RE: Public time sources

2011-09-22 Thread Ben Schorr
Pool.ntp.org. You can use one of the regional sub-domains if you want (north-america.pool.ntp.org is one I think) but I just don't want to type that much. J Ben M. Schorr Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com | www.officeforlawyers.com | Twitter: @bschorr From: Tom Miller

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

2011-09-12 Thread Ben Schorr
I believe that the Internet Connection is not REQUIRED on the target machine, but if it has one then System Sweeper will grab updates. Without an Internet connection System Sweeper will just scan/clean with the definitions it has on-hand from when it was burned. It's probably a good idea to

RE: password questions

2011-09-09 Thread Ben Schorr
Irrelevent. The tools used for brute forcing passwords just use the whole character set anyhow. Ben M. Schorr Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com | www.officeforlawyers.com | Twitter: @bschorr From: Shauna Hensala [mailto:she...@msn.com] Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 9:32 To:

RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords

2011-08-12 Thread Ben Schorr
Length is more important than complexity, no doubt. While it's good to have mixed case and numbers and symbols the fact that you COULD is enough to force any brute force attack to check for it. And, frankly, any system that will allow 1,000 passwords a second to be thrown at it without locking

RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords

2011-08-12 Thread Ben Schorr
From: Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:15:39 -1000 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords Length is more important

RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords

2011-08-12 Thread Ben Schorr
message, it just let you keep on trying. On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: Length is more important than complexity, no doubt. While it's good to have mixed case and numbers and symbols the fact that you COULD is enough to force any brute force attack

RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords

2011-08-12 Thread Ben Schorr
Except Windows Lockout tells you when you've been locked out, doesn't it? Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August

RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords

2011-08-12 Thread Ben Schorr
www.rolandschorr.com -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 14:28 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: Except Windows

RE: RTFM Advice

2011-08-07 Thread Ben Schorr
I've been sending people this one for years: Please see http://www.officeforlawyers.com/howask.htm Sadly those kinds of articles will continue to be needed for many years to come. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower

RE: Do you have a IT blog?

2011-08-01 Thread Ben Schorr
Yes, though it's not specifically targeted at IT pros - more at end users/business folk. http://www.rolandschorr.com/blogs/index.php?blog=6 Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com b...@rolandschorr.com

RE: MS Outlook error when opening without Admin rights

2011-06-28 Thread Ben Schorr
Does this happen even if you start Outlook in Safe Mode? (hold down CTRL while you click the icon) See if this helps: http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook/tsol.htm#safe Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower

RE: Thank you Symantec for ruining PGP support - Update

2011-06-17 Thread Ben Schorr
We use TrueCrypt for our whole disk encryption. I prefer not to deal with Symantec if I don't have to. Ben M. Schorr Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com | www.officeforlawyers.com | Twitter: @bschorr From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011

RE: Thank you Symantec for ruining PGP support - Update

2011-06-17 Thread Ben Schorr
functionality... Has that changed? I like having a management passphrase that can be changed centrally... On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: We use TrueCrypt for our whole disk encryption. I prefer not to deal with Symantec if I don't have to. Ben M. Schorr

RE: OT: BB Playbook

2011-06-17 Thread Ben Schorr
Only a few of my clients are BB users and the ones who aren't have no interest in the PlayBook (since it currently requires the BB to do on-device e-mail). Ben M. Schorr Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com | www.officeforlawyers.com | Twitter: @bschorr From: Jonathan Link

RE: Not as OT as you might think IMO. Facebook facial recognition

2011-06-09 Thread Ben Schorr
! LOL! T'was the first time I've seen it used in an email. Cheers! On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:56 AM, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: Just use your smartphone. :-) Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower

RE: Not as OT as you might think IMO. Facebook facial recognition

2011-06-08 Thread Ben Schorr
I don't think this feature is that big a deal - it doesn't automatically tag anybody without affirmative action by a user. It merely suggests tags. The real problem with Facebook tags is that they don't require any consent from the person BEING tagged. So somebody could tag you in a photo and

RE: Not as OT as you might think IMO. Facebook facial recognition

2011-06-08 Thread Ben Schorr
Issues Subject: Re: Not as OT as you might think IMO. Facebook facial recognition Okhow to get someone to download a QR reader/generator to find out what that code was for! LOL! On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: I don't think this feature is that big

RE: Auto Archive Loosing Email

2011-05-16 Thread Ben Schorr
The suggestions of an alternate archive PST file are good. Also Are you sure he has AutoArchive configured to move archived messages to a folder and not to delete them? http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook/aarchive.html Ben M. Schorr Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com |

RE: Password complexity

2011-05-03 Thread Ben Schorr
We use (and encourage) spaces in our pass phrases all the time. It's the rare site/system that doesn't let us use them. Ben M. Schorr Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com | www.officeforlawyers.com | Twitter: @bschorr From: Gary Whitten [mailto:li...@undiscoveredworlds.com] Sent:

RE: Hosted Email Solutions

2011-04-26 Thread Ben Schorr
Office 365 would be my recommendation. And for the love of all that's good get off of Outlook 2002 and PST files. J Outlook 2010 with OST files (synced to Hosted Exchange like Office 365) is DRAMATICALLY better. For 100 users is there a reason why you haven't gone with an on-premise

RE: Hosted Email Solutions

2011-04-26 Thread Ben Schorr
in the long run. On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: Office 365 would be my recommendation. And for the love of all that's good get off of Outlook 2002 and PST files. J Outlook 2010 with OST files (synced to Hosted Exchange like Office 365) is DRAMATICALLY

RE: Android phones

2011-03-25 Thread Ben Schorr
I use the native apps to connect my DroidX to an Exchange 2003 server – no issues (now that Motorola fixed the initial problems). Touchdown is good, but I don’t like having redundant apps on my device and the hassle of having Touchdown sync to the native Contact app (for example) for caller

RE: [OT] Obama birth certificate

2011-03-17 Thread Ben Schorr
And the now-former Governor of Hawaii, Republican Linda Lingle, who was a supporter of G.W. Bush and campaigned for John McCain, has publicly stated that there is no legitimate dispute and that Obama's Hawaii birth certificate is valid and proper. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer

RE: Hosted Exchange and file shares

2011-03-17 Thread Ben Schorr
Office 365 is probably their best option and at only $6/user/month for the Small Business Package is it a big deal if they get more features than they need? Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com

RE: ost to pst

2011-03-10 Thread Ben Schorr
As you've discovered...there effectively is. The OST is tied to the profile. If you've already deleted the Outlook profile then it won't open the OST. Even if you deleted the account from Exchange and AD as long as the Outlook profile is still there you can still start Outlook in offline mode

RE: WSUS - deleted computer accounts remain in WSUS?

2011-02-16 Thread Ben Schorr
I think I agree with John on this one. If we have machines that aren't checking in for 30 days then I want to know why. And, to be honest, other than WSUS or perhaps our A/V console we don't necessarily have a good way to know if they aren't checking in. In some cases we have found machines

RE: IE9 RC released

2011-02-11 Thread Ben Schorr
I'll second that. I have all of the major browsers installed but I'm currently using Firefox 4B11 as my default for most things. B9 was a little too flakey and I often had to revert back to FF3.6 or IE8, 10 was better and in the couple of days I've had 11 it's been quite solid. (and fast)

RE: IPhone attack reveals passwords in six minutes

2011-02-10 Thread Ben Schorr
No doubt, but the PHBs want their shiny toys. Security is like insurance. Everybody thinks they have too much of it until they discover they have too little. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com

RE: [OT] Superbowl

2011-02-07 Thread Ben Schorr
Hey, take away a few special teams faux paus and the San Diego Chargers are the Super Bowl Champs this year. ;-) I will say this; Mike Tomlin is quality. Great coach, solid character, class act. Wish we had him. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Ben Schorr
Indeed - we've been down that road ourselves a time or two. I'm not sure you've dealt with a difficult infrastructure environment until you've had to provided data and telecom on a battleship (yes, really). Running 200 feet of cable to the nearest managed switch -- which may involve drilling new

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Ben Schorr
-Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 10:54 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: desktop network switches On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 09:39, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: Indeed – we’ve been down that road

RE: OT: desktop network switches

2011-02-07 Thread Ben Schorr
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:09, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: We've had similar experiences, though not quite that extreme, in manufacturing and warehousing environments, though. In one case running additional cable was going to require drilling through a concrete wall

RE: [OT] Superbowl

2011-02-06 Thread Ben Schorr
There were a couple of good ones. The kid Darth Vader ad that we all saw on YouTube a few days ago was good (though shorter). The CarMax ad “I feel like a kid in a candy store” was pretty good. The beaver knocking down the tree in front of the washed out bridge was cute. Ben M.

RE: Search Multiple PST archives on Win7

2011-01-30 Thread Ben Schorr
Agreed - of course it's possible you'll have to modify the index scope to include those PST files. But try it first and see - maybe they're already indexed. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com

RE: Interactive White board recommendation

2011-01-29 Thread Ben Schorr
Luidia makes a thing called the eBeam. Saw a demo if it a week or so ago. Looks GREAT and much cheaper than the traditional SmartBoard solutions. There are some videos of it up on YouTube. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr

RE: DHCP reservations explained...

2011-01-24 Thread Ben Schorr
We always prefer static addresses for servers. One less variable when we're troubleshooting later. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com http://www.rolandschorr.com/ b...@rolandschorr.com

RE: A OneNote device

2011-01-21 Thread Ben Schorr
Actually just for iPhone and iPod Touch. You CAN install it on an iPad but it won't look very good. http://www.onenote-tips.com/tips/on4iphone.html http://www.onenote-tips.com/tips/on4iphone.html Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __

RE: A OneNote device

2011-01-21 Thread Ben Schorr
I like my ASUS 101MT netbook. Runs Win7 and OneNote, small and light, under $400. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com http://www.rolandschorr.com/ b...@rolandschorr.com mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com

RE: Backing up an important file every X minutes?

2011-01-14 Thread Ben Schorr
Scheduled task with RoboCopy is exactly how we've done it. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com http://www.rolandschorr.com/ b...@rolandschorr.com mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com From: Paul Hutchings

RE: Small/Mid Firewall?

2011-01-04 Thread Ben Schorr
and then poof, all fixed overnight. Jack Kramer Computer Systems Specialist University Relations, Michigan State University w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955 From: Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: Fri, 31 Dec

RE: Small/Mid Firewall?

2010-12-31 Thread Ben Schorr
firewall, and different from Checkpoint. I wonder if extensive knowledge of some other brand of firewall is what is causing your minions problems with the Juniper. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Ben

RE: Small/Mid Firewall?

2010-12-31 Thread Ben Schorr
SME firewall, I might look at Smoothwall express http://www.smoothwall.org/ Alex From: Ben Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 12:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Small/Mid Firewall? Well I think part of the frustration

RE: Small/Mid Firewall?

2010-12-30 Thread Ben Schorr
Advantage... On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: What's everybody recommending these days for the small/mid-sized firewall? I have a client with about 75 users scattered across three locations. They've been using a SnapGear SG580 at their central location

RE: Small/Mid Firewall?

2010-12-30 Thread Ben Schorr
Netscreen devices since Feb 2000, so that might simply be familiarity talking. The VPN wizard is very straightforward ASB (My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com

RE: Outlook dropping connection after windows updates

2010-12-16 Thread Ben Schorr
Yes, it's an issue with a recent update. See this article for information and the latest news/advice: http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook/tips/2412171.html Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com / www.officeforlawyers.com / www.onenote-tips.com

RE: Outlook dropping connection after windows updates

2010-12-16 Thread Ben Schorr
Yes, it was KB2412171 that caused the issue. A fix is in the works but no ETA available yet. More info here: http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook/tips/2412171.html Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com

RE: Outlook dropping connection after windows updates

2010-12-16 Thread Ben Schorr
the uninstall. Trying to figure out how to get the guid of the patch On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: Yes, it was KB2412171 that caused the issue.  A fix is in the works but no ETA available yet. More info here: http://www.officeforlawyers.com

RE: Outlook dropping connection after windows updates

2010-12-16 Thread Ben Schorr
/Live mailboxes, not Exchange servers. Carl -Original Message- From: Ben Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 10:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Outlook dropping connection after windows updates Yes, it's an issue

RE: Outlook dropping connection after windows updates

2010-12-16 Thread Ben Schorr
users can't be configured this way. It has to be related to the Outlook Connector add- in. Carl -Original Message- From: Ben Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 5:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Outlook dropping connection after

RE: Small/Mid Firewall?

2010-12-11 Thread Ben Schorr
something simular, plus some storage for a small office all in one box: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16859105905 --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Ben Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] To: NT System Admin Issues

Small/Mid Firewall?

2010-12-10 Thread Ben Schorr
What's everybody recommending these days for the small/mid-sized firewall? I have a client with about 75 users scattered across three locations. They've been using a SnapGear SG580 at their central location but it died this morning. Needs: * IPSEC PPTP (or L2TP) VPN support *

RE: trade publications - toss or archive?

2010-10-28 Thread Ben Schorr
I had that situation. Then my wife and I moved to a new house and I took the opportunity to donate most of them to the local public library. I realized that I’d rarely opened any of those books in the previous two years (Google is so much easier). Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer

RE: Bink.nu | Free Microsoft Security Essentials Coming for Small Businesses - Bink.nu

2010-09-27 Thread Ben Schorr
It's not a blank check to just do whatever you want and think you're protected, that's true. But neither are seat belts and yet seat belts are still a good idea. I absolutely encourage residential users to install MSE - because 75% of them won't install ANYTHING if they don't. And MSE is an

RE: Outlook 2010 searches are different/wrong

2010-09-24 Thread Ben Schorr
I agree, 512MB of RAM is pretty light, especially to do the kind of real-time background indexing that Windows Desktop Search wants to do, as you're now discovering by rebuilding the index. That said, rebuilding the index is likely to resolve the problem, at least in the short-term. Ben M.

RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU

2010-09-22 Thread Ben Schorr
Control+Delete in Outlook 2010. Ignore Conversation. Great feature. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower - Flagstaff Office 2700 S. Woodlands Village Blvd. Suite 300-371 Flagstaff, AZ 86001 928-377-5630 Fax: 808-533-3677

RE: Compact PST files

2010-09-21 Thread Ben Schorr
You can increase the limit on those UNICODE PST files if you want to - 20GB is just the default. See this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832925/ Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower - Flagstaff Office 2700 S.

RE: Renaming a domain

2010-09-15 Thread Ben Schorr
They want to change your INTERNAL domain name or your Internet domain name? Why do they give a toss what the internal domain name is? Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower - Flagstaff Office 2700 S. Woodlands Village Blvd.

RE: Server list application

2010-09-13 Thread Ben Schorr
We use OneNote for that. Works great, fully searchable, can be easily shared with a team, can keep extensive notes, even paste in screenshots, event logs and all sorts of other content. (which then itself becomes full text searchable) Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer

RE: Anyone own their own IT consulting company?

2010-09-13 Thread Ben Schorr
I'm a partner in an IT consultancy, if that helps. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower 1155 Fort Street Mall Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 Mobile: 808-782-6306 Fax: 808-533-3677 www.rolandschorr.com http://www.rolandschorr.com/

RE: OT -- Laptop won't connect to a secure network

2010-09-10 Thread Ben Schorr
What OS is it running? Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower - Flagstaff Office 2700 S. Woodlands Village Blvd. Suite 300-371 Flagstaff, AZ 86001 928-377-5630 Fax: 808-533-3677 www.rolandschorr.com b...@rolandschorr.com

Cyberoam?

2010-07-24 Thread Ben Schorr
Anybody here know anything about Cyberoam firewalls? I just got an e-mail message advertising them and I've never heard of them before. Any experiences good or bad? Best wishes and aloha, Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com

RE: XP SP3 machine not getting logon window

2010-07-24 Thread Ben Schorr
I'd try the suggestion of putting it in another machine, I suppose. If that doesn't work then I'd just flatten it and start over. Anything critical on that drive that isn't backed up? Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower

RE: Upgrade to Outlook 2010 breaks LOB email sending ability

2010-07-03 Thread Ben Schorr
The support rep is very confused - there is no Express version of Outlook 2010. That said...what version of Exchange server? The LOB app runs in a terminal server but Office is installed on the workstation? Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer

RE: OT: Google Voice

2010-06-23 Thread Ben Schorr
Except that people calling you may have to dial a long-distance number to reach you - even if they're next door. That's why we never bothered with any of those services for our Honolulu office - our Hawaii clients don't want to have to dial an 815 number (or whatever) to reach us and it gives

RE: OT: Google Voice

2010-06-23 Thread Ben Schorr
Well, in that case I could see using one of the other local area codes - but I'd still be reluctant to get an area code from a different state unless I was particularly desperate. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower

RE: How to block, but not block?!

2010-06-16 Thread Ben Schorr
Actually if he uses Microsoft's IRM solution it locks out the screenshot functions so they wouldn't be able to do that. It's surprisingly good. However...there is still no defense (short of the aforementioned personal supervision) to prevent them from taking a picture of the screen with a

RE: How to block, but not block?!

2010-06-16 Thread Ben Schorr
://www.facebook.com/rolandschorr -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 09:36 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How to block, but not block?! On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote

RE: laptop encryption

2010-05-27 Thread Ben Schorr
We use TrueCrypt. Even posted a little article on how to do it for our clients. http://www.officeforlawyers.com/lawtech/truecrypt.htm http://www.officeforlawyers.com/lawtech/truecrypt.htm I haven't noticed any performance issues (or any reporting features for that matter) on my netbooks.

RE: Anyone leaving their current AV and returning back to Symantec enterprise?

2010-05-08 Thread Ben Schorr
Not a chance. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com http://www.rolandschorr.com/ b...@rolandschorr.com mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bschorr http://www.twitter.com/bschorr

RE: Outlook 2010 - Social Connectors

2010-04-28 Thread Ben Schorr
I can't speak to the Facebook connector, as I haven't seen it yet, but the LinkedIn connector does NOT send any info to LinkedIn about mail you send/receive. In fact what it does is download your LinkedIn contacts list to a special Outlook Contacts folder. All of the profile

RE: Outlook strangeness

2010-04-07 Thread Ben Schorr
Correct - doing an in-place upgrade to a newer version will NOT upgrade the PST file from binary to UNICODE. In fact, there are folks running Outlook 2007 (and 2010 beta) who are still using old binary PST files because they never moved to a UNICODE PST file. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive

RE: Outlook strangeness

2010-04-07 Thread Ben Schorr
1.5GB *SHOULD* be o.k., but that 2GB ceiling isn't a hard and fast limit. I've seen PST files corrupt even at 1.8GB. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com / www.officeforlawyers.com Member: American Bar Association - 01473703 Author: The Lawyer's Guide

RE: Outlook strangeness

2010-04-07 Thread Ben Schorr
problems... particularly if connectivity has caused the workstation to lose connection to the PST while open... -sc -Original Message- From: Ben Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 2:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Outlook

RE: Outlook strangeness

2010-04-06 Thread Ben Schorr
Outlook 2000? I don't recall the exact menu sequence for that version but check and see what add-ins she has installed. You might also try creating a new Outlook profile for her (Control Panel | Mail) and see if that helps. Troubleshooting Outlook -

RE: Internet issues (RANT)

2010-03-24 Thread Ben Schorr
Does your new router at home have the capability to act as a VPN server? Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com http://www.rolandschorr.com/ b...@rolandschorr.com From: John Aldrich

RE: Cloud Computing (Was: DNS Server service shuts down shortly after the DC boots)

2010-03-10 Thread Ben Schorr
I think it's a very attractive model, but there will be challenges, (HP CEO Mark) Hurd said. At the end of the day, if you tell a CEO, 'Put our e-mail in the cloud,' a certain amount of CEOs will tell you not (to). If (HP Chief Information Officer Randy) Mott told me, 'Put the general ledger up

RE: Exchange brick level backup software Options / soultion?

2010-03-08 Thread Ben Schorr
District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Ben Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 6:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange brick level backup software Options / soultion? Oh, don't do Brick Level backups. :-( Try Ed's method instead

RE: Exchange brick level backup software Options / soultion?

2010-03-07 Thread Ben Schorr
Oh, don't do Brick Level backups. :-( Try Ed's method instead: http://www.exchangefaq.org/faq/Exchange-5.5/The-Ed-Crowley-Never-Restore -Method/sectionID/1009 http://www.exchangefaq.org/faq/Exchange-5.5/The-Ed-Crowley-Never-Restor e-Method/sectionID/1009 Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive

RE: Exchange brick level backup software Options / soultion?

2010-03-07 Thread Ben Schorr
exchange Any ideas for whole exchange server?? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile From: Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 13:39:06 -1000 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Exchange brick level backup

RE: OT-Personal PC Assessment Tools

2010-02-26 Thread Ben Schorr
I actually like CCleaner's startup cleaner better than MSConfig. Let's you disable/delete stuff without getting nagged about it on reboot. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com

RE: Issues with Outlook 2000

2010-02-01 Thread Ben Schorr
If you're going to upgrade them take them to Outlook 2007...or wait 3-4 months for 2010 to ship. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com / www.officeforlawyers.com Member: American Bar Association - 01473703 Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook

RE: Time

2010-01-07 Thread Ben Schorr
You should point the DC to an external time source just as a matter of best practice. I'll echo my colleagues here who use pool.ntp.org. We set all of our clients (companies, I mean) up to sync to that and it works beautifully. Everything stays nice and tight and in sync. Ben M. Schorr Chief

RE: Win7 God mode? - more toys

2010-01-07 Thread Ben Schorr
Yeah, I just wish the list they provide told us what those did. I don't feel like trial-and-erroring each one. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com http://www.rolandschorr.com/ b...@rolandschorr.com

RE: Win7 God mode? - more toys

2010-01-07 Thread Ben Schorr
.{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} * WEI.{78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: Yeah, I just wish the list they provide told us what those did. I don't feel like trial-and-erroring each one. Ben M. Schorr Chief

RE: Time

2010-01-07 Thread Ben Schorr
, setting this up is almost trivial - at the PDC you type one command line and you're done. The hardest part might be creating a rule to allow the NTP protocol out through your firewall. Carl -Original Message- From: Ben Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] Sent: Thursday, January 07

RE: This just in...

2009-12-18 Thread Ben Schorr
Security is like insurance. It's one of those things people always think they have too much of, until they discover they have too little of it. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com http://www.rolandschorr.com/ / www.officeforlawyers.com

RE: Retrieving deleted IE and Firefox history Urgent

2009-12-18 Thread Ben Schorr
Depending upon what this is for I'd advise you to be VERY careful. Forensics is a tricky science and if you might be going to court with this information phrases like spoliation and chain of custody are going to come into play. My colleagues who do this stuff for a living would probably tell

RE: Need more IP addresses

2009-12-17 Thread Ben Schorr
We actually have one client with a Class B (255.255.0.0) network and I have to say...we really like it. Gives us a LOT of flexibility in our addressing. 172.23.x.x is their scheme. 172.23.1.x are servers, 172.23.2.x, 172.23.22.x and 172.23.222.x are workstations served up by their DHCP servers.

RE: VLAN question

2009-12-17 Thread Ben Schorr
I suspect that what would help more than VLAN would be QOS. Configure your ProCurve to prioritize voice traffic from the phones. VLAN can help with that, but it's not essential for that. You might also try connecting one of the phones separately from the computer - by that I mean give the

RE: OT: VLAN question

2009-12-17 Thread Ben Schorr
Separate them logically or physically? I have to disagree that they CAN'T comingle - in a well-designed and implemented system they can. We support a site that runs voice and data over the same network for about 40 users (currently) and it works pretty well for the most part. Voice over IP is

RE: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook

2009-12-16 Thread Ben Schorr
And it's actually easier in Outlook 2010 - the autofill list includes a X that will delete an individual entry quickly and easily. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com http://www.rolandschorr.com/ / www.officeforlawyers.com

RE: New virus trick

2009-12-04 Thread Ben Schorr
I killed a Vundo variant with ListDLLs too. Made it easy to pick out the malware files and delete them. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com http://www.rolandschorr.com/ / www.officeforlawyers.com http://www.officeforlawyers.com/ Member:

RE: Latitude access problem

2009-12-03 Thread Ben Schorr
Well, if he's like most of my friends after they drink too much he may have set the password to: You are s beautiful. Whut time is your shift ober? Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com

RE: Freakin mondays.

2009-11-23 Thread Ben Schorr
What brand are you using? We've had almost no problems at all with American Power Conversion over the last 20 years - other than needing to replace the batteries every few years, as expected. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr

RE: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Ben Schorr
What doesn't work for you on the TFOA.NET website? It looks fine to me in FF 3.5.5. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com http://www.rolandschorr.com/ b...@rolandschorr.com mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com

RE: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Ben Schorr
. Everything else (including the nav links on the left) worked for me in both FF and Chrome, but the bottom links only worked in IE. On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 12:53 AM, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: What doesn't work for you on the TFOA.NET website?  It looks fine to me in FF 3.5.5

RE: Will Ntbackup Suffice?

2009-11-19 Thread Ben Schorr
Sort of depends upon your needs. In certain small installations we've used NTBackup before and it's been fine. It's not the fastest or the slickest or the sexiest but for basic backup/restore it does the job, it's even Exchange-aware, and you can't beat the price. Ben M. Schorr Chief

RE: Cloud computing... your opinions

2009-11-17 Thread Ben Schorr
We've written quite a bit on the subject of Cloud Computing and potential issues on our blog: http://www.rolandschorr.com/blogs/index.php?blog=1 One of the big issues for me, that doesn't seem to get much play, is the issue of geolocation. When I control my data I control where on the planet

RE: Moving LOCAL users from one computer to another

2009-11-17 Thread Ben Schorr
Which OS? Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com http://www.rolandschorr.com/ b...@rolandschorr.com From: Marty Nelson [mailto:mnel...@transdyn.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:50 AM To: NT

RE: Password change rules - never?

2009-11-03 Thread Ben Schorr
But a 7-character passphrase isn't very secure by itself. I'd much rather have something longer. Even something like: One 2 Three 4 Five That's pretty decent. Mixed case, with spaces and numbers. Easy to remember and 19 characters long. Not likely to end up on a Post-It. Ben M.

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