to load balance, I do it for uptime. All of the
shares are referral ordered to just one server. To date, we have not had any
double edit issues. Although I probably just jinxed myself.
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 5:18 PM
To: NT System Admin
Would you also do one for Exchange ?
From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com]
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 10:29 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: End of month plan B for list shutdown.
Done. Link is here:
http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/services/email-lists/
Rod
I posted this on the Exchange list, and I might as well post it here too. Just
in case someone has missed it. :)
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 12:50 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Potential List Move
Folks -
As was mentioned here
The big deal with DFS (IMO) is the double-edit issue. Two people can edit the
same file at the same time and the last one that saves the file wins.
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 5:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: DFSR
I resolved my DFS issue
How about a rename?
-Original Message-
From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com]
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 2:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Bad symbolic link in registry
I have a symlink in the registry of a 08r2 server that I can not remove which
is
Not questioning your choice - but what didn't you like about the Lumia?
From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 10:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: _Lumina_822_phone
I got one from work and was pretty excited until I actually started using it.
on sprint)
Sent from my Windows Phone
From: Michael B. Smith
Sent: 4/27/2013 9:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: _Lumina_822_phone
Not questioning your choice - but what didn't you like about the Lumia?
From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com]
Sent
and asked for another Android. I
think he is going to end up with a S4.
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Michael B. Smith
mich...@smithcons.commailto:mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
Not questioning your choice – but what didn’t you like about the Lumia?
From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster
If you need powershell ping, let me know.
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:40 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Startup processes
I do love a bit of batch scripting :-)
Unfortunately I can only use JScript (!), VBScript or PowerShell in
Can't whip up a function until I know how to do it meself...
From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 3:55 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION
Web-
Call MBS and he'll whip you up a function
From: Webster
It was normal for 20 years, until Outlook didn't do it and it gained primacy.
All of the other clients followed along.
-Original Message-
From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 5:55 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN
I will not use a google property for something that has a business purpose for
me.
I'm only one person, but I doubt I'm the only one that feels that way.
From: G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:kava...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 5:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: ALERT :
. There's some tweaking that
I'd like to do to it, to filter out disabled accounts, but I'll just play with
it on my own.
Joe Heaton
Enterprise Server Support
CA Department of Fish and Wildlife
1807 13th Street, Suite 201
Sacramento, CA 95811
Desk: (916) 323-1284
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich
I GREATLY prefer the teach a man to fish paradigm, but to do this one
properly requires some fairly in-depth knowledge of the AD PowerShell module
and how Exchange stores information in AD. To do it efficiently needs an LDAP
search and using a filter in PowerShell.
So that it can be exported
Then you will need to use a function or a filter to select the proper email
addresses.
Who do you know which ones are the right ones?
From: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife [mailto:joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov]
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 4:10 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Need to
Enter feedback on the technet pages.
From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 8:52 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Volume Activation with Windows Server 2012
Not really a question here, just curious if others found themselves confused
I don't use the QAD tools, but my guess is that New-QadUser does not return
employeeNumber as one of the attributes of the resulting object. You would
need to add that.
From: Candee [mailto:can...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 8:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re:
: Description: InfoService-Logo240]
From: Candee [mailto:can...@gmail.commailto:can...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PowerShell noob help
Thanks!
I will see if I can figure out how.
:)
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Michael B. Smith
IOW: Security is for the MANAGEMENT of risk and MITIGATION of same. For real
world systems, and usage of them, there is no such thing as perfect security.
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 2:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
He said no PowerShell.
Search “wscript method sendkeys”.
From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 4:58 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Can you do this with .CMD?
I haven't done something like this for a while, back in the day I did
PowerShell would allow you to use Win32 to fake input, to use WPF to fake
input, and Windows Forms to fake input.
And - same as vbscript - wscript method sendkeys. :) :) :)
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 5:08 PM
To: NT
Start-Process gives you complete control over executing a separate task.
If you don't need complete control, but just the text output, you don't need to
do anything.
$result = CTXCliOS.exe ^ | find ClientOS
You can make it more PowerShell, if you want, but there isn't much
using to
the command script file. If I write the same task in PowerShell, well the
console natively supports it so it's easier for people to use it.
I will have a bash around with that command to grab the output, cheers
On 16 April 2013 16:38, Michael B. Smith
mich...@smithcons.commailto:mich
$result = $clientOS.SubString( 9 )
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PowerShell noob help
I've managed to use Select-String to get my output and my variable, it's
splitting the variable up (from
Issues
Subject: Re: PowerShell noob help
Thanks for the pointers
Is it just me getting old or do newer scripting languages always look so much
more complicated at first glance? :-)
Cheers,
JR
On 16 April 2013 17:14, Michael B. Smith
mich...@smithcons.commailto:mich...@smithcons.com wrote
Subject: Re: PowerShell noob help
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com
wrote:
This should help. msg is just a function that logs all of its
arguments to a text file.
Hey... this is kind of a threadjack, but your sample code here makes me think
I've had several issues with his thinking in the last couple of years.
Don't get me wrong - in his subject area (which I typically think of as
VDI/RDS/Citrix) he's a really smart cookie. But he's been veering into the wild
blue yonder on other things...
-Original Message-
From: Kurt
: Re: PowerShell - Dependent parameters
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
You do this with parametersets.
Caught you skimming. :) See original message below. :) I've tried using
parameter sets, and even posted code declaring the parameter set
Not necessary.
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 7:13 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PowerShell - Dependent parameters
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Jeff Bunting bunting.j...@gmail.com wrote:
I think you need
Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PowerShell - Dependent parameters
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
What you are missing is the DefaultParameterSetName.
Ahhh... that did it! Thanks for the clue!
Finished code, for those so interested:
http://pastebin.com
You do this with parametersets.
If that isn't enough of a hint, let me know; and I'll send you some examples.
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 5:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: PowerShell - Dependent parameters
Hey
PowerShell? :)
This sounds like a great thing for me on which to write a blog post. I'll do so
tonight.
To do this efficiently, you have to combine the usage of Exchange and AD
cmdlets.
The basic process is:
Does group already exist?
No -
System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Query help
Can't you do all that with a few lines of dsadd group, dsmod group -c and some
dsquery? Just asking.
Thanks
Webster
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Subject: RE: Query help
PowerShell? :)
This sounds like a great thing for me
+1
My question was directed more to the fact that any Authenticated User has
pretty much full read-access to AD anyway.
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 7:14 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: AD Simple LDAP
]
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From:Michael B. Smith
mich...@smithcons.commailto:mich...@smithcons.com
To:NT System Admin Issues
ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.commailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt
What benefit do you think there would be to disable it?
From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]
Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 4:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: AD Simple LDAP authentication question
I know that AD supports both Simple and SASL methods for LDAP
+1
PowerShell really didn't add anything here. In every case, psexec or winrm
could be used instead.
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 7:17 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: POSH PtH - this is...
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013
The issues generally only appear when you specify other flags. ☺
For v2, what you’ve suggest is the proper way.
From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:46 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Quick Powershell question
Powershell 2.0 on Win 7 / 2008
Not to my knowledge.
-Original Message-
From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:ken.corne...@kimball.com]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 10:16 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: How easy is it to crack passwords?
Speaking of which, is there any way to remove lanman hashes from user objects
Most of my engagements today come because of social media. ☺
And then repeat business, of course.
From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com]
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 11:39 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT: Career and Social Media
My last two jobs have come about because of
When I was a teenager and a ham radio operator we would have fun by tuning into
Voyager and other transmissions. It was doable then even with hastily
constructed directional antennas.
If I remember correctly, the Voyager radio is about 25 watts. With good
antennas, that is easily enough for
...
*ASB
**http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker*
**Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information
Security) for the SMB market…***
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Michael B. Smith
mich...@smithcons.comwrote:
Most of my engagements today
Indeed (tm).
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 10:21 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Internet Census 2012: Port scanning using insecure embedded devices
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 5:28 AM, Andrew S. Baker
The Pro is very slick and I've got a hospital client that is testing them. So
far, they are very happy with them.
I don't think the RT is appropriate in a business environment. Just IMHO.
From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 8:32 AM
To: NT System Admin
I'm very fond of GPOs and full application support.
From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: RT devices?
Why is the RT not appropriate for business?
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com
: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: 20 March 2013 15:57
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: RT devices?
I'm very fond of GPOs and full application support.
From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject
I have something very similar set up for several clients.
It gets more interesting when you start analyzing the results automagically.
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 12:53 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Automate DCDIAG and e-mail results
Are any
+1
-Original Message-
From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 2:44 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Difference between port forwarding and DMZ
Put an SSL reverse proxy in the DMZ and tunnel that to the RDS Gateway
-Original
? I run all mine natively with powershell.exe in the task scheduler.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com
w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132
-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 1:40 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Subject: RE: Running Powershell script as scheduled task fails with
0x1
Easier to change a BAT than change something in task scheduler. I'm lazy.
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
http
Funny. ☺
From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 1:43 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Semi-OT: Vsphere shutdown
In that case, you will need MBS’ site! ☺
Carl Webster
Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
I always wrap powershell in a BAT and schedule the BAT.
-Original Message-
From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 2:34 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Running Powershell script as scheduled task fails with 0x1
Sorry; this is Win 2008
How many users do you have? How many users are in the CSV file?
Approximate, in both cases, is fine.
-Original Message-
From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 10:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Powershell advice - matching an AD user to a
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
How many users do you have? How many users are in the CSV file?
Approximate, in both cases, is fine.
CSV users = 1300. AD users = 1100.
What I am most interested in: AD users NOT in CSV file. There will always
But at the most basic level - it was a human error (as I read it). Someone
didn't mark the update package as a critical update.
Arguably (and I can see this), because the package had 5 weeks before it was
required...
From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Here is my enterprise ready ping-in-powershell...take out all the log
statements.
function test-ping ([string]$server)
{
[string]$routine = test-ping:
trap
{
# we should only get here if the New-Object
fails.
Having multiple DGs is wrong. There can only be one default.
Windows behavior is non-deterministic when you have specified multiple default
gateways.
Almost certainly, the interior one needs to be eliminated and replaced by
either a routing table or a set of manual routes.
-Original
I've recently helped a company build out several branch offices and one to
deploy a remote datacenter.
We virtualized everything. Absolutely everything.
-Original Message-
From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:24 PM
To: NT System Admin
It wants a console host.
Your solution of scheduling +1 minute is what I have done.
-Original Message-
From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Installing .net 4.5 redistributable within a ps
I wasn't in a rush. I ran another job the next day to see if the install
worked. If it didn't, I looked into it.
I had very few problems.
-Original Message-
From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:59 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
It generally helps.
But no, the vendor's involvement is not required.
-Original Message-
From: kz2...@googlemail.com [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:43 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Books about software
If you want to write a book about a
Issues
Subject: Re: Books about software
If you were using the software name in the book title, do you need some form of
permission?
--Original Message--
From: Michael B. Smith
To: NT System Admin Issues
ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Books about software
Sent: 20 Feb 2013 19:48
Software?
That's totally unfair...
:)
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com
wrote:
No. As long as you do not slander or libel the software in the title.
Fair Use the US doctrine. I don't know what it might be called for you.
-Original Message-
From
ECC is not an intrinsically bad thing. In large environments it is a
requirement.
Even with ECC, look how human error has caused issues with Microsoft's online
services, Google's online services, etc.
It could be far worse.
However, there is no reason for it to take as long as has been
R2
I was definitely commenting on the extremity of the process, and the
tit-fot-tat mindset, not change control as such.
Kurt
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
ECC is not an intrinsically bad thing. In large environments it is a
requirement.
Even
A little slow - but very funny)))
From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 9:59 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Tech support call from Microsoft
This came across my email the other day. Quite funny as it goes with the
original post of this
I've set it up in the lab, and plan on deploying it at a client in late March.
But I don't have a real-world implementation yet.
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 10:03 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Server 2012 failover DHCP
Is anyone running a
Click to dial is very common.
-Original Message-
From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 1:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Zultys VOIP?
Matt, thanks for your input.
If you're curious about the click to dial...
Our ops team does tons of
As Ken pointed out, certain governmental organizations have begun defining
exactly what a cloud means to them. The US government now adheres to a specific
definition of a cloud. At least, there is a proposed specific definition.
From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]
Sent: Thursday,
ToString() doesn't work for you? Convert-* don't work for you?
I'm a little confused as to what you want to do...
From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 7:14 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Powershell question
Hey guys,
I have a
Microsoft loses money on the Exchange MCM classes. I suspect they do for all of
the MCM tracks.
The fee is to ensure that only serious people apply plus to cover the cost of
the labs, meeting rooms, and presentation materials.
Big companies need people with big experience.
I don't pass the
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From:Michael B. Smith
mich...@smithcons.commailto:mich...@smithcons.com
To:NT System Admin Issues
ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.commailto:ntsysadmin
You found a cloud provider that offers Public Folders? Which one?
From: itli...@imcu.com [mailto:itli...@imcu.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 7:38 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to Office 365
I have Exchange 2003 standard in a 2008 Active Directory Domain.
We are
Interesting. Pretty limited, but I wasn't aware that any one was doing it.
Thanks for the info.
From: Rick Berry [mailto:rbe...@elevativenetworks.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:42 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to Office 365
Intermedia does.
From: Michael B
I don't think there is any meaningful limit. (2**31) - 1 I would guess.
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 4:02 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: file limitation error
Um, maybe...
If you simply increment with a
We've already discussed this extensively on the Exchange List. :P
Keep up!
From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2013 4:40 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Here we go again, another Apple screwup
No doubt they'll try and blame Microsoft again.
Not so much, actually, as long as you control what you mean by entropy.
http://xkcd.com/936/ :)
See the response here by Akton:
http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/167235/how-can-i-estimate-the-entropy-of-a-password
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott
Subject: Re: Passsword Meter
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
Ideally, password meters should measure entropy, but that's hard to deduce.
Not so much, actually, as long as you control what you mean by entropy.
http://xkcd.com/936/ :)
I *almost
I think that article has made the Exchange team very mad at me.
Apparently, not such a big deal when the MVPs blog it and it gets put into
Redmond magazine or WindowsIT Pro magazine - but hitting ComputerWorld has
caused a lot of angst.
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent:
at 11:46 AM, Michael B. Smith
mich...@smithcons.commailto:mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
I think that article has made the Exchange team very mad at me.
Apparently, not such a big deal when the MVPs blog it and it gets put into
Redmond magazine or WindowsIT Pro magazine - but hitting
What? You didn't read my initial post on January 6?
I'm insulted! :)
From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 3:18 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center -
Computerworld
Reading that just reaffirms
...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 12:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center -
Computerworld
H
If you don't, perhaps we should start a campaign...
Kurt
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Michael B. Smith mich
Tsk tsk tsk
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 7:38 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center -
Computerworld
Funny thing is, I remember him posting that article, and I bookmarked it, but I
My company doesn't do hardware (we are a software and services shop), but one
of the partner organizations we work with is a Ruckus reseller and the products
are very impressive. They installed it in a large soccer stadium that wanted to
offer free WiFi to attendees, with about 30,000 active
Colubris is at least one.
Thanks for saying that, it jogged my memory.
-Original Message-
From: kz2...@googlemail.com [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 2:45 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT: Guest network security
I remember seeing a solution
Don't rename the domain. Just Say No. There is no need.
Sent from my Windows Phone
From: David Mazzaccaro
Sent: 2/1/2013 9:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain
Thx
I Just read through that thread.
One comment was that you never need to
should check to verify that all is well?
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 9:50 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain
Don't rename the domain. Just Say No. There is no need.
Sent from my Windows Phone
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain
Wow, Webster Desmond and MBS recommend against it.
...and I thought a couple of SBS swings were high on the things could go
horribly wrong scale...
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013
If the network breaks, robocopy breaks.
If the hardware breaks, robocopy breaks.
I'd like to know one utility whether either of those are NOT true?
I don't know of ANYTHING that is more reliable than robocopy. What did he
suggest?
From: Tigran K [mailto:tigr...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday,
There is a switch for that.
From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 5:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Robocopy reliability
Would be tough to verify terabytes of data didn't have any errors ;)
From: Ziots, Edward
You are new around here aren't you? :)
He's been saying that since at least 1998 or 1999...
From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 5:06 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Robocopy reliability
And I think I need to trademark your new slogan:
Yes... I've got powershell scripts that post-process this file, but that's
where the data has to come from...
From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Dumping DHCP to a File
Try netsh dhcp server
Server 2012 setup is a dream. And it deals much better with IPv4-only solutions.
Also any VPN provided as part of RRAS (just RAS in Server 2012) has built-in
clients for Windows. This includes PPTP and L2TP VPNs.
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent:
, 2013 5:02 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: on-premises storage application
On 24 Jan 2013 at 19:11, Michael B. Smith wrote:
I have a client that wants something like SkyDrive or DropBox - but they
want to host it onsite - no cloud storage. They also want the company
Thanks folks.
Of the responses, DataNow and ownCloud seem to be very close to the client's
needs. I will present those options (neither of which I had come up with on my
own!).
Thanks to all of you for your responses.
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Thursday
Unless you have a fully Hyper-V 3.0 infrastructure and your DCs are all Windows
Server 2012.
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:06 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: DC's and VM's
Is this still current thinking?
Note: Always have at least one DC
helps this problem since you can have redundant DHCP
servers without splitting the pool?
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DC's and VM's
Unless you have a fully
start 120 secs after host start and other VM's 300 secs after that.
Server 2012 redundant DHCP...oh NICE!
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:41 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DC's and VM's
That is correct (you can have redundant DHCP
I learned Forth when I was 17, in 1980. It blew my mind. Before that, I knew
WATFOR, UCSD Pascal, 6502 assembler, and 8008 assembler.
Forth's RPN and its low-level power made me feel as if I could do anything! :)
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent:
That generally means the private key is missing.
-Original Message-
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 2:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Trying to get a .PFX file from a .CER file in Windows 2008
Created a Certficate file from a
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