The script I started with was shamelessly stolen from a Technet post.
That gave me a pretty good start. I did some light editing to more accurately match what was going on at my employer when I first used it for a large batch of users rather a while ago.
Now I'm making some more changes and additions to turn it into something a bit more broadly useful day to day.
Saw Streets of Fire in the theater last night. The writer Larry Gross was there and chatted with us for a bit. Mentioned Final Fight as a video game that was heavily influenced by the movie and he claimed not to have heard of it previously. That was pretty cool!
@wrx7m said in RDS 2019 Setup and RDS License Role:
@PhlipElder said in RDS 2019 Setup and RDS License Role:
@wrx7m said in RDS 2019 Setup and RDS License Role:
When using UPD, is there anyway to access various users profiles' folders and files from the RDS server file system?
Example:
C:\Users\Bob\DesktopEdit: I found that I can path to it via UNC (\ \server\c$\users\Bob\Desktop), but get permissions error when I go locally, from C:\Users\Bob\Desktop. Also, the Bob folder is only a shortcut (LNK file) in the users directory.
The path is there in the form of a symbolic link. So, no. It's one way to limit exposure to ransomware.
If there is a need, the user can be logged off and one can mount the .VHDX file to gain access to whatever is needed.
Yeah, I fairly often have to copy files into a user profile here and there. I did notice that the disk is only mounted for the duration of their session and obviously would prevent interaction with it if the user is logged out. But, mounting the VHDX isn't that bad... if I had to do it when they were logged out. I would have to revisit a tool I just saw somewhere that allows you to quickly match the VHDX file with the user, since it only uses the SID in the file name.
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:
@black3dynamite said in What Are You Watching Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:
@black3dynamite said in What Are You Watching Now:
Mayweather-McGregor news conference
THey've given up fighting and just do news now?
They been traveling different cities for news conference leading up to the fight.
What a weird thing to do. What news is there about a fight? Like, unless there is drama that it might not happen....
It is traditional in sports generally to do lots of press events for marketing reasons. They are generally fluff at best. In fight sports there is a tendency to talking shit about the opponent to build tension at said events. Macgregor and Mayweather are both considered to be quite good at that bit of the process so there may have been some entertainment value. There was almost certainly no news to be had.
@JaredBusch said in Need to setup O365 shared calendar:
@Dashrender said in Need to setup O365 shared calendar:
@JaredBusch said in Need to setup O365 shared calendar:
@Dashrender said in Need to setup O365 shared calendar:
If it's a fully shared (controlled by all) calendar, I would choose Can edit.
That does not answer the question
It is a normal user, the admin account. That went to their calendar and clicked new calendar. They then shared it as shown.
Then I don't understand the question - I said - choose "Can edit" that's one of the choices you showed as an option.
WTF does "Can Edit" mean? Is it actually the most open access? I have no idea.
It's all hidden from the GUI now as far as I know but higher access levels still exist. The only thing I've actually run into people trying to use that requires it is messing with categories.
You have to be a Publishing Editor or Owner to work with them.
I usually end up assigning those for users using PowerShell when the need arises.
get/set/add-mailboxfolderpermission
@dustinb3403 said in Game of Thrones - Conversation Thread - Spoilers:
@wirestyle22 said in Game of Thrones - Conversation Thread - Spoilers:
********************* SPOILERS *********************
********************* SPOILERS *********************He took her request seriously and panicked, asking her to take it back. It means he can kill himself but didnt want to die.
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********************* SPOILERS *********************No he can't kill himself or else there would only be the Lord of Light. Who is bringing people back to life (but damaged) each time to presumably fight the whitewalkers.
Do you remember the pawn that was wearing the face of the faceless man that died by drinking the water because Arya killed the wrong person?
He can't possibly be able to die and share his face. Since a face can only be used if a person is dead. Otherwise there is some other stuff happening (like him being a god).
Even the Faceless man explains this to Arya.
The mistake you are making here is assuming that we have seen the proper face of the person in charge. Or even that there is a single individual running the show. The face you are referring to is just one of the previous victims of the group that gets shared around.
In answer B, Network A starts at 172.30.8.0 and ends at 172.30.11.255. The other three networks suggested are in a space that is already taken by that range.
Arrived in Cleveland hanging at the train station figuring out what to do with myself in this town at 4:30AM.
@scottalanmiller said in Game of Thrones - Conversation Thread - Spoilers:
@wirestyle22 said in Game of Thrones - Conversation Thread - Spoilers:
@scottalanmiller said in Game of Thrones - Conversation Thread - Spoilers:
@wirestyle22 said in Game of Thrones - Conversation Thread - Spoilers:
This entire season was so sloppy. If I weren't so invested I'd stop watching.
It's now a show with books written about it, rather than a show from books. That might be a big factor.
So they have an insane amount of references they can use instead of having to create the entire show from scratch? George R. R. Martin even gave them every major plot point. Wouldn't that make their job that much easier?
Who is "they" here? GRRM writes the show.
According to IMDB he's written 4 episodes and those were in early seasons.
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
I've had a few false starts with this one. Finally made myself read past the first few pages and it has drawn me in.
Nearing the end and I am feeling like it deserves the Hugo it won in 1969 and its status as a classic of SF.
https://www.tor.com/2011/02/06/hugo-nominees-1969/ is a pretty good write up of what was nominated elsewhere and what might have been overlooked altogether. Looks like that was quite the year for SF.
Samuel R. Delany's Nova which got a nomination is definitely going on my to read list.
Also of note: Ursula Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea was eligible that year but somehow didn't make the cut for any of the awards. This one is a personal favorite and it's a bit disappointing to see it got snubbed. It gets classified as YA but is absolutely worth a read for people of any age. Definitely recommend sharing with the kiddos for those of you with fantasy inclined spawn.
Alistair Reynolds is great, I really need to find some more of his stuff.
@kelly said in What Are You Watching Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:
@kelly said in What Are You Watching Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:
@jaredbusch said in What Are You Watching Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:
@kelly said in What Are You Watching Now:
Finally finished the last season of Babylon 5. Such an excellent series.
Oh man, I need to go back and watch that. Is it on some streaming service?
Amazon Prime Video
Oh nice, I didn't realize. That's awesome. Going to start that soon!
Yup, @JaredBusch got. The "What is coming soon" email is what got me back on it. I never got to watch all of it live, so this was my first time through the whole thing.
Same for me. Came during an era when I didn't have time for TV. Now, binging it, sounds like the way to go.
Fifth season is a bit slow. I think the writers were surprised that they added another season on the end. I liked the last half of the season, and they did an excellent job finishing the series and wrapping up the major remaining stories.
What I have heard in the past is that they planned the story for 5 seasons from early on but it looked like they were getting the ax at the fourth. Their response was to shoehorn the biggest events from 2 seasons of planned content into one so they could have an ending.
Then they got surprise renewed and had to scrounge to fill out the episodes in season 5.
@jaredbusch said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
Just fishing this.
What sort of bait did you use?
@WrCombs said in What Are You Watching Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Watching Now:
@black3dynamite said in What Are You Watching Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Watching Now:
@black3dynamite it's impossible if you don't have $200k to.piss away.
This is the Tesla model 3 which is there affordable model.
I thought there was a really long line to get those. And only the standard battery is available anytime soon from what I've read. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have one, but I prefer not having a car payment.
cars
paymentsare the devil
FTFY
@Kelly said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@Kelly said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
Getting ready to kick off a new custom campaign using The Burning Wheel system as the basis.
I have all of those books and really like the conflict resolution mechanism. I've never played it though.
It looks really interesting. I haven't played it at all, but a few of my friends want something a bit more serious than just smash and grab, so we started looking around for a system that would support what we were wanting out of a ttrpg. I'm hoping that this will fill that niche. We're going to actually use Burning Empires since our world is a sci fi one. BITS looks like it could be very fun.
I own an embarrassing number of mostly unused books that BWHQ has published. Really enjoy the stuff they put out.
If you/your players haven't read the Iron Empires comics they are definitely worth checking out before you get your campaign going.
If you have a chance at any point I can't recommend enough getting in a demo session with Luke or Thor. Don't know how much they do that these days but they used to run them at a lot of conventions.
@Kelly said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@NDC said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@Kelly said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@NDC said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@Kelly said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@Kelly said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
Getting ready to kick off a new custom campaign using The Burning Wheel system as the basis.
I have all of those books and really like the conflict resolution mechanism. I've never played it though.
It looks really interesting. I haven't played it at all, but a few of my friends want something a bit more serious than just smash and grab, so we started looking around for a system that would support what we were wanting out of a ttrpg. I'm hoping that this will fill that niche. We're going to actually use Burning Empires since our world is a sci fi one. BITS looks like it could be very fun.
I own an embarrassing number of mostly unused books that BWHQ has published. Really enjoy the stuff they put out.
If you/your players haven't read the Iron Empires comics they are definitely worth checking out before you get your campaign going.
If you have a chance at any point I can't recommend enough getting in a demo session with Luke or Thor. Don't know how much they do that these days but they used to run them at a lot of conventions.
Good input. I'm hoping to see if I can find a video of one of those sessions.
Ah yes we do live in the age of video everything. I didn't spot anything for BE with a quick search but there are definitely some for BW which is probably close enough to be helpful.
Here is one of Luke running a BW:G era version of The Sword.
Great, thank you. I hadn't gotten that far yet this morning, so this is helpful.
Oh and the forums are a good source of info as well.
@Nic said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
I picked up Divinity Original Sin 2 on sale, for the Switch. It's good, but hard!
That game is so mean sometimes. There are some stupid things you can do that will kill just about anything in the game supposedly. Tried to get through without that. Currently have a save at the final battle. Some day I'll pick it up and give that last bit another go.