@scottalanmiller said:

@handsofqwerty said:

Nothing. Just seems like it'd make more sense to try this at home first, but that's just me.

Dont' see why. If the goal is to learn about security, how does learning at home make it more useful than learning in a hosted environment? What about home makes more sense?

From a technical standpoint, none. I can't really explain why that's how I feel. It's just how it makes sense in my head.

@g.jacobse said:

Don't fault them, Just felt that WP was more of a bloggers CMS.

Still is, I think. The focus is really around blogging and other things are extensions or add ons. It's generally a good platform, but it is heavily designed around the blog format. I mean for the first many years the idea of using it for anything except a blog was unheard of.

@PSX_Defector said:

They can be either. The only time you care about them is when they increment up. I once had an ATM circuit increment OAM frame errors in the 10K a second, guy was complaining about slow speed.

Only way to find out which is which is to perform testing from the telco side. Lock the port, run an MLT, see what happens. Then test the smartjack for errors. Then look at CPE.

Agreed. They just mean you have errors. It doesn't tell you where they are at.

@Carnival-Boy said:

Some people on here seem to define MSP differently to Wikipedia.

Don't believe that there is anything official. But the term "managed services" is the tip off. People who don't do managed services feel strange using the term as it doesn't reflect what they do in any way. An MSP should be a "provider of managed services."

Lots of firms do a mix of things. NTG will do MSP work if requested, but we don't push it. MSP firms will normally do something else if the price is right. MSPs nearly always mix in VAR work. VARs often offer MSP services.

Sadly, because MSP has become the word that non-technical people use, everyone has had to start using it to refer to themselves even when they know that they are not.

@PSX_Defector Yep, that's it!

I want to make sure that it just plain works with someone else's setup. You must have remoting enabled on server - an assumption on my part, but I don't even think about it being enabled any more, but considering the intended audience for the script, I should...!

Basically this is to help troubleshoot WSUS issues - wrong port, etc.

Thanks so much!

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I trust MS with hotmail, livemail, outlook.com, or whatever you want to to call it. Every change MS has made since I created my hotmail account in 1996 has been positive.

@thecreativeone91 said:

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@Dashrender said:

The Surface Pro series I think was hoped to be by it's creators to be an out of the gate truly hybrid device - both consumption and creation, hence the need for a keyboard from day one.

I find that hard to accept based on the physical format of the device. It is really suitable only for content consumption. It's lack of usable form factor and keyboard put it squarely in line with the iPad.

So is the laptop the only conceivable form factor that is portable and made for creation?

I don't think touch input will ever beat a keyboard as much as some people want it too. Touch is great for some things. But not typing unless its some causal light typing.

It's totally true. Keyboards have endured for over a century for a reason - they work and they work great.

@thecreativeone91 said:

This is one of the first file extensions I always block on file servers. PST file can cause major network issues.

Preach it brother

We have folder redirection on for this client* so imagine the fun when they save a PST in mydocs

*don't ask, it wasn't my idea 😞

@MattSpeller said:

@handsofqwerty said:

I should mention you HAVE to open those in IE. Stupid Microsoft IIS site...

Have you tried chrome IE tab addin? it even works with our crusty old wifi controller and Mitel systems

Edit: would not recommend for end users, 100% kick ass for IT use

I have. I like it but find that I'd almost prefer just to use IE natively. But it IS a great extension!

Mailbox discussion http://www.mangolassi.it/topic/5029/mailbox-and-attachment-limits

@scottalanmiller said:

The desktop is going to need a specific link. Not sure how Ubuntu does this and it will vary by the desktop that you have chosen. But it might be something really simple like just making a symlink to the right folder.

Yeah, that's all I think should be necessary. I haven't used Ubuntu Desktop in years. I've been exclusively CLI for a few years now.

I loved SunOS, Solaris, and OpenSolaris, but after the Oracle buyout all of the Sun equipment has been slowly replaced and has gone away for the most part, and with the important features being ported to other OSes like FreeBSD, there's not much of a real reason to use OpenSolaris or its babies. Having said that though, I'm put off by the name OpenIndiana, it just sounds really stupid to me, and I don't think I could ever install something like that without flat out denying it if anyone asked. It just makes me think "that's the best name you could come up with, huh? Not even anything remotely related to the Sun or stars or anything..." (I realise the origin comes from a project name, but sticking with it was a mistake, so in a sense I guess I should say "So, couldn't come up with anything at all?")

Darn. I got it over to Hyper-V but it just goes to automatic repair and won't boot to windows. I guess I should have removed VMware Tools first I forgot. Hopefully that's the only issue.

@Dashrender said:

No, don't think so... I think it's dynamic DNS, unless it changed.

You are correct. You'd want something more than a cache then.

@Aaron-Studer said:

One of the great things about Digital Ocean is there massive collection of Tutorials.

The best part of all, almost all of them in general tutorials meaning you can use them, even if you don't use Digital Ocean!

Check it out: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials

I've used several of their walkthroughs. They are very good.

@Carnival-Boy said:

@coliver said:

If I remember correctly there is no way to properly license a virtual instance of XP.

XP Mode running under a Windows 7 VM?

That makes it easier. But you will still need the proper virtualization licenses for WIndows 7.

I had to disable IE10 installs for similar reasons.
Craptastic legacy applications that are pushed upon us 😞

It's currently working here, however it could have been a minor service issue, or about a half dozen other things.

Awesome, glad it worked.

@thecreativeone91 that looks really promising!