@Dashrender said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:

Again, getting less than 20 people quickly to make a vote is one thing, getting 1000's is another. Perhaps the number of companies that have 1000's that matter (i.e. it takes thousands of shareholders to make up a majority, it can't be done with less) is so small that it's not relevant to the conversation?

That's likely only a handful of companies. If any, it's only a theory that any like that exist. Normally there are either super large individual investors or funds that hold the majority of shares in just four or five representatives. They normally talk directly.

But if there was even need for an exception to this, investors can do whatever they want. They can have email voting and require responses in five minutes if they want.

@JaredBusch said in Files in a LANLESS system:

@scottalanmiller said in Files in a LANLESS system:

@Dashrender said in Files in a LANLESS system:

@scottalanmiller said in Files in a LANLESS system:

@Dashrender said in Files in a LANLESS system:

@scottalanmiller said in Files in a LANLESS system:

@Dashrender said in Files in a LANLESS system:

@scottalanmiller said in Files in a LANLESS system:

@Dashrender said in Files in a LANLESS system:

@scottalanmiller said in Files in a LANLESS system:

@Dashrender said in Files in a LANLESS system:

@scottalanmiller said in Files in a LANLESS system:

@Dashrender said in Files in a LANLESS system:

@scottalanmiller let's assume that we get direct application access from Word/Writer into SP or NC, how do you send a link to someone else so they know they have access? How do you register that 'link' in some way so that the correct application launches when trying to open the link?

How do you do it today? Why would it need to change at all?

Paying particular attention to Gene's wording, there would be no more files, only data in a DB. In that case, to send the information via email would mean extracting that data into some kind of usable format then emailing it.

So the contents of the file are simply sent as a file.... that's all a file normally is, a database holding text directly on it with a label on it with the filename. So.... literally nothing changes here under the hood. There is no more or less extraction than before.

You were weren't talking about getting rid of docx files and xlsx files, etc?

Yup, and still am. No files, but that doesn't mean that you can't have a file "view".

But OneDrive, etc still store those things as objects, I don't think you can edit the 'Word.doc' file directly inside the DB, you need to send that object of data to Word to edit it.

As objects, not as files. I don't need to pull the files from OneDrive to edit them. I can talk to the database directly with MS Office 2013 or later, even the online version.

Yeah Office is a bad example because of the massive integration.

Or a good example because it shows how easily it can be done and how well people can't even tell.

LOL - yeah, but you are limited to only MS based files, All other files are just stored as objects in the DB.

Are they? I'm not sure of that. But that's always going to be the case. File systems are for ad hoc, unplanned files. The real question should be... why do such files exist in your environment? When do you actually want ad hoc file types that you didn't expect?

Actually Sharepoint does not natively interface .doc files either. It only uses the new format .docx files in the manner you are saying.

Don't I know it.. I was playing with SharePoint and damn if I didn't have all kinds of problems with DOC files.

@scottalanmiller said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@Dashrender said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@dafyre said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@Dashrender said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@dafyre said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@Dashrender said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@dafyre said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@Dashrender said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@dafyre said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@brianlittlejohn said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@dafyre said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

@scottalanmiller said in Disaster Recovery in a lanless network:

There really isn't anything too special as normal backups tend to be LANless already. Not always, but generally. Some backup tools rely on SMB/NFS which is not very LANless, but lots don't.

You consider backups that are stored separately from other files generally safer, right?

What about a backup system that mounts the CIFS / NFS path when the backups start, and then unmounts them when it has completed?

You still have an issue where Crypto-whatever 's are scanning the networks for CIFS/NFS shares.

True, but generally such shares are only writable to a particular user / server.

Then why bother unmounting them? You gain nothing by unmounting them.

In the event that the backup server does get hit with a crypto... If the backup drives aren't mounted, then at least your data is safe until backups start.

I think I see where you're going with this. The backup software runs as a user that is only used for that software. If that's the case, then there are still two things to consider.

you don't actually need to mount it because the backup software will right directly to the UNC path, for which only that user is allowed right access. while mounted as another user, only the backup user account itself can actually write to the mount, so you should be able to leave it mounted all the time.

True. I'm thinking along the lines of the way Veeam for Linux works (I'm on the beta).... It mounts, backs up, then unmounts.

That explains it.. I don't think Windows works that way, and if it does, it's completely under the hood. I suppose you could see some sort of mount if you dig around, but I doubt it would be enumerated as a drive letter, if you were using a UNC instead of a pre mounted mapped drive.

Don't know about the Windows version... I back up to an always connected USB drive with Veeam hangs head in shame lol.

Don't feel bad. My onsite backup for our x-rays are on a USB attached drive. The Offsites are a bit better off though 😉

USB drive sitting on a shelf? Or actually attached to the server? USB as a mechanism is just fine.

Sitting on a shelf?

Actually it's both, the drive is sitting on a shelf AND it's connected to the server.

I don't like it because it's a single drive, no reliability in the data - HUGE hassle to recreate if there's a failure. Originally put in place as a band-aid, but we all know how those end up. The cost of rebuilding it is about 4 times the cost of a Buffalo 2 drive NAS.

@gjacobse said in What I miss the most:

I saw one on the drive Sunday - I do not recall where it was.

Menards is similar to maybe Walmart - but better as I understand. They are not in my area - but I know they are in Ohio....

I'm guessing that you saw them in Ohio. That is where I saw them closest.

@scottalanmiller said in Google Chrome and ScreenConnect:

@gjacobse said in Google Chrome and ScreenConnect:

@JaredBusch said in Google Chrome and ScreenConnect:

I use chrome all day everyday. Problem is yours.

I wonder if it's the Win10 build and subsequent Win 10AU.

Possible but I suspect that Jared is on Win 10.

Windows 10 with AU even.
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Really early impressions of SparkleShare:

It is based on git, I truly did not know git could be used with anything other than text files.
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The host setup is a script that installs a git server , since it is git you could acually use gitlab, github or bitbucket as your server host.
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Windows client listed on the webpage (1.4) is not the newest version available even though it is the only version listed. Version 1.5
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Client tracks files added and deleted, as well as versions of certain file types.
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Versions of a docx file and ability to recover
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Tomorrow I'll setup another client to test the syncing process between clients 😃

We've been able to Default the remaining APs and they are adopted. We have one that is being stubborn, while it 'pings' it's not reachable. Suspect an issue with the AP itself. One just lost the heartbeat, but, it was found and adopted.

All in all, four of the six are running and good to go. lot better than where we started.

Thanks

I got it restored to a new db,.. but i did have to change the file name.

@dafyre said in Acer Aspire R3-471t Accessing BIOS:

@gjacobse said in Acer Aspire R3-471t Accessing BIOS:

@hobbit666 said in Acer Aspire R3-471t Accessing BIOS:

Is it Windows 10 laptop?

Yes,.. the F2 and F12 keys do work, just very inconsistent results.

I always bounce between F2, F10, F11, F12, and DEL.... Jackhammer between them all until desired results achieved.

Jack hammer the needed keys.....

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Real solution... Stop using outlook and push to OWA.

I know I could use WebRoot for my personal computers, but this was for someone else. They had McAfee which was expired. I prefer free over paid, though I know there is a bit of a compromise.

@gjacobse said in Linux Mint: Reset Windows Password:

WHile I asked, I also searched:

Reset Windows using Linux Mint

You can use Linux live CD and a program named chntpw will do the rest. You don’t have to install that OS to your hard drive. I am showing you how to do it using Linux Mint. Visit Linux Mint website and download ISO. Burn it to a disc and boot up your computer using that bootable disc. Go to Menu>Accessories>Terminal. Type sudo apt-get update. Press Enter. Type sudo apt-get install chntpw. Press Enter and keep that terminal open. From desktop go to Computer and then just open the drive where Windows is loaded. It will mount that drive. In the terminal type cat /proc/mounts. Hit Enter. It will give output like /dev/sda1 /media/CA123DD456EA6512. This long serial no will vary in your case. Change it accordingly in next command. Type cd /media/ CA123DD456EA6512. Hit Enter. Type cd Windows/System32/config/ and Press Enter. Type sudo chntpw SAM and Press Enter. You will get a menu with all users of the system. Default is Administrator. Type 1 and press Enter to clear user password. If you need to reset password for a specific user, type sudo chntpw -u username SAM and follow previous instructions. Close everything and reboot system.

I was going to suggest the chntpw. As far as I know that's compatible up to Windows 8.1... Never had to use it on Win10 yet.

@gjacobse said in iOS Contact recovery from iTunes Backup:

@JaredBusch said in iOS Contact recovery from iTunes Backup:

@gjacobse said in iOS Contact recovery from iTunes Backup:

Well this is a fun one. User was to receive new phone, so planning ahead, she called in to discuss getting her contacts backed up. She had an iPhone 5c, but didn't have it sync to the iCloud - she didn't want to do so since it was her iCloud account, but an Office phone.

Got the 5c connected to iTunes and backed up. As near as I know anyway, everything succeeded normally.

This week she has her new 6s and plugged it in. Back up seemed to restore correctly, but she has no contacts.

I fully expect that the version difference is causing this, but would expect that her contacts are in the back up. Just how to retrieve them?

Are you sure the contacts were on the phone and not from something like an exchange account?

I've never had an iTunes based backup/restore fail to do that.

There is no difference in "version" because iOS is iOS no matter which device it is on. At worst you may be iOS 8 versus iOS 9?

iOS is iOS - Well I was going to say no.. but @art_of_shred and I managed to figure it out. I am using my phone as a comparison... I have been using the OWA application, but she mentioned using the regular MAIL app. So I went to set it up, and wasn't seeing the same thing @art_of_shred was. Found out what the deal was and now it 'matches'.

But that doesn't fully answer the issue here,.. getting her contacts. on to the next thought.

So adding the exchange account worked?

@Mike-Davis said in Print directly to printer - no add-ins:

I'd lean towards application trapping the print screen key the way green shot does. I think you're right.

Yes - our 'best guess' is that there is some third party software needed. And since this is a state agency - they have limitations as to what can be used or installed.

@gjacobse said in O365 Shared Calendar: Permissions:

This may not be the correct configuration, but it currently is working for the most part.

Office has a <user> account set as Public for the Calendar. Most people are able to access the <public> calendar to add appointments and vacation items. Except one person (currently).

Ideally, I would believe you would want it set as a Resource - not as a <user>, but at this moment we are not going to convert it. Trying to find the permissions that are needed to allow full access for internal staff to update the calendar. I have been looking through the admin pages, and have not found what I believe to be all that is needed.

Pretty sure it's under:
Exchange Admin Center; Recipients; Mailboxes (since it's a <user> calendar); Edit User

You'd go into the office 365 portal, find this public calendar user, go to delegation access and assign people there. (At least that is what I would do)

Doesn't this cost a monthly fee as well?

@scottalanmiller said in Skype issues:

Alpha on Linux running fine here.

Well, since going to 7.25.106 I've not had any issues.

haven't really worried muchabout it,.. but just found this to try.. going over it now.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17417/windows-mouse-touchpad-keyboard-problems

@JaredBusch said in Chocolatey.org: Install vs. Upgrade:

@scottalanmiller said in Chocolatey.org: Install vs. Upgrade:

If you don't specify package names it will only upgrade what is installed.

Right. I have scheduled task that runs this command.

choco upgrade all -y

That is much easier than doing them one at a time. Thanks.