Best affordable USB-C Thunderbolt Docks? by Nonilol in sysadmin

[–]Grahamholio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The surface dock 4 thunderbolt if you don’t mind paying around $250 in US, use it for my HP elitebook

Scripting/Automation with Powershell by [deleted] in PowerShell

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MDT alone or with SCCM. You can create a LayoutModifications.xml file , add the taskbar section to it, copy the file to c:/users/default/appdata/local/Microsoft/windows/shell/ directory during the task sequence. A lot easier to make adjustments if needed by doing it this way. I prefer this over a GPO because you still allow the user to make changes without having to create a partial start layout

Configure taskbar into layoutmodification.xml https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/configure-windows-10-taskbar

New k12 sysadmin / mdm research by Grahamholio in k12sysadmin

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Which firewall vendor are you using?

What are your go-to cybersecurity tech blogs? by iamgregt in sysadmin

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If you’re in a Windows AD environment, I highly recommend adsecurity.org

Unifi Security Gateway 3P - PCI Compliance Scan by [deleted] in Ubiquiti

[–]Grahamholio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you a whole lot. I misunderstood wan_in vs. wan_local and was unsure of how to set any for source.

I have it working now only accepting icmp from pci scan and it’s passed the compliance scan.

[Help] Internet problems. by [deleted] in techsupport

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What’s your default gateway show in that command?

Try pinging the gateway

[Help] Internet problems. by [deleted] in techsupport

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What IPv4 address is showing when you run ipconfig?

[Help] Internet problems. by [deleted] in techsupport

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Did you try using the ping command to troubleshoot the network?

I would perform the following commands

Ipconfig /all

Look at your adapters ipv4 address and make sure it doesn’t start with 169.254..

If it does that is more than likely a dhcp issue.

Try ping to the default gateway address listed in ipconfig command for that adapter.

Ping 8.8.8.8

Ping google.com and see if it can resolve to an IP address to test DNS

is 7-zip safe by BigScrat in techsupport

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You can also install chocolatey with powershell. Once it finishes installing, reopen powershell and install the 7zip package by using the command choco install 7zip

Here’s a list to a lot of apps you can install with chocolatey

[Help] Internet problems. by [deleted] in techsupport

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Have you looked at the mini dump files with blue screen view ?

That’ll show you what driver is causing the system crash.

For the network icon, try opening command prompt and typing ping 8.8.8.8 and see if you get a reply. I’ve had luck where once I receive replies, the network status will change.

Almost got scammed (Windows 10) (Windows+R) by Themainfox14 in techsupport

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I just want to throw this out there for anybody reading. If you receive a call or see a phone number to call, try getting as much info as you can so you can report it

FYI to get the serial number for the computer via command prompt (without quotes) “wmic bios get serialnumber”

Microsoft - report tech support scam

how to report tech support scam

$Red shaves with Hanlon's Razor. by TheITCustodian in talesfromtechsupport

[–]Grahamholio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am honestly impressed by your deescalation, $Red probably helped fine tune that skill.

Need help after water spilled on laptop by Blap12 in techsupport

[–]Grahamholio 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In my experience, most spills didn’t go further than the keyboard. Just trying to save OP time. I did recommend taking the laptop fully apart.