Best posts made by milnesy

@scottalanmiller http://www.starwindsoftware.com/converter

@scottalanmiller That's nice that YOU'RE an ambassador, but I want free stuff too.

@thanksaj Don't be knocking Jersey now...

That said, it looks like someone scoured the web for "Basic Tech Support Template" and just cut/pasted. Especially when it comes to the Required Knowledge portion.

What about Fallout 3? I had it for the PS3 and all the DLC and it was amazing. One of the best storylines in the main game and all 4 dlc's. Fallout New Vegas was... ok.

@scottalanmiller I had a similar problem with SCCM's Orchestrator.... "The server threw a fault."
Ok... and? What Fault?
</headdesk>

i just grabbed 5 vouchers for my one work email account and 5 for my personal account. I hope I don't have to take them 10 times though to pass...

I love Pentatonix... they are one of the best accapella groups out there.

Hey guys...
Looking for a good / quick tool to modify and update a disclaimer in Exchange 2010. The in-line box is less than appealing and I want to make sure we do it right for our customers...
Any suggestions on where to get a quick editor? I understand that Exchange handle's in-line CSS too?

Hey guys...
I gotta say... this space is awesome... like a breath of fresh air.

Now... I love the NoteBB... but I would love to see how it's used (if it could be used) for an internal wiki/forum/etc. I currently have 2 instances of Sharepoint and a few other apps floating around being used...

Could I use this to unify it all? (And hopefully scrap Sharepoint?)

Thanks!
-Milnesy

I'm looking to pick a few people's melons regarding SCSM. I'm at my wits end and want to make sure that what I'm trying to do cannot be done... at least not in this revision.

OK... here's an odd question... client has 2k8r2 AD server, but never raised the domain/forest level. User (financial guru) was deleted from AD (we believe) and we're trying to recover the account. We attempted the tombstone recovery, and we're not going to do the authoritative restore (as we're not billing the client...yet.)
If we raise the domain and forest level and enable the AD recycle bin, do you think we'd be able to see the deleted items in AD? Or are those lost when we raise the functional level?

@thanksaj Problem is, they're a school district with little, if any, funding for IT. Backups are always an afterthought.
At least after this adventure, we might be able to convince them to convince the tech company they have on contract not to f up again, and to implement a backup solution.

Hyper-V 3.0 is so much more polished than the previous versions of Hyper-V. I also think it's a lot easier to manage than VMWare. (Mind you I have 2 clusters of VMWare running with over 100 servers on each.) It's what I'm recommending to smaller customers, especially because of the price. And the new features in 3.0 put it extremely close to being on par with VMWare ... well, that was until VMWare when on a huge acquisition party and gobbled up some very nice companies.

I've don the conversion a couple of times ... from VMWare to Hyper-V... I recommend Starwind. They have a free V2V converter tool that will allow you to switch the file formats. It works wonders... just set your email up when you register to go to a throw-away account...

@NetworkNerd the p2v for this is nice... just remember to check off a box if you're looking to use hyper-v on 2012... The downside though is that you might get a bloated VM because you can't move some of the blocks from the end of the vm to the front. Had that happen to me on one drive that was a 160gb vm using only 40gb. used the tool and was left with a 120gb vm... turned out that there were 'unmovable files' at the end of the vm image...

I know I could spend time to find the answer myself (and normally I would) but I don't have the extra time right now...

Does anyone work with the Shoretel VOIP system? I'm trying to find a way to set up our softphones from Shoretel server to people in the field. They are currently connecting through a stonegate VPN appliance. I'm trying to find out if there's a way to cut stonegate out and use Pertino.... just don't know how well Pertino would fit in this scenario...

Any suggestions?