2008 R2 seems to have a vast array of pre-configured scheduled tasks. I can
see the benefit from stuff like the Time Sync, IP address conflict, and Disk
Defragmenter, but are all the others strictly required? I'm trying to
streamline Terminal Services boxes and I'm thinking about disabling some of
Heads up gang,
Adobe - Security Advisories: APSA11-02 - Security Advisory for Adobe
Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Acrobat:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-02.html
This vulnerability (CVE-2011-0611) could cause a crash and potentially
allow an attacker to take control of
The HD HomeRun will also work with cable systems that have HD on the cable that
is QAM encoded. Works great with Windows Media Center and Beyond TV.
Maximum PC built a home theater PC last year using the Ceton quad tuner card
with a Comcast provided CableCard. Article online at
-sc broke it.
On Monday, April 11, 2011, Micheal Espinola Jr
michealespin...@gmail.com wrote:
Speaking of which, what's up with A_M? I haven't see anything since Friday,
and that makes me a sad panda.
--
ME2
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote:
Thanks guys. I'll keep that info in mind.
John-AldrichThread-Count
From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 6:10 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: USB hard drives
If this doesn't need to be ultraportable ( ie, leaving the office frequently
Well that's good to know. I was looking to use it to load balance Exchange
2010 CAS.
Out of curiosity have you tried NLB Exchange 2010 CAS in unicast mode with only
one card or know of anyone that has?
I probably could have posted this in the Exchange list, but I thought NT admin
guys might
Good to know … the ‘unreliable as can be’ is the part that bothers me ….
Erik Goldoff
IT Consultant
Systems, Networks, Security
' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '
From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 1:59 AM
To: NT
+1000 and don't be sure that even if you tell them it is for a Tivo that
they will know what to do. I had to pay to teach a Charter Cable tech how
to install one. eye roll
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.comwrote:
*The technology works. Unfortunately
I picked up a couple 1 TB Seagate Expansion Drives for $59 at Target around
the first of the year. Not a screamer but works well for backup images of
my home Windows 7 boxes.
Roger Wright
___
There are plenty of charities for the homeless. Isn't it time somebody
helped the homely? - Dolly
Hardware failure per ASB
BF
-Original Message-
From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 7:50 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Test
-sc broke it.
On Monday, April 11, 2011, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com
wrote:
We are replacing our old Hauppauge with this card. It should be installed
tonight and recording TV once again.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Christopher Bodnar
christopher_bod...@glic.com wrote:
I don't have ComCast, but in regards to a tuner card I can recommend this:
Hauppauge 1229
When combined with excessive busy-ness is not a good combo. :)
I'll be working on Plan B shortly.
*ASB *(Professional Bio http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio)
*Technology Services that Maximize Business Results...
*
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote:
Erik, what about getting the converter box from comcast and then
recording the analog signal out of that?
Bill
Erik Goldoff wrote:
thanks
*Erik Goldoff***
/IT Consultant/
/Systems, Networks, Security /
' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '
*From:*
Also confirmed to be the fault of -sc ;-)
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote:
Hardware failure per ASB
BF
-Original Message-
From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 7:50 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
You've still got replicas from the initial protection group on DPM1. You have
to remove them.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 10:00 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
The primary and secondary replicas were removed days ago. There are no visible
references to the server I am trying to protect. I have also rebooted both DPM
servers in an attempt to somehow refresh the information so the DPM server
would not think it is still protecting something it isn't.
Anything that doesn't exist can't be broken.
-sc
-Original Message-
From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 7:50 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Test
-sc broke it.
On Monday, April 11, 2011, Micheal Espinola Jr
I already have that capability, but that requires manually changing the channel
on the converter box at the time I want to record, and using a generic record
capability, versus using a channel listing and clicking on shows on various
channels to record them when aired without any user
Hello Everyone,
I'm thinking of building a storage server for a test environment.
So performance and availability don't have to be the best.
I'm considering this case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219038cm_re=24_bay_case-_-11-219-038-_-Product
Trying to keep the costs
Back to basics: did you run SetDPMServer on the server you are protecting after
you installed the new agent?
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 10:42 AM
To: NT System
Here ya go:
http://www.buchatech.com/2011/02/move-a-protected-server-from-one-dpm-to-another-dpm/
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 11:05 AM
To: NT System
Actually its shipping today, won't be at the house till tomorrow. :(
From: Kelli Sterley [mailto:kjsterley.li...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 9:56 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast
We are replacing our old Hauppauge with this
FWIW,
I once used a Norco for a similar environment, it and the company was a
complete POS.
Still sitting on the shelf waiting to be tossed. Stay away...
As for the card, get a MegaRAID SAS 9280-24i4e, make sure it has a battery.
Solid line of
cards, I have all sorts in various setups from esxi
Therefore, you're invulnerable?
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 08:00, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote:
Anything that doesn't exist can't be broken.
-sc
-Original Message-
From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 7:50 AM
To: NT System
We can all use a break from SC. Its a good thing.
--
ME2
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote:
When combined with excessive busy-ness is not a good combo. :)
I'll be working on Plan B shortly.
*ASB *(Professional Bio
I had used that exact procedure, however, I repeated it just now. Same results
and errors.
BF
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 11:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DPM issue - change agent protection from one DPM to another
Here
SQL again... tsk tsk tsk... Apparantly they need to monitor their
monitoring...
--
ME2
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote:
Barracuda got bit:
Can you send me (offlist is ok) copy-n-paste of the commands and results?
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DPM issue -
http://blog.barracuda.com/pmblog/index.php/2011/04/12/waf-importance/
*ASB *(Professional Bio http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio)
*Technology Services that Maximize Business Results...
*
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote:
Barracuda got bit:
Exchange 2010 is my favorite.
For purchased tools, I like http://www.directory-update.com/
That being said, it's from Jim McBee (a personal friend and Exchange MVP) so
I'm biased.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Jim Holmgren
That's good enough for me to give it a close look - and the price is
right too - Thanks man!
Jim
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 1:45 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Employee Self-Service
Exchange 2010 is my favorite.
They aren't talking about one thing that makes me a little
uncomfortable: How many of the account/password combos were duplicated
in other parts of their operations, and how long will it take to crack
those password hashes?
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:29, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote:
NO they need web developers that know how code properly, this is the
biggest attack vector in web applications, because web developers don't
sanitize their input, which leads to these injection flaws.
https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Top_Ten_Project
A1 ( Injection Flaws, IE SQL
1E's Shopping can do this and more.
http://www.1e.com/softwareproducts/shopping/index.aspx
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 1:45 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Employee Self-Service
Exchange 2010 is my favorite.
For
You can look at www.namescape.com Well be checking them out some more
soon. Were just now finishing up our groupwise to exchange migration, so
this will be on the radar in the not-too-distant future.
From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:jholmg...@xlhealth.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 11:01
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote:
NO they need web developers that know how code properly, this is the biggest
attack vector in web applications, because web developers don’t sanitize
their input, which leads to these injection flaws.
The biggest
You should really ping Jim then and ask him to update their site. They are
still saying that Windows Server 2003 is required to run DU, which if correct
is definitely worth noting.
Tim
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:45 PM
To: NT System
Done. Thanks.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 2:35 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Employee Self-Service
You should really ping Jim then and ask
You will get a lot of people telling you to Just go NAS or something
similar... don't discount them. The storage market guys know what they are
doing and you will likely bump into problems. I know this because I've tried.
But if you're really interested in going this route, I have some details
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Matthew W. Ross
mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote:
which is a whopping $6650 plus S/H. On the bright side, you have
24 TB of pre-raid storage...
You could always build a Backblaze Storage Pod. 67 terabytes for
$8000 in 2009.
An alternative might be getting a 24-drive chassis with an SAS expander
backplane. Something like this one:
http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/846/SC846E1-R1200.cfm
It sells for $1300-$1400-ish. That way you can use a $300-ish SAS/SATA
RAID car, like this one:
I have three HD HomeRun units in use right now. Two are connected to my OTA
antenna, the third is connected to my cable system as one OTA channel is weak
in my area.
I record a fair amount of shows using both SnapStream Beyond TV on XP and Media
Center on Win7. Great units. Easy to configure
Thanks to whoever it was who suggested MonoPrice. Those no-name mounts
that they sell are da bomb! Good price and very functional. I bought two of
'em and they went together very quickly and easily. If I ever need to
replace the mounts that came with the monitor (probably will, as I know of a
A coworker recommended Monoprice when I was looking for a wall mount
for my LCD tv at home. I chatted online with their customer service
to be sure I was looking at the right mount and had it delivered
within 4 days. Great selection, prices and service!
Roger Wright
___
Computers make
Yeah...not the prettiest LCD mounts I've seen, and boy are the feet
massive, but hey... they do the job and aren't too bad. :-)
-Original Message-
From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 3:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Desktop LCD
They have a site update coming with the release of 2.0.
The info on the site is stale. The software works fine on W2K8 R2.
Have them contact me if they have questions. I'd be happy to help them out.
So, if there are questions: Jim McBee (jmc...@cta.netmailto:jmc...@cta.net)
Regards,
I missed the original conversation...
But these seem a little prettier than the MonoPrice ones. I have 3 of them
and we love them. Well-made and nice looking.
About $15 after shipping.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002R9HQLI
Sam
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich
I buy all my home theater cabling (check out their prices on HDMI
cables) and TV mounts from Monoprice. Can't beat their pricing! I also
bought a load of Cat6 patch cables from them a while back - they worked
great and were 'cheap as chips'.
Jim
Jim Holmgren
Senior Manager, Infrastructure
Never used it before I used it at my previous gig, but it was easy to
pick up on and did its job well.
Don Guyer
Windows Systems Engineer
Datasafe Platform
Enterprise Technology Group
Fiserv
don.gu...@fiserv.com
Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673
Fax: 610-233-0404
www.fiserv.com
Adobe Reader X Protected Mode mitigations would prevent an exploit of
this kind from executing.
Then
we are currently planning to address this issue in Adobe Reader X for
Windows with the next quarterly security update for Adobe Reader
Anyone else confused? Is Reader X affected or not? Or is
Check NewEgg.
Don Guyer
Windows Systems Engineer
Datasafe Platform
Enterprise Technology Group
Fiserv
don.gu...@fiserv.com
Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673
Fax: 610-233-0404
www.fiserv.com http://www.fiserv.com/
From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12,
Not sure but I had to pull Reader X off all the systems I was testing it on,
well all but mine. Many of our users have PDF's generated by the system they
are running. They then do something stupid and print them. Well after a while
opening them from the system with Reader X Adobe Reader
Used it for the helpdesk for many years, back when it was SmallWonders, I don't
know if they still do but it was very well received.
From: Gene Giannamore [mailto:gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 11:40 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: scriptlogic's
Reader X contains the flaw, but an exploit will not succeed because of
Protected Mode, which is on by default.
Because of Protected Mode's mitigation, Adobe is not releasing the patch
off-schedule.
Once Reader X is patched, an exploit would not succeed even if Protected
Mode is disabled.
Carl
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.com wrote:
Anyone else confused? Is Reader X affected or not? Or is protected mode
something that isn't on by default?
There's an exploitable bug in Reader X. The sandbox will
(hopefully) limit what any attacker can access once they've
I've seen that some websites that display PDFs won't work with Reader X if
Reader X is opening them outside of the (IE) browser by default.
Opening within the browser is the fix for that. Just the opposite to what
you might expect.
Carl
-Original Message-
From: Terry Dickson
Thanks Carl :)
That makes perfect sense.
-Original Message-
From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 3:41 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 0 Day in Adobe
Reader X contains the flaw, but an exploit will not succeed because of
Protected
There are some other letters, too.
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.com wrote:
Anyone else confused? Is Reader X affected or not? Or is protected mode
something that isn't on by default?
Not bad... but not what I was looking for either. :-) I wanted a
free-standing monitor stand for a single monitor. Those are clamp-on
dual-monitor stands. Still not bad. :-)
-Original Message-
From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 4:18 PM
To: NT
Anyone seen something like this recently, or have insight into what's happening?
I just got a message saying that it blocked this URL twice in about a
10 minute span.
Namescape rDirectory is very good.
From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:jholmg...@xlhealth.com]
Sent: 12 April 2011 18:36
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Employee Self-Service
Hi All,
Looking for recommendations on tools to allow our employees to update parts of
their AD/GAL entry on their own-
You could always build a Backblaze Storage Pod. 67 terabytes for
$8000 in 2009.
http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/
;-)
This was near and dear to my heart as well... It's using commodity hardware
running linux software raid...
Looks like a false positive.
I've received notifications for two different patches. I downloaded
both of them locally, scanned them with VIPRE, then submitted them to
virustotal.com, and clamav was the only vendor that detedted them as
malware.
I'm guessing that clamav doesn't like something
Your instincts are correct.
USB docking stations have not worked for my firm, across several
models of docking stations and brands of laptops.
Nothing but headaches.
Kurt
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 19:35, Level 5 - Lists li...@levelfive.us wrote:
Hi all, we have about 10 HP laptops that were
Yes I've set that up lots of times.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.commailto:br...@briandesmond.com
c - 312.731.3132
From: Leedy, Andy [mailto:ale...@butlerschein.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 7:40 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Windows NLB on windows 2008 R2?
Well
I don't think they fail after you get a good one but I know they tend to have
duds. The things are PCMCIA cards (form factor/size) with a chip of some sort
in them. The slot on the tuner has you know like 48 little pins so don't force
it.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
They're great little devices. I have the gen1 ones - the gen2 oens are a lot
smaller.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com
c - 312.731.3132
-Original Message-
From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 10:19 AM
To: NT System Admin
You can order a little USB wizmo from eBay or similar - the IR tuner receiver
package from MS except it comes with two IR outputs with little sticky bugs you
can put on set top boxes if you want MCE to auto-tune the STB. I sent my STB
back to Comcast, personally. I use Netflix and Amazon Prime
Jim's tooling aside (recommend as well), have you investigated if Exchange
2010's native capabilities are sufficient for you?
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.commailto:br...@briandesmond.com
c - 312.731.3132
From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:jholmg...@xlhealth.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12,
Don't know if any of you (or your clients) use Dropbox (I do), but if you do,
you should probably read this and pass it on:
= Included Stuff Follows =
Dropbox authentication: insecure by design
...
After some testing (modification of data within the config
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