RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Jon Harris
That was the same time period the Microsoft sale drone told me. He kind of seemed to know something as he also volunteered that he expected to see the preview out the last week of June, first week of July time period. I still did not trust that everything he said was true but hey at least

RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Kennedy, Jim
The preview is available on Technet now if you have a subscription, as an iso. If you don’t have Technet you can get it if you are running 8 via the store now. Looks like the iso’s will be available to the general public at some time. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/preview

RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Rod Trent
Windows 8 is great for both desktop and touch. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Richard Stovall Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 4:33 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question Until he

RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Rod Trent
The Preview is available now. Plus, some commentary… http://windowsitpro.com/windows-8/windows-81-preview From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 2:23 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject:

RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Rod Trent
Microsoft will never put a hard release date on anything – just in case. But, they have now promised to have, at least, two release cycles per year. All products are now dependent on Windows, so you’ll have two massive product updates generally in the Spring and the Fall. From:

Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread kz20fl
I'm not so sold on it desktop-wise, but that's just my humble opinion Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY -Original Message- From: Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com Sender: listsadmin@lists.myitforum.comDate: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 08:03:49 To:

RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Rod Trent
Public ISOs will available here, hopefully today: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/iso-preview From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Kennedy, Jim Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 8:02 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject:

RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread David Lum
Is not Windows 8.1 just a fancy way to say Win8 SP1? From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of rodtr...@myitforum.com Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 7:41 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question Yes,

RE: [NTSysADM] IE10 finally did it..

2013-06-27 Thread Guyer, Don
Ditto here on the internal stuff not working with IE10. Regards, Don Guyer Catholic Health East - Information Technology Enterprise Directory Messaging Services 3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa 19073 email: dgu...@che.orgmailto:dgu...@che.org Office: 610.550.3595 | Cell:

RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Rod Trent
No. SP’s are generally meant to fix things, not add major features. Microsoft is moving to cumulative updates (CUs) for the fixes, and dot releases to provide major new features and functions. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of David

RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Rod Trent
After attending TechEd NA this year and playing with the Viewsonic touchscreens, I'm actually looking at replacing one of my four desktop monitors with one. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of William Robbins Sent: Thursday, June 27,

Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread William Robbins
I've seen those too. I had thought about getting one, but they are kind of pricey for something I don't really need/want. Reminds me of why I migrated from PC to console gaming...I got tired of having to buy new hardware every time new software came out. - WJR On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 9:01

RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Guyer, Don
That and playing on a 50 plasma screen is so much better... : ) Regards, Don Guyer Catholic Health East - Information Technology Enterprise Directory Messaging Services 3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa 19073 email: dgu...@che.orgmailto:dgu...@che.org Office:

Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Kurt Buff
Shutdown -r -t 0 http://www.leapmotion.com - I've pre-ordered two of them, because I think this kind of interface has a good possibility to provide reasonable augmentation or even replacement of keyboarding. Kurt On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 6:57 AM, William Robbins dangerw...@gmail.com wrote: It

Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread William Robbins
If I wanted to type shutdown commands I'd do it on my Linux machine. Which, oddly enough, has a shutdown/restart option in the menu. As to replacing keyboarding... my teenage daughter begs to differ. - WJR On Jun 27, 2013 9:32 AM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Shutdown -r -t 0

Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread James Rankin
Been using it since January (earlier if you count the CP), and I'm still not convinced it's better than what I had under Windows 7. I run a lot of VMs too. However - this is neither the time or the place for the old Windows 8 - love it or hate it debate, just saying that people's opinions of it

RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Rod Trent
I've seen a couple for around $200, but they were small (22 inch). From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of William Robbins Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 10:06 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8

Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread William Robbins
I was going to let the size comment go. ;) - WJR On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: I’ve seen a couple for around $200, but they were small (22 inch). ** ** ** ** *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:

[NTSysADM] Tech Hiring on the rise

2013-06-27 Thread Don Kuhlman
Just sharing...Dice author says IT hiring is on the rise.

Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Jim Majorowicz
The preview is already available from the app store. On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:22 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@live.com wrote: That was the same time period the Microsoft sale drone told me. He kind of seemed to know something as he also volunteered that he expected to see the preview out the

Re: [NTSysADM] Submit e-mail anonymously

2013-06-27 Thread James Rankin
Why not have them just fill out a form and drop it in a file share? Not entirely straightforward for Joe User, but maintains anonymity On 27 June 2013 18:04, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: We have a desire to have employees send all-staff questions to thisaddr...@nwea.org but have the

[NTSysADM] RE: Submit e-mail anonymously

2013-06-27 Thread Kennedy, Jim
You and your staff would still be able to walk it back to the original user through your server logs even if you wrote some rules to clean up the headers and stuff. If they want something close to true anonymity leave it as is. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com

Re: [NTSysADM] Submit e-mail anonymously

2013-06-27 Thread James Rankin
Are we talking about NTFS ownership or in-doc ownership? There's probably a way around it with inheritance or summat if NTFS.but yes, the very existence of this debate only further proves that sticking with what's working is probably way best :-) On 27 June 2013 18:22, Jonathan Link

RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Tim Evans
PowerShell -Command {Restart-computer} Put it in an icon on your desktop and you don't have to type it …Tim -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 7:35 AM To:

RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Tim Evans
Didn't know that, nice! …Tim -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Damien Solodow Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 10:51 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question Or at the

Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Ryan Finnesey
Yes at the build keynote. Sent from my iPad On Jun 27, 2013, at 12:13 AM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edumailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote: I know September/october seems to be the safe bet, but have you seen anything official regarding a release date? Sent from my Windows Phone

Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Ryan Finnesey
I have been very happy with 8. Sent from my iPad On Jun 27, 2013, at 4:35 AM, Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.commailto:rich...@gmail.com wrote: Until he actually starts using Windows 8, that is... ;) On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:47 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@live.commailto:jk.har...@live.com

Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Ryan Finnesey
At that price I am going to order one. Sent from my iPad mini On Jun 27, 2013, at 10:56 AM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.commailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: I've seen a couple for around $200, but they were small (22 inch). From:

Re: [NTSysADM] Submit e-mail anonymously

2013-06-27 Thread Kurt Buff
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:04 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: We have a desire to have employees send all-staff questions to thisaddr...@nwea.org but have the sender be anonymous. We currently use surveymonkey but I have been asked if it’s feasible to just tell our employees to send an

RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Ryan Finnesey
Awesome thank you. Just ordered two Viewsonics. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Rod Trent Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 2:28 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question Here's the cheapest

[NTSysADM] RE: Submit e-mail anonymously

2013-06-27 Thread Ryan Finnesey
I remember back when I got on the internet for the first time in the days of gopher there was an anonymous re-mailer run out of Finland. I do not know if it is still around. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of David Lum Sent: Thursday,

Re: [NTSysADM] Submit e-mail anonymously

2013-06-27 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 1:04 PM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: We have a desire to have employees send all-staff questions to thisaddr...@nwea.org but have the sender be anonymous. We currently use surveymonkey but I have been asked if it’s feasible to just tell our employees to send an

RE: [NTSysADM] Submit e-mail anonymously

2013-06-27 Thread J- P
Oh yeah- Google for anonymity , that's an oxymoron given the recent revelations LOL From: kennedy...@elyriaschools.org To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Submit e-mail anonymously Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:24:39 + Google Forms. -Original

Re: [NTSysADM] Submit e-mail anonymously

2013-06-27 Thread Andrew S. Baker
The problem is: would anyone in the organization *believe* that it is anonymous, thus, would they actually use it? *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker* **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Thu, Jun

RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Free, Bob
Oh but I am ...currently wondering if the little buggers can be trained to follow directions...the possibilities are mind boggling. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Rod Trent Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 3:04 PM To:

Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Andrew S. Baker
So, now when people talk about wanting to be a fly on the wall it's so they can DO things, not just HEAR things... *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker* **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Thu, Jun

Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread rodtrent
Ahhh...my next profession when the Cloud dries up IT. Sent from Microsoft Surface Pro From: Free, Bob Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎June‎ ‎27‎, ‎2013 ‎6‎:‎26‎ ‎PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Oh but I am …currently wondering if the little buggers can be trained to follow directions…the

Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread William Robbins
Interesting. Well my box is still pretty quick to boot from a power = 0 state. (Unplugged for UPS replacement today. :) ) - WJR On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Ken Schaefer k...@kj.net.au wrote: Isn’t booting quick because it uses partial hibernate now? (unless you disable hybrid

Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread William Robbins
I can imagine you as a ringleader. - WJR On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 5:37 PM, rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Ahhh...my next profession when the Cloud dries up IT. Sent from Microsoft Surface Pro *From:* Free, Bob *Sent:* Thursday, June 27, 2013 6:26 PM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com

RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question

2013-06-27 Thread Ken Schaefer
No different - hibernate doesn't require AC power. You can disable fast boot, or you can use restart. Both of which would check how fast a traditional boot would take. I guess this is why installing updates has switched to install updates and restart whereas before it used to be install