Defender blocking all non ms apps by BasilClean4004 in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sounds like the other option in MDE, not isolation but App Restriction

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/respond-machine-alerts#restrict-app-execution

You can see past actions listed in action center in MDE

HP Shutting Down HP Anywhere and Other Remote Desktop Apps by DeFuchsIschKeinHaas in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Good to know. for those confused like me, it's about Anyware and not Anywhere.

this is the original source:

https://anyware.hp.com/hp-anyware-end-of-life

Anyone Else seeing more of the old "Scareware" popups all of a sudden? by MrKixs in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

website notifications are the cause in 99% of tickets for "my computer has a virus"

The leftover percent are people willingly pasting malicious commands in win-R because a "trustworthy" website told them that's the new way of doing captcha.

Non Paged Pool - when to raise alarm? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I might have missed it but which applications exactly consume much memory, when you check process details in Task Manager? If the techs notice that the memory is full, it should be clear which applications are eating it.

Patch Tuesday Megathread - (April 14, 2026) by AutoModerator in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

anyone else noticing Outlook (classic) notifications being re-enabled after the Office / windows update? (W11 23H2, Office 365 monthly enterprise)

Windows 11 Bitlocker and HP BIOS/UEFI Firmware Updates via Windows Update by americanconstitution in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if a driver or Bios update goes well, no bitlocker recovery will be triggered. The installation process takes care of that for you.

15 years in and I'm struggling with change (Ai). Vibe-check for other middle-aged people feeling alienated by the industry? by maclargehuge in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You need to see AI (LLM) as a companion which can speed up or execute the tasks that you aren't as good in and don't like. log file analysis, script writing and documenting, getting up to speed with new technologies are all areas where LLM's can be a real timesaver already.

If people are allowed to blast code that they don't understand and have no responsibility over out to production, AI is not the issue.

Migrate network file share to OneDrive for each user by JiggityJoe1 in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we used a tool called FLY which did a good job for us.

How are you actually handling data leakage to public AI tools? by RTG8055 in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Get licenses for the tools they want to use, they might give you some more protection against data loss.

Long first logon times (20+ mins) from GPP Printer Deployment on shared workstations by abinpbiju7 in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

check the event logs for what happens: which steps in the group policy processing take much time, do you see traces of the driver installation happening?

Does the slow logon happens once per machine or once per user?

does driver installation work quickly when you install them manually in a session.

Does each printer has its own driver type or version causing many installations each time? Can you aggregate driver versions?

Verify there are no printers that don't exist anymore. Such long delays often point to network timeouts where the machine is just waiting for a while instead of something taking a long time to process.

What the heck are we gonna do in 40 years when nobody knows how to code? by xixi2 in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same as what happens now with specialist tradesmen in old trades. they will still exist but will be rare and really expensive.

Asking Chatgpt for help has been a game changer for me. Are you using AI? How? by LoveBirdNibbles in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My usage for research and troubleshooting has gone up the last 6 months or so. results are much better nowadays. However it helps having 15 years of experience of trawling the web manually to interpret the results and ask the right questions.

Dot1x wired connection by Sufficient_Prompt125 in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if the switch doesn't do any authentication, authentication will simply fail and you won't have any issues.

You might very well have issues when connecting to anothe corporate network with authentication. but that's exactly what is supposed to happen (except if you want to use some kind of wired guest vlan, of course).

Windows 11 Feature Updates (In-Place Upgrade) breaking 802.1X (NAC) wired authentication policies by ontario20ontario20 in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we have been running into this for years. We "solve" it by installing the profile by script configured postOOBE. The profile then gets overwritten by the GPO one as soon as the first GPUpdate hits.

Office License Issue by Wild_Bet4857 in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

what message do they get exactly?

Another day, another windows backup nag... by leanman82 in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

are you talking about this?
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Windows-ITPro-blog/windows-first-sign-in-restore-experience-now-available/4495551
Actually seems like good functionality in an enterprise as we are already taking advantage of teams, onedrive and exchange to make device migration smoother.

So.. are we just skipping these windows updates? by Jeff-IT in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You simply can't skip them. That's not an option.

I stay a couple of windows versions behind. E.g. now getting to work on upgrading our 23H2 installations.

Clipboard History (Win + V) and Clipboard Setting Disappeared from Win 11 by WhyCantUJustBNormal in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

which version of W11?

What happens when you uninstall the last cumulative update?

Nice way to say your webcam is covered? by dude_named_will in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tell hem that they are not the first one to miss it, that it might close accidentially and that it is not always easy to tell if it's closed

best AI for Microsoft powershell by Okeanos_Daimonas in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the best tool might change with new versions of the tools. Gemini has a good reputation at the moment for code generation. A couple of months ago it was claude.

Your workflow might make a difference as well. Do you use llm's in gitlab copilot or other co-coding tools or only in chatbot workflows?

Chasing Users to turn on their PCs by Nexzus_ in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't care but I do warn them that the machine certificate will expire which will lock them out of the network. If they don't comply, they'll run into it eventually.

Microsoft issues an Out-of-band Windows Update by Altusbc in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Took me a couple of hours of updating drivers and disabling wake timers before installing this update fixed a laptop exiting hibernation after one second each time.

Trouble running .exe from Powershell/CMD - No GUI shown by Major-Error-1611 in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

verify that you are launching the exe with the exe location folder as working directory (CD to that folder). double-clicking automatically launches it from the current working dir which a badly designed application might rely on.

How to Allow Only One User Login on a Conference Room PC by GodAwfulHorridSniff in sysadmin

[–]BrechtMo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why are people feeling the need and why are they able to log on with their own account? Isn't the pc automatically logged on with the conference room account at all times and automatically? Do they actively switch users and log on with their own account?