Rather than run a business phone line (read expensive) into my wife's
office, she has a VoIP adapter and a regular cordless phone, and uses a
service from acanac.ca. $120 for the year is a whole lot cheaper than what
the local Telco wants for a business line. Not sure what their offerings in
the
If you care to install OSX Server, Apple has a Software Update Service which
is similar in concept to WSUS, but for Macs.
Andrew.
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:23 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote:
Ah gotcha
That's why I mentioned a separate VLAN - let them get as insecure as you
Also confirmed to be the fault of -sc ;-)
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote:
Hardware failure per ASB
BF
-Original Message-
From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 7:50 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Apple does also offer Update Services, but may be a fair bit of overkill for
just one client.
http://www.apple.com/support/macosxserver/softwareupdate/
Andrew.
P.S. Hi Steve!!
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
michealespin...@gmail.com wrote:
IIRC, the AD-integrated
Hello all,
I've a favour to ask (that Canadian for favor, in case you're wondering).
My son's school is trying to win a new piano, based solely on total number
of votes. It you care to take 2 minutes and add to the tally, I'd
appreciate your time and assistance.
Go to www.pianos.ca/giveaway
Done. Good luck, eh
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Andrew Laya andrew.l...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hello all,
I've a favour to ask (that Canadian for favor, in case you're wondering).
My son's school is trying to win a new piano, based solely on total number
of votes. It you care to take 2
, Andrew Laya andrew.l...@gmail.com
wrote:
Go to www.pianos.ca/giveaway
Click on the Vote button, for Sir Frederick Banting S.S.
Note that if you resubmit the HTML form, it appears to increase the
vote tally again. So by sitting on Reload current page, you can
easily vote repeatedly. This may
trusting and vulnerable to social engineering ??? grin
Good luck on the piano quest.
*Erik Goldoff***
*IT Consultant*
*Systems, Networks, Security *
' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '
*From:* Andrew Laya [mailto:andrew.l...@gmail.com]
*Sent:* Friday, March
25, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com
wrote:
Done!
-sc
*From:* Andrew Laya [mailto:andrew.l...@gmail.com]
*Sent:* Friday, March 25, 2011 9:03 AM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* OT Friday Favour
Hello all,
I've a favour to ask (that Canadian
I have a couple of old firmware files for PRIO200/240 models. Sent off
list.
Andrew.
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi phil, it is the original pro. No other model on it.
On Monday, January 24, 2011, Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com wrote:
I've
Please don't. :-P
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Bill Humphries nt...@hedgedigger.comwrote:
next you are going to tell me to stop walking around in public wearing my
pants?
James Kerr wrote:
Forgot your guys definition of grilling is different, for us THAT is
broiling. You guys
I think Kathleen is probably just screwing with you... :-)
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Cameron cameron.orl...@gmail.com wrote:
Yep..I'm aware of that :) But...the kicker is...it was my cell phone that
was dialed, which is not listed!
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Angus
I got myself a great ski jacket for 50% off at a Christmas in July sale a
couple of summers ago. Fit just the same as it would have buying it in
November...
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Shauna Hensala she...@msn.com wrote:
Hobby Lobby put out Christmas stuff in July. It is already 50%
Did the 'talent' get the day off with pay too? :-)
On 11/11/10, Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.com wrote:
Just one day.. I would just give them the day off. Too much of a headache
for one day.
We had to move back in April. We gave the employees Friday off, with pay,
while us techs moved and
Did the 'talent' get the day off with pay too? :-)
On 11/11/10, Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.com wrote:
Just one day.. I would just give them the day off. Too much of a headache
for one day.
We had to move back in April. We gave the employees Friday off, with pay,
while us techs moved and
Doesn't the VM Converter tool support reading from an Acronis image file?
(it has been a long while since I used it) If that is the case, could you
not make an image of the server, and then convert from that image?
Andrew.
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Nigel Parker
://www.acronis.co.uk/backup-recovery/server-windows/requirements.html#lim
- Windows 2008 Server Foundation
--
*From:* Andrew Laya [mailto:andrew.l...@gmail.com]
*Sent:* 04 November 2010 15:36
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* Re: Question about VMWARE
Sorry to hear this news, Sherry.
Sounds to me like an opportunity to spend a little more time on your
artistic endeavours. :-)
Keep smiling,
Andrew.
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 11:10 AM, John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote:
I'm flying into Austin tomorrow to talk with a hosting firm, I'll ask
iPod touch??
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Wilhelm, Scott swilh...@mcs.k12.ny.uswrote:
I’m looking for a touchscreen device in the sub-$200 range. All it needs
to do is have a touchscreen, wifi have a browser.
Does such a device exist? If so, can anyone supply a link?
Thanks!
Merry Christmas to all!
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Chris Orovet coro...@atsi-inc.com wrote:
+1
Regards,
Chris Orovet Technical Support
[image: ATSI]
O: (727)812-0276 Ext. 125
F: (727)812-0278
Email: *supp...@atsi-inc.com*
Web: *http://www.atsi-inc.com*
* *
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DL servers I have used always run like that until they have an OS
loaded and running.
Hth,
Andrew
On 12/15/09, Free, Bob r...@pge.com wrote:
Does it have redundant PS? I have an old 1U Dell server in my office
that sounds like a Lear jet if you don't plug in both power supplies...
Here is what I have done in the past. May or may not work, depending
on your specific setup.
Power down.
Install new blank drive as secondary.
Power up and resync.
Power down.
Remove old primary drive.
Move new secondary drive to primary position.
Install 2nd new blank drive as secondary.
Power
If Word MUST be enabled as the editor in Outlook 2010, does this mean that
Outlook can no longer be purchased as a stand-alone application? Must one
now purchase the full office suite, even if Outlook is the only required
app?
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Michael B. Smith
Sounds to me like they are shooting for the lowest common denominator, not a
brilliant admin like yourself, Sherry. ;-)
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Joe Tinney jtin...@lastar.com wrote:
I doubt that admins are the target audience for those messages. In fact,
this thread pretty much
could be disabled, the editor is built into
Outlook so you do NOT need the rest of Office. I’m guessing that’s what
Outlook 2010 is/will be like.
[image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools]
*From:* Andrew Laya [mailto:andrew.l...@gmail.com]
*Sent:* Wednesday, December 09, 2009 2:26 PM
I have the same. It relies on software RAID under Windows. Would be
nice if it had a hardware controller.
On 12/4/09, Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.com wrote:
I'll check next week, but I know there is no ACU or ADU installed when you
deploy the server with a SmartStart CD. Maybe something in
yup. Seeing the same thing.
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote:
wtf? [Message clipped]
Anyone else getting a bunch of gmail messages as [Message clipped]
click to read full message?
Steven
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog!
If you are looking to touch each machine, then System Profiler has a lot of
this information. For a more automated type of system, GLPI works for both
Mac and Windows.
Best of luck,
Andrew.
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Oliver Marshall
oliver.marsh...@g2support.com wrote:
HI chaps
I also have some available.
Andrew
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote:
OK
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE)
joe.haral...@ge.com wrote:
I will take one
Joe Haralson
Network Infrastructure Team
Invite sent to kenmli...@gmail.com
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:19 PM, KenM kenmli...@gmail.com wrote:
I would like one if anyone has any still avalible.
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Andrew Laya andrew.l...@gmail.comwrote:
I also have some available.
Andrew
On Mon, Nov 23
Invite sent to leftongr...@gmail.com
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:20 PM, leftongr...@gmail.com wrote:
I would like one.
Thank you very much!
Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
--
*From: *Andrew Laya andrew.l...@gmail.com
*Date: *Mon, 23 Nov 2009
Invite sent to jd...@xpresstel.com
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Jay Dale jd...@xpresstel.com wrote:
Any left over?
*From:* Andrew Laya [mailto:andrew.l...@gmail.com]
*Sent:* Monday, November 23, 2009 11:29 AM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* Re: Google Wave Invite Available
Invite Available
Thank you!!!
Sent on the Sprint Now Network from my BlackBerry
--
*From: *Andrew Laya andrew.l...@gmail.com
*Date: *Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:29:01 -0500
*To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
*Subject: *Re: Google
Invite sent to j...@holaday.com
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Jim Mediger j...@holaday.com wrote:
If anybody has one remaining I would like one.
Thanks,
Jim
*From:* Andrew Laya [mailto:andrew.l...@gmail.com]
*Sent:* Monday, November 23, 2009 11:17 AM
*To:* NT System Admin
Even more galling, especially to tech-savvy workers, is the nanny-state
attitude of employers who block access to Web sites, lock down PCs so users
can't install software and force employees to use clunky programs. Sure, IT
departments had legitimate concerns in the past. Employees would blindly
I wonder if they have removed Google Desktop and Xobni yet.
On 11/18/09, Jackson, Jeff jeff.jack...@rbza.com wrote:
I'm glad Mr. Wingfield is tech savvy, I have a feeling he's not gonna get
much in the way of support from WSJ's IT staff...
Jeff
From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
I have always equated the power down option with pulling the plug,
or pressing the power button. Not the most graceful of options.
Proper shutdowns (as if they were physical boxes) from the console of
each guest would be the ideal, IMO. Others may correct or disagree
with this.
Hth.
Andrew
Could a user be running something akin to Google desktop and having it index
the network drives?
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 4:53 PM, jesse-r...@wi.rr.com
jesse-r...@wi.rr.comwrote:
PCs are not set for Scheduled Scans of any drives. They only have
on-access scan for reading of a file. Like
I too use Sonicwall devices. Started out with a pair of PRO200 units,
replaced them with the PRO2040 units now in place. We purchased all of
them through firewalls.com. We got great pricing, and even better
support. 3 of the 4 calls I have had to make I made to them, instead
of Sonicwall support.
The latest version of Serv-U ftp server has a web interface for transferring
files. May be worth having a look at it.
Andrew.
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote:
“Easy to use”….. LOL….. You don’t have some of my users!
We have an FTP site, but users
Be sure and check out their online demo of the web interface.
http://www.serv-u.com/demo.asp
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote:
Thanks… pulling it up now.
*From:* Andrew Laya [mailto:andrew.l...@gmail.com]
*Sent:* Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:42 PM
Thanks for well wishes Mark.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Andrew.
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Reimer, Mark mark.rei...@prairie.eduwrote:
Happy Thanksgiving (October 12th) to our Canadian Friends. Hopefully you
will get some/most/all of the weekend to enjoy with family and friends.
I
Have you had a look at www.livestream.com? They may have what you are
looking for.
Andrew.
On 9/21/09, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote:
I happen to be working with a few folks on a service for this sort of
thing.
What sort of specs are you looking for video-wise.
Feel
LMAO...
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.comwrote:
Pronounced Fred.
-sc
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 1:47 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Open Letter and apology
You might want to have a look at Acrobat ConnectNow.
https://acrobat.com/#/connectnow/ConnectNowBegin It is free for meeting
host plus 3 others, and has the option to use a webcam within the meeting.
hth,
Andrew.
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Jeff Brown 2jbr...@gmail.com wrote:
We are
We started out using DFS under 2003-R2 for a remote office, to
replicate data back to our location. We ran into the same sort of
thing as you mention. My biggest beef was the lack of real-time
monitoring to see what was actually going on. We ended up installing a
copy of HP Storage Mirroring that
Please do share... what is the group name?
thx,
Andrew.
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Gavin Wilby gavin.wi...@gmail.com wrote:
ooo - lovely, cheers goes to look
Gavin.
Sherry Abercrombie wrote:
There is one already. Invitation to join sent to you others;)
On Wed, Jul 22,
Thanks Sherry.
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.comwrote:
Systems Admins
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Andrew Laya andrew.l...@gmail.comwrote:
Please do share... what is the group name?
thx,
Andrew.
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Gavin Wilby
What a riot. Thanks Sherry!
BTW - if you liked the motorcycle and squirrel story, the story's
author (and a fellow sysadmin) Daniel Mayer has lots more like it (as
well as a published book series) on his website at
www.lifeisaroad.com.
Enjoy.
Andrew
On 7/17/09, Sherry Abercrombie
I can't help but laugh at the thought of some poor newcomer joining
this 'technical' mailing list on a day when Shookie baby and Webster
have one of their 'conversations'.
Thanks for the laughs guys (and gals).
On 7/14/09, Jeremy Anderson jer...@mapiadmin.net wrote:
Shookie baby, slip a sable
I just figured noone was posting because of the holiday. Hope all our
neighbours to the south had a great day!
On 7/5/09, HELP_PC g...@enter.it wrote:
i.e. now no messages besides yours from Saturday morning
GuidoElia
HELPPC
-Messaggio originale-
Da: Joe Heaton
If only we were all so lucky. Thanks for the good wishes though, Sherry.
Andrew
On 7/1/09, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com wrote:
Happy Canada Day to all you Canucks on the lists. Although I hope you're
not having to work today!!
--
Sherry Abercrombie
Any sufficiently advanced
If you are using McAfee ePO, you can manage Mac clients as well as
PCs. The latest version we have finally allows for a push install the
Mac cients too. It is a welcome improvement over manual install of the
virusscan software.
Good luck
Andrew
On 6/5/09, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote:
I have heard the same suggestion made. It is supposed to be a very good
product and for a 1 off, I would lean in that direction. At work, we
corporately use McAfee across the board, on PC and Mac clients, and have no
issues with it.
Andrew
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Sherry Abercrombie
ROFL... that one's never gonna die.
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote:
or do a Chris Peden and post the entire config intact ! g
Erik Goldoff
*IT Consultant*
*Systems, Networks, Security *
--
*From:* Don Ely
We use McAfee. Centrally managed by corporate office through epo. Used
to be a very manual install, but the software can now be push
installed and updated to Macs as well as Windows pcs.
On 5/1/09, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com wrote:
+2 ClamAV at our colo.
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:06
Hi Richard,
Built-in Screen Sharing is one option, though I have only had luck with it
if machines are close by (read, same subnet). VNC access is also built-in.
I use Chicken of the VNC as a client to remote to other Mac workstations.
As an alternative to these free options, have a look at
I agree also. A very diplomatic approach that ensures you don't get taken
advantage of in the future.
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote:
+1 on this response
Erik Goldoff
IT Consultant
Systems, Networks, Security
-Original Message-
I recently used Acronis 9 to do this very thing. I was extremely impressed
with its simplicity and efficiency.
Andrew.
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:49 AM, SMREKAR, JACK smre...@aasd.k12.wi.uswrote:
I have been doing so research into products that will allow me to resize my
system partition (c
I think I remember having one of those once...
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Chyka, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Right now we have the most boring meetings for our IT Dept. We have weekly
meetings with 15 members of our staff in them from the CIO to lower level
techs
Just a thought, but if you are going to the trouble of having them upload
their data to a website to have it zipped and compressed and then
downloading it again to send it to you, why not setup a file upload site and
allow them to upload the unzipped data directly to you. You can then do
with the
We use it all the time. More related to a user base who can't be bothered /
don't know how to check that their print settings are correct.
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:25 AM, René de Haas [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
We do. We are an international plant, not in the US, but our mother
company is in
I use them too. I have only had to use support through Sonicwall once, and
hope never to repeat it. I have, however, had excellent support from the
reseller we use. Dreaming Tree, at www.firewalls.com are stellar.
hth,
Andrew.
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Steve Ens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Works great. We use it to create a volume (really just a file) within a
volume to store the actual CC info. It will map a drive letter on the
windows client to the encrypted file and show up in windows explorer just
like any other local drive. The encryted file can reside locally, or on
another
You don't mention the server versions, but could you try running ntbackup to
backup to a share on the destination server. Once there, you should be able
to restore it locally on that server.
hth,
Andrew.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Lenny Bensman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Have you tried
You might try Knut at serverworlds.com. He has always managed to find what
I am looking for with regards to 'more experienced' HP/Compaq kit.
hth,
Andrew.
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 9:30 PM, Jesse Rink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone know a place I might have luck getting old HP server
I've always had good luck with serverworlds.com. I have only bought
Compaq/HP stuff through Knut, but it has always worked as advertised.
ymmv,
Andrew.
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 4:56 PM, James Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I need to buy a 18.2GB drive for ye old IBM x220 series server. Can
Not a Cisco guru myself, but a guy I used to work with used to get his
configs done up in notepad beforehand. He could then copy and paste to his
hearts content, and modify, edit and correct things he found along the way.
When he had the config as he wanted, he would telnet into the switch /
Two separate accounts. User account and admin account.
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Matthew Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Just curious what your best practices are in the rights you give your
system administrators and other IT staff. Do they have domain admin rights
on their
on those machines? Or
that is only possible on Leopard?
Miguel
--- Andrew Laya [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió:
Are the OS X machines joined to your AD? Also, do
they have LDAP and WINS
servers configured? We had issues with our OS X
machines melding into AD
until these were properly
Are the OS X machines joined to your AD? Also, do they have LDAP and WINS
servers configured? We had issues with our OS X machines melding into AD
until these were properly configured on the clients.
hth,
Andrew.
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Miguel Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
We
See responses inline:
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Cesare' A. Ramos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello to all..
Need some thoughts here.
We are speaking with a prospect who will be publishing a magazine. They
will be 80% MAC based due to apps but will have some WINTEL systems due to
We use Quark Xpress here (at a newspaper), however, a number of our sister
companies are moving to InDesign. I believe a lot of that has to do with
renewal costs, but also the fact that familiarity with one Adobe product
helps with the use of another. Not having used it myself, mind you, I have
I believe the Sonicwall Pro series firewalls will do this with the Enhanced
SonicOS upgrade. The enhanced OS allows for an extra port to be allocated
for alternate purposes, one of which is a secondary Internet connection. I
have used the Sonicwall firewalls, but not in this scenario, so can not
I couldn't agree more, but...
I had someone ask me about a number of all in ones they saw in the local
BestBuy flyer and I noticed that Brother has a couple of all in one lasers.
Maybe something like this would be better suited for the HR manager?
Andrew.
On Jan 30, 2008 12:10 AM, Martin
I have always had much better luck using a Mac to copy Mac files.
Retrospect is a great alternative to Robocopy if you don't want to just drag
and drop them.
hth,
Andrew.
On Jan 16, 2008 10:18 AM, Tom Strader [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
*MAC users on my network were running out of space so we
Looking for confirmation.
I need to change the service account on a MS SQL 7.0 server. If I simply
change the account and password on the Security tab for this server within
Enterprise Manager, will it take care of all the rights / permissions etc
needed to run the service?
thanks,
Andrew.
~
.
As I remember, yes it will.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
*From:* Andrew Laya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Wednesday, January 09, 2008 6:20 PM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* SQL 7 service account change
Looking
*From:* Andrew Laya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Wednesday, January 09, 2008 6:20 PM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* SQL 7 service account change
Looking for confirmation.
I need to change the service account on a MS SQL 7.0 server. If I simply
change the account
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