Best posts made by dengelhardt

I am trying to get Blue Bell to initiate a new flavor based on my chocolate stout mixed with their Homemade Vanilla ice cream. I mix it at home and it is delicious as a frosted drink. Just thought I'd share with the world and start a new career in brewing full time.

Stay put. Take the EZ Expert position. It fits you. Management is a headache and you will be responsible for things you have not even thought of yet. The Expert position is something you know and can do well. You are only responsible for results. You have a lot of friends who like you and wish you the best, but when you take on a role you are not ready for, you tend to become over-bearing and rub people the wrong way. Take some time, and learn from others. If you jump before you are ready, you set yourself up for failure. The job offer may look sweet "in six months" but most businesses now also have a 90 day probationary period where you can be let go without a reason. Being late once is all they need to say goodbye. That is extremely risky. Telling Staples goodbye when they have offered you an advancement will mean you can't go back without taking a cut in pay and respect. You need a sure thing for a while. If you want a CCNA, get it on your own. It will be worth more to you then. In all our conversations I have not heard you talk networks, so I am not sure why you are looking at that now.

@Sparkum ,
I use GPOs to install and manage printers across 12 locations. Even the CEO is for it.

Just installed. I want to see what it can do.

Sorry about not replying sooner. Life gets in the way sometimes. I usually fill a large mug with Blue Bell HomeMade Vanilla ice cream, then fill the mug with my chocolate stout. I allow the beer to start breaking down the ice cream and mix it to the consistency fo soft soft serve. Had some tonight with my latest imperial chocolate stout and it was great.

The Yellow Exclamation mark on the network icon only indicates that the computer cannot communicate with Microsoft's contact server. There could be many explanations including DNS, gateways, routes, etc. If you can ping computer A with B and B with A, that should mean the ethernet connection is OK. If you can ping the gateway with both computers, your LAN is OK. If you can ping some host like 8.8.8.8 outside your network, your computer is OK. The MS Teredo Tunnel Interface is a type of VPN connection and you don't normally need it. My computer does not even have that interface. If A and B can't communicate also check your IPSEC service. Try turning it off because it can prevent TCP/IP from working. Also, a good test is to go to a command line and type "netsh winsock reset" which will set TCP/IP parameters back to default and will aid your trouble-shooting.

Going to try adding this tomorrow

AJ, this was caused by the length of the path of the folder. At least through Windows XP, the total path must be less than 254 characters to have Windows copy, move, or delete or even backup files.

@scottalanmiller I only use books that are given to me. The last book I bought was how to use Microsoft Access 97. I have several on the shelf now about PhotoShop, and I have several for applications that no longer exist. Friends know that my only computer cert is for Commodore Repair, but I have taken a couple of MCSE courses back in 1997-1999.
I do have a good knowledge of math and object relationships, and I have a good understanding of database structures, and it helps to have a solid base of deductive reasoning which I believe are key to success in IT.

I forgot to mention that my formal education is in Music (Bachelor of Education) and Educational Administration. I firmly believe the elements of structure found in music lead to success in IT. My interests were piqued by Moog.

I, too, have some hubs in storage. They make a quick and dirty port mirror when you want to examine traffic on a network. That said, if a printer is emitting "dirty traffic", then it needs to be configured to eliminate all of the protocols not in use on that network, shut down NetBIOS traffic, and he would be surprised how clean the printer could be. As for VLANs, I have been prompted to put VLANs in for my voice traffic, but I prefer to separate my voice and data physically when possible because it eliminates sharing the network up to the router, and optimizes my PoE switches. This also eliminates the need for more expensive L3 switches. In our case some of the phones act as a switch for the user's computer, and traffic would be doubled on the wire if it had to go to the router before returning to the other devices.

I've successfully migrated several Ubuntu VMs from ESXi and XenServer to HyperV 2012 by exporting the VM and then using Starwind's VHD converter. I've not had to run any scripts on the Linux VMs before shutting them down and exporting.

@scottalanmiller I’m going to skip SpiceWorld for the first time in 13 years. Retirement todos, my wife had cataract surgeries, house remodeling all have a higher priority. But I will miss all my friends. I’m