@black3dynamite said in Mouse Issues on Windows 2019 on KVM Through Virt-Manager:

EvTouch USB Graphics Tablet is the default when selecting Server 2019 config template.

That's the one.

And the template didn't load properly when we selected it! It kept going back to Alpine!

@thwr said in Disk Manager with No Search in Windows 10:

@dbeato said in Disk Manager with No Search in Windows 10:

@scottalanmiller said in Disk Manager with No Search in Windows 10:

@dbeato said in Disk Manager with No Search in Windows 10:

@scottalanmiller said in Disk Manager with No Search in Windows 10:

@Obsolesce said in Disk Manager with No Search in Windows 10:

@scottalanmiller said in Disk Manager with No Search in Windows 10:

So in our situation, we had to open PowerShell and run diskmgmt.msc and it was able to open it. You have to have the full name.

This came about because someone installed some "Classic Shell" hijack software that removes all of the Windows Vista and later functionality to find tools. So the system is almost entirely broken.

You could also hit the "Windows" key + r, then type that in the run box and hit enter.

Only if you have the full name. diskmgmt.msc will work that way, diskmgmt will not. We tried.

Correct. I am surprised this became a post. However I understand with the whole classicshell situation.

Yeah, like I never have to know the whole name. I figured it was diskmgmt.exe. Nearly every guide only has it without the extension. And I've never had to type it out before.

Yeah, most applications for Windows are .msc or .cpl that control things as below:

Services - services.msc
Programs and Features - appwiz.cpl
Disk Managment - diskmgmt.msc
Computer Management - compmgmt.msc

For Control panel you would open just "control" and that's it so it can be inconsistent.

And so forth.

I usually just start mmc.exe. Three simple characters to type (or seven), no need to remember names (I used to know them, but...) and access to all mmc's in one place.

Well we can do all that, I am just saying after a while regardless of the OS you get to find your own shortcuts. Problem with MMC is that you need to do like 5 mouse clicks to get to something.

@Kyle said in Remote Hands for Vet Clinic in Oklahoma City Right Now - Jan 29, 2020:

@scottalanmiller I'm downtown and it's a 20min drive depending on which clinic in Yukon.

Turns out... it's Kyle's own vet!

@JaredBusch said in Deploying NodeBB 1.13 on CentOS 8 with MongoDB 4.2:

You can only remove this line if you are going to host the reverse proxy on the same instance.

No reverse proxy needed if you are going to just look at it locally without going over the network.

I asked if they really had customers who would pay that amount. They said hundreds... Ummm ok, not thousands? Really?

@JasGot said in W2, the IRS Test, and Who Do I Work For?:

@scottalanmiller said in W2, the IRS Test, and Who Do I Work For?:

when a union gets involved and peoples' values are no longer evaluated

uh oh!

It's not a secret, the point of unions was to represent the value of "breathing" rather than specific values. It is what it is, unions benefit those without skills at the expense of those with them. They only make sense in a "fodder" setting where the value of the worker isn't determined by their work individually, but the availability of the entire pool. Unions are just a nice sounding term for "collective bargaining", which of course is itself a polite way of making it crystal clear that the individuals don't have anything special to offer to can't bargain themselves.

@Danp said in Create an Empty SQLite Database on Windows:

@scottalanmiller Yes, Windows 10.

Odd, didn't work for me.

@DustinB3403 said in Kari's Law and Special SMB Onus on IT Staff:

@scottalanmiller You just said that Enterprise customers can be forced to update their information, but smaller orgs get a pass.

I must be misreading what you've typed.

Yes, the CUSTOMERS get a pass, IT that supports small customers has to provide the information that they don't have control over. Enterprise customers have to provide the information from the company.

SMB customers get to not tell anyone when changes are made and blame someone with no power or way to get that information for certain.

At least the notification requirements are pretty simple and straightforward. For almost everyone, just email out a notification.

Your definition is not relevant. The FCC definition is what will be enforced.

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@DustinB3403 said in Kari's Law and Hotdesking:

@scottalanmiller I would say, you should disable it if someone can't pick up any phone and call 911.

It IS disabled in that situation. So removes it from law coverage.

@Obsolesce said in Is It Really Encrypted When the Key Is Public and Automatic?:

That's like saying your data is encrypted with BitLocker or FileVault, but anyone with BitLocker or FileVault respectively can will automatically decrypt your data without even trying.

FTFY

@Obsolesce said in Ubuntu Adjust Screen Brightness:

@scottalanmiller said in Ubuntu Adjust Screen Brightness:

@Obsolesce said in Ubuntu Adjust Screen Brightness:

@scottalanmiller said in Ubuntu Adjust Screen Brightness:

@CCWTech said in Ubuntu Adjust Screen Brightness:

@scottalanmiller said in Ubuntu Adjust Screen Brightness:

On Ubuntu 19.10, there is a brightness setting on the power screen in settings. But it doesn't seem to do anything. You can slide it, but nothing happens. Anyone having luck adjusting screen brightness on Ubuntu?

We've tested on multiple machines, all seem the same. Both Nvidia and AMD cards same lack of adjustment.

Running 19.10 and I don't even have a brightness setting at all.

I have it, but it affects nothing.

Laptop or desktop monitor? I can't imagine it working on anything but a laptop.

Desktop

That's why. I know of no OS that controls monitor brightness unless it's a laptop/tablet/phone/etc. Never an external monitor with separate power source.

Me either, but @CCWTech was asking for it. I've never looked for it before. No idea what it should do in that situation.

@scottalanmiller said in Can You Use an HP 22-3019 AIO Just As a Monitor:

Turns out they misread the model number. It's a Dell Optiplex with no connectors.

The hell. . . Dell doesn't even look remotely close to HP.

The branding alone. . .

@Dashrender said in SAMIT: Do You Really Need Active Directory:

I am surprised that MS didn't come out with a better solution for this ages ago. That whole Direct Connect or whatever it was called - phone home VPN solution they have for Enterprise edition only - what a kluge.

They are working on phasing this out. DirectAccess was a kludge that is being replaced by Always-On-VPN. Which works on versions of Windows Professional and Up and requires very little outside of a certificate and Group Policies (or Intune).

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