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    AD Domain Rename

    I'm trying to understand what the best way to perform an AD rename is. I don't think I actually want to rename the domain itself, but either create a new domain/forest or likewise. Little background - our company and another merged - they don't really use AD (they have it setup, but none of...
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    Increasing Cisco AnyConnect VPN Speeds

    Just came across this recently and figured I'd share my discovery. When deploying a VPN solution using the Cisco AnyConnect Client over SSL, using JUST the SSL tunnel makes things painfully slow - in the neighborhood of 1-2 Mb per sec, even if bandwidth is adequate on both ends. The key is to...
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    Help with a gaming build

    Hi guys - my current system is around 4-5 years old, so I'm looking to upgrade. My current system is a Pentium D 930 with 8 GB of RAM, a GTX 275, and an Asus P5WD2 Premium. Tasks: My main uses for the system are gaming (L4D 2, BF:BC 2, etc.). The system is starting to lag mostly on the CPU...
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    SLA monitoring?

    We have a new business requirement to provide SLA information to clients on our internal systems. Does anyone have any ideas on how something like this can be accomplished? We need the time between each device in the chain incoming and outgoing. Devices in the mix are Juniper firewalls, Cisco...
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    Anyone ever use AuthSMTP?

    Our current mail provider limits the number of outgoing emails per hour to a relatively small amount (600 per hour). We're building new applications to email the entire employee list of our clients (with the client's approval / notification), so we're looking to send much more than 600 emails an...
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    Windows 7 Taskbar Annoyance

    When having multiple shortcuts pinned to the taskbar, the program will open and take the place of the icon. Typically, that'll be fine, but when it's in the middle, it gets annoying as the taskbar turns into APP -- ICON -- APP -- ICON -- APP etc. Anyway to turn this behavior off? Here is an...
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    70-680 count toward MCSE?

    Anyone know if 70-680 is planning on being counted toward the MCSA/MCSE path? I'm coming up on the client portion of the path and I'd prefer not to take XP and really don't want to take Vista. Anyone know if the Windows 7 exam will count?
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    AntiVirus for Windows Servers?

    I'm looking to replace our Antivirus, as McAfee recently end-of-lifed it (currently have McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0) - We're thinking of going up to the current version of the app (8.7), but want to weigh all of our options out prior to doing so. The other options we're looking at are...
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    Nmap 5 is out

    For those not aware of the new version release, Nmap 5 is out and available for download - http://nmap.org/5/
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    LTO-4 Drive Recommendation?

    Our current LTO-2 auto loader is starting to shit the bed, and we're out of a valid service contract and Overland wants us to pay for the repair, then pay another $2,000 after the repair to get it back under valid maintenance. For another $2,000 and cost of new media, we can upgrade to LTO-4...
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    Alternatives to .NET Session State Management?

    We're in the process of rolling out a server farm that consists of ASP.NET applications and we're looking for a good way to handle session state. The application relies heavily on state (and we don't plan on making any changes to it), so we'd rather not take the performance hit and go with SQL...
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    XP PCs and VLAN Switching (NOT 802.1x)

    We've been having a few laptops with issues where if they go to a different floor than their desk, they cannot plug into conference rooms and get network connectivity (different floors are different VLANs). There aren't any routing issues, as all traffic gets routed without issues between the...
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    Dumb question on Cabling

    We're moving into our new building in a few weeks, and I in reading another post here, I just got to thinking about something... All of our cabling was professionally done (from the keystones to the patch panels, we're patching the panels to switches and drops to hosts), so need for you guys...
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    Multiple Public IPs to single interface on ASA?

    Hi All - Here is our situation - We want to have the ability to assign two public IPs to a single interface on an ASA. We're going to be using it for SSL VPN, and we want the ability to have a somewhat redundant connectivity for our traveling users. We don't need automatic failover or...
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    SSL VPN

    I'm curious as to who runs SSL VPN devices, and if you do, what type of hardware you decided to go with and why. We're coming down to the final selection of a hardware SSL VPN solution and am curious as to what you guys use/have used. If anyone has any reccomendations, we've narrowed the...
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    Stackable vs. Non-stackable for Edge switches?

    Hi All - We're planning a network overall right now and we have somewhat of a tight budget to work, so we're trying to shave some costs on the edge. We priced out all 3750's for our edge switches (we need PoE, so the 2960's are no go without having to get 7 switches per closet), but it's just...
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    Good Layer 2 PoE Switches?

    Anyone have any experience with l2 managed poe switches? The only L2 ones Cisco makes are 24 port max, and I need about 120 ports on 1 floor, and another 65 or so on another. (5 and 3 switches with little to no redundancy on each floor). The switches are about $1800 each, not including smartnet...
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    Anyone using a Platespin Forge?

    I just came across this product when doing some research on P2V software, and it looks absolutely amazing DR solution if it can do what it promises. It looks like a relatively new product here in the States, but has anyone had any experience with it? We're going to be looking to setup a colo and...
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    Problem with P5WD2 Premium booting?

    Hey all -- I have a wierd problem with my p5wd2 premium... I have 4 SATA drives all together, hooked up the 4 sata ports by the southbridge (none are attached to the single SATA port by the cpu). I have 3 of the drives in a raid array and the 4th (raptor) on its own. The problem is, I set the...
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    Poor Overclocking on Pentium D 930?

    Hey guys, I recently bought a Pentium D 930, and it is seriously a joke of an overclocker. I dropped it in to the same rig I had my p4 630 running at 3.9 stable on air, so the D is kind of a surprise to me...Right now, I'm only running stable at around 3.31. My load temp (dual primes +...
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    Sata Driver Issues

    I'm trying to install my OS on my raptor, so I downloaded the SATA drivers from Silicon Image's website -- so I copy the files on the floppy, boot from the XP cd, press F6 to load the drivers, select the drivers i want off the floppy, and I can see the drive in the partition manager. I can...
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    typing with remote wonder?

    is it possible at all to type with the ATI remote wonder? I tried typing in AIM like a cell phone kind of deal, but it just shows numbers....anyone have a way or any other software to get this to work?
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    9800 Pro Woes :\

    My new card arrived yesterday, Built by ATI 9800 Pro 256 MB version...I bought it off a friend, and it was working when he pulled it....I go to install it in my system, and no go...Continous short beeps...So i reset it, and its fine, but then it hangs at the AMD Athlon XP 2500+, Performance...
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    A7N8X (non-d) and MBM question

    I can't seem to find the right temperatures for my cpu and system using MBM...I've tried each diode, and they are all off a couple of degrees according to the bios temperature...For those of you whom have an A7N8X non-deluxe (I wanna say revision 1.04), what diodes are you using in MBM? Or if...