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- IT Policy on Resigned/Terminated Employee
- I'm looking for a IT policy on how to handle employee who resigns/gets terminated. Would greatly appreciate for links where I can make reference to.TIA.I don't know where to find one, butHere is a frameworkBefore the employee leaves:1) gather all critical passwords to servers, routers, switches, etc2) Have the employee...
- Tags: Routers & switches, tech06, IT Policy, server
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- Software detecting duplicate files
- I would like some recommendations of software that can detect duplicate files on the share folders. We currently try to cleanup the public drive and noticed a large amount of duplicate files in various folders. Any help is appreciated:)Servers: Windows 2000 ServersClient: Win98/2000/XP
- Tags: tech06, software
- Discussion threads 2007-04-10
- Net Time script does not seem to work
- We have this as part of the logon script to sync everyone's clock to a server:Net Time \server1 /set /yesThe server runs on NT4, while the clients are on XP/2000/9x. Problem:The script does not seem to work on Windows 2000/XP computers as they log on. Do the end users have...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, tech06, Net Time, server
- Discussion threads 2007-03-12
- Is it just us or the SPAMs are getting worse?
- We've been getting more and more spams thesedays, it is worst on Mondays users could get over 100 junk emails over weekend. I am wondering what countermeasures other organizations are using. Has anyone used a third-party spam filtering service? Would greatly appreciate any input on this.Thanks!We've seen an increaseOur spam...
- Tags: e-mail, it management, security, spam, spam filter, tech06
- Discussion threads 2007-02-26
- how to share file without sharing LAN?
- We would like to access files from a stand-alone CAD workstation XP Pro without joining it on to the LAN domain (TCP/IP). The machine already has a NIC for broadband connection. Can this be achieved by adding a second NIC with a seperate set of IP address that the LAN...
- Tags: LAN, tech06, security, networking, network, CAD
- Discussion threads 2007-02-22
- Dealing with 2007 DST
- I was wondering how do other IT admin handle this upcoming DST change. We already have 70 client computers on Win98/2000/XP that sync the clock to the domain server through a logon script and the server has been patched with the DST update. Is it still required to install TZEDIT.exe...
- Tags: tech06, DST
- Discussion threads 2007-01-15
- need help handling spam relay.
- Several of our contacts claim that a spam was sent out from our firewall (Sonicwall SOHO3). The IP was our firewall's NAT public address.We use a third-party mail server. Since this our first incident, how to begin troubleshooting/tracking down this
- Tags: Firewalls, Cyberthreats, Spam, Network security, NETWORKING, tech06
- Discussion threads 2006-12-05
- working with Win98 on Win2003 Domain
- We are planning to upgrade the current NT domain to Windows 2003 domain. However, we're concerned about the compatibility/security issues of those Windows 98 clients that we still use after the upgrade. I read a MS article about the workarounds to allow the legacy OS to work on Windows 2003...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 98, Operating systems, Windows 2003 Domain, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2006-08-14
- how to reject inconsiderate request?
- I need some opinion on the following situation I'm faced with:I've been approached a few times to troubleshoot a pc problem for one of the managers from my company. He isn't my manager but I've helped him on a few occasions. The problems is that he lives in my neighborhood...
- Tags: computer, Geek Squad, PC
- Discussion threads 2006-06-29
- automatic update = No!
- This is one of the many reasons we don't allow users on the networks we administer to run automatic updates this way. All workstations on the network have automatic updates turned off, or we have them set to update from a local server through group policies. We either...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Automatic Update, windows, network, tech06, networking, server
- Discussion threads 2006-06-15
- Screen saver/ wall paper policy
- Screen saver/ wall paper policyWe're in the process of upgrading all Win98 machines to WinXP and our IT dept is thinking about imposing user policy on those machines by restricting changing of the screen saver and wallpaper that users brought from home. At the same time we'll implement a policy...
- Tags: screensaver, management, tech06, networking, wall, worker
- Discussion threads 2006-06-06
- Should users clean their own computers?
- We have end users who routinely clean their desks, monitors, keyboards and mouse as well as those who NEVER bother to clean anything. While our IT people is responsible of cleaning the server and network equipment, should they also clean end users desktop/KB/mouse? What is norm?We have over 100 desktops...
- Tags: computer, keyboard, support, desktop, tech06, hardware, information technology
- Discussion threads 2006-05-11
- how to be persuasive/tacky in proposing IT projects?
- how to be persuasive/tacky in proposing IT projects?We have several legacy computers (Win95/98) that are in bad shape and users are complaining about them all the time. I've enlisted names whose computers should be upgraded along with reasons and submited to the management. However, I'm getting no response after a...
- Tags: downtime, ROI, career, tech06, PC, information technology
- Discussion threads 2006-04-20
- apply Windows updates on non-admin users
- What method do you use to implement windows updates for LAN users who don't have administrator's right? We have 50 users on the LAN and whenever a windows update becomes available, the users don't have permission to install it and the network admin has to intervene. Is there a safe...
- Tags: LAN, non-Admin, windows, security, networking, tech06, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Update
- Discussion threads 2006-04-05
- Feeling useless at work
- I work in a small manufacturing facility as their IT person. In order to stay competitive in the industry, my employer has been holding off many IT projects to save $$ in favor of its production area. Because of this, I’m unable to implement projects that I’ve been planning for...
- Tags: job, tech06, career
- Discussion threads 2006-03-29
- How often do you replace company's computers?
- We have about 70 computers on the LAN where some are as old as 7 years old (yes, it's that sad..). Since money is tight, we only replace the computers that are no longer working. The drawback of this is that some of those that are still "dreading" are creating...
- Tags: computer
- Discussion threads 2006-03-03
- Need a career advise please
- I’m currently a one-man IT person in a small manufacturing business (70 user LAN) and my duties include pc troubleshooting, software/hardware maintenance, fixing printers sometimes and maintaining company’s ERP software. Lately I find myself becoming more interested in working with business application software rather than fixing computer/networking hardware. An example...
- Tags: information technology, career, tech06, software
- Discussion threads 2006-02-22
- Switching between domains
- We have a consultant who joins our LAN NT domainwhenever she's in the office. When she leaves, she would remove her WInXP pc from our LAN to join her company's. Each time she returns our administrator has to re-join her pc since an admin password is required. Is there a...
- Tags: domain
- Q&A 2005-08-26
- Password to open IE
- Is there a way to impose a security password on the Internet Explorer 6? We have a Windows 98SE machine with IE6 and would like to prevent certain users from launching the program without a password. We also thought about upgrading to Windows 2000/XP but just wanted to make sure...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, password, security, SQUID, tech06
- Q&A 2005-08-22
- Microsoft Mail Alternative???
- All 50 users on our Win2K domain use Microsoft Mail for intraoffice emailing and only 30 of them have the Internet Email through a local ISP. As more and more client pc are upgraded to Window and Office XP, we start to run into issue where those who don't have...
- Tags: e-mail, Internet, Internet Email, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Mail, server, tech06
- Q&A 2005-03-16
