How I feel on a typical Monday when half my team is on PTO and tickets are...
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View ArticleSimple question, how often do you guys restart your servers?
I've worked places where we never restarted them for years (short of a hardware failure) to places that had us remote in on the weekend and bring 30 servers down/up every saturday. Is there any "best...
View ArticleAdvice for a newbie regarding backing up a mySQL database and directories...
Hey guys, I've just started a new Software Development job but I've basically been given loads of sysadmin stuff to do because the development team consists of only 2 people + the CTO. I've got pretty...
View ArticleHow do I add more remote desktop slots to Windows Server 2008?
I've been poring through Microsoft Licensing documentation for 30 minutes and I'm getting a headache: Windows Server 2008 Client Access Licensing Deploying Remote Desktop Licensing Step-by-Step Guide...
View ArticleLocation aware backup software?
I am looking into a backup solution for traveling laptops. I am looking for an agent that runs in the back ground and watchs the subnet of the laptop. As soon as that subnet is a "Home" subnet, it...
View ArticleNeed Help Cooling Server Room.
After much struggle, we were finally able to enclose our servers into their own room. Now we're running into cooling issues, which I had a feeling would happen. So I come to you /sysadmin for help and...
View ArticleStation Drivers: French website that keeps a good set of updated Windows drivers
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View ArticleVLAN question
I don't currently have a managed switch such as a Cisco Catalyst to test this out on, so I would like to make sure I understand something correctly in theory. Say I have a Linux or BSD router, with 1...
View ArticleHow to minimize print cartridge churn?
It seems that Brother and HP come out with a new toner format every year. With old printers still in service, this results in many different parts to stock. How do you minimize this? submitted by...
View ArticleWindows XP/SP3 disk image creation question
Hey everyone, I just finished repairing a friends PC, with a complete reformat/reinstall of Windows XP/SP3 and set it up with all of the programs etc. that have needed to be installed. Is there any way...
View ArticleAbout ready to buy a pair of Barracuda's for web and spam filtering...Last...
We're currently using an eSafe for both web and spam filtering which is the most terrible hunk of shit I have ever had the displeasure of working with. I've done some research and these seem to get...
View ArticleYou all love that feeeling, when the ping finally goes through...
Debugging a VPN tunnel right now, and the ping is still not coming through. I know I'll love the moment when I'll finally see the lovely ICMP reply appearing before my eyes. submitted by Vacantless...
View ArticleCorporate-level Printers & Copiers... Which are the best? Which are the worst?
We use a mixture of HP (CM6040, P4515) and Toshiba (3510/4520C/5520) in our company for our printing and copying needs. In your experiences, which are the best brands and models of multi-function...
View ArticleI started laughing when I saw this... then I started thinking, why shouldn't...
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View ArticleIssues with IP40 Auto Discovery Phone Setup
We just receiving around 60 Plantronics IP40 IP phones for our callcenter. These phones are suppose to be rolled out by Monday morning and I would like to refrain from having to manually configure all...
View ArticleAS/400 Rights Problems
I am hoping that someone has more information than I do and can help me out here. I have a client that we are trying to extract data from their AS/400 and have been unsuccessful so far. This is the run...
View ArticleHUGE SPREADSHEETS
I have a group of users who have to open some giant spreadsheets for work on a daily basis. These sheets have over 80 thousand lines. As you can probably guess, it takes several minutes to open them...
View ArticleFirefox vs. Chrome for a network wide install?
Just looking for opinions. I like both browsers fine. So I'm just sitting here debating and thought I'd get some reddit input. submitted by metalmosq [link] [5 comments]
View ArticleMacs more Vulnerable than Windows in Enterprise
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