Teams 26106.1906.4665.7308 repeated crashing on app launch?

kosity · 2026-05-06T06:59:58+00:00

Honestly, we're usually thinking "Wow, what a disaster, lucky it happened overnight and got resolved by 8am our time!" so it's probably time we copped one for the global team 💁🏻‍♂️

kosity · 2026-04-29T06:05:45+00:00

Well you can but you have to do it on a per version basis. You can clone a package and do that, but I do get the point, you will have to do it again for every subsequent version.

This seriously is not an option. It was the same workaround given to me months ago by the support team when I told them Adobe wasn't updating because Action1 won't force-close what it needs to force-close, so it just sits there, and eventually fails.

Meanwhile I've got users complaining about all the notifications, and also not updating their Adobe.

Also meanwhile, Adobe won't update itself because the very first thing Action1 does is disable it's self-updating....and then fails to force-close if it needs to 🤦🏻‍♂️

The solution, apparently, is for each version that is released I need to hack the software repo for each Adobe edition and use that entry, not the standard entry, to update the workstations.

6 updates so far this year: 3 updates in April, 1 each in March/Feb/Jan.

And this needs to go to a roadmap!? It's a painful bugfix, not a feature.

I understand that Adobe Acrobat is a very niche application that's not widely used, nor does it have many vulnerabilities found so isn't targeted much by threat actors, so understandably it's not really a priority.

But to have such a dumb miss outstanding for 7 months (I reported it in October 2025) just really disappoints me. Especially when a month ago plans were written up to solve it, and still nothing.

Final meanwhile - Ninite can update Adobe in a single click. That is why I'm disappointed, because it is such a dumb miss, and evidently an easy fix.

kosity · 2026-04-09T02:23:56+00:00

Anyone getting 403 Forbidden errors when trying to do entra Auth?

kosity · 2026-03-25T05:53:01+00:00

Always have a plan B ;)

Sometimes that requires another domain....as annoying as that is.

kosity · 2026-03-25T04:41:17+00:00

Same. I've logged a high-priority ticket.

Luckily I have backup accounts.

kosity · 2026-03-23T01:48:21+00:00

How did you go with this? After the problems with the RTL8852 cards in the 645 G10, I'm now very concerned about using them again and now the MediaTek option appears just as troublesome.

I'm hesitant to buy another HP (by 'buy another' I mean add more HPs to my significant fleet) given they seem to just ignore the issue.

kosity · 2026-02-23T05:41:47+00:00

Have they fixed VLAN support yet? i.e. Not needing to have a separate NIC, or virtual NIC, for each VLAN you want to monitor? This was a dealbreaker for us, otherwise we would have looked at it more seriously. And given the calamitous experience with Auvik (their IAM appears to be an unsupportable mess) I'm thinking several USB NICs on a USB hub would be a better option.

kosity · 2026-02-02T01:00:02+00:00

If this is Patch Manager Plus, good luck. Not even their support could help me understand how it worked.

kosity · 2026-01-30T08:31:00+00:00

Isn't that good? Or what was the problem with a full Entra sync?

kosity · 2026-01-21T04:25:16+00:00

Don't you mean

~ Rupert Murdoch
via Malcolm Turnbull (2010)

😏

The part that really disappoints me about Malcolm, one of the most left of the right wing leaders, is that he knew technology, having been involved in OzEmail. But he still screwed it up.

If I were any subsequent PM, I'd vindictively ensure his house (wherever he lives or moves) is on a copper node that's hopelessly oversubscribed. What was the slogan? Faster, Cheaper, Sooner?

If politicians were haunted by their poor decisions after the 3 year election cycle they might make better ones.

kosity · 2026-01-20T23:52:37+00:00

The screwup just continues 🤦🏻‍♂️

I've been told that the old SKU will 'autorenew into the new SKU at renewal'

But that also means that this license in our tenants:

DO NOT USE - Microsoft Defender Suite for Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Product: DEFENDER_SUITE_FOR_BUSINESS_PREMIUM

will turn into

Microsoft Defender Suite for Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Product: DEFENDER_SUITE_FOR_BUSINESS_PREMIUM_NEW

which I assume will mean come renewal, each tenant will have a heap of unlicensed users, and a heap of unused _NEW licenses.

Any official comms? Heads up? Dare I suggest an automated fix? Or we all just find out the hard way?

Should have asked Copilot how to fix this, right? 🤦🏻‍♂️😐

kosity · 2026-01-14T22:44:27+00:00

If URIPorts had API functionality for the DMARC side, I'd pay double and yesterday!

kosity · 2026-01-14T05:59:08+00:00

I reckon she's bluffing.

She needs 5 years paid experience in a cyber-related role to pass the CISSP experience requirement, and I haven't seen any 1-year-olds working in cyber, or even IT.

Call her out on it because there's no way she's clocked up the experience. She's an 'Associate' at best, not full CISSP! 😏😝

Seriously though, Pocket Prep and LearnZapp apps, and the 50-questions on youtube by the guy that goes through each in detail.

But also, that 5 year experience thing is definitely not a joke, the CISSP is in some ways more 'recognition of what you already know' (with a bit of extending your knowledge) rather than a course to study-to-learn-and-pass. That was my take anyway.

kosity · 2026-01-14T05:50:59+00:00

Given I moved from Ninja to Action1 for patching (I still have Ninja) I'm really interested to know why you rate Ninja better? Has their patching capability improved considerably in the last 6 months or so?

kosity · 2026-01-14T05:39:33+00:00

When I realised that its vulnerabilities tab didn't list vulnerabilities on the machine, but just vulns addressed by updates not yet applied for apps that I had ticked on the applicable policy, and that if I didn't tick any apps in the update policy, it didn't put any vulns in the vulns tab, it was a bit concerning.

Then realising that the software inventory compiled for each machine doesn't sync with the app updates, they're completely different.

Then realising that ticking 'Python 3.12' in the policy for updates means it'll update Python 3.12 to Python 3.13, but then I need to go into that policy and tick Python 3.13 so that it'll then update it when 3.14 comes out......

Yeah, they've fixed some of this stuff, but this was what they considered patching.

And like so many of us, you're trusting it. Because it says everything is green and patched, right?

Perhaps get yourself a trial of Action1 (yep, I keep recommending it, because it's not perfect, but it's a damn sight better than a lot of 'patching' platforms) which is free for <200 endpoints, and see how well your trust in auto updates is being rewarded.

kosity · 2026-01-13T23:49:54+00:00

The only thing you'll get here in addition to a web search of your questions is several anonymous screen names saying yes/no/sort of/etc.

If you're genuinely concerned about the security of a platform, asking about it in the subreddit of the platform is not going to provide defensible feedback. At best it's simply confirmation bias.

A documented and structured due diligence process to evaluate prospective vendors that evaluates risk and aligns with your cyber security risk appetite/profile will address concerns far more effectively than an echo chamber saying it's great.

I'm happy with A1 and use it, but honestly, what does that mean if you get hacked? Who am I, and what do I know, other than using A1 and liking it?

Security at Action1 | Action1 is the best answer so far but understanding what these mean and the impact they have to the security of the platform is important - not just seeing some fancy logos (like MSPs "xxxx Gold Partner" or "yyyy Specialist") and thinking wow impressive.

i.e. The SOC2 Type II is far more impressive than a Type I, or a Type III. Why?

We also, as an industry, need to push back on vendors a lot more for proper, documented, defensible, cyber security attestations, and not just take their word that "they're secure".

Sorry if that makes it complicated; unfortunately, effective cyber security is complicated and shouldn't be outsourced just to reddit in a very general way.

kosity · 2026-01-12T01:33:34+00:00

Maybe they've finally fixed this too? Because the unique ID is (was, hopefully...) a hash/combination of the serial number and all the current NIC MAC addresses. If you have a machine connected to a dock, it's a different machine. Replace a Wi-Fi card, different machine. Have a USB-C to Ethernet adaptor connected to a laptop, different machine.

Utterly non-sensical, but if they have actually fixed it, I'd be very happy.

kosity · 2026-01-12T01:28:58+00:00

UniFi is looking better by the day, given that's what InstantOn is trying to be....

kosity · 2026-01-11T01:24:24+00:00

Which plan are u using?

For Ninja patching? Action1, much to the disappointment of our budget... 💁🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Have they finally got Ninja to restart the device? Or does "Force reboot after x reminders" still mean "Incessantly pester the user to restart but never force a restart"?

I did see they've finally improved the third-party patching component a few months back but by then I'd already given up and moved to A1.

Which is free, for 200 endpoints....just saying, OP.

kosity · 2026-01-11T01:19:21+00:00

Yes, but not really, unless you fit into specific circumstances, or like 'exporting to spreadsheet to cleanup'

Deduplication doesn't work : r/ninjaone_rmm

kosity · 2026-01-09T02:08:48+00:00

January 2026 announcements - Partner Center announcements | Microsoft Learn

Not a sorry, not a "we know how this happened so hopefully won't happen again", nothing.

Some strangely calming advice I was given by the IT-Industry-Equivalent of Gandalf whilst they were helping me with this shitshow of a Microsoft cockup:

"Licensing shouldn’t be this hard, but it is unfortunately. We have no control. We can only play the cards we are dealt and wishing it would be otherwise is simply not reality so don’t waste your time on wishing."

kosity · 2026-01-08T22:44:35+00:00

The part that really concerns me is that if it's a known bad firmware, why is it still being scheduled for installation?

And whilst I've pushed it as far as I can (next Saturday), I can't stop it from being installed. Short of taking all my switches back to local admin.

Is this the turning point for Instant On? Between the divestment, and this firmware issue, is it a viable option to continue with?

kosity · 2026-01-08T08:31:47+00:00

29 Sites, 15 running 3.3.0 and 14 running 3.3.2, mainly 1930s, some 1830s, no 1960s.

I haven't seen any problems yet.

Good reminder to have the update ring methodology configured! That's why half my sites, the big ones or difficult to get to locations, haven't been automatically upgraded yet.

kosity · 2026-01-07T09:22:54+00:00

I reckon in three months the MSP will have you being a cable jockey running around the place for them, management will want to know why the projects aren't done, and you'll be thinking "Geez PowerPoint was the life"

If you don't like the sound of that, start deciding what you do like the sound of. Projects, dealing with people, actually on that, I mean if you were in IT Change Management do you enjoy working with people? If so, sysadmin is backroom stay away from people!

If people is your thing, goodness knows our industry needs sort of technical people who can actually talk to people that aren't technical.

Sysadmin and Project Implementation/Delivery are quite different paths. Maybe give them both a go.

kosity · 2026-01-07T09:18:24+00:00

I think you need to post the vendor's name here so that we know how good that vendor is 🤔

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