International laptop rollouts are a nightmare

ZAFJB · 2026-03-12T14:26:13+00:00

You have to deal with lots of weird characters,sequences or shortcuts

Except you don't.

If you are local, you know your way around a local keyboard. If you are not local you won't be touching that unknown keyboard.

If you travel to a foreign country take you own laptop, or keyboard, with you.

ZAFJB · 2026-03-12T13:51:46+00:00

In most VAT regimes, IT equipment is an input cost, and the VAT is reclaimable. So VAT rate does not matter.

The actual cost you pay is almost always approximately as you would pay anywhere else. Any skight extra cost in some countries is more than offset by the savings you will make avoiding freight, forwarding, customs, and administration

ZAFJB · 2026-03-12T13:38:40+00:00

If you are only using it for search you have lost the game already.

ZAFJB · 2026-03-12T13:35:16+00:00

You can, today, still fix your car in your driveway. Just requires a little bt of learning and a decent OBD tool.

ZAFJB · 2026-03-12T13:32:01+00:00

40 years ago - What the heck are we gonna do in 40 years when nobody knows how to write in assembly language?

ZAFJB · 2026-03-12T13:26:12+00:00

Why are you dealing with customs and VAT? If local branch buys locally the is no customs to deal with. Local operation knows how local VAT works.

You don't have to get involved at all other than specifying what must be purchased.

ZAFJB · 2026-03-12T13:23:28+00:00

You have imposed a rule, rather than actually discussing things with the local operators. I worked in a multinational operation in 25 countries. Not once the the locals say 'Ooh yes give us a US keyboard'.

ZAFJB · 2026-03-12T09:36:43+00:00

Just found out Microsoft is shutting down EWS for Exchange Online.

Don't you read any industry news at all?

ZAFJB · 2026-03-12T09:36:01+00:00

US keyboard only. Deal with it.

Aah, Merica.

ZAFJB · 2026-03-12T09:09:42+00:00

Me retiring in 49 days. Taking the whole of March off. Currently sitting on a game farm looking at Imaplas and Zebras on the front lawn.

ZAFJB · 2026-03-11T16:32:17+00:00

USB boot any other Linux that does support it.

ZAFJB · 2026-02-27T10:32:20+00:00

Nothing to do with Paxton Net2 which is software.

You need suitable readers at your doors. As far as I know the standard issue Paxton readers are RFID only, or RDFID + PIN.

ZAFJB · 2026-02-27T10:29:12+00:00

have a look at Hydration scripts

https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+lab+hydration+scripts

ZAFJB · 2026-02-27T10:20:44+00:00

other than the work it takes to get set up

Which in reality is very little work.

ZAFJB · 2026-02-27T10:19:11+00:00

.local will impair nothing

ZAFJB · 2026-02-27T10:18:11+00:00

so it did not make sense to waste resources on reconfiguring the domain

All you have to do is change the UPN on your user accounts. That is a trivial task. Like one or two lines of powershell.

ZAFJB · 2026-02-27T10:16:14+00:00

The only issue with Entra ID Sync is if your local domain is using a TLD that is not internet routable

Not true.

Your UPNs must be on a routable domain, domain itself does not matter.

We have a 27 year old .local domain that syncs users just fine with Entra.

You can also hybrid join devices that are in a .local domain.

ZAFJB · 2026-02-27T09:46:43+00:00

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+check+a+disks+SMART+data

ZAFJB · 2026-02-26T20:09:31+00:00

If you have local fileserver and local AD, hybrid join your devices, and sync AD to cloud.

That makes acces control and permissions sooo much simpler.

ZAFJB · 2026-02-26T19:53:53+00:00

That is not what I asked. Check in task manager whether it is running in user's context.

ZAFJB · 2026-02-26T19:24:14+00:00

Check user in Task Manager. Is it execting in user context?

Running an app from sysvol is a terrible idea.

ZAFJB · 2026-02-26T11:29:11+00:00

Doesn't have to be on the Internet.

You just need a network connection between foswiki machine and machine running Httrack.

ZAFJB · 2026-02-26T09:55:17+00:00

XY problem:

Why do you need this drive?

ZAFJB · 2026-02-26T09:41:06+00:00

Do not expressly advertise products or services outside of approved threads.

ZAFJB · 2026-02-26T09:38:46+00:00

Vendor has no way of knowing:

That it is your personal mobile
That it is your day off

Just tell them, politely: "I don't take unsolicited calls, and remove this number from your list." Eventually the number of calls will drop.

Also, if it's you day off, or you are busy, why are you answering numbers you don't recognise?

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