RE: Server 2008 and Windows Updates

2009-07-17 Thread Tim Evans
Yes, I've seen that here. I haven't spent the time to figure out what is going on, but I've found that you can click on "Check online for updates from Windows Updates" and it will work from there. ...Tim > -Original Message- > From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday,

RE: Server 08 Activation

2009-07-17 Thread Tim Evans
If you're using a KMS key, then you need a Key Management Server running to activate it. If you don't have a KMS, then you would want to use a MAK (assuming volume license) ...Tim > -Original Message- > From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 9:06

RE: Server 08 Activation

2009-07-17 Thread Tim Evans
7, 2009 9:21 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Server 08 Activation > > When I login into eopen the only key I have for server 2008 is a KMS > key. > Since this is the first 08 server can I set it up and the key management > server? > > James > >

RE: OT: Star Trek Science Fiction?

2009-08-02 Thread Tim Evans
Yes, pictures of garbage. It's from the song. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Restaurant > -Original Message- > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] > Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 4:57 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: OT: Star Trek Science Fiction?

RE: OT: Star Trek Science Fiction?

2009-08-02 Thread Tim Evans
very. W H A T ??? > > -sc > > > -Original Message- > > From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] > > Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 8:06 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: OT: Star Trek Science Fiction? > > > > Yes,

RE: OT: Star Trek Science Fiction?

2009-08-02 Thread Tim Evans
iggin' ambiguity. > > -sc > > > -Original Message- > > From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] > > Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 9:16 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: OT: Star Trek Science Fiction? > > > >

RE: Win 7 issue

2009-08-06 Thread Tim Evans
You're doing better than me. I'm only getting 45kb/sec. It doesn't look like I'm going to get to p ay with it today. ...Tim From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Win 7 issue only getting 170kb/second...migh

RE: The "Duh" Question of the Day 8/4/09

2009-08-06 Thread Tim Evans
But they all look like the mailman ...Tim From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 1:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: The "Duh" Question of the Day 8/4/09 This is not a problem after three kids... Shook From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes.

RE: Exiting from a Start command

2009-08-07 Thread Tim Evans
Try: Start "Program Files\WiredRed\Epop\EPOPCLIENT.EXE" �Tim > -Original Message- > From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] > Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 7:54 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exiting from a Start command > > Isn't there another command instead of

RE: Exiting from a Start command

2009-08-07 Thread Tim Evans
Maybe you should back up and tell us what you are trying to do. Your first email said you wanted to run a program without the main batch file pausing for it to complete. Start by itself will do that. Tim > -Original Message- > From: Juned Shaikh [mailto:jsha...@gmail.com] > Sent:

RE: Policy to block roaming on sprint mobile broadband.

2009-08-19 Thread Tim Evans
FWIW, we are evaluating a Sprint 3G card right now. Based on this, I asked the rep if there was any way to block this kind of thing. His response: Sprint's North America Plus Data Plan includes 5GB/month of usage in the U.S. and 300MB/month of usage in Canada and Mexico. Users exceeding 5GB/mo

RE: Still struggling with iPhone, ISA and SSL certs...

2009-08-24 Thread Tim Evans
One of my users came in with an iPhone and it just worked with the standard configuration we had for all our WM devices. At the time, we were also using an internal certificate and it just worked. Do you have it working with any WM devices? ActiveSync is not OMA or OWA. In Exchange 2007, it is c

RE: Still struggling with iPhone, ISA and SSL certs...

2009-08-24 Thread Tim Evans
and the Exchange server. We want to get that done before we throw the > ISA into the mix. > > In the IIS Manager, there is a virtual directory called > Micrsoft-Server-ActiveSync. So doesn't that indicate that it's there? > > Yep, running Exchange 2003 SP2. > >

RE: Still struggling with iPhone, ISA and SSL certs...

2009-08-24 Thread Tim Evans
o: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Still struggling with iPhone, ISA and SSL certs... > > Would that show up as ActiveSync in ADUC, Exchange Features, or is it > referred to as Outlook Mobile Access under Mobile Services? > > -Original Message- > From: Tim Evans [m

RE: Need Website Tested

2010-02-12 Thread Tim Evans
Win7 x 64, 32bit IE - no problems here ...Tim From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 5:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Need Website Tested Our Windows 7 machines crash when accessing the following site with IE8: http://www.suwan

RE: Policy for external devices

2010-02-26 Thread Tim Evans
To avoid all the me-too's, I'll just post ours here. This is our "Portable Computing and Data Storage Device Policy". IANAL and I didn't write this, but here it is: Sparling may provide a portable computing device (e.g. a laptop computer, smartphone, or personal digital assistant) and/or mass d

RE: Sat Radio for your PBX on hold?

2010-03-04 Thread Tim Evans
This is legal: http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/ ...Tim -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 8:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Sat Radio for your PBX on hold? Well, I don't think that is *technically* l

RE: DNS Server service shuts down shortly after the DC boots

2010-03-09 Thread Tim Evans
FWIW, I load the entire domain list from http://www.malwaredomains.com/ into my AD integrated DNS without any problems. over 18000 domains are currently included. I've got a 2003 native domain/forest too. DC's include WS08R2, WS08, & WS03 SP2. I have not seen anything like this here. ...Tim Fr

RE: DNS Server service shuts down shortly after the DC boots

2010-03-09 Thread Tim Evans
shuts down shortly after the DC boots Very intriguing. How do you accomplish the loading of the domain list? Using a boot file per the directions here: http://www.malwaredomains.com/wordpress/?page_id=6#MS? Do you refresh the list manually every once and a while? Thanks, RS On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at

RE: DNS Server service shuts down shortly after the DC boots

2010-03-09 Thread Tim Evans
10 1:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DNS Server service shuts down shortly after the DC boots Doesn't going through OpenDNS achieve pretty much the same thing? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Tim Ev

RE: DNS Server service shuts down shortly after the DC boots

2010-03-09 Thread Tim Evans
l mailto:rich...@gmail.com>> wrote: Most excellent. Thank you very much. I'll give this a whirl at home and see how it goes. Much obliged, RS On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Tim Evans mailto:tev...@sparling.com>> wrote: I run this batch file: ** begin batch file * @echo off set s

RE: Malware DNS

2010-03-10 Thread Tim Evans
I posted a batch file here yesterday that does just that. See the "DNS Server service shuts down..." thread ...Tim From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Malware DNS I was looking at adding the Malware

RE: DNS Server service shuts down shortly after the DC boots

2010-03-11 Thread Tim Evans
dboxed test VM and it was effective. I had to chuckle, though, because it took over an hour to create the zones. This VM is also a DC for a 5 machine domain and the ntds.dit file went from around 38MB to 106MB. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Tim Evans mailto:tev...@sparling.com>> wrot

RE: DNS Server service shuts down shortly after the DC boots

2010-03-11 Thread Tim Evans
as effective. I had to chuckle, though, because it took over an hour to create the zones. This VM is also a DC for a 5 machine domain and the ntds.dit file went from around 38MB to 106MB. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Tim Evans mailto:tev...@sparling.com>> wrote: I run this batch

RE: propogating permissions to subfolders

2010-03-16 Thread Tim Evans
cd \home for /d %f in (user*) do icacls %f /reset ...Tim -Original Message- From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com [mailto:jesse-r...@wi.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: propogating permissions to subfolders Looks like you are right, icacl

RE: I wonder how VIPRE would have done...

2010-03-17 Thread Tim Evans
Even a blind squirrel find the nut sometimes ...Tim -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 4:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: I wonder how VIPRE would have done... Ouch! Why'd it have to be McAfee that stopped it?

RE: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0

2010-03-23 Thread Tim Evans
Really? Yes, I'd like to hear more details. They are trying to get into one of our buildings and $190/mo for 50mb down/10mb up sounds like a pretty good deal. We'd be using it as a backup link and for local internet service. ...Tim -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@r

RE: OT: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0

2010-03-24 Thread Tim Evans
Thanks. There are some good questions here to ask before we sign up. ...Tim From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 1:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0 Ok, I have a little more time now to rant on this... iirc,

RE: Windows Police Pro

2009-09-04 Thread Tim Evans
Sans has a decent write up of what it does: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7066 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 8:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows Police Pro On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:21 AM,

RE: Win 7 key

2009-09-08 Thread Tim Evans
No, the KMS server won't even start activating licenses until there are 25 systems. What kind of licenses are they? With our EA, I had to go to the MS licensing site and specifically request a MAK key. ...Tim From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 10:19 AM

RE: Vista, 7, etc method of determining if a network connection has "Internet Access"

2009-09-29 Thread Tim Evans
That sounds like a funky proxy or proxy entry in the browser to me. Back to SmartFilter ... ...Tim From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 6:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vista, 7, etc method of determining if a network c

RE: USB Boot drive Frustration

2009-10-06 Thread Tim Evans
I just ran across this: http://www.computerforensicexaminer.com/computer-forensics-expert-florida-miami-palm-beach-lauderdale-dave-kleiman-forensic-training-files/Bootable_USB_How_to_and_tools.zip (warning: link probably wrapped) While I haven't used it, it seems to be a complete zip file (58 MB)

Sysinternals does it again

2009-10-08 Thread Tim Evans
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx This is very cool, especially with Windows 7's new support for VHD boot. I suspect this will be one of my favorite utilities ...Tim ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Sysinternals does it again

2009-10-08 Thread Tim Evans
to use the VHD's just for backup, is there a VHD "browser" (like Ghost Explorer)? Tom From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Sysinternals does it again http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysint

RE: Off-the-wall request

2009-10-08 Thread Tim Evans
What else does he need? If Process Explorer doesn't have it, I'd bet that Process Monitor does. ...Tim -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Off-the-wall request Not sure...I

RE: Backup/Restore best practices for Sharepoint 2007

2009-10-09 Thread Tim Evans
Interesting. We are looking at evaluating DPM. Can you elaborate on why you recommend against it? Thanks ...Tim From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 6:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup/Restore best practices for Sharepoint 2007 Av

RE: Backup/Restore best practices for Sharepoint 2007

2009-10-09 Thread Tim Evans
table item. VSS is another thing that seems to require continual patching. Cheers Ken From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] Sent: Friday, 9 October 2009 9:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup/Restore best practices for Sharepoint 2007 Interesting. We are looking at evaluating

RE: Windows 7 KMS

2009-10-30 Thread Tim Evans
I did it and only added my R2 KMS key and it all works, including Windows 7. My only problem was getting enough activation for the Windows 7 stuff to activate. ...Tim From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7

RE: Windows 7 KMS

2009-10-30 Thread Tim Evans
I don't think it did it before, but slmgr.vbs /dlv tells you how many activations you have now. ...Tim From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 KMS Ahh... Crap. Forgot about the minimum. From

RE: Can you say "lawsuit"? I knew you could...

2008-08-27 Thread Tim Evans
I wonder how much the testing companies paid to have that article posted? ...Tim > -Original Message- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:58 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Can you say "lawsuit"? I knew you could... > > I wonder jus

RE: Can you say "lawsuit"? I knew you could...

2008-08-27 Thread Tim Evans
The way I see it, their goal is to ensure that you (quoting from the article) "Use the study materials recommended by the owner of the exam. Never buy or use sample questions and answers from unauthorized sources..." Sounds like FUD to make sure that they get their cut from any preparation mate

RE: Can you say "lawsuit"? I knew you could...

2008-08-27 Thread Tim Evans
rum I participated in when studying made > it very clear that verbatim posting of questions would not be > tolerated. > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 2:03 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues >

RE: Friday Fun - 80's Music Quiz

2008-08-29 Thread Tim Evans
Sorry, I don't keep up with the new stuff. ...Tim From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 5:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Friday Fun - 80's Music Quiz Ok, so lets have a little fun here on the last Friday in August. There are at least 45

RE: Cleanup script / safe to delete stuff

2008-08-29 Thread Tim Evans
All of mine have a %windir%\$hf_mig$ directory with a bunch of KB## directories in it. Also a bunch of %windir%\KB##.log files. ...Tim > -Original Message- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 1:30 PM > To: NT System Admin Issue

RE: Cleanup script / safe to delete stuff

2008-08-29 Thread Tim Evans
te stuff > > $hf_mig$ is *not* safe to delete, but it looks like I have everything > else covered. > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Tim Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > All of mine have a %windir%\$hf_mig$ directory with a bunch of > KB## director

RE: Cleanup script / safe to delete stuff

2008-08-29 Thread Tim Evans
Friday, August 29, 2008 10:10 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Cleanup script / safe to delete stuff > > Really? I've read repeatedly by MS staffers that you shouldn't touch > that dir. > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Tim Evans <[EMAIL PROTE

RE: OT:Windows 2008 training

2008-09-08 Thread Tim Evans
Mark Minasi has a 2 day Server 2008 Training class that he has put on CD's. http://www.minasi.com/2008class/audio/ I haven't seen the Server 2008 class, but I thought the one he put together on Vista was pretty good. ...Tim From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, Septembe

RE: Printer Login Script Help

2008-09-12 Thread Tim Evans
But how does the expression: Const ENGINEERING_GROUP = "cn=engineering" involve an operator? An example from the link below shows: Const MyVar = 459 He is setting a constant to the string value: "cn=engineering" ...Tim From: Joe Tinney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 12, 2

RE: Win2008 activation

2008-09-15 Thread Tim Evans
Windows IT Pro has a good article on it, but it is only available for subscribers. Its' InstantDoc #98153 at http://windowsitpro.com ...Tim > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 10:31 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues >

Interesting read on Symantec's latest effort

2008-09-17 Thread Tim Evans
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4668507a28.html Quote: "But is it still protecting us properly? Symantec assures me it is, and even better than ever." OK, I'm a believer :-) At least it sounds like they have finally understood their fatal flaw and are making attempts to fix it. ...Tim ~ Finally, pow

RE: SysInternals Updates

2008-10-01 Thread Tim Evans
I saw an interview with him recently. He said that programming Sysinternals was his hobby and way of relaxing, so it sounds like they will continue to be improved. In the same interview, he said that many of the old Winternal tools were being migrated into other products, like MDOP, etc. ...Ti

RE: OCS questions

2008-10-10 Thread Tim Evans
o, we aren't rolling out the voice part. We are fully Cisco VoIP. I've got Unity and CM upgrades to do and a IPIP gateway to purchase and install before I can integrate the two. And that is a low priority for us. On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Tim Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<ma

RE: OCS questions

2008-10-10 Thread Tim Evans
Oh, cool! Someone else is going thru the same thing I am 1. I believe that's the way presence is supposed to work, at least that's the way it does here. Actually, if I have something on my calendar and I lock my PC, my jelly bean turns half red/half yellow. 2. I don't get prompted to a

RE: OCS 2007 infrastructure for remote offices

2008-10-14 Thread Tim Evans
No, you don't need an OCS server at each site, although MS would probably like to see that. You can set up an edge server so that the OCS server can be accessed from anywhere (outbound firewall rules permitting) or you can just connect to it over a WAN. We have one front end server serving 4 di

RE: CA 2003 Enteprise

2008-11-03 Thread Tim Evans
You can request any kind of certificate from the CA that you have the correct permissions to request. The ones you are allowed to request are shown in the template drop down in the web interface. If the one you need isn't shown there, you'll have to adjust the permissions on that template on CA

RE: Upgrade DCs from 2003 to 200 R2

2008-11-05 Thread Tim Evans
There is a schema update that needs to be applied, but there is no new functional level. ...Tim From: Phil Hershey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Upgrade DCs from 2003 to 200 R2 Yep, my three key sticks sometimes. :

RE: Wierd Acrobat issue

2009-11-18 Thread Tim Evans
+1 and/or use a postscript driver if available From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wierd Acrobat issue Yes, almost always print as image. Will cause you less grief. Adobe products don't play well with m

RE: mobile domanin names

2009-11-18 Thread Tim Evans
That has not been everyone's experience: http://nodaddy.com/ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mobile domanin names GoDaddy No problems whatsoever.

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Tim Evans
Hi Andrew, I'd be interested in hearing what Kevin has to say.Please send the conference bridge info when it is available. Thanks ...Tim On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 4:29 AM, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > Here's a follow-up (and a needed distraction from the silly political > diversion) > > A colleague

RE: Latitude access problem

2009-12-03 Thread Tim Evans
Have him boot off of http://www.piotrbania.com/all/kon-boot/ and reset the password. No reinstall needed From: Len Hammond [mailto:lenhammo...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 1:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Latitude access problem Dell Latitude Genuises: Just had a call

RE: Latitude access problem

2009-12-03 Thread Tim Evans
that it can't do it. At least we can easily get to his data. Thanks for the help. Len Hammond CSI:Hartland lenhamm...@gmail.com<mailto:lenhamm...@gmail.com> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Tim Evans mailto:tev...@sparling.com>> wrote: Have him boot off of http://www.piotrbania

RE: Latitude access problem

2009-12-04 Thread Tim Evans
e were so many choices to get where we needed to go. Thanks again for everyone that replied. Len Hammond CSI:Hartland lenhamm...@gmail.com<mailto:lenhamm...@gmail.com> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Tim Evans mailto:tev...@sparling.com>> wrote: reset the administrator password

RE: Consultant PC on your network

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Evans
Do you issue them ID's individually? How does that work? From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 5:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Consultant PC on your network We have a "guest" wireless access point in our DMZ for this, all they get is

RE: Missing "find now" button

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Evans
Yes, I get the same thing here on both WS08R2 and WS08 SP2 From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 2:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Missing "find now" button So, is anyone able to either replicate this or refute that it happens

RE: Missing "find now" button

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Evans
Neither do I. I meant to say that I get the same results as Bonnie on both -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 2:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Missing "find now" button I don't see it on

RE: Windows KMS licensing

2009-12-14 Thread Tim Evans
The KMS for Vista/WS08 didn't count VM's towards the total count. The one with Win7/WS08R2 does count them. From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 5:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows KMS licensing Huh? Hadn't heard that,

RE: MVLS site up?

2009-12-16 Thread Tim Evans
Yesterday, they were saying that their targeting it back on line today, but I'm not getting anything at all this morning. I was told yesterday that it was a problem with the back end database and that not even Microsoft staff has access to the information. It seems to me that someone screwed up

RE: Retrieving deleted IE and Firefox history Urgent

2009-12-18 Thread Tim Evans
Sans has a good blog at https://blogs.sans.org/computer-forensics/ …Tim From: bambi.j.saas...@seagate.com [mailto:bambi.j.saas...@seagate.com] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 9:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Fw: Retrieving deleted IE and Firefox history Urgent Does any one know any

MVLS site is back up

2009-12-18 Thread Tim Evans
For now anyways. It seems much snappier than before. That would be nice if it stays that way. ...Tim ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: MVLS site is back up

2009-12-18 Thread Tim Evans
ng to break it. From: Tim Evans<mailto:tev...@sparling.com> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 1:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues<mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Subject: MVLS site is back up For now anyways. It seems much snappier than before. That would be nice if it stays

WS08R2 eBook

2009-12-23 Thread Tim Evans
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/C/0/5C0BD0AB-040D-4C56-A60B-661001012DDA/Windows_Server_2008_R2_e-book.pdf pretty basic, but it seems to cover all the new features. It may be helpful for those working on WS03 -> WS08 sales pitch ...Tim ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T

RE: Wipe server Hard drives

2010-01-05 Thread Tim Evans
It depends on the controller. I'm currently wiping several drives on a perc2 controller. I had to boot with the noverify option to get it to come up. There are other boot options you can play with too that might help. ...Tim From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, Janua

RE: How do you feel about bloatware?

2010-01-06 Thread Tim Evans
don't forget Symantec ...Tim From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How do you feel about bloatware? And Java... From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:17 AM To:

RE: Win7 God mode?

2010-01-06 Thread Tim Evans
Do you use the search box in control panel? I've never had any problems finding things in the new control panel layout with it, as opposed to trying to guess where Microsoft hid it. ...Tim From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:33 AM To: NT System Ad

RE: Using Windows Easy Transfer

2010-01-08 Thread Tim Evans
I haven't used Easy Transfer, but I did use USMT4 which I understand is the same thing ...Tim From: Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:tlemmik...@all-mode.com] Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 12:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Using Windows Easy Transfer Has anyone got Windows Easy Transfer to w

RE: RMDIR and Wildcards

2010-01-14 Thread Tim Evans
for %f in (\directory*) do rd /s "%f" Add /Q if you're brave and don't want to be prompted for each one ...Tim From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 8:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RMDIR and Wildcards Hi, For one reason or another I have

RE: RMDIR and Wildcards

2010-01-14 Thread Tim Evans
ot;%f" From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: RMDIR and Wildcards Hi Tim, Are you sure that syntax is correct, as it doesnt appear to work here :( Gavin. On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Tim Evans

RE: KMS count question

2010-01-15 Thread Tim Evans
I'm pretty sure it is a combined value. Once you have the 5 server licenses, you only need 20 more to start activating the clients. I've never seen it documented anywhere, but that's the way it seemed to work here From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Friday, Janua

RE: KMS count question

2010-01-15 Thread Tim Evans
Good to know for sure, thanks From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 12:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: KMS count question Thanks I think I found the answer on Technet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd979804.aspx

RE: vSphere 4.0 Update 1 and MS Forefront

2010-01-27 Thread Tim Evans
> Contacted MS and was informed they don't support Server 2008 R2 in virtual > environments. Go figure... WTF? Really - just a blanket statement like that? That seems particularly out of touch with things today. ...Tim From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 27,

RE: NOD32 v2 definition issue?

2008-06-25 Thread Tim Evans
3218 fixed our issues here ...Tim From: Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: NOD32 v2 definition issue? Latest defs still popping false positives. Anyone got anything on this? -- Durf On Wed, Jun 25, 2008

RE: Rant: Incorrect quotes from vendors

2008-07-11 Thread Tim Evans
That's one reason why we no longer buy Dell. Even the account exec's manager couldn't get the problem fixed. We haven't had that problem with HP. ...Tim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 1:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Rant: Incor

RE: Cannot use RDP to coonnect to a Windows 2008 Server

2008-07-14 Thread Tim Evans
I guess it's a good thing I didn't read that part of the manual before I set mine up. I've got RDP access to my new 2008 DC now, but network discovery is off. ...Tim From: Graeme Carstairs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 9:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re:

RE: Cannot use RDP to coonnect to a Windows 2008 Server

2008-07-14 Thread Tim Evans
hange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 1:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Cannot use RDP to coonnect to a Windows 2008 Server I guess it's a good thing I didn't read that part of the manual before I set mine u

RE: Sharepoint Explorer View Issues

2008-07-25 Thread Tim Evans
When we set it up, we set up a SPN for HTTP and the sharepoint service account on MOSS. My theory is that Kerberos is trying to look up a SPN for SPPS instead, which doesn't exist, and I can't add one because it isn't an object in AD. Any thoughts? ...Tim From: Tim Evan

RE: Sharepoint Explorer View Issues

2008-07-25 Thread Tim Evans
ght become a problem. -Bonnie From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 12:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Sharepoint Explorer View Issues Maybe I'm beating a dead horse here, but I've got to try :-) We've discovered that by d

RE: Sharepoint Explorer View Issues

2008-07-25 Thread Tim Evans
its kind of like that accounting 201 class, > once you understand how it all works together it seems like it all > makes sense. > > -Troy > > > From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 1:13 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject:

RE: Sharepoint Explorer View Issues

2008-07-28 Thread Tim Evans
g IIS 7) Cheers Ken From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 26 July 2008 5:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Sharepoint Explorer View Issues Maybe I'm beating a dead horse here, but I've got to try :-) We've discovered that b

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Tim Evans
Sounds like you may have an infected client on your network that is sending outbound spam. Block port 25 at the firewall for all but authorized systems (mail server). Set the mail server so that it only accepts mail from your exchange server. That should get things cleared up enough so that you'll

RE: blacklists

2008-07-28 Thread Tim Evans
25 at the firewall for all but authorized systems (mail server)." Any idea how to do this on a Watchguard 700? Thanks ________ From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 5:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: blackli

RE: blacklists

2008-07-29 Thread Tim Evans
t;Block port 25 at the firewall for all but authorized systems (mail server)." Any idea how to do this on a Watchguard 700? Thanks From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 5:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: blackl

RE: blacklists

2008-07-29 Thread Tim Evans
, 2008 8:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: blacklists It's the Symantec Mail Security for SMTP. Now what? From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: blacklists

RE: DNS Vulnerability

2008-07-30 Thread Tim Evans
I don't think that's right. On my system here, IPCONFIG /ALL shows our internal DNS servers. When I run the test at DoxPara.com, it reports on the external forwarders that my DNS servers point to. Given that my DNS servers are NATted behind a firewall, I'm not sure how it could check them anyway. I

RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

2008-08-14 Thread Tim Evans
If you are running a DC virtualized, setting the clock back could have an impact. ...Tim > -Original Message- > From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:16 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available ag

RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

2008-08-14 Thread Tim Evans
ject: RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again. > > Only if yours guests are synchronising time with your esx hosts. not > sure why you would want to do that? > > ________ > From: Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 15 August 2

RE: After-hours work

2008-08-16 Thread Tim Evans
We have a nice setup here - we get our pick between #4 (paid quarterly) or #5 (Onsite IT, private industry) ...Tim From: Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: After-hours work Hey all, Taking a little informal poll a

RE: Scripted uninstalls - MSIEXEC

2008-08-22 Thread Tim Evans
While I haven't tested it on an uninstall, MsiExec V 3.01.4001.5512 has a /norestart option. I know that it works on installs. Have you tried that? ...Tim From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 10:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Scripted unins

RE: Scripted uninstalls - MSIEXEC

2008-08-22 Thread Tim Evans
hing has been established to happen on reboot. Thanks! Carl From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 2:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Scripted uninstalls - MSIEXEC While I haven't tested it on an uninstall, MsiExec V 3.01.4001.551

RE: Quick MS Access Question

2008-11-21 Thread Tim Evans
It's been a long time since I dealt with this (Access 98?), but I believe you need to enable workgroup mode on the notebook that is hosting the database. Even though the file is not opened exclusive, Access writes to a LDB lock file that other instances will respect. ...Tim From: James Kerr [m

RE: Quick MS Access Question

2008-11-21 Thread Tim Evans
work if you click on the file itself or create a shortcut to the file which I find odd. I dont know, maybe its to have to be like that this year. - Original Message - From: Tim Evans<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NT System Admin Issues<mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com

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