Fear not. Just grab mbr2gpt.exe from the \windows\system32 folder on a windows 10 machine and drop it anywhere you want on the new server, then run:
mbr2gpt /convert /disk:X /allowfullos
and you will be ready to restart and set your bios to UEFI support and finishing booting to your new uefi partition!
We finished. It took forever to get the motion sensor working. We ended up using a Microwave Radar Sensor. Here is this finished product. He loves it!
My boy is building a Magic Mirror from a RP3 and a shadow box; and some other items. He is learning a wee bit about Linux and Python. It's fun! I'll post pics when he is done.
I will say, however, the Magic Mirror has taken a back burner to the new puppies......
@JasGot said in Script to Clean up Windows 10 Start Menu:
Only if you want to play, else I'll do that this weekend. I was just hoping someone would say they have already experimented with it.
I'll report back with my findings.....
I'm reporting back. I spent the day upgrading from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro, testing with Win10crAPPRemover.ps1 in a variety of ways. Rinse, Repeat, many times with many different variations of approach.
I can say definitively that the Start Menu items and Tiles come with the first Windows 10 login even if you have an already existing profile. Meaning, I can now reliably achieve my goal of a clean Windows 10 interface with an existing profile.
Here are my reproducible steps to achieve my goal:
Log in as another existing (but not yet logged in under windows 10) account and you will see your DeCrapped GUI.
This means I can do an in-place upgrade from Win7 Pro to Win10 Pro and de appify the existing user accounts as long as I de appify the computer before those already existing accounts log in to the Window 10 Pro install.
I did not test with any version other than Pro. I don't care about Home and Enterprise is de-appified from the OOBE.
If you feel the need to argue about what I have done, please ask for clarification before doing so, I'm sure I have left room in my words for misunderstanding.
This experiment is a success and it allows me to achieve my goal with great reliability.
Tell us a little more about yourself, and who your company is.
Your first, post, 8 days after you signed up, resembles a Cold Call we might receive at the office. In order to not dump your question into the round file, we (I, anyway) would need to be a little more comfortable with the person asking the questions..... :)
We like BackupAssist.
Backs up to Local, NAS, RSYNC, FTP, RDX, USB Drives, Private Cloud, Public Cloud, iSCSI, Tape, etc....
All with Central Management.
Been using them for 10 years or more. Have it installed on over a hundred servers right now. We also VERY much prefer the way it detects Ransomware over other providers (like Unitrends).
We use it mostly for RDX and iSCSI, but have jobs for every destination available if you look at all the installs.
@manxam said in 12 yo is learning a bit about Linux and Python.:
That looks fantastic. Do you have a build log or instructions that you followed?
P.S. Why is that deer looking at me?!
We looked at some examples and then followed our noses. https://magicmirror.builders/
Got an $89 24" LED from Walmart, https://www.walmart.com/ip/onn-24-1920x1080-VGA-HDMI-60hz-14ms-LED-Slim-Design-Monitor/144551706
an 18"x24"x2.5" rear load shadow box from Michael's https://www.michaels.com/black-shadow-box-by-studio-decor/10360333.html
A Raspberyy Pi 2 ( the 3 and 4 have built-in WiFi that play havvoc with the motion sensing.) https://smile.amazon.com/Raspberry-Pi-Model-Desktop-Linux/dp/B00T2U7R7I/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=raspberry+pi+2&qid=1593385167&s=electronics&sr=1-9
and case: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MQLB1N6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Radar Motion Sensor https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MTWZDQZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and a two way mirror: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G4MQ966/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Any IT professionals in the Detroit Area available for short term projects?
Mostly Windows AD, Windows Server and Windows Workstation stuff. Some Unifi setup and management.
Speak up if this is you :)
Just wanted to report back say this little switch was the perfect item for my need. It has been installed for over a month now and I have been very pleased with it. Not that it is doing anything special, it just does its job!
We are using it indoor and we mounted its own little bracket to a single gang wall plate, then installed the wall plate, then attached the switch to its bracket. It makes for a clean install where there once was an ethernet wall jack.
Everything about it is Unifi, so if you are familiar with the Unifi System, this runs like any other Unifi switch.
This has turned out to be a great conversation. :)
Thanks to everyone!
Well. It turned into a big project.
Ended up replacing old Unifi APs, adding additional APs, adding 4 Sonos Fives, 2 Sonos Ones, 2 Sonos One SLs, 4 Sonos Moves, and 2 Sonos ARCs.
Then, because of the new APs, spent at least 4 hours battling a WiFi connected Tuxedo Touch, ended up pulling Ethernet to it.
Integrated Alexa to the Sonos System just so I could ask the speakers to turn the outdoor Edison Lights on and off! :)
And then added my Plex server, SiriusXM, and Spotify to Sonos.
We be Jammin' now!
Any particular reason for the relay? Why not just setup an smtp server?
We use these for one and done setups. We like it.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B008NO9RRM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
@hobbit666 said in Excel Help:
Desktop1 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19041
Desktop2 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19042
Desktop3 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.18363
Desktop4 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19041
Desktop5 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19041
Desktop6 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19041
Desktop7 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19042
No Need for a bunch of Nested IF= statements.
VLOOKUP is made for this. Although XLOOKUP is the new VLookup.
Here's the formula in Column I of my screen shot. Don't worry about the $, they just mean the formula should not auto advance when you copy and paste to other cells.
=VLOOKUP(H4,$C$21:$D$25,2,FALSE)
The "False" means EXACT Match, please leave it as False.
Is there a way to put a folder link into someones One Drive on their Desktop app from the admin console?
Currently, the only way I can find to get a linked Sharepoint folder into a One Drive account is to log into both One Drive and Sharepoint Online from that user's PC and click the link to "Add shortcut to OneDrive"
There must be a way to have it auto populate to all the users' desktop app.....
@mr-jones said in Taking suggestions about x86 Access replacement:
accde
If this is an accde file, it has to be compiled for 64-bit.
You can mix bits if using different versions of the apps. Example, you can have 64 bit Office 2019 installed, (with or without Access). And then install 32bit Access 2016 and it will all work. I know you are not looking for that, but it will work.
Do you have access to the pre-compiled version of your access file?
@mr-jones Can you tell us why they need 32 bit? We manage a ton of Access databases that were created and developed under 32 bit MS Access in the year 2003. With very little effort, these are all running just ducky under 64bit Access 2019.
I'm just curious if you may be having a problem that is simple to resolve, but since everyone has always said it has to be 32, the solution hasn't been explored....
@scottalanmiller said in Sonos:
I think that the thing with Sonos is that they have a lot of models with different power outputs and patterns.
This is what makes the project so difficult. So many similar products with similar purpose.
@scottalanmiller said in Sonos:
I don't know anyone that does Sonos design, but I think most cities have AV dealers that do that stuff a lot. Sonos doesn't go after the HiFi market, but more of the "room filling" market. Like a high quality Bose competitor. Same market, but actually decent stuff.
If you are an audiophile, neither is going to make you happy. But if you are looking for room jamming sound to dance to or have on while cooking and you want all the latest features, I think Sonos really aims for that.
I was thinking about Sonos for the hotel because you can control the zones so much.
I am an audiophile. I have a THX certified theater that is not included in the size or room count. When I need over the top, that's where I go. :)
The purpose of this project is to have room filling sound at low volume for background music, as well as pumped up volume for party atmosphere.