+1
I feel similar about getting should I add RAM/HDD? questions, as generally if
they need both, it's time for a new system.
Nuke and pave, love it! I have new vernacular today.
Dave
-Original Message-
From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 7:20
$250 and waiting more than a
month to get it back when they've deem the fee wasn't necessary (not that I've
had this happen *twice* in the last month or anything).
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-Original Message
+1
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@owa.smithcons.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 7:51 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Best way to schedule server reboots?
psexec computername shutdown -r -f -t 0
:-)
From: James Rankin
I would think the 2003 one would have no clue how to add 2008 extensions
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From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:38 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Takes very little time if you don't feel like including any details. I have a
2nd FB account just for one of their insipid games and it has basically zero
profile data in it...
Dave
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:33 AM
To: NT System Admin
I have reconnected with so many old friends I have labeled it Facebook, it's
everywhere you've ever been. The number of folks I can reconnected from 30+
years back is crazy! My brother calls it crackbook because it turns into an
addiction for some.
Dave
From: James Kerr
Statically assign - at the machine, or by DHCP reservation?
We have one DHCP server here and it's handing several different subnets
Dave
-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:38 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject:
thinking for yourself...
Next up, Google decides what you want for dinner based on pat eating habits, a
spouse based on the OPPOSITE of your dating habits, a car based on your driving
habits, a lawyer based on your vices, and will auto-deploy TP when you're done
on the can...
David Lum
DUDE, just installed the demovery coolVERY.
Dave
From: Justin Thomas [mailto:jat...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:05 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Remote Desktop server list reordering?
The number one reason I switched to Visionapp Remote Desktop.
I can't believe you went there...so to speak...
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From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.org]
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 8:44 AM
To: NT System Admin
The prep takes longer than the actual procedure... mine was about 30secs per
eye.
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-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009
.
In this case it was taught by a programmer, not a sysadmin and I think it
worked out very well. My class was taught at SQLSoft+ in Washington, but I
would think other places would be excellent as well.
Anyone considering a PowerShell class I highly recommend it!
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
If I take all the enhancements advertised and in my junk folder the total comes
to about 192 -that's what the math comes to...3 here, 4 there. It *would* be
cumulative right? :-P
Dave
From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 7:05 AM
To: NT System
When I get asked to work on a home user PC with AOL I let them know up front *I
DO NOT SUPPORT AOL* nor troubleshoot Internet browsing issues other than being
able to ping the gateway and 4.2.2.2 (my favorite public DNS 'cause it's easy
to remember).
Dave
From: Angus Scott-Fleming
out very well. My class was taught at SQLSoft+ in Washington, but I
would think other places would be excellent as well.
Anyone considering a PowerShell class I highly recommend it!
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+1
From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Win 7 issue
No go on MVLS. One would think that with the amount of $$$ we spend on SA we'd
get MSDN/TechNet access thrown in.
Oh well, I can (impatiently) wait
MS curriculum? 2008 automation or
PoSH for Administrators?
Thanks,
- JB
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: PowerShell training - recommended!
Short answer: Effectively none.
Long answer: I knew what
Admin Issues
Subject: RE: PowerShell training - recommended!
Which course # did you take? Was it official MS curriculum? 2008 automation or
PoSH for Administrators?
Thanks,
- JB
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject
Yep sounds right. In my experience when I used to actually try to support AOL
clients I found its software seemed to bind with the NIC drivers (or the TCP/IP
stack, I forget which) in an unusual way. IIRC it made me think it acted like a
special AOL loopback adapter that allows connect to
I've had LinkedIn for quite a while, I use it for professional contacts and
Facebook for everything else.
Dave
-Original Message-
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 4:27 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: LinkedIn
I personally find
By the way Andrew, welcome back!
Dave
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 4:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: LinkedIn
I've been using LinkedIn since 2005 (properly, since 2006).
It is well worth it, IMO. It's a professional networking
Isn't there another command instead of CALL? CALL returns to the script doesn't
it? I think RUN is what you want because it means exit this command shell and
run this app, I think CALL keeps the command shell running.
Or maybe I'm confused with SHELL, been a long time...
Dave
-Original
Sorry I misread what you wanted. Use START instead of CALL.
Dave
-Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 7:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exiting from a Start command
Isn't there another command instead of CALL? CALL
+ 1
Good descriptions will go a long way too +1 bazillion! I use the description
field and as much of it as possible.
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 2:22 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: GPO for a single user
+1 on the one GPO, one
It's probably a gender thing, but the Chuck Norris jokes crack me up even
though I'm not a big fan of his movies, etc (they're fine, but I don't make it
a point to rent or watch them). Some of my favorites are There is no chin
behind Chuck Norris' beard, just another fist, Chuck Norris can
a floppy drive so this is more out of curiosity than
anything...seems silly to rely on a floppy for anything these days.
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Marines = men
Army = Shook
From: Weatherford, Chad [mailto:cweatherf...@scvl.com]
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 12:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter
Hey now, the Marines may go in first but they wouldn't hold the ground without
the Army
Adobe AIR installs during Reader updates and isn't even optional to NOT install
it (you can custom .MSI though), but here another reason to hate this crap:
Adobe Flash Player and AIR Loader Object Heap Memory Corruption Vulnerability
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35904
David Lum // SYSTEMS
+1.
A wide 19 16:9 display will be shorter than a 19 4:3 display. They have
roughly the
same screen surface area; what you gain in width you lose in height. So the
16:9 for the same price as the 4:3 is not something for nothing; it's just
rearranging what you get.
So many people overlook
How about a GPO to make XP load all GPO's before displaying the desktop (well ,
sorta)? I have had to utilize that on some XP PC's before.
Computer - Admin templates - System - Logon - Always wait for the network at
computer startup and logon
Dave
From: Joe Tinney [mailto:jtin...@lastar.com]
What do you do as IT Director? Kind of surprised that a director-level person
would be on a techie list - IT Director's don't get their hands dirty often, do
they? I'm glad there are folks like you who actually WANT to do director --
C-level stuff. My boss asked me a few months ago what I would
, sign up and see if you can answer the questions before some
of the pros on there.
Yes, I have also paid for an EventID.NET subscription,�m weird���
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-Original Message-
From: John
+1 I have zero clients on tape, although %DAYJOB% is 100% tape.
Moved one client to a cloud provider and away from tape. They have disk-disk
local differentials and over-the wire diffs and fulls. Since fulls only pull
file deltas across the wire they are far faster than the BackupAssist/NT
+1 I have eight public access machines with this and to date (three months or
so, daily use at a library) and it's been flawless. EASY to set up too (an
important aspect for anything I do...).
MS SteadyState, Vista with UAC on, and guest account (new account, in guests
group only). Soup to
) such a thing?
TIA,
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as the largest risk is controlling and editing the
feedback and commentary you openly subject yourself to from competitors out to
make you look bad, and the jerks of the world.
--
ME2
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:23 AM, David Lum
david@nwea.orgmailto:david@nwea.org wrote:
I've been tasked
from what I've seen, the general public in the United States borrows money
to buy things instead of saving up for it, and we elect people with the same
problems we have and wonder what the problem is? HELLLOOO. (I was just as
guilty, I was no better than the above until last year and paid
You guys are getting the RTM of Windows 7 via eOpen, correct?
Dave
-Original Message-
From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 6:35 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Windows 7
Does the sidebar still run as an independent
That's *quite* hyped up and politically slanted from this article from December
2008, and look at the size of the firms they're talking about:
http://www.cio.com/article/470089/U.S._IT_Jobs_Take_a_Hit_One_In_Four_Going_Offshore
According to its research, these large firms-companies with revenues
Notable since the article was written in 2008, before Obama was even in
office
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 10:52 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Obsolete TechS
That's *quite* hyped up and politically slanted from this article from
-IT-Jobs-Going-Offshore.html
And oddly (or not) comments are closed for the link Angus posted. Bummer.
Dave
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 10:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Obsolete TechS
Notable since the article was written in 2008, before
John, this post is a peach!!!
-Original Message-
From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 1:14 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Mail server software
Anyone in their right mind would host any business centric email on a platform
outside
Here are the tabs that are my homepages:
http://news.cnet.com/security/
http://isc.sans.org/
http://www.doecirc.energy.gov/index.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities
I am also on a WSUS and patch management mailing lists (lurk mode by and large):
http://www.patchmanagement.org/
Susan
My guess this is actually by design, Mozy online backup also ignores mapped
drives.
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-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009
+1 They can't kill a process that isn't running.
If they kill it after you manually start it, Ben Scott's recommendation should
suffice.
I prefer not to have VNC running all the time as it shows as an open port on a
network scan (I particularly hate seeing open ports, so I like to close all
using WSUS.
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-Original Message-
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:29 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Patching question
I don't
a question
it isn't funny.
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From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 8:34 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Patching question
I simply don't see Exchange issues. At %DAYJOB% one had one run out of disk
space and the store dismounted, but that wasn't Exchanges fault. I manage
Exchange at four companies to varying degrees and I have had zero issues dating
back to late 2004. And trust me, it's not my Exchange skills
Works here.
Dave
From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:sj...@amico.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: eOpen - down?
Is it me or is eOpen down again?
https://eopen.microsoft.com/EN/default.asp
___
Stefan Jafs
This email and
I do too, but since August 15th was in the pa�..
From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 11:08 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: eOpen - down?
Works for me, but did see this message on the site: System Availability Notice
eOpen will be
didn't go as planned and they are still having issues.
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 1:40 PM, David Lum
david@nwea.orgmailto:david@nwea.org wrote:
I do too, but since August 15th was in the p���..
From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.commailto:saber...@gmail.com]
Sent
. It would be nice but like I said not from what I have seen. There
are other products that will pick up these type of things but they cost money.
Jon
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:54 AM, David Lum
david@nwea.orgmailto:david@nwea.org wrote:
It's not a waste a of space if typing something here
How many machines? It might be possible to create an uninstall script. I
remember creating a KiX script that at login would remove Yahoo! Messenger and
Yahoo! toolbar if they were installed (and it even used that program's
uninstaller). If all the machines are the same you could create a script
* Support for Windows 7 clients
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Visionapp remote desktop, can connect with RDP, ICA, VNC, SSH and Telnet.
Someone here mentioned this app and I like it so much I paid for the license!
Dave
From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:30 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE:
+1
Printed and will be posted in the window of our Service Desk office for all to
see...
From: Candee Vaglica [mailto:can...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 4:52 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT: Our profession has been exposed
I *love* it!
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at
+1 Time is money.
Having said that sometimes I will troubleshoot out of curiosity even after it's
obvious blowing away and starting over is faster - I get a burning desire to
know WHAT happened. Sometimes that tidbit pays huge dividends later, or
sometimes knowing exactly what
to the uninitiated.
Which brings up the question, how do you guys tell a good admin from a great
one? What do they do differently?
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They really feels that way? Print these out...
Windows is more secure than you think, and Mac OS X is worse than you ever
imagined. That is according to statistics published for the first time this
week by Danish security firm Secunia
Ohh good catch on the the first one yeah, sorry I should have disclaimered it,
my bad.
2nd link was current as of today, however, and in fact this is an ever better
link as it cover just 2009 to date:
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/96/?task=statistics_2009
Kind of kills the Mac can't
a Windows network.
I don't need to push this guys buttons any more than absolutely possible. The
fact that we bought 2 Windows laptops for less than one Mac and with the
difference large enough to purchase another Windows laptop, kind of got his
goat.
Jon
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:16 PM, David
SANS also has the story, albeit more brief:
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7027
Dave
From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 6:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: New Attack Cracks WPA in a Minute
that view is completely different - is there a quick and easy
way to do this in 2008 Server? I can only replicate my view by opening an empty
MMC and adding computer management and then choosing another computer.
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Anyone know of a tool to recover a lost password for a PW protected WinZip file?
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Nope, you'll be the only person there.
Damnit couldn't resist, bad methere goes the S/N ratio...
Dave
From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT VMWorld 2009
Anyone besides me heading to San Fran for VMWorld?
Sounds like they're trying hard not to be around very long if they are so near
sighted. Do they change the oil but not the filter on their cars too?
Seems a simple matter of my time at xx/hr = ThisMuch, vs this product +
install/setup/hardware = ThatMuch. Do ThisMuch x three months and compare
/8/31 David Lum david@nwea.orgmailto:david@nwea.org
Sounds like they're trying hard not to be around very long if they are so near
sighted. Do they change the oil but not the filter on their cars too?
Seems a simple matter of my time at xx/hr = ThisMuch, vs this product +
install/setup
This is the reason I take administrators OUT of the Users group
Dave
From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 6:45 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Calling Security Experts..
Administrators are Users too.
Not sure offhand how you'd undo
+1 It's very rare I take on a home computer issue anymore - I'd rather jab
a fork in my neck.
On a gaming computer - I plan on rolling my own next time around. While I'm not
really a fan of building from scratch anymore, I still find it's cheaper to
spec out my own hardware. Spend a
My Google-Fu is failing me. Windows 7 in a 2003 AD forest, is there some
snap-in to allow 2003 DC's to configure the additional group policies available
in Vista and Windows 7, or is a 2008 DC / domain required?
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http://pricewatch.com
Dave
-Original Message-
From: Chris Orovet [mailto:coro...@atsi-inc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 8:23 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: [OT] Gaming computer
http://www.newegg.com
Regards,
Chris Orovet Technical Support
O: (727)812-0276 Ext.
http://secunia.com/advisories/36443/
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will not see any
downtime.
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From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 11:56 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MSINFO popping up
We're battling
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7045
Dave
-Original Message-
From: Devin Meade [mailto:devin.me...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 2:39 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: dell.com down?
Yes. I can't get to the quote page. Gmail was for a while too. C/B
LOL: Google Mail service has already been restored for some users, and we
expect a resolution for all users in the near future. Please note this time
frame is an estimate and may change
http://mail.google.com/support/?hl=en
Near future is an estimate, love it
Dave
-Original
+1
This is how you truly get rid of crud.
From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 4:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Changing a NetBIOS name considerations
You might depending on the number and complexity of the situation want to just
setup
If you right click on My Computer, Properties, Advanced, User profilesare
they still listed there?
-Original Message-
From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 4:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: User Profile missing after
I have licenses for 5 Windows 7 systems but the only key code I received is for
KMS, not MAK ones, is this normal?
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David Lum david@nwea.org wrote on 09/09/2009 10:20:27 AM:
Quicker yes, but I'm super
You can do that?
-Original Message-
From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 7:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SPAM Solution
Key words for you Steven, were business startup. When I'm at home, work is
the farthest from my mind, if
+1
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 6:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: SOHO: Data storage, RAID levels, backups, VMs, etc. (was: SPAM
Solution)
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 2:20 AM, tony
So subtle, yet so funny...
From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 12:34 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Disable F keys
but what I was really thinking was:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=windows+remap+function+keys
:-)
--
ME2
On Thu, Sep
ScriptLogic has tools along this line.
http://www.scriptlogic.com/
Dave
From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com]
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 9:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Tripwire
What are some other software apps like Tripwire that can monitor my Active
Directory
Alternately, any tool that can monitor event logs can give you alerts and
logging on AD changes, almost all this stuff is in one event log or another,
and this includes user adds/deletes, GPO add/change/deletes, etc...
Dave
From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com]
Sent: Friday,
We actually have Tripwire here - a lot of damn money every year for something
probably never used...
From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 11:06 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Tripwire
Change Auditor Pro by Qwest(?) can do the AD
at every
reboot and you're there. Stuff you normally have to dig around in the registry
to hack down or buy a 3rd party tool this tool handles.
It's probably not perfect, but It does what I need it to.
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at large, even about things outside of the IT
world, if only to make use of their exquisitely refined BS detectors
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From: Mike French
To: NT System Admin Issues
SP1 to SP2? I never did anything except do the non-FSMO ones first, then as
long as the event logs look clear and replication works then I do the other DC.
Five disparate domains, ten DC's, no issues ever. From SP0 - SP1, SP1 - SP2,
etc.
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
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Using good ol' NTBackup at all my garage clients I used to do full's on
weekends and incrementals other times, until I had to do some restores back to
back...holy Mother of God that's a long way around! I went to fulls/diffs and
haven't looked back.
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
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About 200 laptops, XP systems in an AD environment and some VPN users thrown in
for good measure.
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
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From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:17 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Anyone using PGP encryption?
About a year ago I demo'd a few full-disk encryption products and really
Thanks Kurt, I see they updated that page from the last time I used it, but
that's what I used when I was evaluating. Oddly McAfee's solution isn't on
there.
Hey there's a Full Disk Encryption mailing list, cool.
Dave
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
aren't right? A restore from PEBCAK file
delete errors? :)
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 7:58 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re
to keep myself and the
security team satisfied that I'm not creating an undue security risk.
Anyone have a similar situation, and if so how do you handle it?
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
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On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Ben Scott
mailvor...@gmail.commailto:mailvor...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:43 AM, David Lum
david@nwea.orgmailto:david@nwea.org wrote:
Do you guys have any servers
OK, how do I get my 2003 Server domain to allow machine names longer than 15
characters? I do get that it's a NetBIOS limitation but it's time for me to
move my company ahead...
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
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Posts like this is why I find this list so valuable, thanks Bob!
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
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From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 12:59 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE
of those things, sure was easier when it was a version
number I marketing terms, nobody would ask if a NT 3.51 SP would work on NT4.
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
-Original Message-
From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br
as SP2 for x64 XP.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-Original Message-
From: David Lum david@nwea.org
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:59:11
To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Subject: RE: Windows 2008 R2 Question
Nice to see confirmation, I have always
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David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 5:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Thursday Funny Request
A complex password is S easy
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