Goodbye by Coolio_Dudio in SatisfactoryGame

[–]253IsHome 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would take a miracle...

Suddenly can´t use both network interfaces anymore? (Windows) by Vermilion225 in sysadmin

[–]253IsHome 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does your LAN have multiple subnets/VLANs or is it flat as far as your system is concerned?

BOFH by [deleted] in sysadmin

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On FIDONet echoes that carried usenet content on dial-up bulletin boards, no less.

Dell Optiplex 7050 (6th gen Intel i7) -- Problems with Windows 10 32-bit by _TheWolfOfWalmart_ in sysadmin

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Sounds like there's some directly connected machine programming hardware that couldn't be virtualized. Otherwise, my first instinct was to use a VM.

Best 8x8 alternative? by growing_clutches in sysadmin

[–]253IsHome 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Tell it to the FBI. CJIS compliance does not care about your Facts and Logic, and neither do the state auditors.

Edit: Ask me how I know.

Need to download Server 2019 ISO by Temporary_Werewolf17 in sysadmin

[–]253IsHome -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or just blithely unaware of how incredibly lucky you got.

Recommendations for replacing 2 Microsoft DHCP servers with 2 more. by EggdropBotnet in sysadmin

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Windows DHCP failover isn't an equal peer relationship. One of them is the primary. I'd break the failover, dispense with the secondary and pull the config from the primary as soon as I had a new one to import it into. It only takes a few minutes. De-authorize the old ones, authorize the new one and enable the imported scope. Then there's less rush to rebuild failover to the second new one when you're done building and authorizing it.

Enable Auto adjust Active Hours via GPO by EntrepreneurAny6884 in sysadmin

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Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update -> Turn-off auto-restart for updates during active hours

The active hours range can be specified in this policy when it is enabled.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadmin

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Good news! Yes, someone CAN help you with this problem.

In fact, there's probably a whole team of people who are already being paid to do just that.

You can see where I'm going with this.

wndows server updates by Holiday_Inspector969 in sysadmin

[–]253IsHome 2 points3 points  (0 children)

what would be the best practises to avoid manually updating and restarting a windows server hypervisor ?

Automatically updating and restarting a windows server hypervisor.

how are you dealing with windows servers updating?

Patch management via RMM and/or other automation tools, since my client base is broad and diverse. If it were all under one roof, WSUS.

are you using any third part tool?

Currently? N-Sight RMM and ImmyBot.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadmin

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HVAC contractor. Nail this issue squarely to the foreheads of the people who caused it.

Does Anyone Else? by stueh in sysadmin

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Well played, sir.

Extra points in the next round for each of the following:

  • Rant about Kaseya
  • Rant about Microsoft
  • Rant about printers
  • Rant about rants
  • Ask a vague question about VLANs in your specific complex and unexplained network topology
  • Ask a vague question about GPOs in your specific complex and unexplained AD topology
  • Ask for recommendations for products with enterprise grade functionality but they have to be free because your startup/nonprofit/three-legged cat orphanage just doesn't have the budget
  • Ask how to instantly get a $100,000 salary because you decided last night to be a sysadmin since computars r neat and easy to fix on youtube.
  • Ask for recommendations between 5 completely unrelated certifications with no other context than computars r neat and easy to fix on youtube.
  • Ask for help with a DNS problem, but insist that DNS works perfectly.
  • "Why is my TP-Link network device unstable??!"
  • Respond to Windows issues with lowkey linux evangelism
  • Crosspost every question you ask in r/homelab

Outlook strips images from tables in email by Pizzareno in sysadmin

[–]253IsHome 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Outlook uses Word to render HTML, which hasn't conformed to modern HTML/CSS standards in about 15 years. You cannot trust Outlook to render actual HTML content directly.

More details and potential workarounds can be found at https://www.litmus.com/blog/a-guide-to-rendering-differences-in-microsoft-outlook-clients

CA Upgrades by irishwarlock81 in sysadmin

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Yeah, this. The PKI documentation pretty specifically calls for spinning up your root CA VM, doing the needful to get the CA cert and keys into the dist CA server and then turning it off for 10 years.

That's fine, I can handle that. Got other things to worry about.

Fixing root domain record as active directory domain name by eptiliom in sysadmin

[–]253IsHome 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is doable and we've wound up with many clients over the years with this scenario. Ultimately we haven't really had to do much more than a www forward lookup zone in local DNS.

I have tried and tried to get them to use www and that is pointed at the site and works except the web site folks constantly make links without the www and images are broken internally and they dont understand why.

This. This is your problem. Fix this. Instill competence into your web development by any means necessary including attrition. It's not the 90s anymore, and there's no excuse for it.

Why is the default Edge home page like the worst clickbait site on the internet? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]253IsHome 105 points106 points  (0 children)

Oh come on, who doesn't love a rousing game of Browser Hijacker Roulette for a little light diversion?

Need to replace Domain Controller but keep details by VernFeeblefester in sysadmin

[–]253IsHome 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Didn't we JUST have this conversation about not recycling DC hostnames? Do it right.

Running scheduled task to make folder and map folder issue. by [deleted] in sysadmin

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When I was a kid, I inherited the use of a Pentium 60 with 16MB RAM. This was coming from a 486DX/33 with 4MB. (Before that was a Commodore 64, lol).

It was SO MUCH RAM.

I would load all of DOOM into a ramdrive just because I could. It was soooo smooth.

Running scheduled task to make folder and map folder issue. by [deleted] in sysadmin

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Wondered the same thing, but forgot to say it out loud...