IT Thread - Page 15

**theholycow** · 02-11-2010, 04:19 PM

Tell me more about Sophos. I had chosen it as the best in my testing, and I was ready to change our whole network to it until our budget got slashed. I had to abort the project a couple weeks ago.

**stonehenge** · 02-11-2010, 04:30 PM

I don't know much about statistics or pricing or anything because they already had it when I got here and have had it since.

We have a server setup locally for all updates and have every install pointing to it. It works for XP, Vista, W7, Mac, and I think there may even be a 98 and possibly Linux version but don't hold me to that.

I was only a normal tech for a short while before becoming the assistant server guy but while I was a tech, there were a few incidents where it caught and quarantined the POS in question.

I've been pretty happy with it, I actually installed it on my home machine also.

**theholycow** · 02-11-2010, 04:35 PM

If I could put Microsoft Security Essentials on everything, I would...even if it cost as much as Sophos for the license we'd need. MS doesn't allow it, I'd have to buy their enterprise antivirus product, and that thing is ridiculous. There's a bunch of databases you have to install on at least two servers...way too heavy and complicated.

**stonehenge** · 02-11-2010, 05:22 PM

sounds super ghey

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Just got told I get to setup a Zimbra server on a Mac Mini wtf. They want it mainly for the Calendar but you can't install JUST the Calendar so I'll have to setup E-mail and everything else also. Don't feel like doing this

oh well.

**theholycow** · 02-11-2010, 05:42 PM

I just realized that I did a crapload of server updates on the Monday before Patch Tuesday.

**stonehenge** · 02-11-2010, 05:43 PM

**theholycow** · 02-11-2010, 05:44 PM

Now I gotta update and reboot all these servers again.

**stonehenge** · 02-11-2010, 05:45 PM

I know, the shrug was more of an "oh well, gotta do what you gotta do" shrug lol

**theholycow** · 02-12-2010, 04:54 PM

Does anyone use Karen's Replicator?
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp

I want a slightly simplified version of that to use for one-off copy jobs that are too complex for just using Explorer's copy/paste or something like TeraCopy. I think what I'm looking for is just to have fewer levels of dialogs to go through before I can setup and run a job.

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Karen should NOT have put a picture of herself on her website. It was better when I thought of her as looking like a computer program.
http://www.karenware.com/bio.asp

Cez★ · 02-12-2010, 04:56 PM

well i didnt set up teh wireless since my mom got some new plan and shit so we haz cable intrawebz and teh homie hooked it up for us

**stonehenge** · 02-12-2010, 05:09 PM

thats a bamf copy/paste brah

Cez★ · 02-12-2010, 05:09 PM

: orly:

**stonehenge** · 02-12-2010, 05:11 PM

rofl meant that to thc

Cez★ · 02-12-2010, 05:12 PM

ahh ok

**stonehenge** · 02-12-2010, 08:18 PM

Installed Zimbra on a Mac Mini running Server 10.6: FAIL

After trying several things I've determined that Zimbra just doesn't like 10.6. I didn't think it would be that different from 10.5 (which Zimbra works on) but I guess I was wrong. Just installed it on my current box (also a Mini but with 10.5) and it is running just fine.

This is a pretty nice piece of softzware

**stonehenge** · 02-15-2010, 05:08 PM

Ok so I got a ticket from a guy who was like "I need help accessing my W drive, this is the email I received, I made a new ticket because I don't see a ticket number in the email". This is the email he received:

Quote:

From: XXXX Tech Support
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: XXXX Tech Support has a question/message for you regarding your job ticket of 20100211004

Dear blahblah,

Please DO NOT REPLY to this email as this is an automated email generated by our computer system.

XXXX Tech Support has asked a question or sent you a message in response to the job ticket you submitted to us. To view the question/message or reply to us you need to go to our ticket system at:

(address)

Tech: Juan wrote on 10:26AM Feb 11, 2010:

> blahblah,
>
> They should now have access. They may need to reboot their computers for the drive to show up if they have been logged in very recently. Let me know if you have any issues.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Juan ([email protected])
> BAMF Support Beast
> XXXX Tech Support
>
>

Your ticket's details:

Please connect the following faculty's computer access to the Share "W" drive.

Person1
Person2
Person3
Person4
Person5

Thank you,

Woman
Program Coordinator

Ticket ID: 20100211004
Ticket Type: Network or Servers

<== 20100211004 ==>

**theholycow** · 02-23-2010, 06:41 PM

Does anyone remember this?

**stonehenge** · 02-23-2010, 06:46 PM

DOS yes, that icon and what it represents, no.

**theholycow** · 02-23-2010, 07:07 PM

4DOS was awesome. It was a replacement for command.com that was way enhanced, including features that you still don't find in bash or PowerShell today.

One of my favorites was directory navigation without the cd command. You could type in ..\ and it would go up one directory. Also, you could go up multiple directories simply by adding more periods, so ...\ and ....\ would go up two or three directories respectively.

In bash you can make aliases called .. and ... and so on that execute cd .. or cd ../.. (and so on). There's a shell, I think it's called zsh, that allows you to do cd-less directory navigation, but I think it doesn't work with the .. directory, just named directories.

It had tab completion and a bunch of other cool stuff too.

**stonehenge** · 02-23-2010, 07:13 PM

tab completion makes me skeet

SarkOzy · 03-02-2010, 02:51 PM

Questionne.......I have an HD video I need to edit that was shot in 720p native 16:9 format, then converted to 4:3 when it was burned to the DVD(thanks WMBF

) so now I need to try to convert it back to 16:9 so everything isn't squashed vertically. I know the quality is going to hell, but I can manage. Firstly I need a good DVD ripping program, and I have windows movie maker, but I'm wondering that maybe it won't convert the aspect ration back to what I need?

**theholycow** · 03-05-2010, 04:48 PM

Anyone good at tracking down bottlenecks and performance issues? I have no problem finding processes that have high CPU usage, but I usually can't identify what's causing my hard drive to grind and the system to run slow with low CPU usage.

**theholycow** · 03-25-2010, 03:45 PM

I guess I can troubleshoot slowness+thrashing HD using procmon.

New rant: Why do users paste their screenshots into MS Word and then email me a MS Word attachment, when they could just paste directly into the email, or at worst paste into Paint (which is an appropriate program for images)...

**stonehenge** · 03-25-2010, 04:20 PM

They do that here all the fuckin' time also. I also get excel spreadsheets with images in them

Chevrolet Fanatic · 03-25-2010, 07:15 PM

Yep, I've experienced that as well.

BTW............in for the IT jest/experience/help. IT noob.

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I fucking hate Joomla.

You guys ever use Joomla, have any experience with it?

02-11-2010, 04:19 PM	#351
theholycow Bovinus Administratus Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greener pastures Posts: 32,377	Tell me more about Sophos. I had chosen it as the best in my testing, and I was ready to change our whole network to it until our budget got slashed. I had to abort the project a couple weeks ago. __________________

02-11-2010, 04:30 PM	#352
stonehenge Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hoenn Posts: 85,082	I don't know much about statistics or pricing or anything because they already had it when I got here and have had it since. We have a server setup locally for all updates and have every install pointing to it. It works for XP, Vista, W7, Mac, and I think there may even be a 98 and possibly Linux version but don't hold me to that. I was only a normal tech for a short while before becoming the assistant server guy but while I was a tech, there were a few incidents where it caught and quarantined the POS in question. I've been pretty happy with it, I actually installed it on my home machine also. __________________ \| Smilies To-Do \| MAL (bishplz) \| Current PS+ Free Games\|

02-11-2010, 04:35 PM	#353
theholycow Bovinus Administratus Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greener pastures Posts: 32,377	If I could put Microsoft Security Essentials on everything, I would...even if it cost as much as Sophos for the license we'd need. MS doesn't allow it, I'd have to buy their enterprise antivirus product, and that thing is ridiculous. There's a bunch of databases you have to install on at least two servers...way too heavy and complicated. __________________

02-11-2010, 05:22 PM	#354
stonehenge Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hoenn Posts: 85,082	sounds super ghey ---------- Post added at 09:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:36 AM ---------- Just got told I get to setup a Zimbra server on a Mac Mini wtf. They want it mainly for the Calendar but you can't install JUST the Calendar so I'll have to setup E-mail and everything else also. Don't feel like doing this oh well. __________________ \| Smilies To-Do \| MAL (bishplz) \| Current PS+ Free Games\|

02-11-2010, 05:42 PM	#355
theholycow Bovinus Administratus Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greener pastures Posts: 32,377	I just realized that I did a crapload of server updates on the Monday before Patch Tuesday. __________________

02-11-2010, 05:43 PM	#356
stonehenge Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hoenn Posts: 85,082	__________________ \| Smilies To-Do \| MAL (bishplz) \| Current PS+ Free Games\|

02-11-2010, 05:44 PM	#357
theholycow Bovinus Administratus Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greener pastures Posts: 32,377	Now I gotta update and reboot all these servers again. __________________

02-11-2010, 05:45 PM	#358
stonehenge Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hoenn Posts: 85,082	I know, the shrug was more of an "oh well, gotta do what you gotta do" shrug lol __________________ \| Smilies To-Do \| MAL (bishplz) \| Current PS+ Free Games\|

02-12-2010, 04:54 PM	#359
theholycow Bovinus Administratus Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greener pastures Posts: 32,377	Does anyone use Karen's Replicator? http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp I want a slightly simplified version of that to use for one-off copy jobs that are too complex for just using Explorer's copy/paste or something like TeraCopy. I think what I'm looking for is just to have fewer levels of dialogs to go through before I can setup and run a job. ---------- Post added at 10:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:51 AM ---------- Karen should NOT have put a picture of herself on her website. It was better when I thought of her as looking like a computer program. http://www.karenware.com/bio.asp __________________

02-12-2010, 05:09 PM	#361
stonehenge Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hoenn Posts: 85,082	thats a bamf copy/paste brah __________________ \| Smilies To-Do \| MAL (bishplz) \| Current PS+ Free Games\|

02-12-2010, 05:11 PM	#363
stonehenge Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hoenn Posts: 85,082	rofl meant that to thc __________________ \| Smilies To-Do \| MAL (bishplz) \| Current PS+ Free Games\|

02-12-2010, 08:18 PM	#365
stonehenge Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hoenn Posts: 85,082	Installed Zimbra on a Mac Mini running Server 10.6: FAIL After trying several things I've determined that Zimbra just doesn't like 10.6. I didn't think it would be that different from 10.5 (which Zimbra works on) but I guess I was wrong. Just installed it on my current box (also a Mini but with 10.5) and it is running just fine. This is a pretty nice piece of softzware __________________ \| Smilies To-Do \| MAL (bishplz) \| Current PS+ Free Games\|

02-23-2010, 06:41 PM	#367
theholycow Bovinus Administratus Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greener pastures Posts: 32,377	Does anyone remember this? __________________

02-23-2010, 06:46 PM	#368
stonehenge Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hoenn Posts: 85,082	DOS yes, that icon and what it represents, no. __________________ \| Smilies To-Do \| MAL (bishplz) \| Current PS+ Free Games\|

02-23-2010, 07:07 PM	#369
theholycow Bovinus Administratus Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greener pastures Posts: 32,377	4DOS was awesome. It was a replacement for command.com that was way enhanced, including features that you still don't find in bash or PowerShell today. One of my favorites was directory navigation without the cd command. You could type in ..\ and it would go up one directory. Also, you could go up multiple directories simply by adding more periods, so ...\ and ....\ would go up two or three directories respectively. In bash you can make aliases called .. and ... and so on that execute cd .. or cd ../.. (and so on). There's a shell, I think it's called zsh, that allows you to do cd-less directory navigation, but I think it doesn't work with the .. directory, just named directories. It had tab completion and a bunch of other cool stuff too. __________________

02-23-2010, 07:13 PM	#370
stonehenge Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hoenn Posts: 85,082	tab completion makes me skeet __________________ \| Smilies To-Do \| MAL (bishplz) \| Current PS+ Free Games\|

03-05-2010, 04:48 PM	#372
theholycow Bovinus Administratus Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greener pastures Posts: 32,377	Anyone good at tracking down bottlenecks and performance issues? I have no problem finding processes that have high CPU usage, but I usually can't identify what's causing my hard drive to grind and the system to run slow with low CPU usage. __________________

03-25-2010, 03:45 PM	#373
theholycow Bovinus Administratus Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greener pastures Posts: 32,377	I guess I can troubleshoot slowness+thrashing HD using procmon. New rant: Why do users paste their screenshots into MS Word and then email me a MS Word attachment, when they could just paste directly into the email, or at worst paste into Paint (which is an appropriate program for images)... __________________

03-25-2010, 04:20 PM	#374
stonehenge Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hoenn Posts: 85,082	They do that here all the fuckin' time also. I also get excel spreadsheets with images in them __________________ \| Smilies To-Do \| MAL (bishplz) \| Current PS+ Free Games\|

03-25-2010, 07:15 PM	#375
Chevrolet Fanatic Life & Hometown Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Arkham Asylum Age: 36 Posts: 4,956	Yep, I've experienced that as well. BTW............in for the IT jest/experience/help. IT noob. ---------- Post added at 02:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:14 PM ---------- I fucking hate Joomla. You guys ever use Joomla, have any experience with it? __________________ Fuck PSN Trophies and Fuck Sony New PSN because I got fucked over: CyberpunkGod

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