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!
@jasgot said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Starting a complete domain migration of 1100+ workstations. New Domain, New File Servers, New Exchange Server. Gonna be pretty busy for the foreseeable future. Oh, and redesigning the whole printing infrastructure.
Done!
About 25 hours of hands-on over four days. Did not physically visit any of the 7 locations.
We are thankful for BackStage and Powershell!
A few minor issues along the way.....
Of the 1100+ workstation migrations:
• We had to re-install MS Office on four of them.
• We had to manually move redirected folders back to the laptop on 6 of 15 that were at remote locations and using redirected folders.
• We had to re-write one script to handle application settings for one mission critical app that exists on every PC. The script provided by the software company was unreliable.
• We missed two users during account creation in the new domain, so we handled that on the fly.
• We misspelled one user's name during account creation in the new domain, so we handled that on the fly.
• We usually use Code Two for mail migration. On this project, we had a hiccup and ended up scripting the mailbox export and import for all 1100+ users. After a successful setup and test of the Code Two software, we ran Windows updates on the new Exchange server and the updates broke Code Two. The killer part was that no matter what we tried, we could not uninstall the two updates that gave of this trouble. So, another PS script to the rescue!
All in all....Piece of cake and smooth as silk!
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.
We are going to be migrating almost 1100 workstations to a new domain in a month and I wanted to be sure all the Windows 10 PCs were on the latest version before we start.
This is what you will see (version may vary) if this is your situation.
We started this process last night, doing about 25 per day. Five per department at a time so they are not all affected at once. (Just a safeguard against potential Windows issues.)
Here is my working command and script to accomplish this.
Your execution may vary slightly. We run this from the BackStage window in ScreenConnect. This allows us to kick it off without interrupting the user and it is already an elevated Powershell Prompt. The PC will restart after hours.
We store the .ps1 script on the Deployment Share and we paste the command into the Powershell window of ScreenConnect Backstage.
This is the Script in the Deployment Share:
# Script Name: FUWindows.ps1
# Description: Trigger Windows 10 Feature Update and allow to restart after hours.
#Grab current Build Number and run the Update if we are behind.
$build = (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' CurrentBuild).CurrentBuild
if ($build -lt 19043)
{
# Setup the download location
$dir = "C:\FUWindows"
mkdir $dir
# Setup the Downloader
$webClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$url = "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=799445"
$file = "$($dir)\Win10Upgrade.exe"
# Download the latest Feature Update
$webClient.DownloadFile($url,$file)
# Start the Feature Update Installer
Start-Process -FilePath $file -ArgumentList "/quietinstall /skipeula /auto upgrade /copylogs $dir"
}
else
{Write-Warning "Already at Desired Build"
}
This is the command we paste into the Powershell in Backstage(ScreenConnect):
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope Process -Force; \\server\Deployment\FUWindows.ps1
The Feature Update runs quietly and there is no indication it is running unless you look at running processes. But, if you run the script again, you'll get a Pop-Up window telling you it is already running. You'll probably do this the first few times to be sure, but then you'll learn to trust it.
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..... 
@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
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.
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!
@travisdh1 said in Windows 10 BSOD When Printing:
@Dashrender said in Windows 10 BSOD When Printing:
Dymo's post about the problem.
Removing the update didn't work for us. Still getting blank labels. Monday I'll check if that software from that article is a working version of DYMO Connect.
They've had a working version of the DYMO LabelWriter software out, but that doesn't provide an API that a website can use to print labels with, which is what this client uses the printers for.
We've had to fix this over 200 times this past week.
WHEN IT INVOLVED A PC WITH ONLY a DYMO, not every case had the KB5000802 update, so we just stopped removing that update and went straight to this process every time. It had work every time for us. If there was a Dymo AND a Kyocera, we continued removing KB5000802.
This procedure has work every single time on more than 200 workstations this week.
@jaredbusch said in hot potato workers:
Force Edge to always use porn mode. That should help.
Helpful Hint: Don't google: "Edge Porn Mode"
@dashrender said in Windows 11 does not let you show all taskbar icons:
@jaredbusch Ya gotta wonder if there is a reg key for that?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Create a new 32bit Dword value: "EnableAutoTray"
Set to: 0
0 = Show all
1 = Hide all
To activate:
Log out and back on
OR
Reboot
OR
Use Task manager to kill and restart Explorer
As someone who is intimately familiar with both side of that issue, I have just a few thoughts.
1st, you went to the interview because you were unhappy where you are.
2nd, if you went straight to a 50% pay increase to stay; we now know there are problems that are are not pay related at this job. As does the employer, and he has decided not to correct them, he is only trying to get you to stay long enough to fire you on his terms.
3rd, As Scott said, you may burn the bridge to the man who has faith in you today.
4th, if you leave on cordial terms, there is no reason why you couldn't come back in a few years for that 50% pay increase, but as I said earlier, the money isn't the issue, there is another problem, and I'm sure the current boss has no desire to fix it.
As an employer, I NEVER EVER make a counter offer or ask what it would take to get someone to stay. If they are leaving, and we agree to terms to make them stay, it is all but guaranteed you are only keeping them for a short while. They will leave anyway once they realize your new arrangement can't resolve the real problem.
Thank them for the offer and tell them if they have a place in the future that will help you grow in your skills and value, you would be willing to talk then. Be polite, and gracious. Burned bridges are condemned in your world!
@Dashrender said in Writing a Job Posting:
has it through the other spouse?
How many spouses can you have where you live?
At the request of another user, I'm going to try this again. With a couple of pre-discussion statements.
We have been doing TS for decades. We have been VMimg Servers for years. We are now beginning to move TS customers to Windows 10 Pro hosted by Hyper-V.
This question has nothing to do with the design or deployment of a VDI solution.
When you deliver a physical demo of VDI to your customer or potential customer, who has absolutely no idea what the words Virtual, VDI, VM, Hyper-V, ESX, VMware, or any other word you are thinking of right now, mean..... What is your model?
What is your existing physical on site demo unit look like? What does it connect to?
The physical onsite demo for the customer cannot be a PC or anything that any normal end user would think is a pc.
It cannot be a laptop, or chrome book, or tablet, or ipad.
It must support 2 or more 23" LCD displays.
It must support a local printer, a local barcode reader, a local Driver License reader/scanner, a local utility meter reader, and an electronic signature pad.
The physical onsite demo for the customer must connect to local LAN resources for proof of concept.
In the final solution, there will NEVER be a cloud based solution for the customer, all connections and data must remain on site.
I don't give two hoots about your ideas on how to design or deploy a VM or VDI (call it whatever you like) environment. I only care about what you carry into a customer site to provide a demo of what will be at the users desk after their current PC goes in the dumpster.
You see, if you don't carry hardware into the customer site and set it up to show them, (because they have no idea what you are talking about), you may not have anything to add here...... and that's okay.
I am looking forward to comments from folks who provide this kind of a demo for their customers.
@carnival-boy said in Apple plans to scan your images for child porn:
Which bits. I don't find the article that clear. It initially suggests the data is uploaded automatically from the phone, but ends with these statements which clearly say it is only photos that are uploaded to iCloud that are affected:
Apple’s neuralMatch algorithm will continuously scan photos that are stored on a US user’s iPhone and have also been uploaded to its iCloud back-up system
Let me translate this through the eyes of a contract lawyer.
Statement one; and it is read as a singular statement unrelated to the rest of the sentence:
"Apple’s neuralMatch algorithm will continuously scan photos that are stored on a US user’s iPhone."
Statement two, read as a singular statement, with the only reference to the first statement being the linking verb "have" which connects the "scanning" to the "pictures in the iCloud" :
"and [will continuously scan photos that] have also been uploaded to its iCloud back-up system"
This is read as two different objects, not a single object with two prerequisites.
In other words, "any picture that is on your phone OR any picture that is on your iCloud"
NOT read as "any picture that is both on your phone AND in your iCloud."
Remember, you can install iTunes, or the iCloud application on your Windows PC and send pictures to your iCloud backup system without ever even owning an iPhone.
Back to the confusing sentence above...your mind probably has you thinking what is meant if you place the words in this order: "... also have been uploaded..." This still doesn't change the legal meaning to suddenly require BOTH, but this altered word order does reconcile better with a meaning of both. Sometimes there are large gaps between American English grammar and legal meanings.
Hi!
My name is Jason. I've been in IT for 30 years and usually just lurk around. I had grown tired of the drama on many of the other boards, so after a hiatus, I went looking for a new place to hang out. Found this. I like it.
I run an all purpose IT shop for companies with between 25 and 250 employees/workstations. I am addicted to television, and I get the biggest kick from watching my kids grow up. Good food and international travel is also high on our list. I hope to have a chance to participate in some of your topics here.
Jason