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ITT Minute - Professional Development
Updated: 2007-11-29 09:17:19
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you A while back we ran a professional development series. A new year is just around the corner. Be sure to check out a professional association to further your IT career. Links mentioned in this podcast: League of Prof...more...

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ITT Minute - Removing Shadow Copy Previous Versions Tab
Updated: 2007-11-28 01:38:10
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you Want to use Volume Shadow Copy Services on your Microsoft server for that extra layer of easy backup? But you don’t trust your users not to hose things up on their own? Here is a command to remove the previous ...more...

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Learning is a never ending adventure.
Updated: 2007-11-11 23:55:23
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you Turns out I didn’t go solo after all. Kevin joins me one more time because I had told him about some elearning material with Microsoft. It got him on a roll. I will be touching base with Anthony and Jason to see ...more...

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Post MCSE Bootcamp Report
Updated: 2007-11-05 00:38:29
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you Kevin joins me this show to talk about my mcse bootcamp and some other certification discussion.  We also talk about his final transition out of IT into his new position. Links mentioned in this podcast: MCSE Bootcamp...more...

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ITT Minute - VMWare Server Backup
Updated: 2007-11-07 09:38:15
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you Steve Giovanni tells us about a great way to backup VMWare images using the Windows Volume Shadow Copy service. The product is ViceVersa Pro from TGRMN Software. Links mentioned in this podcast: ViceVersa Pro Tags: V...more...

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An IT Manager’s Perspective
Updated: 2006-08-05 04:10:33
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! Lenny is at it again! Chuck Tomasi joins me while George is out of town and has to run Lenny out of his studio. A busy week in preparation for my trip to Cleveland this next week — seems the flood gates were op...more...

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Sigler is Back!
Updated: 2007-10-10 03:41:23
Description: Oh yeah baby! Scott Sigler’s next audio novel is coming out Midnight Eastern Time on Halloween. You can even win a death part in the story. I am so there. This promo of his novel isn’t kid safe. Also coming soon is the Friends in Tech ...more...

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Security Topics Abound
Updated: 2007-10-08 04:38:16
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you Chuck Herrin returns for a long show. We always get a on roll when we get together. I figure you won’t mind since it has been two weeks since the last show and I will be in MCSE bootcamp for two weeks before I c...more...

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Attack of the Hacker Crickets
Updated: 2007-09-17 04:17:04
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you Anthony (back for a second show) and I get together to talk storage, training, surf control and drive encryption. I really was frustrated by something in Surf Control that breaks HTTPS pages when using a deny all rule...more...

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Is it a real conversation if its on a virtual phone?
Updated: 2007-09-23 21:11:25
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you Jason Watkins is back for another show. He makes it despite being a new father. We cover a variety of topics from VOIP to VMware. Links mentioned in this podcast: SurfControl Clean Ad Blocking Paypal Security Token V...more...

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Sit Kerberos, Sit.
Updated: 2007-08-26 05:58:39
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you Our next Co-Host candidate Jason Watkins joins me tonight. Some listener feedback, talk about Kerberos and other IT issues from the past week. Links mentioned in this podcast: WGA Meltdown Article from Computerworld ...more...

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On the Air and the Air is On.
Updated: 2007-08-16 09:01:04
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you Anthony Gartner joins me this episode as co-host #1. We cover the gambit of stuff. Enjoy! Links mentioned in this podcast: Virginia Tour De’ Port Results posted online throughout the race Cisco WPA Settings Great...more...

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The show that was not.
Updated: 2007-07-26 03:58:37
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you Well darnnit. I had a few audio glitches. Anthony Gartner (our first co-host candidate) and I had a great full show recorded. Turns out my levels had gone to max when going to file and I didn’t know it. SO in...more...

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Interview - Chuck Herrin - The Big C and a 5 Million Dollar Laptop
Updated: 2007-07-19 09:15:00
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you Chuck Herrin and I talk about his final leap into the CISO position and the challenges going forward. We toss in some of the Roll Call segment questions to spice it up. Not that our Caber tossing friend needs much to...more...

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Interview - Paul Mancuso - Cisco Certification
Updated: 2007-07-07 03:49:46
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you I had a great talk with my CCNP instructor, Paul Mancuso. We cover the recent changes in the various Cisco tracks, studying BEFORE bootcamp and general IT field discussion. Links Mentioned: National IT Training and C...more...

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Happy Trails
Updated: 2007-07-03 05:23:51
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you We discuss lots of different items this week. Great listener feedback, user management, surf control and some stupid user stories. A big announcement at the end of the show. Also have a Happy Fourth of July to our US l...more...

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Surf is up, and we’re late
Updated: 2007-06-13 06:40:39
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you Yes… this should have been released a week ago. But here it is nonetheless. George has been swimming in his Surf Control setup and we chat about Comcast experiences — good and bad and some of the observed...more...

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ITT - Minute - Microsoft Download
Updated: 2007-05-27 20:23:11
Description: Andy Helsby of absoblogginlutely.net gives us an ITT Minute on Microsoft Download and keeping up with what they make available. Links Mentioned: http://thundermain.com/rss  Tags: Microsoft Download, Andy HelsbyDownload Standard Podcast...more...

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ITT - Minute - Missing Registry Permissions
Updated: 2007-05-31 09:50:35
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! This weekend I was cleaning up a Home XP machine that was infested with trojans etc for someone’s kid. Cleaning it was not so hard. Particularly using eEye’s new Blink product. Found stuff nothing else ...more...

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Lots of Dell this week…
Updated: 2007-05-22 16:52:39
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you Hey… we’re BOTH on the cast this week! As the title implies, it seems we did a lot of chatting about Dell this week — both good and bad. There were also several other tid-bits of information as wel...more...

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More integration in to Big Corp IT
Updated: 2007-05-06 19:06:17
Description: Sponsored by listeners like youAnother solo cast this week, George should be back behind the mic for the next show. A very busy two weeks it has been and I share with you some issues I’ve run in to with our efforts to hand over IT to corporate...more...

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ITT Minute - GeekTool
Updated: 2007-05-03 09:55:46
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you!Another brief tip for your IT career. This one introduces you to the GeekTool. A very nifty little utility for displaying certain types of information on your OS X screen — like pictures, log files, and script ou...more...

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Was, almost wasn’t
Updated: 2007-04-23 05:29:22
Description: Sponsored by listeners like youAt some point Murphy HAS to come around and start working FOR us rather than AGAINST us! George joins me for the second part of the podcast, and both he and I provide individual Cisco Corner segments. Be sure to check...more...

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ITT Minute - Acronis True Image
Updated: 2007-04-24 05:23:39
Description: The first of a series of occassional short clips, this time on Acronis True Image.AcronisTags: Acronis, True ImageDownload Standard Podcast...more...

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ITT Minute - HDD Rock
Updated: 2007-05-01 09:59:23
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you!Another brief tip for your IT career. This one introduces you to the HDD Rock. A tool for recovering hard drive read blocking level passwords.It’s a new month. If you like the show please drop us a review in i...more...

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Flying Solo
Updated: 2007-04-09 02:13:29
Description: Sponsored by listeners like youWell… Since I’ve been tied up with family things, George is behind the stick with a solo show this time. I’ll have plenty to share when I return, but George has plenty to chat about with his return f...more...

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No SysAdmin Left Behind
Updated: 2007-03-18 16:59:24
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you You may notice a difference in this episode, I’ve decided to try a test and drop down the encoding parameters a little to make the cast little more bandwidth friendly, and as the title implies, not leave any SysA...more...

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Virtual DST
Updated: 2007-03-05 04:23:25
Description: Sponsored by listeners like youGet ready… next weekend you find out if all your systems were actually patched. We’re definitely interested in hearing the war stories on this one. In this episode George and I discuss more on DST patches...more...

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How NOT to…
Updated: 2007-02-19 07:40:21
Description: Sponsored by listeners like youUgh…  the flu SUCKS!  George and I ramble on this week about a variety of things — How NOT to handle an exec, How NOT to keep personnel, some secure coding links, feedback from a listener on Groundwork Open ...more...

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Wireless broadband, more monitoring, and DST is coming
Updated: 2007-02-03 22:56:02
Description: Sponsored by listeners like youYeah… we’re on a bi-weekly schedule for the time being. George and I chit-chat a bit more about Wireless Broadband technologies including listener feedback on some of their experiences with multi-user rout...more...

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SNMPv3 and you
Updated: 2007-01-20 16:58:40
Description: Sponsored by listeners like youAnother long cast, to try and make up for the week we missed.  George provides a Cisco Corner segment on the use of SNMP v3 on your Cisco devices.  We also chat about its use within apps like Cacti and other monitoring ...more...

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A little help and Managed Services
Updated: 2006-09-29 21:48:39
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you!We decided not to leave you all hanging while we attend PME and celebrate George’s numbered days as a bachelor. We have a couple of e-mails from listeners who need your help with an answer, and fellow LOPSA memb...more...

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George has been tinkering…
Updated: 2007-01-07 20:27:54
Description: Sponsored by listeners like youHey! We’re back… again! A nice two-week breather for both George and myself. While George went nuts tinkering with all kinds of techie things, I took the time off and played with my new digital SLR. Great li...more...

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Nearly blown away
Updated: 2006-12-18 16:14:03
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! It took a little time to get this cast out, but here it is. After nearly being blown away here in the Seattle area, George and I were finally able to record — once I had electricity and internet access restored...more...

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Sox - Auditors, Controls and the voice of reason.
Updated: 2006-12-14 01:50:02
Description: In this episode George interviews Chuck Herrin about his Sox experience. Chuck is a former internal auditor and now is on the other side working for AIG. We discuss the burden placed on IT by unreasonable auditors and how to educate yourself so you...more...

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FiT Christmas Special 2006
Updated: 2006-12-07 07:15:05
Description: OK, Friends in Tech have done it again… Come December 18th, FiT will be releasing the 2006 Christmas Special, “Lucky the Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Geeks”If you haven’t done so, be sure to subscribe to the FiT RSS feed...more...

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Scam Slam
Updated: 2006-12-10 20:49:23
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you!A rather long show this week… This week George and I cover some scripting bits that George put together to track down a problem with Exchange as well as a little more on George’s LogParser script. We resp...more...

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OK…Enough travel, lets get busy!
Updated: 2006-12-02 05:43:19
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you!George and I are back for a show together — FINALLY!Tonight we discuss recent problems I had with my iMac — bad IT Pro… Bad, bad bad. George discusses a nifty way parse csv files using MS LogParser ...more...

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Viva In the Trenches
Updated: 2006-11-17 08:01:40
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you!I’m BAAACK! A week in Vegas and I was GLAD to be back home! Had a great time giving my presentations to our dealers and I was treated to a special “geek out” day in the middle of the week. My ̶...more...

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Social Skills
Updated: 2006-11-04 06:40:08
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! A quick cast to get you all something versus another week of nothing. No George this week, something about him getting married excluded him for participating… I just don’t get it. A big congratulation...more...

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IT OPs
Updated: 2006-10-22 19:20:12
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! Audio issues abound with this episode - we’re fortunate to get what we got this week — so no flame mails. Most of this week’s conversation centered around operational and organizational issues sur...more...

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Networking and Auditing
Updated: 2006-10-14 16:42:41
Description: I spent my week tracking down and correcting network issues while George focused on his SOX auditing solution. We received several pieces of listener feedback regarding George’s search, and even a lame joke. Also… Looking for any listen...more...

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Seeking out the perfect SOX reporter
Updated: 2006-10-07 14:50:45
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you George and I are back from PME and we promise not to bore you with talk about PME, but I will tell you, we had a BLAST! It was also great to meet up with fellow FiT members as well as the hosts of some of our favorite ...more...

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The jettsetter is back!
Updated: 2006-09-24 16:33:39
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you!George and I hook up this week and go over his trip to Europe as well a few other things. All this as we prep for PME this next week. Great listener feedback this week — keep it coming!Links mentioned in this p...more...

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You get a chance to catch up!
Updated: 2006-09-17 11:22:09
Description: I get feedback all the time from folks who state they love the show, but they are always playing catch up. So here’s your chance!Actually, George and my schedules simply didn’t match up this weekend due to family committments and other m...more...

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It’s a Vista week
Updated: 2006-09-09 07:15:56
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! With George out of town this week on business travel, Steve Holden of TechNews Radio sits in with me to discuss Vista RC1 and even a little bit on Office 2007. Jonathan Strine provides us a nice Admin-to-Admin segmen...more...

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Trip Planning, Upgrades, and DTS Jobs
Updated: 2006-09-02 15:21:28
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! George preps for his last-minute business trip to Europe, Kevin has a fun time upgrading an R&D machine to FC4 with i2o drivers, and also has issues with Perl and DTS jobs on a MS-SQL box. Lots of listener feedba...more...

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An empty house and George’s new toy
Updated: 2006-08-26 18:33:07
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! George joins us from his baren new man-cave attic and tells of his new breathing apparatus as well as his new forensics tool. We go over plenty of good user feedback, and I have a nice Roll Call segment with Jed Reyn...more...

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Photos, photos, and more photos
Updated: 2006-08-19 05:54:08
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! George and I are back this week — on time, nothing pre-taped. We received a LOT of listener feedback and have LOTs of photos to share with you about all kinds of things — the Cleveland ITT Geek Dinner p...more...

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Happy SysAdmin Day!
Updated: 2006-07-29 14:28:26
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! To all SAs out there in this big networked world… Happy SysAdmin Appreciation Day to you all! It’s more of a SysAdmin self-indulgent cast this week. I share my experiences at work regarding the day of...more...

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IT Careers Feedback and plenty of news
Updated: 2006-07-22 17:57:34
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! It’s another solo shot with George out doing training for SANS this week. We seem to have hit a nerve over the past couple of episodes regarding IT Careers. In this episode I address a few of the messages th...more...

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A Busy, Busy Week
Updated: 2006-07-16 01:43:29
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! Quite the busy week for both George and I, for different reasons as we point out in the cast. George is prepping for teaching his SANs course this next week and I’ve been overrun with a couple of foster kids....more...

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Skills lacking in the US?
Updated: 2006-07-08 06:24:49
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! George and I actually recorded this one a little earlier than normal. George has another Cisco Corner segment on granting limited access to your switches or routers. Listener John Lowry provided us with some mater...more...

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The Feedback Loop
Updated: 2006-06-30 00:00:00
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! Man, did the feedback come flowing in this week. George and I cover most of it, George provides another Cisco Corner, and, as promised, we announce the winner of the Name That Segment contest. Thanks to ALL of you...more...

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A Prickly Podcast
Updated: 2006-06-25 15:13:54
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! Prickly in that George and I both got the Cacti bug this past week and began implementing it in our environments. SO MUCH EASIER than MRTG. You owe it to yourselves to check it out if you have a need for network mo...more...

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Secure your data!
Updated: 2006-06-17 16:11:06
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! George is back this week… both for the conversation as well as with another Cisco Corner - this time on basic ACLs. Carol Andrew from the U.K. joins me for another Trench Segment — not only is Carol a ...more...

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Trench this… Trench that…
Updated: 2006-06-12 04:57:16
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! George took a little PTO this week so I was solo again. It seemed to be a Trench Segment-centric cast for some reason. Due to the heat, I had my office window open. At least I was able to hush the dogs… un...more...

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Data Centers, Durable Racks, and Diagrams
Updated: 2006-06-03 14:31:30
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! Poor George had to wait until Midnight (his time) for us to record, but he was a sport about it. I was enlightened about the different tiers of data centers, George experiences likely the most durable rack ever, an...more...

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ROMmon is my friend
Updated: 2006-05-29 04:21:41
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! Yeah, Kevin is sucking wind once again. But he does come through with another Trench Segment! George provides great practical advice on how to recover from a bad software image upload using the tftpdnld ROMmon com...more...

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Take 1, take 2, no… take 3, and VNC
Updated: 2006-05-20 18:23:45
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! A small, but humerous, stumble out of the blocks this week. George seemed to carry most of the show this week… I’ve been tied up with a new tasking that I can’t quite discuss just yet, but I will...more...

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Interview with Ian Berry - creator of Cacti
Updated: 2006-05-24 09:51:55
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! MANY MANY thanks to Jonathan Strine for putting nearly every aspect of this interview together. Jon approached George and myself asking if we’d be interested in an interview with Ian Berry, the creator of Cac...more...

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Oh what a week!
Updated: 2006-01-07 23:30:32
Description: We knew the week following the Christmas and New Year’s holidays would be crazy… but WOW!An incredibly busy week, thus, there is a LOT of content wrapped into this cast.Links mentioned in this podcast:Dealing with Damaged or Corrupt Syst...more...

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A better week - some APC, VoIP, Sendmail, and Powercfg
Updated: 2006-01-14 17:58:40
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you.Finally things are beginning to fall in to place at work. Users were ready to serve me my head, but we successfully turned that situation around. In response to the question about UPS manufacturers, George shares an ...more...

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LOTS of chitchat, feedback, and follow up
Updated: 2006-01-22 17:32:31
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you.Wow… we were a couple of wind-bags this week! You can get an idea of what the rest of the cast might be like from the first 3 minutes.Links mentioned in this podcast:Shadow Copy issueGreat segment on Spam over ...more...

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From the trenches to management and more feedback
Updated: 2006-02-11 21:14:49
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you!George and I were joined by our good friend Chuck Tomasi from chuckchat.com who shared with us some of his experiences going from the trenches to middle-management and a leadership class that he attended this past week...more...

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Vendors, Networking and Omnipeek
Updated: 2006-03-26 00:48:21
Description: This week’s show has a potpouri of items from vendor issues, networking, wireless, listener feedback and a comparision between Omnipeek and Solarwinds.Links Mentioned:Techrepublic Article on Cisco Routers and USB MemorySans Mentor ApplicationBS...more...

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I’m BAAACK!!! Gimme somethin to write on man!
Updated: 2006-04-01 08:21:27
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you!My 4 week hiatus has ended in just 3 weeks — I couldn’t stand to be away any longer.Baseball season begins, for us, tomorrow when Dan debuts in his first ever tee-ball game. Go number 7!!!It’s been a...more...

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DHCP, BSODs, and Terminations
Updated: 2006-04-23 18:17:33
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you!Sort of a light and mixed bag this week. George and I have a brief discussion on terminations and methods used from the technical side to disable accounts and/or take away access. George provides an update on the lat...more...

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ITT Alert - RealVNC
Updated: 2006-05-16 04:46:02
Description: Over the weekend the Internet Storm Center started talking about a vulnerability reported in RealVNC that allowed a bypass of authentication. They are now reporting exploits are already out. Please update now!Links Mentioned:ISC VNC Alert - http://...more...

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The train wreck show… almost
Updated: 2006-05-06 15:44:55
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you!We started out attempting to do a “Live event” at the last minute using Skype’s new Skypecast beta… but that indeed was a train wreck. So… as soon as we were finished, we went ahead and...more...

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MMS 2006, feedback, and a new Admin Challenge
Updated: 2006-04-28 14:00:31
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! Wow… this show has turned in to a massive linkfest! Microsoft held their Management Summit this week in San Diego, I was able to experience from afar via the TechNet blogs. Lots of info on MOM and SMS and o...more...

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ITT - Behind the scenes
Updated: 2006-04-26 05:30:35
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! George and I thought we’d share a little bit about what we use to produce ITT. Sorry… not much tech, but audio tech. So… if you’re looking to do you own cast, perhaps some of what we cove...more...

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It’s a Virtual ITT
Updated: 2006-04-08 07:29:53
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! Seems the big news this week stemmed around running operating systems on any other system you want… Microsoft releases Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition for FREE, VMWare now is offering their former G...more...

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DoS Attack on Bachelorhood, Career Chat and a Rocking Interview
Updated: 2006-03-11 06:02:53
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! Douglas E. Welch of the Career Opportunities podcast joins me this week. We go over various tech, IT Vendor and career thoughts. George is on his way out of bachelorhood. Toss in a cool interview with Chuck Herri...more...

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THE Cleanup, a cool Cisco SOHO router, and Feedback
Updated: 2006-03-05 03:00:27
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you!As promised… George and I are back this week to discuss THE Cleanup and other matters. Many thanks to you all for all the great feedback… Keep it coming!Yes, I get it… wuauclt.exe /detectnowSome o...more...

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Sorry… No ITT this week
Updated: 2006-02-27 03:36:21
Description: Wow… what a week! Most significantly, what an end of the week! At work we had a MASSIVE clean up day — and I mean massive. Everyone else only cleaned for 1 day, Friday. For me, I started on Thursday, and even had to continue with a ...more...

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Welcome to the Lair
Updated: 2006-02-19 05:54:47
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! George and I were pleased to be joined by the other half of Technorama, Kreg Steppe, who is now doing a podcast of his own, Valid Syntax. It was an odd week for both George and me… busy week, but nothing much...more...

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A little Cisco, a cool automation tool, and welcome back to Outlook
Updated: 2006-02-06 08:02:41
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! In an effort to simply get this episode out, I’m publishing this one without the show notes. It’s been quite a busy weekend complete with a wild wind storm, 12-hour power outage, a fallen cedar tree, and...more...

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Special Discount on Acronis True Image
Updated: 2006-02-07 00:56:52
Description: We now have the 20% discount for Acronis True Image version 9 available to ITT listeners. We are spreading this out among all Friends in Tech member sites, or at least those who wish to participate. To pick up your copy of Acronis True Image 9.0 at...more...

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Questionable Backup Policies or Non-Policies
Updated: 2006-01-28 22:39:32
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you! Yes… It’s another long-winded cast, but I assure you, this one is worth it (as if I would say it wasn’t.) This cast is driven nearly entirely by listener feedback. Several listeners responded on ...more...

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A better week - some APC, VoIP, Sendmail, and Powercfg
Updated: 2006-01-14 17:58:40
Description: Sponsored by listeners like you. Finally things are beginning to fall in to place at work. Users were ready to serve me my head, but we successfully turned that situation around. In response to the question about UPS manufacturers, George shares a...more...

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Oh what a week!
Updated: 2006-01-07 23:30:32
Description: We knew the week following the Christmas and New Year’s holidays would be crazy… but WOW! An incredibly busy week, thus, there is a LOT of content wrapped into this cast. Links mentioned in this podcast: Dealing with Damaged or Corrupt...more...

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Good Bye 2005 - an A2A piece on e-mail certs and volume expansion at MS
Updated: 2005-12-31 23:55:41
Description: Supported by listeners like you. Happy New Year! Hope you all have an awesome 2006! In this final podcast of 2005, George and I go over some more great user feedback and thank you all you for the great feedback as well as financial support over thi...more...

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A quick year-end tip
Updated: 2005-12-29 23:53:51
Description: Take this opportunity while co-workers are enjoying the holidays at home to schedule maintenance. And who says all of it has to occur with you present — schedule some of it. Links mentioned in this tip: System Scheduler Download libsyn.com/...more...

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ITT Security Alert - Zero Day Exploit in the Wild
Updated: 2005-12-28 20:27:10
Description: The Internet Storm Center at SANS.ORG has raised the alert level to yellow in response to a new zero-day exploit in the wild. The exploit, being tagged as the W32/PFV-Explot.A, .B, and .C, comes in the form of malicious WMF files being served curren...more...

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Call for submissions
Updated: 2005-12-27 23:36:06
Description: In preparation for the Year End Review, like we did last year, I’m calling for folks to submit what they feel were the most significant tech-related events of 2005. Feel free to send you submissions in via audio comments by using the Skype-lin...more...

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How to be a good SysAdmin
Updated: 2005-12-24 18:17:09
Description: Supported by listeners like you. George and I figured, if you’re going to receive a new iPod for Christmas, you might as well have some fresh content on it. Dave, an ITT and FiT listener, provided most of the material for this podcast. In...more...

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A Ton of MS info, and the return of Show Us Your Rack!
Updated: 2005-12-22 05:49:13
Description: Supported by listeners like you. Yes… this cast is late. But that’s what happens when life gets in the way. A great pre-Christmas show with lots of feedback. Keep it coming! We’re loving it! Along with plenty of feedback, we ...more...

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USB policies, a CLI goody, and protecting your identity and data
Updated: 2005-12-11 01:54:17
Description: Supported by listeners like you.Another week wrapped up, though it seemed typical of a Monday rather than a Friday. George and I share some user feedback regarding USB policies, a command line goody using WMIC, and protecting your identity AND your ...more...

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Expo wrap up
Updated: 2005-11-14 08:03:33
Description: Right up front… this cast is extremely light on any Tech content, but I couldn’t resist the opportunity to do at least one podcast with George face-to-face — at least once.We had a GREAT time, I’m already looking forward to n...more...

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A collection of previous Admin-to-Admin Segments
Updated: 2005-11-06 19:32:57
Description: Between George and myself, things just didn’t line up right. George has been sick, and I’m slammed in preparation for the Expo this next week. So… I decided to go ahead and re-air some of the previous Admin-to-Admin segments incl...more...

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Another truckcast about some command line goodness
Updated: 2005-10-13 04:12:02
Description: Sponsored by Gotomeeting.com and GoDaddy.comIt’s been a while since I’ve done a truckcast, so I decided to pull out the iRiver and rig up the Truck Studio again and bust one out on my way home from work today.I came up with a batch file t...more...

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A little on forensics, a book review, and a LOT of listener feedback
Updated: 2005-10-09 03:46:16
Description: Sponsored by Gotomeeting.com and GoDaddy.comThis one was a fun one… based largely on listener feedback and questions, I have to say it made for a much easier week of creating content. So if you’ve got questions… send them on. We...more...

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Network profiles on the Mac, some software updates, and VPN stuff
Updated: 2005-10-01 17:43:47
Description: Sponsored by Gotomeeting.com and GoDaddy.comGeorge and I were all over the place this evening… Pretty much just a general chat. George shared some of his joys of network profiles on his new powerbook, I share a little bit on a NetSH script th...more...

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Mobile Tech, Passwords, and Remote Admin. Oh my!
Updated: 2005-09-24 03:11:37
Description: Sponsored by Gotomeeting.com and GoDaddy.comWe cover dealing with some laptop issues from reloading to prepping for new users. Some tips and listener feedback on mobile phones, ICE and blackberries. Along with segments on Remote Administration via ...more...

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Certification interview do-over
Updated: 2005-09-18 18:34:52
Description: Sponsored by Gotomeeting.com and GoDaddy.comA couple of factors came in to play with today’s podcast. First, school has only been in session for 3 weeks and Daniel has brought home his first bug. Of course, it barely phased him… went s...more...

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Coffee and keyboads just don?t mix
Updated: 2005-09-16 04:36:36
Description: Sponsored by Gotomeeting.com and GoDaddy.comIt’s been an interesting week and a half… George and I share some of our experiences over this last several days. There was definitely more to share, but… we didn’t want to inunda...more...

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Volunteerism, mDNS, and some Mac Stuff
Updated: 2005-09-06 08:04:39
Description: Sponsored by Gotomeeting.com and GoDaddy.comGeorge and I talk about Chuck and Kreg’s interview with Michael Barnett of Intercosmos Media Group, the Internet company STILL in operation in downtown New Orleans. Interesting interview, be sure to...more...

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Call for Volunteers
Updated: 2005-09-04 23:37:37
Description: According to SANS - Internet Storm Center, the Red Cross has put out a call for volunteers for SysAdmins, Network Engineers, and InfoSec Specialists.The Red Cross needs volunteers with system administration, network engineering and information securi...more...

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Proventia Desktop Protector, Funny user interactions, and Cain-n-VoIP
Updated: 2005-09-02 04:03:21
Description: Sponsored by Gotomeeting.com and GoDaddy.comGeorge and I breifly discuss issues surrounding Hurricaine Katrina. Other things covered in this podcast:- Feedback on Proventia Desktop Protector- Some funny end-user stories- Water and telephone equipmen...more...

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Disaster preparedness, webcasts, and ConferenceXP
Updated: 2005-08-31 01:02:32
Description: Sponsored by Gotomeeting.com and GoDaddy.comAnother one of those casts that almost wasn’t… George picked up some audio tools over the weekend and I provided him with an excuse to put them to work. Not bad at all. Sure, the audio qualit...more...

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SQL Server logs gone berzerk, WSUS Install, and Windows on Intel Macs
Updated: 2005-08-26 03:32:50
Description: Sponsored by Gotomeeting.com and GoDaddy.comWe tried, but Murphy had his way with our audio this evening. I typically divide up our audio on to separate channels, the poor-man’s way, by panning left the audio from George, and panning full righ...more...

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Another Tech Chat - Affects of zotab and patch management
Updated: 2005-08-21 23:21:31
Description: Sponsored by Gotomeeting.com and GoDaddy.comRobert Kloosterhuis joined George and myself to discuss the affects of the zotab worm in our environments and the problems with patch management in general. I promise, unless something considerably news wo...more...

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THAT worm, a freebie for students, and a call for presentations
Updated: 2005-08-20 19:39:27
Description: Sponsored by Gotomeeting.com and GoDaddy.comAmazing… The window of opportunity to get systems patched from the time an update is released until it’s been tested and rolled in to production seems to get shorter and shorter with each discov...more...

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Worm Alert: W32/IRCbot.worm!MS05-039
Updated: 2005-08-16 23:46:31
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Being Flexible in IT
Updated: 2005-08-12 03:29:58
Description: Sponsored by Gotomeeting.com and GoDaddy.comWe talk about some important intangibles tonight. No huge list of tool lists, sorry. Inspired by a recent podcast and article from Douglas E. Welch of Career Opportunities: The High Tech Career Handbook, ho...more...

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Passwords and Webcasts
Updated: 2005-08-05 06:15:07
Description: Sponsored by Gotomeeting.com and GoDaddy.comSome great user feedback on a book. Passwords are a necessary evil but a headache when they go wrong. We cover some information on auditing them with rainbow tables.Cisco reveals today CCO logins were vis...more...

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nc8230 problems, AITP, A2A on BGInfo
Updated: 2005-08-02 02:43:11
Description: Sponsored by GoToMeeting.comWhat would we do without Mondays? What would we do without users? (besides be out of a job.) Tonight I covered some minor irritations I’ve experienced with users lately and an interesting problem with a Compaq nc82...more...

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SysAdmin Appreciation Day, WiFi, and Trustworthy Administrators and Ethics
Updated: 2005-07-29 04:19:24
Description: Hats off to all System Administrators.George and I discuss a little spyware, wifi, some security issues and finally Trustworthy Administrators and Ethics.Links mentioned in this podcast:SysAdmin Appreciation DayDeploying and Troubleshooting XP SP2 Fi...more...

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Show 100 - the contest, a firewall problem in XP and George is a switcher
Updated: 2005-07-25 16:29:30
Description: Many thanks to all those who participated in the drawing and congrats to the winners. Chuck Tomasi, Kreg Stepp, George Starcher, and myself had a fun time, but technical difficulties got the better of us. George Starcher fills us in on his experien...more...

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#99 - Some security feebies and links and a tech tool tip of the week
Updated: 2005-07-22 03:25:45
Description: Sponsored by Swining Ape Media - www.swingingapemedia.comI’m getting my listener line back! All it took as a polite inquiry to the new owner and he graciously released back to me. VERY COOL! George and I go over what’s to come in show ...more...

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Show #98, a contest for show 100, BartPE, UBCD4Win, and a book tip
Updated: 2005-07-19 04:10:45
Description: Sponsored by Swinging Ape Media - www.swingingapemedia.comThis weekend it dawned on me that I had to be getting close to show #100, and sure enough, this is #98! Guess I should have been paying closer attention. In honor of show #100, we’re h...more...

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The SysAdmin Song
Updated: 2005-07-16 11:55:07
Description: Sponsored by Swinging Ape Media - www.swingingapemedia.comThanks to all who have participated in the demographics survey. We’re well over 100 participants, still looking for more. Your input is greatly appreciated.Thanks to George for filling...more...

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User ID and IP migration, and Data Recovery after a System Restore
Updated: 2005-07-13 02:03:56
Description: George did a great job of filling in for me during this busy period. I was able to get a quick recording in during a lunch time. In this cast, we introduce a new segment from Steve Holden called the “Tech Tool Tip of the Week.” These w...more...

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Regular Expressions and sizing a UPS
Updated: 2005-07-09 21:09:23
Description: The podcast that almost wasn’t. A failed attempt with George Starcher on Thursday, another failed attempt with Chuck Tomasi, and finally a solo cast by yours truly — glitches galore!Today I point out a couple of good sites regarding Regu...more...

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In the Trenches - 07-05-2005
Updated: 2005-07-06 03:53:44
Description: Welcome iTunes users! Hope you like what you hear, and feel free to contribute–that’s what In the Trenches is all about! Some of you might be subscribed via the incorrect feed. If you receive a special audio message in the next few day...more...

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