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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:31:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[More like 10 ways to deal with 10 issues while making no impact]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Although the list of mistakes are correct, I think the accompanying advice lacks some creativity and following it may make you yet another annoying stuck-in-the-box IT admins.I offer a few alternatives:#1. Don't change just one thing at a time either. Come up with an overall plan and move different pieces of it ahead.  You might find limitations or capabilities while working on one piece that will influence or change how you do another, but if you focus too much on one thing, you fail to find creative ways to make things work together, avoid conflicts, and make adjustments  and changes in another area before you invest yourself in one thing (hardware, software product, vendor, etc..) too heavily.#3. &quot;you must insist on everyone following the rules.&quot;  Really?!  I say create a track system.  Capitalize on advanced user's skill by granting them priveleges.  If you want IT admin ho hum stability, fine, but if your interest is in moving a company ahead, don't tie down people who can help accomplish that.  It may require you put in some extra hours to mitigate issues that result...deal with it.  These people can also be great resources for the other people they work with, helping you offload some of the more routine user issues/questions so you can implement new things.#5.  If it ain't broke, don't fix it.  If there is little potential for a system to be compromised, why introduce new issues that prevent you from making real progress and implementing the kinds of things that address the root causes of issues.  Reserve your aggressive security and patching for systems that have outside accessibility, amd if possible keep your mission critical servers from external exposure.  Do you want to spin your wheels or move ahead. Remember that opportunity cost is important.  Evaluate the risks and benefits and make your decisions appropriately.#6.  This one should have a part B.. being too obsessed with security.  What is at risk?  What flexibility are you sacrificing?  For example, if you do not have sensitive data that exposes you to liability and you have bandwidth limitations, what is the overall cost impact in implementing and forcing users to go through a VPN to connect to a database server.  Just harden that thing up, manage it in such a way that you can bounce back from anything in minutes, and block all Chinese and Korean addresses lolDon't follow every IT rule for the sake of following it, follow it because it makes practical, legal, and economical sense.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mkaney@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:54:38 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[got that right!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have seen a great share of very &quot;dry behind the ears&quot; Windows, Unix, network, you-name-it admins as well that could use a few of these suggestions as reminders.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gfjim]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:42:56 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This applies to all Admins!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[So why single out one particular admin set claiming new Windows admins make these mistakes?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[The 'G-Man.']]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:52:33 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Beware of turf]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A new environment that looks peaceful on the surface can have hidden dangers that will sink your ship in a hurry.  People have usually staked out turf and woe to the person that violates unwritten rules.  Proceed with caution.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Industrial Controller]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:24:27 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Which goes along with my first rule of helpdesk...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[... get a confession.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[TechRepublic@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:18:20 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: 10 mistakes new Windows administrators make]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-281240-3012546]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Really helpfull tips and tricks to be applied.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ibrahimmohamed999@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:43:39 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What's wrong with a good reminder?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[RE: &gt;&gt; and a decent reminder for the old handsEven after doing a job for many years, a good reminder never hurts. We all often get busy, and over look the obvious, or get stuck in a rut of doing things a certain way, and make excuses for it, like, I'm too busy right now to worry about the details such as not documenting changes and fixes.I've worked with many seasoned veterans who kept all their problems to themselves, not asking for help when they needed it, not documented what they've changed or tried to do to fix the problem.  It only hurts the guy who fills in for them when they are off sick or on vacation.It's not just a list for newbies, but a good list for reflection, and self assessment.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BizMan]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:42:52 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yours might be a good example]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[of mistakes all IT folks and those managing them make: You said the boss wants a new firewall, but you have an existing one working fine. Is the new one required for a new feature, better security? Or like I've encountered too many times, someone up high in the foodchain thought it was a good idea, without any real knowledge? Alas, I digress from the article discussion. #12 might be to let the desired results drive the project, not the product we already bought drive the project.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jtakiwi]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:33:04 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Some of it might be useful to a new admin with no practical experience,]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[and a decent reminder for the old hands as they transition to new environments. #11 might be: Make no assumptions.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jtakiwi]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:28:24 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[And do something with that huge security log you are going to generate]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Auditing by itself is not very helpful in the grand scheme of things. You need something to actually condense and interpret the information for usability and compliance (if you happen to be in those industries). A well thought out system to collect, report and archive is a necessity. Also, you need to audit all the critical/logon servers for the complete picture.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jtakiwi]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:26:30 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[previous...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[haha...great]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mindspiel]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:04:53 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watchout and get it done!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Otherwise it may become a paperweight for a nasty pink slip.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[The 'G-Man.']]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:36:22 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[your unemployed]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[also not very useful]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[XnavyDK]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:03:31 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[exactly right]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Unemployed?  Not useful?  why do people do this.  I edited because I posted in the wrong place LOL]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[XnavyDK]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:59:43 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: 10 mistakes new Windows administrators make]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm not exactly afraid of asking for help, but I am sometimes too stubborn to ask for help because I want to figure it out.  This sometimes can exacerbate into a lag in getting something accomplished and making it look like I am procrastinating. Depending on your environment, this could be also looked at as inexperience in required/critical subject matter and a reason for hiring someone else.  For example, I cannot figure out why my firewall isn't working.  Its not a mission critical system because I have something else in its place for the moment.  But its been a back burner issue for far too long and I attempt daily to try and work the issue.  Its my learning process and one that I'm comfortable with.  But, My boss wants it to be working, I said I will make it happen.  But I digress as usual, just call me Digress man!its a great paperweight by the way.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[XnavyDK]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:58:31 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[One person's opinion.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you're not a new administrator, why are you even looking at it?  Not every article on TR is going to appeal to all readers.  Your comment isn't useful either.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:32:52 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Perfomance penalty]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Keep in mind that auditing has a performance penalty.  Also, some auditing can fill a log file pretty quickly.  Turn on what you need, or test options one at a time.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:31:43 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Amen to that !]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Been there and bought the T-shirt . . .]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[john.jelks@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:39:33 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: 10 mistakes new Windows administrators make]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-281240-2663437]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[not useful]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[seth.mh@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:57:11 -0800</pubDate>
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