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@scottalanmiller said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@ccwtech said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@dashrender said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@ccwtech said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@jaredbusch said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@scottalanmiller said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@ccwtech said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

@black3dynamite said in 'Ticker' at bottom of the screen:

http://www.battware.co.uk/desktopticker.htm

Not looking for RSS feeds, just custom text that she can manually input and would scroll at the bottom of the screen for employee's to see throughout the day.

RSS would be a good input method for that, though.

Yeah, he is not listening to a damned thing. the best thing to do would be to use an RSS ticker and just whip out a quick RSS formatted file someplace that can be edited.

Doing something custom on the machine is just stupid.

I posted long ago that I found a solution but JB was upset I didn't do RSS... Hence this thread going way out of control.

If the solution you found is good enough for your boss, Screw @JaredBusch. Of course that said - when you boss comes back and wants you to roll this out company wide (or at least more than just one computer), You, the IT person will likely like the RSS solution to this.

I don't mind that. And I don't mind learning. It just seemed like someone's feelings were hurt.

Will the RSS feed stay at the bottom like the photo showing the one I found does?

That depends on the particular ticker. That it is RSS feeding it is just the standard format for feeding that kind of data. Doesn't need to be RSS, that's just a simple format commonly associated with this kind of thing.

But it is two different things, one is the ticker that displays something (generally RSS) and the RSS which is just a text file for populating list data.

Got it.

For this purpose it needs to be one that will sit on the bottom of the screen and sit between the task bar and a "Whiteboard" that will constantly change. Maybe this will help make sense.

That's why a post it won't work. It needs to allow the program to be up and running and scroll the text at the same time.

@CCWTech Update: I asked the same question on the Covetrus FB post and I was banned for asking them for their source!

I have been converted to using Ubiquity Unifi AP's (from this group).

However I have a client that just needs one AP. Since they require a bit more setup than others (the Unifi Controller) is there another brand that would be better in this situation?

Happy birthday @scottalanmiller

Glacier. I have tried Crashplan with Synology and as @BBigford mentioned, it's messy, to say the least.

I haven't looked at B2 yet.

Are we fans of Ubiquity when it comes to surveillance cameras and an NVR or is there another brand that is recommended?

@LilAng said in What Are You Drinking:

sipping on some disaronno as a desert to finish my pizza off.

Hey, me too! @LilAng

@scottalanmiller said in Ubiquity Security appliance:

@ccwtech said in Ubiquity Security appliance:

2. I have always had a different AV on the gateway that I run on the endpoints. Wouldn't that increase the likelihood of blocking a threat?

Yes, it does. But it's a point of diminishing returns. AV on the gateway comes at great cost, whereas normal AV is cheap or free. Good, normal AV is blocking essentially all threats. Why, suddenly after decades of no one even considering AV at the gateway, are we now concerned with it when AV is less useful today than ever, and less important. Threats of viruses are pretty minor today, that's not a major attack vector like it was twenty years ago.

It seems like a generally odd place to suddenly spend huge amounts of money to protect against essentially nothing, when so many other, cheaper, more effective things would never get considered.

So the big $1,000 question is... how much dollar value is there in that additional layer of security?

Makes sense. Given my size clients and the fact that the Ubiquity security gateway would be in the same controller as the Unifi AC Pro access points, I think I may look more into that.

@DustinB3403 said in Real Time Coronavirus Website:

@dafyre said in Real Time Coronavirus Website:

@coliver said in Real Time Coronavirus Website:

@dafyre said in Real Time Coronavirus Website:

I've done a little bit of reading about COVID-19 (the new Coronavirus)... It seems to me that everybody is panicking simply because it's new?

It's new and so far it's deadlier and more infectious then the flu that we are used to.

There have been 2 cases of it in Georgia (and another 200 people being monitored for it), and the University system is already prepping to shut down, just, so it seems. I feel like it's a bit of a knee-jerk reaction.

Not to belittle your stance here, but viruses are known to change pretty consistently (flu does so every year) and those changes could cause all sorts of things. Like cause tumors or bleeding from your eyes or anything else.

This is a valid reaction to the spread of this virus, if anything a bit of an underwhelming reaction to it.

If it changed that much every year, we'd all be dead by now.

@dbeato said in Patch Tuesday - Intel Network Drivers:

@ccwtech said in Patch Tuesday - Intel Network Drivers:

@dbeato said in Patch Tuesday - Intel Network Drivers:

@ccwtech said in Patch Tuesday - Intel Network Drivers:

@dbeato said in Patch Tuesday - Intel Network Drivers:

@ccwtech said in Patch Tuesday - Intel Network Drivers:

Heads up -

I'm getting a ton of calls this morning for network issues with the Intel l219-LM card. I think patch Tuesday 'effed something up.

Loading the current drivers isn't working so I found a legacy driver to get clients back online.

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/18713/Ethernet-Intel-Network-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-7-?product=82185

I haven't seen this, are you approving Windows Updates for Drivers?

Yes.

I never do that because of this, I let the hardware vendors provide the updates. Also it downloads unnecessary updates to the WSUS server.

I don't use WSUS, but I get your point.

I see, so it is downloading the optional updates from windows update.

I use Ninja RMM... I need to check with them if that is turned on or not.

In other news...

Coronavirus Conference to be cancelled... Because of Coronavirus.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-10/coronavirus-conference-gets-canceled-because-of-coronavirus

Apparently Ninja doesn't control that, so it must have been Windows update defaults.

@Supreme_Overlord said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

Wishing I could play the new Ori and the Will of the Wisps.....but my teenage brother is hogging the xbox

Mom! Mom! He's being mean to me again! Mom! Mom!

How often do you reboot your Windows servers? (I know there are limitless use types and each use may warrant a different answer, but just generally...)

Do you automate the process? If so do you just use scheduled tasks or something more?

@scottalanmiller As soon as it's safe need to go to SJDS to look at lots.

After Windows update reboots, under All Networks - Password protected sharing get's set to "Turn on password protected sharing" instead of the desired "Turn off password protected sharing". Is there a way to prevent updates/reboots from changing this setting?

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@CCWTech said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Karlita's mom has a brain tumor and medicine is quite expensive. A GFM page has been set up by @CCWTech to help raise funds for her medical expenses. They are in Nicaragua where the economy has collapsed from both the war and COVID so times are very tough there. Even a small amount makes a big difference. Thanks.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/medication-for-brain-tumor-treatment

Thanks for sharing this @scottalanmiller They really need our help. Anything above the goal will be used for her other medical expenses.

Donation made.

Thank you so much Eddie, it's very much appreciated.

@stuartjordan said in Has ConnectWise Set ScreenConnect Adrift as Ghost Ship Software?:

it's a shame the Original owners of Screenconnect sold themselves out, but these buyouts normally end up making the product twice as expensive without any decent further development.

Best comment ever! Exactly how I feel.

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