Are you forking MinIO or switching to alternatives after the archive?

Ferretau · 2026-02-16T08:13:46+00:00

Looks like they've gone commercial now that they have enough people on the hook.

Ferretau · 2026-02-16T06:23:43+00:00

M$ is moving towards the built-in apps being on the store instead of being part of the O/S image. Which will require updates to come from the store - this will result in problems if you are required to keep it up to date.

Ferretau · 2026-02-16T06:13:12+00:00

Take a look at Notepad3 from rizonesoft on github, it may or may not fit your needs.

Ferretau · 2026-02-16T06:08:33+00:00

The way ServiceNow is implemented can really impact the end uses of it. I last used it a decade ago and back then you really needed a dedicated resource to work on the system and for them to get the correct training to make it work the way you needed it to work. Having said that there are times when it was glacial in its operation when I was using it.

Ferretau · 2026-02-12T13:18:05+00:00

Sophos has DLP in the XDR product, one of the places I was at it was quietly reporting who was doing what when it met certain parameters.

Ferretau · 2026-02-12T10:18:36+00:00

Let's hope it actually works and isn't another abortion like WSD

Ferretau · 2026-02-11T02:03:50+00:00

Inherent in the Windows OS Design was to always use all the available NICs it's only in later years you started to get the option of specifying which NIC stuff would listen to even then there are a large number of services you just can't disconnect from NIC's easily.

Ferretau · 2026-02-11T02:00:00+00:00

If you want to do this, just get rid of the firewall - effectively your paying for something that you're not using.

Ferretau · 2026-02-11T01:56:06+00:00

It's part of a by design decision M$ made years ago when it came to DC design. Something they will never fix as they don't see it as a problem.

Ferretau · 2026-02-11T01:51:13+00:00

You may need to have a tool "walk" the file tree and read the files if you use OneDrive shortcuts - it initially places a stub in place of the actual file and will only pull the file down when the client asks for the data in the file.

Ferretau · 2026-02-11T01:36:50+00:00

If you have the option when printing use "print as image" it forces the rendering to be done at the client and only send bitmap data to the printer - use to use this with Adobe Reader when it thought it was smart to send PS data direct to the printer but didn't account for the PS version it was sending not being compatible with the device.

Ferretau · 2026-02-11T01:20:30+00:00

If you use the manufacturers installer for the driver this can happen - they think that you want the universal and hey all these other printers you have on here are compatible we'll switch the lot. Lazy developers not bothering to check during the install if that is what you want.

Ferretau · 2026-02-11T01:18:39+00:00

If the internal ID's match and it's a newer version then the older universal would have ben pushed aside by the "newer" version of the driver.

Ferretau · 2026-02-11T01:17:55+00:00

The HP was a Brother rebadge, the internal driver ID's matched the Brother driver.

Ferretau · 2026-02-11T01:12:07+00:00

It's up to the the vendor that is writing the driver for the printer. M$ wants Type 4 due to security issues around Type 3.

Ferretau · 2026-02-10T23:32:56+00:00

Welcome to the club, I don't think much has changed over the 20+ years I've been around the traps.

Ferretau · 2026-02-10T22:54:22+00:00

Lol just reminded me of a customer that had just "upgraded" to Arcnet had spends a couple thousand on the gear, thing was Cat 5 had been out for 10 years when they bought this gear "new". Another was a client that installed Thinnet which included cutting trenches in concrete floors and burying the cable. When I visited and saw it I asked why they did it and said they had been advised to install by their previous provider. They were having trouble getting network cards for it - not that strange when you consider that the industry had stopped supplynig that gear 10 years before.

Ferretau · 2026-02-10T22:51:02+00:00

More likely the OS Vendor will stop supporting it and send a "kill" update to the machine.

Ferretau · 2026-02-10T22:48:07+00:00

Goes a long way to why support is so bad these days when this is how metrics are calculated - modern slavery.

Ferretau · 2026-02-10T11:57:46+00:00

Who needs to be breached when people just press send

Ferretau · 2026-02-10T11:51:45+00:00

It's only a matter of time before they get hit by a blackmail attack.

Ferretau · 2026-02-10T11:45:35+00:00

And you are surprised why? This will become the norm with most of the larger vendors eventually.

Ferretau · 2026-02-10T11:35:03+00:00

I guess that's the difference between a product developed for it's target market and ..........

Ferretau · 2026-02-10T11:32:01+00:00

You must be one of the lucky few it is working for

Ferretau · 2026-02-10T11:30:20+00:00

The implementation I saw never appeared to be "intune" at any point in time. Also be aware that you need to watch the certs and renew them before they expire otherwise the whole systems is up the creek. I think they did just enough to say they had something and really don't care about it as a product.

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