You mean no one noticed since 2014?

@Dashrender said in Latest from Lenovo - locked in to Windows:

@Jason said in Latest from Lenovo - locked in to Windows:

All of these here will be in the same boat

https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/cat/Signature-Edition-PCs/categoryID.69916600

I feel that this is an unfair generalization. If this is the case, then it's MS that's replacing the BIOS/UEFI in the laptops with something that locks them to MS OSs. At which point this would be all MS's fault, not Lenovo's.

No they aren't replacing it. Companies need to make money, Microsoft offers this porgram to make money. It's not bad for most non-power users (home users) makes microsoft money. So it's not hurting most people. And Lenovo, HP, MSI, ASUS etc all are part of the program to make money. It's Microsoft requirements.

@Dashrender said in Latest from Lenovo - locked in to Windows:

OH, when did buying MS Signature edition PCs become a thing at Best Buy?

Sales. Microsoft pays for some of it. maybe even gives the windows license free not sure.

@Dashrender said in Latest from Lenovo - locked in to Windows:

So I recall when MS originally was looking to require OEMs to enable Secure Boot and not allow the end user to disable it.

It sounds like we are back in that same boat.

Yes, it's all on Microsoft. Not Lenovo.

All of these here will be in the same boat

https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/cat/Signature-Edition-PCs/categoryID.69916600

@Dashrender said in Latest from Lenovo - locked in to Windows:

yeah it's crappy that Lenovo enabled the FakeRAID by default, but is it true that it can't be disabled?

No not of as yet. It's Microsoft's requirement here not Lenovo's This is because the Lenovo Yoga 900 is part of the Microsoft Signature Series. It's mostly sold at Best buy I believe.

Something to keep in mind this is a consumer machine. Dell and Asus both pull crap on their consumer systems.

How much do they pay you for reports they act on? Has anyone ever gotten paid?

@coliver said in SNHU:

@Jason said in SNHU:

@scottalanmiller said in SNHU:

Most anything with the name GE on it isn't made by GE but is just labeled that as part of a branding deal. The label "GE" on consumer goods is similar to RCA... generic garbage.

That's not true unless your talking about consumer stuff. Yeah all their appliances are made by Frigidaire, electronics are made by RCA.

Which is what we're talking about yes. Does RCA make GE stuff? I thought RCA was being made by a third party.

RCA makes the plans.. they don't manufacturer.. some crappy Chinese thing does. GE does neither besides get Name plates put on the electronics.

@scottalanmiller said in SNHU:

Most anything with the name GE on it isn't made by GE but is just labeled that as part of a branding deal. The label "GE" on consumer goods is similar to RCA... generic garbage.

That's not true unless your talking about consumer stuff. Yeah all their appliances are made by Frigidaire, electronics are made by RCA.

@coliver said in SNHU:

About equal. It's even funnier because, from my understanding, most of their business is B2B and not B2C.

It is a lot of my family works there. They do Wind Turbines, windmills, Solar panels etc mostly now days. Some Oil and gas stuff

But not sure why that article says that outside of manufacturing that do not like hiring without degrees. even in manufacturing an associates is wanted.

@IRJ said in SNHU:

Very reasonably priced at $800 which includes the class and the certification.

WTH the exam last 24hrs straight?

@JaredBusch said in SNHU:

@Kelly said in SNHU:

I guess the question is, will a degree get your further, faster, cheaper than another avenue. And do you want to work for government and/or manage? I recently advised one of my staff to seriously evaluate if he should stay in school due to the debt/value ratio for his bachelor's degree.

This is what it comes down to. Where are you trying to go with it. Government jobs often require the degree. Private sector is better off with the cert.

Bigger companies are starting to only higher with Degrees. Heck General Electric will only higher people (no matter the job) with Bachelors degrees.

Is SNHU respected? I'm looking to go back part time to get a cyber security degree.

http://www.snhu.edu/

@JaredBusch said in Unable to connect to RDP:

Server is pingable, and I am connected via ScreenConnect.

I am trying to connect over ZeroTier and getting this error.

When I open Remote Desktop Connection on my local machine and connect, it communicates, pops auth, gives the SSL error (self signed) prompt, then jsut sits there and eventually times out.

If the hostname mismatches, DNS entries are not the same, etc it will sometimes do odd things like this.

Yup

Support.emc.com is down... and we just got a bunch of new sans we need to install the latest OS on.

@travisdh1 said in Shodan:

@Jason You mean not everybody peruses those just for fun?

I do haha.

@pchiodo said in Who is the Real IT Manager?:

The proliferation of this metric is driven from the often times misalignment with IT to Finance. Many organizations place the IT roles under the finance umbrella, and decisions are made based on cost vs. based on need.

Heck even us our IT Managers report the IT Directors, the IT Directors report to the CIO, the CIO reports to the CFO for some odd reason..

@coliver said in Who is the Real IT Manager?:

@Jason said in Who is the Real IT Manager?:

@scottalanmiller said in Who is the Real IT Manager?:

@Jason said in Who is the Real IT Manager?:

Most people are taught to micromanage now days.. There are plenty of business colleges, online articles and business training teaching that micromanagement is underrated and is actually a good thing for the business

I've never seen that. All of the business training that I've seen and had, from books to university, was that micromanagement means you've totally failed as a manager and have left your manager role and are actually the worker and should either simply be moved into the worker role or removed as a manager. Micromanagement literally was taught as "failed management" by definition.

well a lot of people go to online college now. strayer, phoenix all teach things like this.

So no real universities?

Do many people actually go to real campuses anymore?

Any one ever noticed how many companies put their IP cameras directly on the internet with no or default passwords? heck some of them even have PTZ control.

https://www.shodan.io/