Re: Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-24 Thread RichardMcClary
I thought the Brits celebrated Thanksgiving 4-JULY... Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.com 11/23/2011 08:41 PM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Press this button if the To is a fax

Re: Bringing a Win2K3 server back online

2011-11-22 Thread RichardMcClary
But he said it is a domain controller... Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com 11/22/2011 08:57 AM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Press this button if the To is a fax number. Enter

Re: Anybody else having large failure rates of Dell Power Supplys, SFF Model Optplex 390 and/or 790?

2011-11-18 Thread RichardMcClary
OUCH! We are in the process of installing nearly 100 Optiplex 990's here. Is it very easy to replace the power supplies in your units? On our Precision Work Stations, we had to pull the motherboard to get to all the power supply wires. (Fortunately, we had become quite good at that as I

Re: A hump-day puzzler

2011-11-16 Thread RichardMcClary
Someone put such a script into our AD. Although the details vary from yours, I get similar errors when doing an RTP session to some servers. Your director probably had the login hang until she hit the OK button. She will most likely see the same thing when her log off hangs as well. Very

Server room cooling units

2011-11-10 Thread RichardMcClary
Greetings! Currently, I have two HVAC bids regarding the expansion of our server room. (It will seem strange to have that room below 80 degrees, and I am not kidding with that number!). We have two proposals and with two different units, both 15 tons. One is by Stulz, and one is by Liebert.

Re: Console Logon via RDP

2011-11-10 Thread RichardMcClary
For Win 2003, one would use the /admin switch. In my experience, there are some functions which simply will not cooperate through any RDP connection. -- richard Dave Vantine dvant...@gmail.com wrote on 11/10/2011 11:29:16 AM: I have a specfic need to connect to a server via RDP but connect to

RE: Console Logon via RDP

2011-11-10 Thread RichardMcClary
That page is from the year 2008... Again, I do not know if person's RDP connections are failing completely, or he simply cannot get to the Console session. However, on those of us who still use XP, beginning with SP3, the /console switch does not get one into the Console session. For up

Re: So...I need to pitch the Adobe upgrade

2011-11-04 Thread RichardMcClary
Most of our business here is a poison control hotline. Our agents must frequently run web searches concerning something a client calls in about. (Our substances database is pretty extensive, but someone out there may have a local name for a plant which is pretty much used in that caller's

Re: Happy Friday

2011-11-04 Thread RichardMcClary
How about Safari? BTW, the do a barrel roll does not do anything in Lynx. Bill Humphries nt...@hedgedigger.com 11/04/2011 01:10 PM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Press this

Re: Happy Friday

2011-11-04 Thread RichardMcClary
I'm ashamed to admit it, but despite being a University of Illinois grad, I no longer seem to be able to find NCSA Mosaic... Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com 11/04/2011 02:22 PM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT System Admin Issues

Re: Happy Friday

2011-11-04 Thread RichardMcClary
Right - ran beautifully on Win 3.11! (Didn't do too badly on Win 3.1 with WinTrump and Clarkson packet drivers, either.) Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote on 11/04/2011 02:29:10 PM: Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com 11/04/2011 02:41 PM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues

Re: [OT] Stats about IT

2011-11-03 Thread RichardMcClary
Well there is Apple OS-X... David blazer...@gmail.com 11/03/2011 11:44 AM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Press this button if the To is a fax number. Enter in the fax number like

Re: [OT] Stats about IT

2011-11-03 Thread RichardMcClary
And you're 95% confident of that with .001 p .01? Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com 11/03/2011 12:02 PM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Press this button if the To is a fax number.

Re: [OT] Stats about IT

2011-11-02 Thread RichardMcClary
Interesting... I'd always heard ketchup was a guy thing, but I never realized it meant it made guys taste better Kat Aylward Langan messagel...@gmail.com 11/02/2011 01:20 PM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT System Admin Issues

Re: Imaging a Computer

2011-11-01 Thread RichardMcClary
Why do you ask? Did you have an imaging go bad? == richard Troy Adkins tadk...@house.virginia.gov wrote on 11/01/2011 09:26:17 AM: Troy Adkins tadk...@house.virginia.gov 11/01/2011 09:34 AM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT System

Re: Zero-day bugs overrated, Microsoft says

2011-10-18 Thread RichardMcClary
BlackBerry overrated, RIM customers say. Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com 10/18/2011 11:08 AM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Press this button if the To is a fax number. Enter in

Re: OT - Blackberry Outage

2011-10-13 Thread RichardMcClary
He probably figured that, after nearly three years of Obama, we'd be used to it Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote on 10/13/2011 10:31:39 AM: Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com 10/13/2011 10:32 AM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT

Re: Microsoft posts security bulletins 4 days early, scrambles to fix mistake

2011-09-09 Thread RichardMcClary
Reminds me of my childhood days in the 1950's. The soap opera, The Edge of Night, showed a skyline being blacked out during the theme music. == richard Mike Sullivan neog...@gmail.com wrote on 09/09/2011 01:24:19 PM: Mike Sullivan neog...@gmail.com 09/09/2011 01:25 PM Please respond to

Re: I've been Symanteced

2011-09-07 Thread RichardMcClary
Long rough day, so I thought I'd hijack a thread... Local news coverage TUE evening regarding a new athletic complex at a local high school: Urbana sports fans can finally see the new facility for which they have long awaited for. And this is a university town! -- richard Jonathan Link

Placement and spacing of server racks

2011-09-02 Thread RichardMcClary
Greetings! Our server room is finally getting some badly needed upgrades (including the removal of a partial wall, more power, and a real server room cooling unit). We currently have three server racks. Once this renovation project is complete, we will be adding two fairly full server racks.

RE: SMTP TURN in IIS v6.0

2011-08-30 Thread RichardMcClary
Yes, and at least the MS link was useful. (I had already found both links before crying for help.) Someone else (Ken?) sent a link to the IIS 6 Resources Kit. That had the metadata browser that I sorely needed. Between that brower and the MS link (showing the decimal values for the

Re: SMTP TURN in IIS v6.0

2011-08-30 Thread RichardMcClary
I believe this tells me TURN is no longer enabled: === 220 faxcore1.napcc.aspca.int Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 6.0.3790.4675 ready at Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:10:27 -0 500 ehlo 250-faxcore1.napcc.aspca.int Hello [10.1.2.226] 250-SIZE 250-PIPELINING 250-DSN 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES

RE: SMTP TURN in IIS v6.0

2011-08-29 Thread RichardMcClary
Hey, this is great - THANKS! Not quite done though, so before I screw-up a mission critical system... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257569 Currently, SmtpInboundCommandSupportOptions properties has a value of 7697601 ETRN has a decimal value of 128 TURN/ATRN has a decimal value of 1024

RE: SMTP TURN in IIS v6.0

2011-08-29 Thread RichardMcClary
Thanks! I had found that one earlier in the day (as well as your other link)... For the other link, I didn't have the tool specified as it is a part of Win2000 (and not on the Win2003 disks). I was pointed to the IIS Resource Kit (whew!). However, without that link to the MS Support site

SMTP TURN in IIS v6.0

2011-08-26 Thread RichardMcClary
Greetings! Our email-to-fax appliance failed a PCI complaince scan. The most difficult issue is, it was found SMTP TURN is enabled. The appliance runs on Win2003 SP2. SMTP (and a few other functions) are through IIS v6.0. I am having a difficult time finding how to turn off TURN in SMTP

Re: OT: Earthquake!!!!!!

2011-08-23 Thread RichardMcClary
I did not actually feel it in central Illinois. However, it seems to have shaken a bunch of water, right out of the sky! -- richard Christopher Bodnar christopher_bod...@glic.com wrote on 08/23/2011 01:41:14 PM: Anyone on east coast feel it? We did here in Pennsylvania. Chris Bodnar,

GOT IT! (RE: Citrix nightmare after changing ISPs)

2011-08-14 Thread RichardMcClary
OK, after changing the IP addresses for web access, it seems one must also change things via CLI. We got it fixed, and thanks again for your patience! -- richard Webster webs...@carlwebster.com wrote on 07/28/2011 12:40:11 PM: What is your Secure Access setting for your Web Interface site?

RE: Citrix nightmare after changing ISPs

2011-08-14 Thread RichardMcClary
Sorry about taking so long to get back to you, but our provider cut-over attempt hit a few (more) snags... Just one server, and the default Secure Access is Alternate. So, the command altaddr shows the old provider's IP address (well, precisely, it shows the IP address we assigned in the old

Re: FYI: Free Windows Admin Tools

2011-08-12 Thread RichardMcClary
Gosh, this looks promising, but how does one actually GET the @#* free downloads? Specifically, I am at the site for Netikus.Net and looking at NT ToolKit. Their create an account looks like it enables one to participate in a forum. Anyway, after creating and activating the account, I still

RE: FYI: Free Windows Admin Tools

2011-08-12 Thread RichardMcClary
Which is where I've been the past half-hour before sending them a nastigram... Where is the actual link to download? NOT get product information; NOT get the help file; DOWNLOAD the installer? (Yes, I created and activated an account...) Thanks! -- richard Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.com wrote

RE: FYI: Free Windows Admin Tools

2011-08-12 Thread RichardMcClary
Oh... In the totally vague link, Customer Area are the actual links to the installer downloads. Who the @#% develops, tests, and approves such sites? Thanks for your patience! -- richard richardmccl...@aspca.org wrote on 08/12/2011 10:24:16 AM: Which is where I've been the past half-hour

Re: Please note my new email address

2011-08-08 Thread RichardMcClary
Four of these so far. It'd be a shame if Stu had to block him! ;-) Alex Eckelberry al...@sunbelt-software.com 08/08/2011 10:19 AM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Press this

Weird routing between two Lotus Domino servers

2011-08-03 Thread RichardMcClary
Greetings! We have two pair of Domino servers in NYC, and a pair of them in Illiois (all Win2003 standard server). All are Domino 7.0.2 (for which service has been discontinued - EOL for that product version). The way mail flows, all non-company mail addressed to those in Illinois is routed

Re: Weird routing between two Lotus Domino servers

2011-08-03 Thread RichardMcClary
Thanks to all... Michael's suggestion of ROUTE PRINT showed the persistent route immediately. We shall try to whack that shortly... -- richard Steve Kradel skra...@zetetic.net 08/03/2011 09:26 AM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT System

Re: Weird routing between two Lotus Domino servers

2011-08-03 Thread RichardMcClary
And, yes, Domino configs were all dug through last week, first thing. THEN we started working on routes. Silly, but neither my boss nor I seemed to be familiar with the ROUTE PRINT (and above all, ROUTE DELETE) commands. -- richard Steve Kradel skra...@zetetic.net 08/03/2011 09:26 AM

Re: Sys Admin Day

2011-07-29 Thread RichardMcClary
I get to continue trying to deal with an ISP after 60 hours this week alone! -- richard William Robbins dangerw...@gmail.com wrote on 07/29/2011 10:35:21 AM: I get to work late tonight. :P - WJR On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:28, Matthew B Ames matthew.a...@qinetiq.com wrote: Happy Sys

Re: Sys Admin Day

2011-07-29 Thread RichardMcClary
A re-reading of your sig file suffices. -- richard James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote on 07/29/2011 10:40:35 AM: I know I posted my blog from 2009 for SysAdmin Day here when I originally wrote it, but as I completely forgot about today being SysAdmin Day and haven't got time to knock

Re: old cars (was RE: Vipre console hangs server on reboot)

2011-07-28 Thread RichardMcClary
Anyone out there in the market for some new carpeting? David Lum david@nwea.org wrote on 07/28/2011 09:51:20 AM: I have a 40yr old 400hp Datsun, also paid for :-). Our newest of 3 cars we own car is uh...14. Dave -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff

Citrix nightmare after changing ISPs

2011-07-28 Thread RichardMcClary
Greetings! We switched internet service providers early this morning. All appeared to be going well (that is, MIP'd services, mail flow, etc). We even logged into our Citrix server from a separate network. Then we got the call... It seems we can access our Citrix server, log in, and browse

RE: old cars (was RE: Vipre console hangs server on reboot)

2011-07-28 Thread RichardMcClary
40-yr-old Raleigh Professional (the motor is going on 60). Fantastic commuter! Now, when Stu once again tells us to end this thread, I wonder if he'll tell us what HE drives? -- richard Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote on 07/28/2011 01:17:31 PM: 18 year old Mazda 626, 10 year old

Serial-to-USB Kit

2011-07-27 Thread RichardMcClary
Here we go again, but I'm looking (really am - at New Egg, Tiger Direct, and CDW) for a kit rather than an adapter. I am faced with an assortment of DB-9 male, DB-9 female, and RJ-45 console ports (assorted network and storage devices). All are expected to plug into a serial port on a console

Double-checking MX record situation

2011-07-26 Thread RichardMcClary
Greetings! First, what most consider email is not directly affected by public DNS settings and MX records for our location. Our incoming mail hits our hosted relay, goes to our NYC offices (yes, public DNS and MX records are most definitely involved there!), and then to us via a separate WAN

RE: Windows clustering question

2011-07-25 Thread RichardMcClary
When we do an RDP to the cluster name, the active note is connected. This (checking the machine name once logged in) is how we know which node it actually is (so we can do maintenance on the inactive node). -- richard Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote on 07/25/2011 10:07:13 AM: That's

Re: OT: 2-Post Rack Owners...

2011-07-21 Thread RichardMcClary
Cable management is non-existant, but ours is our backbone. That is: Routers Firewall SSL appliance Patch panel Switches All are screwed and immobile by ears to the rack. For servers, get a 4-post and rails. -- richard Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote on 07/21/2011 02:14:40 PM: I have

Re: Weird Duplicate IP address problem

2011-07-19 Thread RichardMcClary
Are Broadcom NICs involved anywhere? -- richard Ralph Smith m...@gatewayindustries.org wrote on 07/19/2011 11:56:28 AM: I have a Windows 2008 Server with a statically assigned IP address that seems to have an issue with another device on my network. Whenever the server is rebooted, it

RE: Weird Duplicate IP address problem

2011-07-19 Thread RichardMcClary
I asked about the Broadcom NICs because we have a couple of servers here that spew out gratuitous ARP packets... The servers with the Broadcom NICs are on one subnet, and our VoIP phones are on another. Still, these two (so far) servers spew out gratuitious ARP packets. SO, when a phone

Re: Server 2008 R2 on Multiple UPSes

2011-07-15 Thread RichardMcClary
I don't know your exact setup, but I usually have another box near-by into which I connect the cable from the other UPS. -- richard John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote on 07/15/2011 07:49:03 AM: I have a new Server 2008 R2 box I?m setting up, and it has dual power

Re: Is anyone else seeing MSNBC being down?

2011-07-11 Thread RichardMcClary
Was in MSNBC a few minutes ago... However, yours is the first forum posting I've seen since perhaps Friday. -- richard Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote on 07/11/2011 07:41:39 AM: Anyone seeing that MSNBC is down? Getting the page can?t be displayed here. Z Edward E. Ziots

Re: Vipre updates failing

2011-07-11 Thread RichardMcClary
All our agents are showing v9832 (3:30 AM CDT, 11-JUL-11). Did have one down agent with an earlier def. Started it up, and it too updated successfully to 9832. -- richard John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote on 07/11/2011 08:17:12 AM: I've got several machines where the Vipre

RE: OT: Amusing legal stuff

2011-07-08 Thread RichardMcClary
If I remember all correctly, this is probably corporate Britland as well now. -- richard Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote on 07/08/2011 10:33:41 AM: Heck Don, That is corporate America these days, and its been going on soo long that people seem to get away with it over and over,

Re: Virtualization and AntiVirus question.

2011-07-08 Thread RichardMcClary
I don't know if this is the case or not (we use VMWare - a unix-like server). However, at least in VIPRE, you can create a profile for the Hyper-V host and exclude the files which are the VMs. -- richard Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote on 07/08/2011 01:56:31 PM: Hey all,

Re: Blackberry Desktop Mgr - Vipre

2011-07-06 Thread RichardMcClary
Link just plain does not work for me... VIPRE did not block, etc my previous version. Perhaps I should have tried to follow the link BB presented as an update site (from the desktop mgr) -- richard Cameron cameron.orl...@gmail.com wrote on 07/06/2011 09:30:41 AM: Good morning all, Can

RE: Weird machine issue (home user)

2011-07-06 Thread RichardMcClary
This is sounding more and more like a root kit of some sort! -- richard John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote on 07/06/2011 12:38:41 PM: Another thing is that when you go to add/remove programs, it never shows any programs in there... not sure if it's hidden or if it's just so slow

Stupid #@*ing Windows Explorer

2011-07-05 Thread RichardMcClary
Greetings! Dell PWS 390, Windows XP Pro SP3. Two optical drives, both can read DVDs, one is a burner. Problem - I go to browse for a file and open My Computer. More than likely, I will get an endless series of clunks because there is not a readable optical disk in one or both of the two

Re: OT: Amusing legal stuff

2011-07-01 Thread RichardMcClary
The guy obviously does not use the same sig file as you. Then again, perhaps that last part of the sig file hints at the nature of the disciplinary action. -- richard James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote on 07/01/2011 08:58:31 AM: We have a user who is facing disciplinary action for

Re: Anyone else seeing the Google interface changes?

2011-07-01 Thread RichardMcClary
I just now noticed... The Delete and other buttons on the GMail interface also follow one down the page. One no longer needs to scroll to the beginning or to the end of long messages (or return to Inbox) to delete them, etc. -- richard Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote on

Re: It isn't worth it

2011-07-01 Thread RichardMcClary
The problem is, IT must justify the actions that found the files, applications, etc in the first place. It's pretty much, unless HR directs one to go searching a drive, one must not go search a drive. @#% -- richard John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote on 07/01/2011 10:38:46 AM: Our

RE: It isn't worth it

2011-07-01 Thread RichardMcClary
I wish those two suggestions were adequate for us. Unfortunately, there is a population of suers. We all know that suers stink! In other words, we're handcuffed by the necessity for HR to request a monitoring first (and have it documented). Then and only then can that upon which we stumble

Re: It isn't worth it

2011-07-01 Thread RichardMcClary
anyone who has experienced an audit will find do do appropriate! -- richard Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote on 07/01/2011 01:16:05 PM: he said do do... Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com 7/1/2011 10:30 AM Not sure I buy that. That's more a corporate culture type thing and the lawyers

Re: Win7 UAC - is your on or off?

2011-06-30 Thread RichardMcClary
Isn't that good reason something like, the user may know when he's doing something on his system, but does he know when a script somewhere is doing something on his system? -- richard David Lum david@nwea.org wrote on 06/30/2011 09:33:22 AM: Do any of you turn this off? I had our Service

RE: Recipients reporting delays

2011-06-30 Thread RichardMcClary
Well, take this forum for example... SO Often I see a string with the subject line beginning with Re:. The original posting has been known to not show up until two days later. I figure there are simply too many relay hops were things can get delayed for a few hours. -- richard Jay Dale

Re: OT: It isn't worth it

2011-06-30 Thread RichardMcClary
I guess I'm lucky here... Shattered upper arm and completely severed rotator cuff got me three screws holding my arm on. The 4 days of percocet did nothing for me. The 60-day supply of vicodin had me feeling so totally crappy I decided pain was the better alternative. Again, I have no idea

Re: OT: It isn't worth it

2011-06-30 Thread RichardMcClary
Like I said, I am very very lucky here! -- richard Bill Humphries nt...@hedgedigger.com wrote on 06/30/2011 03:11:51 PM: My brother just had shoulder surgery and took percoset for almost a week. he had two days of withdrawal headaches after he quit the painkillers. Sean Rector wrote:

RE: Ubuntu USB installer

2011-06-29 Thread RichardMcClary
I've not done this lately, but in the past I have downloaded and run live linux installs from a CD. Typically, this will let one browse the local hard drives... Now, depending on the distro, some will let you mount a USB drive and make it writable. (Some make this more difficult than is

RE: Office 365 - anyone onboard yet?

2011-06-29 Thread RichardMcClary
If anyone wants an irreverent review (and comparison w/GoogleApps): http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/28/office_365_v_google_apps/ -- richard Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com wrote on 06/29/2011 08:52:19 AM: We are strongly considering the same. From: Brian Desmond

Re: Office 365 - anyone onboard yet?

2011-06-29 Thread RichardMcClary
Agreed, but not all readers are familiar with The Register (Biting the hand that feeds IT) -- RMc Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote on 06/29/2011 10:12:26 AM: On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:10 AM, richardmccl...@aspca.org wrote: If anyone wants an irreverent review (and comparison

Re: OT: FontZilla

2011-06-22 Thread RichardMcClary
Good thing you're not an Outlook user so you can keep using your serif font! Do the people in your local government not realize that they will need to expand their disk storage greatly to compensate for the larger font? -- RMc James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com 06/22/2011 08:34 AM Please

Re: FontZilla

2011-06-22 Thread RichardMcClary
RIGHT! Proportional fonts mess up fancy sig files /\_/\ /*--.__/ o o \ / Richard == / \ `-. ( --._)-._m)m) Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote on 06/22/2011 10:47:50 AM: It really should be Courier New - monospace all the way! Kurt On Wed, Jun 22, 2011

Re: FW: US-CERT Current Activity - RIM Releases Security Advisory for BlackBerry PlayBook

2011-06-21 Thread RichardMcClary
Anybody expect anything different? As soon as it was announced that it would run full Flash, that told me that it would also run the full suite of Flash vulnerabilities. -- richard Shauna Hensala she...@msn.com wrote on 06/21/2011 08:19:46 AM: already [image removed] Shauna Hensala

Re: Dell Powerdge Disk Failure

2011-06-14 Thread RichardMcClary
Contact Dell Server Support. They don't care how old the machine is; they simply want a Dell server back up and running. A current service contract only becomes an issue if you need a new disk, or if you want to call first. Their chat sessions are pretty responive. -- richard Mark

RE: Image Editing software [OT]

2011-06-10 Thread RichardMcClary
Naw... Our computer center had a special sorter. The crying came about when while carrying the 1000-card deck to the building with the card reader, the deck was dropped and sent flying - many cards ending up in mud puddles. Back then, I thought the formatting drum was the height of

Re: How to find a workstation

2011-06-08 Thread RichardMcClary
Thanks! Thinking of dedicating a white board to the mapping. I actually have gone registry hunting. I thought of the Description field, and if our help desk folks would remember to put that in and update it, it might be best. What I'd really like is a nice big orange button. Push it, and the

RE: How to find a workstation

2011-06-08 Thread RichardMcClary
Actually, a current problem is, one of the 60 is powered off at the moment. So much for that, and so much for looking at lists of cached profiles, etc... The remote beeper button would not work, either. -- richard Matthew B Ames matthew.a...@qinetiq.com wrote on 06/08/2011 07:48:16 AM:

How to find a workstation

2011-06-07 Thread RichardMcClary
Greetings! We have been directed to have all our workstations named with a department code, a location (State) code, and the Dell (mostly) service tag number... There is a script which will tell us, in AD, who the last person is to have logged into that machine. PROBLEM: 1. In the summer, we

DFS domain Name issues

2011-06-06 Thread RichardMcClary
HIJACK! I'm only jumping in because the problem we have is similar to John's problem. There are enough differences I did not reply with a something similar seen Now that your bring it up... We have a network which underwent a consolidation project. That is, old network in Illinois and

RE: DFS Only Works with Pre-Windows 2000 Domain Name

2011-06-06 Thread RichardMcClary
Yup, crazy! We have the same issue between the ends of our WAN, so I've sort-of hijacked your thread... -- richard John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote on 06/06/2011 01:23:46 PM: Yep?I have no problem accessing the shares that way. Either \\server\shareor

Re: Tape backup policies

2011-06-03 Thread RichardMcClary
Here is something I don't recall being discussed... LTO1 may be read by an LTO3 drive. Our LTO3 tapes supposedly can be read by our new LTO5 drive... What I'm getting at is, keeping forever may require moth-balling machines so they can be read if necessary -- richard David Mazzaccaro

Re: Fake antivirus

2011-06-03 Thread RichardMcClary
As to tricks... Often there is something hidden somewhere that downloads something else. It is this second download that gets flagged. Meanwhile, the original whatever is still there, so it continues to download the same thing (or a variant). Since this person is a VIPRE customer, be

Re: Tape backup policies

2011-06-03 Thread RichardMcClary
+1 on the documentation! Last read-through of PCI standards, there were not that many specifics as to how many, how long, how often, etc. What was explicit, though, was that a written policy be in place, that it is adhered to, and that the destruction of old media be documented. -- richard

Re: Home AV for user with XPx64

2011-05-31 Thread RichardMcClary
+1 On the one hand, the personal firewall (and note - this is apparently for XP and not Win7) is great and works for 64-bit systems. On the other hand, this is not free. It's worth it (to me) anyway. Great support. If you have multiple machines in the house, then they also have a home site

OT: Blackberry tag reader

2011-05-25 Thread RichardMcClary
Sorry to pester folks on this OT, but it's several weeks of frustration... Where is a safe, secure site (other than BlackBerry crApp world) to download a tag reader? There appears to be at least two types of tags out there. One is made up of triangles, is a Microsoft product, and Microsoft

Re: OT: Blackberry tag reader

2011-05-25 Thread RichardMcClary
Did you not read my posting? I can't get into BB crApps World! Stefan Jafs stefan.j...@gmail.com wrote on 05/25/2011 08:20:47 AM: Did you check out BB Apps world? Quit a few under: Shopping | Shopping Tools! Stefan On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 9:06 AM, richardmccl...@aspca.org wrote:

Re: OT: Blackberry tag reader

2011-05-25 Thread RichardMcClary
Thanks! For those of you who wonder about why I do not use my PC to go to crApp World... Prompt: enter this code (paraphrased Captcha) v7agn4 Me: v7agn4 Reply: Sorry - that does not match the code (Sequence repeated 3-4 times!) -- RMc Stefan Jafs stefan.j...@gmail.com wrote on

Re: OT: Blackberry tag reader

2011-05-25 Thread RichardMcClary
Hey, thanks - it works!!! I was a bit worried when I clicked the link, GET SCANLIFE, and then saw the black patch saying Get it at BlackBerry App World. Then I saw the orange bar telling how to download it from their site directly to the BB. rant It is curious, though, why when I saw the

Re: TCP/IP Connections

2011-05-25 Thread RichardMcClary
Sharing any printers? Folders? Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com wrote on 05/25/2011 02:17:33 PM: I've been seeing occasional system log entries on XP Pro machines indicating the maximum number of TCPIP connections has been reached. These machines have been having some performance issues which

RE: NAS drives (search tool)

2011-05-20 Thread RichardMcClary
Samba, in turn, runs on unix/linux systems, so the ssh option should work. -- RMc Tammy Stewart copper...@personainternet.com wrote on 05/20/2011 09:51:33 AM: I think it runs on Samba 3.0 Thanks, Tammy From: Matthew B Ames [mailto:matthew.a...@qinetiq.com] Sent: Friday, May 20,

OT: Need Lotus Domino on-site consultant(s)

2011-05-20 Thread RichardMcClary
Greetings! I am in central Illinois, but I need to locate 3 (or more) IBM authorized partners specializing in Lotus Domino in the New York City area. IBM support has offered to come on-site, but they also warned me that just about any authorized partner would probably charge half of what IBM

Re: Question on PCI compliance

2011-05-19 Thread RichardMcClary
I'll be watching this thread because we're in a similar situation. However, you need a more clear concept of expensive... Tripwire may cost a lot of money. Fines, higher processing fees, or being denied the right to accept credit card payements - now THAT's expensive! -- richard Greg Olson

RE: server locks up

2011-05-19 Thread RichardMcClary
+1 If you do not yet have DSET up and running, they will link you to the version most appropriate for your server as well. -- RMc Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.com wrote on 05/19/2011 11:31:40 AM: 1. To confirm it?s not hardware, run the Dell DSET diag test. 2. Open a ticket with Dell, this is the

RE: server locks up

2011-05-19 Thread RichardMcClary
Go to their web site and try to start a chat. I have never been charged for a Dell server support incident (unless HW parts were involved). In fact, I believe it's been less than a year since I needed them on an issue with a PE-2550! -- richard John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com

RE: server locks up

2011-05-19 Thread RichardMcClary
Ah yes, one of my favorite products! Our prim-and-proper, Sunday School Teacher of an accountant would become quite foul-mouthed and profane trying to get that thing to settle payments. Together we once pulled out the manual to read, cover-to-cover. Somewhere on the first page it described

Re: Account Names Not Resolving

2011-05-18 Thread RichardMcClary
Probably not what you are wanting to read, but... We had two Win2K servers which were DCs. We eventually got new hardware, built some new Win2003 servers, did all the preliminary checks and preps, and promoted them to DCs. We then went though the motions of transfering FSMO roles to the new

Server folder permissions issue

2011-05-17 Thread RichardMcClary
Greetings! We have a file server with a pretty convoluted directory tree... Anyway, our HR has hired a temp to scan documents and place it into a specific folder. We do not want the temp to be able to write to any other folders. (It would be nice to not have her able to open any files in any

Re: Server folder permissions issue

2011-05-17 Thread RichardMcClary
It's Win2003 SP2... Effective permissions showing (currently) as read/write/execute/delete - currently all the boxes are checked for this person. -- RMc James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote on 05/17/2011 09:05:25 AM: Is this 2003 or 2008? in the Advanced settings, what are the effective

Re: Server folder permissions issue

2011-05-17 Thread RichardMcClary
Well... This was shared as a folder within a share. Temp could browse to the folder... However, the share-within-a-share had restricted access to it. (Parent share did not have these restrictions.) However, diddling with the permissions on this sub-share seems to have fixed things.

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread RichardMcClary
Not familiar w/Office2010, so I'm takin' a WAG here... I am also still on XP Pro SP3. In the system settings (in XP, it's SystemProperties - Advanced - EnvironmentVariables), there are TEMP settings both for SYSTEM and for the current user. TEMP for SYSTEM points to .\admin$\TEMP TEMP for

More cracker fun!

2011-05-10 Thread RichardMcClary
Google Chrome, current version (as of this morning, 10-MAY-2011, version 11.0.696.65), all version of Windows, both 32- and 64-bit, an exploit has been found whereby malicious code can break out of the sand box: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20061269-245.html?tag=mncol;txt -- richard ~

Re: Win 7 IE Temp Environment variable woes Outlook cannot create the work file

2011-05-10 Thread RichardMcClary
Rule #1a - SysAdmins learn especially not to trust engineers or programmers (who put a huge data folder with lots of links to it in the system volume of one of our servers). -- richard Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com 05/10/2011 01:31 PM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues

Re: Slightly OT Wireless AP recommendation

2011-05-06 Thread RichardMcClary
I have an HP laptop that drives me nuts sometimes! It seems to lose its connection mid-session. I'm beginning to wonder if this is why they have a big button to turn the wireless NIC on and off. Hit the button, wait a few seconds, hit the button again to turn it on - poof! Good connection

RE: Slightly OT Wireless AP recommendation

2011-05-06 Thread RichardMcClary
No, it's with a pretty old LinkSys WRT-54. I'm just pointing out that I too have a device that is the only one with connection problems. -- RMc Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote on 05/06/2011 09:17:57 AM: Is this with a DD-WRT AP? -sc From: richardmccl...@aspca.org

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