RE: Followup: OTish: Verizon FIOS vs. Comcast Cable

2009-11-20 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Ya, unfortunately that really isn't workable with multiple units and multiple destinations. -sc From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 11:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Followup: OTish: Verizon FIOS vs. Comcast Cable OK, guess I just

RE: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Ben Schorr
Ahhh... I see. A number of the links don't actually work (even though they look fine). If I render it with IETab it works, but not in native FF. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com b...@rolandschorr.co

Re: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Richard Stovall
I think it's the navigation links at the bottom of each page. Everything else (including the nav links on the left) worked for me in both FF and Chrome, but the bottom links only worked in IE. On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 12:53 AM, Ben Schorr wrote: > What doesn’t work for you on the TFOA.NET website?

RE: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Ben Schorr
What doesn't work for you on the TFOA.NET website? It looks fine to me in FF 3.5.5. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com b...@rolandschorr.com

Re: Lansweeper advice.

2009-11-20 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 19 Nov 2009 at 7:38, David Lum wrote: > When I first saw the subject line my mind saw "minesweeper",lol Obviously too many years as a Minesweeper Consultant, Solitaire Expert ... Angus Must Consult Someone Else -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +-

Re: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 20 Nov 2009 at 12:25, paul chinnery wrote: > It's been my experience that FF will just update itself when it's > necessary. Only true if the user has local admin rights, or you're using PortableFirefox "installed" where the user has write-rights. > I wish I could roll it out to my users b

Re: Lansweeper advice.

2009-11-20 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 19 Nov 2009 at 11:06, Bill Songstad wrote: > I can't say anything about how the premium version works, but I had no > problems executing the lsclient remotely using a couple of two-liner > batch files and psexec with a domain admin account. Clever ... -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson

Re: Please login...

2009-11-20 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 20 Nov 2009 at 19:44, Ben Scott wrote: > http://www.isotf.org/?page_value=13223 [bseg] beats the h*ll out of CAPTCHA. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Over-engineered backup batch files

2009-11-20 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 20 Nov 2009 at 19:31, Ben Scott wrote: > Hello, world! > > Some people have requested copies of my backup scripts. Here we go. > > I'll try to answer any questions people have, but make no promises. > > Provided free, no warranty, use at your own risk, etc. Any chance you could prov

Re: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 20 Nov 2009 at 11:31, Eric Wittersheim wrote: > Can FF update itself if the users don't have admin privies? No. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 20 Nov 2009 at 12:31, Ben Scott wrote: > One thing that's nice is that we can run both a modern browser and > MSIE 6 in parallel. We've still got some customer-provided web > interfaces which require MSIE 6. Microsoft doesn't let you have > multiple versions of MSIE installed at once, that

Re: SuspectedSpam:RE: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 20 Nov 2009 at 12:25, Phil Brutsche wrote: > Firefox will auto-update itself if the user has write access to the > folder the Firefox executables are stored in. It still can't update the correct registry key that shows the version that's currently installed: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\

RE: Cisco Question

2009-11-20 Thread Brian Desmond
No you can use something like selfssl to generate it. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:bch...@medaille.edu] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 1:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Cisco Question Oh s

RE: Cisco Question

2009-11-20 Thread Brian Desmond
Truth be told this is actually a VERY common configuration (opening LDAPS over the Internet to a set of remote IPs). I've seen it in many many large orgs. It's not the cleanest but it works. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Mayo

RE: How to forward unresolved recipients to smart host

2009-11-20 Thread Brian Desmond
Hi- Correct you want to set the Accepted Domain to be an "Internal Relay" domain. If your other domain is also hosted in both locations it should also be internal relay. I don't believe you are required to create a send connector here but I usually do. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond

Re: Conficker Help! (UNCLASSIFIED)

2009-11-20 Thread Jonathan Link
Oh, Windows how do I admin thee? Let me count the ways... On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Steven Peck wrote: > or PowerShell with Quest Active Directory cmdlets. > > PS:> Get-QADUser -Locked -SizeLimit 0 > > Some options to play with > PS:> $a = Get-QADUser -Locked -SizeLimit 0 > PS:> $a.coun

[OT][Humor] Please login...

2009-11-20 Thread Ben Scott
http://www.isotf.org/?page_value=13223 -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Over-engineered backup batch files

2009-11-20 Thread Ben Scott
Hello, world! Some people have requested copies of my backup scripts. Here we go. I'll try to answer any questions people have, but make no promises. Provided free, no warranty, use at your own risk, etc. General usage There's really two separ

Re: This is a long shot. (oh, and Happy Friday!)

2009-11-20 Thread Steven Peck
Or the replace it all route :) http://www.3cx.com/ On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Phillip Partipilo wrote: >> I am starting to recall the old days, before LBA, where the BIOS had a fixed >> table of drive types. > >  There's more to it than

Re: Sunbelt Needs Senior Systems Administrator (UNCLASSIFIED)

2009-11-20 Thread Kurt Buff
That sounds like a *fun* project. I'd love a piece of that. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 13:23, Stu Sjouwerman wrote: > Heh  :-) > > We're getting ready to deploy 1000++ VM Windows servers on hundreds > of blades for malware processing and a dozen or so biggish Linux > production systems on line... We

Re: Conficker Help! (UNCLASSIFIED)

2009-11-20 Thread Steven Peck
or PowerShell with Quest Active Directory cmdlets. PS:> Get-QADUser -Locked -SizeLimit 0 Some options to play with PS:> $a = Get-QADUser -Locked -SizeLimit 0 PS:> $a.count (this will get you a count) PS:> $a | select DisplayName, Logonname PS:> $a | ft DisplayName, Logonname, CanonicalName -Aut

RE: Updating Server 2008 Core

2009-11-20 Thread Free, Bob
>I don't remember seeing this tool prior to R2. Correct. Sconfig was not available till R2. It's a lot easier that learning all the commands but not nearly as much geek factor. I'm actually glad I learned to do it directly first. The windows update choices are pretty minimalistic... =

RE: Conficker Help! (UNCLASSIFIED)

2009-11-20 Thread Kent, Larry CTR USA
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Or Set up this query in ADU&C, somewhat useful http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/Windows2003/AdminTips /ActiveDirectory/FindAllLocked-OutAccounts.html From: Greg Olson [mailto:gol...@markettools.com] Sent: Friday, Novembe

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread asbzone
Thanks. Will do. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Tim Evans Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:12 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance Hi Andrew, I'd be interested in hearing what Kevin has to say.Please send the conf

RE: Sunbelt Needs Senior Systems Administrator (UNCLASSIFIED)

2009-11-20 Thread Stu Sjouwerman
Heh :-) We're getting ready to deploy 1000++ VM Windows servers on hundreds of blades for malware processing and a dozen or so biggish Linux production systems on line... We need experience in depth with both. Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Founder, VP Marketing. P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +

RE: Will Ntbackup Suffice?

2009-11-20 Thread Jay Dale
M THR!! -Original Message- From: Nitsan Reznik [mailto:nit...@stggroup.co.il] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Will Ntbackup Suffice? Me too if it's possible -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgec

RE: Sunbelt Needs Senior Systems Administrator (UNCLASSIFIED)

2009-11-20 Thread Erik Goldoff
I just don't know Linux ... Pick me ! Pick me ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Sunbelt Needs Senior Systems

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: Sunbelt Needs Senior Systems Administrator (UNCLASSIFIED)

2009-11-20 Thread James Kerr
Darn I would like to move up to Tampa but I dont know Linux or Cisco, doh! Maybe I need to study that next. - Original Message - From: "Stu Sjouwerman" To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 3:39 PM Subject: RE: Sunbelt Needs Senior Systems Administrator (UNCLA

Re: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread James Rankin
We provide it as a published app for certain users as an alternative browser. Seems to be quite satisfactory. Some of our in-house web apps don't like it thoughneither did Dell DRAC Remote Console (even with IETab), which was annoying for me, although I haven't tested the latest IDRAC offerings

Re: OpenDNS

2009-11-20 Thread James Rankin
We've been using OpenDNS at one of our remote sites where there is a cyber cafedoes exactly what it says on the tin, good and reliable 2009/11/20 Andrew S. Baker > All you need to do to use it successfully is to setup your current DNS > server for Active Directory, to forward to OpenDNS for

Re: Updating Server 2008 Core

2009-11-20 Thread James Rankin
Yes we are going with R2will give these a try, once I get back on Monday. Have just returned home from four hours in the pub so VPN'ing in and testing stuff now would be a bad idea :-) 2009/11/20 Rob Bonfiglio > Are you using R2? If so: > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee441254(

RE: Sunbelt Needs Senior Systems Administrator (UNCLASSIFIED)

2009-11-20 Thread Stu Sjouwerman
75k- 85k Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Founder, VP Marketing. P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +1-727-562-5199 s...@sunbelt-software.com -Original Message- From: Kent, Larry CTR USA [mailto:larry.k...@us.army.mil] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 4:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Sub

{LIST ADMIN MESSAGE] ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Stu Sjouwerman
OK, it's Friday but this thread has been going on for a while Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Founder, VP Marketing. P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +1-727-562-5199 s...@sunbelt-software.com From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 3:26 PM To: NT Sy

RE: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread paul chinnery
Kewl. Thanks for the tip, Sam. I'll look into that. Subject: RE: Firefox for corporate use? Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:52:40 -0600 From: sam.ca...@rollouts.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com "(Yes, I know, I could use the IETab add-on but then you have to train the users to l

RE: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Jacob
I been to Cancun. Loved it. Stayed at the Casa Magna. Congo Bongo was a waste in my opinion. I ate at the Hard Rock Café, the worst I ate at. Lots of great Mexican hole in the walls in Downtown Cancun. A 65 cent bus ride and 20 minutes later you can get a meal for two, with drinks, for unde

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Richard Stovall
If you're a cerveza drinker, don't fail to find and enjoy a dark beer called "Leon". Great stuff. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Ziots, Edward wrote: > My 2 favorites in Cancun are Fat Tuesdays right off the beaten path, and > there is a nice Hard Rock Resturant which is supposed to be the sma

Re: OpenDNS

2009-11-20 Thread Andrew S. Baker
All you need to do to use it successfully is to setup your current DNS server for Active Directory, to forward to OpenDNS for all remote zones. Then, your clients will get all internal addresses as they do now, and will go to OpenDNS rather than your ISP or looking up the addresses via the Root se

Re: Cisco Question

2009-11-20 Thread Jon Harris
If you do go ahead with this put in extensive monitoring of the user ID that they use to access the Directory. If possible have all connects restricted to a single OU as well. I would in addition have some kind of reporting in place to report all connections to your directory. Jon On Fri, Nov 2

RE: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Ziots, Edward
My 2 favorites in Cancun are Fat Tuesdays right off the beaten path, and there is a nice Hard Rock Resturant which is supposed to be the smallest in the world, along getting a sample of he Black Coral is pretty nice. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I,

RE: Cisco Question

2009-11-20 Thread Mayo, Bill
I could possibly live with the SSL encryption of the traffic if it was a short term situation. You could probably make an argument that the VPN connection isn't signficantly more secure than LDAP over SSL, but the VPN connection gives you an extra layer of authentication. Is it an option to just

Re: OpenDNS

2009-11-20 Thread Harry Singh
I'm using forwarding to OpenDNS for quite sometime now with no complaints. Their usage graphs are pretty, FWIW. I believe the feature in win2k3 is called conditional forwarding, and that works like a charm for several intermediate windows DNS boxes. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 2:50 PM, David W. McS

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Vicky Spelshaus
Sherry, I just got back from Cancun! Maroma Beach to be more precise. Where are you staying if you don't mind me asking? Oh - and I purposely didn't take anything with me! Figured the grandparents could reach us through the hotel if necessary and work could finally realize I'm not sitting at m

Re: OpenDNS

2009-11-20 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 2:50 PM, David W. McSpadden wrote: > I am to chicken to put in on my AD servers so I created a DNS service on a > local server and pointed my self to it. > > I did it wrong didn't I. Does that local DNS service on that local DNS server know about those internal zones?

RE: Cisco Question

2009-11-20 Thread Chyka, Robert
Thanks for the great points!! So if we can't get a VPN setup, would you fight to kill the project or would you trust the SSL cert encryption? From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 2:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Andrew S. Baker
You are so bad. :) -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Sherry Abercrombie wrote: > Sounds like a great opportunity Andrew, thanks for helping put this > together. > > I'll be at some yet to be determined restaurant in Cancun around that time > on Dec. 3.

RE: Cisco Question

2009-11-20 Thread Mayo, Bill
I think opening port 389, even restricted by IP, over the internet is a non-starter. That means that the logon credentials are being sent over the internet in the clear. Make sure you insist on the SSL variant, although I would note that I personally wouldn't even be happy about that. I would mu

Re: OpenDNS

2009-11-20 Thread David W. McSpadden
I am to chicken to put in on my AD servers so I created a DNS service on a local server and pointed my self to it. I did it wrong didn't I. From: David Lum Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OpenDNS It should, does for me. Clients should only be

Re: OpenDNS

2009-11-20 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 2:33 PM, David W. McSpadden wrote: > I have a local Intranet as well and it is not working with OpenDNS?? You probably have private zones which the public DNS cannot see. AKA split DNS. Wasn't it just last week I was warning you about that? Wow, karma's a bitch, eh?

RE: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Ziots, Edward
Naaa put a GPS tracking device on her, and when she comes close to a Computer, or even thinks about sending an email on vacation, she gets zapped... Ohh the fun! Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-6

Re: OpenDNS

2009-11-20 Thread David W. McSpadden
Free account. It associates with my external ip of my ASA. From: Richard Stovall Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 2:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OpenDNS How do you have it set up? Did you create an account and associate it with your ip ranges? From: David W. McSpadden [

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Nah, the only electronic device I'll be taking will be a digital camera, with the waterproof case of course. May not even take my cell phone. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Richard Stovall wrote: > You could always take your corporate laptop and the company cellular > wireless card. Then you

Re: This is a long shot. (oh, and Happy Friday!)

2009-11-20 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Phillip Partipilo wrote: > I am starting to recall the old days, before LBA, where the BIOS had a fixed > table of drive types. There's more to it than just BIOS drive types. There are literally dozens of limits to disk drive size in the land of the pee sea an

RE: OpenDNS

2009-11-20 Thread David Lum
It should, does for me. Clients should only be forwarded to the OpenDNS servers after your DNS servers checks its own entries. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Frida

RE: OpenDNS

2009-11-20 Thread Richard Stovall
How do you have it set up? Did you create an account and associate it with your ip ranges? From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 2:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OpenDNS I am trying it out. I have several web services internally, wil

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Richard Stovall
You could always take your corporate laptop and the company cellular wireless card. Then you could watch Hulu in one window and Skype out to the conference call at the same time. All right from the comfort of the as-yet-to-be-determined establishment. :-) PS A bonus is that the topic of the co

RE: Cisco Question

2009-11-20 Thread Todd Lemmiksoo
GoDaddy From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:bch...@medaille.edu] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 2:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Cisco Question Thanks for the extra pointer... Who has cheap certs? I haven't shopped for one in a few years when we redi

RE: Cisco Question

2009-11-20 Thread Chyka, Robert
Oh sweet... do we need a dedicated certificate server? Well I will research instead of bothering you... From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 2:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Cisco Question Roll your own i

OpenDNS

2009-11-20 Thread David W. McSpadden
I am trying it out. I have several web services internally, will they work when OpenDNS is my forwarder? I have a local Intranet as well and it is not working with OpenDNS?? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Conficker Help!

2009-11-20 Thread Greg Olson
Go grab the trial version of NetWrix Account lockout Examiner: http://www.netwrix.com It will monitor your domain controllers and look for lockout's and report what machine there coming from. From: Orland, Kathleen [mailto:korl...@rogers.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 6:08 AM To: NT Syste

Re: Cisco Question

2009-11-20 Thread Don Ely
Roll your own internal, doesn't have to be public... On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Chyka, Robert wrote: > Thanks for the extra pointer… Who has cheap certs? I haven’t shopped > for one in a few years when we redid our Exchange box. > > > -- > > *From:* Don Ely

RE: Cisco Question

2009-11-20 Thread Chyka, Robert
Thanks for the extra pointer... Who has cheap certs? I haven't shopped for one in a few years when we redid our Exchange box. From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 2:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Cisco Quest

RE: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread John Cook
That's just cruel John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com]

RE: This is a long shot. (oh, and Happy Friday!)

2009-11-20 Thread Todd Lemmiksoo
In those type of systems you need to replace the old drive with one with the exact same specs, size cycl's etc. Else the system will not start. -Original Message- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

Re: Cisco Question

2009-11-20 Thread Don Ely
create an ACL allowing only access from their IP address to your NAT'd address. Also, I'd put an SSL cert on your AD servers and use 636 instead... On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Chyka, Robert wrote: > Hello, > > > > We have a Library Catalog server that is hosted by the company that we > s

Re: Social networking and business use

2009-11-20 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Yeah, the "My Site" functionality was very much ahead of the social networking curve. I know that it's been at least 6+ years since I attended a MS seminar on SharePoint and they were touting those feature. We've never used it, but from what I remember it was very nice and that was on version 2.0.

Cisco Question

2009-11-20 Thread Chyka, Robert
Hello, We have a Library Catalog server that is hosted by the company that we subscribe to their databases. It is a server dedicated to our school, but hosted in their data center. They need to have LDAP access from their outsourced box to our internal AD Controllers for LDAP authentication f

RE: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Sam Cayze
The same as the rest of my software: Inventory reports on version numbers. Many products in this scene, I use EZ Audit. -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 1:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Firefox for corporate

RE: Will Ntbackup Suffice?

2009-11-20 Thread Sam Cayze
Ah. I thought perhaps you were replicating the sysstate to another hot spare server. You're backing up the sysstate to a file that resides on a file share it sounds like, correct? Then in case you need to restore, you just restore the systate to a spare server? -Original Message- Fro

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Sounds like a great opportunity Andrew, thanks for helping put this together. I'll be at some yet to be determined restaurant in Cancun around that time on Dec. 3..don't think I'll be able to join in ;) On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > *Final Update* > > Kevin has

Re: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Jon D
Firefox auto updates itself for patches, but what about major versions? Do you have a trick to make sure a user who has a 3 year old laptop isn't way behind in versions? . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Followup: OTish: Verizon FIOS vs. Comcast Cable

2009-11-20 Thread decampbell1
I was looking at their website to see but didn't find anything.. I would call them and ask - Original Message - From: "Edward Ziots" To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 1:56:11 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: Followup: OTish: Verizon FIOS vs

RE: SuspectedSpam:Re: SuspectedSpam:RE: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Sam Cayze
Rewrite the permissions on the ProgramFiles\Firefox folder. (Not really advised). Startup script "FirefoxUpdate.exe -ms" RunAsAdmin script that user can run, runs as rights that can install FF update, but nothing else (LoginDenied, etc...). It adjust the cacls, installs FF, reverts cacls. I p

Re: Social networking and business use

2009-11-20 Thread Kevin Lundy
If you have the MOSS enterprise license, the "My Site" functionality of SharePoint gets you quite a bit. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:42 PM, David Lum wrote: > Not quite what you think. I’ve been asked to look at utilizing social > networking internally – a pseudo Facebook, but hosted on SharePoin

RE: Followup: OTish: Verizon FIOS vs. Comcast Cable

2009-11-20 Thread Ziots, Edward
I have been looking at FIOS as a replacement to my COX Cable modem, does anyone that has it, know if I can get the GCR with FIOS for a reasonable price ( GCR=Garunteed Connection Rate) which is usually found with most Bussiness line class broad-band setups. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer

RE: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Ziots, Edward
Just dump his stack and see all the bits fall out of the "heap" Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent

RE: IE9

2009-11-20 Thread Jason Morris
I think there's a MAP for that. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE9 Yes, but can you get rid of some apps for IE? Heh. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 07:10, Andrew Levicki wrote:

Re: IE9

2009-11-20 Thread Kurt Buff
Yes, but can you get rid of some apps for IE? Heh. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 07:10, Andrew Levicki wrote: > We're having problems with Sage universal client on anything above IE7. > Doesn't work so well in FF or Chrome (have done testing). > Can't get rid of IE for some apps :( > Andrew > > 2009/1

Re: WSJ Reporter thinks IT departments should allow users to install whatever

2009-11-20 Thread Kurt Buff
That's good to know. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 04:33, Webster wrote: > That is correct.  "Serious graphical/video oomph" will need Citrix XenDesktop > 4 with HDX. > > > Webster > >> -Original Message- >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] >> Subject: Re: WSJ Reporter thinks IT de

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Andrew S. Baker
*Final Update* Kevin has agreed to hold the conference call at 7pm EST on December 3, 2009. It will be approx 45 minutes long. We're trying to get at least 25 people on the call. (Remember, it is FREE and worth much more than that.) I thank everyone who has responded so far, and if any other

Social networking and business use

2009-11-20 Thread David Lum
Not quite what you think. I've been asked to look at utilizing social networking internally - a pseudo Facebook, but hosted on SharePoint and for internal use. Anyone using / looking at it in such a manner? I found a great Newsgator presentation but would like to hear from someone actually doing

RE: Will Ntbackup Suffice?

2009-11-20 Thread Nitsan Reznik
Me too if it's possible -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 7:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Will Ntbackup Suffice? I would like a copy of your scripts, please. -Original Message- From: Ben

RE: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Murray Freeman
I'm not sure that Firefox automatically updates itself. While I was test driving it, I checked from time to time or read of updates, but I had to download and install them manually. Murray From: Eric Wittersheim [mailto:eric.wittersh...@gmail.com] Sent: Fr

RE: This is a long shot. (oh, and Happy Friday!)

2009-11-20 Thread Erik Goldoff
You sure the disk is bad and not just problems with the UART ? I'd say the prognosis doesn't sound too good. Not sure where you're at but I think I've still got a 1gb IDE hard disk or two laying around if that'd help. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Original M

Re: SuspectedSpam:RE: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Phil Brutsche
Firefox will auto-update itself if the user has write access to the folder the Firefox executables are stored in. David Mazzaccaro wrote: > Ah? > Can you elaborate? > > > -Original Message- > From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] > Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:44 PM >

RE: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread IS Technical
+1 On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:42:31 -0600, Sam Cayze wrote: >Ages ago. They love it. No regrets. >They use many of the features, and I have found a few Extensions that >have greatly increased their productivity. > >Sam Cayze >Information Technology Administrator >ROLLOUTS >ONSITE * ON DEMAN

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Don Ely
That paints a very disturbing image... On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Jonathan Link wrote: > Damn, you just overflowed and we're back to zero. > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > >> +65535 >> >> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Ken Schaefer >> wrote: >> > +1 >> > >> >

Re: Followup: OTish: Verizon FIOS vs. Comcast Cable

2009-11-20 Thread decampbell1
I was afraid that was the case.. but at least it let me argue with my wife that it was a necessity... bandwidth needs I can make arguments for... other peoples stupidty she gets bent out of shape on... and you can't say "that's just the way it is, deal with it." that is like waving a red flag at

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Jonathan Link
Damn, you just overflowed and we're back to zero. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > +65535 > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Ken Schaefer > wrote: > > +1 > > > > > >> From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] > >> Sent: Friday, 20 November 2009 11:34 PM > >> > >> Come

Re: This is a long shot. (oh, and Happy Friday!)

2009-11-20 Thread Jon Harris
>From your description it sure sounds like it is dying or dead but I know nothing else about the system. Good luck it might be easier to replace the system with something newer or maybe within this century at least. Jon On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Phillip Partipilo wrote: > A happy Frida

This is a long shot. (oh, and Happy Friday!)

2009-11-20 Thread Phillip Partipilo
A happy Friday to y'all. Bowled a 199 scratch last night, with an average of 128. Really happy about that. But that one stinking pin. Argh! Anyway. We have this absolutely Jurassic-era phone system, an NEC Electra Professional Level II. Yeah, sounds fancy, but its probably nearly as old as me

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Ben Scott
+65535 On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Ken Schaefer wrote: > +1 > > >> From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, 20 November 2009 11:34 PM >> >> Come on guys Andrew was trying to do us all a favor actually 2.  Lets not >> get into politics and mess it up, please. ~ Finally

RE: Will Ntbackup Suffice?

2009-11-20 Thread John Aldrich
I would like a copy of your scripts, please. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Will Ntbackup Suffice? On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Sam Cayze wrote: > How do you automat

RE: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Sam Cayze
"(Yes, I know, I could use the IETab add-on but then you have to train the users to load the page using that add-on.)" You can preconfig it so that certain sites always load in it... From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 20

RE: SuspectedSpam:RE: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Ah? Can you elaborate? -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SuspectedSpam:RE: Firefox for corporate use? Yes, yes it can. Not out of the box though. -Original Message--

Re: SuspectedSpam:RE: Firefox for corporate use?

2009-11-20 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Sam Cayze wrote: >>> Can FF update itself if the users don't have admin privies? >> >> No. > > Yes, yes it can. How? -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Re: Followup: OTish: Verizon FIOS vs. Comcast Cable

2009-11-20 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:54 AM, wrote: > Yes I went with the business class for the statics... and the upside of that > is that Verizon ran 2 fiber connections into the house which means that the > TV isnt sharing bandwidth with the puters... I don't know if that is reality > or not but that is

Re: Will Ntbackup Suffice?

2009-11-20 Thread Jon Harris
Disk to Disk is much faster than Disk to Tape from what I was seeing but I agree it would have been nice to keep the option. Jon On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:04 AM, N Parr wrote: > > I think I remember hearing R2 put back what original 2008 to

RE: Followup: OTish: Verizon FIOS vs. Comcast Cable

2009-11-20 Thread John Aldrich
Nifty. Thanks. I did not know about the power inserter. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 11:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Followup: OTish: Verizon FIOS vs. Comcast Cable Verizon also lets you pu

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

2009-11-20 Thread Doug Hampshire
Um, unless you are replying to the wrong poster, NC has a Democrat for Guv'ner. As was the previous onethat would be the one currently under multiple indictments and investigations for vast array of illegal and shady dealings. On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Thomas W Shinder wrote: > The p

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