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[Joneyee]

Originally Posted by rudeboy

have you read through this thread ? for the moment the issue is resolved..

I hit the IRQ LESS THAN and went into tech mode.

I see that error about 40 times a day at work, and it is never the same thing twice in one day.

[rudeboy]

Originally Posted by Joneyee

I hit the IRQ LESS THAN and went into tech mode.

I see that error about 40 times a day at work, and it is never the same thing twice in one day.

<hehe..> shouldn't a techie read all the facts first :}

and in my specific case.. the responding members here were right on.

[MattB]

Originally Posted by Joneyee

I hit the IRQ LESS THAN and went into tech mode.

I see that error about 40 times a day at work, and it is never the same thing twice in one day.

Where do you work that you see that error so often?? I oversee about 250 pc's and I might get that error once a month and thats a push.

[rudeboy]

Originally Posted by MattB

Where do you work that you see that error so often?? I oversee about 250 pc's and I might get that error once a month and thats a push.

i was thinking about asking that.. but i didn't wanna come across as being rude :}

[Joneyee]

Originally Posted by rudeboy

i was thinking about asking that.. but i didn't wanna come across as being rude :}

I am a team lead for a enterprise support team of 30 people. We deal with servers all day long.

Don't mind me, Ive had alot to drink, its 1:05am so Happy New Year all

[Geekster]

Don't mind me, Ive had alot to drink, its 1:05am so Happy New Year all

Hey! He posted drunk! Put him on the "posted while drunk" list! And last night being New Year's Eve I'm surprised there aren't more! LOL
*sitting back and watching how ppl post hung over*

[Joneyee]

To answer this question more effectively this morning. I work on complex server systems running Windows Server, RHEL, and a myriad of other more obscure OS's. The hardware side I deal with multi-drive environments generally in RAID on IDE, SCSI, and SAS topologies. Multi NIC platforms which involves Teaming and TOE.

Its a good job, I don't interface directly with our customers unless they get escalated and start making outlandish demands. I am basically an upper tier technical expert and a corporate policy enforcer.

[cheri]

our server at work is too delicate. Im not allowed to touch it. Someone was useing our server to send spam a few months ago. IT guy said it had to be an inside job....a few weeks after that the delicate flower (server) crashed...leaving boss dude with a bill that he could have just purchased a more manly server.

my opinion is how inside was this job....hmmm me and my coworker got stiffed for weeks at a time with not being able to do our jobs...only one person made out like a bandit....am i being too suspicious? Can that kind of stuff happen remotely? Honestly we are a 2 person office and neither one of us are technology savvy like that....there was even mention of the cleaning people messing with the server...AFTER i was put off by the whole thing (actually hurt and pissed off).

Just dont add up to me.

[Joneyee]

Originally Posted by cheri

our server at work is too delicate. Im not allowed to touch it. Someone was useing our server to send spam a few months ago. IT guy said it had to be an inside job....a few weeks after that the delicate flower (server) crashed...leaving boss dude with a bill that he could have just purchased a more manly server.

my opinion is how inside was this job....hmmm me and my coworker got stiffed for weeks at a time with not being able to do our jobs...only one person made out like a bandit....am i being too suspicious? Can that kind of stuff happen remotely? Honestly we are a 2 person office and neither one of us are technology savvy like that....there was even mention of the cleaning people messing with the server...AFTER i was put off by the whole thing (actually hurt and pissed off).

Just dont add up to me.

If the server was being used to send spam it really comes down to network security and who has the administrator rights to install programs on the server.

What kind of firewall and anti-virus are running on the server would be my first question. What are the internet security settings of the server's native setup.

It could have been either. I nmy experience "IT" guys are hit or miss. Sometimes you get a really good one, sometimes you get a paper MCSE.

I would have looked at when it started and did a comparision with the event logs to determin whom, if anyone was logged into the machine.

To answer the last question, yes this could have been done remote by someone who either broke thru your network security, or has the remote credentials to log in. Also dependant on if the server has a web application, the web server could have been access through a vulnerability in the web applications running. SQL is notoriously bad about vulnerabilities.

[rudeboy]

Originally Posted by Joneyee

I am a team lead for a enterprise support team of 30 people. We deal with servers all day long.

Don't mind me, Ive had alot to drink, its 1:05am so Happy New Year all

i understand, but still it sounds kinda high...

have a great '08.