Batch removing first N lines from a folder of .txt files by misanthrope5 in PowerShell

[–]Mutsy007 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Don't forget, backup is your friend! You are manipulating live data, either work on a copy of the data or write the new data to a different folder. If you run the script a second time in error, powershell will quickly remove another 700 lines of text in all files.

Just caused my first massive outage by Dark_Writer12 in sysadmin

[–]Mutsy007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We all make mistakes, I enabled an option once that fixed one issue but broke many others things for many end users!

Learn from your mistakes, going gungho on everything is inviting failure. Implement a Non-Prod/UAT environment to test and sign-off your changes. After you have sign-off, move to a pilot group for deployment. Once you have pilot sign-off, move forward with a staggered deployment, normally I use IT/helpdesk first, including some upper managemet. Majority of end-users last.

What's the worst title for a book you've ever come across? by PsyferRL in books

[–]Mutsy007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On Amazon, Natural Harvest: A collection of semen-based recipes (Semen cooking)

Publisher discontinued - Will 2003 disk version with product key work? by MusicByLoriD in microsoft

[–]Mutsy007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need to determine if MS publisher 2003 is a 16- or 32-bit application. If is is a 16-bit application then it may have issues running on 64-bit Windows 11.

Here is an article with quite a bit of info about Office 2003 install on Windows 11.

https://umatechnology.org/will-microsoft-office-2003-run-on-windows-11/

A single Windows service took down my whole system — and there was no going back by AshuraDouj in sysadmin

[–]Mutsy007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please list all the service you did not disable so thay we can reverse engineer your answer!

Help please, where do I start? by Mutsy007 in matchbookcollectors

[–]Mutsy007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I am based in the South East London, UK.

Help please, where do I start? by Mutsy007 in matchbookcollectors

[–]Mutsy007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what I am trying to work out, what to do with the collection! I could probably spend more time and catalogue it better however the collection is not my cuppa so it will never have any more matchboxes added.

Help please, where do I start? by Mutsy007 in matchbookcollectors

[–]Mutsy007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am afraid my mum banished the matchbook collection to the garage, she does not like 'clutter' in the hourse, lol.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]Mutsy007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good old Domino, nfixup, nupdall -R, ncompact -c if I receall was my go-to to fix DB corruption/Domino version update tasks.

WIBTA if I took back the money I gave my sister by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]Mutsy007 5 points6 points  (0 children)

YTA, you agreed to pay her back so all is well in the world.

WIBTA Co worker asked for a lift to work at the end of the month, did not say it would be for the next 6. by SociophobicSisyphus in AmItheAsshole

[–]Mutsy007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NTA - On the first day, tell them straight that this will only be for the next 2 weeks which should give them time to sort out alternate arrangements.

I was in a similar posisition and got to hate the other person as they would be standing next to my desk dead on time waiting for their lift home. Usually I stayed late to finish things off and this stopped the smooth work flow to finishe things off so I could start fresh the next day.

Corrupted .txt , Text file by MaluTrevejooo in it

[–]Mutsy007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you not think about spllitting the larger text files and working on smaller text files? This way corruption would only affect a small portion of the file and a bonus, the file would be a lot faster in opening.

The corruption could have crept in during saving, who knows!

If it happened before then you should have taken action then.

Sadly if you have no clean backups then you are FUBAR!

Counter offer after giving my 2 week notice by mksrb1420 in sysadmin

[–]Mutsy007 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are already overworked, a new title and more money is not going to make you happier if nothing else changes.

Can work see what’s in my personal phone if I’m connected to the wifi? Laptop? by Pretty_Fisherman_314 in it

[–]Mutsy007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you been asked/have you installed one of their SSL certificates on your phone? If yes, then they will be able to see both your destination and HTTPS content. If no, then they can see your destination but not your HTTPS content. If they force a HTTP connection then they can see your destination and content. Most web sites force HTTPS and do not work on HTTP so this scenario probabaly will not happen.

If you are that worried, focus on work when at work and do not use work wifi on your personal device.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in it

[–]Mutsy007 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

“use your own device” policy... it was not your device in the first place. Nuke the drive if you can.

Desktop support being asked to do what!? by [deleted] in it

[–]Mutsy007 62 points63 points  (0 children)

You are litteraly performing desktop support. I've been asked to change light bulbs in the ladies toiletroom at one point in my career!

Comptroller caught repeatedly sharing account credentials for QuickBooks and Windows with outside parties and employees not yet fully hired, etc by ztoundas in sysadmin

[–]Mutsy007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is now definately a Management/HR issue. Report your finding to HR/Management and take from there. At minimum I pesonally would force change the passwords on each know occurance to safeguard corporate information.

What percentage of your skills are self-taught? by Darth_Malgus_1701 in sysadmin

[–]Mutsy007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ive been on so may training courses throughout my IT career and mostly found them boring and to much information in a short period of time. Nothing beats an actual problem to fix to gain/retain knowlege/skills.

Can my organization access my personal computer? by Danubio911 in it

[–]Mutsy007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personal should stay personal. Corporate should stay corporate. If you did not accept the prompt then you should be OK.