Maybe the system image restored failed due to errors found in the failing HDD.
Why dont you just backup the data of files in :
C:\Users
And the other drives besides C using a light Linux Live OS (Gparted) or WIndows recovery enviroment.
And take his browser profile, and bookmarks.
Thats what most users need anyway.
Installing Windows 7 or any windows from scratch takes 5-10 mins on good machines and 15-20 on slow ones. then restore the data.
@jaredbusch said in I.T Question for Parents:
My children each had their own iPhone (without a SIM) at age 3. My daughters are now 7 and 9.
I controlled what was on it and still do.
I monitor where they go on YouTube and Netflix once I allowed them to use it.
I monitor their history after the fact if I learn they were watching something when I was not present.
This is called being an engaged parent.
My children were never given a device as a pacifier. Where I hand it over and ignore them.
Any specific monitoring software you use ? or just Youtube history.
@dashrender said in I.T Question for Parents:
That video has nothing to do with IT.
I suppose some people would be bothered by it.. and there's definitely a culture where that type of thing is funny/the rage (I'm definitely not part of it - yawn).
But the question is, does that video show up in YouTube Kids?
There is something called Fake cartoons that showup yes:
@coliver said in I.T Question for Parents:
@nerdydad said in I.T Question for Parents:
@coliver said in I.T Question for Parents:
@msff-amman-itofficer said in I.T Question for Parents:
@dashrender said in I.T Question for Parents:
@msff-amman-itofficer said in I.T Question for Parents:
Hello,
I wish all the best to your children but I wondered this, especially for small kids (I dont have any):
- Would you like your kids to be I.T Smart as you and be in the I.T Field ? I actually would hate it, I would want them the farthest thing from I.T so we can leave the house once a while.
What does this have to do with leaving the house? Granted, if your hobby is something on the computer, you're more likely to stay indoors, but it doesn't mean you're relegated to never going outside.
I think this has more to do with exposure to those other things.
- Abit related to 1, if you teach them how to be smart in using I.T devices, It is scary for me seeing my brother child seeing all those weird videos supposedly target-ted for children on You-tube and ...
How to use devices doesn't mean you're smart in IT, it just means you learned how to use a device. A person who can make an iPad sing doesn't mean they are an IT Pro.
What weird videos are you talking about? Of course as a parent, it's your job to monitor what your children are viewing. I'm pretty sure YouTube has a child friendly mode for things like this.how soon kids age of 4 can navigate smart phone or tablet, but how can we combat this? Offline content perhaps, any other good ideas .
What are you trying to combat? Their use of technology? why? It's the world we live in. Should they have more skills than just how to operate a smart phone/tablet, sure, but should you reduce their skill there? I don't think so.
Is there something about your own life you are unhappy with, that you think forcing yourself to do outdoor activities will make you happier? or any non IT activities that will make you happier?
What about shit like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYDWLuoE-vA
Youtube VideoFor some reason its all the rage for some kinds of kids, they are obsessed with it. The thing is you cant monitor them all the time, btw I heard 2 parents complained over this in Canada and Jordan.
What does that have to do with IT?
I think what he's going at is, how does a parent keep stuff like this away from his children?
It depends? Be around when your kid is on the computer? Limit the amount of screen time they are allotted? Actually do some parenting? You aren't going to stop kids from watching objectionable content, but you can do a good job explaining to them why you think it is objectionable.
like an WiFi on/off hours policy.
@dashrender said in I.T Question for Parents:
@msff-amman-itofficer said in I.T Question for Parents:
Hello,
I wish all the best to your children but I wondered this, especially for small kids (I dont have any):
- Would you like your kids to be I.T Smart as you and be in the I.T Field ? I actually would hate it, I would want them the farthest thing from I.T so we can leave the house once a while.
What does this have to do with leaving the house? Granted, if your hobby is something on the computer, you're more likely to stay indoors, but it doesn't mean you're relegated to never going outside.
I think this has more to do with exposure to those other things.
- Abit related to 1, if you teach them how to be smart in using I.T devices, It is scary for me seeing my brother child seeing all those weird videos supposedly target-ted for children on You-tube and ...
How to use devices doesn't mean you're smart in IT, it just means you learned how to use a device. A person who can make an iPad sing doesn't mean they are an IT Pro.
What weird videos are you talking about? Of course as a parent, it's your job to monitor what your children are viewing. I'm pretty sure YouTube has a child friendly mode for things like this.how soon kids age of 4 can navigate smart phone or tablet, but how can we combat this? Offline content perhaps, any other good ideas .
What are you trying to combat? Their use of technology? why? It's the world we live in. Should they have more skills than just how to operate a smart phone/tablet, sure, but should you reduce their skill there? I don't think so.
Is there something about your own life you are unhappy with, that you think forcing yourself to do outdoor activities will make you happier? or any non IT activities that will make you happier?
What about shit like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYDWLuoE-vA
Youtube Video
For some reason its all the rage for some kinds of kids, they are obsessed with it. The thing is you cant monitor them all the time, btw I heard 2 parents complained over this in Canada and Jordan.
Hello,
I wish all the best to your children but I wondered this, especially for small kids (I dont have any):
Would you like your kids to be I.T Smart as you and be in the I.T Field ? I actually would hate it, I would want them the farthest thing from I.T so we can leave the house once a while.
Abit related to 1, if you teach them how to be smart in using I.T devices, It is scary for me seeing my brother child seeing all those weird videos supposedly target-ted for children on You-tube and how soon kids age of 4 can navigate smart phone or tablet, but how can we combat this? Offline content perhaps, any other good ideas .
One thing I'm really curious about though with regards to Salt - is centralized authentication? Is this even a concept? I have 20+ users who move to many different machines - I realize Salt can help make sure that all those endpoints have XYZ settings, etc on them, though I'm not sure if it's user aware. But settings don't setup authentication. I'm also guessing that Salt can be used to make local user accounts - so a poor man's centralized authentication could be had - update the users/passwords centrally via Salt - but what if users want to manage their own passwords? How would that sync between machines? But now I'm way off topic.
hmm, they key point with salt is third party software solutions, so if you know the machines and group them in correct groups you can then start providing them with scripts and and stuff to process this authentication have it run at startup, I dont know if there is any other way.
Btw the way that you reply to posts does not generate notifications FYI.
@jaredbusch said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
@msff-amman-itofficer said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
@jaredbusch said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
@msff-amman-itofficer said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
@tim_g
@tim_g said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
@msff-amman-itofficer said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
Oh and they provide the hyper v integration as cab file (guest agent):
windows6.x-hypervintegrationservices-x64.cab
I cant belive I complained when VIRT IO Tools was repackaged some time ago and they changed some folders in there ISO image, while MS gives you a .cab file and not even an executable.What do you mean? What VM are you trying to install? You shouldn't need any integration tools at all for any modern operating system on a VM. They come built in and are updated via Windows Update (if running Windows OS)
If you install RHEL or CentOS, you can download a Linux Integration Services .ISO if you need to. You simply run the ./install.sh file. All other modern Linux OSs already have the Hyper-V Integration built in to the kernel.
This is what i am talking about:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/help/3063109/hyper-v-integration-components-update-for-windows-virtual-machinesMethod 2: Microsoft Download Center
The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center.
Operating system Update
All supported x86-based versions of Windows 8.1 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows 8.1 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2012 R2 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2012 Download Download the package now.
All supported x86-based versions of Windows 7 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows 7 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2 Download Download the package now.Go to the download, and it is all .cab files.
WTF are you talking about. This is not DVD media. You are doing it wrong from the beginning.
Ofcourse I know this is not DVD media, those are the Hyper-V agents that MS wants you to install on your guest machine, MS calls them Hyper-V integration components.
ESXi and KVM Virt IO all provides much better ways to get this installed on your guest machines, and dont provide you a dumb .cab file.
Just because you are not capable of providing a share to get access the files from within the VM does not mean the process is stupid.
Who wants to mount ISO files from the hypervisor all the time just to update software in a guest VM? That is the stupid thing.
Okay, granted what are the commands to create share in Windows hyper-V standalone? I tried and failed, or the only way to do so is to have share outside hyper-V like NAS ? if so both KVM and ESXi can be easier in sending files directly to the host.
I dont want to go to fight about who is the best Virtualization platform cause that is pointless, but my trial wit Hyper-V is everything required 2 extra steps to get it configured. While the competition it can be done with one step.
@dashrender said in 2FA - when required by your vendors, do you stipend your staff?:
@msff-amman-itofficer said in 2FA - when required by your vendors, do you stipend your staff?:
@dashrender said in 2FA - when required by your vendors, do you stipend your staff?:
@msff-amman-itofficer said in 2FA - when required by your vendors, do you stipend your staff?:
@dashrender said in 2FA - when required by your vendors, do you stipend your staff?:
The best option would be a PC based token.
I just found https://winauth.com/
Now the question is, does it break something you have, something you own, something you are?
I say no - you know your password, and you have your laptop. Why would a laptop be any different than you having your phone?
Been using Winauth for some time now, and it is very good option. But if it can be also installed on mobile that is extra security, cause if the machine gets formatted or the app gets uninstalled then you no longer can login. or you also need record the secret key that generated the time based codes, perhaps in Keepass and backup that.
Hint: there is plugin that allows keepass to access DB files stored in linux servers via SSH.
I heard a conversation about this, the idea of keeping your secret 2FA keys in Keypass/Lastpass, etc. This is bad, because it puts your two separate authenticating pieces completely together.
i.e. if your password vault is ever breached, then they have also breached your tokens - they just use those keys to load up into one of the authenticator apps and away they go.So while I do like the idea of keeping a record of the secret keys, you can't store them anywhere as conveniently as in password manager. Realistically, they should be printed and kept offline only.
For me the concept of losing an account is scary, meaning I dont want to lose my gmail account cause I lost piece of paper, thus I treat it as password.
In that case, why have 2FA then?
Frankly, sure you're a little better off, but if your vault to compromised, literally everything is.
It depends I guess, my worries if I am gona do this to users, maybe cause I am custom to deal with very I.T bad people. I worry that the account will be inaccessible all the time cause they lost the 2FA so thus I have to record it somewhere. My users forget their login password all the time, I have to reset it they dont know how to reset it. so it depends. for me I like to keep records somewhere always.
@dashrender said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
@black3dynamite said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
@tim_g said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
@black3dynamite said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
Generation 2 only allows ISO
The ISO can be located on a physical CD. Just browse to it when selecting an ISO for your Gen2 VM.
In Gen1 VM Settings, you can select an image file or a physical CD/DVD drive.
In Gen2 VM Settings, you can select an image file only.In real, good IT environments this is a non issue, you would only use ISO, because you wouldn't be touching the hardware anyway, so you wouldn't be swapping physical disks out of the server.
I see this concern only being a hobby based thing, as @scottalanmiller would call it.
True, but just something I tested in my home lab, and cause it was home lab I faced it.
@jaredbusch said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
@msff-amman-itofficer said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
@tim_g
@tim_g said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
@msff-amman-itofficer said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
Oh and they provide the hyper v integration as cab file (guest agent):
windows6.x-hypervintegrationservices-x64.cab
I cant belive I complained when VIRT IO Tools was repackaged some time ago and they changed some folders in there ISO image, while MS gives you a .cab file and not even an executable.What do you mean? What VM are you trying to install? You shouldn't need any integration tools at all for any modern operating system on a VM. They come built in and are updated via Windows Update (if running Windows OS)
If you install RHEL or CentOS, you can download a Linux Integration Services .ISO if you need to. You simply run the ./install.sh file. All other modern Linux OSs already have the Hyper-V Integration built in to the kernel.
This is what i am talking about:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/help/3063109/hyper-v-integration-components-update-for-windows-virtual-machinesMethod 2: Microsoft Download Center
The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center.
Operating system Update
All supported x86-based versions of Windows 8.1 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows 8.1 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2012 R2 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2012 Download Download the package now.
All supported x86-based versions of Windows 7 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows 7 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2 Download Download the package now.Go to the download, and it is all .cab files.
WTF are you talking about. This is not DVD media. You are doing it wrong from the beginning.
Ofcourse I know this is not DVD media, those are the Hyper-V agents that MS wants you to install on your guest machine, MS calls them Hyper-V integration components.
ESXi and KVM Virt IO all provides much better ways to get this installed on your guest machines, and dont provide you a dumb .cab file.
@dashrender said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
@msff-amman-itofficer said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
@scottalanmiller said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
@msff-amman-itofficer said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
Also it is very difficult to share files or send files, like I am used with WinSCP or SFTP protocol with Linux and KVM, the sharing module is removed in HYPER-V I tried to share but was unable to, kept giving me errors.
I've not tested by I can only assume that OpenSSH works fine on Hyper-V. Have you tested it?
No to be honest, I was glad when the whole thing was over and I deleted my test environment which contained of 2 Hyper-V hosts
and 1 Windows 7 and 1 Centos 7I felt Hyper-V was an afterthought attempt in the virtualization world, sorry if this offends people. but if you do you seriously have not used ESXi or KVM or XEN.
OK It's great you feel this way, but why? I'm not saying you are right or wrong, just asking why?
Using stand alone Hyper-V and not as role was a bit difficult for me, in Centos KVM or VMware ESXi I can do everything much quicker and more efficient and I can create some sort HA without being pushed to join Domain and have Active Directory, in order to use the migration or replication in Hyper-V your being pushed to have an AD. It seems MS knows that AD time have come to an end, and there are other methods where you can apply something similar to AD (saltstack) and they are up selling the features, if you want it you need to have AD.
Yh i know most companies have that, but lets imagine your starting from scratch what would you do ? is AD the first thing you setup ? I dont belive in being One Trick Pony, I used AD in the past and I fucking hated it, call me novice all you want at it, but I find salt stack much superior, thus I am steering away from solutions that forces me to use it.
It is pretty much the same feeling I got when setting up Windows VPN role, everything pushes you to create/link it with AD to work properly and securely (at least in VPN role that is understable).
But when you create the Windows Deployment Role, to create windows machines over boot via LAN/DHCP that server role requires you to be linked to AD domain, does that make sense to you ? this role being linked with AD? regardless I use this role in my environment and it helps me and I generate machines installation not linked to AD.
@dashrender said in 2FA - when required by your vendors, do you stipend your staff?:
@msff-amman-itofficer said in 2FA - when required by your vendors, do you stipend your staff?:
@dashrender said in 2FA - when required by your vendors, do you stipend your staff?:
The best option would be a PC based token.
I just found https://winauth.com/
Now the question is, does it break something you have, something you own, something you are?
I say no - you know your password, and you have your laptop. Why would a laptop be any different than you having your phone?
Been using Winauth for some time now, and it is very good option. But if it can be also installed on mobile that is extra security, cause if the machine gets formatted or the app gets uninstalled then you no longer can login. or you also need record the secret key that generated the time based codes, perhaps in Keepass and backup that.
Hint: there is plugin that allows keepass to access DB files stored in linux servers via SSH.
I heard a conversation about this, the idea of keeping your secret 2FA keys in Keypass/Lastpass, etc. This is bad, because it puts your two separate authenticating pieces completely together.
i.e. if your password vault is ever breached, then they have also breached your tokens - they just use those keys to load up into one of the authenticator apps and away they go.So while I do like the idea of keeping a record of the secret keys, you can't store them anywhere as conveniently as in password manager. Realistically, they should be printed and kept offline only.
For me the concept of losing an account is scary, meaning I dont want to lose my gmail account cause I lost piece of paper, thus I treat it as password.
@dashrender said in 2FA - when required by your vendors, do you stipend your staff?:
The best option would be a PC based token.
I just found https://winauth.com/
Now the question is, does it break something you have, something you own, something you are?
I say no - you know your password, and you have your laptop. Why would a laptop be any different than you having your phone?
Been using Winauth for some time now, and it is very good option. But if it can be also installed on mobile that is extra security, cause if the machine gets formatted or the app gets uninstalled then you no longer can login. or you also need record the secret key that generated the time based codes, perhaps in Keepass and backup that.
Hint: there is plugin that allows keepass to access DB files stored in linux servers via SSH.
@scottalanmiller said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
@msff-amman-itofficer said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
Also it is very difficult to share files or send files, like I am used with WinSCP or SFTP protocol with Linux and KVM, the sharing module is removed in HYPER-V I tried to share but was unable to, kept giving me errors.
I've not tested by I can only assume that OpenSSH works fine on Hyper-V. Have you tested it?
No to be honest, I was glad when the whole thing was over and I deleted my test environment which contained of 2 Hyper-V hosts
and 1 Windows 7 and 1 Centos 7
I felt Hyper-V was an afterthought attempt in the virtualization world, sorry if this offends people. but if you do you seriously have not used ESXi or KVM or XEN.
@tim_g
@tim_g said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
@msff-amman-itofficer said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
Oh and they provide the hyper v integration as cab file (guest agent):
windows6.x-hypervintegrationservices-x64.cab
I cant belive I complained when VIRT IO Tools was repackaged some time ago and they changed some folders in there ISO image, while MS gives you a .cab file and not even an executable.What do you mean? What VM are you trying to install? You shouldn't need any integration tools at all for any modern operating system on a VM. They come built in and are updated via Windows Update (if running Windows OS)
If you install RHEL or CentOS, you can download a Linux Integration Services .ISO if you need to. You simply run the ./install.sh file. All other modern Linux OSs already have the Hyper-V Integration built in to the kernel.
This is what i am talking about:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/help/3063109/hyper-v-integration-components-update-for-windows-virtual-machines
Method 2: Microsoft Download Center
The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center.
Operating system Update
All supported x86-based versions of Windows 8.1 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows 8.1 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2012 R2 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2012 Download Download the package now.
All supported x86-based versions of Windows 7 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows 7 Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2 Download Download the package now.
Go to the download, and it is all .cab files.
@black3dynamite said in How Many Windows Server VMs Can You Run on Hyper-V SAMIT Video:
In Gen1 VM Settings, you can select an image file or a physical CD/DVD drive.
In Gen2 VM Settings, you can select an image file only.
thanks for correcting me, yup that is accurate.
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WOah Hyper-V is for free for real, i just downloaded it (2016) and toyed with it, cause of this video.... I always thought it is not
And yh downloaded from evaluation site but MS listed as unlimited, amazing video.
But after using it for the first time, its meh.. it opens cmd window + command line wizard, I wouldnt use it if starting from scatch it likes to be used from AD domain but you can use it without it domain via:
Step 1
Enable WinRM on both machines. This can be done trough an elevated command prompt. The command used for enabling WinRM is:
winrm quickconfig
Step 2
On the Hyper-V Management client open cmd.exe as administrator and add the server as a trusted hosts. Here you can comma separate to add multiple machines.
winrm set winrm/config/client @{TrustedHosts="192.168.1.15"}
Step 3
On the Hyper-V Management client add credentials to make the connection possible.
cmdkey /add:192.168.1.15 /user:ADMINISTRATOR /pass:**********
Its performance is okay, I managed it using Hyper-V manager in WIndows 10, and it feels very limited.
I loved that they kept notepad.exe and taskmgr.exe in the HyperV server, I can launch those and avoid Windows command line.
Notepad.exe --> File --> Open (GREATEST HACK EVER)
I dont know why GEN 2 cannot be installed from host CD/DVD rom, and GEN 1 can.
Also it is very difficult to share files or send files, like I am used with WinSCP or SFTP protocol with Linux and KVM, the sharing module is removed in HYPER-V I tried to share but was unable to, kept giving me errors.
Oh and they provide the hyper v integration as cab file (guest agent):
windows6.x-hypervintegrationservices-x64.cab
I cant belive I complained when VIRT IO Tools was repackaged some time ago and they changed some folders in there ISO image, while MS gives you a .cab file and not even an executable.
Also moving the VMs between 2 HYPERV needs FQDN