Where do your rate Grad School Professors? Below or above Dr's and/or Lawyers (grin)?
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, well... > > In the medical field, right after doctors, I'd put CCU nurses. Heh. > > Kurt > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 12:27, paul chinnery<[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks. I am so forwarding this to our Clincal Analyst; she's a licensed > RN > > who use to work in CCU. > > > >> Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 11:44:54 -0700 > >> Subject: Re: New IE zero day exploit in the wild > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> > >> Since I don't work with doctors in my capacity of IT geek, I don't > >> know for sure. However, I was married to a critical care nurse for 7 > >> years, and I'll put my money on the doctors. > >> > >> Heh. > >> > >> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 05:04, paul chinnery<[email protected]> wrote: > >> > A third of my users are doctors. I wonder which group is harder to > work > >> > with: engineers or doctors? > >> > > >> >> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 11:51:09 -0700 > >> >> Subject: Re: New IE zero day exploit in the wild > >> >> From: [email protected] > >> >> To: [email protected] > >> >> > >> >> Truth. However, there are also political and training issues. > >> >> > >> >> 1) We haven't, as a company (nor within IT) figured out how to make > >> >> our standard apps work under under non-admin accounts. This will take > >> >> time and resources to figure out, and then further time and resources > >> >> to figure out how to "productionise" the application of these > settings > >> >> and apply them across the domain, including two offices overseas. > >> >> > >> >> 2) A large portion of our users are engineers who have a rabid > >> >> aversion to the idea that they can't be admins on their own boxes. > I'm > >> >> in the (multi-year!) process of simply trying to convince engineering > >> >> managers that none of the staff need two NICs in their boxes - one > for > >> >> the production LAN and one for the test/dev LAN. > >> >> > >> >> 3) The overseas offices are also politically resistant to this idea. > >> >> > >> >> While I agree that the load would be lessened, and we'd have a much > >> >> better managed and more secure environment, this is not a trivial > >> >> effort, and at times I despair. But, I persist, and have it as a goal > >> >> to work toward this fiscal year. > >> >> > >> >> The first step is to get signoff by company management, in the form > of > >> >> an actual policy - something of which there are no good examples. > >> >> There are practices and recommendations regarding IT, but very little > >> >> in the way of a real IT policy that has been agreed to by management. > >> >> > >> >> Kurt > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 07:52, Jonathan Link<[email protected]> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > After taking local admin rights away from users my plate is less > >> >> > full. > >> >> > YMMV. > >> >> > > >> >> > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> > >> >> > wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Yes, unfortunately, all our users are admins. It sucks, but I use > it > >> >> >> to my advantage when I can. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> The reason we've not done a GP is because we haven't had the > luxury > >> >> >> of > >> >> >> studying to understand them. Our plates always seem to be full > with > >> >> >> other things. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 19:04, Ken Schaefer<[email protected]> > >> >> >> wrote: > >> >> >> > Are all your users admins? Otherwise, how is that logon script > >> >> >> > going > >> >> >> > to > >> >> >> > update HKLM? > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Machine-based startup script would be better idea, no? > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Cheers > >> >> >> > Ken > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > ________________________________________ > >> >> >> > From: Kurt Buff [[email protected]] > >> >> >> > Sent: Wednesday, 8 July 2009 2:41 AM > >> >> >> > To: NT System Admin Issues > >> >> >> > Subject: Re: New IE zero day exploit in the wild > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > I'm just pushing out the .reg file in the login script: > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > regedit /s \\fileserver\public\patches\videokillbits.reg > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > The file was easy to create, in a capable editor (not notepad or > >> >> >> > wordpad) that allows metacharacter search and replace, such as > >> >> >> > '\n' > >> >> >> > for CRLF and '\t' for tab. I used the ancient, > no-longer-supported > >> >> >> > PFE32. I really should switch to VIM, I suppose. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 08:40, Eric > >> >> >> > Wittersheim<[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> I'm pushing out the .reg via GP. So far so good. > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:38 AM, David Lum <[email protected] > > > >> >> >> >> wrote: > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> The “Microsoft fix-it” is an MSI that I am pushing via SMS and > >> >> >> >>> is > >> >> >> >>> pushing > >> >> >> >>> fine (so far just a few test cases have it, but no issues). > >> >> >> >>> Beats > >> >> >> >>> trying to > >> >> >> >>> push out a .REG or something… > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER > >> >> >> >>> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > >> >> >> >>> (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! > ~ > >> >> >> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> > ~ > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> >> >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> >> > >> > > >> > ________________________________ > >> > Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. 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