Posts made by Deleted74295

Would you kindly delete this account?

Thanks.

"Paid software is awful because reasons"

Really tired of the herd like mentality.

Oh for heavens sake guys.

This has nothing to do with whether open source is a bad thing. Re-read the article before you lampoon it.

I like my money. I like not spending it, I like getting a good deal, finding a bargain or better, getting something for free. Many of us do

But its never free, its not free to the person who gave it to me, the company who made it or the resources used to create it.

So, free e-guide on how to backup your business is offered. In exchange for the "free" guide, you pay for it with your contact details and become a lead. This is called gated marketing, same way you'd pay a toll when crossing a bridge, you pay information to get free stuff.

Now let's look at free software. Starts with the words "I want a free thing which solves this specific problem" It could be CRM, Finance, Security, It does not matter, the problem is we often look at open source software as being fantastic because it is free.

It is great because companies can see all the raw code, they can audit it, different people can contribute and the product gets better but there is a cost to using it, its not in the buying of the software it lies in:

• Cost of training, do you know how to use it?
• Cost of deployment
• Cost of migrating from 1 system to another
• Cost of reliability, is this tool reliable? Is it tested? Is it safe?

Who pays for all the above? Have you factored it in?

IT professionals can introduce you to lower cost, lower risk, faster and more reliable tools to get stuff done but none of it is free. If anyone ever says "free tool" someone is paying for it.

If you are offered free, be suspicious, if someone offers you something at a big discount, beware.

Sometimes you do get a generous gift, sometimes you really do get a good deal but most of the time, its a trap for later down the line.

Ubiquiti supply is still really bad in Europe though. I could wait 3 months before a new shipment for switches. There's not enough adoption yet.

Yes but the time to try taking a backup is not when the HDD is in a failed state. Any backup tool might struggle to properly take an image of a failing disk.

Anyway. You need three drives, the old failing, a backup target and the new one.

The order should be.

Create rescue DVD on a working Win-7 machine.
Take image via Windows backup to a third HDD
Install Windows 7 on new HDD
Then restore from the backup.

Post back here after 2 months of usage.

The 2FA is data only right? And they can set it to only work on wifi?

It really depends on the team you have, if you have...cheap mean spirited people on the team. Then yes you'll have to pay a stipend but make it like...cost of storing the app on their devices. $2 a year?

A bigger question, what if they don't have smartphones?

@dashrender said in 2FA - when required by your vendors, do you stipend your staff?:

We aren't managing the 2FA - the vendor (hospital) is. We can't dictate what they use.

And no one on your team has work emails on personal devices?

"It depends" on way more factors than 2FA.

Do they currently have work emails on their personal device?
If yes, why does introducing 2FA suddenly require stipends? If no, then provide them with physical tokens for 2FA instead.

A lot of accountants are on a referral scheme for QuickBooks/Sage/Xero and other tools, so recommendations are often skewed.

I call up said company

"Did you have an IT Generalist by the name of Bob?"

"An IT what? we've never employed one of those...but we had an IT manager here called Bob"

You always go by the title on your employment contract. Anything else is tantamount to lying.

Same way if your job is Sales Engineer but your given title is Account Manager, its bad to change it round.

IT generalist is such an oddity in common speak, sysadmin is a thing, IT guy is a thing, IT generalist? How many people use it?

So your job title was desktop support
And 4 different companies called you IT generalist? Sounds made up.

"Supporting The Arc Ocean County Chapter"

Wasted words, we know the organisation on the left, trim a little. Think of how you can give me new information or sell yourself better.

@jaredbusch said in Is CloudFlare Working for the NSA:

@irj said in Is CloudFlare Working for the NSA:

Ah I see now. Was a fork really necessary?

I think so, but the title is bad.

But it makes for good click bait.

@black3dynamite said in MangoLassi TV:

@jaredbusch said in MangoLassi TV:

I don't watch videos.

So all your recent little video responses are lost content.

Would you preferred a MangoLassi Podcast instead?

Text summaries are immensely helpful. I can guess at the content but there will be plenty of users who check in during a work day, can't watch a video then don't come back to view later unless its something they really really want to see.

The current title is like saying Democrats are working for Russia....

Organisations get breached without needing to "work" for the attacker.

@dashrender said in When Someone Points Their DNS at Your Site:

@networknerd said in When Someone Points Their DNS at Your Site:

@scottalanmiller said in When Someone Points Their DNS at Your Site:

Could still be weird. But could be benign, too.

Or it could be the NSA.

All your websites are belong to NSA.

Especially if you use CloudFlare.

@scottalanmiller said in Windows 10 volume licensing questions:

@Breffni-Potter said in Windows 10 volume licensing questions:

Simply show me where MS say you must buy any piece of hardware, whether broken or not, when getting an OEM edition of Windows.

It's that you have to SELL it with hardware.

Incorrect. I can buy as many OEM copies from a distributor with no background checks or verification that I am a reseller or a system builder.

MS terms dictate what I do with the copies, but there are zero terms which say I must only buy the licenses with hardware at time of purchase. The terms govern how I may activate and for what purpose, not the purchase.

Simply show me where MS say you must buy any piece of hardware, whether broken or not, when getting an OEM edition of Windows.

@scottalanmiller said in Windows 10 volume licensing questions:

@Breffni-Potter said in Windows 10 volume licensing questions:

@scottalanmiller said in Windows 10 volume licensing questions:

@Breffni-Potter said in Windows 10 volume licensing questions:

Where does MS say that it is legal to buy an OEM copy of Windows IF you buy a broken stick of Ram with it as well? Stop inventing nonsense about Europe being able to evade US contract law. It's basic knowledge that an OEM edition of Windows is not tied to anything except for the motherboard of the system in which it was supplied. So...how can you buy a faulty ram stick and be "legal" under their OEM agreement?

Right on the link I provided. Did you not read the article?

The word hardware comes up once in the entire article. Don't see it written where you must be supplied with a piece of hardware in the article. Can you copy paste the relevant section?

Read it more carefully. They reference Microsoft's site with MS reps stating it is okay to sell that way.

"Q: I build my own computers--mainly so I'll know what's in them and dont have to fool with the manufacturers' alleged "tech support" while I'm in warranty. At some point in the future I'll probably want to build one with Windows 7--when I do, do I qualify to use the "OEM System Builders" version or do I have to buy a retail copy?

A: Yes, you can buy the "OEM System Builders" version of Windows 7. Many online stores sell it."

Both questions say nothing about buying it with an individual component, both are referring to complete systems.