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re: SMS 2003 Client Log Descriptions

JEE — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:59:01 GMT

Thank-you for this! Allowed me to identify the exact client log I needed to check with the SMSTRACE tool to check status of an advertised package. Now I also have a completee list of all of the client logs, and more importantly, what they report on. Much appreciated.

re: FTD Sucks

Jenni B. — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:02:17 GMT

After horrible experiences with FTD (flowers sent to my mother on mother's day arrived dead) I resolved to only use local florists in the future. When I went to my hometown florist's web site I noticed they are a member of the Teleflora network. I also found out the fabulous florist who did my wedding is also a member. Teleflora uses only local florists (they have members in every state) and in most instances will get your order delivered the very day you request it. If you don't know a local florist you can place an order at Teleflora.com and they will contact the florist. All flowers are delivered in vases, no boxes (the worst!) I have not been disappointed since.

re: Altiris vs SMS (Round 2)

salman gilani — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:25:59 GMT

honestly dont be biased towards one product , sms 2003 or sccm needs a lot of training , but if you understand the product how it works and how to implement then you will do wonders with sms and cannot with altiris, biggest plus point of sms is the integration with AD and other vendors.

Microsoft is big any day.

Salman Gilani

ITS

re: My (Soon-To-Be) World Famous 3-Meat, 3-Bean Guinness Chili Recipe

lduncan — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:18:44 GMT

Glad so many of you have come to enjoy the recipe. Please keep the comments coming!

(Brock, sorry but I don't know off of the top of my head how many 8oz. serving it will produce.)

re: My (Soon-To-Be) World Famous 3-Meat, 3-Bean Guinness Chili Recipe

brock — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:17:51 GMT

how many 8oz servings

re: FTD Sucks

SAINT LOUIS FLORIST — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:25:04 GMT

I OWN A FLORIST IN SAINT LOUIS AND FIRED FTD THE DAY AFTER VALENTINES DAY 2007.

THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM CRASHED 4DAYS PRIOR TO VALENTINES DAY AND THEY NEVER GOT IT FIXED UNTIL VALENTINES DAY MORNING. IT COST MY COMPANY OVER $85,000.00 NEEDLESS TO SAY WE ARE HEADED TO COURT REAL SOON.

CALL THE LOCAL FLORIST. AND SAVE YOURSELF A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY. TRUST ME YOU PAY DEARLY FOR THEIR SERVICE.STL

re: SMS 2003 Client Log Descriptions

Ramesh Katta — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:27:07 GMT

After reading this...i got the knowledge of client logs to verify if there is problem with agent installation...

re: My (Soon-To-Be) World Famous 3-Meat, 3-Bean Guinness Chili Recipe

shannon — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:25:24 GMT

I used this recipe for a work organized "chili cook-off". I added my own twist..... I drained the juices from the beans and added a second can of Guinness (I love my irish beer) as well as a tsp. of cinnamon and Tbs. of sugar. The extra beer and seasonings help cut the spiciness a bit, but not too much.

I won 2nd place overall and received rave reviews! Thanks for the help.....

re: Opsware: A Promising Force in IT Automation

Nathan — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:22:02 GMT

I have to agree with you that the acquisition of Rendition Networks by Opsware will surely strengthen their business and make them more of a force in the world of <a href=http://www.stratavia.com>data center automation</a>. I have always been curious about their products and service as the company I work for has never used any of their automation tools. We are currently using Stratavia for things like Run book automation and a few other IT services and thus far their tools have performed up to snuff. I have heard rumblings coming from the suites that they’d like to implement more automation software in the near future and I’m wondering now, whose and when.

re: My (Soon-To-Be) World Famous 3-Meat, 3-Bean Guinness Chili Recipe

Cimmerian76 — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:33:52 GMT

I tried this recipe last weekend. It was very good. I couldn't find canned tomatos and chile's, so I ended up with Tomato and Jalapeno. It gave it a pretty heavy kick. Excellent recipe. Congrats on the victory.

re: My (Soon-To-Be) World Famous 3-Meat, 3-Bean Guinness Chili Recipe

Mike — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:02:42 GMT

I will be using this recipe this coming Saturday in at Toronto's most prestigious annual chili cookoff.

Wish me well.

Thanks for your inspiring work.

re: FTD Sucks

Pissed Rep — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:10:56 GMT

Hey, I am also a rep at an FTD Call center (however, due to some papers we had to sign saying we wouldnt do this, I had to leave the location out). I have been there for a while and at first it wasnt bad really and truly. What happened was a guy by the name of Michael Dorion came to power as the companies VP of operations and since then the company has gone to hell in a handbasket. Its all about the number and great lengths have been taken to ensure customer service is slowly disappearing. The requirement for a representative at this point in time is to have (by the end of the month) an average call time when taking an order of 7 minutes or less. This really isnt that hard considering the information needed. What sucks is that the same requirement when dealing with customer service issues is 5 minutes and 15 seconds. Pretty stupid huh? To anyone who orders from FTD.com, I agree with the girl Melissa, just ask for a supervisor right off, it’ll help you AND the rep better, cause if the rep is trying to help you as best as they can, and have to check with supervisors and such to get permission to do certain things they will help you but they get in trouble for taking too long. When you ask for the supervisor, they can send you over to the person in charge who has more rights to anything and everything more than the rep does, and it wont hurt thier times either so everyone wins (you can get more out of a supervisor is the point im making in the case of the consumer) To respond about the FTD in California, here is something I know that the girl may not have. The Arkansas center and the Oregon center have a program FTD runs called “Flowers All Hours” which they provide an answering service for the florist. Also keep in mind when florists are part of FTD (and Teleflora’s) services, they most of the time have some sort of designation that they are a part of that. If you combine the fact that is all they show, then you get this answering machine (which is suppose to act like they are from the shop’s location, ie Sacramento, California, etc) that might do it too as far as sounding like tey are in a call center in california. For those who feel a little more malicious when you have to deal with us, get the supervisors name (first and last, if you can) thier emails are all the same format and you can bug them all you want, for example if the persons name is John Smith, then the email is jsmith@ftdi.com, just use the first initial and last name. It would be so much fun for all of our supervisors to get harassing emails from spoofed emails and stuff, make our IT work on something for a change (laughing). Hope this helps guys!

re: My (Soon-To-Be) World Famous 3-Meat, 3-Bean Guinness Chili Recipe

mktexas — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:29:20 GMT

I entered this in a chili cookoff, and out of 8 chili's, I won first place. Excellent chili!

re: Creating an SMS Collection for Systems Missing a Patch

Phil Day — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:39:20 GMT

Thanks for the sql queries, the did the job for me. I did find that for Officeproducrs I needed to change the query a bit. It seems that Office patches dont have a Q number or an MS0n-nnn number collected in the database.

Si I created this query to do the same job for Office patches :

select SMS_R_System.ResourceID,SMS_R_System.ResourceType,SMS_R_System.Name,SMS_R_System.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_System.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_System.Client from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_PATCHSTATE on SMS_G_System_PATCHSTATE.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_PATCHSTATE.Status = "Applicable" and ( SMS_G_System_PATCHSTATE.Title like '%918419%' )

re: FTD Sucks

Sherri — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:00:00 GMT

I am a florist that has been in the industry for over 18 years and now have my own store. The sad truth is that most people are now ordering so many flowers online instead of through a "real florist". Instead it is easier to go to what we refer to as "order gathering companies." FTD was designed as a resource for florists to use where we could join (an organization) to give us accessability to other florists to help get orders where they need to go. Instead they decided to take the orders themselves and then the florists have to pay them a percentage to get the orders. So really we're all getting screwed. That is of course except for FTD, Teleflora and 1800 FLOWERS, (which is the abosolute worst.) Your best bet is to look up a florist online and call them directly. We can tell you exactly what we have, what we can get, and offer other options. It is also cheaper because "order gathering" companies also charge high service fees that lead you to believe it is the delivery charge when in reality the delivery charge is figured into the price on the website. These websites are great to see what an arrangment may look like or to give you ideas. Write down the item number of what you like and then call a florist directly and we can also look up that item number. I hope your next experience is a better one. Good luck.

re: Altiris vs SMS (Round 2)

SomeGeeza — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:06:53 GMT

You're just missing the fact that Altiris works great day in day out, and SMS struggles to do what you need it to do or just doesnt work - and if it does it takes too long.

re: SMS v5 Wish List

Keith Cook — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:30:10 GMT

A GUI that collects and parses ALL the various SMS log files on a given client so I can see what is going on with in real-time. Something with a bit of intelligence built into it so I can cut down on client troubleshooting.

re: FTD Sucks

DAVID — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:43:16 GMT

All florist as in all business, they are in it for the money. Reading about how FTD rips off florists, FTD charges an amount of money for the arrangement plus a service fee. The service fee goes to FTD the rest of it goes to the florist. i can not see how this is ripping off florists. I have ordered many flowers from FTD and because I am able to read I have had no problem using their service and will continue to do so in the future. If you look up FTD on the BBB you will notice that anything that they have been submitted for the BBB has found in favor of FTD. There is obviously a reason why they have been around since the 1910.

re: Creating an SMS Collection for Systems Missing a Patch

Mary B. — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:11:52 GMT

Just tweaked with patchstateEX and it was as good as new. Thanks for keeping this online. Saved me some time.