@IT-ADMIN said:

so you didn't complete the transition to FreePBX, you restored your Mitel VOIP system because you found FreePBX limited and not meeting your need ?
i'm sorry to ask you this question because i didn't well understand your story because my english is not that good so i was confused, did what i understand is correct ??

I left my existing Mitel system in place, and expanded it with more Mitel equipment for my new location.

My plan to just adding more phones to the new location and not installing a new PBX was not the way we installed because the pricing savings of installing a new PBX and bridging it into the old system was less expensive.

Ah I think that I knew that. Although I don't feel like I've seen his alter ego much either.

@NetworkNerd said:

This was something @FiyaFly and I worked on together, and I believe he was the one who fully resolved it by changing the baud rate settings on the physical fax machine. But I can say for a fact that this setup worked and is still working today at the site in question.

good job 🙂

Have you tried restarting the Windows Search service?

@Jason said:

We have a couple of sharepoint sites, It really doesn't get a ton of use though.

I feel that we get far less use when it looks nice because it is then harder to use. It's the easier, uglier tools that seem to get the love the most.

Digging through my notes I also have a note that Cox had to switch from a Atrica to Alcatel SBC. At least that was their claim. In the end they didn't swap the box and instead made changes to the existing Atrica.

@JaredBusch said:

You could have an upgrade + clean reinstall, but you have to either do that or have a new license.

Yes, I did the process just to get a license but I never ran them.

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Having a MediaWiki walkthrough lab project would probably be a good idea.

@brianlittlejohn said:

I think what leads to roles being all over the place is IT people usually are very good at troubleshooting so they can go up to a problem with little prior knowledge and figure out what and how it is supposed to work and what could be causing it not to. Along with that (at least from personal experience) we don't have a fear of breaking stuff further, so we're inclined to dig into it further to find the issue.

Also, IT people tend to learn things by themselves very well and are always learning something new. At my job, I hear people talking about an issue that isn't necessarily an IT issue, but I always end up helping out which leads me to do things that would fall out of my normal job description.

This is also a big piece of it. The people who tend to gravitate to IT seem to be naturally gifted learners in many cases. We seem to often be the type of people who have the aptitude for any career we set our minds to and can be at least somewhat passionate about. I've done the exact same thing. What that brings in terms of benefit is understanding the business you support and how IT can meet the current needs and expand the business. Or even improve the efficiency of the current business.

But yes, our natural propensity for learning anything and everything, and being like I am in that we like to know things just for the sake of knowing them, can be both a blessing and a curse. However, if someone is motivated, that just means they move from L1 to L2 quickly, and maybe to L3 and up quickly as well. However, picking up new skills doesn't really change the definitions of the tiers. It changes the person's definition of where they are located within those tiers.

@Dashrender said:

On the Windows side we have the free version of Unitrends and Veeam for VMs, but I'm not sure of one for bare metal.

Those can become coupled if you share accounts. So it is not a panacea.

None at all, I would avoid PS2 completely if I was implementing a Thin Client Setup.

I was just looking up Linux Thin clients and came across that "guide".

@IT-ADMIN said:

oh, sad to hear that, almost all of my download are from sourceforge, can website like this include ransmware in the downloaded software ???

Very possible. Relatively unlikely as they would never have customers again, but it could happen. Bloatware is very likely, though.

Python is a great place to start. Lots of good learning resources for it. And easy to use nearly anywhere.

@Chris said:

I am not 100% sure on this, but I believe you need the 5+ installs of Office 2016 for KMS to activate the clients.
You can cohost the Office 2013 KMS host and the Office 2016 KMS host on the same system. Its my understanding that the Office 2013 KMS host will only activate Office 2013 clients.

Good to know!
Thanks.

@StrongBad Exactly! The UPS it's self can be used and refurb'd but the batteries must be new.

Here's an AGM battery that someone tried to take apart. (Don't try that at home!)

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And, of course, this is from the array itself. The RAID controller should have a RAM cache. That can, depending on the workload, make a truly massive difference especially if you have 1GB or more.

Glad that it is working for you now.

if it is an emergency and for a client you haven't dealt with before - contract, terms of sale, before the work starts
problem is that best of intentions are often forgotten - when the fire is out.
i agree with the video - get paid then and there. get authorization, credit card, whatever
you don't want to be in court chasing unpaid debt. only the lawyer wins.
set out expectation before you start work - ie when the pain is still current. and get it in writing.
but this must all be done BEFORE you start - anything.

I use Filezilla. My dad uses WinSCP. Six of one, half dozen of the other. I think WinSCP is more secure, some people have complained about security design choices in Filezilla but nothing I'm worried about.