Good day - I learned a few HTML tags

@scottalanmiller said:

@Dashrender said:

You can only use the CNAME after you turn off the old server.

That's only because a CNAME wasn't used before. If you used service names rather than host names from the beginning, as you will now, this becomes transparent and you no longer need to turn off the old system.

This is a great point. garak - listen to this. Create a CNAME NOW, right now for that new server. Then use that new name for all of your new logon scripts. This will save you a ton of pain the next time this needs to happen.

Also, now is a good time to look at creating DFS shares instead of normal shares (OK not really instead of, but in addition to).

I have a webpage that I'm trying to add a horizontal line to, but I can't seem to get it to look correct on both IE 11 and IE 8.

Here is the code I'm using:

<style>
.line-separator{
height:2px;
background:#717171;
border-bottom:1px solid #313030;
}
</style>

and
<div class="line-separator"></div>

In Windows 8.1 I get

You'll see that #1 is a nice full length black horizontal line.
This page was originally built using the < hr > tags which don't work the same in a HTML 5 page, and we end up with lines like #2.

In windows 7 I get:

As seen here, Windows 7 does not like the CSS code used in #1, instead of a thin black line, I get a fat gray bar.
as mentioned before the < hr > tags work just fine as seen in #2

Any help in a common code base that will give me a thin black line in both would be appreciated.

It's one thing to discuss the purpose of the documentation and perhaps get the request dropped, but that's not what @aaron-studer asked for. He wanted a nice way to tell his boss No.

Then Threema is a great solution! and it's cheap! $3 or $4 per user one time fee.

The bad thing - a bit of a pain to setup (not hard, just not simple as normal texting). And both sides have to have it to use it.

This is the problem I ran into here. a few of my docs refuse to use it because they want a single program they can text anyone from (i.e. family, friends, that one doc in France they met while cruising, etc). But this is the same problem all texting suffers from.

Then there is the question, how do you enforce it? Normally you can't simply use MDM to remove their access to the normal texting app, because the docs will never get their family on whatever text solution you come up with, so they need the normal one so they can continue to text their family.

I'm open to any suggestions on how to get management buy-in for security use items, especially ones that can't wholesale replace the non secure current solution.

I'm sure someone can remind me what the root of the burst was last time?

Looks good.

An FYI for you. If you demote a server that has a FSMO role on it - DCPromo will push the roll to another server (at least it did for me once). But do as the documentation says, move them yourself first.

Heck, just to make sure everything is working well, I'd move all services (files/printers/av console, etc) off the old server, then after a few days to make sure that all works, I'd move the FSMO rolls then turn off the old server for a day or two. If your network continues with the old server turned off before you remove it from the domain, then you know everything has moved as needed. If when you turn the old server off, something breaks, you know you forgot something.

Is that all you have to do, add SSD's and ESXi will do the rest? Do you have to have a certain level of ESXi (like Essentials Plus or Enterprise)?

As much as it pains me to say - if the boss asks, you do (unless it's illegal). Plain and simple.

As for how you document, write yourself or rip from the internet - that's up to you.

@Aaron-Studer said:

@Hubtech Threema - Seriously secure mobile messaging

I was wondering If I should suggest this last night.

What problem are you trying to solve? Threema and Good solve to different problems.

It is a triology, so I understand the ending.

Hunger Games could have been a single novel story - I don't think Divergent was ever meant to be.

Don't forget, before you turn off the old server you should DCPromo it to remove it from the Active Directory. Then you can turn it off and delete the records from the DNS server.

You can only use the CNAME after you turn off the old server.

Last weekend I cut into my water main to install a two for a sprinkler system.

@Bill-Kindle said:

You can burn ISO's with windows 7 and 8. However, I don't think they will be bootable. That's why I've always used infrarecorder.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/burn-a-cd-or-dvd-from-an-iso-file

It will be bootable from that utility.
I guess I was thinking about the Vista/XP days - that same tool was available as a download from MS. Looks like it was included with Windows 7.

You have at least 15 days if not longer before this server will start shutting down on it's own. Give yourself plenty of time to make sure all things work.

Did you setup DHCP for the client computers?

As long as you don't have any NT servers or workstations connecting you should be good.

I was concerned that maybe my XP machines might have an issue, but there hasn't been one!

Click install.

FYI, you might want to edit your photo, your domain name is listed there.

@scottalanmiller said:

I just realized that you can make out the Johnny Walker Platinum behind the syrup.

we know what's important on your counter.