I rebuild my desktop at home roughly every six months just for the fun of it, it's a lot less hassle than removing all the crap I install to take a look at.
I always take a ghost image of it just before I blow it away as there is always something that I forgot to copy, the final straw was when I didn't realise the wife had over 10gig of photos sitting on her desktop, but she had a gog of them also under her temp folder. Frosty reception for a while after that :-) That's why I keep an old dell gx-270 under the desk, incase I forget a driver or do something else stupid. UBCD4Windows also comes in very handy at times for a rebuild as well. Regards Tony Patton Desktop Operations Cavan Ext 8078 Direct Dial 049 435 2878 email: [email protected] From: "Joseph Heaton" <[email protected]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> Date: 03/09/2009 21:12 Subject: RE: SPAM Solution local drives, with no backup at the moment. I personally don't have a lot to lose on my computer, but my wife would kill me if she lost her music... I've been thinking about Mozy, or something like that, but haven't gotten around to it. My machines at home are home-built, and the newest is about 2-3 years old now. About all we do on them, really, is listen to music, and play MMOs... If a computer crashed, I'd have to build from scratch. >>> "Steven M. Caesare" <[email protected]> 9/3/2009 10:15 AM >>> What do you do for file storage? Local C: drives and backups? If so, to what? -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 12:16 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: SPAM Solution > > I have a computer room, with 3 desktops connecting through a router to > my cable modem. My daughter connects from her room, through wireless > to the same router. That's as complicated as I get at home, unless I > fire up my Ubuntu box, which I'm using for learning purposes, but even > then, I unplug the third computer to do that. > > Unfortunately, that room is the hottest room in the house to begin > with, doesn't get the same flow through the AC duct as the rest of the > house, so my cooling bill is pretty outrageous in the summer. > > That's not saying that I wouldn't like to do some other stuff, like > poke around with virtualization, etc., but I don't have the budget to > go out and buy hardware for it, and don't really have space for it > either. > > >>> "Steven M. Caesare" <[email protected]> 9/3/2009 8:00 AM >>> > Meh... I had ESXi running at home before we decided to go in on the > business. > > At a cost of "free", and with the flexibility you get, I don't see why > you would NOT do it on a home net, unless you had some specific > hardware > you needed that ESXi choked on. > > And the home net _IS_ for play/non-work use. Music streaming, photo > library, home movie streaming, interweb access, IP phone service, > online > Netflix/dish network, Exchange server, hobby mailing list servers, > etc... > > Doesn't just about everybody have a home net these days? I'd only > expect > the nerds like us here to actually run a domain and have an IIS server, > but we're also the audience that would likely then benefit from having > a > virtual infrastructure too... > > Last time I needed to move a server to a newer hardware platform it was > just a file copy.... mmmm.... > > -sc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 10:49 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: SPAM Solution > > > > Key words for you Steven, were "business startup". When I'm at home, > > work is the farthest from my mind, if at all possible. I play at > home, > > work at work... > > > > >>> "Steven M. Caesare" <[email protected]> 9/3/2009 7:32 AM >>> > > Really? > > > > I have four ESXi hosts, one pair handling my home network, and > another > > pair handling the production, dev, and test VM's, along with VPN and > > SharePoint servers for a business startup I'm involved with. > > > > I'd bet lotsa' folks here have ESXi at home... > > > > -sc > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 10:25 AM > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > Subject: Re: SPAM Solution > > > > > > You, sir, have just gone to the top of the geek list, for having > ESXi > > > and VMs installed at home... > > > > > > >>> tony patton <[email protected]> 9/3/2009 12:21 AM > > >>> > > > +1 for untangle, i have it running in a vm on esxi at home, really > > like > > > it > > > and pretty easy to set up. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Tony Patton > > > Desktop Operations Cavan > > > Ext 8078 > > > Direct Dial 049 435 2878 > > > email: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > From: > > > Roger Wright <[email protected]> > > > To: > > > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > > > Date: > > > 03/09/2009 02:59 > > > Subject: > > > Re: SPAM Solution > > > > > > > > > > > > I think Sunbelt's Ninja/VIPRE is a great choice for an in-house > > > Exchange-based solution and should be in your short list of > products > > > for > > > consideration. > > > > > > Another option for an "in the cloud" solution is Postini by Google > > > Message > > > Security. Last fall I switched two networks to it at just > > $3/user/year > > > for inbound filtering. It's been nearly perfect but I don't know > if > > > they > > > still offer that same minimal service at that price. > > > > > > You might want to check out UnTangle > (http://www.untangle.com/home). > > > It's > > > not too difficult to install and will probably meet your client's > > needs > > > for the cost of a spare PC. > > > > > > > > > Roger Wright > > > ___ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Matt Plahtinsky > > <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > I have a client that is really tight on money. I need to implement > a > > > Anti-SPAM solution. In the past I have worked with 3 different > > > products > > > Barracuda, GFI, and xWall. My favorite by far is Barracuda b/c of > > the > > > ability to easily sort through the logs to tighten the rules. 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