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Bio: | | Ed's been around the game for a long time... after a 20 year gig in the US Navy, as an electronics technician and cryptographic whiz, he spent six years supporting the Trident submarine Command and Control systems in Newport, RI. This was followed by another six years at Fleet Financial Group, and another two years at Gtech Corporation (the world's largest lottery systems integrator), where Ed became their SMS 2.0 expert, deploying the very first production deployment of the SMS 2.0 product in New England (March '99). This role provided a rich learning experience from RTM, thru SP1 and on to SP2. This task saw the single handed deployment of over 40 SMS sites. Next, it was on to the role of the "SMS King" and corporate AntiVirus Administrator at CVS/pharmacy where he migrated their SMS v1x system to SMS2/SP3/SP4, and and ultimately on to a totally new 17 site SMS 2003 infrastructure. He also designed, deployed and administers the Altiris and Symantec AntiVirus client management systems' enterprise wide.
Ed is five time SMS MVP (2003-2007) and Industry Expert speaker at the Microsoft Management Summit series (2002-2006) He was also a participant in the SMS 2003 Early Adopter Program program; author of the Systems Management technical knowledgebase EdNet 2002; and, founder and co-facilitator of the New England Area SMS User Group (the largest and oldest known SMS specific User Group in the country).
Ed is currently employed as a Systems Engineer with 1e, Ltd, a Microsoft UK Gold Partner (infrastructure).
You can see some the family shenanigans at his son Rob's home page Down Under at http://communities.ninemsn.com.au/aldyinternational
Ed Aldrich
Ed.Aldrich@1e.com
Microsoft MVP, SMS (2003-2007)
401.924.2293
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Managing Microsoft Security Patches and Fixes with Altiris
10/9/2003 - Altiris
Did you ever wish you had a simple way to track Microsoft security patches on your Altiris clients, but didn't want to buy the new Patch management solution? Read on!
Error: ~E ~V in ~F is displayed in the user column in the Symantec System Center
9/10/2003 - Security
Posted to the myITforum AntiVirus list, this error message from Symantec is a bug with workarounds.
Configure Symantec System Center to Deploy MicroDefinitions Instead of the Full Definition Payload!
9/1/2003 - Security
Tired of pushing out the full 2-3mb definition update to your managed Norton AntiVirus devices? Use the "MicroDefinitions" instead!
Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition v8.1 (SAVCE) - Configuration Guidelines and Best Practices
9/1/2003 - Security
This article contains excellent "How-To" information direct from Symantec, focused on implementation, configuration and use of the new features in v8.1! Also included: the new AUDIT Tool and Bandwidth Utilization!!
How To Determine the Version of Your Installed SSC
9/1/2003 - Security
How to determine the version of Installed SSC.
Symantec A/V v8.0 Install/Upgrade issues
9/1/2003 - Security
We went from having a pre-RTM version (turned out to actually be a late-BETA) install on a server and a few clients when the RTM product was released back around the 5th.
Find and Repair DEAD Symantec AntiVirus Clients
9/1/2003 - SMS 2.x
You now have a managed Symantec AntiVirus environment. You are pushing definition updates regularly. You think that life is now pretty good! Well, how many of your clients are dead or dying and no longer in the console? Which ones are they? How do you get them fixed? Read on!
Finding and Repairing Dead Symantec AntiVirus Clients
9/1/2003 - Security
Your manager asks a seemingly simple question (usually right after a virus outbreak!): Are A/V definitions on all our systems up to date? Sounds simple enough until you really think about it. Just how do you answer the question unequivocally and accurately? Here are a few "solutions" being used!
SP5 Upgrade Fails on SQL Command UNSUPPORTED PLATFORM!
7/27/2003 - SMS 2.x
So you're nervously watching the old Progress Bar creep along on your SP5 upgrade, when it bombs out on some obscure error from SQL that says you're on an Unsupported Platform! What do you do? Here's one solution crafted by Rick Crawford!
Additional Patch Deployment Reports for SMS Feature Pack
6/9/2003 - Web Technologies
Need some additional views into your Feature Pack Reports for SMS? This is for you. Included are new additions/versions of the Global Compliance reports; and, a set of reports for Installed and Applicable status for both servers and workstations.
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