vita28-ar-476845/ On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 12:59 AM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.comwrote: SnapServer. -sc *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, August 27, 2010 2:18

RE: For you Vipre custoomers: Vipre unattended agent uninstall (more)

2010-08-28 Thread Michael B. Smith
I debated calling it a shim, but after looking it up, decided that thunk was the better word. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunk See the sections on Thunks applied generically... and Thunks in Dynamic Linking. Compare and contrast to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shim_(computing) I didn't

RE: For you Vipre custoomers: Vipre unattended agent uninstall (more)

2010-08-28 Thread Steven M. Caesare
I like the section entitled OS/2 Windows 16-bit address hack. :) -sc -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 8:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: For you Vipre custoomers: Vipre unattended agent uninstall

RE: For you Vipre custoomers: Vipre unattended agent uninstall (more)

2010-08-28 Thread Michael B. Smith
So... I went and chased this down in MSDNthe Windows Driver Kit is mind-numbingly boring. :-) Windows simply calls it registering and unregistering a callback. An installable file system (IFS) driver is allowed to indicate (on initialization) whether it can be unregistered or not (that was

Re: Massive computer outage halts some Va. agencies

2010-08-28 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Who knows what flare code or firmware revisions they were running. It was supposedly installed, configured, and supported by Northrop Grumman, so who knows if it was properly setup or maintained. Still, it would be nice to have more specifics I'll be asking my EMC Rep We've been told

RE: Certificate and PEAP

2010-08-28 Thread Jay Dale
No one have any ideas? This one must be a toughie – I put in on EE which typically gets a quick response but nothing there yet either…:( Jay Dale Senior Systems Administrator o:713.785.0960 x290 From: Jay Dale [mailto:jd...@emlogis.com] Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 9:55 AM To: NT System Admin

RE: For you Vipre custoomers: Vipre unattended agent uninstall (more)

2010-08-28 Thread Steven M. Caesare
I would have assumed so to, particularly with the cancelable I/O model that was introduced with Vista... I guess that even though the support needs to be there to cancel the I/O ops in-progress [1](which would ostensibly make it easier to ensure there was no pending I/O that would prevent

RE: For you Vipre custoomers: Vipre unattended agent uninstall (more)

2010-08-28 Thread Tom Miller
I just wrote a script to terminate any existing Vipre processes, deleted registry keys, deleted file system, then install our new A/V (we are using a different A/V for our nomadic users), then rebooted. I'm not script expert, but couldn't at least Sunbelt have done something like this?

Re: Massive computer outage halts some Va. agencies

2010-08-28 Thread Andrew S. Baker
How do they propose to get proof that this is the only time, unless some other victim comes forward? *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * Signature powered by