RE: Slow spam day?

2010-06-25 Thread Murray Freeman
A few weeks ago, I couldn't believe the heavy amount of spam I was receiving, and then, for the last 2 weeks, it's like someone turned off the spiggit! Murray From: gro...@beachcomp.com [mailto:gro...@beachcomp.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 4:05 PM To: NT

RE: script SSID for wireless configs

2010-05-21 Thread Murray Freeman
see your SSID with their toolset (its still out there in the ether). Obscurity != Security And with that, let the soapboxing begin... -- ME2 On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: I've been lurking on this topic, and I have a couple of questions

RE: script SSID for wireless configs

2010-05-21 Thread Murray Freeman
configs Technically speaking, its not that it isnt broadcasted. It's not advertised in the packets. This is a good short summary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_set_%28802.11_network%29#Security_o f_Broadcasting_SSID -- ME2 On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Murray Freeman mfree

RE: script SSID for wireless configs

2010-05-21 Thread Murray Freeman
use my street address as my SSID, FWIW. Kurt On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:47, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: Thanks Micheal, that clears it up somewhat. It sounds to me that with the number of wifi's in my neighborhood, I don't have to be very concerned because the rest

RE: script SSID for wireless configs

2010-05-21 Thread Murray Freeman
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: script SSID for wireless configs On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: So you are telling me that there are tools that can see something that isn't being broadcast? It's still being broadcast. Normally, a wifi AP

RE: Wireless Routers

2010-05-10 Thread Murray Freeman
Just a quick response to your Anti-Netgear attitude. I've had 2 Netgear WIFI's and they both work just fine. When I moved up to a Rangemax, I gave my old one to a friend and he reports no problems. Oh, that was more than 2 years ago. I've worked on other brands at work, but I'm very happy with my

RE: Wireless Routers

2010-05-10 Thread Murray Freeman
As to the channel in use, 1,6 11 are the recommended channels for all wifi, but I've used all of them at one time or another. It seems that some of the newer wif's search for a quiet channel if there are a lot of units nearby. I have a dozen neighbors in my area that have wifi and several are

RE: Internet Policies

2010-05-04 Thread Murray Freeman
Well, as long as we're discussing IM, we don't allow it currently. But, I have trouble understanding how IM is better than either email or a meeting, or using a telephone to accomplish the very same thing as an IM. Can someone explain that to me. Oh, we've recently adopted social networking for

RE: Internet Policies -- Benefits of IM and Social Media

2010-05-04 Thread Murray Freeman
of the above means of communications are useful to various organizations, even though abuse of them can waste time. But so can the abuse of any other communications vehicle, including meetings. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote

RE: Internet Policies

2010-05-04 Thread Murray Freeman
, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: Well, as long as we're discussing IM, we don't allow it currently. But, I have trouble understanding how IM is better than either email or a meeting, or using a telephone to accomplish the very same thing as an IM. Can someone explain that to me. Oh

RE: Internet Policies -- Benefits of IM and Social Media

2010-05-04 Thread Murray Freeman
System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Internet Policies -- Benefits of IM and Social Media One advantage of IM over phone conversations is proof of what is said in the conversation. Some times it is quite useful when you need to CYA. Jon On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Murray Freeman mfree

RE: Ink toner cold callers

2010-04-27 Thread Murray Freeman
We're a small organization, and I purchase all toner ink. It's really no big deal here as I don't get many cold calls from toner venders, but I usually do take the time to explain that we're very happy with our current vendor and no intention of changing at this time. While we're on the subject

RE: Professional NetBooks?

2010-04-14 Thread Murray Freeman
Uh, what is middle age? I'm 71+ and I thought I was middle aged and I carry a 12 inch portable laptop, and yes it's a Dell! Murray -Original Message- From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 3:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re:

DISK BASED BACKUP

2010-04-06 Thread Murray Freeman
We're a small shop and have half a dozen servers in use at present, but will be expanding. We currently sue 3 tape drives to back up our servers, and are using NTBackup on Windows Server 2003. We will be moving to Windows Server 2008 maybe next year, and I'm aware that NTBackup has been replaced.

RE: DISK BASED BACKUP

2010-04-06 Thread Murray Freeman
6, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: We're a small shop and have half a dozen servers in use at present, but will be expanding. We currently sue 3 tape drives to back up our servers, and are using NTBackup on Windows Server 2003. We will be moving to Windows

SPEEDING UP WORKSTATIONS

2010-03-30 Thread Murray Freeman
From time to time, staff members complain that their workstations seem to be running slower. Many times, something as simple as defragmentation results in improvement, but not always. And of course I try to determine if the slowness is accessing the internet, or just accessing files on our

RE: National broadband

2010-03-18 Thread Murray Freeman
I'm not sure I completely understand this static ip discussion. I haven't checked to see if my ip is changing, but since I never turn my modem off, I'm not sure that my ip is changing. I'll just have to start checking. Of course, I don't see how it would impact me as I don't really work out of my

RE: National broadband

2010-03-18 Thread Murray Freeman
Message- From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband It affects us nerds who like to host things on our connections. -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent

RE: National broadband

2010-03-18 Thread Murray Freeman
And the telco went bankrupt? I'm in ATT and they are rolling out Uverse. As I understand it, since we have Comcast along with ATT, FIOS will not be allowed in at this time! MMF From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent:

RE: National broadband

2010-03-18 Thread Murray Freeman
communication stations all over the county so that they'd have the infrastructure for DSL (since users can't be more than whatever distance from that equipment for DSL to work). From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:11 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: National broadband

2010-03-17 Thread Murray Freeman
What are people doing at home, for personal reasons, that would need 50 - 100 Mbps down, and 50ish Mbps up? I can say that I use my home connection for email and searches. I don't download music or movies. Now, this discussion seemed to home in on poor people having Internet Access. Poor people

RE: National broadband

2010-03-17 Thread Murray Freeman
While I haven't tried to use Hughesnet or other satellite based IP communications, they advertise that if you have a clear view of the southwestern sky, you can have Internet Access anywhere. I have Directv for my television, and it has the best HD picture I've seen anywhere. It's rare to lose

RE: National broadband

2010-03-16 Thread Murray Freeman
Well, it seems to me that the Internet being a great tool which is available to be used as needed, WITHOUT government interference, it should be made available to everyone. HOWEVER, the great majority of people today have a telephone line in their home or a wireless cell phone, or BOTH! Why not

NTBACKUP PROBLEM

2010-03-12 Thread Murray Freeman
as to the cause of the problem and a fix that won't require a reboot? Murray Freeman IT Manager Association of Legal Administrators 75 Tri-State International Suite 222 Lincolnshire, IL 60069-4435 847.267.1252 TEL 847.267.1329 FAX 847.267.1367 DIRECT mfree...@alanet.org www.alanet.org

RE: NTBACKUP PROBLEM

2010-03-12 Thread Murray Freeman
- Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject

RE: NTBACKUP PROBLEM

2010-03-12 Thread Murray Freeman
Quantum DLT's Murray From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NTBACKUP PROBLEM What kind of tape device? From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent

RE: NTBACKUP PROBLEM

2010-03-12 Thread Murray Freeman
by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote on 03/12/2010 09:10:03 AM: We're using Windows Server 2K3 NtBackup to backup our servers to tape. From time to time, a backup job doesn't run

MOVING TO NEW COMPUTER

2010-02-26 Thread Murray Freeman
I'm well aware that if I purchase a new computer, it most likely will come with Windows 7 installed. I would like to be able to easily and quickly retain all my existing files and programs, and I know that I can't just move my old hard disk drive into the new machine and make it drive 0 and be up

RE: Home PC imaging

2010-02-04 Thread Murray Freeman
Ray is correct. We've had a couple of items that Malwarebytes didn't catch, but Hijack this found them. As to PC imaging, I'm using Acronis True Image and it's not free, but cheap, and it works great. Murray -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday,

RE: Home WAP recommendations?

2009-12-22 Thread Murray Freeman
I've been watching this thread for a while, and here's my take. I had trouble with my first Netgear G router, so I went and upgraded to a Rangemax MIMO, and that solved all the problems except when my wife runs the microwave. My router is upstairs at the east end of the house and I'm usually on

VIRUS INSTALLED ON RESTRICTED USER PROFILE

2009-12-03 Thread Murray Freeman
Yesterday, one of my users got infected with a trojan, and since all our users are restricted users, we were trying to figure out if perhaps the computer's local administrator permissions allowed this to happen. It turns out that a new profile was created named with administrative

RE: VIRUS INSTALLED ON RESTRICTED USER PROFILE

2009-12-03 Thread Murray Freeman
an elevated service maybe. Or got hit it across the network from another machine..that is exactly how conflikr works. What virus is it? From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VIRUS INSTALLED

ANTI VIRUS PRO 2010

2009-12-03 Thread Murray Freeman
I should have said Pro instead of Probe. One other point, it only affected the user profile. When I logged in as an administrator, there were no problems at all, and everything acted normally. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: ANTI VIRUS PRO 2010

2009-12-03 Thread Murray Freeman
seems to be all we are doing lately. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Definitely a nasty one. Seen it a lot recently. Must boot into safe mode to clean it completely. From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent

RE: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Murray Freeman
I considered Firefox because I found IE7 just so slow to open, it was painful. So I downloaded several other browsers and settled with Firefox. I loved that it opened faster than IE7, but I found little else that impressed me. Just as I was about to recommend Firefox, IE8 became available and I

RE: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Murray Freeman
I'm not sure that Firefox automatically updates itself. While I was test driving it, I checked from time to time or read of updates, but I had to download and install them manually. Murray From: Eric Wittersheim [mailto:eric.wittersh...@gmail.com] Sent:

RE: Will Ntbackup Suffice?

2009-11-19 Thread Murray Freeman
Been using NTBackup for at least the last ten years or more. It works just fine in Server 2K and Server 2K3. We're backing up multiple servers and using multiple tape drives currently on both our Server 2K and Servers 2K3. We've been fortunate in not having many instances when we had to do

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Murray Freeman
Steve, it isn't the percentage of users that counts. It's the BANDWIDTH! A T1 line is more impacted than a T3. We have around 40 users, and if I had a T3, they could all probably stream without impacting the bandwidth, but if just 10% stream on a T1, it's noticible. We're a not-for-profit, so we

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Murray Freeman
. Such is probably the case with many SOHO/non-profit institutions, and undoubtedly factors in. -sc -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Steve, it isn't

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Murray Freeman
-Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Steve, it isn't the percentage of users that counts. It's the BANDWIDTH! A T1 line is more impacted than a T3. We have around

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Murray Freeman
to creating a lower priority queue for such things? -sc -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS As a NFP, it's difficult to justify ANY more expense these days

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Murray Freeman
no non-business related activity allowed during work hours, period? -sc -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Yes. If it isn't business related, there's no reason

INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-10 Thread Murray Freeman
Good Morning. I'm trying to determine the cause of internet access slowness here. We are a small organization of fewer than 40 employees, and use a bonded T1 line (3.0) for internet access. Our staff has complained about internet access slowness to me and I've suggested tha the problem is with the

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-10 Thread Murray Freeman
the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote on 11/10/2009 09:44:57 AM: Good Morning. I'm trying to determine the cause of internet access slowness here. We are a small organization of fewer than 40 employees, and use a bonded T1

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-10 Thread Murray Freeman
helped to address complaints of slowness. Tom Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org 11/10/2009 10:44 AM Good Morning. I'm trying to determine the cause of internet access slowness here. We are a small organization of fewer than 40 employees, and use a bonded T1 line (3.0) for internet access. Our

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-10 Thread Murray Freeman
also be very high latency. Regards, Michael Walker Senior Network Engineer Citrus Valley Health Partners 140 W. College Street, Covina, CA 91723 Phone/Fax/Pager: (888) 299-6882 mwal...@mail.cvhp.org mailto:mwal...@mail.cvhp.org From: Murray Freeman

NETWORK RUNS SLOW AFTER 5PM

2009-10-27 Thread Murray Freeman
We have an AWS (alternate work schedule) whereby if you choose you can work longer days such that you get a Friday off every other week. So, while our regular working hours are 8:30AM to 5:00PM, there are always a small number of people left in the building and thus the network after 5PM. Of these

RE: SANS Diary: Time to change your hotmail/gmail/yahoo password

2009-10-06 Thread Murray Freeman
I've got a couple of questions. First, I have an account with ATT and can access it thru Yahoo.com, I can also access it thru Windows Live. My question is, is this email account now in jeopardy? Is it necessary to change the password? Murray From: James Kerr

RE: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Murray Freeman
Don't laugh! I used to have a user whose password was 7 Murray -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Special characters in passwords On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 12:51 PM,

RE: Phone number to tell you your phone number.

2009-09-16 Thread Murray Freeman
Klint, unless Caller ID blocking is in use, you could always make a call to your own cellphone and the number will display. Frankly, it can be slow getting an operator, and I'm not entirely sure they will always be cooperative. What could be simpler than calling your own cellphone...if you

RE: Phone number to tell you your phone number.

2009-09-16 Thread Murray Freeman
the company's main line not from my number. This makes it worthless for doing what the OP was requesting. Tim -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Phone number to tell you your phone

RE: Phone number to tell you your phone number.

2009-09-16 Thread Murray Freeman
typically they are either set to be the company's main line or the direct dial number for the extension. Murray Freeman wrote: Interesting because if I make a call from my office, it gives the actual phone number of my direct dial line. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful

RE: New Attack Cracks WPA in a Minute

2009-08-28 Thread Murray Freeman
Well, there are at least 8 or 9 other wifi nets in my neighborhood, but I have my radio broadcast turned off. I know that won't stop an expert but it will stop some idiot trying to just have some fun. But, I am somewhat paranoid as many times, and I do mean MANY, cars stop after dark, right in

RE: Good NT sysadmin list?

2009-08-28 Thread Murray Freeman
I've been on this list a long time, and I've always had an answer for people who complain about noise. If your keyboard doesn't have a DELETE key, get a new keyboard. I lurk most of the time, and infrequently contribute, but this is a good source of info. Usually, good use of the SUBJECT line is

RE: New Attack Cracks WPA in a Minute

2009-08-28 Thread Murray Freeman
Another concer, but for people who don't have a WIFI, or who just like to mooch, is the fake Public WIFI that are 'default' and unsecured. I understand that these are used by unscrupulous people to capture personal info. Every now and then, I see one of those in my neighborhood. Murray

RE: Good NT sysadmin list?

2009-08-28 Thread Murray Freeman
I'm on a number of other non-computer related lists, and for some reason people just don't understand or perhaps are too lazy to change a subject line when going off topic or just opening a new subject for discussion. Some people need training. I go into a lot of trouble on one list because a guy

RE: New Attack Cracks WPA in a Minute

2009-08-28 Thread Murray Freeman
do on the other hand try to keep my clients safe and I am very thankful that someone started this thread. I am looking at securing mine but doubt I will be able to as it is about 3 to 5 years old now and listed as EOL by the manufacturer. Jon On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Murray Freeman

RE: Gmail

2009-07-07 Thread Murray Freeman
How do I tell if I'm still in beta? I don't use my account very often and I don't remember any beta notification. Murray From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE:

RE: Faxing solution

2009-06-12 Thread Murray Freeman
Well, I'm impressed or should I be depressed that people are still using fax technology. We have a couple of fax machines, but it's rare that they get used what with something called email. When I started working here 13 years ago, the faxes got used a lot, but over the years it's been reduced to

SERVICES HUNG IN STOPPING NEVER STOP

2009-06-10 Thread Murray Freeman
I'm having some issues with backups, and my research indicated that I should run a couple of regsvr commands on the VSS. It was suggested that I STOP the VSS, so I clicked on Stop and the service doesn't completely stop, and the status is stopping. Short of a reboot, is there any other way to

PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-02 Thread Murray Freeman
Like many companies these days, we're looking to reduce our expenses. With the hot weather almost here in the Chicago area, I'm being asked to up the thermostat in our server room, to allow it to get warmer and thus save some money. We have been keeping the temperature around the mid 70's, and I'm

RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Murray Freeman
I agree, but I heard from Verizon that some new things are coming, like CDMA with sim capability. Murray From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Verizon

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Murray Freeman
As usual, these discussions go off topic, but I appreciate all the answers so far. But as long as we're going back into history, I remember cutting my teeth on IBM 604 machines, programming by wiring boards. then on to the more sophisticated machines like the 7070 and the famous 1401. BTW, I

USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-27 Thread Murray Freeman
I'm being asked to investigate the use of a few MAC's in our network. I know that it would be only used by a few of our staff for graphics and a few other apps. I'm concerned about the ability of a MAC to interface into our network and Exchange Server email.Obviously we would purchase new

IE 8 SLOWNESS WHEN OPENING

2009-03-27 Thread Murray Freeman
I reviewed Firefox 3, and have been impressed when compared to IE7, so when IE8 became available in final release, I installed it. Initially, I was very impressed by how quick it opened, but in the last couple of weeks, it's ridiculouly slow. In fact, it not only takes forever, but it's near

RE: IE 8 today

2009-03-20 Thread Murray Freeman
Well, I've been unhappy for some time with the slowness of IE7 on my 2.8GHtz 2GByte Windows XP machine, so I installed Firefox and was impressed. Well, yesterday I downloaded and installed IE8 and WOW is all I can say. I'm loving IE8, it's even faster than Firefox 3. On the other hand, I've been

RE: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection

2009-03-18 Thread Murray Freeman
CRAP, now I've got to change the name of my network!!! It never occurred to me that someone would use Bongo!!! Murray From: Mark A. Ross [mailto:ma...@sdppayroll.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Is it

RE: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection

2009-03-18 Thread Murray Freeman
In my neighborhood, a couple of my neighbors are using their last name, so that's no problem, but there are 4 that were installed by Geek Squad because they use the name 2WIRE followed by 3 numbers, and there is no duplication. Then there's the idiot who has the name default, and of course it's

RE: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection

2009-03-18 Thread Murray Freeman
as a client associates. http://www.kismetwireless.net From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection In my neighborhood

RE: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection - made OT

2009-03-18 Thread Murray Freeman
Let me only say that I have 2 neighbors behind me, with one somewhat closer to my house than the other. The house that's further away has a signal so strong, it actually has more bars than my own. The other neighbor, closer to my house, his signal is weaker than mine. Of course it's all about

RE: Download EASEUS Partition Master For Free - 24 Hours Only

2009-02-27 Thread Murray Freeman
As long as you're discussing this Partition software, I tried acouple of weeks ago, and it worked on my test desktop, but wouldn't work on the new HDD that I had just installed in my personal laptop. I found another freebe and it worked just like a charm. Murray -Original Message-

RE: Download EASEUS Partition Master For Free - 24 Hours Only

2009-02-27 Thread Murray Freeman
and extends. Works great. -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 4:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Download EASEUS Partition Master For Free - 24 Hours Only As long as you're discussing this Partition software, I

LIMITING NUMBER OF COPIES OF DOCUMENT TO BE PRINTED

2009-02-24 Thread Murray Freeman
We have a number of low volume printers and recently have installed some high speed/volume printers on our network. We would like to put a limit on the maximum number of copies of a document that can be printed on the low volume printers to force staff to use the high speed/volume printers. We

WIFI SECURITY

2009-02-20 Thread Murray Freeman
To wrap this up, I appreciate all the suggestions. Here's what I've done. I changed my settings to WPA2-PKS (AES). Then I did some research on my own and found some additional info. First, there may be a bug that causes the balloon message. Second, apparently the connection times out and during

SECURING WIFI ROUTER

2009-02-19 Thread Murray Freeman
I hope this is on topic. I have a Dell 700m laptop and a Netgear rangemax mimo G router. I'm using WPA2, but from time to time, a baloon pops up from the icon in the systray stating that my connection is unsecure. If I right click and select view wireless networks it indicates that my network is

RE: SECURING WIFI ROUTER

2009-02-19 Thread Murray Freeman
you know that the firewall is off, windows update is off, or that virus defs are old? If not that, I suspect it's your AV telling you something, or spyware. From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 1:33 PM To: NT

RE: SECURING WIFI ROUTER

2009-02-19 Thread Murray Freeman
/security/commentary/securitymatters/2008/0 1/securitymatters_0110 On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:33, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: I hope this is on topic. I have a Dell 700m laptop and a Netgear rangemax mimo G router. I'm using WPA2, but from time to time, a baloon pops up from the icon

BACKUP DEVICES

2009-01-28 Thread Murray Freeman
We currently backup our data to tape drives. We are considering the use of hard disk drive based devices, both removable and non removable. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Acronis tech support?

2009-01-20 Thread Murray Freeman
Was it necessary to first install Windows and True Image 2009? I ask because I make only FULL backups with True Image, and then use a boot CD when I had to restore a system. It's quick and yes, since I only make backups once per month, I'm always slightly behind on some updates and patches.

RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now

2009-01-09 Thread Murray Freeman
I've been trying all day, and even typed in the link, but I couldn't get in. But your link got me in immediately. BTW, what is the trick to making wrap-around links work? I usually use tinyURL to solve that, but I'd prefer to use the wrap-around technique. Murray

RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now

2009-01-08 Thread Murray Freeman
So, is it available or not and what is the url? MMF -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now From what I've heard, Win7 isn't too

RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now

2009-01-08 Thread Murray Freeman
That's why I asked. I guess I'll try tomorrow! MMF -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Apparently not as I just logged in to my Technet plus account

NTBACKUP ISSUE

2008-11-03 Thread Murray Freeman
We're running Windows Server 2003, and use NTBACKUP to do our backups nightly. I'm trying to conserve space on our tapes, so I decided to use exclude certain folders from being backed up to tape, and it doesn't seem to be excluding the folders that I selected for exclude. I've done some research,

CREATING NEW 2K3 SERVER PROBLEM WITH LOADING FROM FLOPPY DR

2008-09-18 Thread Murray Freeman
We're trying to build a new Windows Server 2K3, and since our server has no floppy drive, we're using a USB floppy and while the BIOS recognizes the drive, Windoes Server can't find the file it's looking for. We have also used a USB thumb wheel which we formated to look like a Floppy Drive, and

RE: CREATING NEW 2K3 SERVER PROBLEM WITH LOADING FROM FLOPPY DR

2008-09-18 Thread Murray Freeman
] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 14:00 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: CREATING NEW 2K3 SERVER PROBLEM WITH LOADING FROM FLOPPY DR We're

RE: CREATING NEW 2K3 SERVER PROBLEM WITH LOADING FROM FLOPPY DR

2008-09-18 Thread Murray Freeman
FLOPPY DR Check your Bios again. Just because it recognizes the Drive in the Bios you will still need to change the appropriate setting in the Bios to allow it to use the USB Floppy. At least that is what we have had to do on some of ours. -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman

RE: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution?

2008-08-13 Thread Murray Freeman
Well, I've been using Defender for some time, and it's NEVER reported that it found anything, so I have no idea if it's of any benefit, but the price is right. So I continue to use it in conjunction with other anti-CRAP software. On the other hand, the other software reports things, but at least

RE: vpn issue

2008-08-05 Thread Murray Freeman
YES, the mistake we made was to use 192.168.1.X internally. ATT also uses this as a default, but more important is for your road warriors. Apparently many hotels, motels, etc haven't bothered to change the default that comes with virtually ALL router manufacturers of using 0 or 1 (mostly 1) as

RE: WiFi setup

2008-07-01 Thread Murray Freeman
This is interesting stuff. I was under the impression that if you turned off Radio Broadcast on your router, that it was invisable. Murray From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 9:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

FW: WiFi setup

2008-07-01 Thread Murray Freeman
From: Murray Freeman Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 9:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WiFi setup One word.PARANOIA! The people with the talent (read that know how) aren't going to waste their time with individuals, they're going after the big

FIREFOX VERSION 3

2008-06-17 Thread Murray Freeman
Well, I was using version 2.0.0.14 and I use Spoofstick and McAfee Site Advisor with it. I decided to download version 3 and it installed just fine, but I couldn't get spoofstick to work properly. So, my question is has anyone made spoofstick work, or is there another plug-in that does the same

RE: I've *GOT* to share!!

2008-06-10 Thread Murray Freeman
This reminds me of a situation about 30 years ago when I was in business selling data terminal equipment. My business was in Chicago, and I had a customer about 2 hours ride from Omaha. The customer had a lot of electrical issues, and one enterprising lady used to unplug her terminal on weekends

INTERNET SLOWNESS

2008-06-04 Thread Murray Freeman
Recently I've noticed that when I click on some links, it takes nearly forever for the web page to open. At the bottom of my screen there is the statement, waiting for http://www.x; Anyone else noticing this? Is there a work around or setting in any of the various browsers?

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2008-06-04 Thread Murray Freeman
DONE that and I do it regularly! Murray From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Scan for spyware/scumware/Trojans. From: Murray Freeman [mailto

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2008-06-04 Thread Murray Freeman
at 3:21 PM, Murray Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Recently I've noticed that when I click on some links, it takes nearly forever for the web page to open. At the bottom of my screen there is the statement, waiting for http://www.x; Anyone else noticing this? Is there a work

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2008-06-04 Thread Murray Freeman
Speedtest.net Also, I wonder if your AV scanner integrates into your browser. Sometimes that can bring things to a crawl. From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: INTERNET SLOWNESS Recently I've

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2008-06-04 Thread Murray Freeman
in the browser. I had an issue a while back where the Phishing filter caused slowness because the browser couldn't contact MS's phishing site. From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS DONE that and I

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2008-06-04 Thread Murray Freeman
? - Original Message - From: Murray Freeman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:40 PM Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS DONE that and I do it regularly

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2008-06-04 Thread Murray Freeman
/images etc? Which antivirus/anti-malware software are you running? On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Murray Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's happening a lot, and not necessarily the same sites, but 2 for sure are online versions of 2 Chicago newspapers. Murray -Original Message

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2008-06-04 Thread Murray Freeman
(561) 747-6107 From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: INTERNET SLOWNESS Recently I've noticed that when I click on some links, it takes nearly forever for the web page to open

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