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    • scottalanmiller

      Windows 8.1 Microphone Gain Changes Automatically
      IT Discussion • windows windows 8.1 • • scottalanmiller

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      Dashrender

      @Grey said in Windows 8.1 Microphone Gain Changes Automatically:

      @scottalanmiller Why are you on 8.1?

      Customer I assume.

    • scottalanmiller

      Free Upgrade to Windows 10 in 2019 from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1
      IT Discussion • windows 7 windows 8 windows 8.1 windows media creation tool windows 10 windows licensing • • scottalanmiller

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      @JasGot said in Free Upgrade to Windows 10 in 2019 from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1:

      @scottalanmiller said in Free Upgrade to Windows 10 in 2019 from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1:

      Two weeks left for those trying to go from Windows 7 to Windows 10. The Free Upgrade depends on the OS being current, remember.

      Do you think those people who have not upgraded by the 14th will be UNABLE to install and activate from their Windows 7 or 8.1 key?

      Notice how I didn't ask about any licensing issues. I already know that answer. 🙂

      Likely the ability to upgrade won't change, if there was time/date detection, we'd already have heard about it.

    • steve

      An Overview of Windows 8 and 8.1 - CompTIA A+ 220-1002 Prof Messer
      IT Careers • comptia a+ 220-1002 prof messer youtube windows 8 windows 8.1 windows it training video training it career • • steve

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      scottalanmiller

      @brianwinkelmann said in An Overview of Windows 8 and 8.1 - CompTIA A+ 220-1002 Prof Messer:

      Interesting, I didn't know Windows 8 has many features, but I don't think I can consider install Windows 8 in a Pentium 4 3.0 GHz with 3 GB RAM.

      You should not consider ANY old OS, really ever. Outside of learning what support used to look like, which is effectively worthless, conceptually using an old OS is a bad idea. Windows 8, especially, is only one generation newer than Windows 7 which is already crazy old. Windows 8 is something like eleven versions old already!

    • scottalanmiller

      Windows NT Release History
      IT Discussion • windows windows nt windows 10 windows versions windows vista windows 7 windows 8 windows 8.1 windows 2000 windows xp • • scottalanmiller

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      Updated with 1903

    • gjacobse

      How to: Set Numlock via RegEdit
      IT Discussion • windows 7 windows 8 windows 8.1 windows 10 regedit set numlock • • gjacobse

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      hobbit666

      Good tip had someone on the phone last week saying their number lock wasn't staying on after reboots

    • DustinB3403

      Network Printer Removal - GPO Configured
      IT Discussion • gpo windows windows 7 windows 8.1 windows 10 printers • • DustinB3403

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    • mlnews

      Old Windows Updates Blocked on New Processors Now in Effect
      News • windows 7 windows 8 windows 8.1 skylake ryzen kaby lake microsoft wsus windows updates patching ars technica • • mlnews

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      https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/13/microsoft_kills_support_old_windows_on_new_chips/

    • mlnews

      Windows Locking Out Updates for Old OSes on New CPUs
      News • windows 7 windows 8 windows 8.1 ryzen amd intel patching windows desktop • • mlnews

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      My answer to the OP. I mean I am not saying MS is good or bad, or Linux OS's are good or bad. But the OP was just a whiny bitch.

      0_1489771473077_upload-b9cb86b3-5bb0-409a-bbe8-3b4008d3a94f

    • gjacobse

      Solved Script Assistance requested
      IT Discussion • batch script scripting windows 8.1 windows 8 windows 10 drive mapping vpn • • gjacobse

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      Thanks @Mike-Davis

      That is just want was needed. added it to my other script and works great thus far.

    • gjacobse

      Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB
      IT Discussion • surface 3 surface pro surface pro 3 security password reset windows 8.1 • • gjacobse

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      nadnerB

      @gjacobse said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

      @Minion-Queen said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

      I would but it's a customer machine so off to MS to get fixed it goes.

      I still like the sledgehammer option

      Frisbee?

    • Ambarishrh

      Windows 7 and 8.1 updates switching to cumulative monthly rollups starting in October
      News • windows update windows 8.1 windows 7 • • Ambarishrh

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      scottalanmiller

      @travisdh1 said in Windows 7 and 8.1 updates switching to cumulative monthly rollups starting in October:

      @scottalanmiller said in Windows 7 and 8.1 updates switching to cumulative monthly rollups starting in October:

      I've seen a lot of people complaining that there have so many small patches break things that this will cause support problems for them.

      I should pull the local repair shop owners in here, you'd never hear the end of it.

      Ha! Yeah, why do patch updates only seem to affect consumers and SMBs?

    • scottalanmiller

      Preparing Windows 8.1 for Guacamole Support
      IT Discussion • windows 8.1 rdp guacamole guacamole 0.9.9 • • scottalanmiller

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    • scottalanmiller

      Updating Windows from the Command Line
      IT Discussion • windows server 2012 r2 windows server 2012 windows 8 windows 8.1 windows updates sam windows administration • • scottalanmiller

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      @scottalanmiller said in Updating Windows from the Command Line:

      Keeping a system up to date is very important and doing so from the command line can be one of the easiest ways to do this on Windows.

      Updating a Windows system, server or desktop, can be as simple as running this command as an administrator:

      wuauclt.exe /detectnow /updatenow

      If you only want to look for the latest updates without applying them, you can just run:

      wuauclt.exe /detectnow

      Also:
      wuauclt.exe /a /detectnow

      (/ResetAuthorization)

      http://ss64.com/nt/wuauclt.html

    • stacksofplates

      Windows 8.1 Start Menu
      IT Discussion • windows windows 8.1 • • stacksofplates

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      @scottalanmiller said:

      @johnhooks said:

      Well looks like I might actually have to go over there. I tried to switch users and it looks like it's stuck or something. TeamViewer is hung on a cannot display error. Suck.

      Never seen that with SC, just saying 😉

      Well I normally use NoMachine and connect to the ZT network I set up for them. But somehow she screwed that up as well. So this was a last ditch effort to get something working.

    • gjacobse

      Unsolved VPN Connect continually drops
      IT Discussion • ubnt l2tp windows 8.1 windows 8 vpn • • gjacobse

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      @gjacobse said:

      I was informed that he is about 20' from the router on Wireless, but that TWC is to be onsite today to setup / move the equipment and then he will be within 5' of it.

      Just hope it's not to close and overloads the wireless radio's.

    • gjacobse

      Cleanup Script for USERS folder
      IT Discussion • windows 7 windows 8 windows 8.1 windows 10 active directory domain • • gjacobse

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      Dashrender

      I'm confused - You're using folder redirection, so the local copy of the data is only there for speed or network connectivity loss. So there should be nearly zero data loss if you delete the profile after the user logs out.

      I'm not sure if there is a reg key on Windows Workstation OS, but there definitely is on Server OS for Remote Desktop Services.

      This was something I've seen often turned on to keep the local storage needs of the RDS server from ballooning out of control from left over profiles.

      User logs into RDS, downloads profile, user logs out - copy is pushed to the server and local directory is deleted.

      Pretty standard practice.

      I'd be surprised if this wasn't available on say Windows 7, etc.

    • gjacobse

      Roaming Profile Cleanup Script
      IT Discussion • windows desktop profiles roaming windows 8 windows 7 windows 8.1 windows 10 • • gjacobse

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      @gjacobse said:

      @travisdh1

      No - User accounts are 'left' so that is connection to the AD / DC is lost, then the user can still log on.

      That's not totally true, all profiles files are left, that doesn't mean you can still login to it necessarily. There's no process for AD to talk to the local computer to tell it the user was removed. It is just a directory service, The local computer has to request to login to the account. There is no method AD to tell computers anything changed without them requesting.

    • gjacobse

      Revert Windows 10: Process
      IT Discussion • windows 7 windows 8.1 windows 8 windows 10 • • gjacobse

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      nadnerB

      Just putting it out there for the sake of it.

      You can run the User State Migration Tool...
      https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824873.aspx

    • thanksajdotcom

      Touchscreen Not Working on Acer Aspire 5600U
      IT Discussion • acer lapto touchscreen windows 8.1 acer aspire 5600u • • thanksajdotcom

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      @thanksajdotcom said:

      The only good Acer machines I ever saw were the netbooks. Those things were just awesome!

      Their monitors can be 'ok' but not great. Granted Acer doesn't really make them. Neither does anyone else make their own monitors for the most part.

    • Dashrender

      Pings to Exchange server sometimes result General Failure
      IT Discussion • windows 10 windows 8.1 exchange ping • • Dashrender

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      DustinB3403

      @Jason They can't connect to the domain network, they're force onto the guest network. As we required any devices that want to join the domain network, they must already be in the domain.

      Additionally, they need to authenticate via RADIUS.

      The guest network is vlan'd off.