Re: Home Antivirus

2012-02-14 Thread Matthew W. Ross
There are so many free windows antivirus solutions available, I tend to only recommend two for private use: MSSE Panda Cloud AV MSSE is very good traditional antivirus from Microsoft for Free. It's hard to beat that. Panda Cloud AV is remarkably light weight. It works great on older

RE: Home Antivirus

2012-02-14 Thread Randal, Phil
Avast! A good product, good price (for home users), and excellent support forums. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Email: phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com]

RE: Terminal Server HA Configuration

2012-02-14 Thread Robert Jackson
Hi Ken, Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately no SAN available at the moment. Longer term, we'd be looking to Virtualize. From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:ken.corne...@kimball.com] Sent: Monday 13 February 2012 18:17 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Server HA Configuration If

RE: Terminal Server HA Configuration

2012-02-14 Thread Erik Goldoff
Depends on what you’re using them for, but I’ve had success in the past using Microsoft’s NLB to load balance terminal servers, only needed the login script to run the exchange (profgen) profile utility to enable seamless Outlook for users Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks,

Re: Home Antivirus

2012-02-14 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Likewise. I use either MSE or Avira (despite the latter's atrocious begging for money) * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 9:49 PM, Bill Humphries nt...@hedgedigger.comwrote: That's the same reason

Re: DNS Partial zone CNAMEs?

2012-02-14 Thread Andrew S. Baker
You need to manage this with some sort of URL filtering, whether a stand-alone device or integrated in a firewall/IPS. This is not a job for DNS... * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:53 PM,

Re: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Kurt Buff
RE: spindles - I don't think that's my problem, as this all started happening when i was still on a 3-node Lefthand cluster, with 12 spindles, and now the LUNs on this server are split between the same cluster and a new EMC VNXe 3100 with 6 spindles. I could be wrong, but it seems unlikely. I'll

RE: Computer safety and security best practices...

2012-02-14 Thread Maglinger, Paul
We have an annual company policy meeting which covers ethics, sexual harassment, computer safety and best practices, etc. -Paul From: ntsysadmin [mailto:ntsysad...@rccs.org] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Computer safety and security best

RE: Home Antivirus

2012-02-14 Thread Maglinger, Paul
“That’s no moon.” From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Home Antivirus But it's not McAfee!! Which, right now, is McFree! (After rebate.) On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Ben Scott

RE: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread ed ziots
+1 for PST on file shares or running applications from file-shares that leak handles, which will run your servers out memory ( usually non-paged) after a while. I always look at running IO meter against my disk sub-systems and taking a baseline, to know what I can throw at them before they

RE: Computer safety and security best practices...

2012-02-14 Thread ed ziots
I am not sure if this has been said before, but frequent reminders with rewards ( maybe corporate recognition for the group that scores highest on the computer safety exam) or a ice social, or other little small treats that reward those do embrace what you are trying to get across. Also

Re: Computer safety and security best practices...

2012-02-14 Thread Rankin, James R
There was an online service somewhere that offered to send dodgy-looking scam or malware emails to your users and generate a report based on their responses. May help with the education process. Sorry I can't dig the link up, am onsite at a client who won't allow me internet access :-( Sent

Re: Free .PST capture tool Exchange 2010

2012-02-14 Thread Jonathan Link
This seems familiar... On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:08 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: If you have Exchange 2010 this may be of interest to you http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/01/30/pst-time-to-walk-the-plank.aspx *David Lum* Systems Engineer // NWEATM

RE: Computer safety and security best practices...

2012-02-14 Thread Richard McClary
Stu's new company, KnowB4(?), previously mentioned, offers this service. From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 8:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Computer safety and security best practices... There was an online service somewhere that

Re: Computer safety and security best practices...

2012-02-14 Thread Rankin, James R
Oh OK, it might have been them I was thinking of, although it was a few years back so not sure Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird -Original Message- From: Richard McClary richard.mccl...@aspca.org Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:22:37 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com

Re: DNS Partial zone CNAMEs?

2012-02-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:53 PM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org wrote: did anyone have any ideas how to skin this cat I didn't ask on dns-ops because I suspect their answer would be the same as mine: DNS isn't the place to try and solve this problem. Bottom line is I need to CNAME

Re: Xenserver

2012-02-14 Thread Rankin, James R
That's what I was thinking, as long as the XenServer host supports it and you can mount it as storage in the XenServer VM. I'd be curious as to why you can't use the network though, can't you limit the throughput somehow? 60GB isn't that big really, in this day and age, surely? Sent from my

Re: Xenserver

2012-02-14 Thread Manuel Santos
Just got the info that the XenServer is in a Clustered and NAS environment... 2012/2/14 Rankin, James R kz2...@googlemail.com That's what I was thinking, as long as the XenServer host supports it and you can mount it as storage in the XenServer VM. I'd be curious as to why you can't use the

RE: Home Antivirus

2012-02-14 Thread Heaton, Joseph@DFG
Plus, you can have it talk like a pirate to let you know your definitions have been updated… ☺ Joe Heaton ITB – Windows Server Support From: Phil Randal [mailto:phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:12 AM To: Heaton, Joseph@DFG; NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home

RE: Home Antivirus

2012-02-14 Thread Richard McClary
Naw… phone company, power company, internet provider, cable company, etc all talk like pirates when they notify you of rate changes. From: Heaton, Joseph@DFG [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home Antivirus Plus, you

RE: Computer safety and security best practices...

2012-02-14 Thread John Cook
It was Stu's new endeavor. I was an early customer, horrifying were the results, It embarrassed many users as they talked amongst themselves about their various failures. John W. Cook Network Operations Manager Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office

Re: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Steven Peck
A few additional posibilities Balloon memory on the ESX host? (insufficient ram will artifically nuke a virtual quests performance) These two issues will cause disk i/o performance issues in addition to the spindle count stuff. SAN issues we've had. Maxed processors on the SAN Oversubscribed

spamhaus

2012-02-14 Thread S Powell
Has anyone noticed spamhaus failing to work? Our DNS seems to be working and our other RBLs are working (nothing is as good as spamhaus though) Vipre is pointed to zen.spamhaus.org, and everything else seems in order. we are noncommercial, and push far less than 100k per day that they say is

RE: spamhaus

2012-02-14 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I see plenty of blocks from it here in the last few seconds. From: S Powell [mailto:powe...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 12:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: spamhaus Has anyone noticed spamhaus failing to work? Our DNS seems to be working and our other RBLs are working

Re: spamhaus

2012-02-14 Thread S Powell
gdism yes... not sure when this changed, or what I did. BUT, after re-RTFM, i found this: Check what DNS resolvers you are using: If you are using a free open DNS resolver service such asGoogle Public DNS or Level3's public DNS servers to resolve your DNSBL requests, in most cases you will

800 numbers

2012-02-14 Thread Tom Miller
We have a new program here that will be regional. Each week a particular staff member will be responsible for client calls. I'd like to get an 800 number and be able to manage it, so I can forward it to a local number. Anyone do this with local providers, or are there services just for 800

RE: 800 numbers

2012-02-14 Thread Jeff Frantz
We use CenturyLink (formerly Qwest) for our toll-free services. They have a web page where you can change the ring-to number and you can even schedule changes to occur on certain dates and/or at specific times. We've been using them for over 14 years and have never had an issue. -Jeff From:

RE: 800 numbers

2012-02-14 Thread Richard McClary
+1 Any good toll-free service provider should have a web GUI whereby administrators can change the ring-to number at will. From: Jeff Frantz [mailto:jfra...@itstechnologies.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 12:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 800 numbers We use CenturyLink

RE: 800 numbers

2012-02-14 Thread Sam Cayze
Or, I just love RingCentral and have to plug their name here. No affiliation. They can do some amazing things. You can set a pre-determined schedule, or an auto-rotation ring group for your staff. Much more. From: Richard McClary [mailto:richard.mccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Tuesday, February

RE: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Mayo, Bill
I'm glad that Microsoft doesn't waste any disk space with updates that have already been applied. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers

Re: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Kurt Buff
I could be wrong, but poolmon doesn't seem to be showing any issues with tokens - it's not very high on the list when I do: 'poolmon -p -b -n ppool.txt %% findstr /iv nonp ppool.txt out.txt notepad out.txt' I show the output up to Toke below: Tag Type Allocs FreesDiff

RE: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Sam Cayze
Can't Apple products finally sync over the air yet? Didn't they announce that not too long ago? Is iTunes still even needed? From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Allowing or not

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: ... Apple products - especially when related to iTunes ... ... Their update process can break easily, more often on 64bit ... ... They cache all of their installation files ... In order to support an iPad

Re: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Kurt Buff
RE: PST files. This might well be part of the issue: #net file | findstr /i pst 21310605 J:\Home\...\Archive PSTs\archive.pstUSER1 0 21310606 J:\Home\USER1\Archive PSTs\x.PSTUSER1 0 21359101 J:\Home\...\ Folders.pstUSER2 2 21375086

RE: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Rod Trent
OS versus add-on From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers I'm glad that Microsoft doesn't waste any disk space with updates that have

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Steven Peck
ITunes is needed to get you to load Safari and Quicktime if you are not paying attention to the alrady selected options during an update. :) On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.com wrote: Can’t Apple products finally sync over the air yet? Didn’t they announce that

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Rankin, James R
Get AppSense or Citrix UPM and zap that crud out of your roaming profiles. I'd be interested to see if something like AppSense Personalization could distinguish the excess from the stuff they may need. Or maybe not. I have enough headaches without iDevice shenanigans. :-) Sent from my SR-71

Fwd: SANS NewsBites Vol. 13 : NSA's Application Whitelisting Breakthrough

2012-02-14 Thread Kurt Buff
Mucho snippage... Not huge news, but perhaps a useful technique. BTW, see also: http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=8236 for a different approach. Kurt TOP OF THE NEWS  --NSA's Application Whitelisting Breakthrough

RE: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Ray
On top of the backups, we have bandwidth issues, so cutting down on traffic is always important for us. A website with streaming commercials can be an issue for us. We're gradually taking away more and more stuff not deemed business-worthy. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] Sent:

RE: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Brian Desmond
Half a dozen isn’t likely to be worth worrying about Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132 From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Picking up file server tuning

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Bill Humphries
So, I'd solve that by excluding the entire itunes folder from backup. Bill Ben Scott wrote: On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: ... Apple products - especially when related to iTunes ... ... Their update process can break easily, more

Re: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I love seeing people still using net like this. Its so underrated. Thank you for making my day. -- Espi On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: RE: PST files. This might well be part of the issue: #net file | findstr /i pst 21310605

RE: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Paul Hutchings
If you're going to open PST files off a server, you at least want a x64 version of Windows. One of my biggest frustrations with the FSRM on Windows 2008 is that you can't specify that a particular type of file can be stored on a sever, but not opened from the server.

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: I’m glad that Microsoft doesn’t waste any disk space with updates that have already been applied. OS versus add-on That distinction matters why? -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog!

RE: Anyone using HP MSM 760 procurve wireless?

2012-02-14 Thread Reimer, Mark
Yes, we have mac clients and using MSM 760 controller with 422 WAP's. We are a school. Having said all that, we do (primarily) mac address authentication (we are a small school). Students come by at the beginning of the year (or after Christmas with the new toy), and we take down the mac

Re: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Jonathan Link
Uhhh... time to slap some users... :-) On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: RE: PST files. This might well be part of the issue: #net file | findstr /i pst 21310605 J:\Home\...\Archive PSTs\archive.pstUSER1 0 21310606 J:\Home\USER1\Archive

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Michael Leone
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.com wrote: Can’t Apple products finally sync over the air yet? Yes, over WiFi.  Didn’t they announce that not too long ago? Is iTunes still even needed? Yes, that's where the syncing comes from. :-) ITunes syncs wirelessly with my

Re: I think I've asked this before...

2012-02-14 Thread Andrew S. Baker
You mixed metaphors!!! * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.comwrote: Shares will need to be reshared. Whilst upgrading to 2008 R2 is going to be in the

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Rankin, James R kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: We've still got the backup bloat of iDevice backups, though. iTunes apparently stores backups of the iDevices into the user's roaming profiles. From the size of the folders, it includes all software, and maybe

Re: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Kurt Buff
OK - that's worth knowing. I was under the impression that even just a couple could have quite an impact. Kurt On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:13, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com wrote: Half a dozen isn’t likely to be worth worrying about Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com

Re: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Kurt Buff
Thanks for the confirmation. Kurt On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:13, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com wrote: Doesn’t look out of the orindary offhand to m. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w – 312.625.1438 | c   – 312.731.3132 From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]

RE: Xenserver

2012-02-14 Thread Webster
To what and where are you needing to copy the file? Is the destination connected to the NAS? Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.comhttp://www.carlwebster.com/ From: Manuel Santos [nel...@gmail.com] Sent:

Re: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Kurt Buff
I am an old-school command line junkie. Can't live without it. Kurt On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:15, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: I love seeing people still using net like this.  Its so underrated.  Thank you for making my day. -- Espi On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at

RE: 800 numbers

2012-02-14 Thread Jacob
Not sure if your setup, but this could be done in your NBX. All 800 numbers are mapped to a local number at the central office. So, if you are in Orange County, CA, you can have 800-YOU-SUCK and it will be mapped to (714) 555-1234 by your phone provider. In the NBX, you can forward (714) 555-1234

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
If you take folder-based backups, sure. -- Espi On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Bill Humphries nt...@hedgedigger.comwrote: So, I'd solve that by excluding the entire itunes folder from backup. Bill Ben Scott wrote: On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr

Re: SANS NewsBites Vol. 13 : NSA's Application Whitelisting Breakthrough

2012-02-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Not huge news, but perhaps a useful technique. http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120210_8712.php It's absolutely a useful technique. It's something I've been doing (and even occasionally advocating) for years. The

RE: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Mayo, Bill
I was. From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 3:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers I hope you are joking. Have you looked at:

Re: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Rankin, James R
I still use net view too. Haven't use net config for a long time though. Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:15:26 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Bill Humphries nt...@hedgedigger.com wrote: So, I'd solve that by excluding the entire itunes folder from backup. iDevices have been made IT's problem, which means we're responsible for data protection. I can't just shrug and say, I'm not backing that up.

RE: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Rod Trent
You don't have to install iTunes...in fact, most companies should avoid it or expect be taken over by your end-users, i.e., consumerization. Windows, on the other hand, is required and Microsoft sometimes utilizes files from old updates for a various number of reasons, which is why some (not all)

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Jeff Bunting
I've never seen one with an .old extension... You sure that wasn't manually created? Jeff On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: I hope you are joking. Have you looked at: %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download

OT - Sierra AirCard 745S

2012-02-14 Thread Stefan Jafs
Just got the Sierra Wireless Mobile Hotspot AC754S, works great, however I can't charge and use it at the same time. I Googled this a bout a month ago and found a post that described how to enable it , i seem to remember to some how get into the config files and the about 3 or 4 lines down change

Re: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Kurt Buff
I've been beating on my users for years not to use PST files - they don't listen. I think it's time for another round of admonitions... Kurt On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:18, Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk wrote: If you're going to open PST files off a server, you at least want a x64

Re: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Kurt Buff
Again... On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:25, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: Uhhh... time to slap some users... :-) On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: RE: PST files. This might well be part of the issue: #net file | findstr /i pst 21310605  

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Matthew W. Ross
Is iTunes still even needed?   Yes, that's where the syncing comes from. :-) ITunes syncs wirelessly with my iPad over WiFi. But there's no way around needing Itunes, as that's where the library of media that is being synced comes from/goes to. (and apps are considered media, so it backs

Re: Home Antivirus

2012-02-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: You couldnt pay me to put McCrappy on any of my computers. Unlike ME2, I'm willing to negotiate. Let the bidding start at $10,000 per PC per year. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a

RE: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Crawford, Scott
I for one would like to see the batch. We're building a GPO to install the MSIs inside the install. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on

RE: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Sam Cayze
So still no Cloud Sync huh? I was going to use that as my easy argument to get my 1 install of iTunes off my Network :( Plenty of others reasons to pick from though. -Original Message- From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:41 PM To: NT

RE: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Brian Desmond
Possible? Yes. Likely - less so. Are you seeing lots of warnings from SRV - either 2019 or 2020s or the others around workitems, queue depths, etc (forget the numbers)? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w – 312.625.1438 | c   – 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Kurt

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: I'm glad that Microsoft doesn't waste any disk space with updates that have already been applied. OS versus add-on You don't have to install iTunes... Windows, on the other hand, is required and Microsoft

Re: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: I've been beating on my users for years not to use PST files - they don't listen. Script something that finds them, emails them a warning, and deletes them after 30 days. ;-) Or just starting CC'ing IT HR after 30

MSIs, MSTs and custom installs.

2012-02-14 Thread Matthew W. Ross
Good afternoon. I've been asked to deploy a package to specific labs, and the software developer was kind enough to provide a .MSI installer. I want to use Group Policy to push this out to the labs. Group Policy deployment has been extremely useful for us, and I want this to continue.

RE: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Sam Cayze
which is why some (not all) still reside there It's so you can uninstall them if you have issues with an update. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 3:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Allowing or not Allowing

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote: The only thing that truly _requires_ a computer is a backup of the iDevice. And fixing it when it breaks. What about creating an Apple ID and registering the iDevice? Is that all possible natively, now? (I

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Positive. I've seen it on many systems. Its perfectly safe to delete, but I have yet to understand the nature of its creation. -- Espi On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Jeff Bunting bunting.j...@gmail.comwrote: I've never seen one with an .old extension... You sure that wasn't manually

RE: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Crawford, Scott
Or the disable PST GPO. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Kurt Buff Sent: 2/14/2012 5:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Picking up file server tuning again I've been beating on my users for years not to use PST files - they don't listen. I think it's

Re: MSIs, MSTs and custom installs.

2012-02-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote: How do I use Group Policy to assign a .MSI file to an OU, while also passing command line options? You can't pass command-line options to MSIEXEC from a GPO. Fortunately, everything can almost always be done with

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 5:02 PM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: All this crap goes into user's roaming profiles. Citrix UPM allows you to manage profiles better by supplying a load of configurable options to exclude certain folders, files, registry keys, etc. It's fairly lightweight

Re: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Kurt Buff
No, but I'm seeing some interesting events around time sync - 29s and 47s from w32tm, and 40960s from lsasrv. Oddly, I checked the clock on the file server, and it matches within less than a minute of difference from my workstation and the DCs. Don't know what to make of that. Also, disturbingly,

Re: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Kurt Buff
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 15:08, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: I've been beating on my users for years not to use PST files - they don't listen.  Script something that finds them, emails them a warning, and deletes

Re: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Kurt Buff
I will be looking at that, for sure. On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 16:26, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote: Or the disable PST GPO. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Kurt Buff Sent: 2/14/2012 5:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Picking up

Re: OT - Sierra AirCard 745S

2012-02-14 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Does this help? Page 29: http://support.sprint.com/global/pdf/user_guides/sierra_wireless/overdrive_pro/overdrive_pro_by_sierra_wireless_ug.pdf Making a Tethered Connection Note: If you’ll be using USB for data transfer (and not just for charging the device), you must install the device driver

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Chris Norris
Has anyone considered the iCloud backup? Sent from my iPhone On Feb 14, 2012, at 8:31 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 5:02 PM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: All this crap goes into user's roaming profiles. Citrix UPM allows you to manage profiles

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote: I for one would like to see the batch. We're building a GPO to install the MSIs inside the install. Here you go: https://sites.google.com/site/mailvortex/windows/install/itunes It's a little ugly, but it works.

Re: MSIs, MSTs and custom installs.

2012-02-14 Thread Matthew W. Ross
Thanks, Ben. I'll try this tomorrow. --Matt Ross On Feb 14, 2012, at 5:20 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote: How do I use Group Policy to assign a .MSI file to an OU, while also passing command line

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Chris Norris cnor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Has anyone considered the iCloud backup? I can't speak for anyone, but: We're really paranoid about who can access our data. Data in flight between devices is one thing. Storing a copy of everything on someone else's

RE: Picking up file server tuning again

2012-02-14 Thread Crawford, Scott
Works great for us Sent from my Windows Phone From: Kurt Buff Sent: 2/14/2012 7:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Picking up file server tuning again I will be looking at that, for sure. On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 16:26, Crawford, Scott

RE: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Ken Schaefer
Microsoft patches are quick small compared to what Apple distributes. Patching Macs seems to involve reinstalling entire applications It is not uncommon to have 500MB worth of patches to install every few months on a Mac. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Ben Scott

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:52 PM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: Mayo ... Microsoft [wastes disk space] with updates that have already been applied ... Trent OS versus add-on Scott That distinction matters why? Trent You don't have to install iTunes... Windows ... is required ... Trent

Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers????

2012-02-14 Thread Rankin, James R
One thing you get with the Personalization Server stuff is the ability to restore user profiles to a previous date, rolling them back to a last known good config. No more profile resets and loss of data. As I said offline, I will do a blog posting covering the major features with some