Not in ed setting but... that Blaster worm and big power outage summer 2003 made us hop to it and become more proactive. Deploying Windows patches and updates Upgrading workstations OS ( and servers too) Making sure Vscan is up to date New UPS admin software Updated IOS on WAP and Switches Print server redundancy ( and DNS entry. For DFS too) Working on SQL server redundancy Yes it keeps us busy and we still have the regular helpdesk calls and special projects. We are over worked too. PS Being proactive means less OT. -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Shriner [mailto:aShriner@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 11:14 AM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Proactivity Does anyone here (besides me) work in an educational/K-12 setting? Namely, public education... My boss just sent an agenda out for a meeting, and the biggest part of it is determining how to be proactive about a lot of things around the district... while that's not a bad idea, I'm wondering how he's planning on pulling that off, when every knowledgeable person in my department has enough of a workload for three people. Going beyond that, I've worked with most of the other school districts in our area, and none of them appear to be proactive at all... and employees that I've spoken to in other districts agree. <sigh> I know I probably shouldn't even send this message out, but what the hell... I haven't got anything to lose at this point. Thoughts? Andrew ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm