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- Good looks vs. runs well
- This is another one of those posts that I just hate to have to write. So why do I have to write it? Because I have to be 100% honest with you guys, because you can smell deception from a mile away, and I have a really hard time putting...
- Tags: Users, Testing, Software Development, Programming, Development Process, Code Writing, Application Development
- Blog posts 2007-04-03
- Windows 2003 Domain Permissions Not working
- Ok I have setup a domain call test. With in the domain I have setup basic users and also specific groups that I add users to for example accounting group. I have folders of excel files with accounting info so I setup permissions to each folder adding o
- Tags: dnwilkinson@..., domain, file, files, it management, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2003, permission, permissions, project management, saving, security, shared, software, users, windows, windows 2003
- Discussion threads 2007-03-08
- Empty Folders & Slows
- Does having a lot of empty folders slow down servers? I.E. Will it slow down access times, the time it takes to defrag, etc. I manage a network with approximately 4000 users and our policy in the past is to give personal network drives only as requested. But as...
- Tags: jdrusse@..., windows, it management, windows server 2003, slow, users, server
- Discussion threads 2007-02-23
- Empty Folders & Slows
- Does having a lot of empty folders slow down servers? I.E. Will it slow down access times, the time it takes to defrag, etc. I manage a network with approximately 4000 users and our policy in the past is to give personal network drives only as requested. But as...
- Tags: jdrusse@..., windows, it management, windows server 2003, slow, users, server
- Discussion threads 2007-02-23
- Monitoring User activities
- I am looking for an application that will allow me to monitor a particular user's actions. Something along the lines of a keylogger, but covering mouse clicks as well. Any recommendations of software to try and software to possibly avoid?Than
- Tags: jbaker@...
- Discussion threads 2006-12-07
- We need a year end
- User post for the funniest, dumbest and just interesting things users have said, done and what ever for the end of the year. I have done this twice and would like to hear some others stories.
- Tags: zlito@...
- Discussion threads 2006-12-02
- Perform random acts of IT kindness
- Many times the end of another year and the timeliness of the holidays can mean a bit slower pace at work. It can amount to a little less intensity and a slightly more relaxed atmosphere. (Please accept my apology if this doesn’t exactly describe your particular...
- Tags: Comments, Customer Service, Empowerment, general, information technology, Suggestions, Time Management, Users
- Blog posts 2006-11-27
- DS Utilities & $username$
- I'm adding a user to 2003 server using dsadd user "cn=masha,cn=users,dc=domain,dc=local" -samid masha -display masha -profile "\serverprofiles$username$"When I open up AD users & computers, the profile reads exactly "\serverprofiles$username$"In other words the $username$ never resolves into the user's username. When the user logs off, the new roaming profile folder...
- Tags: %USERNAME%, multiplexed
- Discussion threads 2006-10-22
- DS Utilities & $username$
- I'm adding a user to 2003 server using dsadd user "cn=masha,cn=users,dc=domain,dc=local" -samid masha -display masha -profile "\serverprofiles$username$"When I open up AD users & computers, the profile reads exactly "\serverprofiles$username$"In other words the $username$ never resolves into the user's username. When the user logs off, the new roaming profile folder...
- Tags: multiplexed
- Discussion threads 2006-10-22
- I was asked what I do today
- I was asked what I do todayAnd I had to stop and think about how to answer. Because I have done just about every thing you can do with computers. I just said I am a computer support person. But afterward that sounded lame or bad because I have installed...
- Tags: computer, windows, computers, networks, users, helpdesk, zlito@..., off-topic, network
- Discussion threads 2006-08-18
- How do you get the Help Desk to provide the Help
- How do you get the Help Desk to provide the HelpNow we have a discussion going here about how to talk down irate Customers/End Users but what happens when you run into the same trouble that these irate customers are complaining about?A few months ago I got hit with a...
- Tags: help desk, windows, xp, it, help, users, helpdesk, deskside support, HAL 9000, Medical Insurance Co., telephone
- Discussion threads 2006-08-07
- Domain Migration NT4 to Server2003
- TechRepublic Readers,I would like to start off by thanking you in advance for taking the time to read this and comment. I recently started working at a new company as IT Staff. My previous employer was very thorough in training me. They were extreamly strict on the specifics, and had...
- Tags: 2003, domain, GPO, iain.wright@..., Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, migration, network, networking, nt, nt4, profiles, server, users, windows, workstation
- Discussion threads 2006-08-07
- Do you accept gratutites for
- Do you accept gratutites forA job well done? The company I work for has strict guidelines for this but has nothing for food related gratuities. When I was a self contractor I would get things like a Palm pilot to help me keep track of the companies needs. Or a...
- Tags: zlito@...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-06
- What do you do to talk a user/customer
- What do you do to talk a user/customerDown from being irate or distrusting the help desk or you being the live person? You get to the user who just spent an hour on the phone with the help desk. They are mad and want to do bad things to the...
- Tags: deskside support, help, help desk, helpdesk, it, jdmercha, users, windows, xp, zlito@...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-01
- Techno GOD
- Techno GODYou know what I mean??A call comes in about a user or group of losers that are having a problem. Being the nice people we are (and ’ahem’ the fact that the moon aligned last night) we decide to travel to the scene of the crime. So...
- Tags: Servers, Techno GOD
- Discussion threads 2006-07-27
- Microsoft hands out 'private' folders
- Private FoldersIf employees can install it in the first place, that's an IT dept failure.If employees put data in there that can, if lost, cause a problem, that's an IT dept failure, because they haven't provided a safe way to store information that they can support.I don't see these as...
- Tags: information technology, IT Dept, windows, security, it, users, gsquared, programming, Microsoft Corp., backup
- Discussion threads 2006-07-11
- Users Restiction in AD
- hi i am using windows 2003 Domain . I want to give rights to my ordinary users to install,share folders and change Ip Addresses of Their Systems. i donot want to give them Admin Rights . Please Tell me in detail How can i do this.Firstly I agree with...
- Tags: Power Users, USERS, Domain, eagle99pk@..., security, advertisement, software
- Q&A 2006-07-07
- Log when users delete a folder
- Is there a simple way to enable logging of folder deletion in Windows Server 2003 Standard.I'd quite like to be able to point the finger at a specific user/machine, just in case there's a sticky delete key, or some re-training needed!Are you sure they've been deletedI had a rash of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers
- Discussion threads 2006-06-22
- Don't limit it to Windows approved signatures
- because much of the software that needs to be loaded will NOT have MS Windows logo signatures. For the home user, the most common thing they will be loading is their games, patches and upgrades - few now have the MS digital signatures. The system should not be limited to...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2006-06-17
- Who Determines Policies Affecting End Users?
- We recently purchased an e-mail security appliance that among other things does content filtering. In testing this out, I found there are some users in our organization who love to use profanity and other inappropriate content in their e-mails.I'm wondering who in your organization determines such things as what's right/wrong...
- Tags: End Users, security, policy, policies, compliance, users, mandms7, networking, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2006-06-09
