I ended up changing the users Chrome password. I also recommended that she change all passwords. She had just started using LastPass and was adding sites as she went. Now she knows how to use the random password generator and is changing all passwords.

Maybe writing your own backup system is not a bad idea.

@scottalanmiller said:

NTG uses 7zip, PuTTY, Notepad++, VirtualBox too.

@scottalanmiller , you should check out KiTTY. Built from PuTTY but way nicer!

Aside from the form factor one of the things that is killing the Surface line of tabs is the app store. It's a running theme with Windows Phone. Internet loads of crapola.

BUT The surface 2&3 are by far a better fit into my workplace than the iPad and Android toys. If only for the ease of administration and getting them connected. Still horrendously expensive.

@IRJ said:

I found this after the fact, but I think this would be VERY helpful
http://kylgrn.com/2014/06/06/mcsa-office-365-test-70-346-70-347/

Awesome...thanks!

@scottalanmiller said:

@lance said:

@scottalanmiller

What is your opinion on Javascript and Node.js for backend web developers? I see a lot of back and forth on the topic throughout the internet.

It's making a lot of inroads on the backend but I don't see it lasting for forever. JS is a good language but not a great one. It just wasn't designed well for how it is being used. Once people start making Node.js-like engines for other languages, things will change rapidly.

Gotcha.

Have you looked into using an emulator so that the calculator runs on Windows rather than needing to attach to it?

http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/pc/emulators/

Good info.

Any luck getting them to whitelist you?

NTG uses xByte. They've been great. @g.jacobse already uses them so that works out well for him 🙂

@garak0410 said:

Dell verified this is OEM but didn't verify if I can use that "virtual key" to turn this into a 2008R2 Hyper-V host and use the virtual key for a single Virtual VM (which will be our SQL Server eventually).

That's not for Dell to verify. That's none of their business and there is no question on that. Server OEM can be virtualized. It's not a question.

@NetworkNerd said:

In the case of this application (Epicor), they made some big steps to just take out the Progress layer that was there even if you had a SQL back end. I'll take that for now.

Sounds like some seriously weak software from all descriptions. Have you guys looked at anything from this millennium? You might have your mind blown by how modern software works in this space. Running 90s software for a core function has to be really painful.

Thanks. I deleted because I found it 😛

Been looking for a way to print custom maps - but on 36"x 36" paper... Wonder if this'll do..

@nadnerB said:

What version of Outlook are they using?
Is Exchange on premise or hosted?

Exchange Online via Office365

Try running Outlook (start --> run) with a few different context switches:
outlook /rpcdiag
outlook /resetfolders
outlook /resetnavpane

I will look into doing this.

Are they using cached mode?

If yes, try disabling it.

Will try this as well.

Have you tried deleting the entire local mail profile?

Control panel Also, the contents of C:\Users\ %username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

I've deleted it from the control panel but not the contents of the AppData folder. I will try that too.

Thanks

Check his network drop. Maybe he is losing packets.

@thanksaj said:

@technobabble said:

@Minion-Queen said:

Yes it should happen quickly

I locked up a Join.me session on the PC by launching Task Manager

Way to go! 😛

Also locked up when I launched the events log. Not sure if this is normal for Join.me but it sucked.

11 hours too late, but it sounds like you guys had it sussed back @nadnerB called it as a public folder + calendar. It probably would have taken me a little while to get to that point as well, since I don't do a lot with PS in Exchange (we have a very low volatility environment here) lately.

@thanksaj said:

Not often, but my LAN connection goes from my dock to a switch through Powerline adapters to my other main 8-port switch and then to the router. If something fails at any number of points along that way, it's handy to have the failover.

Congrats on intentionally disabling a setting that is designed to make your system work better.

@coliver said:

Two main questions for the community.

What do you put into your documentation? Saying everything is a bit unrealistic although that would be the ideal, there has to be a cut off point where you assume most IT people have that base knowledge and thus doesn't need to be recorded

How do you write your documentation? I mean more along the lines of format, a log, how-to, etc?

I'm having an issue of what do I write up, I don't think I've really done anything special so it is difficult for me to continue with documentation when everything seems to be fairly (very) straight forward. I generally do all my write ups as how-to's, which makes them easy to work with and easy to pass along to someone who may not have the same technical acumen as I do.

I keep a standard format and try not to re-document anything that can easily be found online. My documentation is pretty much an explanation of why I did things the way they are, with config info, logical maps, basic info that should help any IT pro that is around after I leave can look at and be up to speed fairly quickly. I review it quarterly too, make changes and updates as needed.