Quick question... is it safe to remove all native printers? Every machine seems to come with Fax and Microsoft XPS Document Writer... Do you bother to remove it?

I just had a user who keep complaining that their print job won't print. They thought the printer is broken, or jammed... so they open the door (the wrong way) and broke the door hinge. It is holding with duct tape now. Upon further investigation, we found that the user sent the print job to Microsoft XPS... and when the pop up windows opens, they just ignore it and close it. smh.

To prevent any more honest stupidity I am thinking of removing Microsoft XPS writer and Fax. Do anyone knows any reason why we should keep it?

First of all... Cellphone preference is like taste is music. Different people will have different opinions and that is fine. I'll look at anything suggested... even the infamous Nokia 3310 ;)

Upon reading a post by Breffni, I decided to look into Oneplus 3T. The reviews I've read so far are mostly positive.. with some negative, but they are often personal dislike than technical failure on the product itself.

However, Oneplus 3T is 3 weeks backed order... and no 128GB option as of yet (I like to take pictures of my pets).
So, I am back to drawing board....

I have iPhone 6 Plus 128GB... with multiple issues lately (mostly signal degraded). I do not want to go iPhone 7 or 7 Plus, because the direction of where Apple is heading... is.... questionable?
Any thoughts? Suggestion? I would greatly appreciate personal experience over "reviews". I like to know the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Thanks!! <3

@scottalanmiller said in HPE SANs Not Designed for Reliability in the Australian Tax Office:

@nadnerB said in HPE SANs Not Designed for Reliability in the Australian Tax Office:

Sounds like they were victims of Shiny New Device syndrome.

Likely victims of "I'll just let a salesman do my job and get paid to not know what I'm doing" syndrome.

At my work right now... we just implemented a SAN device which supposed to store our Files servers.... Even if there are multiple drives, and Raid 10, there is only one SAN. I was aggressively oppose this idea, but it was approved by my manger anyhow. Can't wait for it to fail. * grab popcorn *

Long story short, I was tasked with getting a monitor for our receptionist. The reception desk is white, so are the walls, and as you may have guessed it... I need to find a white/silver color monitor which is mountable.

The criterias are it needs to be White, versa mountable, DVI or above, and 27" only.

These criterias eliminates 90% of available options. So far I have found some, but they are either discontinued or out of stock.
I am opened to painting... or drilling to install versa mount plate... but management may not like the idea very much.
Here's an example that is out of stock
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824022218

@scottalanmiller
I treat Windows Defender like iOS mail on iPhone. It's there.. and it works... but I'll be using MS Outlook instead of native mail app. Nothing wrong with it, but it doesn't have a lot of features other competitor offers (as you have mentioned). Still, I have no intention to disable it.

In my previous thread asking about home server, and came to the conclusion of getting a basic gaming computer with plenty of memory and fast hard drives.

My questions what brand would you go with? I have seen Samsung and Kingston widely used. I will be getting 3 drives for Raid 5 & Raid 1 HDD for backups.

Since I will be reading from it more than write, I do not feel I need to go above consumer grade SSD. Especially when the drive now come with 5+ years warranty.... by the time it dies and out of warranty I am positive there will be a better option down the road.

What brand do you use on your home server?

What's your thought on replacing power supply fan? The computer in question is Dell Vostro... 6+ years old. It's not worth the money to buy a new power supply for this machine at this point. Have anyone replace a fan in a power supply before?

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4A04YJ2875

I am looking for a way to write a powershell script that will return result for all folder that contain users or groups that are not inherited. I tried to run the script for non-inherited folder, but some folder are inherited...while have users/groups that were added later on without disabling the inheritance of the folder.

This is the script I found:
DIR "\path\abc" -directory -recurse | GET-ACL | where {$_.Access.IsInherited -eq $false}|Select-Object PSPATH |Export-Csv "c:\export.csv" -NoTypeInformation

Problem with this script is it read the folder inheritance, and not the users/groups. What is the powershell cmdlet to target users/groups without inheritance?

Below is an example of the folder in question.

Christmas came early this year

@IRJ said in Salary:

@stess said in Salary:

Some day I didn't even get to see my beloved desk at all.. and on my knees all day :'(.

I am scared to ask.....

LOL!!! Don't put it out of context like that.
ps. I laughed so loud my manager just looks at me like "Are you alright?"

@lakshmana
I'll say I'm not good with excel in powershell. I always avoid dealing with excel just because there are too many area that could goes wrong in the long term.

@lakshmana said in Powershell Filter Data and Copy Data to new .csv file:

@stess said in Powershell Filter Data and Copy Data to new .csv file:

@stess

Hmmm.. I don't know how to post code here. :P

$csvFile = ".\etc.csv" #dummy file. Change it to whereevery your file is at.
$csvImport = Import-Csv $csvFile

# Create Array for Exporting out data
$csvArray = "" #this clear for testing purpose. But it works in production environment as well.. so I didn't bother to remove it.
$csvArray = [System.Collections.ArrayList]@()

# Entry count
$lineCounter = 1

# Foreach Loop
Foreach ($csvImportedItem in $csvImport){
$lineCounter++ #this let me know which line in the entry is the problem.
$importedName = $csvImportedItem.Name
$importedID = $csvImportedItem.ID
$importedDept = $csvImportedItem.Department
$importedNote = $csvImportedItem.Note
if($importedNote -eq "C"){
$csvArray += $csvImportedItem
"[$lineCounter] $importedName $importedID $importedDept $importedNote`n" #For outputing result. Testing purpose
$csvImportedItem #For outputing result. Testing purpose


}
}
$csvArray #For outputing result before exporting to new CSV
#$csvArray | Export-Csv $NEWPATH -NoTypeInformation #destinate new path.

Name	ID	Department	Note
Caroline Bates	10035	Sales	A
Danny Harrison	11523	Customer Service	B
Armando Kelley	16423	Sales	C
Dorothy Colon	10245	HR	B
Joanna Sutton	19853	Accounting	C

Neat!

if there "ticket id" and "Assigned date" is there in heading means??

use " "
So

$importedID = $csvImportedItem.ID

becomes

$importedID = $csvImportedItem."ticket id"

Keep the variable simple and easy to understand.

@lakshmana
Is the file XLSX or CSV? If it is CSV then the example I provided in an other thread works just fine. XLSX is a lot more trickier as you have to target the cells and what not.

@lakshmana
You should look more into technet articles. There are plenty of guide, tips and tricks, etc.

@lakshmana

You mean send mail using whatever the data in the CSV is?

$SmtpServer = "smtp.com"
$SmtpServerPort = "25 or 587"
$SmtpFrom = "[email protected]"
$SmtpTo = "[email protected]"
$SmtpBody = "$csvArray"
$SmtpSubject = "Subject"

Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer $SmtpServer -Port $SmtpServerPort -From $SmtpFrom -To $SmtpTo -subject $SmtpSubject -body $SmtpBody

@tim_g
Thanks! site bookmarked

@stess

Hmmm.. I don't know how to post code here. :P

$csvFile = ".\etc.csv" #dummy file. Change it to whereevery your file is at.
$csvImport = Import-Csv $csvFile

# Create Array for Exporting out data
$csvArray = "" #this clear for testing purpose. But it works in production environment as well.. so I didn't bother to remove it.
$csvArray = [System.Collections.ArrayList]@()

# Entry count
$lineCounter = 1

# Foreach Loop
Foreach ($csvImportedItem in $csvImport){
$lineCounter++ #this let me know which line in the entry is the problem.
$importedName = $csvImportedItem.Name
$importedID = $csvImportedItem.ID
$importedDept = $csvImportedItem.Department
$importedNote = $csvImportedItem.Note
if($importedNote -eq "C"){
$csvArray += $csvImportedItem
"[$lineCounter] $importedName $importedID $importedDept $importedNote`n" #For outputing result. Testing purpose
$csvImportedItem #For outputing result. Testing purpose


}
}
$csvArray #For outputing result before exporting to new CSV
#$csvArray | Export-Csv $NEWPATH -NoTypeInformation #destinate new path.

Neat!

I use Foreach loop and pass the value to an Array if it meeds if() criteria. Then output the $true result back to the same CSV. I'll post the code later today.

Edit: can you post your csv data? Other wise I'll give you my data which has 4 column

Edit2: Also, for my script to works you need to manually change the if() statement manually each run. Easier to use Powershell ISE or any other powershell IDE. If you want to make it fancy then a custom textbox to return the value you are looking for is not a bad idea.

@scottalanmiller
I treat Windows Defender like iOS mail on iPhone. It's there.. and it works... but I'll be using MS Outlook instead of native mail app. Nothing wrong with it, but it doesn't have a lot of features other competitor offers (as you have mentioned). Still, I have no intention to disable it.

So I have a conversation with my colleague and the conversation somehow lead to asking what Antivirus I have installed on my computer. I said I have Malwarebytes and Windows Defender. He then proceed to say Windows Defender sucks (I'm not arguing with that since I rarely use it), and out of no where he said I should get rid of both of them and get ESET. [...] I'm like.. WTH. I would understand if he says he use ESET and how good it is, but to tell me what to do with my computer is a bit much. Beside, I've never use ESET before

What's your thought? What's your recommended (based on your experience)?
For me I am waiting for Malwarebytes' license to run out in November, and I'm going over to BitDefender.