RE: Blackberry Bold Administration

2008-10-23 Thread Martin Blackstone
to put the research hat on and start reading up. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday

RE: Blackberry Bold Administration

2008-10-22 Thread Martin Blackstone
Get Blackberry Enterprise Server. Seriously. Do it now or do it later, but you will eventually do it. The other option which I don't care for, but have supported is BIS. Blackberry Enterprise Service. That's managed by the carrier / user and they point their account at your OWA address and

RE: Blackberry Bold Administration

2008-10-22 Thread Martin Blackstone
:) Many times you can pick up Blackberry Enterprise Server with the purchase of a few devices from your carrier. _ From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 11:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberry Bold Administration

RE: Blackberry Bold Administration

2008-10-22 Thread Martin Blackstone
The ability to use WIFI to make calls. This is cool in areas where cell reception may not be very good. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 11:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberry Bold Administration Never understood wifi on 3G

RE: Blackberry Bold Administration

2008-10-22 Thread Martin Blackstone
I don't renew for another year so hopefully the BB Magnum will be out by then. Think of it like a Bold (qwerty kb) with a touch screen. No, not a Treo! From: Liu, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberry

RE: Blackberry Bold Administration

2008-10-22 Thread Martin Blackstone
kbs in various formats, QWERTY, Suretype et al. From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 2:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberry Bold Administration I don't renew for another year so hopefully the BB Magnum will be out

RE: Blackberry Bold Administration

2008-10-22 Thread Martin Blackstone
You're in a golden position to request the BES software! I run it in a VM. And for small deployments you can even start with a PC. From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 2:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberry Bold

RE: SOHO Firewall / VPN

2008-10-20 Thread Martin Blackstone
Yep. Sonicwall or Netscreen. From: Phil Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 8:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SOHO Firewall / VPN Doesn't your Linksys have that? Sonicwall is a good FW. They make inexpensive models. Phil _

RE: Kinda need a Mac,

2008-10-14 Thread Martin Blackstone
VMWare Fusion with Outlook loaded in it. That's how we do it and actually our Mac folk really like that. From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 12:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Kinda need a Mac, Loading up Entourage on my Mac to

RE: Text colour

2008-10-10 Thread Martin Blackstone
+1 -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 5:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Text colour I think its a legit question, although of course it will need to be addressed with particular tact - most likely best done

RE: Microsoft's Free version of Hyper-V Ships! a random Friday Q

2008-10-05 Thread Martin Blackstone
Obviously this is an outsourcer issue, not a VMware issue. But the bigger question is why throw out the baby with the bath water? Wouldn't the best solution for the customer be for them to keep the existing VMware and switch to better outsourcer, or is the whole enchilada (systems, servers,

RE: Microsoft's Free version of Hyper-V Ships! a random Friday Q

2008-10-04 Thread Martin Blackstone
Hyper-V is a huge step up from Virtual Server. I always hated that app. The web based interface blew with teeth. I would love to see Hyper-V written as its own product rather than laid over Windows. One of the things I like about VMware is it only takes about 10-15 minutes to install and it’s

RE: OT: shared calendars

2008-10-01 Thread Martin Blackstone
If you read this: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring/browse_t hread/thread/a7f4c13e6aec9333/7496868b74e55a4a?lnk=st http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring/browse_

RE: Actionpack Licensing question

2008-10-01 Thread Martin Blackstone
systems. Would anyone in their right minds use an internal business server for doing demos or customer training? You couldn't possibly accomplish all that the Action Pack is intended for with just a single system. - Original Message - From: Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT

RE: Microsoft's Free version of Hyper-V Ships!

2008-10-01 Thread Martin Blackstone
Sing the Hyper-V song. http://landofsilly.mypodcast.com/2008/08/Stand_and_Shout_HyperVs_Out_Now-134 895.html From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Microsoft's Free version of Hyper-V Ships!

RE: temp sensors

2008-09-30 Thread Martin Blackstone
I have one of those. It does the job, but you have to rely on a server to do all the work. I prefer the AvTech products, but if cost is an issue, this thing will do the job. From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 9:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Actionpack Licensing question

2008-09-30 Thread Martin Blackstone
The license says: The Microsoft Action Pack Subscription License Agreement gives you the right to use the Action Pack software to run your own business as well as for evaluation, demonstration, testing, training, and education. For example, you can use Action Pack software to host your

RE: Max LUN Size that Windows 2003 will see

2008-09-29 Thread Martin Blackstone
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/LUN_SP1.mspx -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 10:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Max LUN Size that Windows 2003 will see Hey all doing some research on what the

RE: HP Firmware Udate after o before HP support pack

2008-09-26 Thread Martin Blackstone
Here is what I would do. Download and Install the latest SupportPaq. Don't reboot yet. Download the Firmware CD and burn to disk. Put the CD in drive, then shutdown and restart. Let the firmware CD start and upgrade all firmware. Reboot to Windows. From: HELP_PC [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: $700B?

2008-09-26 Thread Martin Blackstone
I estimate this list will now be in full tilt mode within the next 3 hours. Happy Friday. From: Vue, Za [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 6:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: $700B? This sounds more like a ransom from the master of evil for wanting to take

RE: Troubleshooting Server 2008 Reboots

2008-09-24 Thread Martin Blackstone
I've seen the exact behavior myself in the past.. From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Troubleshooting Server 2008 Reboots Again, we're not talking about a system *crash*-we're talking about a

RE: [OT] Secure paper disposal

2008-09-22 Thread Martin Blackstone
In the past I have used Shred-It. They do the document destruction onsite in their trucks. You can watch (or not). But it's all done onsite. I think they then sell the shredded paper to recyclers. From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 1:29 AM To: NT

RE: iPhone Exchange Prep Walk Thru

2008-09-20 Thread Martin Blackstone
And WM has always been the paragon of cert support? -Original Message- From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 10:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: iPhone Exchange Prep Walk Thru More importantly is why doesn't the iphone

RE: iPhone Exchange Prep Walk Thru

2008-09-20 Thread Martin Blackstone
It's gotten better but by no means great. I'll give iPhone the benefit of the doubt here since they are essentially a generation 1 device as far as WM goes and if you think back to WM 5, WM SSL support was probably no better if not slightly worse. -Original Message- From: Benjamin Zachary

RE: OT: iPhone update - how long does it take?

2008-09-19 Thread Martin Blackstone
Let me jump in and slightly hijack this. Does the iPhone have a speak to dial feature? You know like can I say Call Home ? From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 10:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: iphone update - how long does it

RE: OT: iPhone update - how long does it take?

2008-09-19 Thread Martin Blackstone
: Friday, September 19, 2008 12:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: iPhone update - how long does it take? Not built in, but their are applications available, one free and one not rated at 2 and 2.5 stars respectively. On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL

RE: OT: iPhone update - how long does it take?

2008-09-19 Thread Martin Blackstone
PROTECTED] From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 7:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: iPhone update - how long does it take? I don't get that at all. My wife wants an iPhone bad, but lack of voice dialing and no stereo Bluetooth

Re: VMworld - Vegas!

2008-09-14 Thread Martin Blackstone
Me? I should have been there an hour ago. Instead I'm sitting in the airport. On 9/14/08, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When are you getting in town? On 9/14/08, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll be there. My company is an exhibitor. From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Quest Acquires Netpro

2008-09-12 Thread Martin Blackstone
I got 3. From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 10:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Quest Acquires Netpro Yeah I got a e-mail from Quest with that.. Dave -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: NetApp SAN For Virtualisation

2008-09-11 Thread Martin Blackstone
No. NetApp is a SAN and a NAS and has been designed from the ground up to be that way. Typically when you see a device that does both, it was designed to be one or the other and has been tweaked to do the opposite of what it was designed to do. NetApp runs DataOnTap which is their proprietary OS.

RE: OMG WSUS Just tanked *EVERY* Desktop in my org!

2008-09-11 Thread Martin Blackstone
So what happened? Elaborate so we don't have to live though that! -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OMG WSUS Just tanked *EVERY* Desktop in my org! Lol, it looks like a .net

RE: Server Imaging

2008-09-06 Thread Martin Blackstone
I have used Acronis True Image with HP RAID adapters very successfully in the past. From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 3:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server Imaging Hi Guys and Gals, I know this has been done before, but whats

RE: Microsoft Customer Experance Improvement Program

2008-09-06 Thread Martin Blackstone
I think there may be one guy looking at the errors. Then he classifies everything as a bad driver issue. He is probably lonely and mad. From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 9:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Microsoft Customer

Domain Offline More than 2 Months

2008-09-05 Thread Martin Blackstone
, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DC Offline I know we have discussed this before, but I probably didn't pay attention

RE: Domain Offline More than 2 Months

2008-09-05 Thread Martin Blackstone
, that one should still be able to log in. Then you could reset the secure channels for each computer using nltest or netdom. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday

RE: Domain Offline More than 2 Months

2008-09-05 Thread Martin Blackstone
, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 4:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Domain Offline More than 2 Months So we talked about this a while back and today I

RE: Domain Offline More than 2 Months

2008-09-05 Thread Martin Blackstone
and netdom.exe. /lecture mode off http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/260575/EN-US/ for netdom and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181171 for nltest. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Domain Offline More than 2 Months

2008-09-05 Thread Martin Blackstone
Martin Blackstone wrote: Thanks Michael. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 1:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Domain Offline More than 2 Months lecture mode on When a Windows computer joins a domain, it establishes a secure

RE: Hot Site Setup

2008-09-03 Thread Martin Blackstone
What are you using to replicate the data? SnapMirror? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 4:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Hot Site Setup Hey guys, What are your best options for Hot Site setup. Currently we do whole disk

RE: Windows Licensing Question

2008-08-29 Thread Martin Blackstone
I'm actually related to him. My ancestor. -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Licensing Question On 28 Aug 2008 at 19:53, Martin Blackstone wrote: The answer

RE: Backup Tape Destruction

2008-08-29 Thread Martin Blackstone
If you have a shredding service, they will often do it for you at a small cost. Or you could get an electromagnet and wipe the tape them smash it with a hammer. From: Todd Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 7:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup

RE: Windows Licensing Question

2008-08-28 Thread Martin Blackstone
The answer is yes. From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 6:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows Licensing Question On 28 Aug 2008 at 11:46, James Kerr wrote: If I buy a PC with Vista Utimate on it but I want to have

RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards

2008-08-27 Thread Martin Blackstone
a skill I have. Webster helped me a lot yesterday, but when I gave him all of my requirements, it was more than I wanted to spend.) Thanks! Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards

2008-08-27 Thread Martin Blackstone
I buy SuperMicro gear when I can't get a Dell in the configuration I want (needed a chassis that could support more than 6 3.5 drives for an ESX box - SuperMicro makes a 12 drive 2U and a 16 drive 3U, best Dell or HP could do was a 10 drive 5U at 2x the cost) Martin Blackstone wrote: When I buy

RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards

2008-08-26 Thread Martin Blackstone
The 2100 is on the 2003 HCL but I don't see it on the 2008. http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/item.aspx?idItem=6c0eadca-361e-de5f-976a -c294349ab8d5 http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/item.aspx?idItem=6c0eadca-361e-de5f-976 a-c294349ab8d5bCatID=1282 bCatID=1282 I would imagine that 2008

RE: MS CA's and iPhones

2008-08-25 Thread Martin Blackstone
Ive used this method in the past https://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/01/28/making_a_root_cert_c ab_file.aspx From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 8:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: MS CA's and iPhones CO got a new toy,

RE: MS CA's and iPhones

2008-08-25 Thread Martin Blackstone
there is no file explorer for him to browse? Never used one but I just forced him to return it to the office so I could the Ent Config Util. jlc From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS CA's and iPhones

RE: MS CA's and iPhones

2008-08-25 Thread Martin Blackstone
you have to sync that **($ with itunes. -troy -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 9:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS CA's and iPhones Install ActiveSync http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/help

RE: Sonicwall pro 2040 recommendation ?

2008-08-23 Thread Martin Blackstone
They make a fine firewall, but as the other poster said, VPN functionality with other systems can be funky. I've used Sonicwall's in the past and found them to be a breeze to manage. BUT, after my last support experience I vowed never to do business with them again and went with an ASA at my last

RE: Words of wisdom on server 2008 and dl380 g5

2008-08-22 Thread Martin Blackstone
Stop now. First download the firmware CD, burn it and boot the server from it to update your firmware: http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lan g=en http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?la

RE: Words of wisdom on server 2008 and dl380 g5

2008-08-22 Thread Martin Blackstone
Yup! From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 5:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Words of wisdom on server 2008 and dl380 g5 SmartStart 8.x includes support for server 2008. I would download that from HP. There is an x32 and an x64

RE: Words of wisdom on server 2008 and dl380 g5

2008-08-22 Thread Martin Blackstone
+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 _ From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 8:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Words of wisdom on server 2008 and dl380 g5 Stop now. First download the firmware CD, burn it and boot the server from

RE: Vulnerability reported in Microsoft Windows nslookup.exe

2008-08-19 Thread Martin Blackstone
On the vague scale I rate that a 9 out of 10. -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vulnerability reported in Microsoft Windows nslookup.exe Don't know how many of you use

RE: P2V and Partitions

2008-08-18 Thread Martin Blackstone
But will Windows see that expanded partition? I think not IIRC. It may see the additional space, but won't just dynamically resize. From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 8:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: P2V and Partitions Roger, 1.

RE: P2V and Partitions

2008-08-18 Thread Martin Blackstone
. I do it all the time when going p2v. From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 10:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: P2V and Partitions But will Windows see that expanded partition? I think not IIRC. It may see the additional space

RE: P2V and Partitions

2008-08-18 Thread Martin Blackstone
NFS From: Jason Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 8:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: P2V and Partitions Are you running from NFS volumes or iSCSI? From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 10:31 AM To: NT

RE: P2V and Partitions

2008-08-18 Thread Martin Blackstone
manager has a bunch of new stuff in it now, including new storage controller with new storage. Oo Face! J Shook From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 11:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: P2V and Partitions

RE: P2V and Partitions

2008-08-18 Thread Martin Blackstone
the i/o performance. supposedly My problem with using iscsi volumes is that netapp tells you to make the flexvol 220% of the space you'll give to the iscsi luns. All that extra space is for snapshots and stuff. L That much wasted space makes me a sad panda. From: Martin Blackstone [mailto

RE: Backup Exec Question

2008-08-16 Thread Martin Blackstone
You pretty much nailed it John. You build a single backup server, install the agents on the other servers, and then back them up from the BU server. If I remember correctly, for the Exchange server though you would need both the remote agent and the Exchange agent. At least if you want to

RE: After-hours work

2008-08-16 Thread Martin Blackstone
If I had to choose, I would say #1 But I wouldn't put it that way. I look at it as the job we chose. Period. It's not a 9 to 5 job. PS full time IT dude here. From: Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: After-hours work

RE: Shook is baaaaaaccckkkk!

2008-08-15 Thread Martin Blackstone
The other half of the battle is probably that signature! Welcome back dude! Glad you found something! From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 1:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Shook is baaccc! In a nutshell, I support the sales

RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

2008-08-14 Thread Martin Blackstone
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905803 Essentially keep folder sizes under 5K items. Learn it, live it, love it. From: Fergal O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 4:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Outloot Limit on messages per folder Hi

RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

2008-08-14 Thread Martin Blackstone
You don't need an archive strategy per say, just better mailbox management. I use sub folders under my inbox for older mail. Say a folder called 2007, 2006, etc. Yes, they have more than 5000 items, but I rarely hit them, so I can live with it. From: Fergal O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

2008-08-14 Thread Martin Blackstone
folder, necessitating the use of physical folders... Cheers Ken From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 14 August 2008 10:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder You don't need an archive strategy per say, just

RE: Major Vmware Bug Hits Today, BE advised.

2008-08-13 Thread Martin Blackstone
What do you mean he is making the wrong impression? From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 8:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Major Vmware Bug Hits Today, BE advised. The funny part this guy was an EX Microsoft Higher Up, and he is

RE: Major Vmware Bug Hits Today, BE advised.

2008-08-13 Thread Martin Blackstone
I was going to say the exact same thin. The guy was on the job 2 weeks before the update went out... -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Major Vmware Bug Hits Today, BE advised.

RE: leased email vs free

2008-08-12 Thread Martin Blackstone
I 100% concur. When I get email from businesses using Gmail, Hotmail, or AOL, I find myself questioning that business. Especially if the person is in any kind of technology role. Not that bad things don’t happen everywhere, but don’t come screaming to me when you are losing email, dropping

RE: Question about putting in a PBX

2008-08-11 Thread Martin Blackstone
I like patch panels, but that's because I had punch blocks. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 9:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Question about putting in a PBX We're getting in a new PBX - a Shoretel - and have the

RE: Question about putting in a PBX

2008-08-11 Thread Martin Blackstone
With Shoretel you just pick up the phone and move it. Everything is connected to the MAC address of the phone. -Original Message- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 9:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Question about putting in a PBX

RE: Laptop battery

2008-08-09 Thread Martin Blackstone
I use Pacific Battery. I've found them to be helpful and honest. From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 8:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Laptop battery I need to get a laptop battery for a client and remember a lot of talk about who not to

RE: [OT] TGIF

2008-08-08 Thread Martin Blackstone
It always seems to come in waves doesn't it? -Original Message- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 6:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: [OT] TGIF Holy crap has everything been breaking down and running wrong today... Here's just to

RE: Wanted: Internet/ IM/ Skype usage monitor.

2008-08-08 Thread Martin Blackstone
And it needs to be free. Honestly, Websense could probably do this for you. From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 7:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Wanted: Internet/ IM/ Skype usage monitor. Hi Chaps, I have been asked to try and find

RE: Home Directories and VPN

2008-08-07 Thread Martin Blackstone
I don’t know what kind of VPN you have, but the Cisco dialer allows you to logon before Windows logon, so you establish VPN connectivity first, then when you put in your Windows credentials you are logged onto the domain correctly will all rights and access afforded to a local user. You

RE: vpn issue

2008-08-05 Thread Martin Blackstone
True that. Unfortunately this will probably shape up to be an issue for many of your home users.. From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 8:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: vpn issue Change your home network to something other than

RE: Vmware ESXi question

2008-08-01 Thread Martin Blackstone
, but the embedded isn't? i am getting this right ? _ From: Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 1 August 2008 12:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vmware ESXi question No. You did. J From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 7

RE: iPhone 3G, Exchange, and you

2008-08-01 Thread Martin Blackstone
Carlos, how long did it take the remote wipe to occur and finish? From clicking the remote wipe button to it being wiped and done. I have heard it can take a couple of hours which would be highly unacceptable. But I would like to hear if others have noticed this as well. From: Garcia-Moran,

RE: iPhone 3G, Exchange, and you

2008-08-01 Thread Martin Blackstone
and sat at the black screen with the Apple. I did this several times and it was less than 5 mins to get to that point. The device is useless until the user plugs it up to iTunes to reload the device. From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 11:26 AM To: NT

RE: Defrag servers

2008-07-31 Thread Martin Blackstone
I've tested their Exchange product in my lab. To the best of what I could tell, all it does is dismount the stores, run eseutil /d and then remount them. Nothing magical there. It's just doing all the work for you. From: David L Herrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31,

RE: Defrag servers

2008-07-31 Thread Martin Blackstone
AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers And here I thought only whats-their-names did that. (brain is blank at the moment. Those folks with the ‘8’ in their name…) Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Martin Blackstone

RE: Defrag servers

2008-07-31 Thread Martin Blackstone
, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag servers So I just ran it against the Pub1. Here

RE: VMWare and Exchange

2008-07-31 Thread Martin Blackstone
Running Exchange on a VM is like the elephant in the corner. Everyone knows it's there but nobody wants to talk about it. That said, I have two production Exchange 2003 servers running on VMWare ESX. Backend is all NetApp running over 1GB iSCSI. Tastes great, less filling! Understand that as of

RE: What OS on network

2008-07-31 Thread Martin Blackstone
It probably doesn't play very well with Geoworks or OS2 either. -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What OS on network SpiceWorks is great...my only complaint is that it doesn't

Re: VMWare and Exchange

2008-07-31 Thread Martin Blackstone
What speed fiber? 4gb? On 7/31/08, Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've worked with the VMWare engineer. His statement was pretty much what I expected - he stated that the capacity planner usually is pretty much dead on for most people. Those numbers indicated

Re: VMWare and Exchange

2008-07-31 Thread Martin Blackstone
What speed fiber? 4gb? On 7/31/08, Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've worked with the VMWare engineer. His statement was pretty much what I expected - he stated that the capacity planner usually is pretty much dead on for most people. Those numbers indicated

RE: Exchange on VM using NetApp storage

2008-07-31 Thread Martin Blackstone
Absolutely. It rocks. I use it in production. I did a demo recently where I deleted a 70 GB store (in a lab) and restored it in minutes. That's restore, mount, and live. It uses the MS VSS provider so you are assured it's a good backup. After each snapshot SME runs eseutil against the snapshot

RE: VMWare and Exchange

2008-07-31 Thread Martin Blackstone
I think my gmail barfed. -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 6:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMWare and Exchange What speed fiber? 4gb? On 7/31/08, Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Vmware ESXi question

2008-07-31 Thread Martin Blackstone
ESXi will be free in a few weeks so anything more than $0 is too much. From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vmware ESXi question Sorry no server is 11k and esxi is 3k on its own if we go the

RE: Vmware ESXi question

2008-07-31 Thread Martin Blackstone
, etc. will stop charging for the embedded version? From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vmware ESXi question ESXi will be free in a few weeks so anything more than $0 is too much. From: Greg

RE: ESX/ESXi

2008-07-28 Thread Martin Blackstone
You would still need Virtual Center if you wanted to do things like VMotion. From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 3:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ESX/ESXi So it is all I need to consolidate my servers, and I don't need Infrastructure

RE: So I have this app called Great Plains....

2008-07-23 Thread Martin Blackstone
You don't have a support contract? I'm telling you, if you don't have a strong understanding of that product, step away from the keyboard. GP is some serious sh*t. I had it for 3 years at my old company and wouldn't touch it without a support rep on the other end of the phone. -Original

Re: BES 4.1 SP6

2008-07-18 Thread Martin Blackstone
4.5 rocks. +1 On 7/18/08, Stefan Jafs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have and it's working with no problems. I also updated my Curve to v4.5 and can now see proper html e-mail. __ Stefan Jafs From: Barsodi.John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: FTP alternatives

2008-07-16 Thread Martin Blackstone
Has anyone used the Filezilla server? I was looking at that. From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FTP alternatives Also not that secure, there have been some well documented flaws in SERV-U Ftp daemon

RE: domain registration

2008-07-16 Thread Martin Blackstone
Indeed. GoDaddy is good. I had a ton of domains at DirectNIC in my old job and they did a great job as well. From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: domain registration Save your money, move away from

RE: Ultra-small laptops with sim card slots ?

2008-07-15 Thread Martin Blackstone
That's what she said. From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 6:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Ultra-small laptops with sim card slots ? Smaller J I'm looking for 9 to 10 units. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15

RE: Email box access

2008-07-15 Thread Martin Blackstone
http://www.petri.co.il/grant_full_mailbox_rights_on_exchange_2000_2003.htm However be aware that any changes can take up to 2 hours to take effect unless you force a restart of the IS. From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Email box access

2008-07-15 Thread Martin Blackstone
Hello HR? I need this in writing please From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Email box access Make sure this is OK'd by someone even higher up the line and make his sign something...in blood. On Tue, Jul

RE: Blackberry - locked on power up?

2008-07-14 Thread Martin Blackstone
Yep. I've seen this with the 8330 (Sprint and Verizon) that run on the 4.3 OS which is brand new. In fact something of a beta. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 8:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberry - locked on power up?

RE: Blackberry - locked on power up?

2008-07-14 Thread Martin Blackstone
_ From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 11:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberry - locked on power up? Yep. I've seen this with the 8330 (Sprint and Verizon) that run on the 4.3 OS which is brand new. In fact something

Hotfix Request Web Submission Form

2008-07-12 Thread Martin Blackstone
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RE: Hotfix Request Web Submission Form

2008-07-12 Thread Martin Blackstone
, looks like they changed it. This is what I get-- https://support.microsoft.com/contactus/emailcontact.aspx?scid=sw;en;1410 States that you need to click the link in the KB that has the hotfix you want. I'm guessing if that's not available you would have to call. -Bonnie From: Martin

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