Me too - all the fun of finding a way to get those DCs that doubled up as
file servers into a more sensible structure
On 20 June 2011 20:48, Guyer, Don don.gu...@fiserv.com wrote:
That’s a throwback! I remember using that.
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Windows Systems Engineer
RIM
By none other than the inestimable Scott Adams:
http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2011-06-21/
-- ben
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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True for city names, but I'm not aware of any zip codes that traverse state
lines in the US...
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Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market...
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:22 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming
We called and they have a recording they are under a DDNS attack .. seems we
are getting nslookups working now after about an hour, but still cannot login
from several different places.
From: Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:05 AM
To: NT System Admin
Do any of you have a favorite print screen utility to allow you to dump
the contents of your screen to the printer? We have an intranet web page
that updates frequently and it doesn't print well in Chrome. I don't know
if it's Chrome or the web page or a combination thereof (I suspect it's
Print Screen button dumped into Paint?
On 21 June 2011 13:35, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote:
Do any of you have a favorite print screen utility to allow you to dump
the contents of your screen to the printer? We have an intranet web page
that updates frequently and it
We have an OCE 450.
It was easy to set up, and so far ::knocks wood:: hasn't given us a bit of
trouble.
http://www.oceusa.com/main/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441761039FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302162648
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote:
Gadwin Print screen - free and easy.
John W. Cook
System Administrator
Partnership For Strong Families
5950 NW 1st Place
Gainesville, Fl 32607
Office (352) 244-1610
Cell (352) 215-6944
MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:35 AM, John Aldrich
jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote:
Do any of you have a favorite print screen utility to allow you to dump
the contents of your screen to the printer?
I find the [Print Screen] key works pretty well. (It captures a
bitmap of the screen to the
I find the Windows 7 Snipping tool works just fine for me.
From: John Aldrich [jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 7:35 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Print screen utility
Do any of you have a favorite print screen utility
If you have Windows 7 I think Vista also the included Snipping tool is
great, otherwise I use OneNote
SJ
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:35 AM, John Aldrich
jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote:
Do any of you have a favorite print screen utility to allow you to dump
the contents of your screen to the
+1000
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Terry Dickson
te...@treasurer.state.ks.uswrote:
I find the Windows 7 Snipping tool works just fine for me.
From: John Aldrich [jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 7:35 AM
To: NT System
+1000 what more could you possibly need than this.
-Original Message-
From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 6:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Print screen utility
Gadwin Print screen - free and easy.
John W. Cook
System Administrator
In Snagit, you can set the output to be the printer.
-Original Message-
From: Terry Dickson [mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:56 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Print screen utility
I find the Windows 7 Snipping tool works just fine for me.
already
Shauna Hensala
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:13:56 -0400
Subject: US-CERT Current Activity - RIM Releases Security Advisory for
BlackBerry PlayBook
To: current-activ...@us-cert.gov
From: us-c...@us-cert.gov
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
US-CERT Current
I used to think like that until I demo'd Snagit for a month. YMMV, but that
is one handy app.
-Jeff Steward
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Eldridge, Dave d...@parkviewmc.com wrote:
+1000 what more could you possibly need than this.
-Original Message-
From: John Cook
Gadwin PrintScreen
http://www.gadwin.com/
Problem with Snipping tool is that you have to use the mouse to grab a
screen shot.
Therefore you can't click on a drop down menu, and grab a snip of that.
You can with Gadwin.
From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com]
Sent:
Already? I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner.
From: Shauna Hensala [mailto:she...@msn.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: FW: US-CERT Current Activity - RIM Releases Security Advisory
for BlackBerry PlayBook
already
Red
Yeah snagit here too.. they offered a free version a while back that still
works
fine. Output to printer, clipboard, file, etc..
From: Jeff Steward jstew...@gmail.com
To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Sent: Tue, June 21, 2011
On Tue June 21 2011, you wrote:
If you have Windows 7 I think Vista also the included Snipping tool is
great, otherwise I use OneNote
Thanks... we're an XP shop here, except for one lone Vista Business
machine. :D
--
Thanks,
John Aldrich
Blueridge Industries
IT Manager
~ Finally, powerful
Anybody expect anything different? As soon as it was announced that it
would run full Flash, that told me that it would also run the full suite
of Flash vulnerabilities.
--
richard
Shauna Hensala she...@msn.com wrote on 06/21/2011 08:19:46 AM:
already
[image removed] Shauna Hensala
On Tue June 21 2011, you wrote:
Gadwin PrintScreen
http://www.gadwin.com/
Problem with Snipping tool is that you have to use the mouse to grab a
screen shot.
Therefore you can't click on a drop down menu, and grab a snip of that.
You can with Gadwin.
Thanks... I just
Makes Apple look smart...
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:26 AM, richardmccl...@aspca.org wrote:
Anybody expect anything different? As soon as it was announced that it
would run full Flash, that told me that it would also run the full suite of
Flash vulnerabilities.
--
richard
Shauna Hensala
Agreed. It's Adobe.
From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9:24 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: US-CERT Current Activity - RIM Releases Security Advisory for
BlackBerry PlayBook
Already? I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner.
From:
Not for long. Adobe announced tools to create cross platform apps with
Flash yesterday with full capability on iOS.
From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9:39 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: FW: US-CERT Current Activity - RIM Releases
The tool to which you refer compiles it into native iOS code. That
eliminates any flash-specific vulnerabilities.
From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: FW: US-CERT Current Activity - RIM Releases Security
picpick
Shauna Hensala
From: jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com
To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Subject: Print screen utility
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:35:39 -0400
Do any of you have a favorite print screen utility to allow you to dump
the contents of your screen to the
The Gov't office at $WORK has one in the other building, mainly used for
printing posters and the like. I _THINK_ it's an HP. The output
certainly is high-quality for raster stuff, I'd assume it would do
vector/line plotting just fine. I've not placed hands-on it directly,
but know the folks who
Are you sure?
From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9:48 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: FW: US-CERT Current Activity - RIM Releases Security Advisory
for BlackBerry PlayBook
The tool to which you refer compiles it into native iOS code.
Unless said vulnerability is included in the compiled code.
As to the Apple looking smart, they knew that there was a history of
bugginess in Flash that allowed 1) poor performing apps and 2) multiple
vulnerabilities that the decided that Flash wouldn't be included.
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at
I'm not sure if the Windows Snipping tool can do this, but I know with SnagIt
you can set it to take a screen capture of a web page and it will actually
scroll the entire page for you and make a capture that is as long as the web
page. May be good for what you're looking for.
Evan
Yes. Flash is not being ported to iOS. Even if Adobe wrote it (which
they won't), it is highly doubtful Apple would allow it at this point.
Adobe is just making a cross-platform compiler for their proprietary
code.
From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
No.I asked are you sure? that it would eliminate any vulnerabilities.
From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:14 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: FW: US-CERT Current Activity - RIM Releases Security Advisory
for BlackBerry PlayBook
Yes.
It means that it doesn't add any risk from any Flash vulnerabilities
(those things that come out weekly). Flash vulnerabilities are based on
the Flash executable/code/plug-in itself, and Flash will not exist in
iOS. Developers and/or the Adobe compiler can create bad code (and it
probably will)
When I was still supporting printers, we always bought remanufactured
ones (not refillable) and kept a few of the OEM ones around in case we
had to call the printer manufacturer for support.
Don Guyer
Windows Systems Engineer
RIM Operations Engineering Distributed - A Team, Tier 2
Have you never called/talked/emailed any other professional anywhere, in your
entire life, with a question that the other person thought was basic? Maybe
about your taxes (your accountant), your HR/employment status (HR department),
your banking details (your bank) etc.?
Sometimes people do
Right in the general case. Wrong for your individual case.
Management will look at the escalating cost of providing the same answers to
the same problem, and find someone who will provide that solution cheaper. It
will not involve you (not you specifically, but you as the general individual
in
It's fair enough to make that comparison, but a lot of basic IT skills - the
ones that sometimes we get called by users about - are probably just as
important as reading, writing and maths in the modern world. You wouldn't
expect a user to call you with a question about adding up or punctuation,
Isn't it a bit dangerous to assume 100% security? The consumer is steadily
becoming complacent due to pretty interfaces and technology that makes them
comfortable (lazy). While, on the surface, a code exchange app seems OK, as
IT folks we should always play devil's advocate with security,
There is a need for a help desk.
There is also a set of basic functions, and that list of basic functions
becomes less and less each year.
Each IT operation that doesn't work to eliminate the need for a Help desk to do
basic functions (whether it's reset a password, change a mailbox quota,
Surely understanding your legal obligations are also a basic skill?
Understanding how to bank is a basic skill?
Understanding your employment terms and conditions is a basic skill?
I mean, most people obey the law, pay taxes, are employed, have a bank
account/mortgage etc.?
Sometimes you are
Lot of twittering and posting going on at the minute that says the guy is
nothing to do with LulzSec, he is just an admin for one of their IRC
channels.
Sounds like the shadowy organisations behind the governments of the western
world are getting ready to drum up their perfect storm to pass the
Basic they may be, but they are not on as fundamental a level as reading,
writing, arithmetic and understanding how a mouse works. In my opinion
anyway.
On 21 June 2011 15:46, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote:
Surely understanding your legal obligations are also a basic skill?
I like snag-it. Very useful.
Do any of you have a favorite print screen utility to allow you to dump
the contents of your screen to the printer? We have an intranet web page
that updates frequently and it doesn't print well in Chrome. I don't know
if it's Chrome or the web page or a
Aren't you preaching to the choir a bit?
The tweet is stupid, but what else do you expect from a stream of
consciousness utterance? Your point, while entirely valid, misses the
point. It is up to us, meaning we need to do more to create secure
systems. In this case, Citi didn't even come close
Most people don't obey laws.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574438900830760842.html
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote:
Surely understanding your legal obligations are also a basic skill?
Understanding how to bank is a
Sorry - I disagree.
Some people can't read a timetable. Or work their mobile phone. Or work out how
their microwave/vcr/dvd player/dishwasher works. Or understand how their car
works. Or how to cook chicken. Or make an espresso - a typical espresso machine
only has two buttons, one knob and a
...I would do 90% at Citi and 10% at Lulzsec... You got my point 100%.
Sean Rector, MCSE
From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Suspected LulzSec leader arrested
Aren't you preaching to the
I didn't intend to imply 100% security (actually stated otherwise in
last sentence of first paragraph). I'm just saying that the constant
security woes associated with Adobe Flash won't be coming to iOS just
because Adobe has a product that compiles code for iOS. IIRC, this
isn't even really
Nothing in that article that has any statistical evidence that each person
commits, on average, 3 felonies a day. Maybe I will have to read the book. But
the author estimates that people commit three felonies a day (I assume this is
in the US only), and the examples don't state that anyone was
My general philosophy - 'people are stupid'.
-Original Message-
From: Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:02:47
To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues
ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.comSubject: RE:
I didn't say they should find using a mouse intuitive. Just that they should
be able to use one before they get a job where they have to use one.
Your point was that for all the mocking we do of idiot users, we are
probably comparable in the same terms to people with expertise we don't
have. I
Officials and citizens, both.
Let's say that there's plenty of obscurity across the continuum of
interfaces that people deal with on a daily basis, they don't exist with
computers, alone.
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote:
Nothing in that article that
Users run into new things with computers all the time (e.g. the original
example: maybe the particular user had never run into this situation before,
and didn't understand the implications). If they are risk adverse, they will
turn to an SME for validation.
The last mid-range system I looked
what more could you possibly need than this. [Snipping Tool]
Automatic uploading and URLs copied to the clipboard? A directory with all
your latest screenshots? Annotations? Markups? Borders?
I use Screenshot Capture for my workstation. My users have the Firefox
Extension called FIRESHOT.
Your point is summed up in the final paragraph of that article:
On the other hand, LulzSec may inspire other hackers. Future groups may leave
the cockiness at home and quietly do a lot more damage. *It’s not like
LulzSec’s potential demise will do much to shore up security efforts in
Greetings,
I have an issue with my Exchange 2003 server running on Server 2003.
It is out of space, so I had to dismount the store. The owner does
not want me making any changes to this server for reasons I don't
fully understand. Can I install another Exchange 2003 server in the
domain and
Please define The owner does not want me making any changes to this server
for reasons I don't fully understand.
Because standing up another Exchange server, and moving off some
users, and shrinking the existing databases are all some level of
change to the Exchange server...
What you want can
+1 Adding additional disks to the server is probably less intrusive and
cheaper than another Exchange license, too.
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote:
Please define The owner does not want me making any changes to this
server for reasons I don't fully
I think there is some pending legal actions involving some past
employees and he wants to keep their Mailboxes intact.
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote:
Please define The owner does not want me making any changes to this server
for reasons I don't fully
Isn't it a bit dangerous to assume 100% security?
Nope. It will be 100% secure against malignant .swf files since there won't be
anything to read them.
From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: FW: US-CERT Current
The server is maxed out drive wise.
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote:
+1 Adding additional disks to the server is probably less intrusive and
cheaper than another Exchange license, too.
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Andrew S. Baker
Moving the mailboxes on the backend will not undermine any legal action.
Backing up the mailboxes beforehand will lower the risk any more...
*ASB *(Professional Bio http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio)
Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market...
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at
Can you compress/move the IIS/SMTP/MessageTracking log files for a quick
fix?
Then I'd archive those old users to alternate media, create a new DB and
move everyone to that.
And/or get more disks.
-Original Message-
From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:ithelp.e...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June
SAN + (Fibre or iSCSI)
*ASB *(Professional Bio http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio)
Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market...
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Eric Brouwer ithelp.e...@gmail.comwrote:
The server is maxed out drive wise.
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:49
Any old mailboxes that can be axed?
How about exporting the mailboxes to PST (and then other media) that owner is
deeming be kept for legal reasons? Then, axing those mailboxes.
Don Guyer
Windows Systems Engineer
RIM Operations Engineering Distributed - A Team, Tier 2
Enterprise Technology
I just had another thought. Ideally, I'd like to install a new
Exchange 2010 Enterprise edition box. If I did this, could I:
1) Recreate the mail accounts I need going forward on the new server.
2) Have new mail routed to the new server.
3) Export relevant mail from 2003 and import into the
Snag it works great!
From: Chad Leeper c...@capitalcityfruit.com
To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Sent: Tue, June 21, 2011 9:51:48 AM
Subject: Re: Print screen utility
I like snag-it. Very useful.
Do any of you have a
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:38 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote:
You wouldn't expect a user to call you with a question about
adding up or punctuation, would you?
A lot of the people at $WORK could use help there, too.
Ha ha, only serious.
-- Ben
~ Finally, powerful endpoint
Perfmon?
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Bambi J Saastad [mailto:bambi.j.saas...@seagate.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 12:13 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: System usage utility
Hi
Does anyone know of a free utility that
Thanks again Glen. I've got a user who's going to test with me. They're running
XP and we're going to have them login to the new server so we can see what
happens when they try to print.
Don
From: Glen Johnson gjohn...@vhcc.edu
To: NT System Admin Issues
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Eric Brouwer ithelp.e...@gmail.com wrote:
I think there is some pending legal actions involving some past
employees and he wants to keep their Mailboxes intact.
Contact a lawyer who specializes in computer forensic situations,
find out what to do.
Or get
What does want to know how often test systems are being used. actually mean?
Does it mean each time that someone sits down at the keyboard, or uses
RDP access it remotely, or does it mean how often a job is launched
via scheduled tasks, or, something else?
Kurt
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 09:13,
Clipboard and sign on sheet?
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote:
What does want to know how often test systems are being used. actually
mean?
Does it mean each time that someone sits down at the keyboard, or uses
RDP access it remotely, or does it mean how
I'm hoping if I can install a new 2010 Exchange box, and start users
off fresh, I can avoid making changes to the existing 2003 box. After
getting the new server setup, and getting mail flowing in and out of
it, I would only export data from old to new. An export would not
alter anything, would
You lose deleted item recovery.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
-Original Message-
From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:ithelp.e...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 1:00 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Exchange 2003
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Eric Brouwer ithelp.e...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm hoping if I can install a new 2010 Exchange box, and start users
off fresh, I can avoid making changes to the existing 2003 box.
As you've been told, doing *anything* counts as making changes.
Including even
And just to point out. This isn't a technical problem, it's a legal problem
with technical implications. Once you've resolved or mitigated the legal
issues the technical ones become really easy to resolve.
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Eric Brouwer ithelp.e...@gmail.comwrote:
I'm
It means how often the tester is used, it's actually an electrical tester
system, and they want to ensure they are being used optimally, not leaving a
machine open when there is product to run. They assume long term higher CPU
utilization means the tester is testing parts.
Perfmon may be of some
Wow...this one really works!
-Original Message-
From: Geraldine Blount [mailto:geraldine.blo...@lineamaglia.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 2:40 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: The number one certified pharmaceutical store
MediTrust's generic medications can treat your male
Add a few more features and MS calls it OneNote :-)
I thought it was a major PITA in the beginning but wouldn't want to be without
it now
-Original Message-
From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:14 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Print
Just like office 2010, OneNote requires a brain reset - it's a different way
of doing things.
I agree with you - I wouldn't want to have to operate without it now.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
-Original Message-
From: Free, Bob
I think I'll look in to OneNote then. I should be good at it, my brain resets
at least once a day!
-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 2:51 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Print screen utility
Just like
Hey guys,
I really hope a post like this is acceptable on the list. If not, my
sincere apologies.
Does anyone have a fairly hefty server available for sale in Michigan?
I need a server with plenty of storage capacity (2+ TB) capable of
running Exchange 2010. I need a server by tomorrow. If
I've not used any recent models, but the 1055CM and the 800PS are solid. I
would buy another DesignJet if it were me.
--
Mike Gill
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 8:32 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Large format
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