R: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution?

Very poor and limited comparision ! GuidoElia HELPPC _ Da: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Inviato: venerdì 15 agosto 2008 1.30 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: RE: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution? CNET is pretty good and resonably independ

R: R: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution?

Last release works with no issue. But as I see you use Spybot S&D with teatimer active ,like me , I understand that you prefer prevention GuidoElia HELPPC -Messaggio originale- Da: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Inviato: giovedì 14 agosto 2008 18.01 A: NT System Admin Is

Re: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution?

Unfortunately, they probably make more money from this than a straight job, or at least close enough that the thrill of being bad is enough to make up for it. Have I told you about my fantasy regarding folks like these? It involves a tree, some rope, a few razor blades, and a live video feed to CN

RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

Not in 3.5 i don't think. It is a per VM setting, from memory Greg From: Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 15 August 2008 1:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again. Well, yeah. I guess I got in a

RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

Well, yeah. I guess I got in a hurry and forgot to say that. Isn't it the default to sync time with the host on ESX? > -Original Message- > From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 4:28 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Looks like Vmwar

Re: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution?

I wish most software vendors were as diligent as the Antivirus 2008 authors are. Looked at objectively - the software is everywhere, they come out with regular updates (it goes as far back as "XP Antivirus 2004"), it works as the authors intended, small footprint, great coding...Somebody give thes

RE: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution?

We have it in there, but this thing mutates every few hours so you cannot really catch it with a static definition. We're in the process to get a heuristic def for this one! Stu -Original Message- From: Troy Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:55 PM To: NT

Re: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution?

Not sure if Defender would have caught this but I have an observation: A client who has NOD32 ver 3.0 with the latest updates was infected by an old Bagle variant which was easy to spot in the registry. Manual scanning of the infectious file with NOD32 did not show anything. The [always usef

RE: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution?

Silly after question Stu, does Vipre's current definition set catch the Antivirus 2008 malwares? -troy -Original Message- From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 4:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Defender or some other antivi

RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

This gets more complicated than it seems. When the DC starts, it inherits the time based on the previous offset from the "hardware". It then needs to correct itself. Because of drift etc, things can get screwy. I am not even sure what the best method is but I believe last I checked it was best t

RE: Vipre q

Glen, I have asked Support to get in touch with you. Warm regards, Stu From: Glen Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 4:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vipre q Anyone using this and seeing problems running Outlook

RE: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution?

CNET is pretty good and resonably independent / objective. This is their current list of antispyware products (many include AV) http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3688_7-6812013-1.html?tag=feat.1 CounterSpy is their number one choice. Defender is second, 'cuz it's free. However, Defender does not do

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 2008 12:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available

RE: "Vista Antivirus 2008" malware removal

Malwarebytes program seemed to help out the person who call me last night about this. He said it's off his computer now. -- Mike Gill From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 1:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: "Vista Antivirus 2008" malware

RE: "Vista Antivirus 2008" malware removal

I had a person call me last night with this. He got an email saying he needed to install an IE7 patch. Doh! -- Mike Gill From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 1:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: "Vista Antivirus 2008" malware removal I

RE: Exmerge

And remember that a domain admin group has deny permissions on the store level .. thus administrator doesn't work out of the box. You can tweak this at the mailstore level or use a diff account as already mentioned. _ From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, Au

I had to

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:49 PM, G.Waleed Kavalec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry, your license to send me email has expired. > > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:42 PM, The VMworld Team < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> If you are having trouble reading this email, read the online >> version

RE: Exmerge

Heh, the use of the BES account is merely working as it has Send/Receive rights for the accounts in question. The answer to the mystery is: Mailbox Merge Wizard (ExMerge).doc Page 9 of 88: Important Make sure that you log on with an account, such as Backup Operators, that has Receive As and S

Re: "Vista Antivirus 2008" malware removal

I had 2 users almost get this installed on their PCs this week. I dont know what sites they are going to that are leading them there but I'm thinking a clampdown is in order. James - Original Message - From: Durf To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:54

RE: "Vista Antivirus 2008" malware removal

Don't know if the Vista version is the same or not, but I just cleaned up XP Antivirus 2008 on a machine. Nasty piece of crap to eradicate, though. Had to stop some weird file from auto-starting, manually delete a folder of the same name from C:\Program Files\ and used Malwarebytes to remove t

Re: Exmerge

Which was the right answer. Nice one cheers! On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:09 AM, Bob Fronk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just an FYI…. If you have BES, use the account you setup for BES. I use > that when importing / exporting for Exchange. > > > > (Works for me anyway….) > > > > Bob Fronk > > [EM

RE: Brain fart Installing Server 2008

It appears that the server doesn't have what it takes, I got it to load 2003 R2 just fine, thanks for the ideas everyone I'll just have to install 2008 into a VM. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Ce

RE: Looking for a very good Email provider

Seems like Gmail would be perfect but you didn't like Google? Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, Au

RE: Looking for a very good Email provider

Yeah...you get what you pay for. We host with Orcsweb and the support is phenomenal. We pay a good chunk though, primarily due to the amount of traffic. Sites like ASP.net and the Microsoft TechNet and MSDN blogs are all hosted at Orcsweb. -Original Message- From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EM

RE: Brain fart Installing Server 2008

Remember to press F6 during the setup and install the Raid/scsi drivers? -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 15:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Brain fart Installing Server 2008 One of those days. I'm trying to insta

RE: Brain fart Installing Server 2008

Some of our 2600s don't have DVD-ROM drives--does yours? -Bonnie -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 12:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Brain fart Installing Server 2008 One of those days. I'm trying to install Server

Re: Looking for a very good Email provider

That's almost exactly what I'm moving away from. I have a website hosted for about $5/month with "unlimited" mailboxes. It's a typical mega-cheap-hosting arrangement - they all sell exactly the same thing - a domain on a shared server with exactly the same software, all services running on th

RE: Brain fart Installing Server 2008

Sounds like you don't have a bootable disk ( RAID Set) that Win2k8 recognizes. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008

RE: Brain fart Installing Server 2008

Bios setting to boot from DVD? -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 12:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Brain fart Installing Server 2008 One of those days. I'm trying to install Server 2008 on a Dell PE2600 and I keep

RE: Disconnected on a schedule???

Signing up for a free trail on experts-exchange did nothing since 1. The original question was actually how to replicate the data since they were not replicating prior to the problem, and 2. The answers posted really didn't address the question that was even asked but since no one spoke up, it auto

Brain fart Installing Server 2008

One of those days. I'm trying to install Server 2008 on a Dell PE2600 and I keep getting a "No boot device available" I know it's something simple I just can't remember it - help OB1! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The informatio

Re: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution?

No, just practicing good security habits that date back to the days of multi-user minicomputers (VAX and the like). If everyone did that 99.9% of the malware problems some of us see become a thing of the past. Christopher J. Bosak wrote: > Oh, your evil. -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ F

Re: "Vista Antivirus 2008" malware removal

It's not hooking DNS, that's the interesting thing. Direct NSLOOKUP queries work fine, only the appropriate local servers are listed.Somehow it's actually redirecting the traffic itself, probably through a hidden driver. Ah well - off to the nuke pile with it. -- Durf On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 a

RE: "Vista Antivirus 2008" malware removal

I had to clean a machine using the following instructions : Find and Stop Antivirus 2008 Processes: Antvrs.exe AntvrsInstall.exe AntvrsInstall[1].exe Win Antivirus 2008.exe av2008xp.exe Find and Remove Antivirus 2008 registry values: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOF

Re: "Vista Antivirus 2008" malware removal

Yes, that was all done by the previous tech before I even got in front of it. It hasn't cured it. I'm a little beyond the first Google hit by now. :) It's quite mysterious. I'm suspecting there's a fake driver installed somewhere. -- Durf On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL

RE: "Vista Antivirus 2008" malware removal

I think that's a variant of winfixer verify via IPCONFIG -all that ONLY your preferred DNS is in play... and I'd boot from a secondary instance of the OS (or a boot CD) and *then* scan for malware and rootkits _ From: Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 2

RE: "Vista Antivirus 2008" malware removal

#1 match for "Vista antivirus 2008" gets you this: http://www.411-spyware.com/remove-vista-antivirus-2008 If after that it's not working, I'd try a Winsock repair. Carl From: Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re:

RE: "Vista Antivirus 2008" malware removal

Another idea, If you have budget in future is to look into application whitelisting products like BIT 9 Partity, only allowing what should be running in your environment and nothing else, will tend to work wonders accordingly. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCS

RE: "Vista Antivirus 2008" malware removal

Seen it Hate it We have tried lots of stuff to avoid a burn and turn, but it almost isn't worth the time, that malware is fairly deep in its grasp. I would be curious to hear how effective VIpre is in catching new malware like this. Our Symantec subscription is up in November and that might

Re: "Vista Antivirus 2008" malware removal

Yes, I know by rights it should be flattened and paved and I intend to do so, but at this point I'm just curious about how it's getting done. Unfortunately time hasn't allowed for me to do a bunch of poking around with Process Explorer and the like. Mostly I like to see how these things work so as

RE: "Vista Antivirus 2008" malware removal

Not seen this particular piece of malware, but in the grand scheme of things, if the PC got infected, then can you really trust it by just uninstalling the AV. You could use Procmon and Filemon/Regmon and find out which dll's ( Its probably a dll hooked into IE or other utilizes which means its got

Re: Looking for a very good Email provider

What was the problem you saw with Google Apps? I've been running it for quite a while now with no issues whatsoever. And no spam either. On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Jim McAtee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is for a personal domain with a handful of mailboxes. I need something > reasona

RE: Looking for a very good Email provider

You can get a website hosted with 50 free email addys for around $9.99 per month in some places. -Original Message- From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Looking for a very good Email provider This is for a

"Vista Antivirus 2008" malware removal

Hey guys; I was called in to look over another tech's customer who had a system where they had (mostly) removed the "Vista Antivirus 2008" fake AV malware. The only issue still remaining was what we thought at first was a simple browser redirection issue - visting a huge number of security-relat

Looking for a very good Email provider

This is for a personal domain with a handful of mailboxes. I need something reasonably priced, say $60 a year or less for up to 5 mailboxes. I just tried Google Apps for domains, but there were some really bizarre proprietary implementations of things like POP3(!) that didn't sit well with me.

RE: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution?

Oh, your evil. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 12:32 hrs To: NT System Admin I

Re: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution?

AVG 8 is a pig if you turn on all the features though, especially the Link Inspector. Whatever you use, remember to leave UAC turned on and the users running as non-admin. :) -- Durf On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would suggest that since AVG's Fre

RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

Thanks for posting this, I've been trying to figure out how to patch one of my foundation servers for two days. Called support and they couldn't even help me. The guy I got didn't know any command line. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, Augu

RE: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution?

I would suggest that since AVG's Free version now includes their anti-spyware stuff, a home user is in pretty good shape with that. For business users who are buying AV anyway, buy one that has the AS stuff included - e.g. AVG, Vipre, etc. In the FWIW dept, I have seen Defender sound off about th

New Windows Update Client

I didn't see this on the list before so I thought I'd post it. http://blogs.technet.com/mu/archive/2008/07/03/upcoming-update-to-windows-up date.aspx http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;946928 - Andy O. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resourc

RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

Exchange made quite a few database changes in both 2007 RTM and 2007 SP1 that help the server-side situation. It's a safe bet that the Exchange team isn't done. The client, i.e. Outlook, needs work. Different team. That being said, I know that they are getting a lot of input on this topic. Regar

Re: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

This wasn't that type of notification. We had been working with an engineer who told us to apply the patch and almost at the same time they released an internal notification to not use that patch. So he called us back. The real point was it was yet another patch that was released before it was r

Re: Major Vmware Bug Hits Today, BE advised.

We have VC and I did the udpate that way. On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 8:33 PM, Greg Mulholland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you managing them via VC? If you point a client at the server itself > does it ask to download the update, and it still doesnt install the updater? > then im stumped without

RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

Installation instructions... http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/ilockhart/archive/2008/08/14/vmware-esx-3-5-u pdate-2-patch-installation.aspx -Original Message- From: N Parr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Looks like Vmwa

Re: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

Indeed, +pi. This has been bothersome aspect for a few years now since the introduction of search folders instead of sub folders, but we cant have all items in the inbox without some sort of archival process to negate performance issues. The Exchange team really needs to get on the ball with this

Re: R: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution?

SEP11 is tha debil !!! On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:42 AM, HELP_PC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use, for me and my customers, SEP 11 by Symantec and Spybot S&D 1.6 > together.I think systems are well protected and impact on resource is more > than acceptable. > > GuidoElia > HELPPC > > ___

Re: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution?

I have to disagree. The price of free is not worth the suckfest that you operate under the false-sense of security with. I've repaired enough compromised systems to validate the "free" price tag of anything. NOD32 and Spybot Search and Destroy (with TeaTimer running) FTW. If you are only going

Re: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

Here's a very good collection of MS Tech articles relating to Outlook performance. The number of items in the suggested folders is listed there at 3000 - 5000, with suggestions around 2,000. http://www.blkmtn.org/outlook-settings-and-considerations On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 4:40 AM, Fergal O'Conn

RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

Varies by user/dept. Anywhere from 100 MB to 2 GB for a few users. We are a machine shop and there's a lot of print/CAD traffic in addition to the normal office docs. 10 or 15 meg send/receive limit depending on user/dept. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Slightly OT: Need Flash help

The SWF is the actual video/animation. It needs to be interactive while it's playing. _ From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Slightly OT: Need Flash help Is the SWF file going to pla

RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

A wide variety of vendors, if you pay for it, offer this type of service/notification. - John Barsodi From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again. Yeah, I

RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

Yeah, I'm impressed as well. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 09:46 hrs

RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

Well, I do and what I did was set it back, start the vm, then set it forward immediately. jlc -Original Message- From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again. If you

RE: Slightly OT: Need Flash help

Is the SWF file going to play a FLV file? Or is the SWF file the actual video? Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAI

RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

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.

I have never had a vendor call me to warn me/try to save me. That is pretty darn cool. From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again. 3) Yesterday we received a patch for

Re: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

I agree that most of our experience with ESX has been very positive. However, this particular bug had such big ramifications. Plus the EMC companies haven't had good luck in the past couple of weeks with some patching: 1) When we originally installed our RSA Authentication manager, it was encoura

RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

Dang... vmware makes one little small mistake and the world unleashes an arse kicking on them. MS makes many big mistakes all the time and we don't even flinch? Maybe vmware should drop the ball daily and we would be happier? Man, that's life! Software has bugs, all I know is my history w/ esx

RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

"60 Gig with 150 users" Just curious... What limits do you have on mailboxes? From: N Parr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder For archiving purposes in

RE: GPO Based Software Deployment Targeting

That's funny, the Acrobat scenario is the exact case in question for me:) Thanks! jlc From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: GPO Based Software Deployment Targeting Yep-we have tons of software deployed via

Slightly OT: Need Flash help

Good morning, Sorry for the OT post, but this group seems to be able to find answers to just about any IT related question! I need help with a Flash issue at work. Are any of you fluent in Flash, or work with any Flash developers? In a nutshell, I need to publish a SWF file on a web

RE: GPO Based Software Deployment Targeting

Yep-we have tons of software deployed via gpo set up using groups other than "authenticated users", all in the same policies. The easiest way is to create a group in AD and add the computers you want to have the application to that group. If you already have some installations you want to keep

RE: Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

Hopefully they unbugged it with the new update accordingly, so you don't reapply faulty SP... Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: N Parr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August

RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

Indeed. Outlook is in need of some major design changes to deal with the large mailboxes people have today (and larger tomorrow). Even with mail archival solutions in place, what's the difference if I have 20,000 messages or 20,000 stubs? From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Looks like Vmware Update 2 is available again.

http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

Funny - Microsoft wants to encourage the use of "search folders" etc that make actual folders obsolete, yet the product (apparently) can't handle having a few thousand items in an actual folder, necessitating the use of physical folders... Cheers Ken From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

For archiving purposes in the past I've had over 300k in one folder. What makes the biggest difference if you are running a PST or OST is the local hardware. It was amazing how much faster access improved when I put the pst on a Raptor SATA2 drive separate from the OS instead of a normal SATA. 10

RE: How to setup HyperV RTM on Server 2008 core

Thank you for the information. I mapped a drive to the .MSU file, ran the update file - it said it installed successfully, asked for a server reboot then after the reboot I ran "start /w ocsetup Microsoft-Hyper-V" and that worked correctly. So Hyper-V is installed, I'm not clear how I could chec

How to Display/Change Workgroup name in Server 2008 Core

I'm Googling high and low and can't find an answer to the following question: How do I change the name of the Workgroup that a Server 2008 core machine uses? I found netdom as a tool to join a domain, but we're in a Workgroup environment and trying to use netdom to change the workgroup name has

Re: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

Same here but I do maintain multiple folders but I rarely exceed 2k in anyone of them. Jon On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Christopher J. Bosak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Absolutely. I, by default, archive at 2000 messages. > > > > Christopher J. Bosak > > Vector Company > > c. 847.603.4673 >

RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

The older versions of Outlook had a hard limit of 16k, I don't know what the limit is now, but from a managability standpoint 20,000 is way too many. Sad to say I work with 5,000-7,000 in my inbox on my home desktop (smtp/pop3 only), the more in the inbox, the more headers to process, the more memo

Re: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

VERY true I only glanced at the number and though I saw 2,000 at 20,000 Rod is correct you will have a lot of problems. Jon On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 8:05 AM, Rod Trent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think we can safely say that 20,000 email messages in the inbox is > going to be a problem – alwa

RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

You don't need an archive strategy per say, just better mailbox management. I use sub folders under my inbox for older mail. Say a folder called 2007, 2006, etc. Yes, they have more than 5000 items, but I rarely hit them, so I can live with it. From: Fergal O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

Exchange 2007 Outlook 2003 Sp3. I knew I saw a KB article about this before - Just need some proof before I can confront the user and advise on a archive strategy. All mails are going to the Inbox and not a sub folder. From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 August 2008 13:02 To: N

RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

Absolutely. I, by default, archive at 2000 messages. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, Augu

RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905803 Essentially keep folder sizes under 5K items. Learn it, live it, love it. From: Fergal O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 4:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Outloot Limit on messages per folder Hi All

RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

I think we can safely say that 20,000 email messages in the inbox is going to be a problem - always. From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Outloot Limit on messages per folder What version of Outlook and i

Re: Outloot Limit on messages per folder

What version of Outlook and is this the Inbox or a sub folder. Is this a PST, OST, or Exchange format. I know with Outlook 2003 using a PST things usually got sluggish but that depended also on the total disk space being used and whether I had upgraded to the later version of the PST or was still

Outloot Limit on messages per folder

Hi All What is the max amount of messages a folder in Outlook should contain? I have a user with approx 2 messages in his Inbox and Outlook is causing problems Regards Fergal O'Connell ICT Support The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intend

Re: OpenDNS

Looks like I have managed to sort the issue, seems Ben was on the right track. There were two accounts set up for the same network segment, removing one appears to have kicked the other into life. Everything seems to be working fine now - swt. Thanks for everyone's input 2008/8/13 Benjamin Za