Give single program administrative rights?
I feel like this has been asked many times before (sry) but I can't find a solid answer after furious amount of Googling. So anyway, our domain users (~100ish, all XP Pro) don’t have any admin rights....
View ArticleMy LAN died this morning. What did I do wrong?
I walked in this morning to about 400 E-Mails from my network monitor (PRTG) telling me that servers were dropping in and out like nuts, every 30 seconds or so. Normally I would have assumed a switch...
View ArticleGhost version 8.5 alternatives
I've had some sys admin roles added to my job, since I'm the best person here to do this. My first job was to install WSUS on Server 2008 R2, which I have done, my next job is to move our imaging...
View ArticleOrganiser that is based around "The Cycle System"
Has anyone come across an app designed to fit with Tom Limoncelli's Cycle System? Currently I'm all over the place with my tasks (stuff in MS Outlook, stuff in Google Calendar, etc). I'd like something...
View ArticleSAN justified
I am curious on how much I would benefit from a SAN. I need to upgrade several servers and and create a couple new ones. Most importantly my exchange cluster and a secondary DC. In total I have 6...
View ArticleWhat do you guys use for managing your network systems ?
I'm looking for something (free if possible) for managing a number of servers (mostly the services on them) , by managing I mean documenting each server in something else than a wiki: services running,...
View ArticleAnyone in SoCal know where I can get 30 2-3TB drives quickly?
Got a client who wants me to build a couple NAS machines for them, short notice...It needs to ship Friday. Hard drives being in high demand right now, I was wondering if anyone had any leads on where I...
View ArticleI too quit my job...
Overworked, underpaid... that was my motto. I once got questioned about coming in an hour early before maintenance was to start so I could get ready... Not to mention all the odd off hours maintenance...
View ArticleExchange Logs Eating my HD
Exchange Log Storage has filled up the log drive. Temporarily I turned off the back pressure while I ran a backup. (We do run daily backups through arcserv of this server) As far as im aware this...
View ArticleDFS Replication Problems
Posted this on the technet forums as well, but looking for any input if someone is familiar with DFS Replication. Over the summer on a few of our 2008r2 file share boxes I migrated data volumes (D:) to...
View ArticleDumb question about documentation.
...how do you do it? I'm a couple months into a new job here (my first) and I've finally gotten to the point where I can put out fires efficiently enough to have a bit of spare time here and there. I...
View ArticleLinux/Unix training suggestions? (x-post from Linuxadmin)
Cross-post as I realized I probably should have posted here first. I have some money left in my training budget and was looking for suggestions for some Linux/Unix training. I have a number of years of...
View ArticleQuotable sysadminning from the Scary Devil Monastery
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View ArticleCreating an internal wiki?
I'm the ops manager and 'IT guy' at a charter school and I am trying to help the organization by creating an internal wiki and writing up some documentation. We basically have nothing in the way of...
View ArticleExchange 2003 on a W2k3 box Problem
Back story: We are a medium sized business of about 110 people in two locations. We keep our servers current with patches and updates. Last year we started to have problems with our Exchange server at...
View ArticleHow do you track consumables and other inventory?
I need solution for tracking inventory of consumables. Toner, Monitors, batteries and other misc items. What do you use? I have barcode scanners and barcode printers to use for the tracking, I just...
View ArticleBest way to review NTFS Security Permissions?
I've got a client that wants to review all their file shares / ntfs permissions in a windows AD environment. Does anyone have suggestions on the best way to prepare and present this to the client? I...
View ArticleLaptops and Folder Redirection?
We use Folder Redirection for user desktop, my docs and app data. Outside of IT, no one currently has laptops and we have excluded ourselves from the Desktop redirection policy because we don't really...
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