I do 128 miles to work and 128 back - four and a half hours in the car per
day. And that's before the M62 starts to become impassable in the depths of
winter.
On 4 November 2010 18:42, Cameron cameron.orl...@gmail.com wrote:
Damn...and I do 90 mins each way (assuming no snow or rain or
I do a 250 mile round trip twice a week to a client I was farmed out to. 5
hours.
John W. Cook
Systems Administrator
Partnership for Strong Families
From: James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com
To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Sent:
Hi,
It isnt, but thanks for the heads up, it may well be useful I the future.
Gavin.
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Miller Bonnie L.
mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu wrote:
If that server is R2, you could load up FSRM (File Server Resource
Manager) and run a duplicate files report.
Thanks all for the other suggestions, Ill give them a try and see which one
sits better.
When I find out what worked the best for me Ill post back with information.
G.
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Gavin Wilby gavin.wi...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
It isnt, but thanks for the heads up, it may
Does no one on this list live in a city!? Driving .. I remember that .. ;o)
20 miles by Tube and light railway = 75-90mins each way. And that's when the
buggers don't go on strike!
a
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: 04 November
Can't offer any advice on the Firebox, but a decent proxy should block
by category irrespective of Google caching. Ours certainly does (we use
a cloud service for web filtering).
a
From: Paul Everett [mailto:evere...@leementalhealth.org]
Sent: 04 November
128 miles that include the M62!? You live in London/Glasgow or something!?
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: 05 November 2010 07:15
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: hi
I do 128 miles to work and 128 back - four and a half hours
We did the same kind of thing a while back, but a different point of
view. We wanted to limit the number of objects that a particular
computer would run, we did combine some policies but we also used
security filtering to limit the number of objects that a particular
computer would run.
For
That kinda explains why at my last job users had a big login delay, as it
parsed through 136 GPOs on the Citrix Servers OU, most of which were either
applied to everyone, or scoped via item-level targeting
On 5 November 2010 12:22, Stephen Wimberly swimbe...@gmail.com wrote:
We did the same
I live in a city-like area but still drive - the driving commute is about
15mins to cover maybe 5 miles, whereas the bus from my home to MSU's
campus runs only about once an hour and stops at what seems like every
place BUT work before finally getting me there.
Jack Kramer
Computer Systems
Michael, you are correct. It does not seem to be enabled by default. What
I was referring to was the fact that VSS allocates that space, which is
not the same as enabled. My systems seem to be allocating 10% as well.
That is why I'd really like to find an MS reference that discusses this.
The subject of Dell vs Kingston memory reminded me of something that's always
frustrated me about computer memory and that's figuring out how to identify
what a memory chip is and what it would work in.
Some memory suppliers are good about putting ID stickers on the memory so you
have some
I thought the last login date was sent to the domain controller
running the role PDC?
I have always used the csvde.exe from the resource kit as:
csvde.exe -r ((objectCategory=Person)(objectClass=User)) -p Subtree
-f C:\path\to\file.csv
Then open the csv in Excel and use a formula to convert to
Most of the major mfgs have a configurator page. I like the Crucial one
best.
From: Bob Hartung [mailto:bhart...@wiscoind.com]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 5:52 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: PC Memory
The subject of Dell vs Kingston memory reminded me of something that's
Ouch that is about double what I do - 125 miles round trip, all country
A-roads, with ovetaking opportunities, so it can make for a long drag back
home. I leave my house at 5.50am to avoid the traffic in the mornings though.
The only benefit is that I can easily do 60+mpg on my trips if I
No I think he's trying to figure out after the fact.
From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 8:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: PC Memory
Most of the major mfgs have a configurator page. I like the
At least 45 mins of my trip is on the A19, driving a 2.5L petrol car. Costs
me £56 per day in fuel, at the worst :-(
On 5 November 2010 13:02, Ames Matthew B mba...@qinetiq.com wrote:
Ouch that is about double what I do - 125 miles round trip, all country
A-roads, with ovetaking
+1
I often end up with memory with no clear identifier.In some cases, it’s
from a generic system that I’m looking to upgrade memory for, in others, I
find the memory in my parts drawer properly wrapped, but no manufacturer
indication of memory type/capacity/etc …
Erik Goldoff
IT
Should have had my coffee first.
From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 6:04 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: PC Memory
No I think he's trying to figure out after the fact.
_
From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com]
I do keep GPO's processed by each system in mind when I work with GPO's. As a
general rule I have as few domain-wide GPO's as possible and apply GPO's to
just the systems/users that need it.
Dave
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 5:38 AM
To: NT
That's my situation as well.
I can remember one time ordering memory for several different PCs from a source
and I couldn't even figure out which memory was for what system. The memory
just had a part number on it that didn't match up with the part number on the
order. I had to call them and
That is very true. I'm pretty sure they come up with these things on a
per-computer-model basis, even if it's exactly the same RAM that goes into
another PC. :-)
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 5:06 PM
To: NT System
Did your MS rep happen to tell you whether it takes longer or not to parse
through a GPO with lots of settings, compared to a GPO with just a few?
I was always an advocate of keeping GPOs as simple as possible, so that
finding an errant setting was more straightforward. However some people
prefer
I hope to only spend a little more than that in a week. ouch. Time for
another car! my 110TDI VAG based car is looking after me well - 175k miles and
still going strong.
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: 05 November 2010 13:06
To:
I have a box of literally hundreds of various memory modules. Not sure why I
keep them, half of them have no markings.
From: Bob Hartung [mailto:bhart...@wiscoind.com]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 9:16 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: PC Memory
That's my situation as well.
I can
That's what I always try to practice and try to remember to review them
every once in awhile to weed out unnecessary ones.
Don Guyer
Systems Engineer - Information Services
Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group
431 W. Lancaster Avenue
Devon, PA 19333
Direct: (610) 993-3299
Fax: (610)
Well, I *was* going to say Belarc Advisor until I ran it here and discovered
it only tells you the serial# and the density. :-(
From: Bob Hartung [mailto:bhart...@wiscoind.com]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 8:52 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: PC Memory
The subject of Dell vs
Yep, but doesn't help with my parts drawer memory collection to know what
systems I can or cannot install them in.
Erik Goldoff
IT Consultant
Systems, Networks, Security
' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich
Drill a hole in them and sell them as key rings at the flea market!
From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 8:22 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: PC Memory
I have a box of literally hundreds of various memory modules. Not sure why I
keep
+1 here to that story. I one time ordered memory for half a dozen different
systems from Crucial, and it was all bundled together in one package...I didn’t
even realize that one PC took low-density RAM and another one would take
whatever I put in it... had to call Crucial and they helped me
What about SIW? I just ran it and it shows the type of memory and where it
is located on the motherboard.
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote:
Yep, but doesn't help with my parts drawer memory collection to know what
systems I can or cannot install them in.
Sometimes, if you have a part # you can Google it and get a pretty good idea
what size, speed, etc it is.
From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 9:22 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: PC Memory
I have a box of literally hundreds of various memory
James, that would have been a good question, but no, he did indicate
that a policy is about 5,000 lines which does take time to parse, but
he did not indicate whether it would take longer if there were more
values modified in a single policy.
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:20 AM, James Rankin
Glad I don't do that in my car. Ran up to Newcastle at the weekend from London
(300 miles) and got there on fumes from £60 of petrol. That was taking it
relatively easy (about 28mph I think .. I've never got it above 30mpg!). Only
made it half way home by having a bit more fun on the A roads
And this helps me identify memory in my parts drawer how ?
Erik Goldoff
IT Consultant
Systems, Networks, Security
' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '
From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 9:35 AM
To: NT System Admin
I wish we could get some of those diesels here in the states… The only company
really selling many here is VW and they price a lot of them out of reach. The
used market is even worse – there's nothing like a poorly-maintained diesel to
turn you off of used cars forever.
Jack Kramer
I'm thinking of getting rid of the big V6 and getting a 1.2 Golf TSI. I had
one as a courtesy car a while back and it was absolutely great fun to drive,
rapid acceleration coupled with fuel economy. On my current motor you can
see the petrol gauge dropping when you put your foot down too hard. I'd
Based on this I would think 1 GPO with 3 settings = 5000 lines to parse vs. 3
GPO's with one setting each = 15000 lines to parse.
Once it opens a GPO it's going to read each line whether or not it changes a
setting right? change this: no, change this: no, change this: yes, change
this: no...
Oops. Sorry. I just woke up. What about Googles Goggle? That usually helps.
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote:
And this helps me identify memory in my parts drawer how ?
*Erik Goldoff***
*IT Consultant*
*Systems, Networks, Security *
' Security
That's a good question!
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
-Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Any AD masters care to chime in? I'd be very interested to hear the answers,
as I am currently trying to reduce our users' logon times.
For now, though, I'm off for a 128-mile drive home :-)
On 5 November 2010 13:53, Don Guyer don.gu...@prufoxroach.com wrote:
That's a good question!
Don
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Bob Hartung bhart...@wiscoind.com wrote:
The subject of Dell vs Kingston memory reminded me of something that's
always frustrated me about computer memory and that's figuring out how to
identify what a memory chip is and what it would work in.
I've had to
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From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 7:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PC Memory
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Bob Hartung bhart...@wiscoind.com wrote:
The subject of Dell vs Kingston memory reminded me
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770266(WS.10).aspx
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We have around 50 road warriors whose XP Pro laptops are being replaced
with new Win 7 laptops. Our plan is to prebuild the laptops and ship
them to the end user. We are looking for a way to back up their current
data and load it into their new system.
Has anyone come across a cloud service or
How big are their local profiles? 8GB USB drives aren't that expensive and you
can script the Win7 transfer wizard I'd think. 8GB flash drive x50 = $800 a
full day of labor figuring out how to script it = $300(ish), if you can script
the flip you'll probably save well over $1100 in user
We don't script laptop migrations, but a simple migwiz to a network share or
USB drive works...
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Scott Schneider
sschnei...@inscapesolutions.com wrote:
We have around 50 road warriors whose XP Pro laptops are being replaced
with new Win 7 laptops. Our plan is
Once a month I drive to our upstate NY office, which is 160 miles from my
house.
Otherwise, I take mass transit into NYC from NJ at about 60-80 min door to
door (depending on what time I leave my house).In the evening, the range
is far more entertaining -- like 90-120, depending on when I
I can't complain; 12 minutes door to door.
If it's really bad - snow/sleet/what have you, and I have to take the main
roads, it's half an hour to forty minutes.
Course, on the days the roads are bad, I work from home.
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote:
You plug them into a system where SIW/Everest/$whatever tells you information
on the memory that you can then research on Google? You’re going to have to do
some work for not keeping track of stuff. Or, give it to an intern to do. J
--
Mike Gill
From: Erik Goldoff
I'm not sure you're going to get more information out of a new Watchguard
beyond what you're seeing now. Logging is the best you're going to get
without doing something custom with the log information stream...
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Paul Everett
evere...@leementalhealth.orgwrote:
I
You do know there are some areas south of Gainsville that are more cracker
than northern I hope. Now around the southern tip of the state it really is
just a colony of Yankees looking for the great beyond.
Jon
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote:
Okay,
I used to see on the Dell web site when I was ordering memory or drives the
original manufacturer's name sometimes. I could then just look for whatever
from that manufacture and get it cheaper. Since we would order parts
separately from machines at times on the same PO we got away with the
I'll second that.
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote:
You do know there are some areas south of Gainsville that are more cracker
than northern I hope. Now around the southern tip of the state it really is
just a colony of Yankees looking for the great
The number of lines of code in a code path really has almost no relevance here.
I don't know how your account team even knows less they heard some here-say.
What is the actual question or problem aside from some random bullet point from
someone with a Microsoft business card?
Thanks,
Brian
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com wrote:
The number of lines of code in a code path really has almost no relevance
here.
I don't know how your account team even knows less they heard some here-say.
I'm wondering if they meant parsing an ADM/ADMX file. One
Csvde + excel = way to hard IMO. I just would use oldcmp or adfind from
joeware. Either will do the math for you and output into a variety of
formats.
Lastlogon attribute is unique to each DC and represents the last time
that particular DC authenticated that user. Really nothing to do with
the
The GP subsystem, actually the CSEs that do the processing don't need
them, they are consumed by the tools as you mention for editing,
reporting etc
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 10:58 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
The ADM[X] files are purely for the editor. Actually processing has no clue
they exist.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com
c - 312.731.3132
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 12:58 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
I need something that will take a specific domain global group
(domain\groupname) and remove all members from that group. I'd like to
schedule the task with Windows (2008 R2) Task Scheduler to run at a certain
time every day.
I'm thinking something that will run via cmd, PS, or even cscript,
Hello all!
We are currently using GFI EventsManager for our event management but we
are now looking to expand the monitoring to 300+ locations with
everything coming back to HQ. This led us to look at other products and
I was wondering if any of you may be using these could tell me what you
You can do this more easily via Group Policy...
What specific group are you thinking of doing this with?
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On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Miller Bonnie L.
dsget group cn=group,ou=ou,dc=contoso,dc=com -members | dsmod group
-rmmbr
I didn't test, but that should work.
- Sean
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Miller Bonnie L.
mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu wrote:
I need something that will take a specific domain global group
(domain\groupname) and
We are currently going through a similar exercise.
We have Arcsight now. It is a bear to manage. They even told us if we went
above the Express product, we would need to hire a full time administrator.
Looked at enVision. I talked to a large user reference and they said while
it does it's
Ah, okay, so let me clarify. With our XP workstations, we're already using
restricted groups in group policy to append groups to our workstations, but it
doesn't prevent people who already have access from adding additional local
administrators, or adding users to other groups.
As we roll out
Thanks Sean-let me try it out...
From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 11:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Script to remove all users from a group
dsget group cn=group,ou=ou,dc=contoso,dc=com -members | dsmod group -rmmbr
I didn't test,
another option. Make your temp admin's permanent and have your techs reset
the password shortly after they give it to someone to install software.
As for elevated rights to install...we put the install packages that require
that on a webpage. The shortcut on the web page runs it elevated
We do have some permanent admin groups that our techs don't have access to add
people to. This problem is really a political one as most people follow the
rules but a few have been told numerous times but we still find leftover admins.
That software sounds interesting and I will pass the info
Thanks Sean-that works great.
-Bonnie
From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 11:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Script to remove all users from a group
dsget group cn=group,ou=ou,dc=contoso,dc=com -members | dsmod group -rmmbr
I didn't
Alternately you could use restricted groups and have one admin account in it
that you enable/disable as needed. Call it SoftwareInstall1 or something.
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
From: Miller Bonnie L.
Take a look at the following:
- http://www.trigeo.com/
- http://www.loglogic.com
- http://www.eeye.com/Products/Retina/REM.aspx
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On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Weatherford,
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com wrote:
The ADM[X] files are purely for the editor. Actually processing has no clue
they exist.
So much for that theory, then. :)
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I don’t think it was indirect whatsoever.
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From: Andy Shook
On 5 Nov 2010 at 11:11, Scott Schneider wrote:
We are trying to figure out a way or accomplishing this without having
the user send their old laptop back to us before they are live on the new
laptop.
You might be able to put together a step-by-step for your remote users with
this tool:
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