RE: Data replication in real-time (or near real-time)

2009-07-22 Thread Michael B. Smith
The new DFS - DFS/R in Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2. From: John Aldrich [jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Data replication in real-time (or near real-time) We are currently using DFS to

RE: Best way to schedule server reboots?

2009-07-22 Thread Michael B. Smith
psexec computername shutdown -r -f -t 0 :-) From: James Rankin [kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Best way to schedule server reboots? Script the shutdown command with the required parameters,

RE: Managed Services

2009-07-22 Thread Michael B. Smith
Feel free to contact me off list. I do a lot of subcontract work for other consulting companies. From: David Lum [david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Managed Services And then there's us SMB

RE: Best way to schedule server reboots?

2009-07-22 Thread Michael B. Smith
LOL! I needed that (I've been deep in the bowels of MAPI this morningugh.) From: Ben Scott [mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Best way to schedule server reboots? On Wed, Jul

RE: Best way to schedule server reboots?

2009-07-22 Thread Michael B. Smith
, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Webstercarlwebs...@gmail.com wrote: From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Subject: Re: Best way to schedule server reboots? Nice new title there On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: Michael B. Smith, Exchange

RE: Windows 7 RTM

2009-07-22 Thread Michael B. Smith
I believe that that is what Paul Thurott said in his newsletter yesterday. Beyond having read that newsletter, I certainly can't confirm anything... From: Brian Clark [brianclark2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 1:41 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: enabling remote desktop on vista home prem

2009-08-26 Thread Michael B. Smith
well it certainly is a license violation! From: Clayton Doige [clayton.do...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: enabling remote desktop on vista home prem So I take it this is a no go then?

RE: List Up?

2009-08-27 Thread Michael B. Smith
I had to get Sunbelt involved for me. A Lyris software upgrade in July had been dropping ALL of my messages since July 7! Dennis at Sunbelt made a couple of changes for me to get me back online with the lists. From: Joe Heaton [jhea...@etp.ca.gov] Sent:

RE: Good NT sysadmin list?

2009-08-28 Thread Michael B. Smith
not intentionally. ;-) Tim -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@owa.smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 8:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Good NT sysadmin list? If it weren't for OWA 2010's conversation view, I would've had to drop out awhile ago

RE: Is this a good SMTP transaction?

2009-09-23 Thread Michael B. Smith
yes. From: David W. McSpadden [dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Is this a good SMTP transaction? Protocol SMTP interface Data1 (IP 10.0.10.15) on incoming connection (ICID 215625) from sender IP

RE: NLB w/ 2008

2009-09-24 Thread Michael B. Smith
i don't know what you mean by this statement: I see on the 2008 NICS they all have 0.0.0.0 in them but apparently this is ok. you should have a default gateway on the NLB network and NO default getway on the heartbeat network. your public and private networks must be different networks.

RE: Virtual servers taking a long time to restart

2009-09-24 Thread Michael B. Smith
I see this behavior from time to time if a VM has been moved from one physical server to another and ARP caching has been turned up to a large value on switches. From: Kim Longenbaugh [k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:29 AM To: NT

RE: Complex email archiving needs

2009-09-24 Thread Michael B. Smith
I recommend you do spam off-server (whether that be an Edge server for Exchange or a third party provider, really isn't that relevant - just don't let it touch your Exchange mailbox databases). Exchange 2007 has Messaging Records Management (MRM) and Exchange 2010 has that plus Retention

RE: IE8 breaks printing html emails

2009-09-24 Thread Michael B. Smith
?? Do you expect to be able to run Exchange 2003 on Windows Server 2008 R2? Same concept, just server level instead of user level. From: Rene de Haas [rene.deh...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 3:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE8

RE: Defragmenting servers

2009-12-17 Thread Michael B. Smith
Mydefrag. From: Alverson, Tom (Xetron) [mailto:tom.alver...@ngc.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defragmenting servers The only real benefit of a commercial product is they tend to be less obtrusive to the users when they kick off - I

RE: looking for free helpdesk solution

2009-12-22 Thread Michael B. Smith
I used liberum in a former life (i.e., before I became an independent consultant) and modified it heavily. I'm surprised to see that it doesn't really appear to have been maintained at all. What's that about? From: G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:kava...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009

RE: Sr. Systems Engineer

2009-12-23 Thread Michael B. Smith
Senior personnel should be able to lead by example, and they should be able to handle client interactions without additional supervision (that is, they can be nice to end-users even though they may be wrong). Otherwise, it's about experience, IMHO. YMMV. Void in the state of Wisconsin. From:

RE: P2V on a DC

2009-12-23 Thread Michael B. Smith
Do NOT P2V a DC without permanently destroying (i.e., format) the physical DC. You need to build a new DC, P or V doesn't matter, promote it, change the IP address to the final IP address, shut it down, and put it in its permanent location, and move it to the proper site in AD Sites and

RE: P2V on a DC

2009-12-23 Thread Michael B. Smith
I would never use a p2v to restore a DC unless there was only one DC in the forest. Google/bing USN Rollback. From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: P2V on a DC Build it from scratch. I would only

RE: P2V on a DC

2009-12-23 Thread Michael B. Smith
Depends on the kind of licensing deal you have with MSFT. As I recollect, that's part of SA or EA or Select licensing. Not retail or open. IANAL. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 11:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: P2V on a DC If

RE: No selling Office 2007 in Jan 2010?

2009-12-23 Thread Michael B. Smith
The patch to correct this issue is already available and will probably be pushed by MSFT soon. There may be some issues with retail copies in the channel that need to be replaced; but no major issues are expected. -Original Message- From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]

RE: Moving to 2003 domain and forest questions

2009-12-28 Thread Michael B. Smith
There were issues with IAS and RRAS between 2000 and 2003 that dealt with default levels of security. I don't remember the details, although they should be in the windows 2003 upgrade whitepapers at Microsoft.com. From: Matt Falenski [mailto:matt.falen...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 28,

RE: NewSID not needed....Wow

2009-12-30 Thread Michael B. Smith
Where were you when we discussed this last month? :) The conclusions come down to this, as I remember them: 1] in a domain environment, it's no problem. In a workgroup/homegroup environment, SID duplication is a possibility. 2] some third party applications do depend on SID uniqueness. From:

RE: Server 2k8 in 2k3 domain as a DC

2010-01-05 Thread Michael B. Smith
You need to run adprep forestprep and adprep domainprep. But it'll still be a 2003 domain until you update the other DCs and bump the FFL or DFL. From: Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:tlemmik...@all-mode.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 5:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server 2k8 in 2k3

RE: How long to get a server?

2010-01-06 Thread Michael B. Smith
Dell has recently moved quite a bit of their manufacturing to lower-cost parts of the world. This is what happens. You can always ask your rep what is IN STOCK and available for shipment. That doesn't necessarily get you the least expensive price though. From: Matt Plahtinsky

RE: Time

2010-01-07 Thread Michael B. Smith
The DC holding the PDC FSMO role. -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Time I received a complaint from one of my users that the time on her computer is four

RE: Time

2010-01-07 Thread Michael B. Smith
Setsntp is GONE in Server 2008 R2. C:\Users\Administratornet help time The syntax of this command is: NET TIME [\\computername | /DOMAIN[:domainname] | /RTSDOMAIN[:domainname]] [/SET] NET TIME synchronizes the computer's clock with that of another computer or domain, or displays the time for a

RE: Adding 2008 DC's...

2010-01-07 Thread Michael B. Smith
You have to run the schema upgrade, but nothing says that you ever have to bump the domain functional level or the forest functional level. I've done this for a number of customers, with no ill effect. I'd recommend you roll out 2008 or 2008 R2. It'll save you work in the future. From: David

RE: Adding 2008 DC's...

2010-01-07 Thread Michael B. Smith
You can disable that requirement. See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731654(WS.10).aspx and/or http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942564 Although, I wouldn't expect that to come into play until after you bump the DFL or FFL... From: Matthew Bullock [mailto:mbull...@root9.com]

RE: Adding 2008 DC's...

2010-01-07 Thread Michael B. Smith
to 2008 doesn't really do anything I particular anyway, right? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Adding 2008 DC's... You have to run the schema upgrade, but nothing says that you ever have

RE: Adding 2008 DC's...

2010-01-08 Thread Michael B. Smith
: bounce-8784996-8243...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-8784996-8243...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Adding 2008 DC's... It removes a number of obsolete security options. I quote

RE: Adding 2008 DC's...

2010-01-08 Thread Michael B. Smith
seen the 2008 DCs removed some crypto options from netlogon, but there's a GPO setting to add the support back. -Mike From: bounce-8784996-8243...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-8784996-8243...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 12

RE: Is E-mail the right solution for this request?

2010-01-12 Thread Michael B. Smith
SharePoint/WSS. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Is E-mail the right solution for this request? Saw this Help Desk ticket flow to my team today: Need a mailbox set up for expense reports: This mailbox will be

RE: Required Certs = Study Time at Work?

2010-01-12 Thread Michael B. Smith
What cert is that? Anyway, I work for myself now; but except for certs that I had to use a work lab for (I'm thinking Cisco Unity and CCNP back in the days before router sims were cheap), I never used any work time. -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent:

RE: Backup Exec 12.5 file restore missing a bunch of files

2010-01-14 Thread Michael B. Smith
I would suggest you take ownership over all files, first; and second ensure that you are starting a Windows Explorer with elevated permissions. -Original Message- From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:charl...@golden-eagle.org] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 1:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Backup Exec 12.5 file restore missing a bunch of files

2010-01-14 Thread Michael B. Smith
Creator/owner changes in server 2008. -Original Message- From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:charl...@golden-eagle.org] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12.5 file restore missing a bunch of files OK. This is getting stranger... :-) I

RE: DCPROMO demotion and DNS

2010-01-14 Thread Michael B. Smith
This is a path to problems. I recommend that after you demote a DC, and BEFORE CLICKING THE REBOOT BUTTON, go and remove DNS Server. Reboot. Go clean up DNS on another DC in the same or a covering site ASAP. After you have run all of your demotions, use dcdiag and dnslint and netdiag to

RE: Powershell Question

2010-01-14 Thread Michael B. Smith
is there a particular reason you want to use II? And I'm not completely clear about your quoting requirements, but I'd do something like this: $arrayPaths = Dir/1, Dir/2, Dir/3 -- don't need the initializer since you have the comma operator $options = '--verbose --recursive --blah

RE: Powershell Question

2010-01-14 Thread Michael B. Smith
This would be why I said I wasn't clear on your quoting requirements. :-) I know the whole Cygwin thing combined with PowerShell combined with cmd.exe can be a littlestrange. This seems to work, on my system. $arrayPaths = administrator/, administrator.WXP000/, All Users/ $Options =

RE: Windows 7 and DHCP puzzler

2010-01-15 Thread Michael B. Smith
It says specifically in that KB that the issue referred to by that KB doesn't occur in Win7! :-P Note: This issue does not occur in Windows 7. The registry key DhcpConnEnableBcastFlagToggle is set to 1 by default. -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming

RE: Powershell regex

2010-01-15 Thread Michael B. Smith
That's not a regular expression! That's just System.String.Replace(). So $strLog = ($path.Replace(/$, )).Replace(/, _) + '.log' If you actually meant /$ as a regex, so that it removes the last character of $path, if it's a /, you can keep that and do: $strLog = ([regex]::Replace($path,

RE: Exchange list?

2010-01-15 Thread Michael B. Smith
When did THAT happen? Hmph. No-one told me. From: Greg Olson [mailto:gol...@markettools.com] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 4:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange list? David, I think the list your thinking about which shut down around that time has moved to a forum style

RE: Exchange list?

2010-01-15 Thread Michael B. Smith
System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange list? Is the Exchange list very active? Heck I haven't even seen my confirmation yet. Eh, been but 5 hours, maybe tomorrow it'll show. Dave -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 1

RE: Exchange list?

2010-01-16 Thread Michael B. Smith
It appears that Lyris is commonly dropping the replies of those of us using Outlook 2010, unless we switch them to plain text (as I just did for this one). That has quite a bit to do with it. I posted 31 messages in replies this past week, based on a review of the Lyris website, 4 of them were

RE: just who's in charge here (dom controller query)

2010-01-19 Thread Michael B. Smith
You should NOT have time skews... From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 2:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: just who's in charge here (dom controller query) Make the other one a GC too. You should have time skews like that. That's

RE: Powershell return values

2010-01-19 Thread Michael B. Smith
You can always avoid output, as far as I know. Anything output by a function is put onto the pipe. That's by design. Give me a specific example where you think you can't avoid output? -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Tuesday, January

RE: Win 7 trust relationship failure via VPN

2010-01-20 Thread Michael B. Smith
So...Win 7 has nltest built-in, right? You may want to try a nltest /sc_change_pwd:domain every week or so while you are VPN'ed in. I'm guessing the computer account password is expiring. I not sure if sc_change_pwd causes that to re-handshake or not, but it's my best guess. BDesmond or BFree

RE: Win 7 trust relationship failure via VPN

2010-01-20 Thread Michael B. Smith
- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 12:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win 7 trust relationship failure via VPN So...Win 7 has nltest built-in, right? You may want to try a nltest /sc_change_pwd:domain every week or so while

RE: Too many replies causes Outlook to not send???

2010-01-21 Thread Michael B. Smith
I've never heard of such a thing. I'd want to see the error. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Too many replies causes Outlook to not send??? I've noticed that on messages where there has been an

RE: Software raid and 2003

2010-01-21 Thread Michael B. Smith
Is this Windows software raid? Then you’ll have to update boot.ini to point to the second drive. Alternately switch the cables (or switch the drives). From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com] Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: 16 bit VDM

2010-01-21 Thread Michael B. Smith
As long as they don't require special drivers. I moved PART of an org to 64bit with little trouble. When we tried to expand into their manufacturing and instrumentation areas, we gave up. Some of those computers were (and are) running NT 4 because drivers had never been updated...

RE: Reality check

2010-01-21 Thread Michael B. Smith
Hi Bill. I graduated from ECU in 1983 and did some of my grad work at Pitt Memorial. I have fond memories of Pitt County. Enough of old home week - push back. Really really hard. That's ridiculous. Services are even easy to do in the Win32 API. It takes less than 20 lines of code in C# to

RE: Exchange list?

2010-01-21 Thread Michael B. Smith
Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 1:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange list? It's quite active, but I submitted a complaint about my reply messages not showing up so they may have taken it temporarily offline

Small assistance request

2010-01-22 Thread Michael B. Smith
Could one of you who has a non-domain-joined Server 2008 or Server 2008 R2 (or Vista or Win7) image running in _VMware_ open a command prompt and run W32tm /query /source Please note that if you've previously done a net time /setsntp:... these results won't help me. I'm looking to find

RE: 2008 R2 in a 2003 R2 domain

2010-01-23 Thread Michael B. Smith
These are simple 2008 security enhancements. Why are you creating files at the root of a partition anyway? It's a bad idea! Otherwise, you need to open your cmd prompt or windows explore elevated - that is, click on the icon for them and select Run as Administrator. From: Neil Standley

[ot] RE: Managed Switches...

2010-01-25 Thread Michael B. Smith
And how does the wife feel about that? [sorry, couldn't resist.] From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 2:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Managed Switches... I love my Procurves. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Reimer, Mark

RE: Downsizing to SBS. Same domain name?

2010-01-27 Thread Michael B. Smith
I don't understand why you wouldn't use the Microsoft Swing method, my abbreviated Swing method, or SBS MVP Jeff Middleton's Swing method. Jeff's kit is only USD $200, and it'll cost more time than that just to fix all the desktop profiles. A very worthwhile investment. [Note: my method is

RE: Downsizing to SBS. Same domain name?

2010-01-27 Thread Michael B. Smith
from a 2003 non-SBS domain to 2008 SBS domain. Company is downsizing. I haven't found a good migration document for that yet. Still looking. Matt On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.commailto:mich...@smithcons.com wrote: I don't understand why you wouldn't use

RE: [OT] (early) Friday funny... iPad

2010-01-28 Thread Michael B. Smith
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH From: G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:kava...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 9:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: [OT] (early) Friday funny... iPad Der Fuhrer is disappointed over Apples latest... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQnT0zp8Ya4 -- -- Gregory

RE: [OT] (early) Friday funny... iPad

2010-01-28 Thread Michael B. Smith
The use of back lighting make it NO WHERE more functional than a Kindle. -Original Message- From: Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] (early) Friday funny... iPad No multitasking = Fail. Personally,

RE: Small assistance request

2010-01-29 Thread Michael B. Smith
Thanks to everyone who helped with this! I used these results in a blog entry I just posted. http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2010/01/29/a-brief-history-of-time-ok-ok-let-s-go-with-quot-an-introduction-to-the-windows-time-service-quot.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith

RE: Web hosting

2010-02-01 Thread Michael B. Smith
seriously thinking about moving to VPS hosting anyway. Regards, Michael B. Smith Exchange MVP Owner: The Essential Exchange http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael From: Brian Richards [mailto:locomotive_breath_...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 3:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Windows 2008 - Page file

2010-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
Is D: formatted NTFS? From: James Hill [mailto:james.h...@superamart.com.au] Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 4:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 2008 - Page file Haven't seen that one.  I know this isn't any help but I have changed the page file to a different drive on and

RE: Windows 2008 - Page file

2010-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
How large is the volume? Is it Basic, Dynamic, or GPT? Is this Windows x86 or x64? Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Jason Gauthier [mailto:jgauth...@lastar.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 5:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Skype for business use

2010-02-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
I've got several clients that use it, and I personally use it. Insofar as a corporate solution, I'd recommend you look at LiveMeeting, OCS, and/or friends. But for a one-on-one solution, I think Skype works just fine. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http

RE: Windows 7 problem (Home user)

2010-02-03 Thread Michael B. Smith
Each time I sit down in front of a windows xp box now I hate it. Windows 7 is MUCH easier and quicker to use. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 4:27

RE: BEX 12.5 adding agent to non domain pc

2010-02-04 Thread Michael B. Smith
From the non-domain computer, map a drive to the BE computer. CD down the tree to the RANT directory and run setup. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Carol Fee [mailto:c...@massbar.org] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:07 PM To: NT

RE: BEX 12.5 adding agent to non domain pc

2010-02-04 Thread Michael B. Smith
I've always run setup. YMMV. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:d...@parkviewmc.com] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 5:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: BEX 12.5 adding agent to non domain pc Setup

RE: How to permanently accept cert in OL2K7

2010-02-05 Thread Michael B. Smith
Import it into their local certificate store, including the trusted root. Same as with any certificate. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 3:04 PM To: NT

RE: setting up a website

2010-02-05 Thread Michael B. Smith
Many carriers differentiate between business and personal use. And they consider hosting to be business use. GoDaddy is something ridiculously cheap like $4.50 a month. (I prepay annually and my cost is less than $4 a month.) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http

RE: How to permanently accept cert in OL2K7

2010-02-05 Thread Michael B. Smith
Cpanel installs with a self-signed cert to get the isp up for testing. They are supposed to replace it with a real one. Sounds like ETC Advanced Technology isn't very advanced. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message

RE: Adding 2008 DC's... (revisited)

2010-02-08 Thread Michael B. Smith
Adprep adds the schema changes. None of the new features are activated until the DFL or FFL is increased. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Palmer, Neal [mailto:npal...@uwic.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 7:53 AM To: NT System

RE: ODD W2K3 DC DCPROMO Issue

2010-02-08 Thread Michael B. Smith
Yes. If you are using 2003 R2 media on a 2003 no-R2 domain. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ODD W2K3 DC DCPROMO

RE: Adding 2008 DC's... (revisited)

2010-02-08 Thread Michael B. Smith
Nit picker. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 12:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Adding 2008 DC's... (revisited

RE: dc replication / logonserver

2010-02-08 Thread Michael B. Smith
Nltest /sc_reset:domain\desired-dc Note that a domain member, once connected to a particular DC, will continue to talk to that DC unless the site is changed or the secure channel reset or the DC isn't available. Netdom can do this too. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP

RE: dc replication / logonserver

2010-02-08 Thread Michael B. Smith
No. if you separate the sites you should be fine. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:li...@levelfive.us] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 7:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: dc replication / logonserver

2010-02-08 Thread Michael B. Smith
I've wondered - what is the overhead involved with that? You didn't really cover that in AD 4e. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010

RE: Sharepoint on the fly?

2010-02-09 Thread Michael B. Smith
Microsoft online has a SharePoint offering, about USD 15 per user per month. There are lots of in-house answers to this question but they involve detailed licensing scenarios. WSS, for example, MIGHT be free. But it depends. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http

RE: Authenticode, Internet Access, and program loading times, Oh my!

2010-02-09 Thread Michael B. Smith
Sure - strong assembly signing. It serves to validate that the executables you are loading are actually from who they say they are from. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Christopher [mailto:c.bo

RE: OT ? Server ROI - Reuse ?

2010-02-09 Thread Michael B. Smith
with nary a problem. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Jeremy Anderson [mailto:jer...@mapiadmin.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 12:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT ? Server ROI - Reuse ? I am not even sure what the subject

RE: Adding 2008 DC's... (revisited)

2010-02-09 Thread Michael B. Smith
Whoa. They've done some serious updating to those articles in the last couple of months. I've not seen those mentioned in any of the other lists I read - where did you get those Bob? From your PFE or TAM? Or someplace more public? Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http

RE: Adding 2008 DC's... (revisited)

2010-02-10 Thread Michael B. Smith
Great stuff. Thanks. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Adding 2008 DC's... (revisited) The PFE

RE: IPv6

2010-02-10 Thread Michael B. Smith
solutions (although I understand getting an exemption is pretty easy). I've taken and passed tests and labs in it. No real-world experience though. But I'm ready when necessary. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From

RE: IPv6

2010-02-10 Thread Michael B. Smith
Yes. But then they introduced CIDR (look it up!) :-) and that saved the Internet for about a decade. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010

RE: IPv6

2010-02-10 Thread Michael B. Smith
CIDR, again. IPv5 was a lab protocol; never deployed in the wild. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:49 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: IPv6

2010-02-10 Thread Michael B. Smith
I could have the year wrong. I take so many certification tests I can't keep anything straight any more. I just read the book, take the test, and go on... Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff

RE: IPv6

2010-02-10 Thread Michael B. Smith
http://compnetworking.about.com/b/2008/11/05/what-happened-to-ipv5.htm Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:24 PM To: NT System

RE: OT: Google Username Assistance - huh?

2010-02-10 Thread Michael B. Smith
No. Gmail's behavior is not RFC compliant. They started out using the '+'s for throw-away addresses, but apparently websites caught onto that pretty quick so they expanded into full-stops. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Carl

RE: OT: Google Username Assistance - huh?

2010-02-10 Thread Michael B. Smith
Actually not quite the same! :-) Exchange requires you to specifically define the email addresses it will accept. With gmail, an infinite number of addresses can match a mailbox. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Sherry Abercrombie

RE: OT: Google Username Assistance - huh?

2010-02-10 Thread Michael B. Smith
Google is an internet darling and has been pretty much since day one. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT

OT: Fix for Outlook Message Size Issue in Outlook 2010 beta

2010-02-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
OK, I got accused (rightfully so) of this issue. All of the rest of you running Outlook 2010 beta should apply this too! http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2010/02/11/fix-for-message-size-issue-in-outlook-2010-beta.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http

OT: Fix for Outlook Message Size Issue in Outlook 2010 beta

2010-02-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
OK, I got accused (rightfully so) of this issue. All of the rest of you running Outlook 2010 beta should apply this too! http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2010/02/11/fix-for-message-size-issue-in-outlook-2010-beta.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http

RE: 2008 ADprep

2010-02-15 Thread Michael B. Smith
Yes there are differences. There is an adprep32.exe on the installation media to work around this issue. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 9:24 PM To: NT System

RE: Systemstate restore to Vmware VM

2010-02-16 Thread Michael B. Smith
You may not have an exactly matching configuration. That is, the exact same SKU and SP and patches on the VM as you did on the physical box. 2000/2003 are very finicky about system state restores. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com

RE: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7?

2010-02-16 Thread Michael B. Smith
That's the same version I have (Win7 ultimate x64). Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: What is the latest version

RE: Recipient Policy Capital letters

2010-02-16 Thread Michael B. Smith
They are in Exchange. They are not required to be, per RFC. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Recipient

RE: Removable SATA backups

2010-02-16 Thread Michael B. Smith
, not file based.) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Removable SATA backups Has anyone looked into removable SATA drives

RE: Removable SATA backups

2010-02-16 Thread Michael B. Smith
that Microsoft DPM has, and I know recent versions of BackupExec/NetBackup support it too. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 4:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Removable SATA backups

2010-02-16 Thread Michael B. Smith
Not is through the backup media, but is through the backup application. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 4:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE

RE: Removable SATA backups

2010-02-16 Thread Michael B. Smith
Actually, the bare metal recovery (part of the 2008 kernel) is pretty easy. Not significantly different than bare metal recovery in 2008 R2. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net] Sent: Tuesday

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