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I was looking at a satellite point to point connection to my remote branch 8 miles away. The advantages are you really only pay a startup cost and that is it.. disadvantage.... you are paying a BIG startup cost As far as for regular internet. One of my old clients had that and it was really silly and un-scalable.. you needed specific software installed on the computer which only slows down the pc.. and they restricted how many computers could connect to it which I wasnt happy with...

Thanks guys.. we actually ended up going with ServiceDesk Plus from adventnet.com. Their software is pretty neat.. and if your company is small enough... it give free/fully functional versions of their software.. really neat.. We are not small enough but still.. the cost really isnt that bad and does a really good job(so far) I am only 2 days in but so far I like what I see. I can track just about anything.. and the additional modules that they have that can be integrated is rediculous... http://www.adventnet.com/

does anybody document their licenses...

I am just curious as to what others are using out there for network software licensing and asset management. I just started a new job and I am going through their documents and there is some licensing information but it is hard to tell what is on each machine.. I have fished around looking for different software but havent had an opportunity to test it all. One thing this company wants to do is get up to date with their licensing because they know that it isnt good but how to keep track of everything is my problem. I started an excel spreadsheet but it is hard to keep things organized between which licenses are on which machine using this method. So i guess 2 questions.. Is there a network inventory/asset management AND software licensing inventory software that scans networked comptuers and dumps it into a database and enables good reporting.. (ie licenses keys, and what not). and What are others using out there and what are the advantages/disadvantages of what you are using.

software like this would be your only hope http://www.eweek.com/cobrand/0,3223,a=1187...5414&ap=,00.asp

Yeah.. exactally.. you will want to create a new OU and put all teh computers in there. Then create a new policy and put your firewall settings in that new policy then apply the new policy to the OU.. Me personally, I like to leave the default domain policy alone and create a new policy called User_Logon_Scripts or Computer_Logon_Scripts this way I know exactally what is in the policy and what it applies to, It makes it much easier to manage when you can just look at the name and find what you are looking for .. also keeping user and computer policies seperate keeps you from having to do funny loopback tactics, or mangeling your AD structure. I know this wasnt the scope of the question but just thought I would add a little help.

You know... I was actually trying to add something to one of my drive mapping scripts that I have and actually noticed that there was some printer stuff in it also. This script will Map a printer/network drive based on group membership. I know it is still not an adm file or just GPO but it does work if you dont have Vista Server or 2k3R2 http://lazynetworkadmin.com/content/view/7/6/

In response to your PM you need to open the policy(right click -> edit) then under policy rules click add and here you can specify your tunnel endpoints

I myself am still in search of the ultimate mapping printer script.. I have a few that work but none that map based on group membership/site location dynamically. Hopefully someone here will have one that will take care of it all.. As far as doing it via an adm file.. prolly not tooooo possible.. only because there is more to adding a printer then a couple registry settings.. however there is hope.. and I dont have it installed right now.. but when playing with Vista server.. There was a drive and printer mapping option in the group policy editors... maybe someone can shed some light.. or maybe i will install it and attempt to find the source of those options...

when you configure it with the ORK.. just dont add the serial number in the transform file for the installation package.. this way it will prompt you the first time that they start Microsoft Office

instead of running the group policy to get the wallpaper off a network share.. run a script that copies the wallpaper to the local HD to C:\windows\Resources\. You shouldnt grab the wallpaper off a network share.. you will get errors/inconsistencies(i think that is how you spell it) Also.. make sure it is a BMP since that is how microsoft wants you to do it. I didnt really follow your diagram to well as far as how your OU structure is but from what I gathered.. it is all good....

You said logon script.. I am thinking you are running AD to deploy this... if so... this is what I did to so something similar. I created a custom ADM file to configure the 3dtext screensaver. This is a little more extensive than you are looking for but it will allow you to configure ALL the settings for the 3d text.. color, size, speed..blah blah blah.. Copy and past this information into notepad ----------COPY EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE---------- CLASS USER CATEGORY "Software\Microsoft\Screensavers\Text3D" KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Screensavers\Text3D" POLICY "SurfaceType" PART "SurfaceType" NUMERIC VALUENAME "SurfaceType" END PART END POLICY POLICY "SurfaceColor" PART "SurfaceColor" NUMERIC VALUENAME "SurfaceColor" END PART END POLICY POLICY "MeshQuality" PART "MeshQuality" NUMERIC VALUENAME "MeshQuality" END PART END POLICY POLICY "Size" PART "Size" NUMERIC VALUENAME "Size" END PART END POLICY POLICY "RotationSpeed" PART "RotationSpeed" NUMERIC VALUENAME "RotationSpeed" END PART END POLICY POLICY "RotationStyle" PART "RotationStyle" NUMERIC VALUENAME "RotationStyle" END PART END POLICY POLICY "DisplayString" PART "DisplayString" EDITTEXT DEFAULT "Your Text" VALUENAME "DisplayString" END PART END POLICY POLICY "DisplayTime" PART "DisplayTime" NUMERIC VALUENAME "DisplayTime" END PART END POLICY POLICY "FontWeight" PART "FontWeight" NUMERIC VALUENAME "FontWeight" END PART END POLICY POLICY "FontHeight" PART "FontHeight" NUMERIC VALUENAME "FontHeight" END PART END POLICY POLICY "FontItalic" PART "FontItalic" NUMERIC VALUENAME "FontItalic" END PART END POLICY POLICY "FontCharSet" PART "FontCharSet" NUMERIC VALUENAME "FontCharSet" END PART END POLICY POLICY "FontPitchFamily" PART "FontPitchFamily" NUMERIC VALUENAME "FontPitchFamily" END PART END POLICY POLICY "FontFace" PART "FontFace" EDITTEXT DEFAULT "Tahoma" VALUENAME "FontFace" END PART END POLICY END CATEGORY ----------COPY EVERYTHING ABOVE THIS LINE---------- Save it as 3dtext.adm and import it into your group policy template.. If you are unsure as to what the filed should be.. configure you screensaver how you want it configured.. export it and then look at the values.. it makes it easier that way. Prolly a little overkill.. but GPO is how I roll.......

.... didnt you just configure this using Local Group Policy... anyways ESP work in 2 different modes Tunnel and transport modes. In transport mode, it leaves the original IP header and adds places the ESP header directly after it in the packet In Tunnel mode, it actually takes the packet and places it directly inside of another packet. This way you actually end up with 2 IP addresses. 1 for the tunnel endpoint and 1 for the origination. So, most likely you have this configured in transport mode. These can be configured by adding an IP Security rules within the policy to specify your IPSec endpoints. There are built in configurations to this inside of windows you can configure ESP's encryption method with either DES or 3DES and verify its integrity with either SHA1 or MD5 You can also configure AH integrity checking with SHA1 and MD5

Have you installed ALL updates for Office 2003.. ?

Like I posed above. I dont do unattended installation stuff... All my stuff that I do gets pushed down via group policies

First create a group policy and lets call it WS_Windows_Firewall (That is my naming convention for Workstation Windows Firewall GP) Secondly we will apply it above the OU where the computers reside and leave security filtering to authenticated users Thirdly we will add a WMI Filter. -> From within Group Policy Management Console -> Right click on WMI Filters and select new -> Under Name lets call it PostSP2 -> Under Queries add --> Select * from WIN32_OperatingSystem where ServicePackMajorVersion>=2 and Version='5.1.2600' -> Hit OK Apply this WMI Filter to WS_Windows_Firewall (the selector box underneath security filtering) Fourthly lets right click on WS_Windows_Firewall and choose edit -> Navigate to Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\System Services\ --> Select Windows Firewall/Internet connection Sharing --> Check "Define this policy --> Choose Disabled -> Hit OK -> Navigate to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Network\Network Connections\Windows Firewall\Domain Profile --> Select "Windows Firewall: Protect All Network Connections --> Choose Disabled -> Hit OK Lastly.. close out and your all done. This will disable the Windows Internet Connection Firewall Service on all computers running Windows XP SP2 As far as re-installing and automating having it done.. I only do RIS OS Deployments, GP Software Deployments, and GP setting deployments..I don't normally mess with default settings on install.. for me.. once you join to the domain.. you get all the settings you need..As geeky as it sounds.. even my home network is this way.. I know nothing of applying custom reg settings through runonceExec or however that goes.. Domain all the way

Create 3 rules within outlook: 1. Move all emails sent to email1 to pst1 2. Move all emails sent to email2 to pst2 3. Move all emails sent to email3 to pst3 Whichever machine the email accounts are located on will need to be on and outlook running at all times for this to be up to date all the time..

are you setting a specific desktop wallpaper to apply via group policy. since you said that the wizard is telling you that the policies are being applied successfully and that wallpapers are changing.. my guess is you have conflicting policies. As my first suggestion was to read up on Group Policies.. I will again recommend it and suggest that you deploy them on test machines until you get them right. Group Policies are very confusing when you are new to them. I to wondered how and why they worked sometimes and not others when everything seemed to be correct.. through time.. setting them have become second nature. As a troubleshooting step.. disable all of them and apply them one at a time.. move on to the next one when they apply how you want them to. Also as a word of advice.. since most policies can be applied per user and per computer, actually spend some time and think about how you want to apply them that makes the most sense. This can make a world of difference when making them work with other policies.

From my perspective.. with that information.. I would: 1. Just because hardware is new.. does not mean that it is not faulty. I would test it since you are having problems 2. I would try a non-nlited install just incase you unknowingly removed a component that 1 or more components in the system rely on. 3. Check for new/updated bios revisions and other firmware for the components on your machine. These are the steps I would take in order to narrow down the problem.

This has gotten a little crazy.. The problem is going to be a configuration somewhere or a driver problem.. NOT SP2 If this whole prioritization of processes theory is non-sense.. How is it that my tiny 1.2 semperon 512 machine runs as it should. and for the record SP2 offers more than 75 enhancements\fixes for video\multimedia in sp2 NOW... it is very possible that if you arent using updated drivers and maybe the driver is not supported on SP2 for some strange reason then that would be the problem... but unless your running some legacy hardware.. which it doesnt sound like you are.. then this shouldnt be a problem. Was this an nlited install.. ? are you on the latest versions of all your drivers have you tested all your hardware(memory, HD...) special settings in your bios(mabe reset to defaults) Any special tweaks that might have gone wrong? I completely agree with suryad that it isnt SP2.

you didnt specify what version of outlook you were using but you will want to look under account options/settings and search for delivery locations.. here you will choose which pst file you want your new mail to be delivered to.

run the group policy results wizard and find out where the problem is.. this will normally tell you what policies are applied and in a conflict.. which one wins..

The BEST solution is to read up on proper deployment of group policies.. For starters.. your active directory tree should be set up so that you dont have to use security filters too often.. this makes things much easier to troubleshoot and manage.. Then apply the policy to the OU where you want to apply it.. Example: Instead of setting the sales laptop policy on the domain root and applying security filtering.. apply the policy to [domain_root]\site_name\department_name\Computers\Laptops\sales and leave security filtering as authenticated users.. this way you know that this will happen on all computers in that OU.. NOW.. if you need to filter the Sales Managers laptop.. then you would use filtering to exclude him/her Basically.. dont use security filtering to apply deny globally.. but apply it to the farthest down the tree.. then exclude the onzey toozey's from that point.. your troubleshooting will go MUUUUCH faster this way...

shutdown -s -f -t 00 The f stands for force...

You dont necessarily need to turn off the service.. just dont point any of the machines to the router for DNS. Update your scope in active directory and release all the DHCP leases and restart all computers.. This should have nothing to do with Outlook BCM