Re: Hiding Outlook 2003 Icon

2011-06-16 Thread kz20fl
I would use NTFS perms or a redirected Start Menu GPO Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Ralph Smith m...@gatewayindustries.org Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:56:57 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: Fake antivirus

2011-06-17 Thread kz20fl
Get autoruns out and find out where the entry point is Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:14:20 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin

Re: FontZilla

2011-06-22 Thread kz20fl
It is rather bizarre to see so much discussion about roundabouts. Over here we hardly notice them. Interesting cultural comparison. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Free, Bob r...@pge.com Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011

Re: FontZilla

2011-06-22 Thread kz20fl
Give way to the right, that's all we have to remember. Although we have mini-roundabouts too. They get the lesser lights of the UK a bit confused. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com

Re: Win 7 login problem with trust relationship error

2011-06-24 Thread kz20fl
Does this user have a roaming/mandatory/hybrid (non-local, rather) profile of any sort? Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Ralph Smith m...@gatewayindustries.org Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:22:21 To: NT System Admin

Re: Single Forest multiple Child domains

2011-06-27 Thread kz20fl
Can't you just email out some detailed instructions telling them to log on via UPN when at satellite offices? Users do need to be trained on occasion... Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: helpdesk UK

Re: Single Forest multiple Child domains

2011-06-27 Thread kz20fl
Is your issue here the users don't actually have the rights to log on? Sorry but I am struggling to understand the root problem, although I am on a train that is four times overloaded on the hottest day of the year so far Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at

Re: MS Outlook error when opening without Admin rights

2011-06-28 Thread kz20fl
Process Monitor during Outlook opening should help here, methinks Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: IT Technical icttec...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:02:08 To: NT System Admin

Re: Win7 UAC - is your on or off?

2011-06-30 Thread kz20fl
I used to turn it off, but now I am sold on it. Great on my desktop Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: David Lum david@nwea.org Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:33:22 To: NT System Admin

Re: RE: Amusing legal stuff

2011-07-01 Thread kz20fl
Amen. You need someone to browse pr0n all day, its a tough job, but I am up to the challenge. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Rene de Haas rene.deh...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 21:54:33 To: NT System

Re: RE: Amusing legal stuff

2011-07-01 Thread kz20fl
No, but I will claim it :-) Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 16:19:39 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com

Re: Unable to browse 1 server from XP machines

2011-07-05 Thread kz20fl
Is netlogon running ok on the problem machine? Or other services, for that matter? Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Ralph Smith m...@gatewayindustries.org Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 13:14:27 To: NT System Admin

Re: Weird machine issue (home user)

2011-07-06 Thread kz20fl
Sounds well dodgy. Nuke it from orbit. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 13:38:41 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com

Re: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

2011-07-06 Thread kz20fl
Vmware isn't the only virtualisation player mind. Xendesktop is, I think, the leader in VDI right now. But that's just my humble opinion. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: N Parr npar...@mortonind.com Date: Wed, 6

Re: Weird machine issue (home user)

2011-07-06 Thread kz20fl
There may be things that no one has discovered yet. Don't forget these AV products are mainly reactive. Nuke it :-) Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com Date: Wed, 6 Jul

Re: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?

2011-07-06 Thread kz20fl
Why go with view cos you have vmware? Xendesktop runs fine on ESX hosts. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 18:59:43 To: NT System Admin

Re: Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously)

2011-07-07 Thread kz20fl
Some guff in the registry methinks. I might be able to provide a list of keys to check tomorrow for you. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 12:30:20 To: NT

Re: gmail outages

2011-07-07 Thread kz20fl
He's full of it :-) AFAIK --Original Message-- From: IS Technical To: NT System Admin Issues ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues Subject: gmail outages Sent: 7 Jul 2011 18:07 Can anyone tell me if there have been any major Gmail outages in the last week. One if my customers uses gmail on

Re: PowerShell query for AD group

2011-07-11 Thread kz20fl
Cheers. I was actually thinking about getting some PS material when last month's invoices get paid :-) Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:12:30 To: NT System

Re: PowerShell query for AD group

2011-07-11 Thread kz20fl
What's the GPO that enables remoting? Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:58:13 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT

Re: Thought on malware cleaning

2011-07-13 Thread kz20fl
We redirect AppData, and any exes in non-local areas aren't allowed to run. As is anything not owned by Administrators. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 13

Re: Certificate server selection for Netscaler

2011-07-14 Thread kz20fl
Isn't netscaler a citrix product? Or am I still half asleep? --Original Message-- From: Maglinger, Paul To: NT System Admin Issues ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Certificate server selection for Netscaler Sent: 14 Jul 2011 18:43 Obtaining some certificates for a Cisco

Re: GPO inheritance puzzler

2011-07-21 Thread kz20fl
Loopback processing needs enabling Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: David Lum david@nwea.org Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:25:19 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System

Re: GPO inheritance puzzler - solved

2011-07-21 Thread kz20fl
Loopback is always what I forget with user level GPOs :-) Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: David Lum david@nwea.org Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:48:24 To: NT System Admin

Re: mgmt consoles (was RE: Vipre console hangs server on reboot)

2011-07-26 Thread kz20fl
I have loads of consoles and no slowdown. I use a virtual desktop too. I have loads of RAM, and very occasionally an MMC will eat loads of memory, but that's usually when I haven't rebooted for weeks Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment

Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot

2011-07-26 Thread kz20fl
Why have a workstation then? Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:29:15 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT

Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot

2011-07-26 Thread kz20fl
This I don't understand, running of management tools on (sometimes dedicated) servers. Why not go the whole hog and run your email and internet browsing on a server too? If you were using a thin client or a drastically underpowered PC, then this would make sense, but not if you have a decent

Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot

2011-07-26 Thread kz20fl
Well your workstation should be able to handle all that, the consoles, and more. If it can't, get an upgrade :-) The guys I work with have just the same inexplicable approach, tho. They RDP to systems just to check event logs. And now they are on Win7 they think running without admin privs is

Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot

2011-07-26 Thread kz20fl
XenDesktop is free for 10 users, and it will run on ESXi - also free IIRC It runs out after 30 days or so, but I just reinstall the delivery controller and it works again. That's how I have a uber win7 desktop on a crappy old XP machine :-) Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which

Re: GPOs applying to a service account

2011-07-26 Thread kz20fl
Complete guess, but I would think that user GPOs only apply to interactive or terminal services logons, not service logons. I could well be utterly wrong though. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Miller Bonnie L.

Re: XenDesktop is free for 10 users, and it will run on ESXi

2011-07-26 Thread kz20fl
No different at all. But OP is RDPing to a server. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:41:28 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com

Re: XenDesktop is free for 10 users, and it will run on ESXi

2011-07-26 Thread kz20fl
Ah sorry, I see what you mean. That solution would work just as well. But XenDesktop is better for remote connections (see, I knew there was a reason!) Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.com

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread kz20fl
My sister is a project manager, or, as I call her, a mouse-pusher. Seriously, though, a good PM can make a hell of a difference. The fact that after 16 years in IT I only know three or four good ones speaks for itself. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread kz20fl
All windows' fault. Makes it too easy for tinkerers. Scary command-line stuff sorts the wheat from the chaff :-) Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:10:42 To:

Re: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread kz20fl
Plenty trial versions you can run on XenServer, VM appliances as well Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:28:14 To: NT System Admin

Re: Excel reports 4 cpus?

2011-08-03 Thread kz20fl
Check task manager, I dare say that will show each core separatelu, meaning 4 displays of CPU --Original Message-- From: Mathew Shember To: NT System Admin Issues ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Excel reports 4 cpus? Sent: 3 Aug 2011 17:16 Excel was never a strong point for me.

Re: Open source monitor with Agent

2011-08-03 Thread kz20fl
Servers Alive is cheap and cheerful, don't know how good it is thru firewalls Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: gro...@beachcomp.com Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 15:12:53 To: NT System Admin

OTish: citrix receiver on Windows XP Embedded

2011-08-03 Thread kz20fl
Anyone had any luck getting the citrix receiver to work on an XP embedded thin client? Receiver installs ok but the online plugin fails to then install with a fatal error. I've ruled out disk space as an issue, and nothing useful appears in the event logs. These are HP thin clients. I'm gonna

Re: Maintenance Fees

2011-08-04 Thread kz20fl
I just charge a flat fee for every visit. If its a call I can sort out in less than a minute via teamviewer then no charge. But visits cost. I generally half my normal hourly rate if its cash in hand (twenty quid an hour or part thereof, once I divide it) Projects also cost a flat fee, agreed

Re: Excel reports 4 cpus?

2011-08-05 Thread kz20fl
What is querying the number of CPUs? Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Mathew Shember mathew.shem...@synopsys.com Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 17:30:17 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com

Re: Text Editor for Windows WAS: SQL for File Storage?

2011-08-06 Thread kz20fl
If I'm running off the command line and want to edit a file I just type 'notepad c:\directoryname\filename.extension' Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org Date: Fri, 05 Aug

Re: Drive mapping via login script

2011-08-08 Thread kz20fl
Group policy preferences or AppSense. Never seen any heavy logon lag as a result of either. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Cameron cameron.orl...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 10:48:21 To: NT System Admin

Re: Drive mapping via login script

2011-08-08 Thread kz20fl
I used to query group memberships using net user. Problems if you have long group names. But can be done. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 12:05:30 To: NT

Re: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords

2011-08-11 Thread kz20fl
Must be easy compiling dictionary attack files for the admins of that site. :-) Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Shauna Hensala she...@msn.com Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:15:44 To: NT System Admin

Re: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords

2011-08-12 Thread kz20fl
A good brute force attack doesn't throw passwords out for authentication - just gets the hashed passwords and checks them against hashed values, AFAIK. Therefore account lockouts are not triggered. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original

Re: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords

2011-08-12 Thread kz20fl
The stored password must be hashed (and preferably salted too) otherwise I would change banks. When you enter your password, that is hashed and compared to the stored hash. If it matches, then you are allowed in. But yes, they need to capture the hashes somehow, in that situation, either by

Re: WIndows 95 and Server 2008 R2 DCs

2011-08-16 Thread kz20fl
Could you not P2V the Win95 boxes and run them as virtual guests of some type on an XP workstation with autologon configured on the 95 guests? Although this may defeat the point of having them authenticate in the first place... Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself

Re: Apple newbie - iPad remote access to server shares

2011-08-22 Thread kz20fl
Citrix Receiver is all you need (oh, and the back-end Citrix infrastructure to accomodate it) :-) Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:33:32 To: NT System

Re: Apple newbie - iPad remote access to server shares

2011-08-23 Thread kz20fl
I am biased, but citrix is very well placed to deal with the whole BYO conundrum. We are working on this daily. The issue of security is dealt with by delivering XenApp sessions that have very little interaction with the actual endpoint. But, granted, there are all sorts of risks, especially

Re: Earthquake!!!!!!

2011-08-23 Thread kz20fl
Not even a tremor here in Durham, UK. :-) Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:04:04 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com

Re: VIPRE Alternatives?

2011-08-24 Thread kz20fl
I'd stay away from Trend. We use it here and my whitelist continually catches things it misses. I'd go so far to say it's useless. Eset used to be quite highly regarded, but they seemed to fall out of favour. Might be worth a look again. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may

Re: Checking shortcut properties

2011-09-02 Thread kz20fl
I will let you know on Monday...football on TV means I have headed off home a bit early today :-) Thanks for that tho Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Tim Evans tev...@sparling.com Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 08:18:00

Re: other Windows mailing lists

2011-09-03 Thread kz20fl
Hehe. This is also the only sysadmin list I follow. I'm subscribed to various specific lists like SCOM, SCSM and WSUS, but they are all peripheral to this main one. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Micheal

Re: server load / stress test

2011-09-03 Thread kz20fl
Citrix has an EdgeSight load testing feature, but unless you are actually using citrix its kinda useless :-) if you are though, it is very handy for recording sequences of actions to run on the servers automatically Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any

Re: HKCU permissions change via GPO?

2011-09-08 Thread kz20fl
You could use a login script using reg.exe, but GPO is the best way. Tidy them up, yes, but dismissing them as a management tool is not good. I save a hell of a lot of time and grief with GPOs. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original

Re: HKCU permissions change via GPO?

2011-09-08 Thread kz20fl
I will second that, specific GPOs are better than massive ones for troubleshooting and management. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 19:35:17 To: NT System

Re: Win 7 psshutdown

2011-09-08 Thread kz20fl
On our citrix farm we had a logoff command we wanted to run to remove users from a migration group. After three weeks, I actually had to set the command to run when a session was disconnected, rather than at logoff, because 99%+ of our users just switch devices off instead of logging out. That

Re: password questions

2011-09-09 Thread kz20fl
I find it useful to have a few levels of passwords, based on the potential damage that could ensue as a result of compromise of that account. For financial sites, I use a passphrase with a variable character so that each password at the top level is unique. This needs constant review, though.

Re: Windows 8 dev preview video

2011-09-14 Thread kz20fl
Can it do a task manager on a remote machine? Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Pete Howard pchow...@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:06:50 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com

Re: Task Scheduler question in W2K8R2

2011-09-20 Thread kz20fl
There's not a netapp involved in the equation is there? Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Christopher Bodnar christopher_bod...@glic.com Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:04:25 To: NT System Admin

Re: OT:Age Discrimination in IT

2011-09-22 Thread kz20fl
You mean my NT4 MCSE should be removed from my CV? I thought that was my killer qualification :-) Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:11:42 To: NT System

Re: Using Restrictive Groups to lockdown membership to certain groups in AD

2011-09-23 Thread kz20fl
You can change the GPO refresh interval via GPO to refresh more often, or with a different offset. Dependent on your security needs it can be adjusted either up or down. It might also help to use some kind of auditing service like SCOM ACS to monitor for changes to specific local groups. Sent

Re: R: OT:Age Discrimination in IT

2011-09-23 Thread kz20fl
Only if recruiting for a UNIX administrator :-) Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: HELP_PC g...@enter.it Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:36:07 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT

Re: R: R: OT:Age Discrimination in IT

2011-09-23 Thread kz20fl
Just a joke - but apparently unix admins have long hair, wear sandals, and cartoon ties. Stereotypically. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: HELP_PC g...@enter.it Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:42:53 To: NT System

Re: R: R: OT:Age Discrimination in IT

2011-09-23 Thread kz20fl
Haha. Good one Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:46:45 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: PowerShell script to document a Citrix XenApp 6 Farm

2011-09-30 Thread kz20fl
Top work, it was educational doing a bit of testing for you too, finally convinced me to bite the bullet and start learning a bit of PS Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com Date: Fri,

Re: Outsourcing Exchange

2011-09-30 Thread kz20fl
Rather than remove it, surely the outsourcer should work with Symantec to identify and resolve the issue? Its hardly a product that's a) unpopular or b) not useful, and in most cases it will be very necessary Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment

Re: Mysterious memory issue

2011-10-02 Thread kz20fl
No worse, as far as I can tell, but it definitely has more spare resources. I might take it out of service and see if it can host more sessions with the extra paging file space. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From:

Re: Modern equivalent to BGinfo

2011-10-04 Thread kz20fl
I used the registry key autopopulated for that switch in my base profile, that's the registry jiggery-pokery that was flitting upon the corners of my mind Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Brad DeHart

Re: Upgrading Windows in-place - your experiences?

2011-10-04 Thread kz20fl
IIRC, an upgrade from NT4 was the only way you could get Windows 2000 servers to not run IIS by default. That's probably the only reason I've ever used to upgrade, if I'm not totally mistaken and thinking of something completely different (was a long time ago) Sent from my POS BlackBerry

Re: Upgrading Windows in-place - your experiences?

2011-10-04 Thread kz20fl
P2V is pretty much the same, I avoid it wherever possible. I've seen far too many P2V'ed citrix servers. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 18:18:54 To: NT

Re: strange hosted app issue

2011-10-05 Thread kz20fl
We have a vast amount of apps that use all sorts of Java versions, if they don't use a particular version they behave strangely. If it wasn't for App-V I shudder to think of the security exposure we would suffer. Might be worth speaking to the developer to find what their recommended config

Re: Slightly OT: Weird loss of Run as admin functionality

2011-10-07 Thread kz20fl
The OU had inheritance blocked, so I figured another GPO was out of the equation. Definitely strange, I will troubleshoot further if I can get the time. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Jon Harris

Re: AV and malware protection?

2011-10-09 Thread kz20fl
Reactive AV is being phased out of our XenApp systems next week. We are going to maintain a sleeping AV component and do a deep scan once a week. Realtime monitoring is being turned off and we will rely entirely on the application management suite. We are not doing this blithely - currently app

Re: AV and malware protection?

2011-10-09 Thread kz20fl
We are just going to continue using Trend, just with realtime monitoring disabled. It will just do a scan once a week. But we could use any AV for that (personally I would not have chosen Trend). The heavy work is going to be done by AppSense Application Manager. Its greylisting technique

Re: RIM Outages NYC?

2011-10-13 Thread kz20fl
Here in the UK we finally have some email service, thankfully Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: justino garcia jgarciaitl...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:34:46 To: NT System Admin

Re: Missing disk space

2011-10-13 Thread kz20fl
If you are configured for full memory dumps, 2008 R2 creates a file to reserve space for the crash dump. I would expect that to show in a Treesize report to be fair though. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: John

Re: Macs and vunerabilities

2011-10-13 Thread kz20fl
I remember the big mac virus recently was socially engineered - but that's definitely the mac's biggest vulnerability. Given that mac users generally believe they are invulnerable, its an arguably bigger vector than the same one on a Windows system. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless

Re: Macs and vunerabilities

2011-10-13 Thread kz20fl
Give them the citrix receiver. Or vmware's appblast. Then you can deliver your corporate apps securely and without worrying about the macs. Of course, there's a certain expenditure involved in setting the infrastructure to provide these things. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device,

Re: Macs and vunerabilities

2011-10-13 Thread kz20fl
Whitelist is a very blunt tool. If software is replaced, upgraded or patched things soon get messy and involve a lot of administrative overhead. It is also not very flexible. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: S

Re: event id 428 (ESENT) Low disk space

2011-10-14 Thread kz20fl
Isn't that an Exchange error message? Or am I losing the plot? Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall oliver.marsh...@g2support.com Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:55:12 To: NT System Admin

Re: Robocopy Help, please

2011-10-17 Thread kz20fl
No info - no resolution. Or at the very least get the helpdesk to help them find the info you need. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Sean Rector sean.rec...@vaopera.org Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:33:04 To: NT

Re: Macs and vunerabilities

2011-10-18 Thread kz20fl
A lot of us already let home PCs connect to our corporate LANs via various methods. We aren't managing those systems yet they are running business apps and accessing business data. Is there much difference to allowing them inside the perimeter? If your network is sufficiently insulated, then

Re: Macs and vunerabilities

2011-10-18 Thread kz20fl
If you have a user at home who uses VPN to access your systems remotely, and they can't get it to work because their system is broken, or infected, do you have to resolve that for them? Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original

Re: Macs and vunerabilities

2011-10-19 Thread kz20fl
IMO you should have a separate VLAN for BYO machines to connect to, and from there hit some sort of gateway (like a Citrix web interface) that provides apps and/or desktops running inside the perimeter. Managed correctly, you can allow users to supply their own devices. Sent from my POS

OT: Resources for consultants

2011-10-19 Thread kz20fl
Been getting a few bits of consultancy work recently, and am getting a bit keen to develop this a bit more. Are there any online resources or groups where you can get more leads or openings for bits of consultancy work? Obviously I am in contact with former workplaces and colleagues, using

Re: 3rd party app on RDS, revisited

2011-10-19 Thread kz20fl
Try LUA BugLight as well. Or if you can, maybe try an App-V sequence of the application. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:12:55 To: NT System

Re: Script to fill in last user - ok real Q this time.

2011-10-24 Thread kz20fl
In answer to the domain admin check, sure you can do that in VB. But its easier to set the script to run as a login script GPO and just security filter the Domain Admins out from the GPO. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original

Re: Season's Greetings!

2012-12-24 Thread kz20fl
Yes merry christmas to all, hope everyone has a lovely holiday and next year is full of good prospects and exciting times! Cheers, JR (a man now sick of phoning Santa to make his children behave) Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY -Original

Re: Replacement for SteadyState

2013-01-07 Thread kz20fl
You could achieve much the same end with Citrix Provisioning Services, except you'd have the options of personal vDisk as well. I have to admit I'm not a fan of the DeepFreeze/SteadyState approaches - some threats don't need to be persistent beyond a reboot to wreak havoc. I'm more inclined

Re: Replacement for SteadyState

2013-01-07 Thread kz20fl
If they leave the computer locked, power it off and on. If they lose work - then learn not to leave it locked. Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY -Original Message- From: Glen Johnson gjohn...@vhcc.edu Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 14:57:13 To: NT

Re: Lumension Intelligent Whitelisting

2013-01-07 Thread kz20fl
Don't think it works with the latest versions of XenApp, although it is a good six months or so since I came across this issue and may have been updated Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY -Original Message- From: Richard Stovall

Re: Ouch today's outbreak

2013-01-08 Thread kz20fl
So you spread the virus then! ;-) Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY -Original Message- From: David Lum david@nwea.org Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 21:01:24 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin

Re: Software deployment ?

2013-01-11 Thread kz20fl
Check whether the uninstall this app when out of scope of management box is ticked or not for your install GPOs. Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY -Original Message- From: Glen Johnson gjohn...@vhcc.edu Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:11:57 To: NT

Re: Looking for affordable load balancing solution

2013-01-11 Thread kz20fl
NetScalers kick ass...if you know someone who can work them :-) Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:53:53 To: NT System Admin

Re: Looking for affordable load balancing solution

2013-01-11 Thread kz20fl
Some idiot wrote a half-decent blog post on using them to load-balance AppSense servers too :-o Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY -Original Message- From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:53:44 To: NT System Admin

Time sync issues

2013-01-14 Thread kz20fl
Quick brainstorm requiredwhat's the most common issues you'd expect in a Windows/AD environment if some servers have incorrect time settings? Obviously AD replication and logging inconsistencies spring to mind...just looking for a few to flesh out a blog post that deals with preventing

Re: cannot access files on server

2013-01-21 Thread kz20fl
What's the error message accessing the share? Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY -Original Message- From: Mark Boeck netadmin...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:51:53 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To:

Re: on-premises storage application

2013-01-24 Thread kz20fl
AppSense DataNow. Ideal for this. It even preserves all the links from documents. I can get you a demo copy of it if needs be. Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com Date: Thu, 24 Jan

Re: Limiting who can send all-staff e-mails

2013-01-25 Thread kz20fl
Just wait till someone forwards a joke or scam report to your entire staff, or asks for someone to move their car. That should do it. Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY -Original Message- From: David Lum david@nwea.org Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013

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