Detecting a Rogue Domain Controller...How does this happen?
BOY have I ever got a weird one this time. So I got a call today: "I can't set up Sharepoint alerts because my email address isn't in my profile!" I know this one- so I go check the usual shit, fix...
View ArticleChoosing a rack and cable management
Hello Sysadmins, How do you guys go about getting a quality rack and cable management? I've seen some terrible racks in my day and some great ones. How do you shop around? Who are the top vendors? I...
View ArticleInterviewing a new sysadmin - how do you do it?
Hi Guys, I'm soon starting to interview for my replacement as I'm moving on to a new role , but I have no idea exactly how to interview people. I've got a skills list that i'm looking for, and I'm...
View ArticleLooking for ideas on how to best complete computer/networking inventory at...
This is the problem: I go to prospective healthcare facilities who would like to outsource their IT to my business. As part of that, I need to go to each of these facilities and capture all the...
View ArticleQuestion about administrator rights in Windows 7
So I'm home from college and my dad decides to change my account to a standard user and disable the built in admin account. Now I'm SOL. What can I do to get admin rights back short of formatting and...
View ArticleI'm a new NOC tech...
Can anybody give me some advice? I don't want to suck at what I do basically. No other way to put it. submitted by SaltOilMSG [link] [17 comments]
View ArticleFQDNs and Certificates
We're having some certificate issues here. I'm told through the management chain that our network/server dudes are chalking this up to an issue with our internal AD domain being used on the Internet by...
View ArticleWhat does the server architecture of Reddit or a similar site look like? IE...
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View ArticleIdeal server/sysadmin ratio
I was just curious what everyone thinks about this. What is a good ratio of admins to servers? Does your opinion change of the servers are all in a virtual environment? How about if management tools...
View ArticleCOMPTIA Certs or Skip em?
So, I'm currently getting a bachelors in info systems with a concentration in networking administration. Although I dont think i want to be in networking anymore as far as setting up switches/etc. I...
View ArticleBest way to prevent UDP flooding from taking down our internal network?
Lately we've had trouble with a compromised user on a webserver uploading a malicious php file that floods our network with UDP packets. It basically DDoS's our firewall. It's so bad that we can't even...
View ArticleWindows 7 schedule system restore and recovery on Every Friday?
I have several Windows 7 machines that I currently have re-imaged every few months. I would like to find a way to automatically recover from a system restore point on Friday and then create a system...
View ArticleOrchestra: a series of tools for Getting Shit Run
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View ArticleEmail Client?
I'm trying to find an email Client on Windows which can cope with over 100k of unreal mail and roughly 300k of read email over IMAP. At the moment, everything I've tried uses about 1GB of ram before...
View ArticleWho to follow on Google+?
I'd love to follow some sysadmins on G+ - even some of you guys. My G+ address is https://plus.google.com/115905401241470304067/posts Feel free to add me - I would be honored. submitted by kivetros...
View ArticleHelp! Server 2008 RDS - Data Encryption Error
I have a RDS (Terminal Server) that users keep getting a Data Encryption Error from the users site to the RDS. I have tried a few fixes like changing the IPv4 LSO; but I think the problem is the MTU...
View ArticleScheduling tasks from the command line - how do you execute a file that has...
Currently, my batch file is as follows: schtasks /create /tn "Install Sophos" /tr "\<server name goes here>\Sophos Setup\Install Sophos.bat" /sc once /sd 08/05/2011 /st 11:00 (There are two...
View ArticleRemote support examples
I'll try to keep this short... I'm interviewing for a systems/network admin job for a small creative company with four sites (three in US and one Europe), about 250 employees, mostly Mac but also a...
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