[NTSysADM] Forest Functional Level change

2014-03-05 Thread Melvin Backus
he process. I've done a few of these in the past with no issues but we've since added Exchange to the mix so that's my main concern. Single forest, single domain, multiple sites. -------- Melvin Backus | Sr. Systems Analyst | Byers Engineering Company | 404.497.15

[NTSysADM] RE: Forest Functional Level change

2014-03-05 Thread Melvin Backus
ysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Forest Functional Level change Which version of Exchange? Including SPs and URs. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2014

[NTSysADM] RE: Forest Functional Level change

2014-03-06 Thread Melvin Backus
tforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 1:31 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Forest Functional Level change 2010 SP1 UR6 -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand

RE: [NTSysADM] One of those dumb things...

2014-03-11 Thread Melvin Backus
So, if I'm reading this correctly, PASSWORD1 is valid. :) WhooHoo!! -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Ben S

RE: [NTSysADM] Active Directory DC replication issue

2014-03-11 Thread Melvin Backus
Also, from earlier in the thread I seem to recall that one of the child DCs resolved correctly while the other one resolved external addresses. That's pointing to configuration rather than the fact that the domain exists. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who unders

RE: [NTSysADM] unable to join domain

2014-03-13 Thread Melvin Backus
We’ve run into this on a pretty common basis in our remote offices. To the best of my knowledge every instance so far has been resolved by forcing the dns search list to contain the domain we’re trying to join and making it first on the list. Because of some client related configurations we ac

[NTSysADM] RE: Forest Functional Level change

2014-03-13 Thread Melvin Backus
s.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 3:59 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Forest Functional Level change It's

RE: [NTSysADM] unable to join domain

2014-03-13 Thread Melvin Backus
Good point. I've run across problems in the past where everything looked correct. Turned out the year was wrong. :( -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.

RE: [NTSysADM] Rejoin Computer to Domain Without Removing

2014-03-17 Thread Melvin Backus
I wind up having to remove / rejoin machines to our domain occasionally that have been stored, etc., and get purged from the directory. While the unjoin process will prompt you for a reboot, I've not had any ill effects from skipping it and just immediately doing the rejoin. The research I've

RE: [NTSysADM] 64-bit GUI file copy puzzler

2014-03-20 Thread Melvin Backus
Just a shot in the dark, but … Since you said it was file format/extension dependent I’d check the file associations for .rpt files and see what program is set to deal with them. I’m guessing that may be different between the working XP clients and the failing Win7 clients. -- There are 10 ki

RE: [NTSysADM] 64-bit GUI file copy puzzler

2014-03-20 Thread Melvin Backus
the file copies fine. -Dave Lum From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 9:37 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.co

RE: [NTSysADM] Start Menu returns

2014-04-04 Thread Melvin Backus
I can't say for what's been available recently but that sounds like exactly what we were using about 10 years ago in my QA group. Any OS, nothing else. They might have dropped it at some point in between and have revived it, or perhaps renamed it, but I'm sure that's what we were using. -- Th

RE: [NTSysADM] Home router

2014-04-08 Thread Melvin Backus
Sorry, I've recently joined the list, but it sounds like you might be looking for a commercial consumer router which is already running DDWRT. In that case, some of the Buffalo units are probably what you're looking for. I believe the N600 is one of them. -- There are 10 kinds of people in

RE: [NTSysADM] OT: Opensource OS with RDP

2014-04-09 Thread Melvin Backus
If you're covered under SA there's WinTCP. Not open source, but free (if you're covered). I haven't worked with it yet, but I pulled a copy last week. Still trying to work it into my schedule. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don

RE: [NTSysADM] Home router

2014-04-14 Thread Melvin Backus
So, for those of you who've actually used them, do they support multiple networks, vlans, etc.? -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Nei

RE: [NTSysADM] XP issue after Forefront update

2014-04-16 Thread Melvin Backus
Given our experiences with UAG over the last couple of years, I'd say they quit testing with XP a looonnng time ago. :) -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitfor

RE: [NTSysADM] Windows 8.1 update required to be installed

2014-04-17 Thread Melvin Backus
If this is a broken update Microsoft normally wouldn't charge for an incident. Probably worth the attempt at least to confirm. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.co

RE: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro

2014-04-18 Thread Melvin Backus
What high memory? This system only had 128K ☺ -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Steven M. Caesare Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 9:20 A

RE: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro

2014-04-18 Thread Melvin Backus
Young Whipper Snapper! ☺ -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Steven M. Caesare Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 2:28 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.m

[NTSysADM] RE: Print Drivers - v3 vs v4 With Server 2012r2 Print Server and Windows 7 Clients

2014-04-21 Thread Melvin Backus
Since we're on this topic, (and not to hijack the thread, it seems sort related) :) , is there a print equivalent to DFS which would make the target server transparent to the user? (Or is that what the 'point & print' is supposed to do? -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world...

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Print Drivers - v3 vs v4 With Server 2012r2 Print Server and Windows 7 Clients

2014-04-21 Thread Melvin Backus
I'd considered clustering, although not that particular configuration. Since we're a VMWare shop that's easy enough to do with a FT VM. It may wind up being the best choice available. Either way that provides redundancy and failover, but not transparency. -- There are 10 kinds of people in t

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Print Drivers - v3 vs v4 With Server 2012r2 Print Server and Windows 7 Clients

2014-04-22 Thread Melvin Backus
to:br...@briandesmond.com> w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132 From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com>] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Monday, April 21, 2

RE: [NTSysADM] iis7 Enter PASS command

2014-04-22 Thread Melvin Backus
Even assuming resume works, if you haven't already done so I'd strongly recommend you scan your network for FTP servers, as it certainly appears that you've got more than one. That could also be the result of conditional headers based on some client response, etc., but I think I'd want to confi

RE: [NTSysADM] iis7 Enter PASS command-Solvd

2014-04-23 Thread Melvin Backus
You might be able to address that by setting up a route on the remote FW to force that specific IP traffic out over the Internet instead of through the tunnel. It depends on the FW and what it's specific capabilities are. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who unders

RE: [NTSysADM] DHCP and Active Directory documentation scripts

2014-04-23 Thread Melvin Backus
Do you plan on maintaining support for both v1 and v2 of the AD scripts? I’m game to help test but 2012 isn’t in the picture for a while down the road. Perhaps a fallback mode to the 2008r2 functionality if the requirements for 2012 aren’t available? Anyway, I’m in! ☺ -- There are 10 kinds o

RE: [NTSysADM] NAC and NAP technologies

2014-04-23 Thread Melvin Backus
We use MS NAP for enforcing health checks on our VPN. Happy to discuss if you like in that limited capacity. We don't really use it elsewhere, at least yet. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Andrew S. Baker Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014

[NTSysADM] DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
ell when it happens fairly easily, but nothing in the event logs, etc., seems to indicate what triggered it, or what process is doing it. It doesn't happen as part of a DHCP operation as best we can tell. Melvin Backus | Sr. Systems Analyst | Byers Engineering Co

RE: [NTSysADM] DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
DNS servers >>which are used to resolve hosts in the partner's domains. Why would you need separate DNS servers to handle this? ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker<http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the

[NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
lto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thursday, 24 April 2014 10:27 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [NTSysADM] DNS server settings getting changed OK, this has been driving us nuts for a couple of days now. One of our remote sites is

[NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
omeone got some software called DNSchanger installed. It would change DNS to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. Are those the IP's its changing to? From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thu

RE: [NTSysADM] DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
tforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 9:08 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] DNS server settings getting changed No other DHCP servers that I'm aware of bu

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
trojan. It seems odd that these systems are getting your Domain DNS. Would those servers be providing resolution to systems that would otherwise not? Would someone want to use your Domain DNS over what you are configuring? -- Espi On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Melvin Backus mailto:melvin.bac

RE: [NTSysADM] DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
-sc From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 9:19 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] DN

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
P4 From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 9:41 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE:

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
tforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 9:00 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed We'

RE: [NTSysADM] DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
we track what is actually changing the DNS settings? I can tell when it happens fairly easily, but nothing in the event logs, etc., seems to indicate what triggered it, or what process is doing it. It doesn't happen as part of a DHCP operation as best we can tell. -

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 10:07 AM To: NTSysADM@lists.myITforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed Network location profiles...I'm just sayin :) 2 minutes to delete and recreate, 30 minutes to wait for results. On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Mel

RE: [NTSysADM] DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
amp; Information Security) for the SMB market... On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Melvin Backus mailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com>> wrote: Yep, been there. That's actually our temp solution, make them static instead of dhcp. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world...

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
58 AM, Melvin Backus mailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com>> wrote: OK, I surrender. Showing my ignorance, where do I do that on an XP box? -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.co

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
h of DNS server info. Regards, ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker<http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market... On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Melvin Backus mailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com>> wrote: No

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
eeMe.com/AndrewBaker<http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market... On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Melvin Backus mailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com>> wrote: I was actually already doing that, just in ca

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: DNS server settings getting changed

2014-04-24 Thread Melvin Backus
heduled Task causing this? (Late to the party) Sent from my (new!) BlackBerry, which may make me an antiques dealer, but it's reliable as hell for email delivery :-) ________ From: Melvin Backus mailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com>> Sender: listsad..

RE: [NTSysADM] IE exploit

2014-04-29 Thread Melvin Backus
Hey, it just means, if you can't get into the parking lot, you can't attack the front door. :) Well, at least not without finding another path. :( -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad..

RE: [NTSysADM] Disable the f**king Charms bar in Windows 8.1

2014-05-01 Thread Melvin Backus
Perhaps this? Haven’t tried it, just digging. http://ezinearticles.com/?Image-File-Execution-Options---How-to-Hijack-a-Program&id=4088225 -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:lists

RE: [NTSysADM] XP is no longer supported. OK wait, just this one last time...

2014-05-01 Thread Melvin Backus
And I believe that technically this is classified as a browser patch, not an OS patch. The fact that they weren't planning on releasing it for XP was likely more policy driven than technical requirements. I suspect most of the stuff is just a matter of proper tagging to get it pushed rather th

[NTSysADM] RE: Moving on to new Position, might be gone from the list for a Bit

2014-05-05 Thread Melvin Backus
Congrats dude. Good luck! -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Ziots, Edward Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 10:30 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myit

RE: [NTSysADM] Data sharing and collaboration.

2014-05-08 Thread Melvin Backus
There’s the trigger you need. We can do XYZ for free. If you need 123 then we’ll have to pay $$$. If it’s just something for them, they usually couldn’t care less, but when it becomes something they have to buy for the whole company things get reevaluated. -- There are 10 kinds of people in t

RE: [NTSysADM] Get server data query..

2014-05-15 Thread Melvin Backus
Systeminfo with the csv format option should get what you want. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of li...@th

RE: [NTSysADM] A Windows 7 image was deployed to EVERYTHING.

2014-05-19 Thread Melvin Backus
I think it can safely be assumed (yes I know) that a deployment server should never overwrite itself as part of a deployment. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.c

RE: [NTSysADM] A Windows 7 image was deployed to EVERYTHING.

2014-05-19 Thread Melvin Backus
rum.com on behalf of Melvin Backus Sent: Mon 5/19/2014 10:05 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] A Windows 7 image was deployed to EVERYTHING. I think it can safely be assumed (yes I know) that a deployment server should never overwrite itself as part of a deployment. -- Th

[NTSysADM] RE: Adding employeeNumber field in ADUC user property window

2014-05-19 Thread Melvin Backus
I'm guessing you probably found the same one I did. I've been running if for about 5 years now with no "known" ill effects, in case that makes you feel better. We also handle employee type that way too. I agree, a separate tab or being able to expose it on one of the existing tabs would be pr

[NTSysADM] RE: Adding employeeNumber field in ADUC user property window

2014-05-20 Thread Melvin Backus
'd still like to have something available that's already familiar with everyone else for new users. -Paul -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 4:13 PM To: ntsysadm

[NTSysADM] RE: Adding employeeNumber field in ADUC user property window

2014-05-21 Thread Melvin Backus
Number is an option. Powershell is a definite for initially populating the attribute for existing users. I'd still like to have something available that's already familiar with everyone else for new users. -Paul -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailt

[NTSysADM] RE: Adding employeeNumber field in ADUC user property window

2014-05-22 Thread Melvin Backus
ng into using an attribute that won't change and employeeNumber is an option. Powershell is a definite for initially populating the attribute for existing users. I'd still like to have something available that's already familiar with everyone else for new users. -Paul -Or

[NTSysADM] RE: Expiring Passwords

2014-05-27 Thread Melvin Backus
Yep, lots of folks got bitten by that. I use a powershell script to parse AD for expiring users and do email notifications. I found a very nice one here: http://www.ehloworld.com/318 A few tweaks to customize it to your site (most of those are flagged in the script) and you're on your way. -

[NTSysADM] Invisible NIC - now there's no network

2014-05-27 Thread Melvin Backus
in vsphere causing things to get removed from the configuration, but that isn't consistent with this since they still show up both in the GUI and in the VMWare settings. (We actually have people do that occasionally in our VDI environment, and now I actually know how to prevent it. ) a

[NTSysADM] RE: Invisible NIC - now there's no network

2014-05-27 Thread Melvin Backus
t; [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 2:53 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [NTSysADM] Invisible NIC - now there's no network OK, after about a day and a half looking at this I'm official

[NTSysADM] RE: Invisible NIC - now there's no network

2014-05-27 Thread Melvin Backus
s.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 3:38 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Invisible NIC - now there's no

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Invisible NIC - now there's no network

2014-05-27 Thread Melvin Backus
ysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Invisible NIC - now there's no network Corrupt plug-n-play database? On May 27, 2014, at 12:51, "Melvin Backus" mailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com>> wrote: There don’t appear to be. The only things that show up by turning on t

RE: [NTSysADM] Invisible NIC - now there's no network

2014-05-27 Thread Melvin Backus
m.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Invisible NIC - now there's no network Are you running SEP by chance? Robert On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Melvin Backus mailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com>> wrote: OK, after about a day and a half looking at this I’m officially, well, that might get me toss

RE: [NTSysADM] Invisible NIC - now there's no network

2014-05-28 Thread Melvin Backus
ows. Cheers, Robert On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Melvin Backus mailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com>> wrote: Yes, we are. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mai

RE: [NTSysADM] Hmmm.... TrueCrypt

2014-05-29 Thread Melvin Backus
OK, so now it comes out. The aliens who *were* that division went home. :) -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf

RE: [NTSysADM] It has been a while.....Is it just me....

2014-06-03 Thread Melvin Backus
Everyone but you apparently. ☺ -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 12:52 PM To: NTSysADM Subject:

RE: [NTSysADM] It has been a while.....Is it just me....

2014-06-03 Thread Melvin Backus
Probably because the old list never stopped working, it just died functionally. AFAIK, they're still sending out quarterly admin notices, etc. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:li

RE: [NTSysADM] Quick SRP question

2014-06-05 Thread Melvin Backus
Userprofile includes the drive, homepath doesn’t. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Richard Stovall Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 10:5

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: P2V DC

2014-06-06 Thread Melvin Backus
That said, in pretty much every case of machines that we’ve done a P2V, while they were successful, we later ended up rebuilding the VM or replacing it, either because of weird failures or performance issues. I know that *shouldn’t* happen, but after a few rounds of fighting it we just stopped

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: P2V DC

2014-06-06 Thread Melvin Backus
oads not suited to a VM in our environment.) On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Melvin Backus mailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com>> wrote: That said, in pretty much every case of machines that we’ve done a P2V, while they were successful, we later ended up rebuilding the VM or replacing it, either

RE: [NTSysADM] P2V DC

2014-06-06 Thread Melvin Backus
Technically your license is only good on the original hardware if it's an OEM. It can't be transferred. By P2V or server replacement for that matter, your license is no longer valid. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From

RE: [NTSysADM] A quiet weekend and start of the week

2014-06-10 Thread Melvin Backus
Of course not. They’re all housed one of those DC in a box thingies. You know, take a shipping container and turn it into a self-contained data center. It was already on the back of a truck for DR purposes and they just drove across town. Connectivity was only via wireless, so everything sta

RE: [NTSysADM] Shrinking Windows volume

2014-06-16 Thread Melvin Backus
I've never had occasion to use it but I believe that VMWare has a shrink functionality as well. It's part of the VM tools run from within the VM. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailt

[NTSysADM] VMWare upgrade gotchas

2014-06-16 Thread Melvin Backus
We're in the process of planning an upgrade from VMWare ESX 4.1 to 5.5. At this point it appears that our biggest challenge is going to be upgrading the vCenter server, but I was wondering if anyone had any specific things we should watch out for during the process. -- There are 10 kinds of pe

RE: [NTSysADM] RDS license question

2014-06-17 Thread Melvin Backus
No one is ever 100% sure about Microsoft licensing. Not even Microsoft. Call up 10 different Microsoft licensing specialists (not partners, Microsoft employees) and you'll likely get at least 6 different answers. I usually take the single answer with the most hits and move forward. :) -- The

RE: [NTSysADM] email access only - urgent

2014-06-18 Thread Melvin Backus
That said, I have to question why they would want to continue providing access to email. If there is some reason this person might legitimately need to continue receiving these emails, I'd create a new contact and just forward email to whatever external address they choose rather than actively

RE: [NTSysADM] email access only - urgent

2014-06-18 Thread Melvin Backus
In which case I would ask if they need to be able to send email as a part of the requirement so that you can implement an appropriate solution and move forward accordingly. If they only need to receive email, the forward does that while "restricting them to only email access" as requested. :)

RE: [NTSysADM] email access only - urgent

2014-06-19 Thread Melvin Backus
d...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 12:00 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] email access only - urgent In which case I would ask if they need t

RE: [NTSysADM] Group Policy, ugh

2014-06-24 Thread Melvin Backus
While the likelihood of success is small, you are doing them a disservice by not letting them know that this app which they bought because it was $500 cheaper is actually costing them more because the vendor has offloaded the painful part and made it a user expense. If your internal processes p

RE: [NTSysADM] Windows 8 still showing lock screen

2014-06-30 Thread Melvin Backus
In the past I found that screen savers seem to have a 2 hour time limit, so see if reducing the time below 120 minutes actually changes the time before this happens. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.

RE: [NTSysADM] File server question

2014-07-03 Thread Melvin Backus
You mean like IPv4? ;) -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 2:25 AM

RE: [NTSysADM] SSL ciphers

2014-07-07 Thread Melvin Backus
There are lots of obsolete ciphers out there. That doesn’t mean they were bad, just that they’ve been compromised at some point since they’re creation and are now no longer secure. I’m not sure I understand what’s sad about a security based audit expecting that they be disabled. Do you still

RE: [NTSysADM] Re: Windows 7 firewall

2014-07-07 Thread Melvin Backus
True, accept that due to management ... hmm, what's the word... anyway, all users have local admin rights. :( If I were actually alone in this situation I'd be much less dismayed since I would be able to point to anywhere else and say, "Nobody else allows this", but hey, it pays the bills. -

RE: [NTSysADM] Kill RDPINIT, published app

2014-07-07 Thread Melvin Backus
Group policy allows for direct control of RDP sessions. You can determine how long before idle sessions are disconnected, and if/when disconnected sessions are logged off. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...

RE: [NTSysADM] Kill RDPINIT, published app

2014-07-07 Thread Melvin Backus
Sounds like you're trying to solve a management problem with a technical solution. :) Sorry, I couldn't resist. Nothing I'm aware of to help in that case since the application itself is handling it. I would suggest that you look for some means of preventing the application from being minimize

RE: [NTSysADM] Experienced vs. inexperienced IT

2014-07-08 Thread Melvin Backus
Wiser… W ith I mproved S #*t E scape R esources -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Link Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 5:06 PM To

RE: [NTSysADM] SSL ciphers

2014-07-08 Thread Melvin Backus
something breaks by doing it and you suffer production issues then that is a different story altogether. Ez On Jul 7, 2014 7:34 AM, "Melvin Backus" mailto:melvin.bac...@byers.com>> wrote: There are lots of obsolete ciphers out there. That doesn’t mean they were bad, just that th

RE: [NTSysADM] Re: Windows 7 firewall

2014-07-08 Thread Melvin Backus
-- http://au.linkedin.com/in/kschaefer From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Monday, 7 July 2014 9:32 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subje

[NTSysADM] RE: Mouse trails

2014-07-09 Thread Melvin Backus
It appears that this might be of benefit. I haven't tried it so please let us know how you make out. http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2013/01/17/use-powershell-to-change-the-mouse-pointer-scheme.aspx -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand

RE: [NTSysADM] Stupid terminology question

2014-07-14 Thread Melvin Backus
I recommend that you remove the words physical an virtual from your user interaction vocabulary, they don't care, know, or need to know in almost all cases. Tell them that the TurboCool server which runs WizzBangApp is having problems with xyz and don't worry about physical/virtual/whatever. I

RE: [NTSysADM] Stupid terminology question

2014-07-14 Thread Melvin Backus
Been there. Server, Server2, yada, yada. Replaced them all and made that go away, as fast as possible. :) I suppose you could always do the air quotes thing, and ask, is that server or "server"? Seems like a name change would be in order but as I recall SQL doesn't really like that all that

RE: [NTSysADM] MS DirectAccess

2014-07-21 Thread Melvin Backus
If I’m not mistaken the extra infrastructure is still required if you need to support Win7 clients. I can also recommend an excellent book on the topic if you’re interested. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad.

RE: [NTSysADM] MS DirectAccess

2014-07-21 Thread Melvin Backus
various places to make it go. Kurt On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Melvin Backus wrote: > If I’m not mistaken the extra infrastructure is still required if you > need to support Win7 clients. I can also recommend an excellent book > on the topic if you’re interested. > > >

RE: [NTSysADM] MS DirectAccess

2014-07-22 Thread Melvin Backus
; hints and tips in there. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: 21 July 2014 20:10 To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Su

[NTSysADM] RE: storage spaces?

2014-07-22 Thread Melvin Backus
In that case it sounds like: Old through away PC + free NAS distro = local storage server I've used FreeNAS very successfully in the past. I believe that has actually become NAS4Free however if I recall correctly. I believe the former was purchased by a commercial entity and the free version

RE: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already...

2014-07-23 Thread Melvin Backus
Umm, that would be about 40 years ago, primarily in the telco/utility industries. Field vs on-prem has been around forever in those environments. Like most things, intermingling leads to migration of terminology. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand bin

RE: [NTSysADM] On premise vs. hosted service

2014-07-23 Thread Melvin Backus
Oh gee, thanks. Just when I got it added to my "Threads that just won't die" filter. :O -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.c

RE: FW: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already...

2014-07-24 Thread Melvin Backus
Plus, one more very important attribute... It gives you the ability to break every single user in your customer base at one time if you screw up. :) I know, I'm being snarky. Still just a little PO'd by a hosted solution that broke a function and took 4 months to fix it. As it happens I just

RE: [NTSysADM] Polling wrong DC-FIXED- Kind of

2014-07-24 Thread Melvin Backus
If there was no VPN between the sites, how would traffic have routed to HQ? All the IP ranges were private so they would have been stripped by default unless you have some means of routing them without the VPN. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary

RE: [NTSysADM] Polling wrong DC-FIXED- Kind of

2014-07-25 Thread Melvin Backus
Ahh, new VPN to "wrong" site... Now it makes sense. Well, not why it failed, but at least why it joined. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Be

RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list?

2014-07-29 Thread Melvin Backus
Gee, I'm starting to feel old. Can we stop now? :) -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Ben Scott Sent: Tuesd

[NTSysADM] RE: Sys admin day

2014-07-31 Thread Melvin Backus
ditto -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Gavin Wilby Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 9:49 AM To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com' Subject:

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Sys admin day

2014-07-31 Thread Melvin Backus
I didn't apply until around 6:30 when I got to work that morning and still got one. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Thurs

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