Evernote is awesome for this... I've been trying to get more consistent in my usage of it.
* * *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Harry Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been trying to use evernote recently as opposed to a whole bunch of > txt files. Especially when I'm on a commute home and need to take some notes > of an article i'm reading. So far so good. > > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Gasper, Rick <[email protected]>wrote: > >> John, >> Take a look at the TechNet subscription. >> IT will have working copies of most Microsoft software. The cost is $250 >> for the plus (I think). You will truly benefit by having it. That way if you >> want to **test** OneNote, you can. Also how does your company purchase >> it's Office licenses? YOU don't have to share that info, but you could >> update that to include OneNote. >> >> Another option would be to install a PDF writer on your system (there are >> free ones). Write out you notes with Word, WordPad or notepad then print to >> the PDF. Not as slick as OneNote, but it does the same thing. I'll often >> send solutions that I see here to my notebook for later review. >> >> The one thing I teach my IT classes is that you cannot know everything, >> but if you can find the answers you can look like you do. >> >> >> Rick Gasper >> Manager, Network Services >> King's College >> 133 N. River St >> Wilkes-Barre PA 18711 >> PH: 570-208-5845 >> Fax: 570-208-6072 >> Cell: 570-760-0335 >> *[email protected]* <[email protected]> >> >> >> *Don't become a phishing victim!!** * >> King's College and other reputable organizations will never use email to >> request that you reply with your password, Social Security number or >> confidential personal information. >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Aldrich >> [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] >> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:49 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Error message in logs >> >> Ahh... I wondered what OneNote was for. :D Now I know. I don't have it on >> my system, but I know some of the systems with the more expensive versions >> of Office have it. >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gasper, Rick [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:39 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Error message in logs >> >> Great suggestion. I use MS OneNote to do just that. Every time I run >> across an issue that I have not seen, I try to put it into an OneNote >> notebook. >> That way I can search. >> >> There is no effort learning how to use it, because you can print directly >> to OneNote. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Aldrich >> [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]> >> ] >> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 5:10 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Error message in logs >> >> For the record, I found the error with a little more searching. It turns >> out that I appear to have had a corrupted Local GPO Database, and simply >> renaming the old one and creating a new one fixed it. Thanks. >> >> >> >> From: Micheal Espinola Jr >> [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]> >> ] >> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 5:05 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Error message in logs >> >> You should verify that before making any assumptions. Are you familiar >> with the expressions that "assumptions make an ass out of you and me?" ( >> ass / u / me ) This is an expression that Systems Administrators live >> by. >> Learn it, live it, love it. >> >> Its bad ju-ju to come to a support list with unverified assumptions. Do >> your due diligence before posting questions and answers that aren't rooted >> in your own facts. >> >> -- >> Espi >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 5:43 AM, John Aldrich < >> [email protected]> >> wrote: >> I concur with that diagnosis. But that's the strange part. AFAIK there >> *are* no GPOs. At least none that I have created and installed. I suppose >> one of the supporting vendors could have done so. Guess I'll have to fire up >> GPEDIT and see what the heck is going on. >> >> >> >> From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] >> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 8:39 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Error message in logs >> >> Sounds like a problem with Group Policy Objects. What sort of GPOs do you >> have applied to this server? >> On 1 August 2011 13:32, John Aldrich <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> I'm getting an error message in my log files on Server 2003. The log entry >> is as follows: >> Security policies were propagated with warning. 0xb : An attempt was made >> to load a program with an incorrect format. >> >> The error message says to search Microsoft for "troubleshooing 1202 >> events." >> Well, apparently my search is f-ed up right now, because I can't FIND >> anything on Microsoft's websites about this error! The closest I can come is >> a KB article from Windows 2000 Server which includes commands that don't >> work in Windows 2003 (registry editing and then issuing a "secpol >> /enforce..." command, which is invalid in Windows 2003.) >> >> When I look at the security log file, I see the following error: >> "Saturday, July 30, 2011 9:23:58 AM Error 11: An attempt was made to load a >> program with an incorrect format. >> Error creating database. >> ----Configuration engine was initialized with one or more errors.----" >> >> Anyone know what the hell is going on here and how do I fix it? I've >> *tried* Googling, and that's not producing many results. Matter of fact, >> Google is how I found the Windows 2003 issue. >> >> It seems oddly coincidental that similar errors occur on whichever of my >> servers has Vipre Enterprise Server at the moment. Could be coincidence, but >> could be related, in my mind. I will add this information to the ticket I >> have open with Sunbelt and see if they have any suggestions. >> -- >> Thanks, >> John Aldrich >> Blueridge Industries >> IT Manager >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
