Re: restrict roaming profile by computer?

contact me at mtstream04 at yahoo and I'll reply with my real e-mail.

Pop3 - if you invest in anti-virus and spam filtering for your Exchange
server to protect your network, POP3 just bypassed it all. You have to get a
little anal about business systems are only for business. When I have
someone that insists on getting mail from other sources I make them forward
it to their Exchange account.

Printers - upgrade to 2003 R2. It's printer support actually works. It
doesn't set the default printer - I let the users set this and it remains as
part of their profile.

"rocketz21" wrote:

Our Pop3 accounts have been there ever since I started (1 yr ago) and didn't
realize there was problems with those. It's used to receive email outside
the organization. What do you use to recieve outside mail or what's the
issues with pop3/smtp?

I set up a printer script, but it was causing too many issues with those
that move around, the printer set as the default was following them and
things got printed to this or that printer, etc. To solve this problem I
created OU based on locations of workstations. Set up a login script to map
a few printers, then set a default and learned that I need to use loopback
processing in order for this to work.

The problem is I tried to write a script I found on technet that maps a
printer, excpet a local printer if one is present and it didn't work and no
printers were showing up and got to the point where I had to push it aside
and set up a script that sets a default printer based on a computer location,
regardless if they have a local printer or not. (My other option was nobody
would be able to print Monday morning). Sounds like you have some experience
in doing that, what do you suggest to make that work. I could show you the
script I was trying to use if you understand vbs scripts.

This discussion is getting a bit lenghtly with the replies and don't want to
post a lengthly problem, is there an email I could reach you at in the future.

"mtstream" wrote:

OST files get created when you first setup Outlook and it asks "Do you travel
with this computer" (or something along those lines). If you answer "yes"
then it creates an OST. This is completely unrelated to offline files. It's
also different than Exchange Cached Mode. If you go under Email Accounts -
Change - click "More Settings" - Advanced tab - Offline Folder File Settings
- there's a button to Disable Offline use. This is supposed to prevent
Outlook from looking for the OST file.

POP3 - whenever I hear POP3 red flags start flying. I never use/allow POP3
in a business anymore. Obviously if I'm not using it I can't really help
with this issue. You can try and post it to the exchange group but you'll
probably find most people are staying away from POP3 as well.

You will eventually have more computer config settings as you continue to
manage through group policy. I will typically implement security settings
(firewall configuration, wireless security settings, etc.) and some
configuration settings that need to be done as computer config. I also
prefer to push software application installs through computer config GPOs.

It's one of those things that is a pain to setup - you have to know all the
computer names to put them into the appropriate OU. But once you've gone
through the initial hassle it's pretty easy to maintain. I've started using
a naming convention for computers. I use: department (abbreviation) - D or N
for desktop/notebook - the system's serial number. This has worked well for
ensuring the systems get into the correct OUs.

I get fairly granular with my OUs for Users and Computers. The more general
the policy the farther up the list I apply it, but it's nice to have the
ability to drill down to a smaller group when necissary - specifically with
things like installing printers to departments or particular office settings,
etc. It just depends on how large your organization is.

I know this is not your chosen field but it appears the IT support has
fallen in your lap - or on your head? :) As you try to convince people of
standards and security, remember that most companies spend 70% of their IT
budget on infrastructure and its support (so only 30% is spent on improving
their business). Often times to reduce this they try to get cheaper
equipment/software/services etc. Which has the opposite effect (cheap
equipment actually costs more in the long run) - poor infrastructure averages
a 10% cost increase and 25% productivity loss on every IT business solution
project. The only way to control these costs is to use good equipment and
strong policies of standardization/security. The quicker you can get senior
management to realize that the easier your job will become.



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