Well, I do have an inventory for our XP machines. There are just way too many Win9x machines out there to bother with. although I'm starting to rethink that. J
John-AldrichTile-Tools From: James Kerr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: locating one machine It should be times like these that you should think about having some sort of inventory that details this sort of info, even if it something as simple as a spreadsheet that you keep updated. James ----- Original Message ----- From: Kim Longenbaugh <mailto:[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:22 AM Subject: RE: locating one machine 1: I'm assuming your inventory records don't tell you who owns the machine.. 2: connect to the admin share and look at the names in the "Documents and Settings" folder, and call those people, starting of course with the most likely candidates 3: send a message via Windows Messenger asking the owner to call you 4: remotely reboot or shutdown the PC and see who calls it in. _____ From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: locating one machine I need to find a single machine that E-Eye's Conficker scanner says is vulnerable. I know the IP address and I know the name, but I don't know where this workstation is located. Any suggestions? John-AldrichTile-Tools No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.285 / Virus Database: 270.11.34/2032 - Release Date: 03/31/09 06:02:00 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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