Anyone ever have to tell off a vendor before??
I have been working with several vendors to purchase some storage equipment and the Netapp vendor took it upon himself to contact several people not directly related to the project and invite them to...
View ArticleBest practice for migrating from Exchange 2003 to 2010?
I have a simple environment with just one Exchange 2003 server and 50 Outlook clients. Next year I'm buying a replacement server and moving to Exchange 2010. Any tips or resources on the best way to...
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I don't always pray to the Flying Spaghetti Monster at work, but when I do,...
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View ArticleAnyone use a system to keep rogue devices from grabbing a dhcp address?
This is one of those things that has been pissing me off for 10 years. I know I could assign static addresses, filter mac addresses, etc but that's too much work to manage. I'm actually more concerned...
View ArticleMicrosoft does not make it easy to buy copies of Windows: based on the quote...
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Oh: so maybe the equipment bursting into flames and the lawsuit *do* convince...
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View ArticleJoin.Me - A free/pro remote support or meeting application made by LogMeIn.
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Well, I'm sweating bullets and all that stupid bar does is bounce back and...
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View ArticleWhat should I buy to get started?
Hey /r/sysadmin, I wanted to know what I needed to buy in order to get a pretty decent home network set up. I wanted to run a server/website using apache or a gameserver. My question is what I would...
View ArticleOur Xerox printer has figured out how to travel back in time.
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View ArticleBest way to create an imaging server?
I am a sysadmin in a medium-sized Truck Sales and Repair shop and we are a 2-man IT crew in charge of 6 locations. I have been doing research but cannot find the best way to create a Windows Imaging...
View ArticleWhat are some silly things your customers have asked for?
I work at a datacenter and today I receive a ticket to install a 3rd NAB port in a customer's colo. I guess they have never heard of VLANs. submitted by fourzerofour [link] [1 comment]
View ArticleDvD burning machine
This may not go here. Maybe it does. The client I work for conducts interviews. Recently they started recording those interviews. They burn them to DVDs to hand back to their clients. We are using a...
View ArticleUbuntu Mail Server (SMTP/POP3)
I'm looking to set up a mail server over Ubuntu. Does anyone have a good tutorial so I can send/receive mail on the Ubuntu server, and use a client such as Microsoft Outlook on my desktop PC? Thanks....
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Nmap Hackers: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!
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View ArticleHelp with suggesting a large removable storage solution.
Driving myself crazy here, I have a customer who wants a large chunk of removable storage. They currently use BEX to backup to a LTO5 tape volume and swap a magazine full of tapes daily. This customer...
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Server Room HVAC shutoff because it is too cold outside.
Yay for economizing the HVAC system in your server room. This is the fourth outage since we moved into the building in June. Same reason each time, HVAC guy comes out in the morning and "fixes" it and...
View ArticleReport with 2008 R2 User CALs in use
Hello, I've stumbled on a problem with counting the amounts of terminal server user licenses. The environment consists of one server which acts like an terminal server session broker for load balancing...
View ArticleLoaning equipment (laptops) and how to get them back on time.
Hi guys, Have seen alot of great suggestions from people on here for other problems so thought you might be able to help me out. We are a SMB with ~100 users and alot of these users go on conferences...
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