Fear not. Just grab mbr2gpt.exe from the \windows\system32 folder on a windows 10 machine and drop it anywhere you want on the new server, then run:
mbr2gpt /convert /disk:X /allowfullos
and you will be ready to restart and set your bios to UEFI support and finishing booting to your new uefi partition!
We finished. It took forever to get the motion sensor working. We ended up using a Microwave Radar Sensor. Here is this finished product. He loves it!
My boy is building a Magic Mirror from a RP3 and a shadow box; and some other items. He is learning a wee bit about Linux and Python. It's fun! I'll post pics when he is done.
I will say, however, the Magic Mirror has taken a back burner to the new puppies......
@JasGot said in Script to Clean up Windows 10 Start Menu:
Only if you want to play, else I'll do that this weekend. I was just hoping someone would say they have already experimented with it.
I'll report back with my findings.....
I'm reporting back. I spent the day upgrading from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro, testing with Win10crAPPRemover.ps1 in a variety of ways. Rinse, Repeat, many times with many different variations of approach.
I can say definitively that the Start Menu items and Tiles come with the first Windows 10 login even if you have an already existing profile. Meaning, I can now reliably achieve my goal of a clean Windows 10 interface with an existing profile.
Here are my reproducible steps to achieve my goal:
Log in as another existing (but not yet logged in under windows 10) account and you will see your DeCrapped GUI.
This means I can do an in-place upgrade from Win7 Pro to Win10 Pro and de appify the existing user accounts as long as I de appify the computer before those already existing accounts log in to the Window 10 Pro install.
I did not test with any version other than Pro. I don't care about Home and Enterprise is de-appified from the OOBE.
If you feel the need to argue about what I have done, please ask for clarification before doing so, I'm sure I have left room in my words for misunderstanding.
This experiment is a success and it allows me to achieve my goal with great reliability.
Tell us a little more about yourself, and who your company is.
Your first, post, 8 days after you signed up, resembles a Cold Call we might receive at the office. In order to not dump your question into the round file, we (I, anyway) would need to be a little more comfortable with the person asking the questions..... 
We like BackupAssist.
Backs up to Local, NAS, RSYNC, FTP, RDX, USB Drives, Private Cloud, Public Cloud, iSCSI, Tape, etc....
All with Central Management.
Been using them for 10 years or more. Have it installed on over a hundred servers right now. We also VERY much prefer the way it detects Ransomware over other providers (like Unitrends).
We use it mostly for RDX and iSCSI, but have jobs for every destination available if you look at all the installs.
Just wanted to report back say this little switch was the perfect item for my need. It has been installed for over a month now and I have been very pleased with it. Not that it is doing anything special, it just does its job!
We are using it indoor and we mounted its own little bracket to a single gang wall plate, then installed the wall plate, then attached the switch to its bracket. It makes for a clean install where there once was an ethernet wall jack.
Everything about it is Unifi, so if you are familiar with the Unifi System, this runs like any other Unifi switch.
This has turned out to be a great conversation.
Thanks to everyone!
@manxam said in 12 yo is learning a bit about Linux and Python.:
That looks fantastic. Do you have a build log or instructions that you followed?
P.S. Why is that deer looking at me?!
We looked at some examples and then followed our noses. https://magicmirror.builders/
Got an $89 24" LED from Walmart, https://www.walmart.com/ip/onn-24-1920x1080-VGA-HDMI-60hz-14ms-LED-Slim-Design-Monitor/144551706
an 18"x24"x2.5" rear load shadow box from Michael's https://www.michaels.com/black-shadow-box-by-studio-decor/10360333.html
A Raspberyy Pi 2 ( the 3 and 4 have built-in WiFi that play havvoc with the motion sensing.) https://smile.amazon.com/Raspberry-Pi-Model-Desktop-Linux/dp/B00T2U7R7I/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=raspberry+pi+2&qid=1593385167&s=electronics&sr=1-9
and case: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MQLB1N6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Radar Motion Sensor https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MTWZDQZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and a two way mirror: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G4MQ966/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Hi!
My name is Jason. I've been in IT for 30 years and usually just lurk around. I had grown tired of the drama on many of the other boards, so after a hiatus, I went looking for a new place to hang out. Found this. I like it.
I run an all purpose IT shop for companies with between 25 and 250 employees/workstations. I am addicted to television, and I get the biggest kick from watching my kids grow up. Good food and international travel is also high on our list. I hope to have a chance to participate in some of your topics here.
Jason
At the request of another user, I'm going to try this again. With a couple of pre-discussion statements.
We have been doing TS for decades. We have been VMimg Servers for years. We are now beginning to move TS customers to Windows 10 Pro hosted by Hyper-V.
This question has nothing to do with the design or deployment of a VDI solution.
When you deliver a physical demo of VDI to your customer or potential customer, who has absolutely no idea what the words Virtual, VDI, VM, Hyper-V, ESX, VMware, or any other word you are thinking of right now, mean..... What is your model?
What is your existing physical on site demo unit look like? What does it connect to?
The physical onsite demo for the customer cannot be a PC or anything that any normal end user would think is a pc.
It cannot be a laptop, or chrome book, or tablet, or ipad.
It must support 2 or more 23" LCD displays.
It must support a local printer, a local barcode reader, a local Driver License reader/scanner, a local utility meter reader, and an electronic signature pad.
The physical onsite demo for the customer must connect to local LAN resources for proof of concept.
In the final solution, there will NEVER be a cloud based solution for the customer, all connections and data must remain on site.
I don't give two hoots about your ideas on how to design or deploy a VM or VDI (call it whatever you like) environment. I only care about what you carry into a customer site to provide a demo of what will be at the users desk after their current PC goes in the dumpster.
You see, if you don't carry hardware into the customer site and set it up to show them, (because they have no idea what you are talking about), you may not have anything to add here...... and that's okay.
I am looking forward to comments from folks who provide this kind of a demo for their customers.
@pmoncho said in Slow MS SQL Queries between Windows 10 VMs and MS SQL 2014 on same host:
@JasGot said in Slow MS SQL Queries between Windows 10 VMs and MS SQL 2014 on same host:
Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner. It was MDTC and Windows Firewall. (Which is frustrating, because the firewall is turned off for the domain!)
Good job at troubleshooting. I'm wondering what led you down this path versus something related to Networking, hard drives or software drivers?
Remembered it from several years ago with another SQL based application. Don't know what made me think of it at 1:30am. But I'm ok with it!
Well, I'll be dipped. After installing KB4482887, and running these two commands on the server: "Enable-PSRemoting" and "Enable-WSManCredSSP -Role server"; I came back to Hyper-V Manager and BAM! connected right up!
We recently picked up a new customer because the users couldn't log in each morning until they had walked over to the server and logged in to the desktop. We came in because the old company couldn't fix it.
We found AVAST installed on the server and AVAST is known for preventing services from starting before certain conditions are met.
Uninstalled it and VIOLA!
Moral: Don't rule out the low hanging fruit....
@JaredBusch Once you stop requiring companies deliver more than they are capable of or willing to, you'll find you aren't so unhappy.
What you're doing is no different than getting mad because the six passenger car you fancy won't seat 7 people.
Why are you out to get Skyetel anyway? First you were pissed they don't publish their partner rates, now you're pissed they need a cell phone to satisfy the business model they are currently operating with. If you don't like the way they operate, choose another provider. You live in a capitalist society...... You have options. And if you don't, build your own option; call it Buschtel.
@WLS-ITGuy said in GPO question:
@JasGot said in GPO question:
net accounts /domain
Which is interesting to know but I guess helps me figure out why they can't change their passwords.
And there you have it! Your GPO is preventing the exchange server from allowing the password to be changed any more often than 30 days. Come back in a month and it'll work.
So, I would leave the complexity in place, and set the Min Age to zero days. (All in the GPO on the DC)
Also, since my clients always put off changing their password until they can't..... I would implement this on your CAS/OWA server so they can change their passwords even after it has expired.
On the Client Access Server (CAS), click Start > Run and type regedit.exe and click OK.
Navigate to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchange OWA.
Right click the MSExchange OWA key and click New > DWord (32-bit).
The DWORD value name is ChangeExpiredPasswordEnabled and set the value to 1.
Note: The values accepted are 1 (or any non-zero value) for "Enabled" or 0 or blank / not present for "Disabled"
After you configure this DWORD value, you must reset IIS. The recommended method to reset IIS is to use IISReset /noforce from a command prompt.
Ref: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2010/10/06/3411240.aspx
@DustinB3403 said in Cannot get past a comcast router in Ashburn, VA:
Unfortunately I can't help here as I've avoided working for businesses that use Comcast for any service.
So...... you're after a post count?
Unless I am missing something, you need a router with DHCP on the WAN side and set the LAN side to 192.168.1.1/24
Consider adding some firewall protections too. Most firewalls are also routers, so you can do both with one piece of gear.
Had a customer call and ask us to come and setup 10 Sonos speakers for their office. They said they picked them up because their overhead system was static-ee.
I assured them this was the wrong approach because commercial amps with 70v speakers don't just go bad all at once. It had to be FM reception.
It was. But they really wanted the Sonos so they could stream music. I told them this was silly because they already had a beautful sound system in place. They just needed a new source.
I installed a Nexum Tunebox2 https://www.nexum-design.com/tunebox2 for them and I have to say, it is truly sweet.
Use any smart device or PC or MAC to tell it what to stream, and then you can disconnect and it will sing forever. Of course it'll do other things too. But set and forget was the goal.
Just thought I'd share about this little box. $64 on amazon.
No common denominator yet, other than they are all windows servers 2008R2 and 2012.
We came in today to more than 10 servers stuck in update loops at 10 different customers. The loops went on for hours until they finally reached Update 5 of 5 and then reverted themselves.
Two of them required interrupting the startup and choosing safe mode, to nudge it along.
I need a nap!
As someone who is intimately familiar with both side of that issue, I have just a few thoughts.
1st, you went to the interview because you were unhappy where you are.
2nd, if you went straight to a 50% pay increase to stay; we now know there are problems that are are not pay related at this job. As does the employer, and he has decided not to correct them, he is only trying to get you to stay long enough to fire you on his terms.
3rd, As Scott said, you may burn the bridge to the man who has faith in you today.
4th, if you leave on cordial terms, there is no reason why you couldn't come back in a few years for that 50% pay increase, but as I said earlier, the money isn't the issue, there is another problem, and I'm sure the current boss has no desire to fix it.
As an employer, I NEVER EVER make a counter offer or ask what it would take to get someone to stay. If they are leaving, and we agree to terms to make them stay, it is all but guaranteed you are only keeping them for a short while. They will leave anyway once they realize your new arrangement can't resolve the real problem.
Thank them for the offer and tell them if they have a place in the future that will help you grow in your skills and value, you would be willing to talk then. Be polite, and gracious. Burned bridges are condemned in your world!
@Dashrender said in Writing a Job Posting:
has it through the other spouse?
How many spouses can you have where you live?
I'm really liking Edge Chromium. I like it's speed, and most of all, I like the brightness level and contrast of colors. I can see the fine lines on web pages and skinny fonts so much better than in Chrome.
@thwr We build custom video walls all day long. We do all of our own work within the RTI and Vanco ecosystems. All items below can be expanded for (nearly)
unlimited sources and destinations. We regularly send IP Video across MPLS, VPN, WAN, 4GLTE, etc.... without any issues at all. We add Rokus, Cable STB, AppleTV, etc as the end user chooses. Screens can be made into a virtual single screens and each display can be segmented into as many screens as you want. Your imagination is really the only limit. We just finished a business development center for an auto dealership group. 51 inputs and 75 outputs including four 3x3 (9 screens), four 2x2 (4 screens) video walls plus a ton of 75" singles.
Controller: https://www.rticorp.com/xp-8v-control-processor.html
IP Video Decoders: https://www.vanco1.com/product/evo-ip-receiver/
IP Video Encoders: https://www.vanco1.com/product/evo-ip-transmitter/
Video Wall Control: https://www.vanco1.com/product/evo-ip-control-box/
Plus whatever else you want/need.
The RTI software that creates the apps allow you to make the sexiest apps you can imagine for Ipads, Iphones, Android devices, Windows, Mac, Linux, etc....
Good luck! Video walls are so much fun!!!!!!
@Pete-S said in If you were to start all over, knowing what you know now.:
Hiring smart people sounds like a great idea but if they're smarter than you, why wouldn't they run their own business? Why would a smart person work for someone dumber than they are? I'm not saying they wouldn't - I'm saying you need to figure out a reason why they should.
Everyone who works for me is smarter than me, I'm the only one dumb enough to own the place. 
@hari We have many customers like this. A few are using G-Suite (that way before we took over). I have to say, the new G-Suite sync tool, totally eliminates and problems I had years ago between Google apps e-mail and Outlook. I actually like it now. E-Mail and Calendars are seamless.
In an office like this, my baseline would be a 24 or 25u cabinet on casters with a Dell R540 beefed up and running Hyper-V with the Domain Controller in a VM, and Application server in another VM (like Timeslips, QuickBooks, etc) and another R540 for the DB application and SQL. (ie; Summation by AccessData) I would split the DB server if volume were expected to warrant it. I have no interest in managing SharePoint (too many headaches from 15 years ago) So I recommend Hosted SharePoint with AD integration. We use ClouberryLab or BckupAssist to backup to local media (Synology NAS RAID10 - RS2418RP+) AND S3 with full encryption, then we use Cross Region Replication with versioning for fail safe.
As for the server, once you get to the bigger R series of the Dell servers, it really comes down to drive bay capacity. Just make sure you can accommodate additional drives in RAID 10 if your capacity needs increase.
I hope this get your mind moving in the right direction. Please ask for details if you need anything more.
J
I'm trying to accomplish a non standard config so I can do some work at my shop in advance of on-site installation.
Here's the scope: I want to setup a new server for a customer while the server is still at my office. Customer site LAN is 192.168.1.0 My Office Lan is 192.168.2.0
I want to set up the new server (physically in my office) with a 192.168.1.x IP and use a Tunnel Interface to give it full access to the customer LAN.
I set up Tunnel interfaces all the time between two firewalls (almost always Sonicwalls) with no problem. In fact we have dozens of tunnel interface VPNs running all the time.
With a basic routed tunnel between my office and the customer office, the two lans 192.168.1.0 and 192.168.2.0 talk just fine. What I can't visualize in my head is how I set up the VPN (preferably without VLAN) so I can have 192.168.1.0 on EACH side and have them talk to each other.
My first thought was to just remove the routes and let the tunnel be a bridge. Would this work? and then I would set my gateway of the new server (on my side) of the tunnel to be the gateway at the other end? And internet access would be through the customer's ISP rather than mine?
If this is right, then it's true, I am simply over thinking this!
@scottalanmiller said in How to change display name:
LOL, we thought that you were really into Go or something.
Thanks for fixing it! I did spend a bunch of time trying to figure out a snappy reason for it. When I kept coming up empty, I thought I would ask
