Posts made by stess

How about a drinking game where you drink (anything) when the speaker said "Free".

Christmas came early this year

I'm interested.

What OS should I start with. I have no idea what I am going to be doing with it.

As someone who's not into cloud computing... what would I be using these for? Download torrents?

@Carnival-Boy said in Was It the Last IT Guys Fault:

Probably the main thing that puts me off moving jobs is that it means moving in to someone else's shit, which you then have to spend months, or even years, sorting out.

It is like moving house, only where you have to leave all your own, cool stuff in your old house and have to make do with whatever the previous tenants of your new house have left you. Even if they're relatively neat and tidy, you'll still be like "uugh, my new closet is full of brown cords, I miss my old blue jeans". And that's the best case. Worst case is they've left a half-eaten, three week old pizza under the sofa.

I came into role that was half documented, with everything all over the places. Took me 2 months just to grasp what is going on, and another 6 months to sort things just to keep it afloat.

@scottalanmiller said in Was It the Last IT Guys Fault:

@stess said in Was It the Last IT Guys Fault:

@scottalanmiller
I got to say that sometime your post is just too long to read. Thanks to translate.google with voice over text.... I'm able to follow through..

You are listening to it translated and read? In what language? How well does that work?

English. There's a speaker button that read what you typed (in this case copy/paste) into the box. It's not perfect, but for someone whos English is not their primary language, it helps a lot.

@IRJ said in Salary:

P.S. Are you guys comparing your exact position or just the IT median for your state?

median.

@scottalanmiller
I got to say that sometime your post is just too long to read. Thanks to translate.google with voice over text.... I'm able to follow through..

@IRJ said in Salary:

@stess said in Salary:

Some day I didn't even get to see my beloved desk at all.. and on my knees all day :'(.

I am scared to ask.....

LOL!!! Don't put it out of context like that.
ps. I laughed so loud my manager just looks at me like "Are you alright?"

@scottalanmiller said in Salary:

@stess said in Salary:

Still... not bad for someone without high level certs (CCNA, MS, redhat, etc) and no degree.

No Cisco or RH certs here. I DO have old MS certs, but no certs on my resume. And no degree... well none on my resume. So for all intents and purposes, no certs and no degrees.

In your case I guess experience top all certs.

For people who just started certs is for stepping stone for an interview. I'm learning a lot with Win2012R2 servers and such.

I'm making about 42K for helpdesk position. My duties include all helpdesk (we are small size business of 50-100 users), break-fix, and deploy new computer or software update.

It's pretty laid back when you are caught up with everything... but sometime it can required whole weekend to get things done. Some day I just sit at my desk with headphone on.... and watch twitch all day . Some day I didn't even get to see my beloved desk at all.. and on my knees all day :'(.

Still... not bad for someone without high level certs (CCNA, MS, redhat, etc) and no degree.

Congrats!!!!

Does installed higher .netFrameworks also install lower version as well?

If I install 4.6.2 (most current) does it also install 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, etc as well?

I'm asking this from deployment perspective. I use PDQ and it needs .netFrameworks 4.0 to beable to deploy.

Thanks for the clarification. I'll debate with my wallet if I can afford NUC.

Allow me to rephrase my initial question then... For Home Server (with VMs) do you need Server grade Xeon, Rack, ECC memory, redundancy PSU?

@scottalanmiller said in Where do you buy home server?:

@aaronstuder said in Where do you buy home server?:

IntelNUC

Definitely a good choice.

Isn't IntelNUC a very small device? I forgot to mention, but I want to spin VMs (Hyper-V) for those machines.

I am looking for a home media server.... and wonder where would you buy them from? The company I am working for about to put old server for sale for internal employees... but that are VERY old (at least 6-7 years). I fear it will die on me after couple of months. So... Where do you usually probe for server on sale? Budget around $300-500 max.

EDIT: Purpose: spinning VMs for testing environment + streaming media to iPad/iPhone.

Not an expert here, but does the .msi installer has /q or /silent install parameter?

Personally, I use PDQ Deploy from AdminArsenal when install applications. With correct credential and parameter it bypass UAC.

I want to set up a DC environment with DNS and everything else to play with Powershell. How to set up such environment while it has internet connection, able to talk with other VMs, but cannot reach other machines on the real network for virus/safety purpose?
(I haven't start any steps yet... just planning phase)

My current setup is:
VMware workstation Pro 12
VMware network with VMnet10 for Host-only and VMnet11 for NAT. DC will get both 10 & 11 while the rest will only get 11.
Windows Server OS 2012R2 (couldn't find 2016) unlicensed.
Guest OS Windows 10 unlicensed.
Host OS Windows 10 64-bit (if that make any different)

Planning on spinning up 4 VMs. First for DC with DHCP, DNS, ADDC, etc on the same server, and 3 Guest VM.
Primary concerned is whatever I do in these VM CANNOT affect anything else on the real network.
Any thoughts?

@MattSpeller said in How to start guest VM in VMware WS Pro 12 when host poweron (no signin):

Is this what you're talking about? Running VMWare workstation when your computer turns on (before you login)

https://www.howtogeek.com/228467/how-to-make-a-program-run-at-startup-on-any-computer/

Or do you want it to load certain VM's when you power on before you login?

https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2005585

AutoStart
You can use the new AutoStart feature to configure shared virtual machines to start with the host system. You can also configure AutoStart for shared virtual machines on remote hosts running Workstation and ESX 4.x and later. To access the AutoStart feature:

Right-click Shared VMs/Server Name/IP Address.
Select Manage AutoStart VMs.
To setup/configure delay between auto startup of multiple shared virtual machines:
Right-click Shared VMs/Server Name/IP Address.
Select Manage AutoStart VMs.
Select the virtual machines that you want to auto start.
Set the delay that you want for the virtual machine in the Delay between starting each virtual machine (in seconds) option available at the bottom of the window.
Click OK to save the settings.

Thanks! Somehow the workstation server won't run on port 443. I have to change it to 442.
Then I follow your instruction and it seems to be working.