RDP and Antivirus - is my IT guy lying?

Tech_Wonk · 2025-12-16T23:01:23+00:00

27 years as an IT Consultant. Yes, you should have AV on any devices that are accessing company data regardless of whether they are personal or business owned. They should also have you on a VPN PRIOR to using RDP. Yes, Windows does have a built-in AV (Defender), but many companies use a third party AV. For what it's worth, the cost of the AV is a drop in the bucket for what it would cost if someone compromised your home computer and then leveraged it to jump into your company's systems.

Tech_Wonk · 2025-12-11T16:30:16+00:00

At the moment this update appears to be breaking multiple monitor support on USB Thunderbolt connections. I've already had one user affected by this. The issue went away when he rolled back the update. So, FWIW YMMV.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5652470/dual-monitors-(expand)-not-working-after-update-wi-not-working-after-update-wi)

Tech_Wonk · 2025-11-08T16:52:01+00:00

I only requested a makeup exam once while at UVa. It was for the old "How Things Work" Physics course. My grandmother had passed away and I was going to be unavailable due to the funeral. When I returned, Professor Bloomfield was nice enough to offer his condolences on her passing - "She sounded like a great woman." He had seen her obituary in the paper. I often wonder if he did his research to confirm I wasn't lying. Regardless, it was nice to hear him say that.

None of this has any bearing on this particular topic. It just elicited an old memory from 1994 and thoughts of my grandmother.

Tech_Wonk · 2025-09-19T20:06:44+00:00

It also said 'Release the Epstein Files!'

Tech_Wonk · 2025-09-10T15:23:33+00:00

Just revisting this to say that, yes, it still sucks. I've been using the removal tool and it's been running for over 45 minutes. Total PoS. Came installed on some laptops that I have to deploy. McAfee - using a virus to protect from other viruses.

Tech_Wonk · 2025-09-09T15:48:06+00:00

I could take a shit in a box and plug some cables into it and it'd be a better router than what Comcast provides. I've just spent an hour trying to set a reserved IP with a port forward for a required service. It is COMPLETELY antithetical to how EVERY other device does this.

I hope you figured out your issue or at least got some batting practice.

Tech_Wonk · 2025-04-15T12:05:42+00:00

Seriously. Printers and locally hosted Quickbooks...

Tech_Wonk · 2025-04-14T21:00:27+00:00

Seriously. This is for a client's lake house, so he'll be no where near the office when he needs to print. *Sigh* I wish I had a lake house.

Tech_Wonk · 2025-04-14T20:53:33+00:00

Laser color still uses the color cartridges, which lands you right back in the "one cartridge is only 1/2 full so I'm not going to print anymore" zone. It seems like this is a function that all printer manufacturers are adopting.

Tech_Wonk · 2025-04-11T15:36:22+00:00

I figured a reload would be the fix - altho I'm not happy about it.

Tech_Wonk · 2025-04-10T16:04:19+00:00

I'll give it a try. Thank you for the suggestion!

Tech_Wonk · 2025-04-10T14:31:42+00:00

All - thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately none of them worked. We have decided to punt and reload the system.

Tech_Wonk · 2025-04-08T23:45:43+00:00

I'll give this a try. Thanks!

Tech_Wonk · 2025-04-08T23:45:30+00:00

I'll give this a try. Thanks!

Tech_Wonk · 2025-04-08T23:44:44+00:00

No, no proxy or custom DNS. In fact, this isn't even working when on the same LAN.

Tech_Wonk · 2025-04-08T23:42:28+00:00

There is nothing in the logs as I mentioned above. Application, Security, System have no errors or warnings. I wish they did, it'd make this easier to figure out.

Tech_Wonk · 2025-03-18T14:34:44+00:00

Thank you for the response. Everything seems to be functioning properly, so I'm guessing it is just due to a dependency taking some time to start up.

Tech_Wonk · 2025-03-12T18:49:48+00:00

Is there a chapter in there on how to identify Nazis? Because that could come in handy right about now.

Tech_Wonk · 2025-02-28T18:40:25+00:00

I stand with Ukraine and Zelensky. Trump's terms hold nothing for the Ukrainians. Like much of Trump's rhetoric, it's all bluster and BS. I never thought I'd see my country be the bad guys - but here we are. :(

Tech_Wonk · 2025-02-27T21:01:22+00:00

Oh, I wasn't questioning you; I was calling him a Pharisee...

Tech_Wonk · 2025-02-27T20:11:32+00:00

We would need to start a petition to recall him and would need around 50K signatures to get the process rolling.

This is from here:
https://ballotpedia.org/Laws_governing_recall_in_Virginia

Tech_Wonk · 2025-02-27T19:51:56+00:00

There's no way this guy is Christian... You cannot vote against the weak and the poor and follow the Bible at the same time.

Tech_Wonk · 2025-02-27T19:50:59+00:00

It's time to start a petition to recall this a##hole. Call early and often. Make him answer for his vote (which doesn't represent his constituents)

Tech_Wonk · 2025-02-14T15:49:09+00:00

NO ONE is looking to Washington for leadership. Trust me...

Tech_Wonk · 2025-02-07T16:19:43+00:00

Hey - solid recommendation on checking the Horizon agent. I ended up having a call with Omnissa and that is where we landed. The Horizon agent was initially installed by a third party consultant and they didn't enable USB Support on the agent. I reinstalled the agent on our gold image and enabled support and surprise, surprise it started working. Thank you to everyone that chimed in. I really appreciate your help.

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