• Cisco Phone System

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    TeleFoxT

    It is actually pretty difficult comparatively to other systems. I have worked with more than a few and I am not a fan of the complexity there.

  • SpiceWorld 2016 Austin

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    @scottalanmiller said:

    Not secret. Have to be in Hawaii in March for a family event so already a long way via the flight path. Kids are begging for a holiday in China so we plan on doing that. The plan is to move to New Zealand directly from the holiday in China. From NZ we will be using a lot of our free time to visit Australia as this is the only time that we know that we will be living in that part of the world. So like late April of 2017 through the end of the year in that part of the world. If we really find that we like Australia we could conceivably spend a few months there while in the "area".

    Then you can visit PH too 😀

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    @GregoryHall's method is what I used to do this exact thing a while back.

    Only thing I wasn't able to figure out was how to automatically add the group to people's lists - I ended up writing up some tutorials on how to add groups and which one to add for one of our departments that needed to use S4B.

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    Ah, I've not done that, that would explain why I had not seen it in that light.

  • KMS for Office 2016

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    OK that's just weird!

    There was a contact us email address in VLSC. I wrote them, included my license key and business information. They wrote back today indicating that they would create my key and I would receive it in a separate email. Additionally it would be added to my VLSC account.

    I actually received the email with the KMS key before this email, and sure enough, the KMS key is now in my VLSC account.

  • SQL Server Maintenance Task Failing

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    My co-worker wrote a quick stored procedure to make searching the command logs easier also.

    You can execute this proc with no parameter to see everything, or you can pass a search string. Remember it is a string and use the % wildcard appropriately.

    exec AA_CmdsExecPast24Hrs '%tablename%'
    exec AA_CmdsExecPast24Hrs '%Jared%'
    etc.

    /****** Object: StoredProcedure [dbo].[AA_CmdsExecPast24Hrs] Script Date: 10/08/2015 11:02:42 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO -- ============================================= -- Author: Bill Russell - Bundy & Associates -- Create date: 6/29/2015 -- Description: Returns a list of queries run over the past 24 hours. -- ============================================= CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[AA_CmdsExecPast24Hrs] @ContainsLIKE varchar(300) AS BEGIN SET NOCOUNT ON; SELECT execquery.last_execution_time AS ExecTime, ExecSQL.text AS [Script] FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats AS ExecQuery CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(execquery.sql_handle) AS ExecSQL WHERE @ContainsLIKE='' OR (@ContainsLIKE <> '' AND ExecSQL.text LIKE @ContainsLIKE) ORDER BY ExecQuery.last_execution_time DESC END
  • OpenFire Server

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    scottalanmillerS

    @bbiAngie said:

    My biggest deal was that when I took the class, my book was a few versions behind the OS version they gave us. All of my homework was explaining what it should do and why it wasn't doing it. It was a huge turn off for me.

    The turn off should have been for the educational process 😉 That's where the problem was.

  • How Do You Leave a Group in Skype

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    @scottalanmiller opens eyes wider Ah, so you did. Sorry, lol.

  • Connecting MS Office to Flickr

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    scottalanmillerS

    @Carnival-Boy said:

    I would certainly never call it amazing or wonderful!

    They had some dark years. System is returning to glory now, I think.

  • IT Asset Tool

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    @meghal said:

    @dafyre Yes i am looking for that kind of tool.

    Spiceworks would be the obvious place to start. At least check it out as a starting point.

  • Surface Pro 4

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    I use my Ipad all the time. I can work from it in a pinch.

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    scottalanmillerS

    Good way to think of it. Clean install is a little extra work today in exchange for a "known" or nearly known environment. An in place upgrade means carrying risk with you, maybe a little, but some that might bite you later.

    Or maybe the next IT guy, just leave the headaches for him 😉

  • Windows 8.1 to Windows 10: Mistake?

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    I would think it should be close enough - like you said,.. assuming it is like most companies.

    I do have another fall back option.. just a matter of coordinations.. Former co-worker has the same laptop (it's his fault I bough this thing).. so push comes to the last line,..I might be able to get it from him.....

    Maybe.

  • Stop Buying Hardware Before You Have Designed the System

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    @Dashrender said:

    Are you saying that I would skip ever talking to a sales person (until I'm actually read to buy) because the expectation is that I would get everything I would need from the forums consultants?

    I'm saying that salespeople are not part of this process until you are past your design stage. Period. They do not add value but add risk and confusion. No matter what process you use to get your information (research, forums, hiring a consultant...) doesn't matter. What does matter is that salespeople and others who don't have a reason to help you or don't have the resources to help you should not be engaged.

    There isn't an expectation that you will ever get everything that you need. That is a red herring. What matters is salespeople are not where you find what you need and you should never expect them to lead you in that direction. You should get advice from people whose interest is to help you, not from people with the explicit task of misleading you!

  • Weird laptop problem

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    scottalanmillerS

    @Brett-at-ioSafe said:

    The power brick is definitely the place to start but, the fact the fan runs continuously, makes me think it may not be the problem.

    I would agree. Seems likely that it is something other than the power supply if the fan is part of the issue.

  • CISCO IP PHONE SPA502G

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    Celery, yes that stuff for rabbits and me it would seem.

    Thank you for the recommendation @Dashrender

  • Office 365 and Access

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    We don't allow access. It requires a written letter signed by the employee and their boss to be submitted to the board for approval. we have 2 users across a very large company as well. we also don't support anything users make with formulas or macros in excel.

  • Hyper-V and deleting Snapshots

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    @scottalanmiller I think of Snapshots as a quick point-in-time view... if something breaks, I can restore that snapshot in mere seconds, and I'm good to go.

    If I have to pull a full image from a backup, it could take minutes - hours to restore that backup...

  • The Linux Jumpbox: How to

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    DustinB3403D

    It certainly wouldn't hurt to grab an older system and set it up to be your remote logging server for your ESXi infrastructure. It would at least give you something to look through while researching this issue.

    Have you asked on the ESXi forums if anyone has any input on this?