Why WSUS and not Windows Update for Business? It's so much better.

@srsmith said in Dynamics 365 issue - no idea how to fix:

Finally have a temporary solution for this issue. The MSP has put a temporary workflow in place that can be manually run on one or more work orders to generate the documents and attach them as notes to the record. Not ideal, but it works for now and surely beats having to manually create the documents by copying / pasting the data.

@travisdh1 said in Dynamics 365 issue - no idea how to fix:

have them open a ticket with Microsoft

Thanks again for the suggestion - since the MSP has determined that this issue isn't caused by our environment, user permissions, or templates, they did precisely that. Now we wait to see if this is a issue with an update or from something else going on...

Good luck! Microsoft "support" is always a pain with a go-between stuck in the process.

@scottalanmiller said in Laptops versus desktops and roaming users:

@irj said in Laptops versus desktops and roaming users:

@obsolesce said in Laptops versus desktops and roaming users:

I've not worked in hospitals but can image them with different needs and device purposes.

I worked for an 18k employee hospital system. All the support staff (IT, administration, etc) had laptops. The hospitals themselves used desktops as shared stations, but even administrators (or anyone with an office who didn't use shared computer) at hospital locations used laptops.

I work with doctors and we see desktops over laptops. Lots of laptops, to be sure. But desktops remain common that we see. Even in current green field deployments.

Oh - for the doctors themselves - absolutely, in general it seems they don't want to carry anything around with them, so that leaves desktops as the primary interface for them.

In hospitals in-patient care I generally still desktops also generally with swipe care access, at least on in room computers.

@abnerh69 THANKS!!!

@jaredbusch said in Need to split this string in PHP:

This:
https://github.com/sorvani/freepbx-helper-scripts/commit/23ef9bd7aca3d791217aab86ddd53b30d7838563

And yes @Pete-S or @JasGot whichever one of you always yells at me to not use " I know I need to clean that code up more 🙂

@dafyre said in AD/AAD and VPN integration:

I can't quote much on the VPN side of things, but we use MFA here for nearly everything now.

Duo Security (duo.com) is great. You can use hardware keys or the app on your phone, and it's quick and easy enough to manage.

Edit: Even our VPN now requires MFA, lol.

Not everything supports Duo, though, such as WHfB unless you go through another IDP that does support it.

@pete-s said in What am I doing wrong with ffmpeg:

Can you have both ass and srt in the same container and have it working?

Yes, it works perfectly.

Edit: To be more precise, using the "working" multi-step process above, the mux that adds the ass files shows this. So it seems to be converting it. But I can also force it to srt, and various examples from search results show people mixing srt and ass with no issues.
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found and am starting here:
https://techwizard.cloud/2020/11/10/powershell-tip-office-365-invoke-re-register-mfa/

@obsolesce said in Is it authentication?? Slow response.:

@siringo watch resource monitor, resmon.exe, when during the delay of opening an app seemingly caused solely by connecting to the wifi network.

For paint.exe to open instantly prior to wifi connection, then slowly after, and instantly off wifi... seems like you'll notice something in resmon somewhere. Maybe A/V or something. Look at everything even the network and possible new tcp connections when you open paint.

I've got some time to look at this today, thanks.

@wrcombs said in How to view .TGZ files?:

I can view all the files from the tgz file after extracting to tar files. but can't actually open or read the files inside of there.. The issue with this is when they send me logs, the logs are also in TGZ files..

I figured it out -
I have to open the archive in 7zip -after extracting, then use notepad++ to open the file, and it is readable in English to me.

@wrcombs - Or drag and drop the PDF file to the local computer and print it locally.

@gjacobse said in Does a script imply Automation?:

@stacksofplates said in Does a script imply Automation?:

What reasons are cited when they fight you on this? This should have been scripted years ago.

Can I buy you a beer, or case,.. or....

There is such a push for 'security' over anything else that it's Not allowed to the point of when onboarding someone, things are missed (or worse; added and not needed) so you have to retouch an account more than once.

I've mentioned it since day one, made suggestions, and even found one that would cover most anything needed... It would only need to be adjusted to this environment...

It's always 'blocked' or ignored or what ever. Powershell Remote execution - even if signed - is turned off. To perform a task needed by a process we are starting (MS AutoPilot) PS is needed - by design.... So, I have to run it - one damn line at a time,.. and circumvent policies and such just to do the tasks needed. It's so seriously ridiculous to need and be told to perform a task - and can't because of the aire of security.....

Find somewhere where you want to work. Life is too short to put up with places like that.

K3B was my go-to app back in the day and it looks like it's still somewhat actively maintained

@stuartjordan I seem to recall this being one of the reasons I got away from KDE a while back. Some quick google work shows that it might be solved by using kio-fuse but YMMV.

@eleceng said in CAL Counting:

These will be device RDS CAL's and pretty much the same account logging in all the time. But we may have technicians from time to time login and open an additional session so we may need extras to cover that.

Will they be using the same systems thin clients as the non-tech users?

@jaredbusch said in script to download and extract MicroSip portable:

@dashrender chocolatey can easily run as non-admin. The question is whether or not the application installs can handle that. Of course your centralized scrips for keeping things up-to-date would not get that use your space one you have to have a script to keep the user space chocolatey package up-to-date also

Yeah, I'll have to look at it - but only after someone else actually picks ownership of the package back up. The current maintainer has stated he's no longer maintaining it.

@scottalanmiller said in Milestone VMS Hardware:

@garak0410 said in Milestone VMS Hardware:

I'm following this as I almost feel like the only Milestone user in the world sometimes...

So for you this thread is a ....

wait for it....

milestone?

Youtube Video

If it does not work then yes just deal with clonezilla. It is not too hard to make ELI5 instructions.

@eleceng said in GPO's for System Hardening:

@jaredbusch That is the correct way and the way it's done in most manufacturing plants in the U.S. and International. That has been best practice for the last 25-30 years. I am in 8-10 different manufacturing plants [per week as a consultant and that's how it done.

That's awesome that the plants you work for do it that way - but I agree with JB - it's likely not that common in reality.

Hell - the sure number of SCADA systems on the internet in mind boggling.