@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.

Well while trying to find how to do this, I stumbled upon the MAX Remotemanagement system tray. I have enabled it on my test rig for...wait for it...testing.

Though I can't send a note to my customer, the reason I wanted to was for a pending reboot. I found that MAX already sends that information and you can't miss it. But I also found how to give the client a choice to abort the action and reboot later, which is what I wanted the note for.

I found this website which shows the cool stuff to do using GFI RemoteManagement's system tray.

To enable:

Logged into MAX RM portal chose the W10PE PC and right clicked on it. Clicked on System Tray and changed setting to On Added Menu Option 1 - Type: Local File - Label: ABORT reboot - path: shutdown.exe - Arguments: /a Click OK.

You WILL need to inform customer about the system tray and the ability to use the link to cancel a reboot. The system tray icon looks like a life preserver and if you click on it all of your menu options will be there such as website, support ticket link, how to stuff links etc.

Once the user logs back into their PC the system tray is automatically setup and is ready to go. If the user sees the message that the PC will be rebooted by your IT service provider, they can go to the system tray and click the "abort reboot" and go along their merry way.

Yes I would say so. For now.

@Hubtech Thanks for the assist.

@g.jacobse said:

SharePoint Work flows? It's unlikely since we haven't delved that far yet...

InfoPath is really a tool primarily for getting data into SharePoint. So if getting data into SharePoint's database so that you can manipulate, store and workflow it then InfoPath is really good. If your goal is something else, then it just generates XML. If you are building your own XML parsing system then that is great. If not, probably not the tool for you.

Thanks for all of the advice...we found that we needed some licenses and we purchased them and are about to send in the letter.

Thanks...
Brian