moving my AP's around to get a better signal

@G-I-Jones said in Windows 10 vs Windows 7:
Anybody still running Windows 7 by choice?

Nope, Work Desktop is Windows 7 cause that's what they gave me.
Home Laptop is Windows 10, I haven't had any real issues with 10. everyone here hates Windows 10 like the plague, but I love it. To me, It's simple and easy to use..

Ears are ringing, but the concert I went to last night was incredible and defiantly worth it!
now to wait until 3pm central time, so i can go see the new star wars! and I may or may not be nursing a small hangover this morning..

I've recently Pitched the Idea to my boss to start using VM's to recreate issues and work on fixes for Terminals and back end software, Regardless that he shut it down without much thought, I want to look into it at home so i can play with Things, and test out a few theories without using a live site ( Our vendor uses Vm's to test our issues that we send in, and gives us fixes based on what they do in the VM, My thought, Why not do the same ? could we resolve issues without need to send to the Vendor?)

So...
What is a good VM software out there?
What is everybody using? I've used Orcale VirtualBox in the past but had so many problems with it.
Looking for opensourced if possible. Looking for Free and Simple (thanks @DustinB3403 )

What's best practice for Vm's in troubleshooting? ( i have a feeling that's not what they are intended to be used for but in this case i would turn it into a personal lab with different software to resolve issues for the clients probably at home or on my laptop. Once my new One gets in, of course. )

With my Boss out of the office and the other 2 techs on Service calls Im the only one to answer the Tickets as they come in.
Lets hope they all don't burn down or explode before 5 so I can leave it for the guy on call
LOL

Just got clarification on this, the company offers a " Computer Purchase program"
Also - We are required to proved a computer / laptop to get online to connect to sites - as discussed during the interview ( which I had a Laptop so i said that it was great.) and agreed to upon - also was offered a Company Phone, or they would pay a portion of the bill.
I prefer a Laptop - More portable and I can take it with me during the weekends instead of sitting around the house.

I brought it up as " My laptop is dead, the one I bought is shit. and Im sending it back. Am I required to use personal equipment for on call? "
and My Boss said " You are required to provide a computer and internet to preform job duties, this was discussed during the interview and hiring process.
The company will help you buy one and you pay them back over the course of a year. But as I said you are required to provide A way to get online to provide support. "

@dustinb3403 said in Windows Firewall:

@wrcombs said in Windows Firewall:

So it is possible to use Windows Firewall in our system, but instead of going through and creating rules in windows firewall, we just turn it off..

That is a horrible practice. . .

Like i said, I dont make the rules, I just follow them being only a month old in the company
I thought it sounded off when they were going through the system requirements with me.

Hello all,
This is simply so I can get the best tool for viewing .dbf files,
We sometimes have to look at dbfs to see changes that were made and I was wondering : what are you using as a database admin to view these ?

Thanks.

He is kind of Both, Sometimes he has a stick up there and sometimes hes chill and laid back.
It really depends on Call load and if anybody is slacking off and not doing any work.

@JaredBusch said in Data Base Management:

@Reid-Cooper said in Data Base Management:

https://lonetreerob.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/the-technical-side-of-aloha-pos-integration/

Finally, from an Aloha interface perspective, I need to discuss the Aloha database file system. Instead of using a single large database file to store all of its configuration information, the developers of Aloha elected to put most of this information in Dbase format files (DBFs). You can read these files with Excel and you can read these files programmatically. You can write to these files, but that’s dangerous, because Aloha adds fields to these files from time to time with new versions—so you can end up having to write code that treats the DBFs differently, depending on the version.

Aloha is the database engine here. There is no database tool being used. It's just something akin to CSV files with DBF names. If you show us the contents of one of them, we could tell you in a few minutes what they are. But they are not from any "database" product, they are simply the data files of Aloha.

So it sounds like Notepad will likely work just fine.

and nailed it..

Notepad does not work, but I found one. It's called "db navigator".
The "dbfs" are stored in what looks to be "csv "?now that I look a little more closely.
Sorry for the confusion, but I honestly didn't have the answers for what you guys were asking.
I get it, my question in and of itself was vague. But I didn't have an understanding of what you all were talking about.

From our Guides:

Configuring the Windows Network
• Install an up to date operating system on all computers in the Aloha network, such as Windows
XP, or Windows Server 2003.
• Establish a network firewall that includes a firewall device, such as a router, between the Aloha
network and the Internet. Install firewall software on each computer in the network, or enable
and configure the Windows firewall.

@Reid-Cooper said in Data Base Management:

https://lonetreerob.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/the-technical-side-of-aloha-pos-integration/

Finally, from an Aloha interface perspective, I need to discuss the Aloha database file system. Instead of using a single large database file to store all of its configuration information, the developers of Aloha elected to put most of this information in Dbase format files (DBFs). You can read these files with Excel and you can read these files programmatically. You can write to these files, but that’s dangerous, because Aloha adds fields to these files from time to time with new versions—so you can end up having to write code that treats the DBFs differently, depending on the version.

Aloha is the database engine here. There is no database tool being used. It's just something akin to CSV files with DBF names. If you show us the contents of one of them, we could tell you in a few minutes what they are. But they are not from any "database" product, they are simply the data files of Aloha.

So it sounds like Notepad will likely work just fine.

Oh oh he said it right here.

@scotth said in Windows Firewall:

@scottalanmiller said in Windows Firewall:

@scotth said in Windows Firewall:

I'm not trying to sound all Frankenstein, but I've sloughed through this for several years and fortunately, our outfit has been ok.

I think that you mean draconian.

I don't mean to make anyone paranoid.... actually I do.

PCI compliance isn't something to fluff off.
If you're operating a POS and take credit and / or debit cards, you need all of your protections in place and verifiable, subject to audit.

Processors will warn, will shut off, will fine a retailer. Why risk a retail outlet over a little effort?

All of our locations have the POS and the backoffice on separate networks which are also separated by a second router and separate firewall--both hardware based--just for the POS protection. All credit credit / debit cards are processed behind two hardware firewalls and the POS OS firewall is in place and functioning as well.

Good Luck

All of our locations are provided hard ware firewalls, Our POS on our their own seperate Network as well, The only thing we dont have compared to you is POS OS Firewall from the sounds of it.

apparently it's happened a whole lot within the last week where it sets the date back to 1/31/2019 ever since that day..
any Ideas on this?
goes back to 1/30/2019, yeah can see it in the event viewer too .
Kernel sets date/time to 1/31/2019 at 3:45 am

Proof:

Any Ideas?

@jaredbusch said in Weekend Plans:

Heading to St. Louis on Saturday. Going to see Deadpool 2 with a friend. Then drinking.

Family / reunion thing on Sunday.

Going to see Deadpool 2 tonight in Council bluffs

Alright guys.
We're running a Windows 7 pro on 32 bit with 4gb of ram.
We've been noticing some errors pop on the bottom of the Desktop saying "Low on Memory"
One guy at work keeps looking at Hard Disk Space - I had to teach him the difference between memory and storage - Regardless.
We've rebooted the PC a few times

this is what we get in system

any ideas on things to check ?

I've never really messed with these before.

Im curious, Because I know there are multiple ways to get to the start up folder on a Windows 10 device,
Which way do you use?

I prefer: Run> "shell:startup" and then paste the shortcut in the folder that way.

@jmoore said in Windows 7 Pro 32 bit - Low on Memory... Ideas?:

@WrCombs First thoughts are either a memory leak or some applications are just using more memory now. Look at your performance monitor to see what is using the memory would be my first step.

Yeah, wow. 99% is being used

The topic of Windows Firewall came up again today when a site had turned it on
When I asked "Shouldnt there be a way to write rules in the windows firewall so that we could just keep it on?"
He replied: "look into that, and see what you can find. It would have been better for the vendor to add that to their image they give us to boot the POS but if you can find a way to do it we can try it that way."

@jmoore said in Windows 7 Pro 32 bit - Low on Memory... Ideas?:

@WrCombs When was last time the machine was updated and restarted?

Restarting right now again - I found a JavaUpdater in the start up through msconfig and disabled it.
We dont use Java from my knowledge and My boss even said just to disable it.