RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-07 Thread Ken Schaefer
People who got addresses in the 80s and 90s did so under a certain set of conditions. They've implemented their infrastructure accordingly. I don't believe that they should then be forced to undergo substantial financial cost because the world has lagged in implementing an available solution.

FIREWALL

2011-02-07 Thread Nigel Parker
Hi Trying to find a Free firewall that will run on windows 2000 sp4 It seems most companies have now moved on I cant upgrade the version of windows Nigel Parker Systems Engineer Ultraframe (UK) Ltd Tel: 01200 452329 Fax: 01200 452201 Web: www.ultraframe.com Email:

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Install extra cabling is a solution that has greater expense, and requires far more permission that install unmanaged switch in most circumstances. There are plenty of valid scenarios where you will not have the opportunity to add more network drops to a location, and for which the temporary or

Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-07 Thread Andrew S. Baker
* No of course not but that's not an excuse for it to not be used. Surely it can be used for the majority of traffic?* And what do you propose happen with the rest of the traffic that these organizations send to each other? * I highly doubt that there aren't commercial devices that can handle

Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-07 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Same here... If you haven't started reading up on it, now would be a good time... *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... * On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Ryan Finnesey ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com

Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-07 Thread Andrew S. Baker
*Implementing NAT for those who have /8 would probably only postpone the problem for a few months at the rate that IPv4 is currently being exhausted. * And it would take many months, besides a ridiculous amount of money, for the current holders of /8 to implement NAT, which would break a great

RE: [OT] Superbowl

2011-02-07 Thread Erik Goldoff
Snickers Lumberjacks made me laugh out loud … http://msn.foxsports.com/video/shows/super-bowl-commercials-2011 But only because I liked what happened to one ‘star’ in the ad :P Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time

Re: FIREWALL

2011-02-07 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Most AV products today have some firewall component (although not all of the free ones). If you're already using one, check out its firewall component. Do you have some specific requirements? Otherwise: http://www.google.com/search?q=free+windows+firewall *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me

RE: FIREWALL

2011-02-07 Thread Erik Goldoff
Well, maybe an old unsupported version of Zone Alarm for an unsupported OS ? http://www.oldversion.com/ZoneAlarm.html Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Nigel Parker

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-07 Thread Ryan Finnesey
I never took same classes J From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 6:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned Same here... If you haven't started reading up on it, now would be a good time...

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Ray
Absolutely. It's not always as easy it sounds, depending on distance, construction, etc. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 3:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: desktop network switches Install extra cabling is a solution

RE: FIREWALL

2011-02-07 Thread Nigel Parker
Hi Yep I know :-) UPGRADE However this link maybe the best option didn't know about this site Thanks Nigel -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: 07 February 2011 11:40 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FIREWALL Well, maybe an old

Re: RE: [OT] Superbowl

2011-02-07 Thread Jonathan
+1000 Forgot about that one. Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. On Feb 7, 2011 6:38 AM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: Snickers Lumberjacks made me laugh out loud …

Printer driver isolation

2011-02-07 Thread James Rankin
Anyone had much luck using Printer Driver Isolation feature in 2008 R2 to help out with Spooler crashes on XenApp / RDS systems? I'm considering this as a stop-gap until I can work out exactly which are my problem drivers, but don't want to deploy it if it isn't going to be much use. On a related

RE: [OT] Superbowl

2011-02-07 Thread Ziots, Edward
Nice one, But sorry, with Myron Cope upstairs, the Terrible Towel lives forever. Enjoy your win, even though take away the 21 points we gift-wrapped in turnovers for you guys and the Steelers win 25-10. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer

RE: forecast database growth?

2011-02-07 Thread Ziots, Edward
What datatype are you going to be using to store the XML files in SQL? BLOB, NTEXT, NVARCHAR? Big Int Small Int? etc etc. Each of these data types take a certain amount of space, so you could say that an average of X number of XML messages a day X the average storage for a message and then

RE: [OT] Superbowl

2011-02-07 Thread Ben Schorr
Hey, take away a few special teams faux paus and the San Diego Chargers are the Super Bowl Champs this year. ;-) I will say this; Mike Tomlin is quality. Great coach, solid character, class act. Wish we had him. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer

RE: [OT] Superbowl

2011-02-07 Thread Ziots, Edward
I have to say that Aaron Rogers and the Packers Organization are also a class-act, and their Mr McCarthy should be very proud of what the team accomplished. That is 2x in a row for the NFC in SB's. Hopefully well get a chance to change that next year if there is a season. Z Edward E.

RE: [OT] Superbowl

2011-02-07 Thread Cameron Cooper
Nice. Good to see other Packers fans here ;-) From: Bob Hartung [mailto:bhart...@wiscoind.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 3:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: [OT] Superbowl Ben Rothelisberger, after living a full life, died. When he got to heaven, God was showing him

RE: XP Clients Not Getting GPO Change

2011-02-07 Thread Miller Bonnie L .
Are you using the Internet Explorer Maintenance portion of GPO to apply these settings? If so, those are user-based settings and have to be targeted to users and not computers. You might be able to get the computers by enabling loopback policy processing, but I've not tried it. If you're

RE: forecast database growth?

2011-02-07 Thread Ryan Finnesey
I am not going to be storing the XML itself in the database but I am going to use BizTalk to pull into out of the XML file and send it into SQL. Your URL is helpful thank you - asdiMessage sourceFacility=CCZY sourceTimeStamp=2009-09-21T12:34:30Z trigger=TZ - trackInformation

OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread John Aldrich
It looks like I'm going to be needing to get my own Windows machine sooner rather than later, as my wife and I are splitting up and I need a Windows machine to be able to 1) Run the windows games I like (Wild Tangent games, mainly) and 2) use the Windows machine to access the VPN here at the

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Bob Fronk
This has bailed me out in many occasions, especially when running more cable is not possible. It mounts in the place of the network jack. If you have POE, even better as no wall wart is needed.

RE: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread Ames Matthew B
Sorry to hear of your split up. (Hoping that VPNing into the office from her PC wasn't the last straw!) Dell Factory outlet is a good place to pick up a well spec'd machine at a good price. Normally a good range of machines from basic cheapo home offerings up to business class workstations/xps

RE: RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-07 Thread Tom Miller
Regarding the client comparing it to the KBox client:I used several methods to deploy the SCCM client (when we used SCCM), and each required some hand holding. Several PCs/laptops refused to install the client, even after the various WMI rebuilds/etc the SCCM list suggested. I always

Re: RE: [OT] Superbowl

2011-02-07 Thread Kelli Sterley
Totally agreed with the Doritos commercial ... it was totally unexpected and awesome. Gross but awesome! And the baby flinging was pretty good too. Kelli On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: In general, the commercials stunk more than last year...there were a

Re: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread Don Kuhlman
Sorry to hear about the split John. - Original Message From: John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Mon, February 7, 2011 8:02:52 AM Subject: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs It looks like I'm going to be

RE: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread Ray
New PC's from places like Tiger are pretty inexpensive. I got my last pc from Best Buy because I could get it with 18-months no-interest. -Original Message- From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:mba...@qinetiq.com] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE:

RE: FIREWALL

2011-02-07 Thread Erik Goldoff
No worries ... there are a few similar sites that archive old versions of freeware good for getting freeware that evolved to shareware/paidware, like PowerArchiver ... used to be a great FREE alternative to Winzip before they became a $$ license only. And I understand ... I'm on a contract

RE: [OT] Superbowl

2011-02-07 Thread Erik Goldoff
18-10 in that scenario, you have to take away the touchdown Steelers’ got as a result of the facemask that wasn’t … Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent:

RE: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread John Aldrich
Thanks, guys... it's rough...after nearly 9 years... It was my fault, but I couldn't see it. Anyway, not really a discussion to be carried out on-list. -Original Message- From: Don Kuhlman [mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: [OT] Superbowl

2011-02-07 Thread Erik Goldoff
Actually, quite nice to see a lack of trash talking and thuggery compared to some games … how many fights did they have to break up in this SuperBowl ??? grin Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Ziots,

RE: FIREWALL

2011-02-07 Thread Nigel Parker
Hi I agree with this statement And I understand ... I'm on a contract working around 30,000 total end user computer systems, and I'd bet that somewhere around 3500 or more are still *active* Windows 2000 systems. Some of them think that since the new Patch Tuesday releases don't announce

RE: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread Erik Goldoff
http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.phtml?sortby=pricelowN=429 4964325%2B519sht=Anyprt=NewProduct but then you probably already knew this before you posted Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '

Re: RE: RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-07 Thread Jonathan
Tom - thanks for the feedback. How many sites/clients are you supporting with KBox? Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. On Feb 7, 2011 9:09 AM, Tom Miller tmil...@hnncsb.org wrote: Regarding the client comparing it to the KBox

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Kurt Buff
Required? Sometimes. More expensive up front? Yes. Valid or reasonable? I disagree. IMHO, being forced to use these tiny unmanaged switches shows a decided lack of foresight on someone's part, and a lack of understanding of their larger costs. Unless, perhaps, you're temporizing until a

Re: RE: RE: Patch management, revisited

2011-02-07 Thread Tom Miller
Here's the breakdown: - About 25 houses/apartment complexes, connected to site via VPN. Each site has 1-5 PCs. so about 75 PCs. - 7 WAN sites, about 200 PCs - HQ: about 700 PCs - Users with laptops that are not located in our offices, but at other locations (city jails, local schools): 100

RE: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread John Aldrich
Nope. I'll check it out. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 9:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Jeff Steward
Life is rarely so cut and dried as you make it out to be. As with any decision, there are multiple inputs and risk assessments to be made and sometimes, using an inexpensive unmanaged switch is the right choice. -Jeff Steward On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Given all the constraints you complain about experiencing in your current place of employment, Kurt, I'm surprised you would suggest that someone else needing to make do in some fashion, and not having the budget or approval to run more cable through an old, union run facility, to support the

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread RichardMcClary
+1 I even have a 10BaseT shared hub I'm forced to use on rare and special occasions... Jeff Steward jstew...@gmail.com wrote on 02/07/2011 09:15:26 AM: Life is rarely so cut and dried as you make it out to be. As with any decision, there are multiple inputs and risk assessments to be

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Kurt Buff
That's certainly a decent alternative! On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 06:04, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote: This has bailed me out in many occasions, especially when running more cable is not possible.  It mounts in the place of the network jack.  If you have POE, even better as no wall wart is

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Kurt Buff
Life *is* usually as cut and dried as I make it out to be. You and Andrew, however, sometimes over-interpret my words. Notice that I did say Required? Sometimes. In particular, my time as a sysadmin is almost always worth more than the difference between a cheap 5/8 port switch and a couple of

RE: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread Terry Dickson
Sorry to hear about your personal woes...but you might look at www.surpluscomputers.com We have made some purchases from them in the past and I know my assistant has purchased a system or two from them. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent:

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Andrew S. Baker
*Notice that I did say Required? Sometimes.* And then proceeded to articulate yourself right into a corner. *You and Andrew, however, sometimes over-interpret my words.* Use less words, and use them in the same manner as the rest of the planet, and you'll find them harder to

RE: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread John Aldrich
Yeahthat's where I had a pretty good Dell Optiplex option. It was only 512 MB RAM and a 40 GB hdd. I can always add RAM and disk space. Just wondering if there were any better places. -Original Message- From: Terry Dickson [mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us] Sent: Monday,

Re: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread Richard Stovall
Also have a look at http://www.hcditrading.com/ http://www.hcditrading.com/As someone else mentioned, the Dell Outlet is great. You'll spend a couple hundred bucks more, but you'll have a current machine. On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:59 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote:

Re: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread Charles Whitby
All kinds of 'em available on eBay. Ort look at the Dell Outlet On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:02 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: It looks like I'm going to be needing to get my own Windows machine sooner rather than later, as my wife and I are splitting up and I need a Windows

RE: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread John Aldrich
Yeah…Dell Outlet is kinda pricey. ☺ And with eBay, you never know what you’re going to get. I got an email from Surplus Computers this morning and they had an Optiplex GX620 for $170 that looks like something that would do what I Need (if I do some upgrades after I get it! :-)) Still...all

Re: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread Steve Ens
Hey John No spares at your current workplace? My employer would gladly let me take a spare home to use since I would normally do work for them at home...just a thought. It would save you some cash. Steve On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:30 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote:

RE: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread Ralph Smith
Since you mentioned some gaming, just make sure you check the specs on the Optiplex GX620 - does it have a PCIe slot for a graphics upgrade, for example. If it's the small form factor one, there is almost no room for expansion. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich

Re: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread Charles Whitby
I've bought 3 used desktops and a laptop from eBay and haven't had a problem with any of them, but you do need to pay attention to the details for sure. On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:30 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: Yeah…Dell Outlet is kinda pricey. ☺ And with eBay, you never

RE: Some thoughts for your DR Plan

2011-02-07 Thread Shauna Hensala
Seems like Australia can't catch a break - the floods, the cyclone and now the fires. Thinking of you all. Shauna Hensala From: james.h...@superamart.com.au To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 13:14:35 +1000 Subject: RE: Some thoughts for your DR Plan All

RE: Printer driver isolation

2011-02-07 Thread Brian Desmond
It will help but you need to flag drivers for isolation which will require some knowledge of which ones are broken. If you can collect a dump of the process when it crashes I can have a quick look for you. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.commailto:br...@briandesmond.com c -

Re: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread Lee Douglas
I've bought 2 Dell Optiplex machines from these folks and had no problems. http://www.discountpc.net/ http://www.discountpc.net/YMMV On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Charles Whitby charles.whi...@gmail.comwrote: I've bought 3 used desktops and a laptop from eBay and haven't had a problem

Solved - XP Clients Not Getting GPO Change

2011-02-07 Thread Cameron
I was using the Internet Explorer Maintenance portion of the GPO, which is where it was setHOWEVERit turns out that it was ALSO set in the Administrative Templates/Windows Component/Internet Explorer setting... It's amazing how once I changed it there everything worked the way *I* wanted

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Ray
It's easy to be critical. But business reality in some shops require more flexibility. Spending thousands of dollars when $50 will take care of the problem seems like good business sense. Maybe I just don't understand IT's role in business. Making things less inconvenient for IT isn't always

Re: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread Roger Wright
I've ordered a couple dozen Otiplex machines from Dell Outlet for personal and business use. I like that they include the full three-year NBD warranty. Can't vouch for them, but I get frequent emails from www.systime.com. Roger Wright ___ The internet is a great way to get on the net. – Bob

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Mayo, Bill
While I recognize the need to not waste money and be flexible, it isn't as simple as $50 vs $. If your whole business goes down because somebody caused a spanning tree loop with an unmanaged switch, does that make business sense? Again, sometimes you have to do what you have to do, but

Re: FIREWALL

2011-02-07 Thread Kurt Buff
You might want to take a look at this: http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?module=Wikiaction=viewtype=projectname=Core_Force It's a Windows port of the BSD PF firewall. Kurt On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 02:28, Nigel Parker nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk wrote: Hi Trying to find a Free

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Ben Schorr
Indeed - we've been down that road ourselves a time or two. I'm not sure you've dealt with a difficult infrastructure environment until you've had to provided data and telecom on a battleship (yes, really). Running 200 feet of cable to the nearest managed switch -- which may involve drilling new

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Kurt Buff
I have backed up my words with real world examples. As I stated before, I have lots of experience with folks creating layer 2 loops with small unmanaged switches over the past 9+ years at my position. If it costs even one hour of my time tracking these down for each incident (and it's usually

Re: [OT] Superbowl

2011-02-07 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: Enjoy your win, even though take away the 21 points we “gift-wrapped” in turnovers for you guys and the Steelers win 25-10. It always amuses me when people resort to the We would have won if we hadn't sucked so much

Re: [OT] Superbowl

2011-02-07 Thread Ben Scott
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 11:57 PM, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: There were a couple of good ones. And one horrible one. What was GroupOn thinking? Let's exploit the plight of a nation's people to sell our service. Brilliant job there guys. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Kurt Buff
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 09:39, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: Indeed – we’ve been down that road ourselves a time or two. I’m not sure you’ve dealt with a difficult infrastructure environment until you’ve had to provided data and telecom on a battleship (yes, really).  Running 200 feet

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Kevin Lundy
Battleship, smattleship :) I had to do the same thing on submarines. For temporary data collection. Try telling a sub captain you don't want him to close a bulkhead because you have coax running through it. I later did my MS thesis on the possbility of using wireless. I got into the math of

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Ben Schorr
-Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 10:54 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: desktop network switches On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 09:39, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: Indeed – we’ve been down that road

Re: Printer driver isolation

2011-02-07 Thread Rankin, James R
I was just reading your blog entry on spooler crashes :-) if a few of the things I am trying don't work, I may be going down the crash dump route, so I may have to take you up on the offer Typed frustratingly slowly on my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Brian

RE: [OT] Superbowl

2011-02-07 Thread Ziots, Edward
But truth is truth, no matter how you dice it... Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 12:50 PM

Re: [OT] Superbowl

2011-02-07 Thread Randall
I am a diehard Steelers fan , but the Packers outplayed them Sunday. You cannot turn the ball over three times and expect to win. The Packers called a good offensive game that confused the Steelers defense on occasion, and with the three extra chances caused by Steelers turnovers , they took

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Andrew S. Baker
*As I stated before, I have lots of experience with folks creating layer 2 loops with small unmanaged switches over the past 9+ years at my position.* Then (since we're all so full of impractical advice today), you might do well to equip your environment with better users, who don't move around

RE: Printer driver isolation

2011-02-07 Thread Brian Desmond
Cool ... forgot about that post. Unfortunately the useful tools for troubleshooting these things require access to private symbols which I have access to but generally aren't available so I can't blog the easy way to do half of what that post talks about. Thanks, Brian Desmond

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Andrew S. Baker
* That's not business, that's military, and it's a completely different world.* Right, because there are no commercial scenarios with similar constraints, such as a large manufacturing plant out in the middle of no-where, or a hospital ward where construction cannot be brought in on a whim, or...

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Jonathan Link
Seems as if you should have enough evidence to justify the expenditure of funds for additional wiring drops. X= Hours lost due to unproductive users, and misallocation of your time. Y=Cost of expanding cabling plant. If XY you win, pretty cut and dried. On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Kurt Buff

RE: FIREWALL

2011-02-07 Thread Carl Houseman
Is the machine behind a hardware firewall (a.k.a. SOHO router or better) or connected directly to the Internet? If you said there's a hardware firewall, then what are you looking to protect against that the hardware firewall hasn't already covered? Carl -Original Message- From: Nigel

RE: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread Matthew Bullock
I get an email from these guys every once in a while, never dealt with them before though: http://www.systime.com/Default.asp -mb -Original Message- From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT:

RE: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread John Aldrich
Thanks. Most of what I'm seeing are the SFF PCs, and Id rather have a full-width tower, so I can add stuff to it. :-) -Original Message- From: Matthew Bullock [mailto:mbull...@root9.com] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 2:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT:

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Kevin Lundy
Or some form of port security to prevent it in the first place (e.g. 802.1x) On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Seems as if you should have enough evidence to justify the expenditure of funds for additional wiring drops. X= Hours lost due to

GP will not apply

2011-02-07 Thread Kelli Sterley
Maybe I'm missing something here but I have an OU with a test user in it. He is a part of the domain users group. I am trying to apply a GP (mapping drives) for this user. I have my policy which has these settings: User Config- Preferences - Windows Settings - Drive Maps - Action: Update,

Re: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs

2011-02-07 Thread Justin Thomas
I've gotten some refurb equipment from here over the last few years with no problem. http://www.ecost.com/cat/systems/desktops/155438718.aspx On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:21 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: Thanks. Most of what I'm seeing are the SFF PCs, and Id rather have a

win7 printer discovery

2011-02-07 Thread Bill Humphries
Hi all, So I have a client with a SBS 2003 network. The have one new HP desktop that is win7 x64. When you click the add printer wizard it does not see any of the networked printers installed on the SBS server. The SDDP discovery service is started on the desktop. My laptop is a thinkpad

RE: win7 printer discovery

2011-02-07 Thread Terry Dickson
My first thought is you had the 64-Bit drivers already installed on your laptop but no 64-bit drivers installed on the Print Server. -Original Message- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 3:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: win7

Windows 2008 Perms Question

2011-02-07 Thread Tom Miller
Folks, I need to modify the perms on a folder under a share. Staff need to have the ability to create files only, modify them, but not delete them once they are created, and not delete the subfolder itself. I am trying this by granting perms to traverse this folder only, then perms to

Re: win7 printer discovery

2011-02-07 Thread Bill Humphries
My understanding is that if you manually connect to a shared printer using win 7 it will try to use a shared print driver on the server, but if you use the autodiscover it will check for a local compatible print driver and offer to use it. I could misunderstand this. Regardless, I would

Re: GP will not apply

2011-02-07 Thread Tom Miller
For your XP machines, make sure you have the latest update for XP to ready GPOs. Have you tried to apply it to your machines? Kelli Sterley kjsterley.li...@gmail.com 2/7/2011 4:12 PM Maybe I'm missing something here but I have an OU with a test user in it. He is a part of the domain users

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-07 Thread James Hill
And what do you propose happen with the rest of the traffic that these organizations send to each other? They have multiple external addresses, so some can be Nat'd and some not. Sheesh, why is this so damn hard? And don't use scale as an excuse. Bigger shops have more technical people,

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Ray
Yes, I know the possible horror stories. Stuff happens, and is just as often caused by a network admin. So yes, it can be just as simple as $50 vs $xxx. -Original Message- From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread James Hill
I agree but it also seems to open up the easy path which then tends to be used going forward whether it is the best solution or not. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, 7 February 2011 8:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: desktop network switches

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-07 Thread Crawford, Scott
I only skim the NANOG (North American Network Operators Group) list so this may or may not be helpful. It seems one of the big problems is the memory required to store routing tables in big routers. Assume you have ISP1 with the addresses 1.1.0.0/16 or 65K addresses that they allocate among

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Mayo, Bill
Your argument seems to be that, because bad things can happen no matter what you do, that you may as well not worry about doing anything that prevents a clueless end user from bringing the whole business down. As an IT professional, it is generally your job to support the needs of your business

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread James Hill
Equip yourself with better users? Well why we didn't we think of that sooner!? That will solve so many problems! Thanks Andrew, your insightfulness is outstanding. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 8 February 2011 5:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re:

Re: Windows 2008 Perms Question

2011-02-07 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Tom Miller tmil...@hnncsb.org wrote: I need to modify the perms on a folder under a share.  Staff need to have the ability to create files only, modify them, but not delete them once they are created, and not delete the subfolder itself. On the containing

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-07 Thread James Hill
Thanks Scott. I certainly understand your point. My thoughts were that the unused addresses would only be available to ISP 1. Not disagreeing that there has been structure behind the allocations either just that it wasn't as perhaps controlled as it could have been. From: Crawford, Scott

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Ray
Yup. I worked with some historic buildings in the past too. They're not too keen on more cutting\drilling etc. From: Ben Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: desktop network switches Indeed - we've

RE: Printer driver isolation

2011-02-07 Thread Christopher Bodnar
On the Printer Driver Isolation feature in R2, we recently brought up 2 print servers and are going to be migrating print queues and users over to them over the course of the next year. So far we have had great success, but only a limited set of drivers and load on the servers so far. YMMV

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Ray
Do you get paid hourly or are you salaried? If salary, they're paying you anyway. Even if hourly, and you get OT, it's not really a burdened rate. They don't pay more for your insurance if you work 40 or 80 hours. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent:

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Kurt Buff
I'm salaried, and OT doesn't count, until it's too much OT. But, there's also the opportunity costs involved, and not just for me. Down time is not productive time, and it's far more than just my time at stake. Kurt On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 14:56, Ray rz...@qwest.net wrote: Do you get paid hourly

Re: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-07 Thread Andrew S. Baker
It's a finite resource. And now it has run out. We've know this for years, and very little has been done, relative to what could have been done. Now, the end is *nigh*. Or, rather, *here*. The end is here. What's a reprieve or 1 or two years going to get us? The same bellyaching in 1 or 2

RE: [semi-OT] Last IPv4 address blocks assigned

2011-02-07 Thread Crawford, Scott
My thoughts were that the unused addresses would only be available to ISP 1. Sure, but that's often not the case and I think that was the point of Andrew's question - who it is that is in need of these addresses but can't get them The allocation...It wasn't as perhaps controlled as it could have

Re: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Jonathan Link
Yes, so then calculate it out and get your additonal cabling. On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: I'm salaried, and OT doesn't count, until it's too much OT. But, there's also the opportunity costs involved, and not just for me. Down time is not productive

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