Re: End of month plan B for list shutdown.

2013-04-30 Thread Don Kuhlman
Thanks for your efforts Rod!  Much appreciated. Don K -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 4:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: End of month plan B for list shutdown. You can also sign-up using these instructions...

Re: Can you do this with .CMD?

2013-04-19 Thread Don Kuhlman
Will something like a hex editor (ultraedit or something similar) that will let you embed the ASCII codes - 013 and 010 CF + LF into the text file work? We used to use keyfake too long ago. Also used to be able to type the ALT nnn combo to insert those characters into files, but I don't know

Office 365 Email Migration steps - is there a better way?

2013-04-08 Thread Don Kuhlman
Since we've been on the subject of Office 365, I was wondering if anyone has a high level set of steps they use for migrating user email from on premise to Office 365 - on premise outllook client is XP or up. On Premise Exchange server is 2008 SBS. I've done a few and have some steps that

Re: Office 365

2013-04-03 Thread Don Kuhlman
You should be able to get to Outlook through your login portal once you set it up I believe. From: itli...@imcu.com itli...@imcu.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 2:47 PM Subject: RE: Office

Re: Advice on setting up a Win2012 RDS environment - Progress!

2013-03-20 Thread Don Kuhlman
Curious Joe - are you switching from MPS 4.5 to RDS for cost or other reason(s) ? Don K From: Louis, Joe jlo...@guardianalarm.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 3:41 PM Subject: RE: Advice

Re: Cross Domain authentication - brain freeze

2013-03-18 Thread Don Kuhlman
Thanks Brian.  The external groups are Universal groups and DCs are also GCs.  I will check out the S.DS.Account Management stuff and see if we can help him out. Much appreciated! Don From: Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: OT - Suggestions for using Netgear wifi and extender with Security camera setup

2013-03-15 Thread Don Kuhlman
be a product avenue you hadn't known of.   Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org     On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi folks. I know this isn't a networking list, but thought I would throw this out and see what comes back. A client has installed a security

Re: Slightly OT: RE: Migrate DHCP from 2003 to 2008 R2

2013-02-20 Thread Don Kuhlman
Hi Don. Just curious as to why the switch to appliance based DHCP from Windows ?   Don K From: Guyer, Don dgu...@che.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:04 PM Subject: Slightly OT: RE:

Re: Robocopy reliability

2013-02-04 Thread Don Kuhlman
I've never had any problems with it. From: Tigran K tigr...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 10:34 AM Subject: Robocopy reliability Having a discussion with the boss on how we should

Re: Where to get copies of my various documentation scripts

2013-02-04 Thread Don Kuhlman
Nice work! From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 10:27 AM Subject: RE: Where to get copies of my various documentation scripts Script can be run on a

Re: On a lighter note for a Friday, Passed my CISA exam

2013-02-04 Thread Don Kuhlman
Congrats Z :)From: "Ziots, Edward" ezi...@lifespan.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 1:54 PM Subject: On a lighter note for a Friday, Passed my CISA exam Just got the official email that I passed my CISA exam,

Re: Been a long day today, but I won...

2013-01-30 Thread Don Kuhlman
Nice detective work! Don K -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Been a long day today, but I won... So, it's month end, and our UK office is noticing that emails are not processing

Re: Networking stuff.....oo-er

2013-01-25 Thread Don Kuhlman
Can't you just ssh to it (using putty or other windows client) by it's IP address.  Use root to login with whatever the default password is. Then once you're in the shell, try using iptables to manage the linux firewall settings - here's some basics - 

Re: Anyone heard of this company?

2012-11-13 Thread Don Kuhlman
Seems like you couldn't lose on it if you can finish it within a year? Even if someone isn't totally into networking, it seems like the knowledge you could get from this (at that price) would be worth going through those courses. Don K From: Daniel Rodriguez

Re: A tool I can never seem to remember when I need it

2012-11-12 Thread Don Kuhlman
Very nice! From: David Lum david@nwea.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, November 9, 2012 4:35 PM Subject: A tool I can never seem to remember when I need it Ever have a cool utility you know about

Re: Kurt's current security recommendations for your computer - the 2012 update

2012-11-08 Thread Don Kuhlman
Very well done Kurt - Thanks for the efforts.  I hope you don't mind me sharing it with Stu's link included? Don K From: Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:24

Re: Wow, who knew?

2012-10-30 Thread Don Kuhlman
I like that ... From: Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 10:01 AM Subject: Re: Wow, who knew? LOL. Being 'senior' is more a matter of attitude and approach than

Re: What is your IT department name?

2012-10-23 Thread Don Kuhlman
IT Infrastructure Infrastructure Engineering Infrastructure Support :) From: David Lum david@nwea.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 2:57 PM Subject: What is your IT department name? We

Re: File Server Migration - File transfer utility

2012-10-23 Thread Don Kuhlman
Here's an example of the /r and /w options on robocopy /r:3 /w:2  = retry 3 times,  wait 2 secs between retries etc... From: Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Re: Test Lab Guides

2012-10-11 Thread Don Kuhlman
Thanks Steven. Very good stuff! Don K On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote: I don't remember if I sent this link out previously so I am going to send it out again just because I sent it to my co-workers with the Windows 2012 stuff. -- There is a group at

Re: Only took my 18 months...

2012-10-01 Thread Don Kuhlman
Congrats! From: David Lum david@nwea.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, October 1, 2012 8:56 AM Subject: Only took my 18 months... But effective today I get to add “Sr.” to my Systems Engineer job title.

Re: Ultrabook

2012-08-30 Thread Don Kuhlman
me to have the two for what I will be doing.  Yeah, I know, NDAs suck at times. :) Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com From: Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Ultrabook Is the MBPro too heavy for what you want to do Carl?  What about

Re: Ultrabook

2012-08-30 Thread Don Kuhlman
in the iBookstore. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com From: Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Ultrabook Sounds like another one would be a good one for the labs and vms, as well as providing you a backup :) Don K

Re: VMware drops vRAM pricing

2012-08-29 Thread Don Kuhlman
, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com wrote: Just saw this announcment from VMware re their vRAM pricing being dropped in vSphere 5.1 http://www.cio.com/article/714918/VMware_Kills_vRAM_Pricing_With_vSphere_5.1?source=CIONLE_nlt_network_2012-08-28 ~ Finally, powerful

Re: LDAP authentication across external trust

2012-08-29 Thread Don Kuhlman
Hi Chris. Are they in the same Forest or separate ? eg domaina.company.com and domainb.company.com or domaina.com an domainb.com ?Don KFrom: Christopher Bodnar christopher_bod...@glic.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Re: Questions to ask an interviewer (Sys Admin)

2012-08-21 Thread Don Kuhlman
) These are great, thanks Don! On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com wrote: Those look good.  Not sure if related, but... 1) What are mid/longer term goals for our area (1, 3, 5 year vision) ? 2) Any planned re-orgs or business structural changes coming  this year, next

Re: Social media and real life

2012-08-14 Thread Don Kuhlman
I'm with you Dave - I do have a smartphone (3g Android with ATT), but Facebook and my favorite social app (yahoo email) :) don't work worth crap on it.  So I don't use that phone for that stuff at all anymore.  I do use it for texts though which is probably so 1990s. I don't get on FB at work,

Re: My BriForum Presentation

2012-08-06 Thread Don Kuhlman
Congrats!  That's what I call a rewarding career :) From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Saturday, August 4, 2012 7:51 AM Subject: RE: My BriForum Presentation I promise, last posting

Re: Speaking of Office 365

2012-07-23 Thread Don Kuhlman
Thanks.  Does that mean that a single SBS2011 Essentials server will support all that connectivity vs. 3 or 4 other servers? Don K From: James Hill falc...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012

Re: Speaking of Office 365

2012-07-23 Thread Don Kuhlman
Thanks Mike. It's sounding like we may need a small virtual environment, to allow building  at least one extra server and creating a DMZ using existing network and server hardware if we can't use the 2012 box for all the needs of connecting users to Office 365. I want to do away with internal

Speaking of Office 365

2012-07-20 Thread Don Kuhlman
Hi folks.  Just fishing for input here. I've quoted a solution to client with two options. One is to purchase a new server/storage platform and have their email and file sharing services local - eg SBS (currently on SBS 2008). They are small - 25 users, 4 locations. I also quoted Office 365 on

Re: File transfer hosting with 2GB files, pure web, guest upload?

2012-07-17 Thread Don Kuhlman
At my current job, Group Logic's MassTransit v 7 is in use. It's not hosted but purchased and installed. The web client does need a plug in to go 2gb. Not sure of price.  Good support via email and phone. Used for all kinds of back forth file transfers multi gb in size, video, graphics, etc.  

Re: moving to virtual

2012-07-16 Thread Don Kuhlman
That's what I was wondering about - the money - it seems like a heck of a lot of cash... Don K From: Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 2:56 PM Subject: RE:

Re: How to get security clearance - was OT: making Firefox Sync work without another device

2012-07-05 Thread Don Kuhlman
Wow - so does that mean that our Congress doesn't have security clearances? It would seem to me that if those items listed as disqualifiers such as parking tickets, dui, bankruptcy, financial issues, etc. are truly show-stoppers, then a lot of our public servants wouldn't be able to get a

Re: No more SBS

2012-07-05 Thread Don Kuhlman
So if people go the way of Office 365 for email and docs, do they really need the SBS services at all vs. a scaled down file server/domain controller for authentication purposes? Or is it that the SBS Essentials is cheaper than an AD server license? Don K

How to get security clearance - was OT: making Firefox Sync work without another device

2012-07-03 Thread Don Kuhlman
Did you get that through a job or on your own Carl ? Just curious how you would do that (if on your own) ? From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, July 3, 2012 10:50 AM Subject:

IT Consultant thoughts - article for your reading pleasure

2012-07-02 Thread Don Kuhlman
Here's another take on the independent consulting thread we had going before -  10 things I wish I'd known before becoming an IT consultant http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-things-i-wish-id-known-before-becoming-an-it-consultant/3313?tag=nl.e101 Don K ~ Finally, powerful endpoint

Re: IT Consultant thoughts - article for your reading pleasure

2012-07-02 Thread Don Kuhlman
Cool. Best of luck Jimmy! From: Jimmy Tran jt...@teachtci.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, July 2, 2012 11:06 AM Subject: RE: IT Consultant thoughts - article for your reading pleasure Very good list.  I’m

Re: OT - Clean Joke -

2012-06-28 Thread Don Kuhlman
Wow - that's been a while :) From: Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:23 PM Subject: RE: OT - Clean Joke - Honestly, I have a printed copy of this joke

Which Office 365 version - was Office 365 and AD synchronization

2012-06-27 Thread Don Kuhlman
Hi Chris, do you mind me asking what plan you're looking at? I was thinking the same for a small business client, moving them from internally hosted SBS 2008 to 365 Plan E1 ($8/month/per user). I see the P1 or E3 plans too, but not sure if E3 is worth it for about 18 users.ThanksDon K

Re: [Bulk] Exchange / Outlook Q

2012-06-27 Thread Don Kuhlman
Maybe this is totally out in left field, how about setting the main device as a kind of Kiosk that is always logged in, but can only run IE and then OWA - so they walk up to it and have to enter their own credentials to access the mail. Then you have eliminated the first login using shared

Re: Office 365 and AD synchronization

2012-06-27 Thread Don Kuhlman
Does that mean you need to buy SBS essentials and set up that with the plugin ?I'm seeing prices $1000 for SBS 2011 with one of the HP Micro servers -http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/HP-ProLiant-MicroServer-Turion-II-Neo-N40L-1.5-GHz/2502916.aspxAnd I see the SBS 2011 Essentials at $545

Re: Which Office 365 version - was Office 365 and AD synchronization

2012-06-27 Thread Don Kuhlman
Architecture and Engineering Services 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: Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com To: "NT System Admin Issues"

Re: How many in your company can join systems to domain

2012-06-21 Thread Don Kuhlman
Jumping in late on this - maybe totally off base - but I thought the default limit for any authenticated user to join a computer to the domain was 10   - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243327 Don K From: Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com To: NT System Admin

Re: How many in your company can join systems to domain

2012-06-21 Thread Don Kuhlman
Nevermind my last post - I'm catching up on emails in reverse order... From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 10:30 AM Subject: Re: How many in your company can join

Re: Consulting (was Re: in-depth AD)

2012-06-15 Thread Don Kuhlman
Good perspective Ken. You covered several points and painted an accurate picture.  I've worked in some of those roles in some form or another in the past.  It does boil down to making that decision as to what you want to do and then working on learning the skill sets for that choice. Thanks

Re: Consulting (was Re: in-depth AD)

2012-06-15 Thread Don Kuhlman
Ok, so what's our definition of platform transformation in this context ? Already did the google thing ;) From: David Lum david@nwea.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 9:29 AM Subject: RE:

Re: Consulting (was Re: in-depth AD)

2012-06-15 Thread Don Kuhlman
Gotcha. Thanks Dave. From: David Lum david@nwea.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 10:07 AM Subject: RE: Consulting (was Re: in-depth AD) I read it as a migration from one platform to

Re: Planning for ICA traffic

2012-06-14 Thread Don Kuhlman
My small bus client had the same issues way back.  We initially put the SBS server in main location with one local file server at the remotes.  Login time was abysmal to say the least. Don K From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: Reality check

2012-06-08 Thread Don Kuhlman
I don't think so. In the last three organizations I've been at, all have a similar process and setup.  Different naming standard, but same purpose and results.  However, we didn't use GPO to setup the group on the server.  That sounds pretty neat and automated. Now back to my hub transport

Re: To notify, or not notify (LinkedIn)

2012-06-08 Thread Don Kuhlman
That's very cool - woohoo was, but WooHoo wasn't ;) From: Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 11:35 AM Subject: Re: To notify, or not notify (LinkedIn) On Fri, Jun 8, 2012

Re: Friday (kinda) Funny

2012-06-08 Thread Don Kuhlman
Sounds like Nasa had a power glitch there Carl ;) I'd be kind of worried about the fan falling out of the ceiling though - maybe should check the others too just to make sure they're secure... Don K From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com To: NT System Admin

Re: Friday (kinda) Funny

2012-06-08 Thread Don Kuhlman
and do that for us.  I have been awake for 36 hours doing work for a global customer with XenApp servers in 4 data centers.  I will gladly let him do that work while I continue to do billable work! :) Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com From: Don

Re: SBS Standard 2011 or Server 2008 R2

2012-06-06 Thread Don Kuhlman
What about the Sharepoint stuff? From: Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 12:04 PM Subject: Re: SBS Standard 2011 or Server 2008 R2 If you don't need SBS, don't

Re: SBS swing 2 -done!

2012-06-05 Thread Don Kuhlman
Congrats! From: David Lum david@nwea.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:28 AM Subject: SBS swing 2 -done! Last night I tore down TEMPDC and activated the SBS2011 server in my biggest SBS

Re: Forefront

2012-05-18 Thread Don Kuhlman
Is it a pretty streamlined process to remove the old and install the new without too much exposure during the process? Just curious... Don K From: Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent:

Re: My Citrix Synergy presentation

2012-05-14 Thread Don Kuhlman
Congrats Carl!  Great job and really nice presentation. Don K From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 8:18 AM Subject: My Citrix Synergy presentation Greetings,  

Tuning the TCP Stack on 2K8 R2 (tcp receive window)

2012-05-02 Thread Don Kuhlman
Hi folks.  Happy hump day ;) I'm working on testing an application called MassTransit(MT) from Group Logic. - basically, it's for automatically pushing files that users drop into folders and is used in workflows, etc.  We are trying to evaluate some optimizations for throughput with one of the

Re: Tuning the TCP Stack on 2K8 R2 (tcp receive window)

2012-05-02 Thread Don Kuhlman
Thanks MBS...  I was going to try the restricted setting to see if that impacts anything leaving the other values enabled/on.  Since these are VMs, the other stuff I read is saying that the offloading settings may not really have any effect on the outcomes. Don K

Re: Unable to ping -- why?

2012-04-26 Thread Don Kuhlman
What's the OS ?  I seem to recall that Windows 7 changes some settings and disables file printer sharing depending on the network type you are using from the network and sharing center.  It should use Domain, or Home I think to enable File Printer Sharing, which then enables ICMP  (ping)

Re: Looking for an odd item

2012-04-17 Thread Don Kuhlman
Quick search came up with this... http://www.google.com/products/catalog?client=safarirls=enq=parallel+printer+to+usb+adapteroe=UTF-8um=1ie=UTF-8tbm=shopcid=3147001133998404647sa=Xei=zoCNT8nUEoLe2AXw3K3yCwved=0CJgBEPMCMAE#ps-sellers

Re: Looking for an odd item

2012-04-17 Thread Don Kuhlman
Maybe this is better -  http://www.amazon.com/GTMax-RS232-Serial-Adapter-Female/dp/B004T5V0KG Or what about just putting a pci card in the computer with USB ports on it? From: Daniel Rodriguez drod...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: Looking for an odd item

2012-04-17 Thread Don Kuhlman
Sorry - my list responses are being delayed today so I just posted the same suggestion - NEVERMIND From: Ralph Smith m...@gatewayindustries.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 9:51 AM Subject: RE:

Re: Looking for an odd item

2012-04-17 Thread Don Kuhlman
12:29 PM Subject: Re: Looking for an odd item I'm glad you said that, was afraid it was just me.   -lc From: Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:48 AM Subject: Re

Re: Looking for an odd item

2012-04-17 Thread Don Kuhlman
 received this at 13:39 CDT...must've been a long trip.  ;)   -lc From: Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 12:52 PM Subject: Re: Looking for an odd item Nope - sent those

Re: ASB

2012-04-16 Thread Don Kuhlman
Congrats! From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 7:15 AM Subject: ASB Saw this on twitter from our own world famous ASB:   is voluntarily transitioning to full

Re: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware!

2012-04-16 Thread Don Kuhlman
#2 is probably the current wave, but I would say it depends on your environment.  Large size enterprises probably keep several physical boxes for specific use (DC, etc.) On the other hand, I have a very small side client that I have even virtualized anything yet. They've got 4 locations, 3

Re: Free eBook: Introducing SQL Server 2012

2012-04-12 Thread Don Kuhlman
Thanks for sharing Mr. MBS Thanks Michael!  Forwarded to our DBAs.   From:Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 8:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Free eBook: Introducing SQL Server 2012   I haven’t read this yet myself, I just downloaded it,

Re: VMware Training

2012-04-06 Thread Don Kuhlman
So does that mean that the elearning self-paced courses won't qualify as official VMware classes for the purposes of certfication? Regards, Don K From: Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent:

Re: VMware Training

2012-04-06 Thread Don Kuhlman
to qualify to take the test. On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com wrote: So does that mean that the elearning self-paced courses won't qualify as official VMware classes for the purposes of certfication? Regards, Don K From: Harry

Re: VMware Training

2012-04-06 Thread Don Kuhlman
training class. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com From: Don Kuhlman [drkuhl...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 11:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMware Training So does that mean

Re: OldCmp.exe

2012-03-23 Thread Don Kuhlman
Good one! From: David Lum david@nwea.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 10:14 AM Subject: OldCmp.exe Thanks for not reading the e-mail I didn’t send because I figured it out myself while

Re: My SBS swing brag

2012-03-14 Thread Don Kuhlman
Thanks Dave.  Sounds like the printer migration process is pretty straight forward with the main requirements being you need a 32 bit client with all the target print drivers, and you have to initially manually add the new printers to the 64 bit server. Did the new server require 64 bit or 32

Re: My SBS swing brag

2012-03-13 Thread Don Kuhlman
Congrats David! From: David Lum david@nwea.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 9:01 AM Subject: My SBS swing brag So, I successfully swung a small (17 employee law fim) client from SBS2003 to

Re: My SBS swing brag

2012-03-13 Thread Don Kuhlman
I gotta ask how if the kit included the print migrations procedures from 32 bit to 64 bit - you mentioned that went well, so it begs the question :) From: Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com

Re: MagicJack

2012-03-09 Thread Don Kuhlman
FWIW, I've had Vonage for about 4 years or so. Originally had their unlimited $24.99 single line monthly plan that ended up costing about $28.00 per month after fees and taxes. I called and asked if there were discounts for paying in bulk. They said yes so I went with a 1 year contract which put

Re: Windows File Archive

2012-03-09 Thread Don Kuhlman
Sorry to hear.  I'm sad for his family and would like to express condolences for their loss. Don K From: William Robbins dangerw...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, March 9, 2012 9:32 AM Subject: Re:

Re: MagicJack

2012-03-09 Thread Don Kuhlman
r one work location. I hate dealing with them, can't seem to do anything right. I have Dish at home and when I called them to complain that if I was a new customer I would be paying $20/month less for the exact same package they dropped $10/month from my bill right there. From: Don Kuhlman [mai

Fw: Required Active Directory Administrator/6+months Contract/Lake Success,NY

2012-03-09 Thread Don Kuhlman
FYI - looks like business is picking up... - Forwarded Message - From: Shubham shub...@okayainfo.com To: drkuhl...@yahoo.com drkuhl...@yahoo.com Sent: Friday, March 9, 2012 12:09 PM Subject: Required Active Directory Administrator/6+months Contract/Lake Success,NY Hi Don Kuhlman

Re: H: (homedrive)

2012-03-09 Thread Don Kuhlman
Yep - been in places that did both - One share with users folders under them, another place had multiple shares by user - H Drive, or U drive, etc. for userdata. From: Rankin, James R kz2...@googlemail.com To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: MagicJack

2012-03-09 Thread Don Kuhlman
a day with our land line. Regards, Don GuyerDirectory and Messaging ServicesCatholic Health East, ITSS From: Don Kuhlman [mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 10:10 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: Re: MagicJack FWIW, I've had Vonage for about 4 years or so. Originally

Re: Log on to DC directly

2012-02-29 Thread Don Kuhlman
Depending on the size of the orgs I've been at they have done similar things. 1) Very large company - our accounts didn't have anything to do with our names - for example a logon id was a Letter and some numbers - example L1234, for user Don K. ID with elevated privilege was L1234A - Don K

Re: Just saying hello to everyone on the list again

2012-02-27 Thread Don Kuhlman
Welcome back Z... From:Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Just saying hello to everyone on the list again   Hello all, after a strange two month absence, I am looking forward to contributing back to the list,

Re: Log on to DC directly

2012-02-24 Thread Don Kuhlman
Not even then unless the dc is the application server too ? From: David Lum david@nwea.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 1:19 PM Subject: Log on to DC directly Barring being an SBS

Re: OT: Do you do personal archiving of list email

2012-02-22 Thread Don Kuhlman
I have a folder for threads I want to keep.   From: Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 7:49 PM Subject: OT: Do you do personal archiving of list email I am marking

Re: OT: Do you do personal archiving of list email

2012-02-22 Thread Don Kuhlman
Wow - I get bothered when I've got 6000 unread emails in this box... From: Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 11:22 AM Subject: RE: OT: Do you do personal

Re: Dumb Citrix security question - #1

2012-02-21 Thread Don Kuhlman
This may help on a high level - http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX101997 In summary, the STA needs IIS to run. There should be a ctxsta.dll in the /scripts directory on the IIS box if it's installed (according to the article) It doesn't have to be in the dmz and can be on a metaframe server.

Re: Dumb Citrix security question - #1

2012-02-21 Thread Don Kuhlman
Please disregard my last post - for some reason they aren't showing up timely. This one came in about the same time I sent mine - we're pointing to the same thing :) From: Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: Writing Turnover Doc

2012-02-17 Thread Don Kuhlman
First Sean, Congrats ? ! I would start with a document that is an index which points to other doc you may already have written - that way, they can start there to find things. Next Maybe do a brain dump making a list of things you do daily and try to refine that into tips on how to get those

Re: dns issue with browser (OS X)

2012-02-17 Thread Don Kuhlman
Is there any VPN stuff going on by chance that overwrites some DNS or other settings which the reboot clears until the VPN client is started again? From: Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent:

Re: SBS swing - don't feel my pain

2012-02-15 Thread Don Kuhlman
+1 - I learned the hard way about SBS' nuances doing an upgrade from 2003 to 2008.  Thanks for sharing folks. Don K From: Mike Hoffman m...@drumbrae.net To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 8:40

Re: Who in your org creates server shares?

2012-02-08 Thread Don Kuhlman
We had a standard server build that included specific shares with group permissions mapped to them.  Those who were granted rights to the shares via groups could create folders under them, but not set up their own shares.  The folders provided shared access to data for the users.

Re: Who in your org creates server shares?

2012-02-08 Thread Don Kuhlman
I think I know that place and that process ;) From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 5:07 PM Subject: Re: Who in your org creates server shares? We submit a

Re: OT - ugh!

2012-02-07 Thread Don Kuhlman
Yes - thanks to you for sharing guys!  It's very encouraging to read your success stories and the way you got there. Much appreciated! Don K From: James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent:

Re: OT - ugh!

2012-02-06 Thread Don Kuhlman
, Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com wrote: That makes no sense - why do they care where you were for 15 years...Sorry to hear that Jacob. I just started a new position - temp for 9 months, nice place - nice people so far. I'm getting into MAC/Linux support so it's a stretch for me

Re: Consulting (was: OT - ugh!)

2012-02-06 Thread Don Kuhlman
network. Also look at sites such as Guru.com and Freelancer.com for opportunities. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com wrote: This may be out of scope for the list

Re: OT - ugh!

2012-02-06 Thread Don Kuhlman
was nuts when he told me to up my rate, but I charge $150/hr plus expenses and have had no one (but contracting agencies) complain.  As busy as I am, maybe I need to up my rates again! :) Thanks Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com From: Don Kuhlman

Re: OT - ugh!

2012-02-03 Thread Don Kuhlman
proactive approach to IT management and stop the fires (also gave details.) I guess they rather have the fires... On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com wrote: That makes no sense - why do they care where yo ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T

Re: One account keeps locking out

2012-02-03 Thread Don Kuhlman
Yes - look for any mobile devices and try to track down where the lockout is coming from and trace it back to the source.  I had one last year like this - user was locking out randomly all the time.  It turned out that they had an iPad in their car and when it was close enough to connect to the

Infrastructure Specialist defined - was: OT - ugh!

2012-02-03 Thread Don Kuhlman
the patient (gave then how I would do it), I can implement a more proactive approach to IT management and stop the fires (also gave details.) I guess they rather have the fires... On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com wrote: That makes no sense - why do they care where

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