RE: Windows 7 Sysprep, PITA

2013-01-23 Thread Dennis Krebs
What Jim said. Build your image while in audit mode. This way you can always fall back on it, run updates, etc. -Original Message- From: itli...@imcu.com [mailto:itli...@imcu.com] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 4:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 Sysprep, PITA

Migrating from a 32bit print server to a 64bit print server

2013-01-23 Thread Michael Leone
I have a VM that is running Win2008 (not R2) 32bit, and we are using this as our print server. I save the printer definitions and queues using the printbrm -B -F filename command as a scheduled task. Note that this server has both 32bit and 64bit drivers installed to it (I am told). 64bit drivers

RE: DNS concerns - Server 2003 R2 SP2 Domain Controllers

2013-01-23 Thread Robert Peterson
Thank you Jim. We have no Cisco firewalls, but all Cisco switches, routers. A new switch may have went in last week. We also are in the middle of a Cisco VOIP project, past 6 months. Phones all up, but they are still working out tweaks, etc. Trying to make a Jabber client work on desktops and

RE: DNS concerns - Server 2003 R2 SP2 Domain Controllers

2013-01-23 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Yes. At some point your DNS servers are talking to the outside work...directly or via forwarders I would assume. If dns fixup is enabled you need to allow longer lookups. fixup protocol dns maximum-length 4096 Or turn off eDNS on the 2003 servers. dnscmd /Config /EnableEDnsProbes 0 From:

RE: DNS concerns - Server 2003 R2 SP2 Domain Controllers

2013-01-23 Thread Kennedy, Jim
To clarify...the dns fixup refers to Cisco firewalls/asa's. From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DNS concerns - Server 2003 R2 SP2 Domain Controllers Yes. At some point your DNS servers are

Re: DNS concerns - Server 2003 R2 SP2 Domain Controllers

2013-01-23 Thread Kurt Buff
Defintely better to fix the firewall than to limit the size of DNS queries on the server. Other firewalls have needed similar fixes, too - not just Cisco. Kurt On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org wrote: Yes. At some point your DNS servers are talking to

RE: DNS concerns - Server 2003 R2 SP2 Domain Controllers

2013-01-23 Thread Robert Peterson
We do not have Cisco firewalls, though everything else is Cisco (switches, routers, VOIP) Has anyone seen this issue using Fortinet firewalls? Thx, Robert -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Help with this script

2013-01-23 Thread Damien Solodow
Yep. The line $OUlist = @(Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -filter * -Credential $cred -SearchBase $domain.distinguishedName -SearchScope OneLevel -Server $domain.DNSroot) Change OneLevel to SubTree DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.447.6014 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE From:

Re: DNS concerns - Server 2003 R2 SP2 Domain Controllers

2013-01-23 Thread Kurt Buff
To test this for your environment... Get this: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/use-dig-to-administer-windows-dns-servers/5032892 Then do this: https://www.dns-oarc.net/oarc/services/replysizetest Kurt On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Robert Peterson robert.peter...@prin.edu wrote: We do

RE: Help with this script

2013-01-23 Thread Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife
Awesome. Thanks Damien. I really do intend to learn Powershell one of these days, honest. From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:18 PM To: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife; NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with this script Yep. The line

RE: Help with this script

2013-01-23 Thread Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife
Are OneLevel and SubTree the only options for the SearchScope parameter? From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:18 PM To: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife; NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with this script Yep. The line $OUlist =

RE: Help with this script

2013-01-23 Thread Damien Solodow
Nope. -SearchScope ADSearchScope Specifies the scope of an Active Directory search. Possible values for this parameter are: Base or 0 OneLevel or 1 Subtree or 2 A Base query searches only the current path or object. A OneLevel query searches the

RE: Help with this script

2013-01-23 Thread Webster
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617236.aspx [-SearchScope {Base | OneLevel | Subtree}] Thanks Webster From: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife [mailto:joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with this script Are

Re: DNS concerns - Server 2003 R2 SP2 Domain Controllers

2013-01-23 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org wrote: To clarify…the dns fixup refers to Cisco firewalls/asa’s. I've noticed that Cisco's fixup features tend to break things. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Help with this script

2013-01-23 Thread Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife
Thanks guys. I did google parameter SearchScope but didn't get any useful info. From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:10 PM To: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife; NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with this script

Re: Help with this script

2013-01-23 Thread Steven Peck
I tend to find better results for PowerShell cmdlets in BING. Of course, that just may be the way I search. On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov wrote: Thanks guys. I did google parameter SearchScope but didn’t get any useful info. **

RE: Help with this script

2013-01-23 Thread Damien Solodow
Huh; I usually just put the cmdlet name (and parameter if necessary) into Google and get good results. Although get-help from within PowerShell works well. ;) The -detailed and -online switches are very helpful. In PowerShell 3.0, the -OutWindow is very handy for get-help DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems

Re: Help with this script

2013-01-23 Thread Steven Peck
http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh849720.aspx In PowerShell v3 don't forget the occasional Update-Help Best to do so under a PowerShell launched with admin credentials Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Damien Solodow damien.solo...@harrison.edu wrote: