RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5

2011-04-11 Thread Holstrom, Don
With the huge sizes hard drives can reach, is RAID5 still better than, say, mirrored drives? Or some other way. Our consultants want RAID5 for every server... From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 6:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

Android phones

2011-03-25 Thread Holstrom, Don
Anyone seen any good answers for hooking Androids up to Exchange 2007 servers? IPhones are easy. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here:

RE: Android phones

2011-03-25 Thread Holstrom, Don
along side my gmail account a pop account as well. What sort of issues are you having with your Exchange account? Regards Scott On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Holstrom, Don dholst...@nbm.orgmailto:dholst...@nbm.org wrote: Anyone seen any good answers for hooking Androids up to Exchange 2007

RE: Getting Rid of CAT5?

2011-02-02 Thread Holstrom, Don
I work in an old Museum here in the District. My runs are very long, one is over 700 feet and gives me a problem every now and then. Is it worthwhile to switch out our CAT45 and go to CAT6a (there is something above 6a?) All our servers are gig but most of the workstations are not. All my

RE: How do I get to a Microsoft tech bulletin

2011-01-27 Thread Holstrom, Don
websites working OK. Carl From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 12:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How do I get to a Microsoft tech bulletin I am trying, even using TechNet to get to Microsoft technical bulletin #977695. Coming up on a blank page

RE: Windows SysInternals: ListDLLs v3.0 Handle v3.43

2011-01-21 Thread Holstrom, Don
And live, too. I have seen most of his presentations at Tech-Ed, I have been going for 10 years... -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 5:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows SysInternals: ListDLLs

RE: Windows 7 Printers and Faxes loss

2010-12-17 Thread Holstrom, Don
in the Windows Event Log? Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Thursday, 16 December 2010 10:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 Printers and Faxes loss I was hoping one of the Windows 7 fixes would take care of this. But a couple

Windows 7 Printers and Faxes loss

2010-12-16 Thread Holstrom, Don
I was hoping one of the Windows 7 fixes would take care of this. But a couple of my Windows 7 machines have lost the Printers and Faxes selections when you open Devices and Printers. A reboot used to fix it, but not lately. Has anyone else run into this? I cannot find anything through Google.

RE: document sprawl

2010-12-03 Thread Holstrom, Don
Me too. When I arrived here eight years ago, we had 32 gigs of data. Now we have over 2 TBs... Just buy larger servers... -Original Message- From: Stephen Wimberly [mailto:swimbe...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 12:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: document

RE: Software Auditing/Inventory?

2010-11-17 Thread Holstrom, Don
I've been using NEWT for a few years, not cheap, but works very well... From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 11:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Software Auditing/Inventory? What do you all use for this please? We're looking for

RE: Vipre and deployment

2010-10-29 Thread Holstrom, Don
We still use Symantec on all our workstations. Would love to move over to Vipre. We have about a hundred workstations. Would I still have to go to all the workstations to change from Symantec to Vipre or is there now a way to do this from the server? From: Joseph L. Casale

Remote Desktop slowing down

2010-10-25 Thread Holstrom, Don
I have RDC on a Server 03, Exchange on an 08 machine. It appears that my RDC has been slowing. Many of those complaining have an excessive (to me) amount of items in their InBox: 8-15,000. I am using Office 10 on the 03 server. Anything I can look out for to speed things up? I re-built RDC

RE: Remote Desktop slowing down

2010-10-25 Thread Holstrom, Don
From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 9:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Remote Desktop slowing down I have RDC on a Server 03, Exchange on an 08 machine. It appears that my RDC has been slowing. Many of those complaining have an excessive (to me

Anyone used the Sonicwall NSA 2400?

2010-10-08 Thread Holstrom, Don
It seems like a good firewall to use. I always liked external computers... It's only about $1,000 if you look around. Anyone had better use of any others? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To

RE: Leader in Encrypted FTP?

2010-09-27 Thread Holstrom, Don
I keep hearing good things about FileZilla, both as a server and as a client. It's free. Is it better than the free FTP offered with Server 08? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage

Outlook 2010 searches are different/wrong

2010-09-24 Thread Holstrom, Don
I upgraded one of our users from Office 07 to Office 10. In Outlook 10, searches come up with different answers. Very light answers. Can this be changed? All my other Office upgrades have been fine and users have been generally pleased. Not this user... I have Exchange server 07, both this

RE: Outlook 2010 searches are different/wrong

2010-09-24 Thread Holstrom, Don
I gotta share - 512 MB with inbox counts that high is probably insufficient, assuming he's doing anything else whatsoever. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent

RE: SuperMicro

2010-09-13 Thread Holstrom, Don
There are many companies that do so, most of them are out west, but if you look up particular parts, several companies sell them and you can get them overnight. AS for re-selling, check out Craigslist or others. We just had a company overlook our entire computer system here at the Museum and

RE: Mac and Windows mix

2010-09-08 Thread Holstrom, Don
, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Holstrom, Don dholst...@nbm.orgmailto:dholst...@nbm.org wrote: We have about a dozen Macs here at the Museum. I give them each dual monitor set-ups, with Parallels and Windows with Microsoft Office so they can Outlook to their e-mail. So far, Mac doesn't really have a good

RE: Mac and Windows mix

2010-09-07 Thread Holstrom, Don
We have about a dozen Macs here at the Museum. I give them each dual monitor set-ups, with Parallels and Windows with Microsoft Office so they can Outlook to their e-mail. So far, Mac doesn't really have a good Rendezvous/Outlook set-up, although OWA is very good and getting better. As I stroll

RE: Windows 95.

2010-08-26 Thread Holstrom, Don
Our old phone system still runs on DOS. I've been sweating this for years... -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 95. On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Richard Stovall

RE: Kudos to Michael B Smith!

2010-08-06 Thread Holstrom, Don
Truly... -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 3:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Kudos to Michael B Smith! If MBS got all of the beers we owe him at one time, he'd drown... On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 07:59, David Lum

backing up too much data

2010-07-28 Thread Holstrom, Don
I have been backing up all our data to tape drives. A vice president of the Museum likes to take a copy home regularly in case our machines blow up... But now we have nearly two terabytes of data. Tape drives go up to 1.7 T's, but I can only find libraries going higher. What other options do I

RE: Agentless hardware inventory tool

2010-07-22 Thread Holstrom, Don
+1, been using it for years... From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Agentless hardware inventory tool NEWT is very cool and it's fast. It's free for up to 25 computers. http://www.komodolabs.com/ On

Do you all like fewer or more servers?

2010-07-19 Thread Holstrom, Don
I only have a hundred users. Been doing this for about 12 years. I always thought it was better to have more or less one major server per service. That way, if one of our services came down or needed work, I wouldn't be taking down the entire system. I have a buddy with fewer users than me and

RE: Do you all like fewer or more servers?

2010-07-19 Thread Holstrom, Don
find that there are yet Cisco applications that they recommend stay on their own blade. *sigh* From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 8:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Do you all like fewer or more servers? I only have a hundred users. Been doing

RE: ninite.com in use out there?

2010-07-09 Thread Holstrom, Don
installed and uninstalled. (In a larger environment, something like SCCM would be appropriate, but I know it isn't for you!) :) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 3:04 PM

ninite.com in use out there?

2010-07-08 Thread Holstrom, Don
I have used this on a couple of boxes for other people and had good results. But I wanted to check with any of you who have used it. I don't/wouldn't mind paying for something like that here at the Museum, but they want $20-30/month. Adds up to some nice change over a year. Anyone used anything

64-bit anti virus

2010-05-17 Thread Holstrom, Don
Which anti-virus programs (64-bit) do you-all use on Windows' latest servers? We are a non-profit. I use Sunbelt on my Exchange server, but would like a freebie or cheapie for my new file server. I have anti-virus software if I bring the new file server back to 32-bit, but not 64-bit. Any

RE: Spiceworks?

2010-04-28 Thread Holstrom, Don
For the entire network I have always used NEWT Pro... From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Spiceworks? Hello all... I'm looking at Spiceworks for a pc inventory tool. Can anyone comment on it or make

open-mesh has been suggested to me

2010-04-27 Thread Holstrom, Don
Our museum has huge pillars and it's hard to get wireless through them. Anyone had good/bad luck using open-mesh wireless repeaters? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

RE: How would you go about this?

2010-03-25 Thread Holstrom, Don
months or so. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Holstrom, Don dholst...@nbm.orgmailto:dholst...@nbm.org wrote: I have a file server that has gone above 1 TB. When I first came here to the museum a few years ago (8), they had 33 gigs of data on one server. I brought in file tape backups until last

RE: Which Tech.Ed Give-away Item would you like?

2010-03-24 Thread Holstrom, Don
I want the bike... -Original Message- From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:s...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Which Tech.Ed Give-away Item would you like? Which Tech.Ed Give-away Item would you like? As you know, Tech.Ed is a

How would you go about this?

2010-03-24 Thread Holstrom, Don
I have a file server that has gone above 1 TB. When I first came here to the museum a few years ago (8), they had 33 gigs of data on one server. I brought in file tape backups until last year when the backup went out of that range. I always used SCSI RAIDs but even now that is a bit high. So

RE: OT:,Happy St. Patricks Day

2010-03-18 Thread Holstrom, Don
True here at the Museum, with me in front... From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT:,Happy St. Patricks Day For a lot of companies... Hungover employees from yesterday watching college bb playoffs in

remote desktop questions

2010-03-09 Thread Holstrom, Don
We are a non-profit museum. We have been using remote desktop on a 2003 server for a couple of years. We have a couple of dozen who use it regularly when offsite. I use it all the time from outside the museum and also to connect to other servers. I only have eight servers, half 08 and half 03.

RE: Migration from Mac Mail to Entourage

2010-03-03 Thread Holstrom, Don
This being a museum, we have lots of those on Macs. I have tried and tried, but even the latest Macs with the latest Mac and Office don't hook up to Exchange in the best, most full way. So I put Parallels on each Mac, give them a second screen and run Office Outlook that way so they have full

RE: CompTIA certs

2010-03-02 Thread Holstrom, Don
I miss the Heath kits. I built a couple of Dynaco amps and such back then too. Oh, well... -Original Message- From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 12:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CompTIA certs Remember Heathkit?

mailer for regular or non-profit orgs

2010-02-27 Thread Holstrom, Don
One of our people has asked about this. They have lists that go over 10,000 and although we run Exchange 2007, I think that is too large for us. Not sure, though. I am looking for a good (but cheap) mailer. They would be fairly simple e-mails. Any ideas? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security

RE: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7?

2010-02-19 Thread Holstrom, Don
A couple of years ago, I disabled IPv6 on a server and one part (sorry, I forgot which one) stopped working. It took a long call with Microsoft to figure it all out. Re-enabled IPv6 and all worked fine. Haven't disabled that on a server since... From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]

RE: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7?

2010-02-19 Thread Holstrom, Don
: What is the latest version of RDP client for Win7? As part of the support call, were you directed to any public documentation on the IPv6 dependency? -sc From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 10:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What

setting up a website

2010-02-05 Thread Holstrom, Don
When I switched from Cox to Fios here in Northern Virginia I lost the website I hosted and played around with. It took 10 calls, but someone finally told me they blocked that port. So I hosted the site out. It's only a hundred bucks a year or so. My 16-year-old son likes all this speed we now

RE: Print Servers

2010-01-14 Thread Holstrom, Don
? Adding a TCP/IP printer port usually requires admin rights. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Thursday, 14 January 2010 7:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Print Servers I have over 30 printers here. For the last few I have

RE: Print Servers

2010-01-13 Thread Holstrom, Don
I have over 30 printers here. For the last few I have not run them through a server, just give them a static IP address. When/if our print server goes down, I lose all the printers hooked up to that. I can hook up a printer to the network without the print server, I just have to keep a list for

RE: On another front - social networking killing e-mail...

2009-12-18 Thread Holstrom, Don
My kids are both teenagers, one in college, one in high school. My youngest goes days without checking e-mail, and he spends at least five hours on his computer each and every day. My daughter reads hers, but on her cell phone, and mostly her college e-mail account. I own my last name account

RE: OT, heads up free wifi

2009-12-02 Thread Holstrom, Don
I have heard of some who refuse to put any security on their wireless so if anyone were to accuse them of anything nefarious they could say that someone must have borrowed it. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 5:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

Exchange 2007

2009-11-30 Thread Holstrom, Don
I have switched from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 and can't quite get the job finished. Does anyone know of a good person I can use in the Washington, DC area to help me get it set up right? Specifics: Backup not the same, use Backup Exec? Security in OWA and with phones One person's e-mail

RE: Exchange 10 or 7?

2009-10-28 Thread Holstrom, Don
that going straight to 2010 would be A LOT easier and cheaper in the long run. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 9:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 10 or 7

RE: Sunbelt Tech.Ed Bike Give Away Survey

2009-10-26 Thread Holstrom, Don
BMW is NOT a rice-burner. I've been riding BMW motorcycles for 40 years. I'll be signing up at Tech-Ed for a chance at any bike. I have test-ridden Harleys every couple of years. No comparison. But if I could afford a second bike, I'd have a Fat Boy... -Original Message- From: Angus

RE: Ammo for apple mac sales pitch

2009-10-23 Thread Holstrom, Don
We have a few Macs here at the museum. Our PR art department uses them. There is always a problem going back and forth with Apple Microsoft. Both sides complain, they come to me. I'm old and would rather take a nap... From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 23,

Exchange 10 or 7?

2009-10-22 Thread Holstrom, Don
I have been using Exchange 03 here at the Museum for a few years. I have Exchange 07 software, we are a non-profit so licenses are cheap. But I was wondering if I should skip over 07 and go right to 10. Is this a harder upgrade? Impossible? Anyone done it? Either way, I would use another server,

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

2009-10-01 Thread Holstrom, Don
So which one is the idiot? From: Jay Dale [mailto:jd...@xpresstel.com] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 2:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye! We were interviewing for a consultant position and had a ton of applicants. One guy was really

RE: [OT] Farewell to Mary Travers

2009-09-17 Thread Holstrom, Don
I'm 61, I'm crying too. I met her and was able to spend time with her a few years ago, very likeable and outgoing woman. Apologies for succumbing to this, please don't tell my wife, unrelated to computers... From: G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:kava...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009

RE: Star Trek Science Fiction?

2009-07-29 Thread Holstrom, Don
Absolutely! From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 3:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Star Trek Science Fiction? I'd like a food replicator. Especially if it can replicate beer. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc.

Internet

2009-07-08 Thread Holstrom, Don
We are having some sites come up, others not. Anyone else experiencing this? I heard that some government sites were down recently, today others are down. At least for us here at the Museum. Anyone else seeing this? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: GPO's and remote servers

2009-07-02 Thread Holstrom, Don
I remember doing the same thing with a TV series named Sky King. The names of everyone and everything involved: Penny, The Jeep, the uncle, etc. But, I am over 60... From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 8:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

OT: Sky King

2009-07-02 Thread Holstrom, Don
*** -Original Message- From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 5:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: GPO's and remote servers I remember doing the same thing with a TV series named Sky King. The names of everyone and everything involved

RE: My OS is better than your OS (was: Mac Anti-Malware)

2009-06-05 Thread Holstrom, Don
And lawyers too... From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 11:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: My OS is better than your OS (was: Mac Anti-Malware) Agreed or someone/group gets hit hard by for HIPPA violations. That is one reason I don't

Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Holstrom, Don
I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old account is still on my Exchange server, I have that set for 30 days. But when I bring his account back, it makes a new e-mail account, empty. Having a fit with this, I know I have

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Holstrom, Don
option is available. If so reconnect to the user and good to go. Cheers. -Original Message- From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 03 I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Holstrom, Don
: RE: Exchange 03 Define bring back his account. -sc -Original Message- From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 03 I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Holstrom, Don
that step. -Original Message- From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 03 I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Holstrom, Don
...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 -Original Message- From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 03 I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the Exchange user

Bridged T-1's

2009-05-05 Thread Holstrom, Don
We own the block, so it would be very expensive to get Internet from a cable company, and Fios in DC is not yet available. I have been approached by a company offering to bridge two T-1's for our Internet. Anyone have this yet? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~

RE: Bridged T-1's

2009-05-05 Thread Holstrom, Don
as long as you have a router with a backplane that can support that throughput. My main site Internet is a DS3, but many of my MPLS sites are T1s with MLPPP. How are they going to hand it off to you? Bob Fronk -Original Message- From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent

RE: Bridged T-1's

2009-05-05 Thread Holstrom, Don
(ATT, Sprint or even the LEC). What is this company making the offer wanting to charge for the service? Bob Fronk -Original Message- From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 9:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Bridged T-1's Two lines

RE: Bridged T-1's

2009-05-05 Thread Holstrom, Don
, which essentially bonds 2 or more T-1s together. I'm not familiar with bridged T-1s, but I'm guessing that's their geek-speak for something similar. -Original Message- From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 8:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Holstrom, Don
The machines aren't any better, but it appears the graphics users like Macs more. When a Mac fails, they don't flinch, just look for me patiently. I have five Mac desktops and three Mac laptops here at the Museum. About eight or 10 have Macs at home too. For the in-house users, I give them an

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Holstrom, Don
At the last place I was at, a p .r. firm, an outside computer expert group recommended that we set everyone's password to password. I couldn't stop laughing, but the operating v.p. wasn't laughing, I recall. There are large groups of companies who do this, apparently. I left soon, for other

RE: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection

2009-03-18 Thread Holstrom, Don
Or a very small Canary Wireless.. -Original Message- From: Peter van Houten [mailto:peter...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection I've used this successfully:

Internet connectivity

2009-03-10 Thread Holstrom, Don
My museum is disconnected from any other blocks by cable TV, so I cannot hook up to that without a $15,000 fee. I have FIOS at home and am loving it, even though they lied to me about connectivity and I cannot run test web sites from home and I send them way too much dough every month... Would a

RE: Internet connectivity

2009-03-10 Thread Holstrom, Don
- From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Internet connectivity My museum is disconnected from any other blocks by cable TV, so I cannot hook up to that without a $15,000 fee. I have FIOS at home and am loving it, even

RE: Paging the parents.

2009-01-26 Thread Holstrom, Don
And don't forget the consignor stores. The biggest one here in the D.C. area (only two sales a year) is Dani's Duds. www.danisduds.com From: Jake Gardner [mailto:jgard...@ttcdas.com] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 10:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Paging the parents. and

RE: OT - Anyone VM a Mac Leopard OS on a PC?

2008-12-18 Thread Holstrom, Don
I took two Macs and ran them at home and at the office for a full year. Cool machines, ran both Mac and PC software on both. Still needed Outlook, no matter what I used, and I have/had full programs for both. Cute, but no cigar. Quit. Still have six Macs here at the Museum, but for those four

RE: Resume Posting

2008-12-16 Thread Holstrom, Don
craigslist From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Resume Posting This it OT, but where do you find or post your resumes these days? HR has an IT opening and Monster is just ridiculous expensive to look

RE: Kinda need a Mac,

2008-10-15 Thread Holstrom, Don
I used an Intel Mac Pro here at the Museum and at home for a full year recently, two monitors, Parallels with Windows on one side, Mac OSX on the other. One with Vista, one with XP. Our graphics people all use Macs and I wanted to continue to be totally familiar with the Apple side of things.

RE: changing anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-spyware

2008-10-15 Thread Holstrom, Don
Thanks to several of this group's suggestions I am off most blacklists, a hellish trip at best. But I still keep going back and forth with the SORBS lists. Mxtoolbox's test say I don't relay. But SORBS says I am. Off their list for awhile and then back on. Are there deeper tests I need to run?

RE: changing anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-spyware

2008-10-15 Thread Holstrom, Don
smtp traffic to originate from your mail server? Klint Holstrom, Don wrote: Thanks to several of this group's suggestions I am off most blacklists, a hellish trip at best. But I still keep going back and forth with the SORBS lists. Mxtoolbox's test say I don't relay. But SORBS says I am. Off

RE: changing anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-spyware

2008-10-14 Thread Holstrom, Don
. On 10/4/08, Holstrom, Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have been using Symantec products for servers workstations for a couple of years now. Bought Vipre for the family/test network, seems to work fine. Certainly runs faster, less overhead. However, cannot get rid of Symantec 10.1 or 10.2

changing anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-spyware

2008-10-04 Thread Holstrom, Don
We have been using Symantec products for servers workstations for a couple of years now. Bought Vipre for the family/test network, seems to work fine. Certainly runs faster, less overhead. However, cannot get rid of Symantec 10.1 or 10.2. Checked the Symantec site and their manual uninstallation

RE: TechNet Down?

2008-10-03 Thread Holstrom, Don
This has been happening regularly to me too... From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 1:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: TechNet Down? Ok, it's working now! ___ Stefan Jafs From: Stefan Jafs

Off most blacklists, now looking for hardware firewall

2008-10-02 Thread Holstrom, Don
Many thanks to this list. Sent me in the right direction, right away. I truly wish I could return the favor, but as a Master of None... I would like to set up a hardware firewall outside of my router and its firewall. I'd like to keep the cost under $1,000. Way under if possible. I keep hearing

RE: Is the list down

2008-09-30 Thread Holstrom, Don
Our IP address has also just made it onto these lists, at the same time. Is there something going around out there? Will this e-mail make it through? I haven't been on one of these lists in a couple of years. Via mxtoolbox we are listed on three: CBL, Lashback, and PSBL. Reason given for all

blacklisted

2008-09-30 Thread Holstrom, Don
PSBL says they have received spamtrap mail from our IP address. How do I check all my PCs to see which ones are responsible? I have anti-virus on all workstations and servers, anti-spam on the e-mail server, and anti-spyware on the workstations. All is updated regularly. What else do I need to

RE: MapPoint 2009

2008-09-25 Thread Holstrom, Don
Excellent, I'm feeling less and less alone... From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MapPoint 2009 Does it still have a 10,000 limit? Yep, 10k limit is still there but here's some info on that:

RE: External RAID HDD Enclosure Recomendations

2008-09-25 Thread Holstrom, Don
61 in a couple of months... From: Campbell, Dick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: External RAID HDD Enclosure Recomendations Is that all Kurt? Try 53rd in a few weeks. Jon On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:22 PM,

RE: MapPoint 2009

2008-09-24 Thread Holstrom, Don
Does it still have a 10,000 limit? -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 12:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: MapPoint 2009 Anyone here using MapPoint and have upgraded to 2009? I just did - and I have to say,

RE: MapPoint 2009

2008-09-24 Thread Holstrom, Don
:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: MapPoint 2009 That sounds horrible. What do you use MP for? On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Holstrom, Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does it still have a 10,000 limit? -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

RE: Magazine subscriptions

2008-09-23 Thread Holstrom, Don
I get those, and skim them, not finding all that much. But I subscribe to three or four British magazines and hang on every work. Expensive, but well worth it. I also get three or four other US mags, but not as valuable as the British ones. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent

RE: just plain old copying CDs

2008-09-18 Thread Holstrom, Don
? - Original Message - From: Holstrom, Don mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:51 PM Subject: just plain old copying CDs I just copied a CD

RE: just plain old copying CDs

2008-09-18 Thread Holstrom, Don
standard for reading audio CDs and creating wav files is Exact Audio Copy (EAC). Another program which is easier to use and generally considered as good as EAC is CDex. From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 12:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject

RE: just plain old copying CDs

2008-09-18 Thread Holstrom, Don
. Is that anything strange about the original cd that some program could not interpret correctly ? - Original Message - From: Holstrom, Don mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent

RE: logging deleted files

2008-09-18 Thread Holstrom, Don
I have tried this program in different versions in different iterations at different times over the last few years, and it has always brought down my file servers. Is there a new version that would work with Server 08? From: Geling, Jos HS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September

RE: logging deleted files

2008-09-18 Thread Holstrom, Don
. From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 2:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: logging deleted files I have tried this program in different versions in different iterations at different times over the last few years, and it has always brought down

RE: Inventory System

2008-08-27 Thread Holstrom, Don
I use Newt Pro, but I don't think it covers all you need. From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 12:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Inventory System I ran a simple inventory using Spiceworks. Great report. Does anyone know of an

RE: So, Why Do We Do It?

2008-08-18 Thread Holstrom, Don
I do it for love and money and responsibility. This is a second career for me, retired as a speechwriter 10 years ago. I have been a sysadmin (one-man-shop) for two different organizations ever since. I am now 60. I consider this a blue collar job with white collar working conditions and pay.

emaillists, semi-massive e-mails

2008-08-09 Thread Holstrom, Don
I have a client, fairly small, 28 employees. I have their website hosted offsite for bandwidth, and use their offsite hosting for their e-mail as well. This host has a limit of 300-500 e-mails sent at once, and they offer a maillist service, but only for 1,000. My client has a list of opted-in

RE: PST Hell

2008-07-22 Thread Holstrom, Don
Yes, this has been a given, I think, for some time. Most do not even have pst files, just ost's. But some want to add POP3 accounts. Too keep their data secure and them happy, I just have them work locally and save globally. I set up automatic back up to my backed-up file server once a week, using

FTP alternatives

2008-07-16 Thread Holstrom, Don
I have always been told that running an FTP site opens your network more than necessary. I recently converted my FTP server from 03 to 08 and my FTP setup has been sketchy, I must be doing something wrong. Instead of pursuing a fix for FTP, I wonder if there is a reasonable (cheap)