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  • Thanks for the replies guys... I may of found an alternative (with of course the ones people have suggested here) to RSync. Oe the Windows end we use Backup Express. Perhaps the company has a client software we can use to backup the Macs with?…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by physguy Still not sure what your question is. Veritas NetBackup has already been mentioned as a 'commercial' backup solution. We use Retrospect on a mixed Windows/Mac environment. If your using the Windows's Backup …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by lexicon5 So why not connect the Macs to the Windows servers and make the users work from the network instead of local? There is a command line you can run so they do not create resource fork files and .DS_Store files o…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by lexicon5 What are you using to back everything else up? We use Veritas NetBackup on our Leopard Server, thats as commercial as you can get...it'll work on workstation too...it's integrated perfectly with the rest of th…
  • I apologize for my previous post... when I don't get enough sleep I get really cranky and dumb. So please let me repost.. According to the US-CERT the DNS vulnerability does exist in FreeBSD, since I haven't seen any mention of Apple fixing this…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by aresee Did you even read the article? It was talking about a vulnerability with Domain Name Servers. The standard, client version of the Mac doesn't have a DNS, it calls one. Usually your ISPs, which could be a BIND (B…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by bbwi Again, I'm not 100% sure there is a client version of BIND but it would probably affect your DNS performance. If you wanna be more specific as to what you're trying to accomplish maybe we can find a work around…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by bbwi Are you talking OS X Server? I honestly don't know if there is a BIND client but generally BIND is a server component. Sorry, I should of been more specific. I would like to remove BIND from the client vers…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by filburt If Mac OS X's built-in color calibration wizard isn't sufficient, you want monitor calibration tools such as huey Pro (Amazon). Thanks much.
  • Turned out it was a DNS problem from when Comcast updated their network a couple months back. It still had the old configuration and that's what was slowing it down. Thanks for the help guys.
  • Quote: Originally posted by ragingloogie slow? my iMac G5 is fine with the internet... theres moments when itll be slow, but theres numerous reasons why that could be happening... i have cable, and when a lot of users are on at one time, it get…
  • Quote: Originally posted by lundy I'd suspect the cable also. But it could be some processor-hogging thing, or a proxy set accidently. It is a router connection, right? Not just hubs. We can take a look at your network settings - copy an…
  • Quote: Originally posted by JLL Is AirPort turned on? Nope.
  • Quote: Originally posted by His Dudeness Is it plugged in via ethernet or is it on Airport? Ethernet.
  • Quote: Originally posted by O4BlackWRX Drag the application folder next to your trash can, make sure it is past the veritcal line that seperates the other items on the dock. So in other rights Right of that line. I tried that, but it didn't w…
  • Do you think I should upgrade the RAM later on?
  • Quote: Originally posted by mynameis What would be the benefit of having one be firewire? I don't there would be a benefit, unless the external USB wireless adaptor doesn't support 802.11g.
  • It took me a few hours (I was taking my time), but the iBook is as clean as I can get it. I really appreciate all the help you've given me O4BlackWRX, but I have one more question regarding the iBook. Would it worth my time to upgrade the HD i…
  • Thanks, I used my friends AC Adaptor to power up the iBook for a while and everything seems to work just fine. One thing that I didn't notice that he pointed out was how dirty the keyboard was. Seriously the keyboard looks like it's growing hair (…
  • I'm also a college student, so I guess the sure fire way would be to go check tomorrow on campus.