RE: OT: Star Trek Science Fiction?

2009-08-02 Thread Tim Evans
-Original Message- From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 8:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Star Trek Science Fiction? Yes, pictures of garbage. It's from the song. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Restaurant

RE: OT: Star Trek Science Fiction?

2009-08-02 Thread Tim Evans
-Original Message- From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 9:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Star Trek Science Fiction? Picture, didn't you read the link? -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes

RE: Win 7 issue

2009-08-06 Thread Tim Evans
You're doing better than me. I'm only getting 45kb/sec. It doesn't look like I'm going to get to p ay with it today. ...Tim From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Win 7 issue only getting

RE: The Duh Question of the Day 8/4/09

2009-08-06 Thread Tim Evans
But they all look like the mailman ...Tim From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 1:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: The Duh Question of the Day 8/4/09 This is not a problem after three kids... Shook From: Steven M. Caesare

RE: Exiting from a Start command

2009-08-07 Thread Tim Evans
Try: Start Program Files\WiredRed\Epop\EPOPCLIENT.EXE �Tim -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?

RE: Exiting from a Start command

2009-08-07 Thread Tim Evans
Maybe you should back up and tell us what you are trying to do. Your first email said you wanted to run a program without the main batch file pausing for it to complete. Start by itself will do that. Tim -Original Message- From: Juned Shaikh [mailto:jsha...@gmail.com] Sent:

RE: Policy to block roaming on sprint mobile broadband.

2009-08-19 Thread Tim Evans
FWIW, we are evaluating a Sprint 3G card right now. Based on this, I asked the rep if there was any way to block this kind of thing. His response: Sprint's North America Plus Data Plan includes 5GB/month of usage in the U.S. and 300MB/month of usage in Canada and Mexico. Users exceeding

RE: Still struggling with iPhone, ISA and SSL certs...

2009-08-24 Thread Tim Evans
One of my users came in with an iPhone and it just worked with the standard configuration we had for all our WM devices. At the time, we were also using an internal certificate and it just worked. Do you have it working with any WM devices? ActiveSync is not OMA or OWA. In Exchange 2007, it is

RE: Still struggling with iPhone, ISA and SSL certs...

2009-08-24 Thread Tim Evans
into the mix. In the IIS Manager, there is a virtual directory called Micrsoft-Server-ActiveSync. So doesn't that indicate that it's there? Yep, running Exchange 2003 SP2. -Original Message- From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:19 PM To: NT System

RE: Still struggling with iPhone, ISA and SSL certs...

2009-08-24 Thread Tim Evans
Issues Subject: RE: Still struggling with iPhone, ISA and SSL certs... Would that show up as ActiveSync in ADUC, Exchange Features, or is it referred to as Outlook Mobile Access under Mobile Services? -Original Message- From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] Sent: Monday

RE: Windows Police Pro

2009-09-04 Thread Tim Evans
Sans has a decent write up of what it does: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7066 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 8:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows Police Pro On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:21 AM,

RE: Retrieving deleted IE and Firefox history Urgent

2009-12-18 Thread Tim Evans
Sans has a good blog at https://blogs.sans.org/computer-forensics/ …Tim From: bambi.j.saas...@seagate.com [mailto:bambi.j.saas...@seagate.com] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 9:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Fw: Retrieving deleted IE and Firefox history Urgent Does any one know

MVLS site is back up

2009-12-18 Thread Tim Evans
For now anyways. It seems much snappier than before. That would be nice if it stays that way. ...Tim ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

RE: MVLS site is back up

2009-12-18 Thread Tim Evans
while I didn't time it, my download seemed pretty quick. From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: MVLS site is back up snappier yes. Slow for downloads though. I think all of us hungry users are going to

WS08R2 eBook

2009-12-23 Thread Tim Evans
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/C/0/5C0BD0AB-040D-4C56-A60B-661001012DDA/Windows_Server_2008_R2_e-book.pdf pretty basic, but it seems to cover all the new features. It may be helpful for those working on WS03 - WS08 sales pitch ...Tim ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T

RE: Wipe server Hard drives

2010-01-05 Thread Tim Evans
It depends on the controller. I'm currently wiping several drives on a perc2 controller. I had to boot with the noverify option to get it to come up. There are other boot options you can play with too that might help. ...Tim From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday,

RE: How do you feel about bloatware?

2010-01-06 Thread Tim Evans
don't forget Symantec ...Tim From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How do you feel about bloatware? And Java... From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:17 AM

RE: Win7 God mode?

2010-01-06 Thread Tim Evans
Do you use the search box in control panel? I've never had any problems finding things in the new control panel layout with it, as opposed to trying to guess where Microsoft hid it. ...Tim From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:33 AM To: NT System

RE: Using Windows Easy Transfer

2010-01-08 Thread Tim Evans
I haven't used Easy Transfer, but I did use USMT4 which I understand is the same thing ...Tim From: Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:tlemmik...@all-mode.com] Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 12:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Using Windows Easy Transfer Has anyone got Windows Easy Transfer to

RE: RMDIR and Wildcards

2010-01-14 Thread Tim Evans
for %f in (path\directory*) do rd /s %f Add /Q if you're brave and don't want to be prompted for each one ...Tim From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 8:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RMDIR and Wildcards Hi, For one reason or another I

RE: RMDIR and Wildcards

2010-01-14 Thread Tim Evans
%f From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: RMDIR and Wildcards Hi Tim, Are you sure that syntax is correct, as it doesnt appear to work here :( Gavin. On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Tim Evans tev

RE: KMS count question

2010-01-15 Thread Tim Evans
I'm pretty sure it is a combined value. Once you have the 5 server licenses, you only need 20 more to start activating the clients. I've never seen it documented anywhere, but that's the way it seemed to work here From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Friday,

RE: KMS count question

2010-01-15 Thread Tim Evans
Good to know for sure, thanks From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 12:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: KMS count question Thanks I think I found the answer on Technet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd979804.aspx

RE: vSphere 4.0 Update 1 and MS Forefront

2010-01-27 Thread Tim Evans
Contacted MS and was informed they don't support Server 2008 R2 in virtual environments. Go figure... WTF? Really - just a blanket statement like that? That seems particularly out of touch with things today. ...Tim From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 27,

RE: Need Website Tested

2010-02-12 Thread Tim Evans
Win7 x 64, 32bit IE - no problems here ...Tim From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 5:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Need Website Tested Our Windows 7 machines crash when accessing the following site with IE8:

RE: Policy for external devices

2010-02-26 Thread Tim Evans
To avoid all the me-too's, I'll just post ours here. This is our Portable Computing and Data Storage Device Policy. IANAL and I didn't write this, but here it is: Sparling may provide a portable computing device (e.g. a laptop computer, smartphone, or personal digital assistant) and/or mass

RE: Sat Radio for your PBX on hold?

2010-03-04 Thread Tim Evans
This is legal: http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/ ...Tim -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 8:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Sat Radio for your PBX on hold? Well, I don't think that is *technically*

RE: DNS Server service shuts down shortly after the DC boots

2010-03-09 Thread Tim Evans
FWIW, I load the entire domain list from http://www.malwaredomains.com/ into my AD integrated DNS without any problems. over 18000 domains are currently included. I've got a 2003 native domain/forest too. DC's include WS08R2, WS08, WS03 SP2. I have not seen anything like this here. ...Tim

RE: DNS Server service shuts down shortly after the DC boots

2010-03-09 Thread Tim Evans
the loading of the domain list? Using a boot file per the directions here: http://www.malwaredomains.com/wordpress/?page_id=6#MS? Do you refresh the list manually every once and a while? Thanks, RS On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Tim Evans tev...@sparling.commailto:tev...@sparling.com wrote: FWIW, I

RE: DNS Server service shuts down shortly after the DC boots

2010-03-09 Thread Tim Evans
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DNS Server service shuts down shortly after the DC boots Doesn't going through OpenDNS achieve pretty much the same thing? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev

RE: DNS Server service shuts down shortly after the DC boots

2010-03-09 Thread Tim Evans
...@gmail.commailto:rich...@gmail.com wrote: Most excellent. Thank you very much. I'll give this a whirl at home and see how it goes. Much obliged, RS On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Tim Evans tev...@sparling.commailto:tev...@sparling.com wrote: I run this batch file: ** begin batch file * @echo off set

RE: Malware DNS

2010-03-10 Thread Tim Evans
I posted a batch file here yesterday that does just that. See the DNS Server service shuts down... thread ...Tim From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Malware DNS I was looking at adding the Malware

RE: DNS Server service shuts down shortly after the DC boots

2010-03-11 Thread Tim Evans
and it was effective. I had to chuckle, though, because it took over an hour to create the zones. This VM is also a DC for a 5 machine domain and the ntds.dit file went from around 38MB to 106MB. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Tim Evans tev...@sparling.commailto:tev...@sparling.com wrote: I run this batch

RE: DNS Server service shuts down shortly after the DC boots

2010-03-11 Thread Tim Evans
had to chuckle, though, because it took over an hour to create the zones. This VM is also a DC for a 5 machine domain and the ntds.dit file went from around 38MB to 106MB. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Tim Evans tev...@sparling.commailto:tev...@sparling.com wrote: I run this batch file

RE: Vista, 7, etc method of determining if a network connection has Internet Access

2009-09-29 Thread Tim Evans
That sounds like a funky proxy or proxy entry in the browser to me. Back to SmartFilter ... ...Tim From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 6:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vista, 7, etc method of determining if a network

RE: USB Boot drive Frustration

2009-10-06 Thread Tim Evans
I just ran across this: http://www.computerforensicexaminer.com/computer-forensics-expert-florida-miami-palm-beach-lauderdale-dave-kleiman-forensic-training-files/Bootable_USB_How_to_and_tools.zip (warning: link probably wrapped) While I haven't used it, it seems to be a complete zip file (58

Sysinternals does it again

2009-10-08 Thread Tim Evans
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx This is very cool, especially with Windows 7's new support for VHD boot. I suspect this will be one of my favorite utilities ...Tim ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Sysinternals does it again

2009-10-08 Thread Tim Evans
to use the VHD's just for backup, is there a VHD browser (like Ghost Explorer)? Tom From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Sysinternals does it again http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx

RE: Off-the-wall request

2009-10-08 Thread Tim Evans
What else does he need? If Process Explorer doesn't have it, I'd bet that Process Monitor does. ...Tim -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Off-the-wall request Not

RE: Backup/Restore best practices for Sharepoint 2007

2009-10-09 Thread Tim Evans
Interesting. We are looking at evaluating DPM. Can you elaborate on why you recommend against it? Thanks ...Tim From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 6:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup/Restore best practices for Sharepoint 2007

RE: Backup/Restore best practices for Sharepoint 2007

2009-10-09 Thread Tim Evans
continual patching. Cheers Ken From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] Sent: Friday, 9 October 2009 9:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup/Restore best practices for Sharepoint 2007 Interesting. We are looking at evaluating DPM. Can you elaborate on why you recommend against

RE: Windows 7 KMS

2009-10-30 Thread Tim Evans
I did it and only added my R2 KMS key and it all works, including Windows 7. My only problem was getting enough activation for the Windows 7 stuff to activate. ...Tim From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7

RE: Windows 7 KMS

2009-10-30 Thread Tim Evans
I don't think it did it before, but slmgr.vbs /dlv tells you how many activations you have now. ...Tim From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 KMS Ahh... Crap. Forgot about the minimum. From: Tim

RE: Wierd Acrobat issue

2009-11-18 Thread Tim Evans
+1 and/or use a postscript driver if available From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wierd Acrobat issue Yes, almost always print as image. Will cause you less grief. Adobe products don't play well with

RE: mobile domanin names

2009-11-18 Thread Tim Evans
That has not been everyone's experience: http://nodaddy.com/ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mobile domanin names GoDaddy No problems whatsoever.

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Tim Evans
Hi Andrew, I'd be interested in hearing what Kevin has to say.Please send the conference bridge info when it is available. Thanks ...Tim On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 4:29 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a follow-up (and a needed distraction from the silly political diversion)

RE: Latitude access problem

2009-12-03 Thread Tim Evans
Have him boot off of http://www.piotrbania.com/all/kon-boot/ and reset the password. No reinstall needed From: Len Hammond [mailto:lenhammo...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 1:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Latitude access problem Dell Latitude Genuises: Just had a

RE: Latitude access problem

2009-12-03 Thread Tim Evans
that it can't do it. At least we can easily get to his data. Thanks for the help. Len Hammond CSI:Hartland lenhamm...@gmail.commailto:lenhamm...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Tim Evans tev...@sparling.commailto:tev...@sparling.com wrote: Have him boot off of http://www.piotrbania.com

RE: Latitude access problem

2009-12-04 Thread Tim Evans
to get where we needed to go. Thanks again for everyone that replied. Len Hammond CSI:Hartland lenhamm...@gmail.commailto:lenhamm...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Tim Evans tev...@sparling.commailto:tev...@sparling.com wrote: reset the administrator password? From: Len Hammond

RE: Consultant PC on your network

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Evans
Do you issue them ID's individually? How does that work? From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 5:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Consultant PC on your network We have a guest wireless access point in our DMZ for this, all they get is

RE: Missing find now button

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Evans
Yes, I get the same thing here on both WS08R2 and WS08 SP2 From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 2:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Missing find now button So, is anyone able to either replicate this or refute that it happens

RE: Missing find now button

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Evans
Neither do I. I meant to say that I get the same results as Bonnie on both -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 2:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Missing find now button I don't see it on 2008 SP2. Tim Evans

RE: Windows KMS licensing

2009-12-14 Thread Tim Evans
The KMS for Vista/WS08 didn't count VM's towards the total count. The one with Win7/WS08R2 does count them. From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 5:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows KMS licensing Huh? Hadn't heard that,

RE: MVLS site up?

2009-12-16 Thread Tim Evans
Yesterday, they were saying that their targeting it back on line today, but I'm not getting anything at all this morning. I was told yesterday that it was a problem with the back end database and that not even Microsoft staff has access to the information. It seems to me that someone screwed up

RE: Sharepoint Explorer View Issues

2008-07-25 Thread Tim Evans
up a SPN for HTTP and the sharepoint service account on MOSS. My theory is that Kerberos is trying to look up a SPN for SPPS instead, which doesn't exist, and I can't add one because it isn't an object in AD. Any thoughts? ...Tim From: Tim Evans Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 6:04 PM

RE: Sharepoint Explorer View Issues

2008-07-25 Thread Tim Evans
. -Bonnie From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 12:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Sharepoint Explorer View Issues Maybe I'm beating a dead horse here, but I've got to try :-) We've discovered that by disabling Kerberos authentication

RE: Sharepoint Explorer View Issues

2008-07-25 Thread Tim Evans
it seems like it all makes sense. -Troy From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 1:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Sharepoint Explorer View Issues But, from what I understand, Kerberos is going to look up the object based on what I type

RE: Sharepoint Explorer View Issues

2008-07-28 Thread Tim Evans
7) Cheers Ken From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 26 July 2008 5:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Sharepoint Explorer View Issues Maybe I'm beating a dead horse here, but I've got to try :-) We've discovered that by disabling Kerberos

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Tim Evans
Sounds like you may have an infected client on your network that is sending outbound spam. Block port 25 at the firewall for all but authorized systems (mail server). Set the mail server so that it only accepts mail from your exchange server. That should get things cleared up enough so that you'll

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Tim Evans
but authorized systems (mail server). Any idea how to do this on a Watchguard 700? Thanks From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 5:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: blacklists Sounds like you may have an infected

RE: blacklists

2008-07-29 Thread Tim Evans
? Thanks From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 5:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: blacklists Sounds like you may have an infected client on your network that is sending outbound spam. Block port 25 at the firewall

RE: blacklists

2008-07-29 Thread Tim Evans
, 2008 8:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: blacklists It's the Symantec Mail Security for SMTP. Now what? From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: blacklists

RE: DNS Vulnerability

2008-07-30 Thread Tim Evans
I don't think that's right. On my system here, IPCONFIG /ALL shows our internal DNS servers. When I run the test at DoxPara.com, it reports on the external forwarders that my DNS servers point to. Given that my DNS servers are NATted behind a firewall, I'm not sure how it could check them anyway.

RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

2008-08-14 Thread Tim Evans
If you are running a DC virtualized, setting the clock back could have an impact. ...Tim -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

2008-08-14 Thread Tim Evans
Update 2 is available again. Only if yours guests are synchronising time with your esx hosts. not sure why you would want to do that? From: Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 15 August 2008 12:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE

RE: After-hours work

2008-08-16 Thread Tim Evans
We have a nice setup here - we get our pick between #4 (paid quarterly) or #5 (Onsite IT, private industry) ...Tim From: Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: After-hours work Hey all, Taking a little informal poll

RE: Scripted uninstalls - MSIEXEC

2008-08-22 Thread Tim Evans
While I haven't tested it on an uninstall, MsiExec V 3.01.4001.5512 has a /norestart option. I know that it works on installs. Have you tried that? ...Tim From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 10:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Scripted

RE: Scripted uninstalls - MSIEXEC

2008-08-22 Thread Tim Evans
. Thanks! Carl From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 2:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Scripted uninstalls - MSIEXEC While I haven't tested it on an uninstall, MsiExec V 3.01.4001.5512 has a /norestart option. I know that it works on installs

RE: Can you say lawsuit? I knew you could...

2008-08-27 Thread Tim Evans
I wonder how much the testing companies paid to have that article posted? ...Tim -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Can you say lawsuit? I knew you could... I wonder just

RE: Can you say lawsuit? I knew you could...

2008-08-27 Thread Tim Evans
of questions would not be tolerated. -Original Message- From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can you say lawsuit? I knew you could... The way I see it, their goal is to ensure that you (quoting

RE: Friday Fun - 80's Music Quiz

2008-08-29 Thread Tim Evans
Sorry, I don't keep up with the new stuff. ...Tim From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 5:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Friday Fun - 80's Music Quiz Ok, so lets have a little fun here on the last Friday in August. There are at least

RE: Cleanup script / safe to delete stuff

2008-08-29 Thread Tim Evans
All of mine have a %windir%\$hf_mig$ directory with a bunch of KB## directories in it. Also a bunch of %windir%\KB##.log files. ...Tim -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 1:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Cleanup script / safe to delete stuff

2008-08-29 Thread Tim Evans
$ is *not* safe to delete, but it looks like I have everything else covered. On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All of mine have a %windir%\$hf_mig$ directory with a bunch of KB## directories in it. Also a bunch of %windir%\KB##.log files. ...Tim

RE: Cleanup script / safe to delete stuff

2008-08-29 Thread Tim Evans
:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Cleanup script / safe to delete stuff Really? I've read repeatedly by MS staffers that you shouldn't touch that dir. On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've deleted the KB* directories in it without any

RE: OT:Windows 2008 training

2008-09-08 Thread Tim Evans
Mark Minasi has a 2 day Server 2008 Training class that he has put on CD's. http://www.minasi.com/2008class/audio/ I haven't seen the Server 2008 class, but I thought the one he put together on Vista was pretty good. ...Tim From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday,

RE: Printer Login Script Help

2008-09-12 Thread Tim Evans
But how does the expression: Const ENGINEERING_GROUP = cn=engineering involve an operator? An example from the link below shows: Const MyVar = 459 He is setting a constant to the string value: cn=engineering ...Tim From: Joe Tinney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008

RE: Win2008 activation

2008-09-15 Thread Tim Evans
Windows IT Pro has a good article on it, but it is only available for subscribers. Its' InstantDoc #98153 at http://windowsitpro.com ...Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

Interesting read on Symantec's latest effort

2008-09-17 Thread Tim Evans
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4668507a28.html Quote: But is it still protecting us properly? Symantec assures me it is, and even better than ever. OK, I'm a believer :-) At least it sounds like they have finally understood their fatal flaw and are making attempts to fix it. ...Tim ~ Finally,

RE: SysInternals Updates

2008-10-01 Thread Tim Evans
I saw an interview with him recently. He said that programming Sysinternals was his hobby and way of relaxing, so it sounds like they will continue to be improved. In the same interview, he said that many of the old Winternal tools were being migrated into other products, like MDOP, etc.

RE: OCS questions

2008-10-10 Thread Tim Evans
Oh, cool! Someone else is going thru the same thing I am 1. I believe that's the way presence is supposed to work, at least that's the way it does here. Actually, if I have something on my calendar and I lock my PC, my jelly bean turns half red/half yellow. 2. I don't get prompted to

RE: OCS 2007 infrastructure for remote offices

2008-10-14 Thread Tim Evans
No, you don't need an OCS server at each site, although MS would probably like to see that. You can set up an edge server so that the OCS server can be accessed from anywhere (outbound firewall rules permitting) or you can just connect to it over a WAN. We have one front end server serving 4

RE: Silverlight?

2007-12-27 Thread Tim Evans
Because you don't have enough to do now? ...Tim From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 11:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Silverlight? Well yea, that's pretty much what I'm saying here: we already have an app that does

RE: Looking for a DNS provider

2007-12-28 Thread Tim Evans
AOL mode Me too! /AOL mode Seriously, I've had no issues at all with them. ...Tim From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 6:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looking for a DNS provider Been using DNS Made Easy for years, never

RE: New MS Security Vulnerability Research Defense blog

2007-12-28 Thread Tim Evans
So they can publish information about Silverlight vulnerabilities :-) ...Tim From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 7:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New MS Security Vulnerability Research Defense blog I thought RSS was

RE: HP Procurve - some questions

2007-12-28 Thread Tim Evans
- some questions Oh, yeah, one other thing: Does the stacking consume a standard network port, or is there a special stacking jack on the switch? On Dec 28, 2007 1:43 PM, Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While I can't comment on the 3400 series, we've had a bunch of 4000's around here

RE: HP Procurve - some questions

2007-12-28 Thread Tim Evans
PM, Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a standard network port. That's why I say, all stacking lets you do is manage multiple switches with a single IP address ...Tim -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:50 PM To: NT

RE: robocopy syntax question

2008-01-03 Thread Tim Evans
I think that should be: FOR /F %i IN (textfile.txt) DO ROBOCOPY \\server\data2\%i \\server\test %I is replaced with each line in textfile.txt (i.e. each file name) ...Tim -Original Message- From: Bill Krumel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:04 PM To: NT

RE: robocopy syntax question

2008-01-03 Thread Tim Evans
file with each file name on its own separate line... Thanks! -Original Message- From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 3:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: robocopy syntax question I think that should be: FOR /F %i IN (textfile.txt) DO

RE: Backup Software Poll... RESULTS!

2008-01-08 Thread Tim Evans
I'll bet Shook would like one of these: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8U1E77O0.htm ...Tim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 8:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Software Poll... RESULTS! Dang, calling

RE: File Size

2008-01-08 Thread Tim Evans
Cool trick, I didn't know that it would do that. I second WinDirStat, great program ...Tim From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 11:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: File Size I sit corrected, it will do UNC's. Wish I had

RE: Back Up Best Practices

2008-01-10 Thread Tim Evans
You should always verify and test your backups. (The voice of experience gained the hard way speaking here) ...Tim From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Back Up Best Practices What is the

RE: Documentation, Restore and snapshoting of Server permissions software question

2008-01-11 Thread Tim Evans
Comes right up for me: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943043 ...Tim -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 10:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Documentation, Restore and snapshoting of Server permissions software

RE: remote registry view

2008-01-23 Thread Tim Evans
PSInfo -s will show a list of all installed software, assuming it registers an uninstaller in the registry. …Tim -Original Message- From: Michael Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: remote registry view

RE: remote registry view

2008-01-23 Thread Tim Evans
Good luck tracking that one down! Maybe file associations? …Tim -Original Message- From: Michael Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: remote registry view i think he's using a stand alone proggy on his

RE: IE7 coming through WSUS

2008-01-29 Thread Tim Evans
Has anyone played with this? http://code.google.com/p/ie7-js/ IE7 is a JavaScript library to make Microsoft Internet Explorer behave like a standards-compliant browser. It fixes many HTML and CSS issues and makes transparent PNG work correctly under IE5 and IE6. ...Tim -Original

RE: IE 8 and WSUS

2009-05-14 Thread Tim Evans
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/04/10/prepare-for-automatic-update-distribution-of-ie8.aspx From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 and WSUS Thanks! I really don't want to have to

RE: DFS file locking

2009-05-28 Thread Tim Evans
Not really, replicating file locks all over the place is a difficult problem, especially if there are hi latency WANs involved. You are looking for a WAFS (Wide Area File System). There are several products out there, just google them. I don't have any experience to recommend for or against any

RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009

2009-06-11 Thread Tim Evans
And Dell was PC Limited ...Tim From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Yes, I remember Computer Shopper. I can also remember when CDW was Computer Discount Warehouse. Actually, I kinda

A couple of more free ebooks

2009-06-17 Thread Tim Evans
For those of you who are into OCS: Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Resource Kit http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urws8un4p7 and Programming for Unified Communications with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urrs4gt63d ...Tim ~

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Tim Evans
It isn't really *needed* to run, but if it isn't removed properly the laptop will blue screen. ...Tim From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... Is the software that is being flagged

  1   2   3   >