RE: Workstation Naming Standards

2001-09-28 Thread Jay Woody
headcount also. :) JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/27/01 07:22PM And a machine gets moved to another room and you have to rename it! Greg -Original Message- From: Jay Woody [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 1:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Workstation

RE: Workstation Naming Standards

2001-09-27 Thread Jay Woody
I have been through 3 different changes so far. The first one was something like W0F01492. The W was for Workstation (servers got A-F), multiple workstations got G,H, etc. 0F0 was a location code and all of our sites had one (or more).1 was the floor. 492 was the room. Second place was

RE: ERD Scripts

2001-09-26 Thread Jay Woody
Maybe in the mail for the last couple of days. I assume you checked the archive right? JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/26/01 03:30PM Where might one find this script? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 10:50 AM To:

RE: Nimda - Thought we were protected

2001-09-25 Thread Jay Woody
The only thing that I would add is that rather than attaching to the net un-patched and downloading it, you should burn as much as possible to CD and load it from there before attaching to the net the first time. For instance the SP and all current hotfixes can be downloaded, batched and

RE: Installing IIS Patches

2001-09-25 Thread Jay Woody
Please be aware that there are other things that need to be done. There are several registry and permission changes, etc. that MS doesn't put in their roll-ups. Be sure that you do those also. JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/25/01 07:30AM Try this...

Re: IIS4 not responding after security update.

2001-09-25 Thread Jay Woody
I will let others answer as to what might have gone wrong, but always recommend downloading the fixes and the running them rather than running them from the site. All it takes is a net hiccup and a lockup and all of the sudden, no IIS. You run a much smaller chance of this with the download

Re: OT : Code name for Win98

2001-09-25 Thread Jay Woody
I think 95 was Chicago and 98 was Memphis. JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/25/01 07:40AM Memphis? Or was that for 95? *** Jeff Johnson MCSE+I, MCSE 2k Network Engineer Triple S Plastics ***

Re: MS Security Rollup

2001-09-25 Thread Jay Woody
I don't know what I would do if someone actually checked the archives before posting a question like this. Yes I do, I would never see it because it would have been answered already. Yep, there were a couple of issues with this. The biggest one, that I remember, only came into play if you

RE: Get Me Off the List, Please

2001-09-25 Thread Jay Woody
Or you can click the link at the bottom of the page since Stu said HOURS ago that the problem was resolved. Rather than whining, would you like to list any of the other lists? JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/25/01 09:51AM Looks like those of us who want off the list will have to set up an

Re: MS Security Rollup

2001-09-25 Thread Jay Woody
Compaq has a fix. This si a snippet from the batch file that I run. It does all the NT, IIS, registry cleanups and the Compaq fix. Since using this, I have had no more blue screens. cls ECHO This is Compaq's recommended fix for the BSoD that ECHO occurs after MS's post-SP6a roll-up. If a

Re: New virus -- real or hoax?

2001-09-25 Thread Jay Woody
Please check anti-virus sites before posting. Yes this is true. JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/25/01 12:02PM I got the following note from a friend. Haven't seen any thing to confirm or deny authenticity. Can anyone shed light on this? Thanks, Steve -Attached

RE: RE: Get Me Off the List, Please

2001-09-25 Thread Jay Woody
He is in his 70s. There is an article on him in last weeks TV Guide I think. He mentions that no one knew who Adam Sandler was until (he) Bob Barker punched him. He says that now half of his audience is made up of college students. JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/25/01 03:47PM I have always

Re: Break the Link between Novell and NDS for NT

2001-09-24 Thread Jay Woody
We did it here and NT has never been the same. One of the biggest issue that we have still are that users that were created while the link was there can not be administered by anyone unless they have Domain Admin access. This kind of stinks here because our helpdesk resets passwords. I have

RE: Duplicate Name Found

2001-09-24 Thread Jay Woody
Why don't you down the server and try to ping the address and name. My guess is that the IP address will still respond. Hunt down the culprit (who, by the way, is getting an error message also and not reporting it) and kill them. Show no mercy. My 2 cents. JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/24/01

Is there any way to know for sure? More Nimda stuff.

2001-09-21 Thread Jay Woody
Maybe I am being paranoid. I have a server that the eeye scanner says is not vulnerable, I don't see any .eml files on it and when I scan for files changed since the 18th, there are no .exes. However, when I look at the task list, it shows 2 CMD.EXEs open. I have one open but not two. Am I

RE: IIS paches

2001-09-19 Thread Jay Woody
I downloaded and loaded this one at the end of August, yet 2 of my boxes were hit. Do we know for sure that MS00-078 was included? JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/19/01 10:39AM Here is a cumulative patch from Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-044.asp

RE: Airport security (was: The idiocy continues!)

2001-09-13 Thread Jay Woody
My guess is that it wasn't that there was no one to land it, but rather as low as they were flying, when a fight broke out, the plane dove and no one had time to pull it up. From all reports the plane was flying EXTREMELY low and suddenly shot down and exploded. I don't believe that they

RE: Airport security (was: The idiocy continues!)

2001-09-13 Thread Jay Woody
There is evidence that the plane that crashed in PA had just that happen. However, what if they simply shoot everyone first? I would assume the fact that they didn't have guns might. The issue is not how to prevent other weapons, etc. We have done a decent job with keeping the guns out,

Re: RUMORS CONCERNING THE PRICE OF GAS AND LINES AT GAS STATIONS

2001-09-12 Thread Jay Woody
We had the same prices, but HUGE lines and even a couple of station were shown on the news as tapped dry. The fact that 3 AG's (OK, TX and MS) reported issues with it yesterday, implies it did occur, but I didn't see anything but the long lines personally. So, not the bulls**it you thought,

RE: FW: NewYork Terrorist Attack

2001-09-12 Thread Jay Woody
to the British, but Europe was on it's own until someone hit the US and THEIR security was threatened. So in effect, America was fighting for itself as well. -Original Message- From: Jay Woody [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 8:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: FW: NewYork Terrorist Attack

2001-09-12 Thread Jay Woody
in effect, America was fighting for itself as well. -Original Message- From: Jay Woody [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 8:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FW: NewYork Terrorist Attack We all won the war... The Allies. Their decendants

RE: Australian Expressing Sadness + Something to think about

2001-09-12 Thread Jay Woody
If you would like to get the whole story, go here: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/predict.htm I find it fascinating that someone made this prophecy as an example of how vague his stuff is and how it could fit many different things and now it is being made to fit here and being used as

Re: Australian Expressing Sadness + Something to think about

2001-09-12 Thread Jay Woody
Nice touch on the voodoo crap. People look to their beliefs at a time like this. Calling it voodoo crap will accomplish nothing but more flames. You trimmed out what you are replying to, so I don't know what you are labeling as voodoo crap, but the Nostradamus stuff is discussed here if that

RE: Australian Expressing Sadness + Something to think about

2001-09-12 Thread Jay Woody
Now that flame was actually amusing. Guys, trust me, the debates between these 3 religions (Islam, Judiasm, and Christianity) are numerous and have been raging for 1,000's of years. They won't be solved here. Suffice to say that lumping all Muslim's together is akin to saying that all

RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack

2001-09-11 Thread Jay Woody
Right, but insulting the President earlier, that was right on topic. Delete the thread and move on. JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/11/01 12:16PM Exactly. We're getting way off topic. -Original Message- From: Matt Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001

RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack

2001-09-11 Thread Jay Woody
We actually had 2 bomb threats here and many of the roads downtown were closed for a couple of hours (just in case). Seems times like these times either bring out the worst or the absolute best in everybody. Some people threaten to blow up the Clark Tower and the Pyramid, some immediately

Re: NewYork Terrorist Attack

2001-09-11 Thread Jay Woody
Give me a break man. Delete the thread and move on. Not all of us are in a place where we can hear much about it. The thread is clearly labeled and it is not like these things happen daily in America. I'll take the news. You delete the thread. It would seem like today of all days you

RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack

2001-09-11 Thread Jay Woody
Then you can delete the thread and move on. Make a freaking rule for goodness sake. It trips me out when people gripe about this. I would think that today might be just a little different. A little slack might be called for today. Maybe? What pressing NT question do we have that this

RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack

2001-09-11 Thread Jay Woody
As has been said repeatedly, it is relevant to humanity. I would think that this would even include you right? Delete the thread and move on. Why are you reading it if you don't want the info? JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/11/01 12:43PM How is this relevant to NT system administration?

RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack

2001-09-11 Thread Jay Woody
I was watching it this morning with my 7 year-old. It wasn't until the first tower toppled that he looked at me and said, Why do they keep doing this to us? Don't they know they have already hurt us? I guess he thought the towers coming down were yet another attack. It was a fun

RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack

2001-09-11 Thread Jay Woody
Considering how many times we are accused of being the world's policemen and getting involved in way too much, Murray, that comment seems bizarre to me. I hope and pray to my imaginary friend that nothing like this ever happens to Canada, but I can bet you that if it did, America would be

Re: Attack and Gas Prices

2001-09-11 Thread Jay Woody
I am hearing $4 a gallon in Little Rock, AR. JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/11/01 03:10PM Can anyone confirm that gas prices are going up around the country? Supposedly it's around $6.00 a gallon already in some places... http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm

RE: WTC attack

2001-09-11 Thread Jay Woody
You can loop it from that site. There is a Short Range / Loop on the left. Loop it and then zoom in. I believe that a bunch of that is the usual ground clutter, but if you zoom in on the area where the WTC was, you can definitely see a plume that is flowing to the south. I think that this

RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack

2001-09-11 Thread Jay Woody
Not in 2 hours. JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/11/01 03:30PM On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Allen Crawford wrote: 2) We've all basically agreed this is the biggest catastrophe in recent history, if not all of history. All of history is a bit much. Stalin alone killed millions. -- Ben Scott [EMAIL

Re: NewYork Terrorist Attack

2001-09-11 Thread Jay Woody
Somebody earlier was asking if the towers fell all the way to the ground. Here is an image that says it all. http://us.news2.yimg.com/f/42/31/7m/dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20010911/ts/mdf50564.html JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/11/01 04:30PM We just lost 7 World Trade I used to live in

RE: Another Building Fell

2001-09-11 Thread Jay Woody
Actually, no we don't. I don't have the news here and I appreciate the updates. Keep them coming and keep the whining about the thread to a minimum. JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/11/01 04:41PM -Original Message- From: Michael Brubaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday,

Re: HFNetchk Automation

2001-09-10 Thread Jay Woody
I posted a whole script on the security list, but not this one. Check the archives around the middle of last month (http://www.sunbelt-software.com/win-security_list_charter.htm). Since posting that one, a couple of patches have come out and I have changed how I personally do the batch

RE: HFNetchk Automation

2001-09-10 Thread Jay Woody
you check these commercial versions out and let the list know what you think? http://apollo.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=730 Warm regards, Stu -Original Message- From: Jay Woody [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 4:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: hack or virus?

2001-09-06 Thread Jay Woody
Hack and a rather old one. Major patching needs to be done. After the format and rebuild that is. I think this is the one where it infected Sun boxes and then the Sun boxes infected NT boxes. It came out right after the US/China spy plane incident, so obviously they haven't patched in

RE: IIS tuning

2001-08-29 Thread Jay Woody
Aside from the 50,000,000 given last week? Nope, not really. :) JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/29/01 08:00AM M$ has just releasded a program call IISFix i think it is. This is a simple lil gui that u can use to lock down IIS REALLY tight Opinions?? Ryan -Original Message- From: Kent

Re: New Worm on the loose

2001-08-27 Thread Jay Woody
Is there a subject line? JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/27/01 03:46PM Sorry about the cross posting. We don't have a lot of specifics on it, but there appears to be a new worm on the loose. The payload is a typical Melissa-style worm, where its only action is to send mail to all members of the

RE: Compaq Array Controllers and Windows NT4 Security Roll-Up - Q299 444

2001-08-24 Thread Jay Woody
Kind of, I have posted this one a bunch, but again, the issue is 99% of the time the SCSIPORT.SYS. I have always fixed it from the BSoD and haven't tried the Compaq fix yet, but maybe this will help anyway. You need to boot off of your ERD Pro diskettes or some other software that allows you

OT - Macromedia's pricing strategy?

2001-08-20 Thread Jay Woody
I just got a bulletin that Macromedia released some new something. However, the interesting part to me was their pricing strategy. :) ~~ Pricing ~~ Pricing starts at just $1999 for a 3-user version. Add a

Re: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-044

2001-08-20 Thread Jay Woody
No issues for me. I ran it on about 15 servers. Probably 4 different Compaq hardware platforms. JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/20/01 11:57AM For those of you who have installed this, have you seen any issues? We have run it in our dev env. with no issues, but just want to get a the opinions of

RE: OT - Macromedia's pricing strategy?

2001-08-20 Thread Jay Woody
(which is an ADDITION to the Site license) would be useless to you without the original site purchase. William -Original Message- From: Jay Woody [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 10:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT - Macromedia's pricing strategy? I

Re: IIS stopping without reason

2001-08-20 Thread Jay Woody
Wow, your BDC huh. What was the TCP address again? I will download the .sam and mail you your admin password as quickly as l0phtcrack can crack it. :) I'm sure everyone has already told you that this is likely Code Red. If this is on the outside, I would unplug it, quick and re-build it.

RE: IIS stopping without reason

2001-08-20 Thread Jay Woody
It can't be Code Red... Until that machine actually goes live, port 80 is blocked to outside traffic As far as blocking port 80 to outside, I am pretty sure that Code Red can be adapted to hit any port, it just does 80 for obvious reasons. Also, I would wonder about internal boxes that

RE: IIS stopping without reason

2001-08-20 Thread Jay Woody
When did you apply the patches? Could you have been hit before you got the patches on? We have had a couple of e-mail's on this also. Here is the last thread I remember, maybe it will help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/08/01 10:00AM Ok, further clarification. Some peopleare seeing these crashes

RE: IP addresses

2001-08-14 Thread Jay Woody
In my case all of the boxes in my location all hit the net with the same IP address. Obviously I don't keep that address on the top of my head as it has nothing to do with my local boxes address. Just an example. JayW [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/14/01 03:43PM How do you not know what IP address