Re: [NTSysADM] RE: free helpdesk and inventory software?

2016-06-20 Thread James M. Pulver
RT for helpdesk. Inventory we use GLPI + Fusion Inventory. GLPI also does helpdesk, but no idea how usable that part is as we don't use it. James Pulver CLASSE Computer Group Cornell University On 06/20/2016 09:33 AM, David McSpadden wrote: lansweeper *From:*listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [

Re: [NTSysADM] Recommendations for 3rd party hardware maitenance

2016-08-01 Thread James M. Pulver
I've never used such a service, but I wonder what you might expect to actually get from them? We have pretty specific hardware, like a Flex x240 or specific System X 3550 M3 server configuration platform that doesn't often show up on, say, ebay the way a System Networking G8052 might. So if you

Re: [NTSysADM] PowerShell on Linux and Open Source

2016-08-19 Thread James M. Pulver
I just hope it actually can help with managing Windows from Linux. Heck, if I can get choclatey to let me just run cpack on CentOS7, that's really all I need to get away from an old Win7 laptop that I basically use just for that. Of course, this starts to address a big reason I never have done

Re: [NTSysADM] Macrium Reflect Opinions anyone?

2016-08-24 Thread James M. Pulver
What is it you're trying to do? I demo'd Macrium because of their technician license, which I think would be cost effective for cloning an existing Windows computer to a different one. I used to use Acronis for all of that till the licensing changed such that I'd need an expensive license per P

Re: [NTSysADM] core suggestions was- VLAN dhcp issue Netgear GS748Tv5

2016-08-24 Thread James M. Pulver
Personally, if you need support, I'd just buy what you're familiar with, in this case Cisco. For others who are self supporting, Ubiquiti is decent, and Blade/IBM/Lenovo switches can be had on e-bay for super cheap for what you can get. I actually would think this would probably hold for vendor

Re: [NTSysADM] RE: CMAK profiles without admin rights

2016-10-13 Thread James M. Pulver
If the problem is the routes don't get published, you can put Users in Network Configurator Operators group, and turn off UAC, and then normal users can update their route maps. James Pulver CLASSE Computer Group Cornell University On 10/13/2016 07:46 AM, Melvin Backus wrote: Budget for this

Re: [NTSysADM] RE: CMAK profiles without admin rights

2016-10-19 Thread James M. Pulver
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Re: [NTSysADM] OT: IT Philosophy

2016-12-08 Thread James M. Pulver
The legality issue is the big one. You'll care when you get sued by a media company. You'll especially care if you end up with any personal liability too. Just wait till there's some trumped up child porn charge about a kids photo (google it, it's not uncommon) and now the company's backups are

Re: [NTSysADM] Serial device servers

2017-01-17 Thread James M. Pulver
We've had good luck with Moxa serial servers. James Pulver CLASSE Computer Group Cornell University On 01/16/2017 11:55 AM, Lee Anderson wrote: http://www.systech.com/nds-rackmount we have deployed 100’s of systech devices and are very happy with their performance and reliability. Lee

Re: [NTSysADM] Sohpos disables UAC ?

2017-03-10 Thread James M. Pulver
As far as I know, UAC isn't a security feature. James Pulver CLASSE Computer Group Cornell University On 03/10/2017 11:24 AM, Klaus Hartnegg wrote: Has anybody recently seen Sophos Antivirus ("Endpoint Security") disabling User Account control in Windows 7? Many computers here suddenly have UA

Re: [NTSysADM] Asset Management Options

2017-03-16 Thread James M. Pulver
GLPI + Fusion Inventory plugin? James Pulver CLASSE Computer Group Cornell University On 03/14/2017 08:25 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: I haven't had a chance to use it yet, but this looks very interesting: https://osquery.io/ Kurt On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Alex Nabicht wrote: Greetings All,

Re: [NTSysADM] Has anyone here used this product, and can comment on it?

2017-03-28 Thread James M. Pulver
Well, it seems to be Windows only, which is quite a limitation. Ideally (for me) it would be web based and run on a linux server. I do wish it was less "flash" in the demo and more ideas about price and actual functionality. Yes, I saw it works with CISCO IOS devices. That's great. We don't run

Re: [NTSysADM] Reset permissions on hard disk - Windows 10 Enterprise

2017-03-29 Thread James M. Pulver
Taking Ownership usually isn't sufficient, you then have to grant yourself full control. However, with an Enterprise OS, shouldn't you use a domain account, and then have the same user and permissions? James Pulver CLASSE Computer Group Cornell University On 03/29/2017 01:25 PM, Eric Levinson

Re: [NTSysADM] dell rant

2017-05-04 Thread James M. Pulver
It does depend on the warranty a lot. I know IBM/Lenovo have CRU vs FRU, CRU = customer replaceable unit. If you want a tech for CRUs also, you pay for the upgrade. That being said, in the business lines(Think branded products and SystemX servers) they are pretty willing to send a tech in the l

Re: [NTSysADM] Recommendations for a Security Software Reseller

2017-09-06 Thread James M. Pulver
If you can't afford the fancy stuff, I'd take a look at ESET, via say CDW. They had good pricing, good licensing (you buy X seats and can use Windows ,Linux , Mac, server ...) and if you use their virtual appliance for the server it is dead simple to set up. They also have pretty savvy tech sup

Re: [NTSysADM] Dropping Kaspersky Av, who to replace it with?

2017-09-15 Thread James M. Pulver
I've always liked ESET, and when we dropped Symantec, ESET was quoted to be the least expensive of a bunch we looked at. The ERA appliance is great, but a self install on Linux was buggy as hell. Glad I moved to the Virtual Appliance. Their tech support is B+ in my opinion. Upgraded to an A- as

[NTSysADM] Setting up a single / standalone RDS server on Server 2016

2017-09-26 Thread James M. Pulver
I've been sort of muddling through on this since I began playing with Sever2016. I need to set up a new terminal server, and in 2016, I can get sort of half way there in the way I set up on Server 2008 R2, but I can't get all the GUIs or however you do remoteapp etc to work. I tried the RDS op

Re: [NTSysADM] Server build recommendation

2018-01-26 Thread James M. Pulver
You can actually go to IT Creations on ebay, they're a good refurbisher, and get an IBM System X 3550 M4 for around $3,000 specced with 2x 8 core Xeon, 256GB RAM 2x Enterprise Value SSDs, 2x 10Gbit SFP+ and 4x 1Gbit RJ45, IMM upgrade for remote KVM etc... Oh, and dual power and redundant coolin