IT Thread

[JayBo]

See, thats very reasonable.

Althought I'd up the $$ just a little.
Times are tough

[jschrock]

Yeah, I thought about it...its a rough draft. I'm not trying to make a living off of it just trying to make a little on the side and deter some away from taking advantage of me.

[theholycow]

That's definitely a little low. Also, you might not want to commit to a diagnostic fee. Sometimes a job that's hours of work is actually hours of diganosis and minutes of repair.

Virus clean is definitely too low, unless you intend to charge more for difficult ones. I'm an expert virus battler but I would want $80 for a medium virus and $200 for a really nasty one.

I just charge by the hour. $50 for the first hour (to cover some gas and travel time), then $35/hour after that.

[theholycow]

Fakking users and their PEBKAC errors.

[stonehenge]

srsly :fp:

[BillyJeanKing]

:nerd:

http://wimp.com/ibmjeopardy/

[stonehenge]

I jested when Watson started guessing dumb shit like trousers and milk :roflmao:

[stonehenge]

Ok time for IT thread resurrection.

We setup a new Windows server 2008 domain and have tried joining several machines from different departments/buildings to it with no issues.

Until today. There is one department that joins the domain, can login, but only their personal drives map. There are others that should map based on the users group but in this one department they wont map. Their personal/profile drives load but not the others.

Wtf

[theholycow]

Did you look at the event logs on the DC and the client PC?

[stonehenge]

We haven't troubleshooted it too much. I grabbed a PC from a department that worked and took it to that building and it joined/mapped fine. But the computers that originated in that department won't. We're thinking that the tech that used to run that department must have done something crazy with all the machines. He either removed components that his domain didn't need or disabled something. They are currently on an OLD linux domain.

What's weird is, the machines in that screwy department join the domain flawlessly and allow users to login, change their password, access their personal drive, etc.

Just no extra shared drives :fp:

Will look into it more tomorrow. I'm tired.

[theholycow]

Do those users work properly on PCs from other departments?

[stonehenge]

Yes sir mr cao

[theholycow]

http://www.patriciafield.com/images/products/display/shit_is_wack.jpg

[stonehenge]

I think we figured it out. The drive is mapped using GP Preferences. Apparently XP machines need an add-on installed to make use of them. I guess the machines in all the other departments had the add-on installed and that department never did. :fp:

Going to go test it out in an hour or so.

[theholycow]

Yup, XP does require the GPP extension. I've never gotten GPP to work even after installing the extension, and I gave up trying.

Why not map home drives in the user properties?

[stonehenge]

Their home drives have been fine the whole time via user properties. It was the additional drives that weren't showing up on computers without the GPP extension. As soon as we installed the extension and logged out/in, they showed up.

I had read/heard about the GPP extension somewhere a while ago and knew it would be needed for some of the newer group policies but I thought mapped drives would have been an old policy that was in 2003 and even earlier so I completely forgot about the GPP extension until today.

[theholycow]

OIC. Yeah, anything under the "Preferences" tree requires the GPP extension.

I think you can map drives in "Policies" too. Either way you can map drives with a login script.

[stonehenge]

Well the guy I work with setup the drives so I didn't know it was under preferences :fp: i assumed it was under one of the old categories. Oh well.

[JayBo]

k fine,


Can't rly do fresh install.

has problem.

When I run the XP cd in the other workstation, it tells me PCI error on BSOD

Bring here, works fine in different machine. But in neither of the machines will the USB ports work when it loads XP

[theholycow]

Those machines are teh homogay and should be expelled from Boy Scouts.

[JayBo]

I concur.

damn Lenovo's

[stonehenge]

I think the USB port issue is because that install is fuxx0rd. As for the PCI error... you could have a bad mobo in that one machine like cao originally said :uhoh:

[2005_Silverado]

:rofl: u fgts did take the IT tawk to IT thread

[JayBo]

I are doing chkdsk on hdd rightnow, is taking FOREVER

[Chevrolet Fanatic]

Well guys, I've been studying to take the CompTIA Network+ exam in a few weeks, that is why I haven't been on as much lately, been studying in my free time. I'm trying to get it and A+ before the new rules go in effect at the start of 2011.

[theholycow]

:uhoh: New rules? What are they about?

[JayBo]

i needa A+ badly... :mad:


i said FIDIL and installed VISTAAAAAAAAAAA on that funky ass HDD cao

[stonehenge]

Vista can haz eat dicks kthx

[theholycow]

Why not 7?

[Chevrolet Fanatic]

:uhoh: New rules? What are they about?

After January 1, 2011 all CompTIA certifications are no longer lifetime certifications, they have to be renewed every 3 years. Fucking gay.

[stonehenge]

Nice way to get money from peeps who have jobs that require it. :nono

[theholycow]

It's reasonable :imo.

If you didn't know tech stuff and wanted to pay someone to do it for you, would you want someone who has been recertified recently or someone who is not required to be up-to-date?

I predict that CompTia will milk the new A+ rule to drive a bunch of business before it's too late, chill for a while, then replace the A+ certification with a new one so that all lifetime A+ certs become obsolete.

[Chevrolet Fanatic]

Guess they are going the way of Cisco, Microsoft and most others who require you to renew them every 3 years. To be honest though, most of the IT people I know with a Cisco or Microsoft certification just put down on their resumes the year they got theirs and never do renew them.

[stonehenge]

No one where I work has them afaik, but it does look good on resumes like you said.

I don't have any certs rofl Microsoft, Cisco, and A+ can renew deez nutz imo

[theholycow]

I was a CCNA but I let it expire. It didn't help me get a job anyway.

[Chevrolet Fanatic]

Really I was just wanting to get my Network+ and A+ to help get my foot in the door and get a job. I'm experienced and am a really fast learner, the guy I was working with during my internship told me I knew twice as much as him at this age so I guess that was good haha. Every place around here wants someone with at least 3+ years of experience too, and I only have 1 right now. I'm hoping having these 2 certifications would help differentiate myself from the crowd at least a little more. I'm just going to have to keep an eye out for all jobs, maybe I'll finally land a good one where I can at least get some more experience. I'm wanting to get a network admin/server admin job.

[theholycow]

I'm wanting to get a network admin/server admin job.

Around here the competition for those jobs is fierce, but it's a good gig if you can land it.

[MikeH]

Ok so I bought a Linksys WRT54G-TM with DD-WRT and just set it up as a normal router because I have no clue what the firmware is/does. Is there any advantages as setting it up as a repeater? Someone care to school me a little? Cow?

[theholycow]

You probably have no need for DD-WRT but if you've already installed it then don't worry aboot it...just use it the way you already planned to use it.

A repeater is what you need if you have a router that doesn't reach as far as you want. You put the repeater halfway between the router and the user and it repeats the signal.

[MikeH]

It came preinstalled. We have a fairly small house so signal is decent throughout. It came with longer antennae too. My parents have the same router minus dd-wrt and it seemed to never cause us any problems so I just bought the first new one I could find for a decent price.

[theholycow]

They're selling them new with DD-WRT preinstalled? Neato!

[MikeH]

I bought it off eBay. Supposedly the guy just opened them to install the firmware. Seemed legit has he has sold a ton previously.

[Chevrolet Fanatic]

My WRT54G is a newer version and it doesn't have enough ram to support DD WRT. The older ones, for some reason, had more.

:foreveralone:

[Chevrolet Fanatic]

Passed my CompTIA Network+ exam today.

:fuckyeah:

Probably take the 2 A+ exams next month.

[theholycow]

:thumbsup:

[stonehenge]

Bamf status

[Chevrolet Fanatic]

Thanks guys.

The crazy thing is, they said it took 5 business days just for it to show up on CompTIA's website. Then when it was up, after I submitted a request to get my certificate and card, it would take a month or more to mail them to me. :roflpow:

[theholycow]

Ah yes, the age of computers...instantaneous calculation, delayed shipping.

[fatkidkustomz]

Long story short. Need to upgrade a computer from Win2K to XP but not trying to buy anything. Any suggestions?

[theholycow]

Hardware specs?

[fatkidkustomz]

Hardware specs?

I knew I should have wrote those down. Ummm.... by memory I think it's a Dell GX60 (I think), 1.8Ghz, 20G hard drive (sounds right), can't remember the RAM... maybe 512 if I had to guess... lol. It's like a bare bones estimating computer for a body shop office.

Nothing fancy, just needs to run one program. They've been running the program on Win2K, but a recent update came out and they had problems. They called the company, and they said it was all due to Win2K (of course).

Problem is, I don't have a spare WinXP CD or key or anything. And it's one of those deals where nobody wants to spend any money on any kind of anything for this thing. So basically, I either make it work one way or another, or they get mad.

[theholycow]

OIC.

You really shouldn't be messing with installing illegitimate software for a client or employer.

If all it needs is to run that one program, maybe it could run in WINE (http://www.winehq.org/) or ReactOS (http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html)?

[fatkidkustomz]

Very true... I wasn't suggesting that I was going to do it illegally. Just wanted suggestions if there were any. You guys are creative little fuckers. :rofl2:

I'm not breaking the law for my job. I already had that discussion with my boss. I've got something else in the works now that will hopefully work, and I'll check into those links if not.

[stonehenge]

So we have a department where the two techs quit and I had to take over the server and a new guy took over their desktop support. He tried to add a printer to some womans computer and it told him he didn't have permission, even though he is using an adminstrator account. I don't see why he wouldn't be allowed to unless they have some stupid shit setup to manage printers. Time to investigate.

Need to figure out why he isn't allowed to. Windows Server 2003 Enterprise btw

[theholycow]

A member of the Domain Admins group ought to have unfettered access to add a printer. Did you get the exact error message? Most likely it was one of those stupid errors that pretends to be a permission failure.

[stonehenge]

Nope, he just came to my desk and was like "ohyaheygai I tried to add a printer yesterday and it said no permisisons lolwut can you fix it servergai? thx bai"

:blahclap:

Gonna email him and tell him to get an exact error for me. He should have permission to add/remove a printer. Even if they have some sort of server implementation, it would just remove the printer he added if it didn't like it, it shouldn't block him from manually adding one.

[stonehenge]

Tech replied and said "I tried it again and it worked this time, dunno what the problem was."

Sure brah :wank:


Anyway, now I have some peeps that randomly can/cant remote into a machine. I've tried it from my desk and get the same results. I will try to remote and it won't be able to find the machine I'm remoting to. Then a few minutes later I'll try again (making NO changes) and it will find it right away.

I'm thinking bad switch, bad cable, or bad network card. hmm

[theholycow]

Checklist:
- Does the name resolve to the IP?
- Does the IP respond to ping?
- Does the IP have the correct port open? You can use your favorite port scanner or telnet.

[stonehenge]

Will do tomorrow. For now the tech switched ports on the switch. Doubt it'll do much.

[Chevrolet Fanatic]

Tech replied and said "I tried it again and it worked this time, dunno what the problem was."

Sure brah :wank:


Anyway, now I have some peeps that randomly can/cant remote into a machine. I've tried it from my desk and get the same results. I will try to remote and it won't be able to find the machine I'm remoting to. Then a few minutes later I'll try again (making NO changes) and it will find it right away.

I'm thinking bad switch, bad cable, or bad network card. hmm

We had a similar problem where I was working, ended up being the switch...narrowed it down after doing a few tests, went through like 3 perfectly fine NICS (if I knew what I know now, I could have tested those a lot easier), and running a brand new god damn drop...FTL. :roflpow:

[MFB]

I'm the best at computers just so you know.

[stonehenge]

Stupid fgt switch :nono:

She said that office just has an old Linksys sitting on the floor so it could have been kicked around or something rofl

[Chevrolet Fanatic]

I'm the best at computers just so you know.

:orly: :clap:

Stupid fgt switch :nono:

She said that office just has an old Linksys sitting on the floor so it could have been kicked around or something rofl

The one that was fucked up for us was like 10 years old and had been beat to shit.

[MFB]

:orly: :clap:





:yarly:

[stonehenge]

:nowai:

[MFB]

PINCHE POWER SUPPLY

3.3 is reading 3.29 and cpu is at 1.09 yup down goes another one.

[stonehenge]

Skip power supply, plug mobo straight to wall

[MFB]

skip power supply, plug mobo straight to wall

kay

[Chevrolet Fanatic]

Skip power supply, plug mobo straight to wall

:fuckyeah:

[MikeH]

I need a cable modem for interwebz by Monday, the cheaper the better. Suggestions?

[stonehenge]

I have POS satellite but I thought you had to get the modem from your ISP?

[MikeH]

Apparently I gotta get one thats compatible, heres a list.
http://help.cableone.net/HSD/Modem/Certified.aspx

Walmart has the Moto SB5101U but Im not sure how its different than the SB5101

[stonehenge]

Moto ftw :cheeky:

[theholycow]

The DOCSIS standard came out a long time ago (and promptly had new versions) and made it possible to buy any cable modem to use with standard cable modem service.

I wouldn't worry about being picky, they should all do the job fine and you're probably running your own router/firewall anyway, right?

[MikeH]

Yeah I just went ahead and picked up that one from Walmart. I didn't wanna order one and it not be here by Monday. I already have my own linsys wireless router.

[MFB]

Moto modems are the best, stay away from zoom and ambit ones. RUBBISH

[Chevrolet Fanatic]

Went and took both the 701 Essentials and 702 Practical Application tests for A+ yesterday, passed both and now have A+ to go along with Network+.

:fuckyeah:

[stonehenge]

Nailz = Pimp

[Cez★]

any u it gaiz use BGinfo?

[theholycow]

I've used it before but never for very long...I never see my background.

Really I ought to put it on all my servers so when I login I immediately see info.

[Cez★]

is that all it does? not track usage? :sneaky: our comps been having it for a while now

[theholycow]

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557
Because BGInfo simply writes a new desktop bitmap and exits, you don't have to worry about it consuming system resources or interfering with other applications.

[Cez★]

rofl. i see u googled. i read that too. idk if they was being secret bout it :secret:

[theholycow]

Srsly, its purpose is just to put statistics on your desktop.

If I wanted to snoop something about my users it'd probably be hidden, not in their face.

[Cez★]

:secretshake:

[1MeanC3]

We had a similar problem where I was working, ended up being the switch...narrowed it down after doing a few tests, went through like 3 perfectly fine NICS (if I knew what I know now, I could have tested those a lot easier), and running a brand new god damn drop...FTL. :roflpow:

127.0.0.1 homie ;)

[Chevrolet Fanatic]

127.0.0.1 homie ;)

Yeah, know that now, didn't back then though. Wish I had known then. :roflpow:

[1MeanC3]

I'm considering opening a store front sometime soon - probably summer since business is better. What is everyone's opinion on the economy and pricing?

At the moment, from my house, I get $25 minimum & 25/hr after that. $75-$100 for Factory Restore depending on how long it takes. $50 minimum if I have to open up a laptop (hardware wise), $25/hr after that. I don't charge extra for service calls, just the $25 minimum no matter if it's 5 minutes or a full hour. For malware cleanup it's also just the standard 25/hr.

Building rent would most likely be free, since my parents own a bunch of road frontage buildings... I'd just need to cover utilities & Internet. There is ONE other store front in the next town over that does it, and one other guy that advertises but works out of his home like myself. Not sure how many freelance guys there are aside from myself, but word of mouth seems to get me alot of business and good reviews.

I do everything from malware cleanup to hardware replacement on laptops and desktops such as screens, motherboards, etc. Mac & PC.

[theholycow]

AFAIK those are bargain prices.

I wish I could drum up some work but there's loads of competition around here. :(

[1MeanC3]

I just wonder if I'd have enough profit to justify the costs of a store front & still make money...?

[theholycow]

Sounds like your costs would be lower than normal. Do you think there's a market to support the business? Do you have some advertising options in mind?

[1MeanC3]

Sounds like your costs would be lower than normal. Do you think there's a market to support the business? Do you have some advertising options in mind?

I feel like there is... Everyone who has me repair their machines ends up calling me again, or recommending me to a friend... I seem to have a decent customer base already. This weekend I had a MacBook Pro screen replacement & Lenovo Vista Restore.

[theholycow]

I renewed the SSL certificate we use for all our web sites, including the main site that's hosted elsewhere and controlled by a marketing company. I only renewed it at the signing company, didn't install it on any servers or anything yet.

A few minutes later I get an email reporting an SSL certificate error at the main site. I check it out and the cert is totally wrong...it's for the wrong domain, with the wrong dates, etc. My mind is blown. How did that happen? The site should still have the old certificate, which should still be valid.

I'm talking about it with the co-worker who reported it and my boss saunters up. I explain it to him and he tells me that it's been messed up like that for months and he's reported it repeatedly and tried to get them to make it right.

:sacfp:

[stonehenge]

Those cert fgts :nono:

[BillyJeanKing]

i guess some of you nerdy IT gaiz will enjoy this :nerd:

I got through 20 seconds and called it quits :rofl: :facepalm:

http://wimp.com/upgradingwindows/

[theholycow]

:repz:

4:07 LOL, "twatface"
6:15 they forgot Windows ME

How large was the hard drive? IIRC there were some serious limits on hard drive size for DOS that would prevent modern Windows from installing. Also, what about filesystems? DOS created a FAT16 filesystem. I can't remember if Windows 95 could run on FAT16 with some sort of extensions or if it had to convert to FAT32, but I'm pretty sure XP and up won't even try to install on FAT16 or FAT32.

I may have to duplicate the experiment.

[MFB]

:repz:

4:07 LOL, "twatface"
6:15 they forgot Windows ME

How large was the hard drive? IIRC there were some serious limits on hard drive size for DOS that would prevent modern Windows from installing. Also, what about filesystems? DOS created a FAT16 filesystem. I can't remember if Windows 95 could run on FAT16 with some sort of extensions or if it had to convert to FAT32, but I'm pretty sure XP and up won't even try to install on FAT16 or FAT32.

I may have to duplicate the experiment.


u srs right now ?

[Trevor F]

http://www.mannythemovieguy.com/images/it_new_movie_stephen_king_novel.jpg





































pun intended

[theholycow]

u srs right now ?

Yup. They weren't using NT before that...they could have used earlier versions of NT. They were using the home-user-market OS, and 2000 was not originally intended for the home user market, ME was.

ME wasn't the steaming turd that people remember it as...it was just the latest version of an obsolete OS, trying hard to pretend it's up-to-date.

[stonehenge]

I remember ME giving me lots of shit that 98 didn't. Gfys ME.

[theholycow]

:repz:

4:07 LOL, "twatface"
6:15 they forgot Windows ME

How large was the hard drive? IIRC there were some serious limits on hard drive size for DOS that would prevent modern Windows from installing. Also, what about filesystems? DOS created a FAT16 filesystem. I can't remember if Windows 95 could run on FAT16 with some sort of extensions or if it had to convert to FAT32, but I'm pretty sure XP and up won't even try to install on FAT16 or FAT32.

I may have to duplicate the experiment.

Come to think of it, I think MS has provided utilities that can convert a live filesystem. I'm pretty sure there was one that could turn a FAT16 FS into FAT32. I know for a fact that XP has one to convert FAT32 into NTFS; I used it yesterday. Doesn't answer the size question, though.

[theholycow]

Good news, every IT guy:

I've always known how psexec works and I've used it a few times, but for some reason I never thought to use it to push software installs and such. :fp: It's generally not a problem on my employee domain where the user is usually a local administrator, but on the student computer lab domain it's tough because a logon script runs as the user. Anyway I am using it right now to push two pieces of software to every computer and it's working just right.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553
Direct download: http://live.sysinternals.com/psexec.exe

Single line to run "command" on all domain member computers:
psexec \\* -u DOMAIN\USERNAME \\server\folder\command

Run it against a text file list instead:
psexec @computerlist.txt -u DOMAIN\USERNAME \\server\folder\command

Run it on a single computer:
psexec \\computername -u DOMAIN\USERNAME \\server\folder\command

[stonehenge]

:hmm:

[JayBo]

I def need to set up a WSUS server, but don't you have to have SQL for that?

[theholycow]

IIRC, when you install WSUS it'll install whatever SQL server it needs.

Having SQL is not a big deal. You don't have to pay for it, Microsoft provides free versions to support stuff like WSUS and such.

I tried WSUS and found that it wasn't very helpful for me.

[stonehenge]

WSUS is only helpful if you are the kind of person to go through every update and research before approving them (FTS too many i just approve all) or if you have SO many computers that them downloading updates from off-site locations causes problems.

:imo

We set it up because bawws wanted it but srsly don't need.

---------- Post added at 08:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:15 AM ----------

This is kind of a shot in the dark since I don't think either of you deal with Macs much, but I'm having a problem here.

I am trying to map two different shares from the same server (using the same username) and it only maps the first one. When I try to map the second, it just opens up the first one even though I specifically entered the path to the second share.

So example:

I Apple+K and enter "smb://bamf.server.seks/shares/datshare" and enter le credentials and now I have "datshare" open.

Cool.

Now I hit Apple+K again and enter "smb://bamf.server.seks/shares/datothershare" and "datshare" pops up.

It isn't a problem with how the shares are setup. If I do the above process on an old iMac, both shares work. I can also successfully map both from a windows box. So it has something to do with the newer version of OSX. FML.

---------- Post added at 08:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:50 AM ----------

Oh and the server is running 2008 w/ DFS and namespaces and whatnot.

[theholycow]

My limited experience with file sharing on Macs was a pain in the ass...sorry, can't help.

[stonehenge]

:jester: :imo


ok, haz another question. Is separate but may help with the previous issue.

Do you use namespaces on an 08 server? I've never dealt with them and I think they are setup incorrectly. Another guy here was going to manage this server, started setting it up, then GTFO so I got stuck with it. Let me give an example of how it's setup now...

The E: drive is where we have all the home directories and shares. Inside E, there are folders for each department and then inside those are Users and Shares directories that contain the obvious.

Ex:

E:\
|- Dept01
|- Users
|- User01
|- Shares
|- Share01
|- Share02
|- Dept02
|- Dept03

etc

Now the dude setup namespaces for the departments, so there is \\Server\Dept01, \\Server\Dept02, etc.

I don't want users accessing those namespaces and I will never map them or anything, is there a reason to have them?

---------- Post added at 09:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:30 AM ----------

As a normal user, if I map \\Server\Dept01\Shares\Share01 on a mac, I can move back up the file tree and see the Shares dir, Dept01, and even go all the way back and see Dept01,Dept02,Dept03. I can't see the files IN them because I don't have permission but I can see all the folders because they are namespaces I think.

As you can tell, I should NOT have been put in charge of this server :roflmao:

---------- Post added at 09:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:32 AM ----------

on pinche linux we setup a share and thats all the fgts can see :pissedfist:

[theholycow]

I gots nothin' fer ya. We don't use DFS. I got some experience with it back in like 2007 but I forgot it all.

[stonehenge]

rofl k

Now I'm thinking it's more of a permissions issue. If they don't have the ability to list contents and whatnot in the Dept01, Users, and Shares folders then they can't go up the tree.

[BillyJeanKing]

youtube wasn't werking for me earlier

i cleared cookies and all that shit and now it werks

wtf did that do???

[theholycow]

Shit did stuff bro.

[BillyJeanKing]

thanks cao :shake:

[stonehenge]

:word:

[MFB]

lol @ windows servers

[theholycow]

I used to LOL at Windows servers too but they're quite good these days.

[stonehenge]

our 2008 server is aight, i like all the shit that can be done with GPOs but our linux domain is so much easier lol

[apedestrian]

k. so my ram is shitty and i ran memtest86 for liek 3 hours and no errors showed up. WTf should i do? :uhohshrug:

idk if i hav to test each stick individually or what?:security:

[stonehenge]

if memtest isn't giving any errors then what makes you think it is the ram that's shitty and not something else?

[theholycow]

:word: Test, success, RAM is ok.

[apedestrian]

if memtest isn't giving any errors then what makes you think it is the ram that's shitty and not something else?

i tested it with one stick and it showed 11 errors.


and because when i load up counter strike source and select "server list" it starts loading the list and freeze

so i have 1 good stick of ram :mexiblah:
i just loaded up css and it didn't freeze (with the good stick that passed) :happy: but now im gon be stuck wit either 2gigs or no ram for liek 2-3 weeks :emo:

[stonehenge]

i'd probably go with 2gb instead of 0gb :crazy:

[apedestrian]

i'd probably go with 2gb instead of 0gb :crazy:

:lol: yeah


i emailed teh IT ram guy dat my other stick is workin so i prolly only have to only send in 1 stick :happeh:

---------- Post added at 03:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:51 PM ----------

anyone want 2 gigs of ram :troll:

[apedestrian]

another thing. I over clocked my system and ram, if id send this ram in to GEIL (makes on the ram) would it still be overclocked? :uhohshrug:

[theholycow]

No, overclocking is something you do with the motherboard (though you're doing it to the CPU or RAM). It explains your RAM failure, too.

[apedestrian]

So if they'd test it they wouldn't see that i raised the voltage?. nvmd

[theholycow]

:shrug: They might see some collateral damage that they can blame on overlocking, but the overclock setting isn't stored in the RAM.

[stonehenge]

:horyshet: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/18/microsoft-and-feds-shuts-down-spam-behemoth-rustock-reduces-worldwide-spam/

[apedestrian]

k so i bought new ram and its still freezing when i open up a (steam game) server list (gmod,css,DOD) I'm beginning to think its my Motherboard.

I'm gonna start looking at lga 1155 mobos and teh i5 2500k soon :security:

[BillyJeanKing]

anybody know anything about wireless routers???

I had one in me house that fed off of the main interwebz but it always seemed to fuck up my connection every 20 minutes or so. I know this because the moment I disconnected the POS the internet NEVER went out again.

It was a belkin :facepalm:

Any suggestions for a router that doesn't suck big monkey nutz???

[stonehenge]

k so i bought new ram and its still freezing when i open up a (steam game) server list (gmod,css,DOD) I'm beginning to think its my Motherboard.

I'm gonna start looking at lga 1155 mobos and teh i5 2500k soon :security:
Brah, my graphics card was overheating and it ended up being my stupid power supply. It got to a point where the computer would run for a while and randomly freeze/die. POS. You have another computer you can borrow a power supply from?
anybody know anything about wireless routers???

I had one in me house that fed off of the main interwebz but it always seemed to fuck up my connection every 20 minutes or so. I know this because the moment I disconnected the POS the internet NEVER went out again.

It was a belkin :facepalm:

Any suggestions for a router that doesn't suck big monkey nutz???
Belkin's actually aren't too bad. You can also check out NetGear. Normally Linksys isn't too bad but lately I've changed my mind. One died on me and the one I have now will stop sending out wifi from time to time. :blah:

[BillyJeanKing]

POS :crossarms:

how often did your linksys fuxx up???

[theholycow]

:word: Belkins are pretty good.

I don't know why but all brands of home routers seem to fail after a few years.

[BillyJeanKing]

So have you ever heard of a POS router fuxxing up every 20 minutes or is my house just ghey???

[stonehenge]

My old linksys would fuck up every so often and I'd have to pull the power for a few mins and it would work again for a while. Then it fully died. :blah:

Current linksys loses wifi randomly and then a while later it'll come back. :fp:

How old is that Belkin? It could just be taking a shit like my Linsyseses did.

[BillyJeanKing]

it was damn near new

[stonehenge]

oh.







:kittahstare:

[BillyJeanKing]

i'm getting a new one :chuy:

thanks gaiz :)

[stonehenge]

:fistbump:

[apedestrian]

Brah, my graphics card was overheating and it ended up being my stupid power supply. It got to a point where the computer would run for a while and randomly freeze/die. POS. You have another computer you can borrow a power supply from?

Belkin's actually aren't too bad. You can also check out NetGear. Normally Linksys isn't too bad but lately I've changed my mind. One died on me and the one I have now will stop sending out wifi from time to time. :blah:

teh thing is tho it only freezes at like certain times Like id start up Tf2 open up teh server list and then it'd freeze 2 seconds later. or id start Bittorrent or whatever and after a few minutes it would freeze. So its not mah gfx card :shrug:

I'm going to resarch this a lil moar, my 2nd bet is that my Psu blows ass

[stonehenge]

:word: try stealing one from rents computah to test

That is what mine did after a while. It started with the gfx card overheating, then the PSU got so shitty that it would randomly shut off after being on a while and then at the very end it wouldn't even stay on long enough to boot into windows :jester:

replaced le psu and has been bamf ever since

[apedestrian]

:word: try stealing one from rents computah to test

That is what mine did after a while. It started with the gfx card overheating, then the PSU got so shitty that it would randomly shut off after being on a while and then at the very end it wouldn't even stay on long enough to boot into windows :jester:

replaced le psu and has been bamf ever since

Im pretty shure teh PSU im using noaw is a like 300 watt psu (its 6 years olde)
and my Rents have laptops

[stonehenge]

laptops!?1/1/1//// F T M F S

Go to library, steal PSU. Tell them "wtf POS library PC no work" then gtfo before they notice missing PSU.

[apedestrian]

laptops!?1/1/1//// F T M F S

Go to library, steal PSU. Tell them "wtf POS library PC no work" then gtfo before they notice missing PSU.

:animehmm:


still dat new i5 looks pretty focking good :turbohump:

[stonehenge]

rofl foo be gettin le rebuild cravingz

[apedestrian]

rofl foo be gettin le rebuild cravingz

I haz interview fo ace Hardwarez tomorow and if i get teh jawb im upgrading liek a mad man :happeh: :turbohump:

[stonehenge]

send me some stuffs :sneaky:

[apedestrian]

send me some stuffs :sneaky:

u can haz my i3 :roflshrug:














for fitty dollars :sneaky:

[stonehenge]

for free :sneaky:

deal!

[apedestrian]

deal!

:kittahstaredoor:









50$ shipping fee :sneaky:

[stonehenge]

You been talking to Mike? Foo said he gimme free Fascinate but w/ $200 shipeen o_O

[apedestrian]

maybe :sneaky:


:fts: some guy told me formatting mah hard drive might work. fuck dat :nono:

[theholycow]

1: Talk about energy efficiency in computers.
2. Suggest we use GPOs available from the EPA.
3. Don't have time for the R&D to adapt to our environment.
4. The higher-ups decide that we'll be using a packaged solution implemented by a vendor.
5. Ok, whatever, sounds like I won't have to do much for it.
6. Turns out it's more work for me than just using those GPOs. :nono:

[Cez★]

dat efficiency :richboy:

[Chevrolet Fanatic]

Well, I'm not exactly all to familiar with Linux, so I've decided to install Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, and CentOS on VirtualBox to learn and play around with them.

I've used Ubuntu thus far a little bit, and surprisingly, I really like it.

[stonehenge]

besides missing a few programs from time to time, the newer distros of linux are pretty nice

and some programs can be run via wine

i just went back to windows for gaming :shrug:

[apedestrian]

kinda :nerd: question but How do u change your ram timings? whenever i try my pc doesn't boot up


fuck it nevermind googled it:nerd:

[stonehenge]

from what i've heard they are really touchy

i never messed with it because it was such a pain in the ass

[theholycow]

http://blog.jitbit.com/2011/05/what-if-drivers-were-hired-like.html
What If Drivers Were Hired Like Programmers?

What if drivers were hired like software developers?

Job title: car driver

Job requirements: professional skills in driving normal- and heavy-freight cars, buses and trucks, trolley buses, trams, subways, tractors, shovel diggers, contemporary light and heavy tanks currently in use by NATO countries.

Skills in rally and extreme driving are obligatory!
Formula-1 driving experience is a plus.

Knowledge and experience in repairing of piston and rotor/Wankel engines, automatic and manual transmissions, ignition systems, board computer, ABS, ABD, GPS and car-audio systems by world-known manufacturers - obligatory!

Experience with car-painting and tinsmith tasks is a plus.

The applicants must have certificates by BMW, General Motors and Bosch, but not older than two years.

Compensation: $15-$20/hour, depends on the interview result.

Education requirements: Bachelor's Degree of Engineering.

[stonehenge]

saw that the other day, did jest :shake:

[Chevrolet Fanatic]

Avast recently released an update that causes Vista x64 to give a 0xC004D401 error, what would be the second best free antivirus to replace Avast with until they get this shit fixed?

Security Essentials or Avira AntiVir Personal?

[stonehenge]

step 1: remove vista, install w7 :trolldad:

my favorites are AVG and Security Essentials. As far as free goes anyway.

[theholycow]

Security Essentials is the second best overall, and the best free.

AVG and Avira are actually quite effective, about equal to Avast.

[theholycow]

http://www.addasnap.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3043&g2_serialNumber=1

I don't suppose anybody here knows anything about Cisco VLAN trunking...

[stonehenge]

nope :emo:

[stonehenge]

My motherboard has a built in RAID controller. I think I'm finally gonna use it. We were gonna scrap an old server with a bunch of 300gb drives. Gonna put a few (depending on how many SATA port le mobo has) into a RAID and try this bish out.

[theholycow]

:whoa: DFW

[stonehenge]

Got lazy last night...

mobo has 6 sata ports. Computah currently has one sata and 2 ide drives. So I have room (port-wise) for 5 of the 300gb discs.

No way my case can hold all that though :jester: hmm.

The IDEs are pretty old, might as well retire them bishes. The sata drive currently in there is the newest out of all the drives but only 80gbz :|

OK I think will end up with:

1 x 80gb for OS
5 x 300gb RAID 5 for stuffs

If I remember right that array would end up being around 1.2tb

:megusta:

Gonna be interesting having ALL of them plugged in to move data from IDEs to satas lulz

[/rambling and thinking out loud]

[theholycow]

FTS who cares if the case has places for them, just find any empty area and secure it however you want (or don't secure it at all), or just leave them outside the case with the cable coming out.

[BillyJeanKing]

http://www.addasnap.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3043&g2_serialNumber=1

I don't suppose anybody here knows anything about Cisco VLAN trunking...

:roflsquared:

po lil kittah

[stonehenge]

FTS who cares if the case has places for them, just find any empty area and secure it however you want (or don't secure it at all), or just leave them outside the case with the cable coming out.

what if i decide to go jogging with my tower? drives be fallin' everywhere and shit :imo


but srsly i realized a few minutes ago that I don't have 5 extra sata cables laying around :roflmao: FAIL

have maybe one or two :blah: project must wait

[theholycow]

Come on, you can't jack some SATA cables from decomissioned trash-heap computers at work?

[stonehenge]

i may be able to find some :sneaky: got the drives from an old POS raid array tho so no cables there :fp:

[stonehenge]

just opened new server. has two 6-core intel processors and 32gb of ram.

:megusta:

[stonehenge]

http://i.imgur.com/lHACC.jpg

[theholycow]

Why the fuck does CPU performance have to be so complicated? It used to be simple...clock speed and cache. Now if all they changed was to add the issue of core quantity, that'd still be ok...but there's all different product lines with names that don't help at all.

I have a guy I've worked for for years and he needs more speed. He either needs a new motherboard + CPU + RAM + OS or a new system. I know nothing about modern processors and nothing about pricing.

His budget is tight. He can spend $400, or maybe up to $600 if necessary. He doesn't know it yet but I'm going to do the work for free...he's always paid me well and he deserves some help now that his budget is tight.

He does quite a bit of multitasking so I'm thinking quad core is a good idea. He probably needs 4GB of RAM and 64 bit Windows 7 Professional. I'm not loving what I see on Newegg. He found a shady Craigslist ad that sounds good.
http://providence.craigslist.org/sys/2524991090.html
Only issue I see is that it probably doesn't have properly licensed Windows, and probably not Pro.

Any thoughts? Suggestions?

[stonehenge]

If you reuse existing PSU, case, drives, etc you could get something like:

$185 Quad 2.8ghz i5: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115076
$60 Compatible Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157241
$30 2x2gb Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231394
$140 W7 Pro 64bit OEM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116992

I believe all that has free shipping so the total is around $415.

I picked the stuff above because it appears to all be compatible, all low-cost, all high-rated, and I prefer Intel over AMD. I haven't built a computer in a while though. lol

It isn't the fastest beast though, the i7s are better. But if he wants to stay under budget and wants quad then the i5 isn't bad afaik.

[apedestrian]

dat sandybridge :datass:

[MFB]

Sucks the new proc is coming out next year LOL.

[stonehenge]

dat sandybish

[jannypan]

I'm following the previous architecture. Each DB has its own Storage Group as configured by the contractor who built the system. Maybe I'll try creating a DB in an existing SG and see what happens.

[stonehenge]

http://i.imgur.com/YXHvT.jpg

[stonehenge]

So there are several "listservs" on our campus. They are mailing lists managed by the main IT gaiz for the whole university. Apparently they have one that goes out to EVERYONE on campus. It was created as an emergency type thing and for important announcements.

Well yesterday someone figured out how to trick the listserv into thinking he had permission to post to it. Using a fake email address that traced back to some off-shore server, he posted the goatse pic with the name GoatMan.

:blah: didn't expect to see goatse when opened work email :blah:

[theholycow]

:roflsquared:
:trolldance:

[stonehenge]

the header said his name was GoatMan and the subject was "Question about recent additions to the universities website."

:helied:

[stonehenge]

http://i.imgur.com/UnN5a.png

[theholycow]

:roflsquared:

[MFB]

http://i.imgur.com/UnN5a.png

http://www.allofftopic.com/images/styles/fancygray/buttons/reputation.gif

[stonehenge]

:cheeky:

[stonehenge]

Just went to do windows updates a Server 2003 server and it opened the web-based updater. Didn't they stop using that a while ago?? Or have I just been on W7 too long to remember that XP and 03 still use the web-based one?

[theholycow]

That's normal.

I think it also offers the XP-style updater, but there's no effective difference anyway.

[stonehenge]

Ah okay, I could have sworn at one point there was an update that got rid of the web-based. Disregard ratardness.

[MFB]

Preordered my ivybridge problem?

[stonehenge]

skeetbridge

[stonehenge]

Anyone know of a decent free program for creating users in bulk on a Windows domain? Preferably one that works on 2003 and 2008 since I manage one of each. Or if there is a simple way to script it or something, that will work too. Tired of creating one, copy, copy, copy, copy, etc. Lately they have been dropping long lists of bishes on me that need creating.

[theholycow]

http://powergui.org
new-qaduser is the command for creating users.

Remind me tomorrow and I'll give you more info.

[stonehenge]

cao posting something non-portable!? :whoa:

[theholycow]

No need for that to be portable...plus it was installed by the contractors who put the whole system together and I've never cared to try to replace it.

[stonehenge]

:okay:

[theholycow]

One of my smartest users had a real
:derp:
moment.

She works in two offices at two different computers. I needed her to leave one logged on so I could do stuff to it while she wasn't at that desk. Here's the email conversation:
If the computer is secured by a locked door, please leave it logged on as you when you move to the other office.
I have no idea what that means so I probably don't have it??
I mean, when you leave the room, do you close the door and lock it or do you leave it wide open? I wouldn't want you to leave the computer logged on if anyone walking by can just sit down and get at your data.
I'm back at my other desk .. forgot to leave the computer on and wouldn't want to for that reason .. wide open

...ok, so she gets it now, I'm not talking some technodoor, just the good old fashioned wooden slab that keeps people out of the office.

Right?

Well, 40 minutes after sending that email she calls me and again doesn't know what I meant.
Yeah, I was just wondering if you lock the door when you leave that office.
How do you do that?
Well, usually there's a thing on the knob.
What does that mean?
:sacfp:

[stonehenge]

:rofltank:

[SarkOzy]

sup IT fags :dealwithit:


I haz a questionne. My laptop is FUBARED beyond all recognition and I finally need to do a fresh install after 3+ years of having it. It was one of the first Gateways to come with Vista. :eek2: Anyway, I'm burning a W7 Professional .iso right now to use since I have no idea where the restore disk is. Was looking at an activation crack and found this. Does it look legit?

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/24901-Windows-Loader-Current-release-information

Any other route I should take? Mainly use le lappytop for tuning and un-bricking my phone.

[theholycow]

Fuck activation cracks...acquire restore disc, reinstall Vista.

[SarkOzy]

How on earth am I supposed to get a restore disc for this specific laptop? Is gateway even in business anymore?

[Fatso]

How on earth am I supposed to get a restore disc for this specific laptop? Is gateway even in business anymore?

Gateway was acquired by emachines. As a brand, I think they still exist, but not owned by the same company anymore.

[Cez★]

can't find it on internet? I kno when I had a problem with my desktop jay linked me to the.thing.I needed. Burned to disc and it worked :shrug:

[SarkOzy]

Got it. :horyshet: Laptop be fast as fawk yo.

[stonehenge]

I woulda haxxd w7 before I put Vista back on :trolldad:

[SarkOzy]

I did haxx W7 :read:

Installed the legit .iso of W7 Professional and used the windowsloader tool. Worked flawlessly.

[stonehenge]

Niiice I thought you meant you got the recovery disc.

[SarkOzy]

Na. Didn't even look :jester:

Got legit W7
Installed
Prwarfited

[stonehenge]

W7 is definitely win imo

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:horyshet: I take one day off and come back with 33 halp tickets open. FML.

Most are going to be account creation. :suicide2:

[theholycow]

Pinche HP.

User came to me with new HP tablet. It has an initial configuration wizard that can't be bypassed. It cannot connect to our wifi because our wifi requires you to use a web browser to authenticate. I could manually register it on our network if its MAC address could be found but they don't put that anywhere on it, on the box, etc. User has to take it home before it will do anything...can't even go through the wizard without a connection.

[stonehenge]

rofl fgtry

Someone told me today that HP is not going to be making desktop computers anymore. I told him that I thought that was just WebOS (tablets, phones, etc) but he said no, they are going to stop selling desktops and maybe laptops.

Sounds like nonsense to me.

[theholycow]

That's what I heard. I spent about 2 seconds googling it, saw that they were canceling something, and figured it was true. I'd be relieved if they're not getting out of laptops and desktops, they've been a good source of competitively priced, consistent quality computers.

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/jacks-blog-10017212/samsung-not-buying-hp-not-quitting-pc-business-10024210/
Samsung Electronics has said it's not buying Hewlett-Packard's PC business, and since companies can often deny what they are up to, it has now said it twice. Meanwhile, HP has had to issue statements to say it is not exiting the PC business, an impression that might have been gained from some shoddy reporting. In sum, the news is that there is no news, and everything continues more or less as before.

However, what will happen to PSG remains a mystery. As I reported last week in HP kills WebOS, may sell off PC division, HP said

"its board of directors has authorized the exploration of strategic alternatives for its Personal Systems Group (PSG). HP will consider a broad range of options that may include, among others, a full or partial separation of PSG from HP through a spin-off or other transaction."

In my opinion, this was a stupid thing to say, in the absence of any viable spin-off plan or potential buyer, such as Samsung. It's bound to make business PC buyers consider their purchases, because they depend on long-term security and supply. However, it doesn't say that HP will actually do anything apart from consider its options, and you'd expect a rational company to consider its options all the time.

Further, even if HP did spin-off PSG, it doesn't necessarily mean that it would stop using the name or the HP and Compaq brands, since these are a significant part of the operation's value. (IBM wouldn't have been able to do the deal with Lenovo without Lenovo getting to use the ThinkPad brand name and products to reassure existing customers.) Apart from some corporate book-keeping, everything would be business as usual.

...yup, as soon as I read that they might spin it off I thought of Lenovo. I imagine they'd just use Compaq as the brand name. Should be fine, just a little annoying since I hate the Compaq name and even after HP bought Compaq, HP-branded stuff tended to be a little better.

[stonehenge]

Yeah I've always hated Compaq. Being HP owned helped a little I think but like you said, HP stuff still tends to be higher end.

Oh well, I actually liked HPs stuff when it came to desktops and laptops. :(

[theholycow]

Don't be sad, it looks like they're keeping desktops and laptops the way they are.

So our HP P4300 16TB SAN just came in. FUCKING BEASTMODE! 4u, probably about 150 pounds...I think it's actually two 8GB units that will team up, but I don't see a backplane cable so I don't know how this works.
:horyshet:
I've got a lot of learning to do and not a lot of time to do it.

While I was unpacking it, since I couldn't easily carry the ~150 pound coffin-sized box with both 2u machines in it, I let out a nasty stank-ass fart just as a guy from another department showed up, asking curiously what it is.
:lol:
:troll:

[stonehenge]

:datRedundancy:

we have a SATA Beast in one of our server rooms, try lifting one of those bitches :scared:

[theholycow]

Oh, I forgot to use this smiley:
:wutsdat:

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:hmm: I wonder how heavy our existing SAN is. That one is a single 4u box.

[stonehenge]

4U, 42 bay array: http://www.nexsan.com/products/satabeast/tech-specs.aspx

According to that it is 179lb when loaded but it feels like more, I guess because they are so awkward to carry.

Wife told FIL that my back is shitty and it probably has to do with all the server installs we've been doing lately and he's like

"You do know that servers are just computers and computers weigh like nothing right? :derp:"

W: "yeah but they are full of hard drives Juan says"

FIL: "hard drives are really light :derp:"

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that said, I am pretty sure he was trolling her, he likes to do that :roflmao:

:trolldad:

[theholycow]

:picardpalm:

Perfect use of derpface.

[stonehenge]

he used to work for intel in some form. Manufacturing I think. Pretty sure he knows how heavy computers/servers can get and was just trolling here lol

[theholycow]

Ok, so...this 2-piece HP P4300 SAN....HOW THE FUCK DO I DO THIS SHIT?
:impossibru::fulloffuck:

[stonehenge]

we dont have any 2-piece ones :shrug:

is it just two completely separate servers/raids that are intended to be used as a primary and a backup or something?

[theholycow]

:shrug: I'm not sure wtf is going on.

HP StorageWorks P4300 G2 MDL SAS Starter SAN Solution 16TB
http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=-+HP+StorageWorks+P4300+G2+MDL+SAS+Starter+SAN+Solu tion&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#sclient=psy&hl=en&client=opera&hs=FkL&rls=en&source=hp&q=HP+StorageWorks+P4300+G2+MDL+SAS+Starter+SAN+Sol ution&pbx=1&oq=HP+StorageWorks+P4300+G2+MDL+SAS+Starter+SAN+So lution&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=160527l160664l0l160893l2l2l0l0l0l0l107l210l 0.2l2l0&fp=1&biw=1246&bih=902&cad=b&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.
http://www.shopricom.com/items/www.shopricom.com/photos/BK719A.jpg

Looks just like two regular HP Proliant servers. Each box has (8) 1TB drives installed. There's no backplane or anything, and not even a lot of ethernet/iSCSI interfaces.

I had gone to a seminar on it, mainly for the steak lunch and chance of winning an HP Slate (pinche vendor who was putting on the seminar, the two Slates were won by vendor's employees :wank:), and there was a lot of talk about being able to virtualize it. I guess the SAN is actually in software, which I can run wherever the fuck I want, and the two boxen I received are just the physical storage.

[stonehenge]

free steak and chance at goodies ftw, i went to one with free breakfast and chance to win a kindle... dont remember shit from it

---------- Post added at 12:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:37 PM ----------

Well since they both have cd drives, they are both servers as well as an array. Not just an array. Not sure if they are specially made to work together or if it's just a two pack :jester:

---------- Post added at 12:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:39 PM ----------

Supported Operating Systems
Apple OS X

:orly: DU ET

:jester:

[stonehenge]

could you please give Herp Derpington an access code to use the computer in the copy room of our department. #069069187 is her SID

The woman who submitted this ticket has been here for years, she has been in a high enough position that she has requested plenty of accounts for students and new employees. Yet she calls it an "access code" instead of a login/account, gives me the kids Student ID number (which I don't need and probably shouldn't have), and DOESNT give me their official Email address (which I need). :facepalm:

[theholycow]

:facepalm:

Not IT, but I pulled a derp today...went into a store to buy milk, asked why they had none. It was because they didn't have power for days and it just came back on.

[stonehenge]

Speaking of IT, haz real stupid issue going on. When non-domain computers map a share (weather it is their home directory or a group share) it acts weird. They can create files, delete files, copy existing files to it, but they can't reorganize files once they are there, can't rename files, and can't save straight to it using Office and a lot of other programs.

This only happens on W7. We have mapped the shares using the same credentials on Macs, XP boxes, Vista machines, etc and there are no issues whatsoever. It isn't firewall related or permissions because it works fine on any other box and DOESN'T work on any W7 box from 3 different locations using different shares and credentials.

It's really pissing me off.

[theholycow]

:hmm: No sir, never heard of that. :nosir:

[stonehenge]

It's really retarded that only W7 does it. SP1 didn't help either, still broked.

[stonehenge]

I DON'T ALWAYS SHUT DOWN OUR WINDOWS SERVERS
http://www.visibleu.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dos-equis-most-interesting-man-in-the-world.jpg
BUT WHEN I DO, THE REASON IS "asdfghjkl".

[theholycow]

:repz:

[stonehenge]

Bish ass server wanting a reason. I SHUT DOWN FOR WHATEVER REASON I WANT BISH I DONT ANSWER TO YOU

:fuckyeah:

[theholycow]

1. Build new dorm building
2. Put up security cameras
3. Provide unencrypted external access to cameras

...wait what? System doesn't offer encryption but does offer iPhone client. Boss wants me to forward port 80. I tell him it's an unacceptable security hole. He says who cares if people can get in and watch our security cameras?
:fulloffuck:

[stonehenge]

:roflmao: fuckin baws

[theholycow]

In the past year or so, have you had windows updates failing to install? After updating I get stuff like "23 updates installed, 2 updates failed" pretty often. It's gotten to where IDGAF anymore, if it doesn't install then I don't need it. Never used to happen until the last year or so.

[stonehenge]

So apparently the boss signed me up to attend some Sophos event about Malware alter this month.

Pros: Free lunch, chance to win an iPod
Cons: It's in Phoenix, have to ride with :blah: coworker, with travel time, will have to get to work an hour early and probably leave an hour late

:blah: not rly want

If it was a Friday, I'd take le wife and spend the night up there in a hotel just for the hell of it and because riding up with the wife in teh CV would be more enjoyable then this coworker. Oh well, it's in the middle of the week so taht won't work.

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In the past year or so, have you had windows updates failing to install? After updating I get stuff like "23 updates installed, 2 updates failed" pretty often. It's gotten to where IDGAF anymore, if it doesn't install then I don't need it. Never used to happen until the last year or so.

:hmm: I haven't really noticed but the majority of our servers are linux and I don't deal with the workstations.

[theholycow]

The lunch won't be worth it and you won't win.

I went to one recently and both prizes were won by employees of the vendor who was hosting the event. :iSeeWhatYouDidThere: It worked well enough I guess because I ended up recommending and ordering $20,000 worth of SAN that was presented there. :fp:

[stonehenge]

SAN that you don't even know wtf it is :roflmao:

Oh I know it isn't worth it but the boss wants me to go as well as 2 other coworkers. I'm on the verge of taking the friday after off so I can drive up the night before, sleep in before the event and then go back and be comfy in the hotel before coming back at a time when traffic isn't retarded. But that would require two nights in a hotel and gas to get up there and back. Riding with the coworker is far cheaper rofl.

[theholycow]

I got the SAN figured out, although now I need to find some best practices whitepapers/videos/whatever so I can configure it optimally.

Update on the security camera thing: I emailed tech support. They confirmed: no encrpytion. WHY THE FUCK WOULD THEY MAKE AN iPHONE CLIENT? With the password and video not encrypted a man-in-the-middle attack is a piece of cake, just sniff some packets and you can watch the cameras as well as control the cameras (which can be aimed remotely).
:fulloffuck:
:gorillastare:
:scared:
:ayfkm:
:fuckinthingsucks:
:fts:
:bear:
:cereal:

[stonehenge]

hory shet need to figure out dem credentials/address so can creep on cao

[theholycow]

Helped a nice young lady with her difficulty accessing her Army email.
www.us.army.mil
ARMY, Y U NO USE VALID SSL CERTIFICATE? I know you think you're cool, but most of your users lack the skills to know whether a DOD-signed certificate is valid or not; they depend on accepted authorities that are automatically verified by their web browser.

[stonehenge]

:facepalm:

Well when our server room's AC went out, the alarm system didn't contact us like it should have. By the time the main sysadmin got there it was like 110* in there.

Seems like two different servers had their raid cards fry. Yay. Our domain controller and one that all business manager type peeps use for documents.

Not gonna turn on halp ticket site yet :sneaky:

[BillyJeanKing]

i been helping mah roommate with some le musics on his computer lately

that foo was like a caveman

his windows media player had never been used...EVAR

he only had one web browser...some old ass version of IE (pre-tabs)

i mean this dude still had the default wallpaper :facepalm:

:bishplz:

there is no excuse for that amount of shitty computerism

is this what IT gaiz deal with???

if so,

:fts:

[theholycow]

Man, I wish it was that easy.

[BillyJeanKing]

:jester:

[stonehenge]

WMP :scared:

IE :scared:

NO TABS :scared:


:bishplz:

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btw still at work, almost 3hrs past go-home time now :blah: POS servers.

[Cez★]

:haha:

[stonehenge]

pero don't have to pay $200 ticket :dealwithit: