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HP Virtual Connect
Does anybody know how to back up HP Virtual connect configuration on a schedule? There is a option to do a manual back up but I want to schedule a back up each night. Not sure if this could be done with Cat tools? Any ideas? Thanks
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RDP & Privacy
If I'm connecting from home to my work computer, are there any circumstances where my work computer is not locked and is visible to others. I know normally its locked and nobody could see what u have up but is it possible that its not the case? I'm just paranoid cos I'm often dealing with highly confidential data.
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Silicon photonics chip
A network engineer shared this with me today. Intel shows off the first functional silicon photonics chip- The Inquirer
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Router suggestion for small business
I am looking for a reliable vpn business router. We also currently using a Cisco RV082 as the main vpn router, and a Cisco RV220W as our wireless device. Does not need wireless as the current RV220W is being used for that. About 30 users, 5 or so VPN tunnels. Our ISP is 50/20. Any suggestions? Would it be a good idea to…
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400g
Interesting article on 400G http://www.eetimes.com/General/PrintView/4411382 I've had a chance to play with 10G(20Gb) point to point but nothing faster yet with a couple of xilinx connectivity kits Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA Connectivity Board latest xilinx kit for 40Gb Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA VC709 Connectivity Kit Seen a few…
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Defcon 21
That time of the year again, room and flight booked! Anyone going to make it to Defcon this year? Looked for JD Murray but there were a surprising amount of peeps wearing hawaiin shirts :) Perhaps an informal techexams.net meetup in the chill area?
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Huh? Standard Users an Install Softward
I've just started rolling out my Win7 SOE via Config Mgr 2012 to the company and all looking well so far. I've just realised though that people with a standard user account can still install some applications like internet browsers and Google Talk. This is killing our IT Policy of 'Authorised Software Only' that we publish…
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WAN/VPN - Bonding and Failover
Hi All, We have multiple sites that have a hub and spoke topology (Head office is the hub, remote sites are the spokes). The HO and each remote site have 2 ISPs for Internet browsing and IPSec GRE tunnels back to HO. The remote sites have applications that are accessed in the HO via the IPSec tunnels (for each remote site…
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Anyone know the specifics on how Windows moves a file?
I was moving a folder from one network drive to another. During the move my network connection was interrupted. After reconnecting, I started the move over and it appears successful other than I have 1 file that exists in both places. It is the same size (down to the byte) and has the same created and modified times. One…
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Shodan
Has anyone seen this? Its pretty crazy. Shodan: The scariest search engine on the Internet - Apr. 8, 2013
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Your IT Wishlist
Let's say your department/division/team/whatever had come into money, whether it be via record profits, government grants, etc. Then your supervisors gather you and your peers to come up with ways to spend it, what areas of IT would you want to spend it on to improve or upgrade? Training opportunities? Long overdue server…
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Explorer shows locks by recycle bin and other folders - Win7
First time I have come across this. Trying to help the boss, and I noticed when I go into explorer that there is a lock showing by two of his folders - recycle bin and a folder marked apps. The apps folder is legit, it is for a document scanning program we have installed. No other machine in the company has these "locks".…
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suggestions for 10 or 40Gb switch ?
Going to need to start looking around for a 10Gb optical switch for work. Purchase time frame is july to nov this year. New building is going to be optical 10Gb connections and for a visualation studio we're looking after they've given us 6 10Gb connections. (but no local storage even though files range from 10 -200GB ea…
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Server program blocks in call to accept for my client program
I believe the server program is functioning properly and that this problem has something to do with my client code. I say this because i am able to use Telnet and connect to my server program, plus I wrote simple client app that connects just fine. It appears that the particular client code below returns from connect but…
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Excellent PDF on PC security and how to defend yourself
I have discovered this and wanted to share. http://www.thedropshadow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Cyber-Security-Are-You-Safe.pdf It is very thorough and offers a great intro on the threats out there as well as specific ways to secure your PC.
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new toy for studying :)
Hey guys during these years I have been using virtualization among other stuff to study and do my things. In 2010 I bought a Sony Vaio average laptop for mobility. The Vaio did a decent job but these days I have been doing many works that require running many vm's at the same time and this put my laptop to crawl. After…
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Which Firewall/Security Suite do you use?
I use Comodo and think it goes above and beyond the basics and has other features like sandboxing that make it stand out.
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Advice
Hi guys, new member to the forums here. I was just after some advice. I am doing a cisco module at school and was after a little help. I have an assignment to do and it's making me really scratch my head A LOT. I was wondering if I post the scenario here and what I have done so far, can someone let me know if I am doing it…
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Estimating SNMP agents...
Hi, I'm doing some reading on SNMP and have Stallings' book "SNMP, SNMPv2 and RMON" (1996). He shows how by using some basic math you are able to "determine the maximum number of stations that the management station can handle when engaged in full-time polling" (p. 194, 7.5.4 "Polling Frequency"). He gives the following: N…
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SQL BI in a nutshell
Hi, I'm just wondering if I have the whole idea of BI wrong or not, so thought I would come here and ask seeing as the chances of someone actually doing the job here is higher than in my office :D I've got in my head that BI is analysis of the Databases for performance, expansion, clean up, monitoring and security,…
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Technet subscription question
I'm thinking about getting a technet subscription. I was wondering if I'll be eligible for this: PROVANTAGE: Microsoft JRF-00002 Renewal TechNet 2010 Standard Single-User English never been a subscriber yet and it says and it says renewal so yeah, can I go ahead and get this?
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The IRS is spying on you!
and I thought the NSA was bad.....IRS High-Tech Tools Track Your Digital Footprints - Yahoo! Finance I don't think a VPN will provide much privacy against this sort of monitoring.
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Network Monitoring Software
Can anyone share their experiences with any Network Monitoring software they have used in the real world. I'm interested in looking at Interface Utilization to see if the current links are being stretched Bandwidth wise. Ideally free for commercial use - I've been looking at MRTG. Anyone used this? If I was using it to…
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Booting to a caddy
Hi Does anyone know if it is possible to configure an external drive with multiple boot options In work I use Bart PE standard and also Windows 7 PE, I also boot to a windows XP disk for boot recovery commands, I also on occasion install Windows 7 64-Bit. My point is...could my external drive be partitioned however many…
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV cloud
Afternoon all, Does anyone here have any experience with NAV deployment? My company is getting to the point where we'll need to run NAV in the cloud, I believe. Currently we have a Citrix/Microsoft Terminal services servers that everyone remotes/RDP's into (we have A LOT of branch sites). Over the past few weeks, we've…
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Software update manager/desktop management
What kind of tools are out there to manage software updates on your desktops? I am talking the annoying trio of Microsoft, Adobe and Java related crap especially that annoy both users and myself on a regular basis. I'd like to just find a way to perform them all after-hours automatically. Telling them all to…
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Complete Carreer Transition - New Member, Just saying "Hi"
Hey all, I didn't see a general "Introduction" board, but I figured I'd say "Hi" anyway. I came across this site after I googled several different questions I had about my pending certs. I'm sure I'll have many questions to ask in forums as that time approaches. I'll be leaving the Military soon. I've been overseas nearly…
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Data Center vs NOC?
Anyone have experience working in both a NOC and a Data Center? is there a lot of difference? I'm more or less a NOC Monitor at this point, and I had a call about a Data Center job, it sounded pretty similar but some differences what would the career path be for a Data Center? like I would assume NOC Tech/Monitor leads to…
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Kofax qualification
Hi guys! Just wondering if anyone here has a qualification in Kofax at all? My work has asked me to look into going on the course to gain it, so looking to see if anyone here has some insight on it. Regards
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Raspberry Pi!
Hey, guys! Just bought a RPi from Amazon. Since they're always so low on stock, I went ahead and spent an extra $10 to get it. I considered looking at other ARM PCs as alternatives, but I figured that the RPi would be my best best for a first considering it's popularity, amount of documentation, and already finished…
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The Phoenix Project "Novel"
I had heard about this book through a blog post and it just so happens that it is free to borrow for Amazon Prime Members so I put it on my Kindle. This book is amazing! It's funny because we're literally in the middle of a project right now that falls along the same lines as the one in this book. I'm sure people on the…
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Asset tracking tools for lost/stolen? (Prey or something else)
Prey has been brought to my attention for tracking devices laptops, smart phones etc. Has anyone used this tool or anything similiar to this tool set?
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Data Center Monitoring Tools
We currently have some Sensaphones in our offices for smoke, humidity, power, etc types of detections. Anyone using other climate monitoring products that you find decent for monitoring these types of things? Our Sensaphones are pretty limited in what they can do and I'm just curious what others may be using out there.…
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State of Ubuntu
A few years back when discussing Ubuntu, it was referred to as baby Linux. No one was actually using their server edition in production (so the conversation went) and real admins were using X (be it Redhat, SuSE, Solaris, etc). Fast forward to today, what do you think the current buzz is with Ubuntu? Is it still baby Linux?
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LAN party at the fiber pole
Anyone in Kansas City? I'm having a giant lan party at one of Google's new fiber poles. https://fiber.google.com/about/poles/
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Free Internetworking Technology Handbook from Cisco
Hello All, This isn't certification-specific but it'd be useful for regular reference and job duties. You can read it online by section or download it for free as a PDF: Internetworking Technology Handbook - DocWiki It's about 600 pages of good solid resources. Enjoy!
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Does it make to study windows server 2008 R2
even though the cert is going to be retired soon?
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Defragging files
I know how to defrag the hard disk but it takes so long. Is it possible to defrag files individually, and have the computer stop after defragging the file?
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Tools to track assets in your environment?
My department is posed a challenge of reconciling data from multiple sources to track assets. We are going with a centralized database, but we need to get the assets on the network and have them report back. The network is relatively flat so reporting from IP etc is not happening at this point and time. SCCM leverages WMI…
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FC vs iscsi
Hi All So apparently the scale computing storage "SAN" (nfs) we inherited is choking on iops. I need to price out a short-term cheap solution, and a long-term expensive solution. I am recommending a new tier-one data storage area. We use vmware across three HP DL380 G7 servers. Should I push for FC or iscsi? Thanks! John
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TCP Fast Open question
Hey Forum, I have been glancing at the Whitepaper for TCP Fast Open found on Admin Magazine website and quick question came to mind. I'm new to the IT industry and came here for insight/advice. Since this new protocol's challenge with TFO, along with the cookie used is with NAT, and with IPv6 being implemented slowly but…
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Over view of cyber attacks.
So someone showed me this today and I thought it was kinda cool. I'm not sure if it's 100% accurate. Sicherheitstacho.eu
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tech problem need some advice!
Ok, so I run into a bit of a tech problem I could use a little advice on, I have and Samsung Android phone running Ice cream. I use outlook 2007 on my computer which is sync thought my yahoo email account. I need to find a way to sync my email and calendar and contact with my android phone form my outlook setup on my…
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Working at a Desk all day, and just gaining weight ...
About a 15 months ago I was really fit, but I had a pc repair kind of job and always moving around and luckily a flexible schedule where I can workout in the morning. I then moved on to help desk and now a engineer role but I still spend atleast 95% of my time in front of a computer on my chair staring at a screen and…
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What 3 things do you need to get better at?
I'm just curious to see what all the members feel they need to improve on. For me it would be High level Thinking more big data - Learning the environment data roadmap more and more. This is first and foremost. Excel - This is a killer I really need to improve my VBA skills tremendously. I'm a solid 6 - 7 on a scale 1 - 10…
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AoE vs everyone else
Anyone using AoE (ATA over Ethernet) storage solutions in a production environment? I'm currently using it as a storage medium for a bunch of NFS servers in a test environment. Working fine. Thanks for the feedback.
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Undersea internet cables off Egypt disrupted as navy arrests three
My internet has been quite slow all of a sudden, anyone else out there facing similar issues? New Article Undersea internet cables off Egypt disrupted as navy arrests three | Technology | guardian.co.uk While trying to understand why I am impacted I came across a really cool website which shows all Submarine Cables.…
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My first attempt at soldering in many years
The first shock was it worked once I had finished, but can any one tell me what it is? I mean I know what it is but anyone else?
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Voip
We have a problem with out VOIP service provider: a lot of times calls don't go through to the point that our clients started complaining. I was thinking of maybe bringing it in house but I am not sure what it involves. Could somebody please shed some light on it? What equipment will I need? How the incoming outside calls…
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And I thought Youtube was just slow . . .
How to stop YouTube sucking (Windows guide) | Mitch's Space I always thought that it was Youtube itself that was the problem. After adding the rules, the speed difference is night and day.
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SharePoint site export/import
I am trying to import a SharePoint site for testing/verification purposes, and I am getting a timeout error: FatalError: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to obtaining a connection from the pool. This may have occurred because all pooled connections were in use and max pool size was reached. I get a string…
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Goodbye Backtrack, Hello Kali Linux 1.0! – A Brief Walkthrough
I never got a chance to use backtrack, It's crazy how fast things change in security. Goodbye Backtrack, Hello Kali Linux 1.0! – A Brief Walkthrough
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Object Oriented Programming
Heres a question for all the programmers out there. I need a good concept for practicing my object oriented programming. I code in PHP so its not full OOP, but any ideas on how to practice would be a great help. Paul
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Programming Language?
Hi All, I have been learning Java since school, but afterwards started with A+, N+, MCSE 2003 and MCITP: EA. The little time I had I continued with java on my own. I have 1 exam left for the MCITP and decided to dedicate my next learning curve into coding. Just would like some input at what language most of you use as the…
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IT Apprenticeship?
Is anyone familiar with any IT Apprenticeship programs? Either DOL registered or not? We've all heard of internships, but I honestly don't know how many of those exist, or are not for college students only.
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Best HTML / CSS Resources?
Looking to expand my knowledge... To all the web designers out there, what are some of the best books / sites / courses you've come across?
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Microsoft E-Learning
Has anyone used the E-learning site to study for MS certifications? With my Technet I get a free course and wanted to know if anyone here has any experience who can speak for or against it. You would like to think the vendor would produce the best learning materials.... But we all know how that goes. Thanks.
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In the (tech) news
Lots of issues raised and a lot of poor decisions all around, hopefully there will be some positive outcomes to offset the negative ones: How “dongle” jokes got two people fired
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OpenStack
All, So my company had some sort of falling out with VMware on price and support issues. I really don't know the details. Anyhow, we have a mandate to get rid of all Vmware products by the end of next year. It's plenty of time I guess. We're moving to "OpenStack". I know nothing about OpenStack I am JUST starting my…
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Looking for a comprehensive list of AD (All attributes)
All Attributes (Windows) Basically looking for a list with defintions so I can understand the reports I am pulling from AD. Any links to good sites for this would be greatly appreciated. I found one from MS but I would rather validate this with the IT experts.
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Wireshark
I just attended a free 1 hour 20 minute Wireshark Webinar. The lady know her stuff. Apparently this was the third and last one she gave today, but sounded a fresh as if it was her first. There is a link to sign up for further webinars: Wireshark University
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Going paperless, flatbed scanners
Dear all, over the past few years a lot of papers have accumulated that are kind of important (Taxes, Wages, Insurance, etc.). I would like to create digital copies of these for easier access and off-site archiving. My filetype of choice is searchable PDF. I currently have an iMac and a MacBook Pro (both older models) and…
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Cisco had a "Doh!" moment with password security...
Cisco switches to weaker hashing scheme, passwords cracked wide open | Ars Technica
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Which one of these monitors should I get
Hi all, I'm getting a new monitor, it won't be my main so I decided to go cheap. Which one of these would you get? I'm asking because I'm having a very hard time to decide. They are all in the same price category. [h=1]Samsung (S24B30BL) 23.6" LCD Monitor - 1920 x 1080, 5ms(GtG), 70,000:1(DCR) -, DVI, VGA [/h] Screen Size:…
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Command **** Sheet
OverAPI.com | Collecting all the **** sheets Useful site that somebody at work shared with everyone. Just thought I'd post it for anyone not familiar with it.
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Business Intelligence
Wanted: BI Stars - Computerworld Interesting article (you have to signup to read it), what are peoples thoughts on business intelligence and its future?
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Performance Review: Goal and Key Performance Indicator - Help!!
Hello! I work as Desktop Support Technician for a company. We will be having our Performance Review by end of the year, We have to submit goals and key performance indicators. Can you please suggest me which goals and KPI's should I choose? I am confused as this is my first time to do this. Your help will be much…
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who here actuallyl enjoys working in IT? and what are your hobbies?
Ill start of the thread by saying that I dont enjoy working in IT. I love technology and I am a creative person but this level of IT that im in has caused me to develop a great level of disdain for IT. I do however enjoy when it's time to get off work and go work on some music, edit some footage on final cut pro x and…
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Good WLAN card and good AP
Hi all, I'm getting used with Wireshark and would like to get a WLAN card for my desktop to use with Wireshark. As of now I'm only connected through Ethernet. I also need an Access Point as the reception in my bedroom is very very weak. Can you recommend anything in particular? My budget is around $100 maybe $150 if it's…
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Bugs in new Cisco IOS
I ran into this and decided to share it with you guys. Cisco devices saddled with weakened password encryption
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Path to CND
Hello, Wated to post this in security, but its not cert related. We find that there does to be a decent arena for people interested in offensive security to get started in. a few well known certs, even a simi formed roadmap or path. I dont see that so much on the defensive side. So after doing some job hunting, i've seen…
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CONVERT disk space requirements
Hey all, Going through my 70-680 disk management chapter and have a question. Does anyone know the free space requirements for converting a FS? I know there is one, because the TechNet library has a link to the requirements, but the link is dead. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks!
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So a recruiter will not even let me know I wasnt picked..
This recruiter calls me very nice and all, sets me up for an interview. Before the interview he calls me up, tells me how they will let him know before end of day whether I made the cut or not which he will convey to me. I go give it my best shot, but I never hear from him till the other day he calls me up out of the blue…
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subnet calculator app for balckberry
hey guys we have blackberrys from our company, yeah don't say sorry, it's free. anyway I am not very familier with it, any body use them here? I am looking for a subnet calculator open source, and a not pad would be nice too. oh it is a black berry bold 9900 thanks allot I realy could use the help
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WGU vs. State University
I just got an A.S. Degree in Information Technology at a community college. I'm just doing some leftover GE for me to transfer to a 4-year state university. I saw that some of you guys here went to WGU and my question is, which do you guys think is much better? A degree from WGU? Or a degree from a state university? I'm…
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Add assembly to C:\Windows\assembly?
Anyone know how to add an assembly to C:\Windows\assembly? I need to add Microsoft.Office.Policy. I'm using Windows 7 Pro x64, for my SharePoint 2010 foundations environment. Trying to import a site, but when I run "Import-SPWeb -identity http://xxx –path C:\xxx\Export.cmp, I have feature conflicts. So I need to install…
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Pulling specific data from a Word document with Powershell
Anybody know of a script that can do this? I'll keep Googling - Thanks gang
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Excel Employee Directory
Today the VP requested that I make sure the employee directory is up to date so that we can send out an email to begin testing. Currently it is housed in an Excel spreadsheet. We have two sheets, one containing a list of all employees (First Name, Last Name, Telephone, Mobile, Email) and then a sheet that has all the same…
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Hacking: A discussion
I'd be interested in thoughts on hacking specific to the more whitehat style like what Weev (Andrew Auernheimer) did? If you aren't aware, he apparently made minor changes to the URL of an AT&T website & was able to steal a ton of data which he posted in redacted form on Gawker Right, wrong or both? I recognize that just…
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VPN connection to applications?
hi i am currently studying CCNA but that aside, i have an idea and need to know with a VPN connection to a network with files could you install programs in the network folder i.e microsoft word, and then run microsoft word on a computer without microsoft word installed, so in other words the network folder is acting as a…
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Process Analysis Consultants
We are wanting to engage a process analysis group to help us document out the, well, processes of our business. We would like to use this to create a shopping list for ERP selection. Does anyone have any positive experiences with any particular group, or any helpful advice? Thanks! John
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Actually Happy at Work Today
As you guys know, I haven't been incredibly happy at work. I'm a support tech so my day usually consists of "I can't print" or "my G drive is missing" or "the copier is jammed". In a previous post I discussed being brought into the testing phase for an app we're deploying and being asked to work on automating the process.…
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Risk analysis. A question for you math Guru's out there.
I have a problem I am facing, that I'm sure math could give a definitive answer on, but I'm not nearly smart enough to figure it out myself. I'm faced with a problem that has a 40% chance of occuring. The cost associated with this risk is $1250 per occurance. Assume that if it happens once, it will definately happen again,…
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Video conferencing software
Can you share what products you folks are using in the workplace for video conferences and your feedback on them? We are currently using Skype, but I want to maximize quality as much as possible. Skype, although popular...still requires the other users to setup accounts. I'd like something I can just email a link or ID…
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SharePoint/Access question regarding linked tables
If I have an Access (2007) table that is linked to a SharePoint (2010) list, and I need to constantly update the Access database with new table information from a different database/table, what would be the best method to do this to retain the SharePoint list connection?
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SharePoint 2010/Access 2007 help?
Are there any SharePoint gurus out there? I am helping out with a quirky issue with SharePoint (Foundation) 2010. I'm trying to link an Access 2007 table to create a SharePoint 2010 list. From Access 2007, I navigate to SharePoint List under Export from External Data, and enter my SP site, but I get the message Access…
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Alert Logic IPS reviews?
hey guys any opinions about Alert Logic IPS? and I have only seen IPSs before the firewall..are they after the firewall too??? I have only seen them before the firewall topology? then fwl kicks in? what say you guys? thanks
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google drive
is anyone else having issues with the web interface of google drive/docs today?
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Powershell Issue
One of our developers came to met today asking if I could right a script to backup a config file to another folder on the server. He added an "extra credit" if I could get it to make sure no more that 14 backup files were in there. Of course I jumped to powershell and I actually wrote the script correctly, but there's a…
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Criminal background
I have a felony (battery) in 2005 and 3 misdemeanors related driving offenses ( driving without a license/insurance/dui) from 2007. I never did any prison/ jail time. I am 28 years old. I had a bad alcohol problem and got sober in 2008. *Since 2008 I have graduated from the University of illinois with an information…
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One For The Linux Guys Initial Server Configuration Best Approach?
Howdy all I am in the process of setting up a Ubuntu Server now before I go live and actually build a system I am going to be practicing virtually :) Because I am very new to Linux I will try and keep what I am trying to achieve simple In this example I will be using low sized Hard Disks just to try and get my head around…
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Tinitus
Hi, Does any one else here suffer from Tinitus? I have since I was about 15, or as long as I can remember (i dont ever recal being able to listen to silence ) and over the last 3 or 4 years it has got a lot worse ( in line with my blood pressure I got married 5 years ago so may be that has some thing to do with it ;) ). My…
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Best computer help forum?
I am looking to join an IT/computer help forum and wanted to know what everyone thinks is the most helpful and reliable forum to join :
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What network device is this ?
If it is even a network device to begin with. Having fun in trying to create a visio of our infrastructre and we got something I have no idea what that is. I obviously prefer to find a proper stencil (and of course who this thing belongs it to in our corp), but maybe you guys have seen this before. Some ideas so far is…
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Thoughts on the Peter Principle?
Peter Principle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I am a FIRM believer in this principle. I've seen so many people promoted due to productivity and attrition only to fall flat on their face, or have to work more than 40 hours to keep up with the role. I think it's embedded into us to continue to climb the ladder…
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Selenium - Thank You Open Source!
We have a project at work to redo the online application for applying to the university. The project is way way way over budget and quite literally a year late. It honestly was FUBAR from the start, old CEO wanted it completely outsourced to one of two firms. New VP of IS didn't want to say no to anything so promises were…
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Skeletek Rack Europe
Does anyone know a good place to buy Skeletek racks in Europe? Why does the Americans always get the cool stuff and for cheap too? :)
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cisco 2811 config trouble any help?
Hey guys I am setting up a edit out for security
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Technet and MS product installation files
So my company has a Microsoft Select agreement which we license products we use under, but the polotics at the company are INSANE and I can't get anyone to send me an updated SQL 2005 ISO that I need, my question is this. If I buy a technet subscription and download the ISO from the technet site, can I use that install…
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Exchange 2010 & VSS Integrity Check
Hey all, Do any of you have issues with the Integrity Check taking 2+ hours and resulting in periodic DOS while it runs? We have recently created a Exchange 2010 VM on Server 2k8 R2 and moved everyone over to the new system with the exception of 2 databases which remain on Exchange 2007. I am curious how long it usually…