Mark Minasi's Reader Forum

Cloud Storage the wrong way.

x7c00 — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:39:51 -0500

There are 18 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 10:39:51 PM by x7c00
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Belay that. I just found this very helpful discussion from not too long ago.
http://web2.minasi.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=39188.
I know I'm going to take a beating from Sharpoint fans but be nice. Most small office people I meet don't have the time or inclination to study and work with Sharepoint. And i hope the Sharepoint that comes with Office 365 is better than the Sharepoint that came with BPOS. The BPOS Sharepoint was terrible.

Processor Architecture???

NMDANGE — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:45:26 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 7:45:26 PM by NMDANGE
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amd64 is the correct choice, unless you are running an Itanium processor... and I doubt that

Why can't Powershell delete folders?

teejay58 — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:02:09 -0500

There are 27 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 6:02:09 PM by teejay58
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Thank you! I've been banging my head on the wall for months, looking for this answer. Thank you so much!

Sysvol not shared between new servers

Michael — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:53:57 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 5:53:57 PM by Michael
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Thanks for the reply Wkasdo,

*Yes this is new forest and domain
*I looked at the DFSR log on Server1, do not know what I was looking at or for but it did not see anything about Server2 in there.
* Repadmin /replsum

From Server1
C:\>repadmin /replsum
Replication Summary Start Time: 2012-05-16 14:34:15

Beginning data collection for replication summary, this may take awhile:
.....

Source DSA largest delta fails/total %% error
SRV-1 46m:58s 0 / 5 0
SRV-2 46m:26s 0 / 5 0
Destination DSA largest delta fails/total %% error
SRV-1 46m:26s 0 / 5 0
SRV-2 46m:58s 0 / 5 0

From Server2
C:\>repadmin /replsum
Replication Summary Start Time: 2012-05-16 14:36:39

Beginning data collection for replication summary, this may take awhile:
.....

Source DSA largest delta fails/total %% error
SRV-1 49m:22s 0 / 5 0
SRV-2 48m:50s 0 / 5 0
Destination DSA largest delta fails/total %% error
SRV-1 48m:50s 0 / 5 0
SRV-2 49m:22s 0 / 5 0

* How did I determine Sysvol not shared.
I would think it should show in My Computer as I have seen in the past.
But the reason I started looking was... I setup WSUS on Server2 and make some edits to the Policy for updates. When I looked at Server1 to see if it replicated to it I did not see the change in the Policy. that is when I started looking.

Thanks,
Michael

Configure/change power options via MDT 2010

Sirtis — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:24:38 -0500

There are 16 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 5:24:38 PM by Sirtis
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Many thanks Johan. This will be a big help.

Unified Access Gateway Consultant

Curt — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:22:36 -0500

Anyone doing Unified access gateway consulting.

There's an implementation in the U.S. for a "Brick and Mortar" firm here.

Planning and execution.
Not your's ofcourse.

Moving 2010 to new hardware question...

anthony — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:02:02 -0500

There are 27 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 5:02:02 PM by anthony
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I have a select few - maybe 10 or so out of 100 or so. It appears to be homed on it, when I look at the grey bar within the viewer it has the FQHN of the NEW server. When I look at it that way, it only shows the Submission & [10.0.10.13] SmartHost Queue.

Check your credit card statements!

jadgate — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:52:24 -0500

There are 5 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 4:52:24 PM by jadgate
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Dennis-

When I was with Washington Mutual 4-5 years back, they had a serious problem with magnetic strip scanners being attached to ATMS by criminals looking to get ATM card #s. My card got compromised twice because the they kept hitting the same ATM. Chase at least has redesigned their ATMs to make putting a scanner over the opening much more difficult.

What's far worse in my experience is when large banks take it upon themselves to foist a new card (with a new #) upon you for no other reason than they switch from MC to VISA. I had this happen to me a few years back when the bank I had been with was acquired by another large bank. I won't name names, but they were recently in the news - something about a 2 billion dollar loss due to insider trading.

Anywho, they forced me to activate the new card before the old one expired (even though it had less than a year to go). What they failed to tell me was that both cards couldn't be linked to the same checking account (or at least they refused to do that). Since I have quite a few monthly automated payments linked into that account and that #, that had me scrambling.

Nothing like having a large impersonal corporate bank force changes down your throat for their benefit and not yours. When I was looking to re-fi my mortgage last year, they refused to do that, even though my credit score was more than adequate. Frankly, the only reason I'm still with them currently is that it would be an enormous pain in the ass to transfer my accounts, but I intend to read them the riot act about my new card not having an RFID capability (talk about security holes) when it comes up for renewal in Oct next year.

Jim

DPM over VPN?

Curt — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:55 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 4:45:55 PM by Curt
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I would look at the kind of traffic that is going on when the machine is directly connected. Perhaps only NTLM is working while the VPN is means of connectivity.

But Kerberos or other ports are not working.

One server or Multiple

Curt — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:43:43 -0500

There are 8 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 4:43:43 PM by Curt
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Jerrod, find out what the apps do.
SQL database are NOT water heaters or gas tanks.

Databases often have complex stored proceedures, triggers, special indexing that requires lots attention.

Virtual SQL servers are good but they do have their issues. We discussed drivers at the Minasi meeting with our VMware speaker Scott.

Each type of virtual server shares memory with the host in different ways. Also have to consider the type of application.
For instance, I would never put a Financial application database on a server that has a database where there is a database for an ecommerce site. Not Smart.
Share Point REALLY NEEDS resouces for it's databases and there is loads of indexing.
Also some apps may not use the same data formating.

Managing the databases can also be a problem with people from all over are using the services. 2012 is good but............ cost a lot of coin. Try the strategy of SQL 2008 first. figure out the maintenance windows and see if standard will do for light stuff.

SQL is a great adventure. I consider the databases like Hard disk.

Would you put all your apps on one array of disk?

Pls help me about MCSE

Curt — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:29:41 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 4:29:41 PM by Curt
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I really hope you have a lab setup.

check the areas covered in the Microsoft Certification sites.

site links and costs

Pesos — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:41 -0500

Setting up a multi-site active directory and trying to figure out the best way to configure the site links - things aren't behaving the way I would expect.

We have a west coast datacenter, and an east coast one. We then have a few east coast branches and a few west coast branches. All sites have connectivity back to the west coast datacenter because that is where the KMS server lives. West coast branches only have connectivity back to the west coast datacenter.

What I would like to set up is that the datacenters have links to each other, and the branch sites have links to their respective coastal datacenter. So I created a site link for each branch site with only that site and its coastal datacenter in the link. I then created a link with only the two datacenter sites in it. I then removed the default sitelink.

All links are set to 100 for cost and 15 minute interval. is this the best way to achieve my desired configuration? Thanks!

raising forest and domain levels

dthomas — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:53:58 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 2:53:58 PM by dthomas
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By running the commands on last post I got the following:
dcdiag /v > c:\dcdiag.txt

Domain Controller Diagnosis

Performing initial setup:
* Verifying that the local machine scooby, is a DC.
* Connecting to directory service on server scooby.
* Collecting site info.
* Identifying all servers.
* Identifying all NC cross-refs.
* Found 1 DC(s). Testing 1 of them.
Done gathering initial info.

Doing initial required tests

Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\SCOOBY
Starting test: Connectivity
* Active Directory LDAP Services Check
The host 98d77564-651a-45ec-8b7b-08cbc131ecb6._msdcs.physics.bogus could not be resolved to an
IP address. Check the DNS server, DHCP, server name, etc
Although the Guid DNS name

(98d77564-651a-45ec-8b7b-08cbc131ecb6._msdcs.physics.bogus) couldn't

be resolved, the server name (scooby.physics.bogus) resolved to the IP

address (xxx.xxx.x.xxx) and was pingable. Check that the IP address

is registered correctly with the DNS server.
......................... SCOOBY failed test Connectivity

Doing primary tests

Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\SCOOBY
Skipping all tests, because server SCOOBY is
not responding to directory service requests
Test omitted by user request: Topology
Test omitted by user request: CutoffServers
Test omitted by user request: OutboundSecureChannels
Test omitted by user request: VerifyReplicas
Test omitted by user request: VerifyEnterpriseReferences
Test omitted by user request: CheckSecurityError

Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
For the partition (DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=physics,DC=bogus) we

encountered the following error retrieving the cross-ref's

(CN=50bd8b7d-933e-4684-950b-7b2be8a850a7,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=physics,DC=bogus)

information:
LDAP Error 0x3a (58).
......................... ForestDnsZones failed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
For the partition (DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=physics,DC=bogus) we

encountered the following error retrieving the cross-ref's

(CN=50bd8b7d-933e-4684-950b-7b2be8a850a7,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=physics,DC=bogus)

information:
LDAP Error 0x3a (58).
......................... ForestDnsZones failed test CheckSDRefDom

Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
For the partition (DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=physics,DC=bogus) we

encountered the following error retrieving the cross-ref's

(CN=ed3ef63a-4941-4e31-9ad4-b87729eac702,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=physics,DC=bogus)

information:
LDAP Error 0x3a (58).
......................... DomainDnsZones failed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
For the partition (DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=physics,DC=bogus) we

encountered the following error retrieving the cross-ref's

(CN=ed3ef63a-4941-4e31-9ad4-b87729eac702,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=physics,DC=bogus)

information:
LDAP Error 0x3a (58).
......................... DomainDnsZones failed test CheckSDRefDom

Running partition tests on : Schema
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
For the partition (CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=physics,DC=bogus)

we encountered the following error retrieving the cross-ref's

(CN=Enterprise Schema,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=physics,DC=bogus)

information:
LDAP Error 0x3a (58).
......................... Schema failed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom

Running partition tests on : Configuration
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
For the partition (CN=Configuration,DC=physics,DC=bogus) we

encountered the following error retrieving the cross-ref's

(CN=Enterprise Configuration,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=physics,DC=bogus)

information:
LDAP Error 0x3a (58).
......................... Configuration failed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom

Running partition tests on : physics
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
For the partition (DC=physics,DC=bogus) we encountered the

following error retrieving the cross-ref's

(CN=PHYSICSLAB2,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=physics,DC=bogus)

information:
LDAP Error 0x3a (58).
......................... physics failed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... physics passed test CheckSDRefDom

Running enterprise tests on : physics.bogus
Starting test: Intersite
Skipping site Default-First-Site-Name, this site is outside the scope

provided by the command line arguments provided.
......................... physics.bogus passed test Intersite
Starting test: FsmoCheck
GC Name: \\scooby.physics.bogus
Locator Flags: 0xe00003fd
PDC Name: \\scooby.physics.bogus
Locator Flags: 0xe00003fd
Time Server Name: \\scooby.physics.bogus
Locator Flags: 0xe00003fd
Preferred Time Server Name: \\scooby.physics.bogus
Locator Flags: 0xe00003fd
KDC Name: \\scooby.physics.bogus
Locator Flags: 0xe00003fd
......................... physics.bogus passed test FsmoCheck
Test omitted by user request: DNS
Test omitted by user request: DNS
---------------------------------------------------------------
Than on the second command I get this:
repadmin /showrepl dc* /verbose /all /intersite > c:\repl.txt

repadmin running command /showrepl against server scooby.physics.bogus

Default-First-Site-Name\SCOOBY

DC Options: IS_GC

Site Options: (none)

DC object GUID: 98d77564-651a-45ec-8b7b-08cbc131ecb6

DC invocationID: 98d77564-651a-45ec-8b7b-08cbc131ecb6

==== KCC CONNECTION OBJECTS ============================================

I'm at a loss. Any body out there can help resolve these.

Thanks

No Internet Connection

netmarcos — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:22:58 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 2:22:58 PM by netmarcos
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Default gateway? Static routes? Somebody doesn't like you and set up a restrictive ACL on the router that blocks all traffic from that MAC to the outside world? Have you tried a different switch port?

App-V

aed — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:16:32 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 2:16:32 PM by aed
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I started out with the Trial Guides from MS.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/7/8/F784A197-73BE-48FF-83DA-4102C05A6D44/App-V/App-V%204.6%20SP1%20Trial%20Guide.docx

W2K8 SP2 installed in 10 minutes flat on SSD

aed — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:12:58 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 2:12:58 PM by aed
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If you really want performance, load up with lots of RAM, create a RAMDisk and run things from there[:D]

Event Errors

jon_ak — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:33:34 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 1:33:34 PM by jon_ak
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Vipre is an anti-virus, intrusion prevention, advanced firewall application. Some of the research I've read on MS Technet states to ensure port 135 is open for RPC communication but that also includes all the rest of the ports above 1024. I discovered this issue when rolling out a couple new group policy changes and seeing them not being applied and so it has led me to this point. i do have a feeling it is can be a firewall issue as there doesn't seem to be any other type of network connectivity problems.

registry updates with loopback

Nodgiles — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:39 -0500

I have a registry setting that I need to change for all users on my domain. This setting however can not be modified on a few lab machines that many of the same users log onto.

I have created a user GPO (called RegModify) to update the HKCU registry key and its scope is authenticated users. It is currently linked to my custom users OU.

I have another user GPO (called RegDefault)that has the default HKCU key set. The scope is a security group that I have created that contains the computers. I have loopback processing enabled and set to merge (also tried replace without luck). I have this linked at the domain level.

The registry setting change is being applied properly to my user accounts. When I log onto one of my lab computers the key is not reverting back to the default. If, however, I put user accounts in the RegDefault scope, it works.

How can I get my RegDefault GPO to work with computer accounts instead of user accounts?

Slow Logon For XP Workstations

rmoore@afsc.org — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:52:18 -0500

There are 5 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 10:52:18 AM by rmoore@afsc.org
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I might have to try that. Not terribly convenient, but it might be doable.

Rob

Password Sync from AD to Google Apps

NMDANGE — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:25:42 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 10:25:42 AM by NMDANGE
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FYI I work for a university and we've implemented Google Apps for Education, using the Google Sync tool to create accounts, and custom SAML code for single sign on. (I did not write it, though) A starting point is here: https://developers.google.com/google-apps/sso/saml_reference_implementation

We are going to be switching to Office 365 for Education in the near future though.

Sharing docs with outside users

Playwell — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:32:37 -0500

There are 12 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 07:32:37 AM by Playwell
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You do need the fullblown Sharepoint, Sharepoint Foundation is for free (besides the W2K8 R2 license ofc) and does not need an AD

Two SIDs after using ADMT?

Pieter — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:30:14 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 03:30:14 AM by Pieter
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Yes, Jazzy is right.
It's a fairly high number of groups, though.

Migrating to Windows 2008

myousufali — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:08:26 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 05/16/2012 at 03:08:26 AM by myousufali
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Yes, You cannot do inplace upgrade x86 system to x64 bit. You need to build new x64 server system for Windows 2008 R2.
Official documentation from microsoft.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754670(WS.10).aspx

Event Errors

jon_ak — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:05:52 -0500

we have a w2k8r2 dc and a dozone w7 clients. all of the clients are displaying event log errors for group policy of the event id's 7017, 7320, 7006, 7007 in that order each time the group policy does it's refresh or i use gpupdate /force. at the same time on the client system log the event 1053 & 1055 are displayed. the server event logs show no errors in either the system log or group policy log. we do have gfi vipre running on the server and clients. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Automatic Database Distribution

NMDANGE — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:43:15 -0500

There are 9 replies, with the last one on 05/15/2012 at 4:43:15 PM by NMDANGE
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I've done Exchange restores in DPM with 200GB+ databases and they don't take nearly that long to restore.

Windows Backup Server???

NMDANGE — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:40:31 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 05/15/2012 at 4:40:31 PM by NMDANGE
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The BMR backup is restored by putting in the Windows Setup DVD and selecting "Repair" then you point it at the backup. You could put the backup on a DVD or a flash drive or keep it on the network folder, any of those options will work fine.

WDS and WinPE drivers

Logger — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:26:16 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one on 05/15/2012 at 08:26:16 AM by Logger
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Hi Johan,

I finally solved my problem. I did not realize that within
my .Wim file, there are two images. One is a boot image the other
is an install image. I was modifying the boot image, and not the
installation image.

I suppose I thought I understood images fairly well, but this
makes me realize I need to investigate the install process a
little more. Is there a document online that explains in detail
the PXE boot process and how files on the WDS server are used?
I feel I do not understand the process well enough.

Thanks again for your help.

Logger

Server 2008 Event ID 2012

keith — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:41:34 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one on 05/15/2012 at 07:41:34 AM by keith
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It looks like I have resolved the issue fingers crossed, I disabled the onboard Broadcom NIC and inserted a new Gigabit Intel card and the server has been running fine now for almost a week, seems there may be an issue between Broadcom and Dell servers. Thanks for all your help.

Windows Server "8" download available

NikolasE — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:20:30 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 05/15/2012 at 07:20:30 AM by NikolasE
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Thank for the Link. Downloading Now.

Which is more difficult? New customer or an old?

haward321 — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:32:22 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 05/15/2012 at 04:32:22 AM by haward321
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Ok, I was worked as a customer maintenance representive at one company before. Maybe I can give yous some suggestions. If you are in a big company, you will understand how it is important for a company to keep in touch with customers. There is a saying goes: To find a new customer is as six times as hard to maintain an old one. Thus, why not put some energy to keep track with old customers. What do you think about it? Obviously, the product is the base. At first, you have a good product, then, the people who have used it will buy it again or introduce it to others. It is the ultimate aim of the customer service. The most important why you need this knowledge base management system is that it save much money. Maybe you will remember the moeney you spend in buying this software, but you can image how many workers you should hire to finish the equal task. Think it carefully then you will find that it is a good deal. What��s more, before you buy, there is a free software to test. http://www.phphelpdesk.org/

"File://" links won't open

Jack4321 — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:07:04 -0500

There are 10 replies, with the last one on 05/15/2012 at 04:07:04 AM by Jack4321
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What about add net before the website? [:D]

I'm missing something

Pesos — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:13:06 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 05/14/2012 at 11:13:06 PM by Pesos
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Have you removed the bootable media? Are you sure the image.vhd (with that exact name) is on the proper disk/partition?

Unauthenticated Network

rickels — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:19:41 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 05/14/2012 at 5:19:41 PM by rickels
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I found solutions at: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpronetworking/thread/ca343a3c-c61e-4816-9a96-d973386db2e2

Neither ipconfig nor deleting the NIC worked for me, but leaving the domain and then rejoining it did.

Is this a good deal?

anthony — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:32:57 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one on 05/14/2012 at 4:32:57 PM by anthony
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Aiden is too busy blogging a book's worth of info everyday to answer on this forum! [:)]

Just kidding Aiden... man - you must type 1000 words per minute.

when creating new user in ad on exchange server

Jazzy — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:26:31 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 05/14/2012 at 12:26:31 PM by Jazzy
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Correct, with Exchange 2007 and 2010 you can't create or manage mailboxes in ADUC. Do this in EMS, EMC or with a remote powershell session from the machine where you use ADUC.

Anyway around "private" email in shared mailboxes

Jazzy — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:22:44 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 05/14/2012 at 06:22:44 AM by Jazzy
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Okay, that was way more complex than I expected. :)

Apperantly you can set the ViewPrivateItems property by using EWS and not in EMS. Have a look at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/da-DK/winserverpowershell/thread/c62662e0-4b81-4489-be0d-1e4eb794f65b

Network MFP scan function ceased

jon_ak — Mon, 14 May 2012 01:14:55 -0500

our network is a 2k8r2 server with mostly win7 clients. we have two mfp's (multi-function printer/fax/scan) machines. all the clients for over a year have had the ability to print to either of them, walk up to the machine and scan a document to email, scan a document to a folder located on a client machine or on the server and print a document to fax from their client machine.

a week ago monday, 5/7/12 microsoft released a slew of updates which all the clients and the server received. since that time, the ability to scan a document to the users folder or to the shared network folder using one of the client computers has ceased and the other mfp takes an excessive amount of time to transmit the document to the selected folder... upwards of 3 minutes for a plain piece of paper with text.

we have spent hours trying to eliminate the cause of this error and the only conclusion we have arrived at is a trust issue has cropped up. the server doles out the dhcp address for these mfp's and there is only one error message being generated and that is on the mfp that will not scan and it says that it is a communication error.

the machine that still scans is a konica bizhub c552ds and the other is a sharp mx-2600n.

Issue running an Application

Mirage — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:08:05 -0500

Hi Everyone,

I have a program that is giving me a pretty big issue.
A part of it crashes when run at the workstation.

The program isn't really complicated (a link from the Workstation runs an exe from a network share). The Network share is setup through GP.

But a part of it relies on Office 2010, an option is taken in a menu with in the program that automatically brings up Word, and puts info into the word document. So this is the part having an issue. The program just crashes when this option is taken.

I suspect it has something to do with SBS 2011 we're running. Win 7 pro clients. The reason I say this is because I setup a test 2008R2 Standard Server and it ran okay. So SBS has a ton of 'ready-out-of-the-box' security settings. I think it's a GP issue, but there are several. Should I just turn them all of (disable the Link Enabled option)? I'm not sure if it's a GP affecting the Workstation, or if there is something affecting the Server. I suspect the Workstation.

I don't think it's a file permission problem, I literally gave 'everyone' full control to the Share and the folders/files in it.

Just hoping for some friendly advice.

Thank you!

George Carlin

chamezzzz — Sat, 12 May 2012 07:34:50 -0500

would have been 75 today, nice letters here.

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/04/romantic-mr-carlin.html

Siri knows which is the best phone ever

JSCLMEDAVE — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:56:36 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one on 05/11/2012 at 2:56:36 PM by JSCLMEDAVE
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I already did, also Mary Jo.

Disconnected Mailboxes

aval — Fri, 11 May 2012 06:58:06 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 05/11/2012 at 06:58:06 AM by aval
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When you removed database MBX-DB01, it didn't mention anything about existing mailboxes (disconnected in this case)?

Usually with these migrations, there's always something (Public Folder for example), that prevents you from removing the database and sometimes forcing a manual removal in ADSIEdit.

Just thinking about this though, if the content of the disconnected mailboxes was contained in the deleted MDB, then I suppose it's gone.

Unless you restore from a backup somehow?

EDIT - I was thinking about restoring to a RSG (this is/was E2K7 right) but I think the fact the mailboxes were disconnected and not associated with a user could complicate that.

Maybe use a third party tool to extract those mailboxes from a backup of the entire E2K (?) database?

This one's often mentioned on the Exchange Tech Net forums:

http://www.lucid8.com/product/digiscope.asp

Raid1 Degraded on Power Edge T110

NikolasE — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:25:14 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 05/11/2012 at 01:25:14 AM by NikolasE
Quote:
Explanation of Hot Spare does not Show as Re-Build Raid again but i looked for it and this Person had a similar situation like me :

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/906/t/19424660.aspx

Since i do have a Backups of Windows and Data. I Choosed the Degraded Disk as Global Hot Spare and now am Watching it Re-Building the Array. Hope it does that. Couldnt they make their Explanation much Easier?

Will Post for Results : And i hope they are Good

Update : Rebuild Shows Healthy Now after Assign Disk as Global Hot Spare.

Thank

Cisco VPN Client Bug

Techboy — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:41:27 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 05/10/2012 at 8:41:27 PM by Techboy
Quote:
Curt - I have access to version 5.0.07 if that would be helpful. I believe the issue was fixed in version above 5.0.06

gm

Task Scheduler

aed — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:07:17 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 05/10/2012 at 2:07:17 PM by aed
Quote:
At the end of Xcopy command put a >> "filename.log" and it will maybe give some indication of what's happening but then again It may only report how many files were copied. Robocopy has a nice logging feature, along with several others, so you might want to look at using it.

SMB 3.0 demo - 5.8 Gbps throughput

timberk — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:10:08 -0500

There are 10 replies, with the last one on 05/10/2012 at 11:10:08 AM by timberk
Quote:
Thanks for sharing, Joe and Aidan.

Was wondering if Infiniband had begun to make it's way into common usage, in the average IT organization.

But, that's not the case [:p]

10GbE sounds pretty spectacular from where I sit - this High Performance gear is just fascinating.

~tb

Outlook 2010 not Connecting to Exchange 2010

MadCow — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:15:00 -0500

There are 7 replies, with the last one on 05/10/2012 at 10:15:00 AM by MadCow
Quote:

Did not do nothing different.

When I re-created the CASARRAY I did stamp it to the mailbox DB.

Thanks though guys.

Search-ADAccount, Top to Bottom

JSCLMEDAVE — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:32:10 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 05/09/2012 at 5:32:10 PM by JSCLMEDAVE
Quote:
FYI..!

The first thing to do is to import the ActiveDirectory module by using the Import-Module cmdlet. This command is shown here:

Import-Module activedirectory

Example: Once the module is imported, use the Search-ADAccount cmdlet with the lockedout parameter. This command is shown here:

Search-ADAccount �LockedOut

PS C:\Users\TimBolton> Get-Help Search-ADAccount
NAME
Search-ADAccount
SYNOPSIS
Gets Active Directory user, computer, or service accounts.

SYNTAX
Search-ADAccount -AccountDisabled [-AuthType {Negotiate | Basic}] [-ComputersOnly ] [-Credential <
PSCredential>] [-ResultPageSize ] [-ResultSetSize ] [-SearchBase ] [-SearchScope
{Base | OneLevel | Subtree}] [-Server ] [-UsersOnly ] []

Search-ADAccount -AccountExpired [-AuthType {Negotiate | Basic}] [-ComputersOnly ] [-Credential SCredential>] [-ResultPageSize ] [-ResultSetSize ] [-SearchBase ] [-SearchScope
{Base | OneLevel | Subtree}] [-Server ] [-UsersOnly ] []

Search-ADAccount -AccountExpiring [-DateTime ] [-TimeSpan ] [-AuthType {Negotiate | Ba
sic}] [-ComputersOnly ] [-Credential ] [-ResultPageSize ] [-ResultSetSize le[int]>] [-SearchBase ] [-SearchScope {Base | OneLevel | Subtree}] [-Server ] [-UsersOnly
] []

Search-ADAccount -AccountInactive [-DateTime ] [-TimeSpan ] [-AuthType {Negotiate | Ba
sic}] [-ComputersOnly ] [-Credential ] [-ResultPageSize ] [-ResultSetSize le[int]>] [-SearchBase ] [-SearchScope {Base | OneLevel | Subtree}] [-Server ] [-UsersOnly
] []

Search-ADAccount -LockedOut [-AuthType {Negotiate | Basic}] [-ComputersOnly ] [-Credential ]
[-ResultPageSize ] [-ResultSetSize ] [-SearchBase ] [-SearchScope {Base | OneLev
el | Subtree}] [-Server ] [-UsersOnly ] []

Search-ADAccount -PasswordExpired [-AuthType {Negotiate | Basic}] [-ComputersOnly ] [-Credential <
PSCredential>] [-ResultPageSize ] [-ResultSetSize ] [-SearchBase ] [-SearchScope
{Base | OneLevel | Subtree}] [-Server ] [-UsersOnly ] []

Search-ADAccount -PasswordNeverExpires [-AuthType {Negotiate | Basic}] [-ComputersOnly ] [-Credent
ial ] [-ResultPageSize ] [-ResultSetSize ] [-SearchBase ] [-Search
Scope {Base | OneLevel | Subtree}] [-Server ] [-UsersOnly ] []

DESCRIPTION
The Search-ADAccount cmdlet retrieves one or more user, computer, or service accounts that meet the criteria specif
ied by the parameters. Search criteria include account and password status. For example, you can search for all acc
ounts that have expired by specifying the AccountExpired parameter. Similarly, you can search for all accounts with
an expired password by specifying the PasswordExpired parameter. You can limit the search to user accounts by spec
ifying the UsersOnly parameter. Similarly, when you specify the ComputersOnly parameter, the cmdlet only retrieves
computer accounts.

Some search parameters, such as AccountExpiring and AccountInactive use a default time that you can change by speci
fying the DateTime or TimeSpan parameter. The DateTime parameter specifies a distinct time. The TimeSpan parameter
specifies a time range from the current time. For example, to search for all accounts that expire in 10 days, speci
fy the AccountExpiring and TimeSpan parameter and set the value of TimeSpan to "10.00:00:00". To search for all acc
ounts that expire before December 31, 2012, set the DateTime parameter to "12/31/2012".

RELATED LINKS
Online version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=144989
Enable-ADAccount
Disable-ADAccount
Unlock-ADAccount
Set-ADAccountControl
Set-ADAccountExpiration
Clear-ADAccountExpiration
Set-ADAccountPassword
Get-ADAccountResultantPasswordReplicationPolicy

REMARKS
To see the examples, type: "get-help Search-ADAccount -examples".
For more information, type: "get-help Search-ADAccount -detailed".
For technical information, type: "get-help Search-ADAccount -full".

one workstation can't talk to hyper-v host/guests

Pesos — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:16:05 -0500

There are 6 replies, with the last one on 05/09/2012 at 3:16:05 PM by Pesos
Quote:
It's heavy packet loss - so some communication gets through. In Hawaii atm so no time to wireshark it. Going to move the box to win8server soon (I suspect nic teaming might be the issue) so we'll see if the issue survives that migration...

TS 2003 Listener question

Polymath5 — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:42:17 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one on 05/09/2012 at 10:42:17 AM by Polymath5
Quote:
Just a series of similar ones. Intermixed with ones from real users signing in.

When is a domain admin not a domain admin? (UAC)

chamezzzz — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:57:53 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 05/09/2012 at 09:57:53 AM by chamezzzz
Quote:
Hi Wes,
What I believe happens is the Domain Administrator account has Admin Approval mode for UAC disabled by default.
So too does the Windows 7 Local Administrator account, which is also disabled by default in Windows 7.
I think you need to apply group policy to your Domain Admins so that

"User Account Control: Use Admin Approval Mode for the built-in Administrator account" is disabled"

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/User-Account-Control-Use-Admin-Approval-Mode-for-the-built-in-Administrator-account

Because the accounts you subsequently create in Domain Admins are not *default accounts* but *additional accounts you have created* Admin Approval mode is enabled for them.

I can't find anything on Microsoft Support site to confirm this, hope this points you in the right direction.

Regards

EDIT - this is where I am getting my assumption from
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446675(v=ws.10).aspx
http://goo.gl/Lbzvy

No mention of the initial Domain Administrator account. I am assuming that the initial Domain Administrator account is treated the same as the built-in Administrator account. It explains the behavior you are seeing.

The built-in Administrator account in Windows Server 2008 R2 does not run in Admin Approval Mode

The built-in Administrator account in Windows Server 2008 R2, which is the first account created on a server, does not run in Admin Approval Mode. All subsequently created administrator accounts in Windows Server 2008 R2 do run in Admin Approval Mode.

The built-in Administrator account is disabled by default in Windows 7

The built-in Administrator account is disabled by default in Windows 7. The built-in Administrator account, by default, cannot log on to the computer in Safe Mode.

peeved

JeffWouters — Wed, 09 May 2012 06:45:26 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one on 05/09/2012 at 06:45:26 AM by JeffWouters
Quote:
In that case... that sucks! :-(

Find Eskers Fax Numbers

JSCLMEDAVE — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:11:21 -0500

Used this today to grab some simple Eskers Fax Number info.

Using the Quest Snapin


Get-QADUser -IncludedProperties otherFacsimileTelephoneNumber -SizeLimit 0 | Where { $_.otherFacsimileTelephoneNumber -ne $null } | Select DisplayName,SamAccountName,@{Name="Fax";Expression={$_.otherFacsimileTelephoneNumber -join ";" }} | Export-CSV C:\Temp\EskerList.csv �notype

New Cisco VPN Client woes

Curt — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:44:38 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one on 05/08/2012 at 3:44:38 PM by Curt
Quote:
Whoops!!!!!

Doing too much at the same time.

Cisco Systems VPN Client Version 5.0.07.0410
Copyright (C) 1998-2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Client Type(s): Windows, WinNT
Running on: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
Config file directory: C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client
1 15:15:20.472 05/08/12 Sev=Warning/2 IKE/0xE300009B
Failed to generate signature: Signature generation failed (SigUtil:97)

2 15:15:20.472 05/08/12 Sev=Warning/2 IKE/0xE300009B
Failed to build Signature payload (MsgHandlerMM:489)

3 15:15:20.472 05/08/12 Sev=Warning/2 IKE/0xE300009B
Failed to build MM msg5 (NavigatorMM:312)

4 15:15:20.472 05/08/12 Sev=Warning/2 IKE/0xE30000A7
Unexpected SW error occurred while processing Identity Protection (Main Mode) negotiator:(Navigator:2263)

Photos from 2012

JamesNT — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:02:01 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 05/08/2012 at 2:02:01 PM by JamesNT
Quote:
I just got through looking through all the pictures. I am not surprised at all that Jimi got that super-hot and SUPER-QUIET wife of Stacy's to pose.

Excellent work, Jimi, and HATS OFF TO STACY!

JamesNT

Happy Birthday Ton!!!

Playwell — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:21:15 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 05/08/2012 at 09:21:15 AM by Playwell
Quote:
Hooters? Not my cuppa :)

Just got home a few hours ago. Bags under my eyes you could park a car on. A mustang :)

MDT2012 - User data location settings not working

arwidmark — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:38:15 -0500

There are 7 replies, with the last one on 05/07/2012 at 3:38:15 PM by arwidmark
Quote:
If you specify the UserDataLocation=NETWORK and the UDSHARE and UDDIR values you should also hide that wizard pane. The MDT 2012 deployment wizard doesn't correcly use the values you specficy in the rules for the User Data pane. This might be a known issue, I will check with the team...

That being said, I did some testing with a new MDT 2012 deployment share, refreshing a Windows XP workstations to Windows 7. If I set UserDataLocation=NETWORK and the UDSHARE and UDDIR values it does indeed store my data on the server, no hard linking on the client. And it will do the same even if I'm displaying the User Data pane (SkipUserData=NO) and type in the path manually.

Shorthand, I can't reproduce what you are seeing with MDT 2012 using hardlinks even when UserDataLocation=NETWORK and the UDSHARE and UDDIR values are set.

Can you please send me all your logfiles? email to my last name, and I'm using gmail...

/ Johan

Problem installing agent on XP client

rmoore@afsc.org — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:44:37 -0500

I've installed the DPM 2010 agent on a number of WinXP and Win7 clients. Sometimes I've run into problems, but have always been able to overcome them. Until now.

I'm trying to install the agent on an XP client, and can't get it to go. Each time I get this error:
Installing agent and configure for dpmserver =[AFSC.local\PHL-DPM1]
DPMAgentInstaller failed with errorcode =0x80070643, error says: Fatal error during installation.

I've rebooted the client many times. I've added myself and the DPM server into the local administrators group. I've tried installing the agent without the server switch. I've tried installing it locally and pushing it from the server. When I push from the server, I get a slightly different error:

Install protection agent on BLX-8W7MWB1.AFSC.local failed:
Error 313: The agent operation failed because an error occurred while running the installation program on BLX-8W7MWB1.AFSC.local.
Error details: Fatal error during installation (0x80070643)
Recommended action: Review the log files on BLX-8W7MWB1.AFSC.local: [windir]\temp\msdpm*.log and take appropriate action. Retry the operation, and if the error persists, restart the computer and then retry the operation again.

Any hints or suggestions?

Thanks,
Rob

Windows Time 2008 R2

rogerd2u — Mon, 07 May 2012 10:40:26 -0500

There are 5 replies, with the last one on 05/07/2012 at 10:40:26 AM by rogerd2u
Quote:
Here's what I use, for those who want to use known time providers in the US. Run the following commands from an elevated command-prompt:

1. w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist:"time-a.nist.gov nist1-chi.ustiming.org time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov" /reliable:yes /update

2. w32tm /resync

3. w32tm /query /source (This should show the first external time source "time-a.nist.gov")

Why Learn Powershell?

wobble_wobble — Sat, 05 May 2012 21:04:49 -0500

There are 22 replies, with the last one on 05/05/2012 at 9:04:49 PM by wobble_wobble
Quote:
Just to be correct on the power shell help.

They are not shipping help in the Beta/ CTP/ Bla bla bla as there is a disconnect in the code and when it goes to localisation and what is actually published in the RTM ( can be up to 10 months between the code for all MS products goes to localisation and launch) and this caused issues.

The help files are available as a download, and will be sent to PoSH 3 installs as MS updates, or available on demand with "get-update help" (I think is what the command is) every 24 hours. there is a -force or -donotcheck command to over-ride the check once every 24 hours.

This will allow the help files to truely reflect the contents allowing updates in the future to the bad help info.

As to Wes' comments on the oddities in PoSH, yup I agree. but it also in cmd commands, vb, linux and unix. Thats why there tends to be decent help files and PoSH 3 has a better way of accessing it. Now try to tell one of my lecturers that hand writing in an end of year exam, the syntax of commands is........Squirrel

SFC Event Testing

Mamba — Sat, 05 May 2012 09:22:47 -0500

There are 5 replies, with the last one on 05/05/2012 at 09:22:47 AM by Mamba
Quote:
Sorry if I was unclear. As I stated, "..what equivalent event IDs might exist for Windows 7 and 2008 server. I doubt any of those would share the "Windows File Protection" source". Yes, finding info for the older (XP) ID's is easy. I'm still looking for detail on newer (Win7/2008) IDs that I'm guessing may now have a "Windows Resource Protection" source. I don't even know if the event ID numbers would be the same, let alone the source or contents.
Ideally I need a way to *generate* a valid WRP event on a Win7/2008 machine to determine those details, in similar fashion as I did for the 64002 event in XP (by renaming a system dll). But to do so in the latest OS versions you must take ownership (from TrustedInstaller) for the file which, as far as I can tell, doesn't generate any similar System events. I'm trying to find a method to simulate a malicious action and then be able to detect that WRP did it's job.

Powershell and "Flat" Folder/File Structures...

JeffWouters — Sat, 05 May 2012 05:02:32 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 05/05/2012 at 05:02:32 AM by JeffWouters
Quote:
Using TAB always works fine for me... but a possible solution in some code (PowerShell v3):
$dir = Get-ChildItem -Directory -Recurse -filter "subfolder4"
cd $dir

or use the short version:
cd (Get-ChildItem -Directory -Recurse -filter "subdir4")

Now there are some downsides to this... first, I think that using TAB goes a heck of a lot faster... second, when there are multiple directories found with that name this command wouldn't be helpfull ;-)

Convert images to ASCI code with PowerShell

Xenophane — Sat, 05 May 2012 03:37:05 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 05/05/2012 at 03:37:05 AM by Xenophane
Quote:
The script does not seem to work out of the box...
It cannot find the system.drawing.dll..

Workaround could be to add, something like this.

$drawfile= Get-ChildItem -Path C:\windows\assembly -Filter *drawing.dll -Recurse
$dllpath=(Get-Command $($drawfile.Fullname)).definition

(and replace the existing line that starts with $dllpath

EDIT
Spelling

2012 Wrap up

mafergus — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:47:37 -0500

There are 13 replies, with the last one on 05/04/2012 at 4:47:37 PM by mafergus
Quote:
Thank you again to all who had a hand in this event! Had a great time! Had a hard time going home! Getting stuck overnight in Boston did not help, but it was good seeing everyone again.

Best Bulk Duplicate Photo Finder?

tiwad — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:03:33 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 05/04/2012 at 12:03:33 PM by tiwad
Quote:
Do you mean find exact duplicates or detect pictures showing more or less the same contents?
In the first case, there are tons of softs. My favorite is Duplicate Cleaner.
In the second case, i know only one. It's Panaustik (http://en.panaustik.com). It is free and is also able to combines your duplicates into panos [:)]

To all not able to make it

jaxdave — Fri, 04 May 2012 09:58:47 -0500

There are 8 replies, with the last one on 05/04/2012 at 09:58:47 AM by jaxdave
Quote:
No Disrespect Anthony but Claus takes much better shots, he seems to have a true knack for angles. :-)

RDP Timeout - What am I missing?

Endaar — Fri, 04 May 2012 09:34:47 -0500

There are 5 replies, with the last one on 05/04/2012 at 09:34:47 AM by Endaar
Quote:
I've done all the normal troubleshooting and confirmed the registry settings are the way they should be, thus they are getting propagated from the GPO. Not sure what to make of this.

I haven't tested the user config, but was hoping to keep this limited to a couple servers.

James

SkipBDDWelcome ignored :-)

valkenaer — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:11:44 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 05/04/2012 at 04:11:44 AM by valkenaer
Quote:
Johan,

Thanks for the answer to this riddle; the bootstrap.ini in the boot image did not contain the SkipBDDWelcome entry and regenerating did the trick!

tnx again

Jurgen

ntfs instead of fat32?

JamesNT — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:40:17 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 05/03/2012 at 5:40:17 PM by JamesNT
Quote:
Wes,

I have a USB drive and thumbstick as NTFS and it works well. In fact, I can now transport VHD files with them.

JamesNT

The 3 Basics of Exposure & Photography

Nobody — Thu, 03 May 2012 00:23:22 -0500

This is a video a friend of mine made that illustrates the basics of shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. I know it's a bit elementary for most of you, but I think you might like it anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-NhJua5NFA

Current state of Mac integration?

Btil Entrails — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:56:43 -0500

There are 9 replies, with the last one on 05/01/2012 at 5:56:43 PM by Btil Entrails
Quote:
Support of Windows AD (2003 Server) / Mac OD (AD/OD) environments was no issue, until Apple decided to stop creating a true server that would allow you to point AD user profiles to the AFP or Mac storage. I know that Apple sells a little cube that they are calling a server device today, but it is not the same as was used in the past.

We still have this configuration up and running and it will support our school for a couple more years. Can only hope that Apple decides to move back into a true solution of supporting Apple laptops / workstations in a school or corporate world with real management tools that are seeing support and integration with Windows AD, but I will not hold my breath for this one.

Since Apple has moved away from any type of support or machine management, a third party vendor is the solution that Apple sales staff is pushing for schools and I know it is being used in the corporate world as well. Not a user, just offering some direction to make life better. http://www.jamfsoftware.com/

Wireless password disable show characters

Btil Entrails — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:44:47 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 05/01/2012 at 4:44:47 PM by Btil Entrails
Quote:
Is no real way to do this at machine level to the level of success that I wanted when looking to do the same thing you are asking about. GPO 802.1x settings sent to the client will hide a corporate password and allow users to configure personal or travel wireless settings.

I have seen some registry hacking information to hide it at the machine level, but have also seen people state it did not work or other issues would happen when making these tweaks.

I would like to have someone show me otherwise on this one. I spent time on several websites and the information shared and the end result, wasted time.

Perform a one-time time synchronization

sixdoubleo — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:59:19 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 05/01/2012 at 3:59:19 PM by sixdoubleo
Quote:
Cool, thanks for that. Since this is a fresh image, I'll need to make sure I deal with the Powershell execution policy since we set that through a GPO in AD. Maybe just specify it on the command line I suppose. I'll try that..thanks again!

Giving up on Bibble

Polymath5 — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:57:30 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 05/01/2012 at 3:57:30 PM by Polymath5
Quote:
I did get the email, and got Aftershot Pro. I like it, it has gotten better, but still has things that drive me nuts and so I don't use it. Until they grow up and make it so you can 'modify' development presets. And have hot keys for the aspect ratio toggle, I'm afraid it slows me down too much.

Pity as it does do a great conversion job.. I live in LR, only thing I hate is that it doesn't have layers (as you said).

Group Dinner

wobble_wobble — Tue, 01 May 2012 07:04:34 -0500

[img]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd279/joemcglynn/minasi2012group.jpg[/img]

Don LOVES Puppies and so should you...

wobble_wobble — Tue, 01 May 2012 06:35:20 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 05/01/2012 at 06:35:20 AM by wobble_wobble
Quote:
After a conversation with Don, I think Squirrels are a bigger concern.

Exchange 2010 Nested Disto Group question

clearwaterms — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:55:37 -0500

I have an exchange server that I manage. The environment uses nested distribution groups. The specific problem I have is that I have several groups that are "internal" only (the check mark for authenticated users only are allowed to send to this group) are nested inside of publicly addressable groups. The problem is that the "rejected" message is getting thrown out to the people that send to that second group.

To summarize.

Group 1 contains users and only accepts mail from authenticated users.
Group 2 contains Group 1, but accepts mail from outside of the exchange environment. Group 1 then spits out a message rejected due to security "blah, blah, blah"

In the interim we have removed Group 1 from Group 2 and placed all of Group 1's users into group 2 manually, but this would get difficult to manage long term. Does anybody know of a way to force Group 2 to expand the distribution group so that all of the members (including those that inherited the membership by way of Group 1) can receive the message?

Webcast about Deployment

arwidmark — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:37:15 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 04/30/2012 at 10:37:15 PM by arwidmark
Quote:
Thanks for posting, and I hope to see you in the webcast :)

/ Johan

Dell KACE - does anyone here use it?

joe_elway — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:50:22 -0500

There are 20 replies, with the last one on 04/30/2012 at 2:50:22 PM by joe_elway
Quote:
Folks who are using it day-day will always know more about ConfigMgr than me (I'm in tech sales these days) but I LOVE IT. 2012 is doing some very cool things. The integration with Endpoint Protection (real money saver for those with desktop core/e cals) is sweet. Reporting is based on SQL RS so is very extensible. The AppCatalog is a KILLER feature IMO - I wish I had it back years ago because it makes both the user and the helpdesk's job easier. Software Updates is much nicer - I'd actually consider it instead of WSUS now. OS Deployment with MDT 2012 continues to rock. Administration has gotten simpler for newbies - oldies will find it a struggle to find where things have moved - I have! For the big corporations, the site hierarchy has also been greatly simplified.

I'm actually doing my first production deployment of it now (licensing available since April 2). It's going like a dream so far.

Cannot Expand Distribution Group

JSCLMEDAVE — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:53:38 -0500

There are 6 replies, with the last one on 04/30/2012 at 12:53:38 PM by JSCLMEDAVE
Quote:
Encrypt Data was NOT initially set. I had set it prior to the screen shots. That was the only change made and now today everything is working correctly. It must have taken some time over the weekend to drop her session and re-sync throughout the system.

(Reliable) XenApp 6.5 Exam dumps??

cj_berlin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:17:10 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one on 04/30/2012 at 07:17:10 AM by cj_berlin
Quote:

quote:
Originally posted by timcunnell

Well done for passing your exam by the way :)

thanks :)

quote:

Do you find out right away if you've passed or not? And if so does it tell you what your score was?

yes and yes and it even tells you how it was distributed between the 9 or 11 knowledge areas.

For you Nebraska Husker Fans

aed — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:54:36 -0500

There are 6 replies, with the last one on 04/29/2012 at 11:54:36 PM by aed
Quote:
Would love to have one of those so I can hang it in my Purdue office :)

Minasi Conference 2012 Announcement

anthony — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:11:08 -0500

There are 77 replies, with the last one on 04/29/2012 at 12:11:08 AM by anthony
Quote:
Just landed.... Where is everybody?

So Silly..

Xenophane — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:00:00 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 04/28/2012 at 10:00:00 AM by Xenophane
Quote:
I can't either... I bet it is this ACTA thing.. Someone probably trademarked CON, so it is no longer allowed to be used in any context. :)

MDT and standard WIM

arwidmark — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:51:28 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 04/28/2012 at 07:51:28 AM by arwidmark
Quote:
You can absolutely use the default Windows 7 image. It will just take a bit longer to install (because of microsoft updates).

/ Johan

Made it for Minasi 2012

wobble_wobble — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:33:07 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one on 04/27/2012 at 6:33:07 PM by wobble_wobble
Quote:
What you access to for screen shots. Have 30 min in a few hours to prep a hyperv host + logmein.
Otherwise, we can get them in VB on Sunday.

BCDEDIT BootStatusPolicy Query - Dual Boot

harmandeep — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:21:32 -0500

OS Currenlty Booted is Windows 7 (osdevice partition=C:) and BCDEdit is executed on this OS to dump below Info:-

Below dumped is BCDStore Info:

C:\windows\system32>bcdedit /enum

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-us
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {594af6d7-908b-11e1-97ab-005056c00008}
displayorder {current}
{594af6d9-908b-11e1-97ab-005056c00008}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 6
displaybootmenu Yes

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7
locale en-us
inherit {bootloadersettings}
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \windows
resumeobject {594af6d7-908b-11e1-97ab-005056c00008}
nx OptIn
bootstatuspolicy IgnoreAllFailures
detecthal Yes

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {594af6d9-908b-11e1-97ab-005056c00008}
device partition=H:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows Server 2008 R2
locale en-US
osdevice partition=H:
systemroot \Windows

Query:- Can we add BootStatusPolicy for "Windows Server 2008 R2" OSLoader Entry from our currently running Windows 7 OS ? - we want to set BootStatusPolicy to IgnoreAllFailures for "Windows Server 2008 R2" OSLoader Entry!

Regards
Harmandeep

Loss of remote desktop services

mitachu — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:25:13 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one on 04/27/2012 at 03:25:13 AM by mitachu
Quote:
We deleted the RDP-TCP listener in the UI but didn't delete the reg key....

My Friends, I have not being ignoring you

JamesNT — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:45:10 -0500

Some of you have asked me some questions, mostly via email, over the past two weeks.

I sincerely apologize for being so slow to respond. I am not ignoring you and I truly wish to help you.

I respectfully ask that you understand that over the past week I have been bombarded by my employer and clients to get all kinds of stuff done before I go to the Minasi Conference which also doubles as the one vacation I take every year. For some reason, everyone thinks April 29 is some massive deadline and everything has to get done before then - like I'm not coming back or something. FFS.

My sincerest apologies to you all. I respectfully request that you bring any questions you were going to ask me to the conference if you are coming (I think most of you will be there) and I'll bring the beer and we can sit down and discuss what it was you were going to ask me.

JamesNT

Some Mail Stuck in SMTP Queue

lanerj — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:24:25 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 04/26/2012 at 7:24:25 PM by lanerj
Quote:
Joe,

Thanks for your response. Sorry about the other post- I wasn't sure whether to post under SBS or Exchange. At any rate, no issues with the SMTP utility, all tests passed. SMTP timed out when trying to stop it via the services page, but I killed it using taskkill. After restarting, I ran the SMTP diagnostic several times. Went back to the queues and 'presto' mail was gone and all queues are empty. I assume that restarting SMTP emptied the queues; still not sure why they keep sticking though. Thanks for your help Joe.

Outlook problem with IMAP and old exc accounts

dcslick — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:03:44 -0500

Hello,

We decided to move one of our accepted domains from our exchange server to an outside 3rd party hosted server. The one user who had an account using the accepted domain on my exchange server has a new account on the outside hosted server. I have set him up on his outlook to receive email from the new hosted server. Now on his outlook now he has the old exchange account and below that he has his new hosted server email account. I did not want to remove the old email account until he has a chance to move over his email etc. Here is the issue we are running into when I send him emails from my email account(hosted on the old exchange server) it goes into his old inbox which he does not want. But when we send him email from anywhere else the email goes into his new inbox where we want it to go. Also is there an easy way to move his old inbox with all of his folders and emails to the new imap inbox? He does not want to create the folders under the new inbox and then move all the emails over. If we try to copy the emails from the original inbox and try to paste them in the new inbox we receive an error telling us we can t move it because of the imap limitations. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

DC

Require password to use Internet Explorer.....

obxdivr — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:19:29 -0500

There are 6 replies, with the last one on 04/26/2012 at 3:19:29 PM by obxdivr
Quote:
Mikepiet, could you email me at gsouth@gcps1.com . I would like to discuss this issue further.

Lync Certificates

NMDANGE — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:22:25 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one on 04/26/2012 at 2:22:25 PM by NMDANGE
Quote:
The Lync implementation at my organization uses 100% public certificates for the same reason - lost of non-domain PCs.

PST size limit

ByDesign — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:54:11 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 04/26/2012 at 10:54:11 AM by ByDesign
Quote:
Yeah good call I will get testing. So from what you are saying There shouldn't be any problems in opening the larger PST's as outlook will simply treat them as pst's that have reached there limit and then start to creat antoher for new additions?

Thanks for your speedy reply.

Very much appreciated :)

Trouble accessing WMI Service on XP Install

rmoore@afsc.org — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:31:00 -0500

There are 7 replies, with the last one on 04/26/2012 at 10:31:00 AM by rmoore@afsc.org
Quote:
Somebody over in the AD forum suggested taking the server's computer account out of the Domain Admins group and putting it into the local admin group on the problematic workstation. That worked! Seems like a much lower-risk thing to do.

Rob

Computer Account in Domain Admins Group

rmoore@afsc.org — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:29:25 -0500

There are 5 replies, with the last one on 04/26/2012 at 10:29:25 AM by rmoore@afsc.org
Quote:
I finally got a chance to test out putting the DPM server computer account into the local admin group on the problematic XP workstation. It worked! Good idea you had. I should have thought of that myself. Thanks.

Rob

2012 forum meeting

wobble_wobble — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:19:32 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 04/25/2012 at 7:19:32 PM by wobble_wobble
Quote:
Updated timetable folks.

Looking forward to seeing you all.

Anyone on Lync/ Skype who cannot make it, but want a word in, let us know.

joeDOTmcglynnATstrencomDOTnet for Lync and Skype is on my profile.

Nexus Panorama

wobble_wobble — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:59:16 -0500

There are 6 replies, with the last one on 04/25/2012 at 5:59:16 PM by wobble_wobble
Quote:
Aha - thats what that button means.

Cool

Lync for Disabled Captioning Capable for Web Conf

JSCLMEDAVE — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:22:04 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 04/25/2012 at 4:22:04 PM by JSCLMEDAVE
Quote:
Thanks Michael, that is what I have seen from several companies that have installed Lync. They have interpreters either onsite or on the conference call and are typing into the IM window or doing sign language.

Your link which I was reading last night even mentions "We used JAWS screen reader for our testing purposes."

Is Microsoft going to Release Tablet?

Curt — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:23:34 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one on 04/25/2012 at 10:23:34 AM by Curt
Quote:
I think we are going to laugh at the pad some day like the large desktop Monitor.

For all the noice made about the "Greasy Finger Interface", the sales of stylus for iPads and Slates is doing very well.

We are ALREADY looking for the next "thing". My slate needs MORE interfaces, More memory, More Storage and more means to transfer larger amounts of data.

SCVMM 2012

joe_elway — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:33:44 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 04/25/2012 at 05:33:44 AM by joe_elway
Quote:
If you're installing something (anything) inside a VM with DM enabled, then it can only ever detect what the RAM highwater mark is since the last boot up (incl. reboot/reset). It has no vision of any VM setting in the VM configuration, including Dynamic Memory.

I usually set the minimum RAM to whatever the minimum is required for the services to start up and run in the VM. Pointless setting it to 512 MB start up if the VM will never get down that low.

2008 TS (RDS) License issue

Playwell — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:04:23 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 04/25/2012 at 04:04:23 AM by Playwell
Quote:
Also, check the acl on the registry key mentioned, it must be writable to all users

Maybe Domain Membership Is Pass�?

Curt — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:14:02 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 04/24/2012 at 3:14:02 PM by Curt
Quote:
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

quote:
Originally posted by wobble_wobble

Mark,

If my wife even hears me trying to pronounce polydomaingamists I'll get shot, hung, drawn, quartered and fired in a rocket towards a great big lump or radioactive space waste....

And you want me to embrace it...

Temporary Profile Problem

Rastor728 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:01:20 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 04/24/2012 at 3:01:20 PM by Rastor728
Quote:
Remove their old profiles (local cache) from the Remote Desktop Server. You may still need to gracefully reboot before you can remove some of the profiles.

This shouldn't impact your users if you are using Roaming Profiles and their profiles aren't too large in size.

Troubleshooting Wizard for CRM Outlook Client

Curt — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:49:27 -0500

http://rc.crm.dynamics.com/rc/2011/en-us/online/5.0/outlook-troubleshooting.aspx

Microsoft has released a troubleshooting wizard in order to help customers help themselves in resolving errors configuring the CRM Outlook Client.

Because it's difficult to handle the "Unknowns" of end users client machines, this "first attempt" to assist IT Pros and network administrators as well as power users and road warriors, will prove a new concept of creating tools that will troubleshoot issues.

We spend a good deal of time in the forums helping folks with this issue and often the problem is not the CRM client software, but rather the "road and foundation" it's running on.

Older GP Deployment upgrades.

Curt — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:06:48 -0500

Mario Gomez makes some good points about attempts to upgrade older GP Deployments.

http://msdynamicsworld.com/story/when-it%E2%80%99s-time-upgrade-outdated-customized-microsoft-dynamics-gp-system%E2%80%A6who-you-gonna-call

Odd Server Reboot

Borg — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:02:51 -0500

There are 9 replies, with the last one on 04/24/2012 at 2:02:51 PM by Borg
Quote:
Wobble - That looks like the correct model number, I'll go through those docs and see what it might be. Thx!

Rastor - I removed the APC software on there while back but there could still be a part of it on there causing this issue, I'll have to go through the server again and see if I can find anything.

10.6 Macs becoming unbound from AD Domain

tonyFSMO — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:13:23 -0500

There are 5 replies, with the last one on 04/24/2012 at 10:13:23 AM by tonyFSMO
Quote:
Thanks guys we've engaged Apple Enterprise support and Microsoft. I'll let you know what we find.

Thank you, Mark.

chamezzzz — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:42:20 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 04/23/2012 at 5:42:20 PM by chamezzzz
Quote:
Seconded here, it's a great tool.

and a thank you Claus, who very kindly changed some code for me last week.

I really appreciate it

Mange tak min ven!

[:)]

Exchange 2010 DAG A/A Vs A/P

clarinathan — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:00:02 -0500

There are 21 replies, with the last one on 04/23/2012 at 11:00:02 AM by clarinathan
Quote:
Hi Jetze,
Yes we are certainly seeing more and more of that, although it is in the high end scenarios where customers are using physical servers and lots of disks. That is where the biggest savings can be made.
Cheers
Nathan

Microsoft Camera Codec Pack

JamesNT — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:58:38 -0500

http://blogs.technet.com/b/keithcombs/archive/2012/04/22/get-the-microsoft-camera-codec-pack.aspx

JamesNT

I too now want to be batman.

NikolasE — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:58:35 -0500

There are 16 replies, with the last one on 04/23/2012 at 04:58:35 AM by NikolasE
Quote:
Wow.Amazing Video. Okay this guy sure Lives his life to the Edge. Like everyone Does in Different Way. I agree that Asking your Girl/Wife if she puts Weight is Dangerous. I asked mine few Days ago and her Expression wasnt nice at all and Me Stearing at her with a Cute Smile so she doesnt kill me ;).

There is a Guy Also on Bikes dont remember which Country his Nickname is Ghost Rider check Youtube for it. Well he is Driving 300khm and his front Tire is on air.I do Admire this kind of People as long as they dont get hurted or cause hurt to anyone else.

prepnewpc

Pesos — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:16:02 -0500

There are 11 replies, with the last one on 04/22/2012 at 6:16:02 PM by Pesos
Quote:
Finally getting around to trying SS, and I ran into this problem as well trying to deploy to a Dell Inspiron 600m laptop. I typed in the imagex command manually omitting "/verify" and that worked fine for me too.

Windows 8 Metro UI on iPad

shadowman — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:27:53 -0500

There is an app released by Splashtop which enables you to experience the Windows 8 Metro UI on a iPad:

To get this working you will need to download and install the Windows 8 Metro Testbed on your iPad from the App Store. Then download and install the Slpashtop Streamer on your PC(with the Windows 8 Customer Preview). After that, it�s just a case of establishing a connection between the two, which requires a solid Internet connection.

Check for more info
http://www.splashtop.com/win8

Active Directory Groups made by CRM install

chamezzzz — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:41:51 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 04/20/2012 at 3:41:51 PM by chamezzzz
Quote:
Great stuff..I hope all is well Curt.....currently migrating from 4.0 to SalesForce.
Not happy..but not my decision.

Another separate system to administrate.

Salesforce will *add value* - I am told
[:D]

Naming CAS Array

clarinathan — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:42:03 -0500

There are 5 replies, with the last one on 04/20/2012 at 12:42:03 PM by clarinathan
Quote:
LOL
Yes the point is that the CAS array name should not be resolvable in external DNS.
It should not be the same as the ExternalURL field used on the virtual directories such as OWA OAB etc.

This is because if you make things the same, there will be a delay whilst outlook externally tries to connect via RPC and then fails and falls back to HTTP.

One other thing, the CAS Array name doesn't need to be on the certificate on the Exchange server as it is an RPC endpoint not an HTTP endpoint.
Cheers
Nathan

VMWARE to HYPERV

joe_elway — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:26:11 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 04/20/2012 at 12:26:11 PM by joe_elway
Quote:
You have a few ways to do this. If you are doing a few migrations then the tool that Joe pointed out is good. If you're doing more and want to have more control, then you'd set up VMM to connect to your vCenter and do a V2V conversion. If you have 100+ VMs then there's a new package solution based on System Center 2012 that is based on automation, self-service, and governance: http://www.hyper-v.nu/archives/hvredevoort/2012/04/virtual-machine-migration-toolkit/

The ultimate David vs. Goliath story...

lacrosseboy — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:42:30 -0500

There are 8 replies, with the last one on 04/20/2012 at 10:42:30 AM by lacrosseboy
Quote:
Another message to Apple, the replacement of the units parts was free! The cost was not being assumed by Apple.

Windows 8 Versions

PhilV — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:28:08 -0500

Microsoft released the versions of Windows 8 this morning.

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/04/16/announcing-the-windows-8-editions.aspx

Need two unique PXE Servers on same subnet

arwidmark — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:35:02 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 04/20/2012 at 02:35:02 AM by arwidmark
Quote:
Correct :)

/ Johan

Late email from Exch

Perfessor — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:41:15 -0500

There are 5 replies, with the last one on 04/19/2012 at 08:41:15 AM by Perfessor
Quote:
I tried the 'delete .ost' bit before, with no luck. Now that I have another PC that I can play with, I'll log onto it and build up my outlook there (07 vice 10) and see what happens.

side note - any idea as to why the scroll bar in OWA would not work?

MS av tool gone?

protech — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:30:36 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 04/19/2012 at 08:30:36 AM by protech
Quote:
cheers jaz!

Server 8 Guest and RAM display

Pesos — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:02:08 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 04/18/2012 at 11:02:08 PM by Pesos
Quote:
You must be getting old Joe, the memory is the first to go.

SCCM 2007 to 2012 suggestions

dcslick — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:42:07 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 04/18/2012 at 3:42:07 PM by dcslick
Quote:
Thanks Ultan, I will take a look at the documentation.

IE9 pop-up

JeffWouters — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:30:45 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 04/18/2012 at 1:30:45 PM by JeffWouters
Quote:
If it's only with a specific website, it's sounds like you've got a nice little bit of spam/spy/whatevah ware...
Do you see a strange process/application pass by when you run procmon on the background while browsing to that web page?

Toughbook CF-H2 MDT LiteTouch Startup

arwidmark — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:18:06 -0500

There are 4 replies, with the last one on 04/18/2012 at 1:18:06 PM by arwidmark
Quote:
Go back to basics... starts of with a clean task sequence and make sure that works... then add in your applications one by one to see which app thats is breaking the task sequence

For troubleshooting purposes you can also create custom task sequences that only installs the app(s) and run that task sequence on a running os.

/ Johan

Slow network and loss of networkconnection

Douggg — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:15:54 -0500

There are 24 replies, with the last one on 04/18/2012 at 11:15:54 AM by Douggg
Quote:
Rastor728 - What you are saying is correct if it was Cisco equipment 10+ years ago. (They had a bug. Cisco has since fixed the bug so it�s no longer a problem. Today you defiantly want to set everything for auto/auto. And the reason for that is software updates will change the setting to the default which is auto. So if you�ve set one side to fixed, you will have a duplex mismatch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplex_mismatch
(Take a look at the last two sentences.)

Windows 7 cannot complete the install

Curt — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:59:55 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 04/18/2012 at 07:59:55 AM by Curt
Quote:
I guess I have to go out there.

Arrival times

Playwell — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:17:00 -0500

There are 15 replies, with the last one on 04/18/2012 at 07:17:00 AM by Playwell
Quote:
We're (me and a friend) landing friday evening in New York, spend a day there and then drive down south.

Announcing... Steadier State!

Pesos — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:04:58 -0500

There are 17 replies, with the last one on 04/17/2012 at 8:04:58 PM by Pesos
Quote:
I just re-searched and it appears that you can actually activate Enterprise via MAK? If so, that is good news!

Annual outing

Curt — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:50:00 -0500

There are 11 replies, with the last one on 04/17/2012 at 4:50:00 PM by Curt
Quote:
Joe.................. Stop it.........................
[:D]
I want one of those softshell crab sandwiches.

But I'm going to the Gym now instead.

SQL Login Failed - Event ID:18456

Curt — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:22:05 -0500

There are 8 replies, with the last one on 04/16/2012 at 4:22:05 PM by Curt
Quote:
On the support forums we get a lot of developers who can't get what we often call the network right for modern applications.

The installs and database creations of these installation programs are often pretty good but if you create it manually and succeed with the install, you will only just begin with problems.

quote:
Originally posted by MadCow

Since the error message states
"cannot open database "operationsmanagerAC" requested by the login.
I am thinking to create the DB manually, assign all the appropriate rights and then fire up the setup ...what say you?

Thanks.

Windows 7 Boot Sequence

BruceS — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:09:38 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 04/16/2012 at 2:09:38 PM by BruceS
Quote:
As I recall, these are the basic steps. Steps 8 and 9 are really more detailed than shown.
1. BIOS settings indicate boot drive
2. MBR code in boot drive is run
3. Partition table in MBR indicates Primary Active Partition
4. Boot sector code in Primary Active Partion is run (So far the steps are just like XP)
5. Bootmgr in the System Partition (usually 100 MB partition)is run
6. Bootmgr reads BCD (also on System partiton) for boot info - like old Boot.ini
7. Winload.exe then runs from Boot Partition ( in \Windows\System32)
8. Winload begins Kernel loading process including drivers & kernel
9. Winlogon (I think) provides logon screen

-Bruce

8GB Physical ram & Paging file

leobis — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:38:30 -0500

There are 6 replies, with the last one on 04/16/2012 at 12:38:30 PM by leobis
Quote:
Hi and thanks to everybody for your help
Leo

Slow Mail flow from X07HT to X2010HT

MadCow — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:58:56 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 04/16/2012 at 09:58:56 AM by MadCow
Quote:

Question I want to ask is ...

Do I add both Exc2007 and Exc2010 HTServer in the Outbound Connector to Internet or not? I notice placing both of them in there makes the mail flow faster.

Since we don't have any Exc2010 mailbox server yet ..I was thinking to increase the cost for Exc2010 Connector so all mail first flows through Exc2007 HT via the connector to the internet?

What say you guys???

Adobe Acrobat Update Service

DennisMCSE — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:56:06 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 04/16/2012 at 09:56:06 AM by DennisMCSE
Quote:
Looks like we have this set for Disabled at work already.

Domain Rename or Recreate

Jazzy — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:48:34 -0500

There are 18 replies, with the last one on 04/16/2012 at 09:48:34 AM by Jazzy
Quote:
Has no impact.

WINS issues

saugata bose — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:14:18 -0500

There are 5 replies, with the last one on 04/15/2012 at 05:14:18 AM by saugata bose
Quote:
This is an useful writing.
I think that the following article will help you to set up ur WINS server.
You can click here to go to see the step by step installation procedure.

Thank you.

VDI-in-a-Box Remote Access Question...

cj_berlin — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:56:22 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 04/14/2012 at 2:56:22 PM by cj_berlin
Quote:
Anthony,

you'll need the CAG all right.

Novice Question on Provisioning in Hyper-V

wobble_wobble — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:39:22 -0500

There are 3 replies, with the last one on 04/13/2012 at 5:39:22 PM by wobble_wobble
Quote:
Bruce,

Get a copy of SCVMM and install that.
Then what your trying to do, is convert that vhd/ image to a template and then deploy from template.

This will then give you the automatic you want.
A different approach, possibly to start with, is to make a copy of the VHD per VM you want to deploy and attach it to a newly configured guest.

Shutting down clients from Windows Server 2008

Pieter — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:20:59 -0500

There are 6 replies, with the last one on 04/13/2012 at 02:20:59 AM by Pieter
Quote:
Don't know in what environment you're working, but with iTalc (Remote Control tool based on VNC, designed for usage in school) you can power on and off remote PC's from a GUI.

Service Pack install issues on Win 2008 R2 servers

Curt — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:59:01 -0500

There are 10 replies, with the last one on 04/12/2012 at 8:59:01 PM by Curt
Quote:
Both Seagate NAS devices died on the network.

So much for system backup.

I better get this guy stable. He does goverment contracts.

In the Uniited States that means you get paid real slowly.

Canon Announces EOS-1D C

Polymath5 — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:12:28 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 04/12/2012 at 4:12:28 PM by Polymath5
Quote:
I don't know about the 7D, But I'll pick up a used IV and a 5dIII

PSRemoting

JeffWouters — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:29:07 -0500

There are 5 replies, with the last one on 04/12/2012 at 3:29:07 PM by JeffWouters
Quote:
My execution policy on my laptop is set to bypass... but in customer environments it's always "signed" :-)

first nail in RIM's coffin?

DennisMCSE — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:21:10 -0500

There are 62 replies, with the last one on 04/12/2012 at 12:21:10 PM by DennisMCSE
Quote:
By the looks of it, with the timing, the Blackberry 10 phones look like they will be coming out around the same time as the iPhone 5 and possibly even the Windows Phone 8. Not good timing for RIM, again.

The only way RIM will stay active is doing the licensing thing with their technologies. All the mobile OS guys are trying to build their access to patents, through purchasing companies or through licensing, and RIM has been around long enough that they still have a lot of valuable ones. If they can get licensing fees, it will be their saving grace. And it sounds as though that's what Microsoft is interested in.

For the BB10 devices, they need to focus on one or two great phones and build on them. If they continue with having too many handset choices (Torch, Bold, Curve, etc.), they won't do good. If they focus on one or two great phones, and then maybe license the BB10 OS to other handset makers (Samsung sounds interested in that), RIM could possibly have enough luck to pull through the rough patch they are having. But going the licensing route is the only way I see them making it.

As it stands now, even though they are a Canadian company (GO CANADA!!) that I've been supporting over the years, doubt I'll be getting another Blackberry when my contract expires.

PDC emulator is not excluded from DSAccess topolog

Jazzy — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:35:58 -0500

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 04/12/2012 at 10:35:58 AM by Jazzy
Quote:
I would just ignore that warning. The warning does not consider how large your environment is and what the actual load against the domain controller is. For 90% of the organizations there's no need to exclude the DC with the PDC Emulator role.

vmLimited TAD Talks Available on VHS

joe_elway — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:57:27 -0500

vmLimited marketing is back on the road: http://www.vm-limited.com/

Where is the line between scripting & programming?

JeffWouters — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:56:50 -0500

There are 19 replies, with the last one on 04/11/2012 at 4:56:50 PM by JeffWouters
Quote:
From my personal experience:

I used to script (VBS, batch, Kix, etc...). All of which was like Dennis wrote: Get a book and learn it yourself.
Now with PowerShell I did basically the same and not so long after I started blogging about PowerShell, Jeffery Hicks posted a comment on my blog explaining to me that I was still thinking VBS yet using PowerShell code ;-)
So after some investigating my eyes were opened (and still every day I find something 'new'). Also a session from Don Jones at TechNet_Live in 2011 in The Hague (Netherlands) about PowerShell Remoting was an eye-opener for me... so I asked my 'boss' if I could follow a class. Since his first question was: "what certification can you get with that?" I had to give a "None" back. Notice that back then NO requests for PowerShell scripters were here in The Netherlands.
So, stuborn as I am, I did it the old fashioned way... self-study. But instead of books I took on webcasts, blogposts... and every single thing I had to do during business hours that took me more than 5 repetitive clicks, I started to script in the evening ;-) Those webcasts by MVP's such as Jeffery Hicks, Don, Jeffery Snover and Tobias Weltner were especially useful for me since they involved practical information and the WHY (since the HOW is something I can find out for myself...).

This took a me a heck a lot of time, but now I can pick the fruits from that labor. Where others are cursing about specific functionalities that are not in the GUI, I grab a shell and not much later I've got a script which can do what they, or I, want. And of course, non-Posh folk click every day/weel/month where I create a script and let it run while I'm getting some coffee ;-) For my current customer I'm hired to build a new Hyper-V / SCDPM / SCVMM environment yet also their Citrix guys come to me when they want something scripted ;-) Not only something... and yes, it's also not so bad for my ego ;-) For me as a freelancer, this is the best impression one could ever leave behind!

I seriously see, and experience, the benefits of even the simplest PowerShell knowhow up till more advanced scripts... and this is where, for me, the PowerShell Scripting Games come into play; specificaly the comments from the judges. 'cause good comments make you (or atleast ME) think, investigate and learn :-) And for people looking up against 'this much time and effort' to put into learning a new technology... do it like I do, make it into a contest with yourself. Every script you finish is a succes in itself, especially when it takes some investigating and you've learned something from writing it.

P.S. I'm a scripter, not a programmer... type & execute, please! ;-)

Better solution to Ghostscript?

MrEclipseguy — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:09:53 -0500

There are 2 replies, with the last one on 04/11/2012 at 3:09:53 PM by MrEclipseguy
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Thanks Don, the prints are being rendered from the windows box, not the Linux box. Wil pass this on to the dev team though.

techinsurance.com

don2007 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:20:48 -0500

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http://www.bbb.org/dallas/business-reviews/insurance-agency/techinsurance-in-allen-tx-7000213/complaints

That's the BBB rating.

Server 8 AD - How to add AD tiles?

Douggg — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:06:34 -0500

There are 7 replies, with the last one on 04/11/2012 at 1:06:34 PM by Douggg
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Wondering aloud also. Why would moving FSMO roles affect what stays pinned to a desktop?
But then again this is Microsoft. So maybe you are right.