RE: Server gets sloooower the longer it stays up

2011-10-08 Thread Mike Hoffman
Great articles. I have been sceptical of Raid5 for main years after an incident where I spent 2 weeks waiting on a spare controller being sourced while an array was down and 400+ people were asking me when it would be fixed about twice a day!! In the SBS case it was a Raid1 Pair. I now would

RE: RE: Something hilarious to start your weeks off.

2011-10-08 Thread Maglinger, Paul
It'd be hard to miss. Rumor has it that Uranus is pretty big. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: RE: Something hilarious to start your weeks off. Well, considering Uranus is a god of myth and

RE: AV and malware protection?

2011-10-08 Thread John Hornbuckle
I have Windows Update configured to check for updates and notify me when they're available--never to install them without my permission. But MSE's definitions are updated regularly behind the scenes. So, I think its updates are handled differently. John Hornbuckle, MSMIS, PMP MIS Department

Re: AV and malware protection?

2011-10-08 Thread Chipshead
I do the same on several home machines and it has worked well for me. - Original Message - From: John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, October 7, 2011 9:34:08 AM Subject: RE: AV and malware

OpenCandy -- spyware/adware or misunderstood?

2011-10-08 Thread John Aldrich
I was scanning my system at home with Microsoft's Standalone System Scanner and it found OpenCandy on my system, which I'd never heard of before. Come to find out it's a piece of software that comes bundled with a lot of freeware apps that offers to install some 3rd party app for you while

RE: OpenCandy -- spyware/adware or misunderstood?

2011-10-08 Thread Greg Sweers
Interesting retort from opencandy. http://www.opencandy.com/2011/03/04/the-story-behind-the-opencandy-and-microsoft-adware-debacle/ Per them all their partners are required to provide an EULA that each person has to accept before installing any new software. I do classify this myself as adware

RE: Using Forefront TMG to protect Exchange 2010?

2011-10-08 Thread Brian Desmond
Given what you already have, I don't think you'll see much value in adding a second layer. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 12:17 PM To: NT System Admin

Re: OpenCandy -- spyware/adware or misunderstood?

2011-10-08 Thread Neil Turkenkopf
Hi John, In my case (just a home user) it was on my system from installing Winamp. Neil ¦¬D -Original Message- From: John Aldrich Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 10:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OpenCandy -- spyware/adware or misunderstood? I was scanning my system at

Re: OpenCandy -- spyware/adware or misunderstood?

2011-10-08 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat October 8 2011, you wrote: Interesting retort from opencandy. http://www.opencandy.com/2011/03/04/the-story-behind-the-opencandy-and-m icrosoft-adware-debacle/ Per them all their partners are required to provide an EULA that each person has to accept before installing any new

Re: OpenCandy -- spyware/adware or misunderstood?

2011-10-08 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat October 8 2011, you wrote: Hi John, In my case (just a home user) it was on my system from installing Winamp. Neil ¦¬D Yeah. As soon as I saw that on the list, I removed WinAmp. I've got another app that I'm going to try out in it's place, called SnackAmp. Not sure I like it

Re: OpenCandy -- spyware/adware or misunderstood?

2011-10-08 Thread Ben Scott
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Greg Sweers gswe...@acts360.com wrote: Per them all their partners are required to provide an EULA that each person has to accept before installing any new software.  I do classify this myself as adware since that is precisely what its doing.  ..I don't

Re: OpenCandy -- spyware/adware or misunderstood?

2011-10-08 Thread John Aldrich
On Sat October 8 2011, you wrote: On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Greg Sweers gswe...@acts360.com wrote: Per them all their partners are required to provide an EULA that each person has to accept before installing any new software. I do classify this myself as adware since that is