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I've got an issue with a site to site vpn between a few netscreens. Imagine a corporate site with a few branches. At the corporate site, there is a Netscreen 50, with site to site VPN's to all the branches who also have netscreens. Every branch is nearly set up identical, but for some...

I need to build a server for a client. But, lately, I've been slacking on learning the later standards of PCI. Basically, I need to build a linux system for an email server. I plan on using the following two main components, a barebones server and a 3ware RAID controller. Here are the newegg...

One of the strangest things about using Active Directory Users and Computers in a windows 2000 enviroment is the inability to list the operating system in a column and then export that list to a .csv file for editing. Does anyone know of an easy (or hard, I guess) way of listing the...

ClamWin would not work for a school in my opinion due to the lack of an active scanner, provided that the computers in the school run windows. I'm currently going through the same process for a car dealership, with about 80 PCs. I've recieved a quote from Kaspersky, running much less...

I hate to be the one to break this to you, but from my experience, your hard drive is failing miserably. I think you already know this, but looking for confirmation. MarkR has a good tip that I have also heard as well, which is to freeze the drive overnight in a freezer (being careful not to...

Thanks. I've contacted the Kaspersky sales team for a quote. Two servers, 75 workstations.

For years we've used Symantec Corporate AV, and while its not a bad AV product, it does seem to tax the system resources a little bit more than we would like to see. It is also a tad pricey, at around $2300 a year for the 70 PCs on a network I service. What is a good, cost effective...

Well, my coworker and I went with this off-the-shelf adaptec, 1240 is the number stuck in my head. I know it wont be as fast, but hopefully as reliable as the 3ware controllers I've been used to in the past. Hopefully, knock on wood, nothing will happen to the new hard drives in the system...

I am considering using a SATA controller, such as a SIIG SATA RAID controller for a server that we need to rebuild in a hurry. Normally, I'd order a 3ware raid controller, since this RAID controller is a true hardware based RAID controller. But, in today's case, I don't have the time to wait to...

Many times, actually. Its currently running at 40' and holding steady at 2000@200fsb. So, this whole time, it turns out to be my power supply as the culprit. The old one was an Antec TruePower 2.0, and its been replaced by some cheapo AGI 400w unit. Its heavy. I really don't know the quality...

Well, I've had a breakthrough. The new CPU came in the mail, an AQYHA, and this performed no better. I tried to push this as well, and would up the voltage to 1.725. Using the AbitEQ software supplied with my board, I'd monitor the actual cpu voltage readings. While the CPU voltage itself was...

Keeleysam, I've tried to clean off the cpu and reapply thermal grease. No luck. BoboKatt, It doesn't boot windows. If it did, it would lock up windows. Lock up even while I'm configuring the BIOS. I've tried upping to voltage from 1.625 all the way to 1.725. No luck Sandorski, I hope it...

A few years ago, I bought a Mobile Athlon 2500, and overclocked the heck out of it to 2300@@200FSB. And life was good. And, after time, I could no longer keep it at that rate and had to throttle it back to 2200@166FSB. And life was still good. About a week ago, even 2000 was hardly...

I've been trying to find an open sourced solution for an afterschool child care center for one of our Catholic School clients. While there are plenty of closed source solutions, there doesn't seem to be anything OSS directly for a day care center. If anyone knows of a program that can do...

One of our clients decided to purchase about 20 Microsoft Wireless Keyboard/Mice combos, and placed all of them in two large adjecent room. And, you can guess what problems came about. Yep, yer' right. At times, one person will move his mouse, and elsewhere in the office, another person is...