Head and brick wall comes to mind....

I don't see any security issue, if anything you should allow people to see what's being installed whenever they are silently installed or not.
It just seems strange and you are being vague with what you are asking and you are not listening to the same repeated answers which Scott stated.

Post some of this batch file leaving out any sensitive information you are worried about, but remember it's plain text, so you should not be storing passwords or anything sensitive in batch files anyway and even if you encrypted the batch file, the user will still need to unecrypt to run the file, so thats a flawed option.

If there is nothing malicious in the batch file, then you should have no issue posting it?

Still not finished Mr Robot yet, only A few episodes left now though...

I love the talk of 5g when theres a lot of the UK that cannot even make 2G phone calls. We don't have enough cell towers in non city areas of the UK, I can barely make phone calls where I live.

Just signed up for this webinar, looks like an interesting one:
https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2019/03/07/full-vdi-stack-xcp-ng-xen-orchestra-uds-enterprise/

Hi, been a while since I've posted.

Whats everyone thoughts on VitalPbx?

@scotth nothing wrong with the specs of that system, perfect for learning with to be honest.
Don't overthink VDI, it's really just a collection of VM's with management tools for automatically creating machines from base images, load balancing, gateway management etc.

Microsoft have their solution built into windows server called Remote Desktop Services, Citrix have their solution which adds more functionality on top of this and use a different connection protocol called ICA which uses less resources than RDP. VMware have their solution called VMware Horizon View.

I don't use VDI per say, I use session based desktops (shared Desktop) and would recommend using this for most scenarios, VDI is expensive, needs fast storage and needs to be setup and planned correctly. I've seen a company use a VDI solution that was crap to use due to the SAN being flakey and the environment not being setup correctly. VDI is excellent if used in the correct manner and for the correct purpose though.

There are trials you can use, download windows server evaluation and start off with RDS and see how you get on, I believe Citrix and VMware have trials for their products as well.

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-21-04-is-here

Intresting:
Active Directory: Bridging the gap between system administrators and Linux developers

Ubuntu machines can join an Active Directory (AD) domain at installation for central configuration. AD administrators can now manage Ubuntu workstations, which simplifies compliance with company policies.

Ubuntu 21.04 adds the ability to configure system settings from an AD domain controller. Using a Group Policy Client, system administrators can specify security policies on all connected clients, such as password policies and user access control, and Desktop environment settings, such as login screen, background and favourite apps.

Just installed another SSD into my main home pc.
Going to install Deepin on this.

@scottalanmiller They need to focus on the main desktop version of windows 10 and get that bloated bit of crap sorted. not missed it at all since being on Ubuntu. Went to change the adaptor settings on a windows machine the other day...how many clicks now....piece of crap.

Well that's one hell of a location for the cabinet...lol

The Coffee link:
https://www.tech-coffee.net/2-node-hyperconverged-cluster-with-windows-server-2016/

@WrCombs Nice to see someone else using Greenshot

Microsoft are helping a lot adding to the kernel. I'm sure if they really want to help in the future they could help more with wine compatibility. If they could help with running more programs on Linux would be great.

I personally think they should move over to a linux based MS OS with a compatibility layer for windows software. Just imagine how much less work they would have if they started using the Linux kernel. Not that there is anything bad with the NT based kernel. They already reduced their windows based team years ago. Probably the reason why they are doing pieces at the time with Windows 10.

@scottalanmiller - it-is-the-insanely-long-commands-that-get-me
Even though they do have tab completion.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@StuartJordan said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs Nice to see someone else using Greenshot

Lots of people do, it is pretty popular.

It's brilliant, been using it for years.

Someone has got a high electric bill:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15096237/cops-find-bitcoin-mine/

COPS were stunned to find a Bitcoin "mine" stealing thousands of pounds of electricity during a suspected warehouse drug raid.

Officers in the West Midlands thought they were about to bust a cannabis farm - but were met with the advanced tech scam instead.

@wls-itguy this the command I believe:

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.SnapIn;

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

No one else has called me back or are interested because I don't have experience.

We need to review your resume again. You've got more experience than your boss, and someone hired him so...

Agree with this...you got to sell yourself!