RE: list delays

2012-03-16 Thread Ken Schaefer
At the very least, item #2 appears to be correct, given that you re-posted what is otherwise private conversation back to this list. From: Max Tork [mailto:maxt...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, 16 March 2012 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: list delays Again, your deduction skills

Re: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Jon Harris
I can not see how with organized crime that insider threats would lessen. I would see it more as something to watch for more closely. Crime pays very well (so I have been told) and I would guess that criminals would be willing to pay for information or assistance getting to the money (or whatever

Re: Did you know 14,000Kb isn't 14MB?

2012-03-16 Thread Rankin, James R
Probably because they appear to have been sent from the Cretaceous Period. ---Blackberried -Original Message- From: Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:40:46 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: Did you know 14,000Kb isn't 14MB?

2012-03-16 Thread Mack Bolan
Sorry, that you are SPAMming me. Some of my own replies as well. Maybe Gmail is mad at Lyris' lag time too? Mack S. Bolan On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Gmail thinks you are spamming you or I'm spamming you? On Thursday, March 15, 2012,

Re: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Mack Bolan
How exactly can I be obtuse when whatever point you were attempting to imbue us with was so vague? Especially as it was in direct rebuttal to Mr. Hampshire who was explaining why sticky notes aren't a good idea given the nature of internal threats. Mack S. Bolan On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:13

Re: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Andrew S. Baker
All great info, but so very totally out of context relative to the thread. - You posted about the relative security of passphrases - Discussion ensured about this relative to traditional passwords - People made various assertions to the need to continue protecting against insider

Re: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Mack Bolan
Wow! That may be the best post I've ever read. It's like you do this for a living! :) Mack S. Bolan On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: All great info, but so very totally out of context relative to the thread. - You posted about the relative

Re: BWAhahahahahah

2012-03-16 Thread William Robbins
Sounds like my Dad. :) - WJR Don't let the T-shirt fool you On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 19:36, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry should have said this but his favorite expression no matter what the question was Look it up yourself! Jon On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Jon Harris

Re: BWAhahahahahah

2012-03-16 Thread William Robbins
I figured you were more a proponent of closure, and the subsequent group hug? :) - WJR Don't let the T-shirt fool you On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 20:47, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.comwrote: “You want to know what will kill the desire to assist the next time around? Not coming back in

Re: Did you know 14,000Kb isn't 14MB?

2012-03-16 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Mack Bolan mack.bola...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, that you are SPAMming me.  Some of my own replies as well.  Maybe Gmail is mad at Lyris' lag time too? Sunbelt sometimes gets flagged as a spammer. In the past they were one. While they're better now,

[META] S/N ratio

2012-03-16 Thread Ben Scott
The signal-to-noise ratio on this list has plummeted over the past few days. Human nature being what it is, some noise is unavoidable -- even beneficial -- but this is getting ridiculous. May I please ask that people exercise some self-restraint when posting? If a side discussion beckons,

Re: list delays

2012-03-16 Thread Max Tork
He posted multiple assertions. There are incorrect assertions in his list. My statement therefore holds true. -Max On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 4:01 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: At the very least, item #2 appears to be correct, given that you re-posted what is otherwise private

RE: Exch 2010 - Msg Size Limit - Unexplained

2012-03-16 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Can it accept those larger than 15MB but yet less than 20240KB? -sc From: Mark Boeck [mailto:netadmin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 9:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exch 2010 - Msg Size Limit - Unexplained Greets! I'm running MS Exch 2010 SP2. I cannot

RE: Exch 2010 - Msg Size Limit - Unexplained

2012-03-16 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Is the sender getting a rejection notice? From: Mark Boeck [mailto:netadmin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 8:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exch 2010 - Msg Size Limit - Unexplained Greets! I'm running MS Exch 2010 SP2. I cannot receive messages ~ 12 - 15MB. Postini

RE: Exch 2010 - Msg Size Limit - Unexplained

2012-03-16 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Have you enabled logging and sent a message to see where/why it failed? From: Mark Boeck [netadmin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 7:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exch 2010 - Msg Size Limit - Unexplained Greets! I'm running MS Exch 2010

RE: list delays

2012-03-16 Thread Guyer, Donald
Actually, I hear yizz'all when I go into Philly... Regards, Don Guyer Directory and Messaging Services Catholic Health East, ITSS From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 3:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: list delays It's only all y'all

Re: list delays

2012-03-16 Thread Erik Goldoff
fo shizzle ? On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Guyer, Donald dgu...@che.org wrote: Actually, I hear “yizz’all” when I go into Philly… ** ** Regards, ** ** Don Guyer Directory and Messaging Services Catholic Health East, ITSS ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Kurt Buff
Yeah, I'm pushing this out as fast as I can - I'll be patching servers tonight, and the rest of the workstations next week. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 07:14, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: ...http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-RDP-Vulnerability-Exploit-Code-Confirmed-259060.shtml ~

RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I am all done! Neeener neener. :) -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list... Yeah, I'm pushing this out as fast as I can -

Re: Exch 2010 - Msg Size Limit - Unexplained

2012-03-16 Thread Mark Boeck
am re-sending as the list server says i sent an attachment. lol. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Mark Boeck netadmin...@gmail.com wrote: Logging - will do. Rejection notice - yes: (none of those IP addresses are mine...) Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:

Re: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Kurt Buff
Not exactly. Disagreeing with his statement that most threats are from the inside. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 21:35, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.comwrote: Given your almost complete lack of context with your link, it’s hard to tell _*WHAT*_ you were suggesting… other than disagreeing with

RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Interesting. The code on the Chinese website is exactly the same as the code that was sent to MS 10 months ago in the PoC. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Mark Boeck
thx, quite interesting. ps love your disclaimer! lol! On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:14 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: ... http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-RDP-Vulnerability-Exploit-Code-Confirmed-259060.shtml -- http://appsensebigot.blogspot.com IMPORTANT

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Kurt Buff
Unfortunately, I can't move quite that fast. We're pretty much a 24x5 shop, with offices overseas, and I have to give more notice than patching now, please log off. At least I have most weekends to do this kind of thing... Kurt On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 07:24, Kennedy, Jim

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread James Rankin
Eeek! Don't go there! On 16 March 2012 14:48, Mark Boeck netadmin...@gmail.com wrote: thx, quite interesting. ps love your disclaimer! lol! On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:14 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: ...

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread James Rankin
Eeek! Don't go there! On 16 March 2012 14:48, Mark Boeck netadmin...@gmail.com wrote: thx, quite interesting. ps love your disclaimer! lol! On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:14 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: ...

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread James Rankin
SANS InfoCon just went Yellow on this http://isc.sans.edu/diary/INFOCON+Yellow+-+Microsoft+RDP+-+MS12-020/12805 On 16 March 2012 15:07, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: Eeek! Don't go there! On 16 March 2012 14:48, Mark Boeck netadmin...@gmail.com wrote: thx, quite interesting.

Re: Exch 2010 - Msg Size Limit - Unexplained

2012-03-16 Thread Mack Bolan
And how big was the file in the test message? Mack S. Bolan On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Mark Boeck netadmin...@gmail.com wrote: am re-sending as the list server says i sent an attachment. lol. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Mark Boeck netadmin...@gmail.com wrote: Logging - will

RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Webster
Patching is very easy with PVS hosted server images! :) Customer updated the XenApp 6.5 image that handles 22,500 users, rebooted the virtual servers at 3AM and they all grabbed the new image upon reboot. Entire image updating process took just a few minutes, tell PVS 6 there is a new image,

Re: OT: Apple hype fails to catch on in England

2012-03-16 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Hi, Mack, What's happening? We need to talk about your email signature... Yeah. Did you get that memo? Yeah. It's just we're putting new rediculously long email signatures on all list emails before they go out now. So if you could go ahead and try to remember to do that from now on, that'd be

RE: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Crawford, Scott
Agreed. Just pointing out that in an office with doors and walls and other various physical security measures, sticky note passwords aren't *necessarily* as horrible an idea as we like to joke about. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Andrew S. Baker Sent:

RE: Exch 2010 - Msg Size Limit - Unexplained

2012-03-16 Thread Brian Desmond
Are you sure Exchange actually generated that bounce? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: Mark Boeck [mailto:netadmin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 9:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exch 2010 - Msg Size Limit -

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Matthew W. Ross
What do you guys use to patch servers? I'm still in the RDP to the server and run Windows Update camp. I'd love a free solution to do this en-mass, if somebody knows one. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] To: NT

RE: OT: Apple hype fails to catch on in England

2012-03-16 Thread Webster
He must not have gotten a copy of the TPS memo. Uhh, yeah. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.comhttp://www.carlwebster.com/ From: Micheal Espinola Jr [michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012

RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread David Mazzaccaro
That is what I do as well. I use WSUS for all the desktops/laptops.. but the servers I want to do manually. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 12:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: In case anyone didn't see

RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Kennedy, Jim
WSUS. Set to download but not install. Then I RDP and hit install. Saves quite a bit of time since they are already downloaded. An improvement over what you are doing, but still not perfect of course. But I am in full control that way. We are smaller than many people here. About 40 servers.

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread James Rankin
WSUS? Free and easy. SCCM? Not so free and not so easy. Various other vendors like Shavlik, BigFix, etc., all varying degress of freeness and easiness On 16 March 2012 16:05, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote: What do you guys use to patch servers? I'm still in the RDP to the

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Kurt Buff
WSUS - it's very nice for a free tool. It's not a push solution - it's a client-polling solution, where the client machine checks in with the server regularly and gets updates. However, you can regulate the polling period (I use 4 hours) and segregate machines into groups of your choosing, and

Re: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Kurt Buff
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 04:05, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: All great info, but so very totally out of context relative to the thread. You posted about the relative security of passphrases Yes. Discussion ensured about this relative to traditional passwords Yes. People made

Re: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Kurt Buff
Yes, my comment was too brief and lacked context. I should have made clear that I was only speaking to the relative states of insider vs. outsider threat. My bad. Kurt On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 21:35, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: Given your almost complete lack of context with

Re: OT: Apple hype fails to catch on in England

2012-03-16 Thread Jonathan Link
We need him to double his post count tomorrow, too. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Mack, What's happening? We need to talk about your email signature... Yeah. Did you get that memo? Yeah. It's just we're putting new rediculously

Re: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Kurt Buff
Keep reading - I regularly get shredded here. I know it's done with love though, so I don't mind too much. Kurt On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 04:18, Mack Bolan mack.bola...@gmail.com wrote: Wow! That may be the best post I've ever read. It's like you do this for a living! :) Mack S. Bolan

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Jonathan Link
+1 I do this, too. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org wrote: WSUS. Set to download but not install. Then I RDP and hit install. Saves quite a bit of time since they are already downloaded. An improvement over what you are doing, but still not perfect

RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Should have mentioned... about 12 servers here. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 12:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list... WSUS. Set to download

RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread David L Herrick
+1 -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 9:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list... WSUS. Set to download but not install. Then I RDP and hit install.

Re: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Kurt Buff
Nothing is without risk I'm in favor of keeping passwords on a piece of paper, or even better, an electronic equivalent such as password safe or keepass. Given the number of passwords folks have to use (or at least should use - using the same password for multiple accounts is of course a sin),

Re: Exch 2010 - Msg Size Limit - Unexplained

2012-03-16 Thread Cameron
You haven't mentioned the file type. It doesn't happen to be .docx .xlsx etc? On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.comwrote: *Are you sure Exchange actually generated that bounce? * * * *Thanks,* *Brian Desmond* *br...@briandesmond.com* * * *w –

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Kurt Buff
Why not do the servers via WSUS? On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 09:25, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com wrote: That is what I do as well. I use WSUS for all the desktops/laptops.. but the servers I want to do manually. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Kurt Buff
Same question I asked for Jim - why not let WSUS handle this? On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 09:23, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org wrote: WSUS. Set to download but not install. Then I RDP and hit install. Saves quite a bit of time since they are already downloaded. An improvement over

Re: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Jonathan Link
Uh, yeah they are, if they're not stored in a secure place. Sticky notes, by design, are meant to be placed somewhere convenient to the user, which, to me, suggests somewhere out in the open. That's completely different from a sheet of paper containing some common passwords necessary to certain

RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Matthew W. Ross
We do the same: WSUS automatic updates for desktops, Download but not installed for servers. It's just a pain when you have a lot of servers to hit. Even a command line way to do this would be an improvement... and I hope this becomes available with Windows 8 Server. --Matt Ross Ephrata

RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Sam Cayze
WSUS/RDP like the others said. I've seen some scripts you can run against all machines that will force a download, install and reboot. I still prefer a hand's on approach. Call me old fashioned, but I like to watch the progress bar to see how long the updates take, and monitor any abnormal

RE: OT: Apple hype fails to catch on in England

2012-03-16 Thread Webster
Do I get to keep my red stapler and playing my music? I was told because the receptionist gets to listen to talk radio that I can listen to my music on a reasonable level. I think my music is on a reasonable level because the audio is disabled on this laptop the customer gave me to use. I

Help desk software

2012-03-16 Thread Ray
I know this has come up before, but I have a few variables not everyone would have. I have users on a restricted VLAN (and finally a child domain so they're at least logging onto the network) with no internet access or email. I also have staff with internet and exchange. All of them can get to a

RE: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I would also say that the below is better than using the same password over and over all over the place. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 1:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Worth some consideration... Better the

Re: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Mack Bolan
Sometimes it takes tough love. :) So long as you can take it and grow from it all works in your favor. Mack S. Bolan On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Keep reading - I regularly get shredded here. I know it's done with love though, so I don't mind too

Re: OT: Apple hype fails to catch on in England

2012-03-16 Thread Mack Bolan
Sure, but I have an appointment with this hypnotist tonight. Mack S. Bolan On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: We need him to double his post count tomorrow, too. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com

RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I can do many of them during normal business hours, in fact I can get it from 40 down to 5 by paying attention to what is going on here and sneaking them in. But when I can sneak them in is a moving target...so having them on another screen RDP while I multitask works well for me.

RE: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Ralph Smith
I keep a few important but seldom used passwords, account numbers, PINs etc. in my wallet, but they are unlabeled and somewhat obfuscated using a simple code I made up as well as inserting extra characters. Seems a little weird to do when I write it out like that. -Original Message-

Re: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
*hugs!* -- Espi On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Keep reading - I regularly get shredded here. I know it's done with love though, so I don't mind too much. Kurt On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 04:18, Mack Bolan mack.bola...@gmail.com wrote: Wow! That

RE: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Mathew Shember
Oh pshaw. Sticky notes are not very green. The bottom of the keyboard takes care of that. I remember horrifying a user by looking underneath. What was funny; she wrote it in silver ink as the keyboard was black. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 16,

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Doug Hampshire
I'm hoping I'll be able to automate the server portion of the install/reboot steps with runbooks in System Center 2012. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.orgwrote: We do the same: WSUS automatic updates for desktops, Download but not installed for servers.

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Rankin, James R
Time for you to do some psexec goodness and learn all about MS installer command-line switches, methinks, if you want to automate your server push patching. In the days before SUS and WSUS, we had a command script that updated servers using a comma-delimited text file database. However the

Re: OT: Apple hype fails to catch on in England

2012-03-16 Thread Rankin, James R
That was like, some crazy Robin Williams IT dude in my head talking that one out ---Blackberried -Original Message- From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:39:59 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: Help desk software

2012-03-16 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Spiceworks ? Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Achitect I, Corporate Office of Technology Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 christopher_bod...@glic.com The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.com From: Ray rz...@qwest.net To:

RE: Help desk software

2012-03-16 Thread Cameron Cooper
Check out SysAid. We tried their free edition before upgrading to the Pro edition. It's very easy from install to use. Their support is great as well. Regards, Cameron -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 12:42 PM To: NT System Admin

Re: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Doug Hampshire
LastPass FTW! On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.orgwrote: I would also say that the below is better than using the same password over and over all over the place. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday,

RE: OT: Apple hype fails to catch on in England

2012-03-16 Thread John C Owen
Just what the $@#%#$@$@ is PC Load Letter From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 1:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Apple hype fails to catch on in England Do I get to keep my red stapler and playing my music? I was told because the

Re: Exch 2010 - Msg Size Limit - Unexplained

2012-03-16 Thread Mark Boeck
No, not so sure Exchange bounced it - am attempting to get my Postini reseller to look at msg size restrictions - my org is a sub-org of a sub-org and I'm afraid I may have inherited size restrictions. No, not docx, etc. Thanks for the input so far. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Cameron

RE: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Steven M. Caesare
That's a bit harsh, I think. You mis-spelled accurate. -sc -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 12:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Worth some consideration... On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 04:05, Andrew S. Baker

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Kurt Buff
What's the risk in having WSUS do it during non-business hours? Assume that business hours end at 17:00. Say you log into WSUS at 16:45 and approve your updates with a deadline of 18:00? Aren't the consequences of a bad patch happening during business hours worse than the consequences of it

OT: HD Software - Was Re: (homedrive)

2012-03-16 Thread Guyer, Donald
My new gig uses HEAT. I find it less cumbersome that Remedy was. But.. They are moving to CA's product.prepare the noose now. Regards, Don Guyer Directory and Messaging Services Catholic Health East, ITSS From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent:

RE: Security questions to reset passwords, locked accounts, etc.

2012-03-16 Thread Guyer, Donald
I guess they are SOL! I don't like the idea but, I don't have a say in it or make those kinds of decisions here, which is new to me and uber frustrating, so. : ) Regards, Don Guyer Directory and Messaging Services Catholic Health East, ITSS -Original Message- From: Crawford,

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Richard Stovall
This is the same RDP vulnerability that EZ (I think it was EZ) posted the other day, right? IIRC, you're not vulnerable unless you expose a server to RDP connections directly through your firewall. If you don't do that, then your risk is essentially nil since the it isn't exploitable through RD

RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread pdw1914
I have my servers set to d/l updates but let me decide when to install. I work in a hospital so it's not a case of do whenever it seems slow. The software on the servers is so inter-connected it can bring some jobs to a halt, or crash, if one server is rebooted even if it doesn't appear to

Re: OT Unable to add drives to RAID set

2012-03-16 Thread Richard Stovall
That card looks like a 4 port card. If your existing drives are all connected to it, you're already maxed out. Given that, my guess it that the drive slots likely don't have power. I have no idea what kind of backplane that case has. Did buy this box pre-assembled, or put it together yourself?

quick answer?

2012-03-16 Thread ANDREW F OFALT
I thought i would never need a quick answer. I guess it wont be quick if the list is slow. Ok I need a way to install an msi file (skype to be exact) under a restricted user account. We are using teamviewer.com to make the connection. We have to use the teamviewer password, so we are not

RE: Help desk software

2012-03-16 Thread Ray
Thanks! -Original Message- From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 12:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help desk software Check out SysAid. We tried their free edition before upgrading to the Pro edition. It's very easy from install

Re: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread William Robbins
I too like LastPass, especially after they have integrated two-factor auth via Google's Authenticator app. - WJR Don't let the T-shirt fool you On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 14:06, Doug Hampshire dhampsh...@gmail.com wrote: LastPass FTW! On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Kennedy, Jim

Re: Carolina BBQ Sauce (was Re: Proxy server and ISA)

2012-03-16 Thread William Robbins
Just because I feel duty bound to defend my home State's honor. :) http://gearpatrol.com/2012/03/16/germantown-commissary-memphis-bbq Today the Germantown Commissary still goes by its original name and has grown in popularity, serving the likes of Jimmy Buffet, The Eagles, Aerosmith, and Jack

Re: OT: Apple hype fails to catch on in England

2012-03-16 Thread Richard Stovall
Speaking of consumption, did someone start early today? :) On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Webster webs...@carlwebster.com wrote: Do I get to keep my red stapler and playing my music? I was told because the receptionist gets to listen to talk radio that I can listen to my music on a

Re: Help desk software

2012-03-16 Thread Bill Humphries
If you have an internal webserver or don't mind building one, you can use this. Free is a nice price. http://www.troubleticketexpress.com/ Ray wrote: I know this has come up before, but I have a few variables not everyone would have. I have users on a restricted VLAN (and finally a child

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Jonathan Link
For me, business hours are 7am to 8pm this time of year, and Saturdays and Sundays are often quite busy with a Director or two in the office working. And that can be almost anytime, so I have to schedule my downtime events carefully. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com

Re: OT - Iron Mountain Question

2012-03-16 Thread Jacob Kisner
Yes.. Jacob .. ex-excalibur.;-) Well, after some fact finding, we pay $275 for the tapes being picked up and stored.. the other 2800 was for box/paper storage. All I got in the beginning was Why are we paying $3000 for back up tapes??? Ugh.. Never mind. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Jeff

OT - 866 number being routed to us...

2012-03-16 Thread Jacob Kisner
Okay. Last OT question and yes I did do some research on this before posting ;-) Someone set up an 866 number to one of our executives local number. OX is our local provider. OX said that this was a vitural number and they are unable to find out who/what company owns this. Anybody know of a way

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Based on my recollection, I'd say that your recollection is correct. -ASB: http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola Droid RAZR On Mar 16, 2012 5:57 PM, Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.com wrote: This is the same RDP vulnerability that EZ (I think it was EZ) posted the other day,

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Rankin, James R
A lot of debate on the patch management list about this. I'd get the patch out if possible, there seems to be a bit of confusion around the scope of the vulnerability. Safety first I guess, but I know for some taking systems down is a lot harder than for others ---Blackberried -Original

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Kurt Buff
Well, that supposes someone doesn't bring an infected machine into the network, but other than that, yeah, I think you're right. It's the infected laptops that worry me - we have a fair number of sales geeks, field service techs, executives, etc. who are out of the office for extended periods,

Re: OT: Apple hype fails to catch on in England

2012-03-16 Thread Rankin, James R
Man, that would send me crazy. I get to go home at weekends at least. Tomorrow is all about watching football with my kids! Not a screen to look at till Sunday :-) ---Blackberried -Original Message- From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:31:26 To: NT System

Re: Worth some consideration...

2012-03-16 Thread Kurt Buff
Love you too, -sc. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:40, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: That's a bit harsh, I think. You mis-spelled accurate. -sc -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 12:45 PM To: NT System Admin

OT: Friday funny

2012-03-16 Thread Kurt Buff
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RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Michael B. Smith
I use a modified version of this. It still is based on the WSUS/SCUP infrastructure, but provides me some quick fix control. function InstallWU { msg $L_Function msg 'InstallWU: enter' $L_Menu_Title = Install Windows Updates Popup $L_Proxy_Text $L_Menu_Title

RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Michael B. Smith
Is Orchestrator included in the base license? Regardless, it's easily scripted. I posted a script you can use as a basis a few minutes ago. From: Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 2:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: In case anyone didn't see

RE: quick answer?

2012-03-16 Thread Gary Whitten
GotoAssist should let you remote to the computer as long as someone is there to do things with it. -Original Message- From: ANDREW F OFALT [mailto:afo...@psu.edu] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 4:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: quick answer? I thought i would never need a

RE: HD Software - Was Re: (homedrive)

2012-03-16 Thread Steven M. Caesare
I can get you a CA branded noose if you like. As it turns out, we are ditching Remedy as well... will be interesting to see what ultimately gets selected -sc From: Guyer, Donald [mailto:dgu...@che.org] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 4:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: HD

RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Steven M. Caesare
If your internal workstations were compromised with a malware payload, and you allow RDP internally from your mgm’t VLAN you could perhaps get nailed. -sc From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 4:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: In case

Re: [META] S/N ratio

2012-03-16 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Great idea. Lets discuss it. -- Espi On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 5:13 AM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: The signal-to-noise ratio on this list has plummeted over the past few days. Human nature being what it is, some noise is unavoidable -- even beneficial -- but this is getting

Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

2012-03-16 Thread Kat Aylward Langan
I used to schedule my patching on the week following Tuesday for the Windows environment. Usually set goals to do it the following Tuesday, but if patch review wasn't done yet, it would go to Wednesday. This was because we were a production SaaS environment, sharing resources with the Ops team,

RE: Exch 2010 - Msg Size Limit - Unexplained

2012-03-16 Thread Brian Desmond
That doesn't look like an Exchange bounce... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: Mark Boeck [mailto:netadmin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 2:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exch 2010 - Msg Size Limit - Unexplained

Network Analyzer

2012-03-16 Thread Kurt Buff
All, Our engineers have finally convinced management that they need a better tool than wireshark for their needs. I am familiar with wireshark and the netmon tools, using them once in a while to track problems, but don't have any experience with the high end tools like Fluke's OptiView stuff.

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