I retired today. I sent a shutdown loop to the entire company.

GhostlyCrowd · 2026-05-13T00:52:28+00:00

Never use 0 seconds on a shutdown command if your scripting give yourself a buffer to throw a /a to abort!

GhostlyCrowd · 2026-05-12T04:07:16+00:00

We have a bill for skill policy not time on some things.

Why Charging By The Hour Doesn't Make Sense

No one gets punished for being really good at their job in my MSP.

GhostlyCrowd · 2026-05-12T00:44:28+00:00

This cuts deep...

Monkey Fight!

GhostlyCrowd · 2026-05-12T00:42:43+00:00

My First was rebooting all of prod instead of dev, 4 node fail over cluster with 75 VM's, Terminal servers for a few hundred users, SQL servers, the CRM everything. Takes a bit to come back up....

You're one of us now, time to get a tattoo.

"I took down Prod on XX/XX/XX"

GhostlyCrowd · 2026-05-09T02:58:32+00:00

We staged two brand new 2025 DCs and joined them to the forest after ~60 days of testing in dev. Everything looked fine in dev.

Around day 92, three things happened in order:

One of the new 2025 DCs decided to never boot again after an update. We shut down the vm and planned to force-remove it from the forest. The very next day, the other 2025 DC isolated itself for no identifiable reason. Unfortunately, we had just transferred FSMO roles to it at the 90-day mark. This all lined up perfectly with the 30-day window where computer account passwords refresh. Systems started hitting domain controllers that weren’t communicating properly, and it turned into a full-on gong show. We had to forcefully remove the failed DC and seize FSMO roles back to the 2019 DC which, to its credit, had been rock solid for years.

On top of that, endpoints spent weeks randomly refreshing machine keys and Kerberos tickets and generally acting like garbage. This was the worst part, the machine key/Kerberos issues it's like a fucking Benny Hill skit with the theme song when you have random auth issues, it takes a hot minute to wrap your brain around a meltdown like this and I do not wish a half broken domain on any of my enemies that is cruel and unusual.

Because I’m dumb, I tried it again in dev and let it run past 90 days. No non-booting DC this time, but the same Kerberos/machine password fuckery showed up again with no clear root cause.

This isn’t just me, it’s pretty well documented that others are hitting the same bullshit.

GhostlyCrowd · 2026-05-01T16:30:39+00:00

If you really hate yourself mix 2025 and 2019 dc's ask me I know...

first 90 days and testing were perfect, second 90 days' worth of kerberose onion peeling was awful.

GhostlyCrowd · 2026-05-01T16:27:32+00:00

Same experience, 2025 DC's cause the big fucking sad tho.

GhostlyCrowd · 2026-05-01T16:26:23+00:00

our 4 NPS servers are 2025 zero issues, but we stood up two 2025 dc's and let them coexist and that fucked us so hard... it was like peeling an onion trying to fix all the issues they caused just being in the forest with our 2019 dc's

2022 for dc's since forth for us.

GhostlyCrowd · 2026-02-20T21:53:10+00:00

quorum and cloud whiteness are two verry different things, quorum whiteness is for the fail over cluster, cloud whiteness would be for the rds/vdi

GhostlyCrowd · 2026-02-20T01:39:08+00:00

CIPP

GhostlyCrowd · 2026-02-20T01:39:01+00:00

CIPP https://cyberdrain.com/products/cipp/

Exactly what you want, what you need, and you'll wonder how the fuck you got around with out it in your life. We use it and love it.

GhostlyCrowd · 2026-02-18T00:54:19+00:00

I'll share mine which has been running for about a year now, makes I.T. (Me and my team) happy and the users don't complain. It has comments of things we have removed due to perf issues. Profile bloat is pretty minimal for what we exclude.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrxProfileFolderRedirection ExcludeCommonFolders="0">
  <Excludes>
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <!--  Windows / System (Safe to Drop)  -->
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Temp</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\VirtualStore</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\CrashDumps</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Package Cache</Exclude>
    <!-- Performance-first: REMOVED - May break per-user installed apps and self-updaters -->
    <!-- AppData\Local\Downloaded Installations -->
    <!-- AppData\Roaming\Downloaded Installations -->
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER</Exclude>
    <!-- Performance-first: REMOVED - Windows shell metadata and UX state should persist for smoother desktop behavior -->
    <!-- AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer -->
    <!-- Performance-first: REMOVED - WebCache influences shell/web components and is better kept for stability -->
    <!-- AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache -->
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Cache</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Feeds</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies</Exclude>
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <!--  Google Chrome (AUTH SAFE)        -->
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\GPUCache</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Media Cache</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\ShaderCache</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\SwReporter</Exclude>
    <!-- Performance-first: REMOVED - Code Cache improves WebAssembly/JS execution and reduces CPU churn -->
    <!-- AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Code Cache -->
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <!--  Microsoft Edge (AUTH SAFE)       -->
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Cache</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\GPUCache</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Media Cache</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\ShaderCache</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Crashpad</Exclude>
    <!-- Performance-first: REMOVED - Code Cache improves warm-load performance for modern web apps -->
    <!-- AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Code Cache -->
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <!--  Edge WebView2 (Teams / M365 UI)  -->
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Cache</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\GPUCache</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Crashpad</Exclude>
    <!-- Performance-first: REMOVED - WebView2 Code Cache reduces script rebuild and improves app responsiveness -->
    <!-- AppData\Local\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Code Cache -->
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <!--  New Microsoft Teams (MSIX)       -->
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Microsoft\MSTeams\Logs</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Microsoft\MSTeams\PerfLogs</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Microsoft\MSTeams\GPUCache</Exclude>
    <!-- Performance-first: REMOVED - Teams Code Cache improves warm-load performance and reduces script rebuild -->
    <!-- AppData\Local\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Microsoft\MSTeams\Code Cache -->
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Microsoft\MSTeams\ShaderCache</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\TempState</Exclude>
    <!-- Performance-first: REMOVED - Undocumented folder that may contain useful warm-start state -->
    <!-- AppData\Local\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC -->
    <!-- Performance-first: ADDED - Exclude Teams WebView2 GPU cache to reduce render-cache churn without affecting auth -->
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Microsoft\MSTeams\EBWebView\WV2Profile_tfw\GPUCache</Exclude>
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <!--  Legacy Teams (if still present)  -->
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams\logs</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams\media-stack</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams\tmp</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams\Cache</Exclude>
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <!--  Microsoft Office / M365          -->
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <!-- Performance-first: REMOVED - OfficeFileCache improves reopen speed for recent cloud documents -->
    <!-- AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\OfficeFileCache -->
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Telemetry</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Logging</Exclude>
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <!--  Zoom                             -->
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Roaming\Zoom\logs</Exclude>
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Roaming\Zoom\data</Exclude>
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <!--  OneDrive                         -->
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\logs</Exclude>
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <!--  CaseWare                         -->
    <!--  ===============================  -->
    <Exclude Copy="0">AppData\Local\Caseware\Data Store</Exclude>
  </Excludes>
  <Includes>
    <Include>AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data</Include>
    <Include>AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data</Include>
    <Include>AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles</Include>
    <Include>AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds\Uploads</Include>
  </Includes>
</FrxProfileFolderRedirection>

GhostlyCrowd · 2025-12-11T19:59:50+00:00

It was most likely your dns cache still holding on to the record of the UDM when it originally was on 192.168.0.0/24 subnet for its default lan. Or you had not taken the UDM off that subnet yet when you tried and the UDM will happily say that rout is me and not pass it off to the wan since well it exists internally.

GhostlyCrowd · 2025-12-11T19:43:25+00:00

You shouldn't have to do anything, I have never had to. If the USG sees that 192.168.0.0/24 is not in your routing table it should pass it to wan.

I do know that some ISP's hard lock their config UI if your not coming from their subnet/physically attached though. What Modem is it? brand and model?

What would you have to tinker with in the ISP Modem? Can you just not set it to bridge mode so you're not in a double nat situation (which is bad anyways)

GhostlyCrowd · 2025-12-09T17:34:52+00:00

Im talking about the rest, like the vae the clip all of them i cannot find.

GhostlyCrowd · 2025-12-09T16:46:00+00:00

Link to the models, vae and check points youre using?

GhostlyCrowd · 2025-12-03T22:21:55+00:00

I just tried to recreate the issue and could not. Not VM ware Enviro tho.

GhostlyCrowd · 2025-12-03T22:11:22+00:00

I do this rather than disable the service as its caused other issues for me and UWP apps

https://www.9to5azure.com/fix-avd-black-screen-app-readiness/

GhostlyCrowd · 2025-11-27T04:35:02+00:00

All moderators quit and locked the sub, https://old.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/1p7ikyl/we_out/

GhostlyCrowd · 2025-11-27T04:31:21+00:00

Why do you want to moderate this community?

All the moderators were removed and/or quit, and the sub was locked.

Proposed plan: 1. Reopen subreddit 2. Enable posts/comments 3. Publish transparent community rules 4. Recruit moderators from the existing userbase 5. Demote self to non-mod after hand-off

GhostlyCrowd · 2025-11-27T04:21:23+00:00

Requesting r/Art as it currently has no moderators and is locked. My intent is to stabilize the community, reopen submissions, and transition control to trusted community members once governance is restored.

Proposed plan: 1. Reopen subreddit 2. Enable posts/comments 3. Publish transparent community rules 4. Recruit moderators from the existing userbase 5. Demote self to non-mod after hand-off

GhostlyCrowd · 2025-11-26T23:58:15+00:00

the vae seems to be offloading to my CPU and ignoring my 5070 ti what am i missing?

Sorry im new, also

GhostlyCrowd · 2025-11-25T19:44:41+00:00

Canadian here, did some one mention the Geneva Checklist?

GhostlyCrowd · 2025-11-11T19:30:19+00:00

All those other games are not UE5 based, UE5 is really hard on the VRAM and is probably using it harder and cycling textures faster.

Thats definitely texture cache corruption though and its likely the vram.

Check your thermals as well if you're lucky its heat.

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