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Omg, someone formatted one of my drives!

E:\ NaN NaN Not available
C:\ NaN NaN Not available
C:\ 118.41 113.98 49%

@scottalanmiller: Ugh, Let's not go there. <rant> I'm tired of users telling me their email addresses and then specifying "all lower case" or clarifying a URL with "is this all lower case or upper?" </rant>

U+004DU+0061U+006EU+0078U+0061UU+006D

@scottalanmiller said in Sodium App bug:

Have you checked, maybe you actually HAVE two C drives

Well, now wouldn't that be complicated to explain to a user. Go to C:\Users\SAM\My Documents..
No, no, not THAT the OTHER
No, that's the first C:, click on the other one.
You're still in the wrong

The user would likely hear the sound of a gun and then silence over the phone within minutes...

My application list is now populated as well but now I have two drives under File system

C:\ 118.56 113.84 49%
E:\ NaN NaN Not available
C:\ 118.56 113.83 49%

Funny, I do this on Server STD all of the time (utilizing the same serial for the two guest OS' regardless of hypervisor platform) but the two times that I've attempted it with DC the guests fail to activate. I always assumed it was a restriction with DC and that one has to use the full blown Windows installation with hyper-v role on this platform.

I only have 2 DC clients + 1 DC internal use license so I never investigated it further.

I guess I'm going down the rabbit hole of figuring out why this never worked for me.

Thank you.

@QuixoticJeremy, I installed the agent on a Windows 10 system a few days ago but Sodium does not show any information beneath "Applications" for it.

Also, it enumerated the DVD drive (E:) but shows "Not Available" for all of the data. Could you do a quick WMI check on drives to determine if they're ROM and, if empty (isReady = False), show "Empty" or something along those lines?

[IO.DriveInfo]::GetDrives() | where { $_.DriveType -eq 'CDRom' }

Name : E:
DriveType : CDRom
DriveFormat :
IsReady : False
AvailableFreeSpace :
TotalFreeSpace :
TotalSize :
RootDirectory : E:
VolumeLabel :

Thanks to you both for replying. What product key does one use with a DC license and hyper-V server on the guest Windows Server OS' then? One cannot re-use the DC product key AFAIK.

@scottalanmiller, you state that one should likely not use anything aside from Hyper-V server for virtualization. In this scenario, is there any way to use a datacenter license to license the guest OS' when using this platform?

I always deploy Server Datacenter with the Hyper-V role so that I'm able to use AVMA to license a large number of Server standard guests.

I would prefer to use Hyper-V server in all instances (lower attack service, less maintenance, less patching / downtime, smaller footprint, etc), but have never been able to determine if it was possible while using a datacenter license.

Thanks for the video!

Tried on a spare Surface Pro 3 but have no keyboard or touchpad including from Grub (which sucks, because now I can't select the Windows partition to boot from unless I plug in an external keyboard :P)

I attempted to install the copr surface-3-kernel which works for Fedora 23 through current but it locks the computer up during the download phase.

Oh well...

@Grey said in Home Anti-virus:

... www.lemonparty.com ...

Damn you, I clicked on that link! NSFW, around small children, or pets.

@bigbear said in Dropbox Smart Sync:

@Francesco-Provino I am about to try a tool in RDSH that will mount One Drive libraries as a UNC path and Drive Letter. I suspect its little more than an elaborate WEBDAV setup but I am hoping to be impressed. A lot of Citrix guys seem to like it.

If it works it would be enough to allow me to wait for the forthcoming updates to "Files On Demand". Microsoft's made no statement about whether those changes will only be released for Win 10 or will be included for 2016 RDSH. It apparently involves a lot of changes to the OS itself.

@bigbear, do you mind sharing the name of this tool? I have tried several in the last couple of years and they've all been "craptacular". I'm still hoping to find a useful one!

@scottalanmiller: "Performant" isn't actually a word and, as far as I know, is not listed as such in any legitimate dictionary. The word has been used a lot lately and is now part of common vernacular. It will likely find its way into the dictionary soon though.

Some follow-up: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/38945/ddg#38948

Maybe I should see if I can find any of this? Of course, if I did, I likely wouldn't be able to type my review of it

@DustinB3403: It doesn't taste a damn thing like chocolate but it does taste more like heaven than I'd like to admit.

I think my macho "street cred" just dropped a few points by acknowledging this... Gotta go lift heavy things now in order to compensate -- brb

Some mysterious "whiskey" found in my pantry...

@Breffni-Potter

I don't disagree with you at all on that front. I'm just so used to over-zealous sales teams that I was a little annoyed when the rep. didn't reply before my trial had expired.

With anything Solarwinds (n-able), I've become used to thrice-daily calls asking if I want to purchase, if there were any questions, and promises that their application does X (even if it doesn't or, at least, not well). Not that I condone this behaviour, but a prompt reply to an inquiry is always nice.

Sorry @magroover, I haven't helped you at all; è colpa mia.

@scottalanmiller: Thanks for the welcome SAM. I always come across your posts in SW and somehow managed to stalk find you here.

• Small MSP in Alberta
• ~100 seats and growing
• Working on automating the workflow to decrease admin time
• Losing my mind..

In that vein, I just send another email to MSP Manager stating that I hadn't received a reply to my previous question(s) and received an almost immediate reply stating that he is sorry that he missed my email and will take a look at it first thing on Monday.

Maybe.. just maybe..

@JaredBusch: Thanks for the reply. I'm not looking to create a ticket on a schedule, I'm looking for a way to schedule tickets. e.g. Assign a time that this ticket needs to be worked on. ConnectWise does perfectly whereas you can -- directly from the ticket entry screen -- assign a tech and a time to work on (say, Monday at 11:30am for 30 minutes). Unfortunately, the time/cost for CW just isn't within scope currently.

I, too, am trying to find a PSA for a small MSP. I have tried Atera, MSP Manager, OTRS, osTicket, NinjaRMM, and ManageEngine.

Unfortunately, they're all missing ticket scheduling except in a VERY round-a-bout way in MSP Manager. MSP lets you:

• Create a ticket
• Go to the schedule screen
• Create a scheduled task (Which requires you to enter a title and summary)
• Link it to an existing ticket which you have to search for by name or you won't find it

Unfortunately, I can find no way to open said ticket from the scheduled entry. One can only get the ticket number then go back to the "Helpdesk" view and search for said ticket.

I received an email from one of their sales reps a couple of days before my trial expiry asking if I had any pre-sales questions -- to which I replied with a couple. It has been over a week and I have not received a reply. I suppose they're not interested in my business.

Before sales support from many companies is often better than post as they want you to sign up and promise you the moon. The total lack of communication is a real let down for this product and a reason for me NOT to choose them even if it supported proper scheduling.

Without trying to thread-jack, does anyone know of a relatively inexpensive PSA that allows SCHEDULING a ticket from the ticket entry screen? Being an MSP, I need a way to track what ticket needs to be done at what time as, most often, I'll need to schedule this with the end user.

Thank you!