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    Win 2008 32 bit max memory?

    in Windows Server

    Posted · Edited by jftuga

    I decided on Win 2008 EE 32-bit. It uses all 4 GB of RAM (from task manager). It looks like you can evaluate it for up to 240 days. Hopefully by then, Windows 7 (or a release candidate) will be in usable shape. :D

    -John

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    Win 2008 32 bit max memory?

    in Windows Server

    Posted · Edited by jftuga

    I am thinking about trying out Win 2008 Standard 32 bit on my Dell Vostro 220s desktop that also has a 256 MB ATI graphics card. Will this OS be able to see all 4 GB of RAM? Or do I need to go with Win 2008 64 bit?

    The reason I ask is that I my Dell Optiplex 755 desktop which has 4 GB and runs XP 32 bit, winver.exe only reports 3,143,208 KB available.

    Is anyone running 2008 Server Standard 32 bit with 4 GB? How much total memory does the OS report?

    Thanks,

    -John

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    DNS with non-domain computers

    in Windows Server

    Posted

    Try:

    nslookup wiki s1

    nslookup wiki s2

    and make sure they are both returning the same IP addresses. I would still also open up the DNS management tool on both DCs and double-check that they are publishing the correct IP address.

    Another option would be to delete the entry out of both DNS servers and then add it back in again.

    -John

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    the SP3 bandwagon

    in Windows XP

    Posted

    I was just wondering what other mid-sized organizations with 200-500 computers are planning on doing with SP3. We are using WSUS to manage our monthly updates to our client XP systems. We may approve & push out SP3 when is becomes available through the WSUS channel.

    If you run SP2 + all of the patches, what is the rush to get to XP3? I can see using it for a new Ghost image or somethin similar, but I just don't see us cranking this out any time soon. So am very curious as to what other IT managers will be doing with SP3.

    Thanks,

    -John

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    hiding sched task window box

    in Windows XP

    Posted

    I wrote an AutoIt v3 script to do this, see www.autoitscript.com. You can compile the wh.au3 into a stand-alone .exe file.

    -John

    ;
    ; wh.au3 -- winhide
    ; -John Taylor
    ; Oct-12-2006
    ;
    ; I use this to hide svchost cmd windows that are
    ; launched from a Scheduled Task
    ;
    ; 1st cmd-line arg : partial window title
    ; 2nd cmd-line arg : optional, always should be "1", shows a windows
    ;					instead of hiding one
    ;

    #notrayicon
    Opt("MustDeclareVars", 1)
    Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2)

    Const $max = 4
    Dim $rv, $i

    if 0 == $CmdLine[0] then
    		MsgBox(16, "Error", "You must give a partial window title on the command-line.")
    		exit
    endif


    if 1 == $CmdLine[0] then
    		for $i=1 to $max
    				$rv = WinSetState ( $CmdLine[1], "", @SW_HIDE )
    		next
    endif


    if 2 == $CmdLine[0] then
    		if "1" == $CmdLine[2] then
    				for $i=1 to $max
    						$rv = WinSetState ( $CmdLine[1], "", @SW_SHOW )
    				next
    		endif
    endif

    ;
    ; end of script

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    win 2003 for desktop

    in Windows 2000/2003/NT4

    Posted · Edited by jftuga

    I have been thinking about doing this myself, switching from XP to 2003. I am not a gamer. Here are the advantages that I see:

    there is no WGA in 2003

    less patches to install

    Volume shadow copy

    software RAID support

    arguably more secure

    What are some other advantages? If an application's installer requires XP, is there a general known workaround for this?

    Also, I can also vouch for Nod32 on 2003...it works great.

    Thanks,

    -John

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    Need recommendation for laser printers

    in Hardware Hangout

    Posted

    We have about 80 Dell 1700n and 1710n laser printers that have been is use for about 1 - 2 years. They were fine at first, albeit a little on the slow side. Now, they have become a nuisance. Here is the cycle we are in: frequently jam, IT staff clean them out (possibly replace rollers), they work for awhile, and then start jamming again. We are at the point of wanting to replace all of these printers.

    I am now looking for recommendations for HP Laserjet printers. As things stand, it would be a hard to convince us to purchase anything other than HP printers. Although network capable, only about 10 of these use the ethernet port. Most are directly attached with the USB port. I am only interested in hearing recommendations from people who have had their equipment for over a year, preferably two, as I want to know about performance and/or issues after the printers have been broken-in. I believe that we want to stay in the $200 to $300 range as we don't need high capacity, high volume printing. One feature that is important to us is the amount of time spent before the first page is printed. This is one thing we would like to minimize as well as paper jams, having to clean them, etc., etc.

    Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,

    -John

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    help choosing lcd

    in Hardware Hangout

    Posted

    I have two Dell Ultrasharp 19" monitors (not wide screen) at work. I really like this because it is 1280x1024 and I don't think that I would like a much higher resolution because it would look too small for my eyes. Since our servers run at 1024x768, I can run UltraVNC and see the full server screen w/o it having to take up my entire desktop space. This is a huge plus for me.

    -John

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    DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

    in Windows XP

    Posted

    I got this on one of our Dell servers once. After I did the following steps, the problem went away. I am not exactly sure which one fixed the problem.

    upgrade the bios firmware

    upgrade onboard raid controller firmware

    upgrade onboard scsi controller firmware

    upgrade server backplane firmware

    ---

    upgrade to the newest Dell PERC Raid, SCSI, video, and network software drivers.

    IIRC this was a Win 2000 server.

    YMMV,

    -John

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    batch file: sumcol.bat

    in Programming (C++, Delphi, VB/VBS, CMD/batch, etc.)

    Posted · Edited by jftuga

    I have found that I need this functionality every now and then and this batch file is quicker than having to dump data into an Excel spreadsheet. I posted it here because others may find it useful, too.

    :)

    -John

    @echo off

    rem sumcol.bat
    rem -John Taylor
    rem Aug-20-2007
    rem
    rem Computes the numeric sum of a given column of data
    rem mawk.exe is from: http://www.klabaster.com/freeware.htm#mawk
    rem
    rem Example:
    rem		 cd c:\windows\system32
    rem		 dir *.dll | findstr /i /e ".dll" | sumcol 4
    rem		 ----
    rem		 now compare this to the output of:
    rem		 dir *.dll | findstr "File(s)"

    setlocal

    set COL=%1
    set FNAME=%2

    if not defined COL goto USAGE

    :RUN
    rem for debugging...
    rem mawk.exe "{ gsub(/,/, '', $%COL%); SUM += int($%COL%); print NR' 'SUM} END { print 'sum: 'SUM }" %FNAME%
    mawk.exe "{ gsub(/,/, '', $%COL%); SUM += int($%COL%) } END { printf('%%15.0f\n', SUM) }" %FNAME%
    goto END

    :USAGE
    @echo.
    @echo Usage:
    @echo %0 [ column # ] [ filename ]
    @echo	column numbers start at 1
    @echo	filename is optional, this will otherwise read from standard-in
    @echo.
    @echo	you can also use NF for the column #, which means the last column
    @echo	(NF-1) means the 2nd to the last column, (NF-2) means the 3rd to the last column, etc.
    @echo.
    goto END

    :END
    endlocal

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