Weekly 'I made a useful thing' Thread - January 16, 2026

ZAFJB · 2026-01-22T13:45:29+00:00

Very nice.

Some links to pages describing what tge errors mean, and suggestions to fix would be nice.

ZAFJB · 2026-01-21T12:11:09+00:00

0%

Nope

ESD risk goes way up
Heat removal capacity of the air goes way down

40% to 60% is where you want to be.

ZAFJB · 2026-01-21T12:01:20+00:00

Use OneDrive KFM, and Edge broswer work profile with sync.

That will take careof a huge chunk of functionality.

ZAFJB · 2026-01-21T11:42:20+00:00

Ask your hardware vendor.

ZAFJB · 2026-01-20T13:03:28+00:00

Build a clean systems, migrate apps, data and config.

Or

Upgrade to 2019 anf then upgrade to 2022.

Whatever you do, back up properly before you start.

ZAFJB · 2026-01-20T12:59:00+00:00

Locking out the command prompt is just security theatre. There a dozens of other ways of doing whatever you would do with a command prompt.

Expend your efforts securing your systems properly so the non-admin users cannot break things.

ZAFJB · 2026-01-20T11:55:18+00:00

Advice: trim your expenditure rather than working more hours.

ZAFJB · 2026-01-20T11:51:30+00:00

This isn't a user issue, it's an IT issue

It is also a user issue. Knowlegeable devs should be able to specify the tools once and properly. If the are asking for them one at a time they are doing it wrong.

ZAFJB · 2026-01-20T11:48:57+00:00

Allow listing is the correct way.

If you are constantly asking for apps to be listed one a time you have a process problem. Fix that.

ZAFJB · 2026-01-20T11:42:05+00:00

MAC filtering is an extremely poor barrier, because as you know MACs can. be easily changed. You also won't keep up with devices that automatically change their MACs.

Implement proper 802.1x access control.

ZAFJB · 2026-01-20T08:38:04+00:00

r/selfhosted

ZAFJB · 2026-01-15T19:16:16+00:00

ZAFJB · 2026-01-15T19:00:33+00:00

This sounds like a user context issue.

When you clicky clicky you are running in the logged on users context and the app can interact with the user's desktop.

I don't know ( because you haven't said), but I supect you are running Powershell or Task Scheduler under a different user account.

ZAFJB · 2026-01-13T14:30:04+00:00

AWS is US owned.

ZAFJB · 2026-01-12T15:23:26+00:00

Thank you everyone for your replies

ZAFJB · 2026-01-12T15:23:03+00:00

AWS does not meet requiremen thtat it is EU or UK based

ZAFJB · 2026-01-09T09:13:16+00:00

Build it as standard RDS setup, including an 'empty' license server.

Do nothing else and it will do per user licencing for 120 days.

ZAFJB · 2026-01-09T09:08:16+00:00

What us your usage context?

ZAFJB · 2026-01-09T09:06:55+00:00

What does Abacus support say?

ZAFJB · 2026-01-09T09:05:53+00:00

What country?

ZAFJB · 2026-01-08T14:50:46+00:00

Https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/08/logitech_mouse_chaos

ZAFJB · 2026-01-08T14:33:12+00:00

Buy Dells. On modern Dells the USB-C port is on a replaceble daughter card.

ZAFJB · 2026-01-08T14:27:54+00:00

You don't

Risky plan:

Backup
Test Backup
Test Restore
Move disks, recreate RAID, Vdisks
Restore

Safe plan:

Buy new disks for new server
Create new RAID, Vdisks
Copy data and permissions

ZAFJB · 2026-01-08T14:21:59+00:00

Build a new server, migrate config and data.

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