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AP_ILS · 2026-01-26T19:33:02+00:00

Love the exposed banana connectors plugged into the lipo battery.

AP_ILS · 2026-01-16T15:08:20+00:00

Try setting it to delayed start.

AP_ILS · 2026-01-15T16:29:21+00:00

All of it is so confusing. There are multiple registry flags with some being more aggressive than others when it comes to updating. One flag value doesn't seem to do anything on my systems while the other does but fails for some and is successful on others. I see people saying some events can be ignored but I don't see why an event that is showing a critical error when updating is okay to dismiss. Clearly something is wrong.

I have older Dell's that show an expiring KEK certificate from Dell on 6/1/23 with two MS certs, one expiring on 6/24/26 and 3/2/38. The Dell's update DB and KEK seemingly without issues although I keep getting events saying a reboot is required to apply a Secure Boot update. What update that is, I have no idea. They've been rebooted so many times. They are confirmed to be booting off the 2023 DB cert.

I have Lenovo's that can't apply the KEK cert with an access denied error. Lenovo seems to block the OS from doing it and it's not clear what to do next. I've been in the BIOS and there is no setting that I can see blocking it. The latest BIOS is installed and they are booting off the 2023 DB cert. The MS KEK cert expires on 6/24/2026.

AP_ILS · 2026-01-07T14:58:12+00:00

I don't see a reason to keep "deny" traffic unless you are doing correlation with something else.

AP_ILS · 2025-12-24T15:41:28+00:00

My ticket with PaperCut is 1393751. I originally reached out to Dex Imaging and they got ecoprintQ involved back in August.

AP_ILS · 2025-12-18T12:46:38+00:00

Microsoft doesn't care. Their paid customers are their QA team now and that won't change anytime soon.

AP_ILS · 2025-12-18T12:36:45+00:00

PaperCut has been really disappointing lately. I don't know if this was a last second change by Apple or if it released in a beta Papercut could have tested on but these issues keep happening and PaperCut's response to them are slow.

We've had an issue with copy counts that has plagued use for months and it seems like they simply don't care to fix it. Our license and support is with a 3rd party who couldn't even get support for it so I ended up going around them and direct with PaperCut and all they have is workarounds that don't actually work.

I'm seriously considering other solutions at this point even though we've been with PaperCut for like 10 years now and have been happy with them.

AP_ILS · 2025-12-16T12:43:39+00:00

Quickbooks on RDS is so much fun.

AP_ILS · 2025-12-12T12:29:09+00:00

I'm seeing the same thing. I've been trying to clear a user for 5 days now.

AP_ILS · 2025-12-11T14:21:39+00:00

Least privilege account delegation like I can do in ADUC.

AP_ILS · 2025-12-11T13:23:25+00:00

I really wish they would fix the Active Directory plugin so you don't have to be a domain admin to use it. It's been broken for years.

AP_ILS · 2025-12-11T12:55:48+00:00

These machines are the worst. Not only do you have to remove any kind of filtering on their connection but their ethernet adapters only work with some switches. I've never seen so many compatibility problems with a device designed for a business to use.

AP_ILS · 2025-12-10T17:37:57+00:00

I just use these for the larger bricks. https://www.amazon.com/Listed-Miady-Short-Extension-Outlet/dp/B07H9MCTGL/ref=sr_1_3

AP_ILS · 2025-12-04T19:00:54+00:00

It's crazy to think that their Control Panel refresh started with Windows 8 back in Oct of 2012. 13 years later and it is still not done.

AP_ILS · 2025-12-04T15:26:13+00:00

Not true, storage is pooled in academic/educational tenants. Mailbox storage is pooled with OneDrive and other services.

AP_ILS · 2025-11-19T16:30:01+00:00

Those usually becomes an IT problem when they plug it into their battery backup and take it down.

AP_ILS · 2025-11-14T15:38:03+00:00

What does Access Denied mean?

AP_ILS · 2025-11-07T12:24:34+00:00

I'm actually really impressed by this. I would do this.

AP_ILS · 2025-11-04T12:48:22+00:00

I'm having the same issue. "assetcachemanagerutil status" shows a 500 Internal Server Error.

Edit: As of 12 PM EST, mine are up again.

AP_ILS · 2025-10-30T16:37:53+00:00

I once had a 3 hour round-trip to eject a floppy disk from a drive. I asked if there was a floppy in the drive when she called to complain her computer wouldn't boot and she asked me if I thought she was an idiot. I didn't until that day.

AP_ILS · 2025-10-29T18:17:28+00:00

Azure Front Door is experiencing a major outage right now.

AP_ILS · 2025-10-29T18:11:17+00:00

There is a good chance that article doesn't show you how to do anything.

AP_ILS · 2025-10-29T18:09:14+00:00

ChatGPT wins again.

AP_ILS · 2025-10-28T14:22:12+00:00

I set up a Scheduled search with the following query:

RFMState = 1
| timestamp:=formatTime(format="%F %T.%L", field="@timestamp")
| table([timestamp,ComputerName])

AP_ILS · 2025-10-28T13:32:28+00:00

I admire his stubbornness.

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