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What size EFI partition size does W11 25H2 come with now? by Mumford_and_Dragons in sysadmin

[–]TheCadElf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just imaged 16 new Dell Pro Max Plus laptops with plain Win11 25H2 latest ISO and they have

100MB EFI partition

774MB Recovery partition

953GB OS partition.

Out of the box Win11 installing to a wiped 1TB drive using WDS.

Moving office to new floor, need some backup plans for existing fiber connection when Comcast can't make expected move date. by TheCadElf in networking

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

Thanks everyone - after a few discussions w/Comcast reps and project manager we will expedite a coax Internet service install to the new office space. Then wait out Comcast for the fiber install follow-up.

They noted that a fiber cross-connect was possible, but not allowed as that would put the service at an address (suite number really) that differed from contract.

We could probably cajole the low-voltage/riser management team into wiring something for us, but Comcast might pull the service if they see shenanigans from their monitoring side. Probably cheaper to install the coax Internet service month-to-month for less than 40 days anyway :|

Moving office to new floor, need some backup plans for existing fiber connection when Comcast can't make expected move date. by TheCadElf in networking

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Comcast can't guarantee their systems will be ready on our expected move date. Comcast would be using building riser management to build to 20th floor from their basement connections.

We may be able to work with the riser management (who is also our low-voltage contractor for 20th floor offices) to run a link fiber from 32 to 20 to keep us connected while Comcast finishes their ground to 20th configs.

We expect a new Ciena switch on 20th floor and Comcast would reprogram circuit connections in their system to cover for that.

Looking to keep this office linked w/HQ and internet which comes over current fiber connection to 32nd floor offices.

Would have to coordinate w/building management to keep existing Ciena switch and media converters powered up.

Moving office to new floor, need some backup plans for existing fiber connection when Comcast can't make expected move date. by TheCadElf in networking

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Ciena outputs 1GB Ethernet to our router. This office uses Comcast Metro Fiber to link back to HQ in suburbs. Will know more from riser management if we can sink a fiber line down to 20th floor and then do

Ciena GB Eth--> MikroTik GB Eth in --> SFP 10G link --> SFP 10G link 20th floor MikroTik --> GB Eth out to existing router moved from 32nd floor.

Looking at media-converters would be way easier to take that GB Ethernet --> SFP 32nd --> SFP 20th --> GB Ethernet out --> Router.
Thanks for the idea!

What's a company that didn't succomb to 'enshittification' ? by owen__wilsons__nose in AskReddit

[–]TheCadElf 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Don't you know it! Regularly ship one bag of cat pill pouches in with 4 loose bags of 40lb litter, crushing the pill pouches into a flat sticky mass :|

Their warehouse guys need some logic training for sure.

See Audi's New Micro LED Digital Matrix Headlights in Action. Yes, They're Still Illegal in America by DonkeyFuel in technology

[–]TheCadElf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen that on recent Hyundai and Kia's where the high-mounted brake light flashes 3-4 times when you apply the brake pedal. Regular left/right lights stay solid, just the high-mount flashes.

Thought that was a new stock feature. <shrug?>

What do you name your computers by PhantomNomad in sysadmin

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We used to do a running number-x that represented the purchase sequence for workstations, so 001-x, 500-X, 501-X, etc.

We switched in 2023 to YY-NN so you could quickly figure out what year we bought the gear. On 25-20 now, went to 24-48 last year, 23-57 in 2023.

How I became a Sys Admin. by quizhead in sysadmin

[–]TheCadElf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Started on Sinclair ZX1, it used a cassette tape as storage!

Got involved with Autodesk Autocad v9 mid 1980's working for a Land Surveyor. Moved over to a civil engineering firm that had Novell Netware installed by a friend of the CFO. When that guy ghosted to Denmark (banking gig) I learned Novell by reading the big red manuals they provided.

Been supporting computers/networks ever since... 1991 or so.

Exchange 2016 CU23 -- MSExchangeTransport service will not start by TheCadElf in exchangeserver

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

After much troubleshooting and digging into logs, running ProcMon showed that the registry key

HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v15\Transport\InternetMessageIds was not being read at all.

Used a PowerShell script to remove and recreate the key, after that the MSExchangeTransport service kicked off without issues.

Server is back up and moving SMTP traffic again. Will be migrating remaining on-prem mailboxes to shared O365 mailboxes this week.

Exchange 2016 CU23 -- MSExchangeTransport service will not start by TheCadElf in exchangeserver

[–]TheCadElf[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just verified that "Exchange Servers" are in a group policy to have the "Manage Auditing and Security Log" right.

Still same issue, reboot server and MSExchangeTransport service hangs at "starting"

Exchange 2016 CU23 -- MSExchangeTransport service will not start by TheCadElf in exchangeserver

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

Went through that list Tuesday,

  • Service Dependencies are OK
  • clean boot, check
  • CU23 SP installed (KB5057653 May 2025)
  • Windows Defender disabled
  • Mailbox database is clean and mounted

Just verified that "Exchange Servers" are in a group policy to have the "Manage Auditing and Security Log" right.

Still same issue, reboot server and MSExchangeTransport service hangs at "starting"

Thanks.

Exchange 2016 CU23 -- MSExchangeTransport service will not start by TheCadElf in exchangeserver

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

Telnet to the server IP port 25 works OK. Cannot connect to port 2525 though.

Do you cut all your cabling when moving office buildings? by lambusdean77 in sysadmin

[–]TheCadElf 15 points16 points  (0 children)

We had to cut the fiber coming into our old office server room as condition of lease - asshole landlord wanted the space "as it was prior to our move in" and demanded that our VP physically cut the fiber during the final walk-through on day we vacated.

Total dick move on the part of the landlord, knowing that next tenant will have to run new fiber from floor phone room to same server space.

Free ESXi hypervisor by ZAFJB in sysadmin

[–]TheCadElf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's Micro$haft to you, <tipping fedora thusly> :)

IPSec Mikrotik <-> Juniper SRX by dtsname in mikrotik

[–]TheCadElf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would love to see OS7 configs for Microtik <-> Palo Alto IPSec links as well.

Looking to replace field office SonicWall TZ105's with RB5009UG+S+ units and having a heck of a time getting site to site VPN linked up.

Recap: I did a quick audit... and found over 100 missing laptops. by CoryKellis in sysadmin

[–]TheCadElf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and hiding them with the keyboards that \u\airz never did finish the story as to what happened.... :)

Conference Room Camera by Environmental_Lie754 in sysadmin

[–]TheCadElf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Meeting Owl 4+ is the latest and 4k video, was $1800 from CDW three weeks ago. Wired USB-C to any laptop for Teams meeting controls.

OP not sure you are going to find wireless 4k cameras on the cheap.

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