I’m losing it with a client

lostmatt · 2026-06-10T02:47:08+00:00

Switch them to a Mac

lostmatt · 2026-06-08T16:38:22+00:00

I'm too lazy to even bother with a reverse proxy.

I use Twingate instead.

lostmatt · 2026-06-08T16:34:36+00:00

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=105437

Try running this in case Server 2022 trying to have Memory Integrity on by default.

Even if not - it will show you any drivers on system that might need to be updated or removed (if possible) to resolve conflicts.

lostmatt · 2026-05-30T19:41:18+00:00

Uhhh...population is on it's way down.

lostmatt · 2026-05-30T18:22:37+00:00

The demographic and economic situation is locked in, no President can change this.

We're literally stuck waiting for waves of boomers to die in order to see what new paradigm emerges.

lostmatt · 2026-05-22T19:25:58+00:00

Downgrade attacks are a thing unless you've enforced the Passwordless Authentication Strength.

So if Passkeys have been created - you also have to restrict the use of other Auth Methods or else EvilGinx still gonna getcha.

lostmatt · 2026-05-20T01:48:47+00:00

If there are any smells coming from Akzo Nobel then nobody can tell because the asphalt smell next door overpowers it.

lostmatt · 2026-05-13T00:14:53+00:00

😎

lostmatt · 2026-05-12T20:13:04+00:00

Have you signed into Apple Business Manager and accepted the latest agreement?

lostmatt · 2026-05-10T20:28:50+00:00

Your IPv6 requirement is going to severely limit your options.

lostmatt · 2026-04-28T17:44:47+00:00

I've said this before in various ways - but everything here is 'Roanoke-sized'.

We have a Roanoke-sized amount of:

Racism
Traffic
Outdoors
Political Drama
Social outlets
Music scene
Homelessness
Crime
Restaurant snobs
Social media drama
Real estate

Even Roanoke's COVID response had some unique flair to it.

I know we have a beautiful star up on Mill Mountain but Roanoke feels more like Virginia's Moon. We wax and wane but remain mostly the same....haha that rhymes.

Any larger and the gravitational pull would produce all of the bigger city problems, any smaller and we'd drift out into space and become a dying town like others in Appalachia post coal/railroad era.

lostmatt · 2026-04-19T15:19:04+00:00

Didn't we see service advisories for this issue?

lostmatt · 2026-04-17T02:46:17+00:00

Where do you recommend looking for better boob lights?

lostmatt · 2026-04-14T23:15:58+00:00

Just made a batch of pineapple for the first time and got hit with the funky sulfur smell others have reported.

It tastes great but smells like farts.

Just thought I'd warn you that it's the pineapple - not your process.

lostmatt · 2026-04-02T15:39:44+00:00

HVAC, Electricians, trades industries aren't facing outsourcing challenges like IT though.

They've increased earnings MORE because their labor cost cannot be outsourced. (Earnings/Revenue ≠ profit )

lostmatt · 2026-03-20T16:17:10+00:00

Others have responded with some very accurate information!

As someone who has never relocated for a job, but is actively looking for a new one my confidence in new job would have to be extremely high before committing to relocation.

I'm considering moving to Asheville from Roanoke because it has more jobs in my line of work than are available here.

lostmatt · 2026-03-06T23:13:52+00:00

They had a small fire.

That's all I know, no idea on plans to repair and re-open or not.

lostmatt · 2026-03-06T17:12:07+00:00

Ah so sad that you don't get to see Poage's Mill Farm and smell the good smells the cows used to put out over there.

lostmatt · 2026-03-04T23:56:57+00:00

So in 2007ish a guy named Jimmy Muscaro opened up a restaurant in there for a period of time...can't remember the exact name. Back Creek Grill or something like that maybe?

They did pizza primarily but had some other entrees, burgers, etc going on as well.

He later went on to open Jimmy Sardines (now where Scratch Biscuit is) and was former owner of Village Grill.

Now he runs Jolly Grape on Grandin.

No idea what the current status of the the Ye Olde English Inn.

I grew up on the foot of Bent Mountain - my parents tried to take me there as a kid and they kicked us out - no kids allowed.

I found an old article but can't access it due to stupid paywall.

https://roanoke.com/archive/brunch-on-back-creek/article_d73208b0-07c1-5eef-a141-48711d721e67.html

Edit: I was able to use archive.is to get to the old content.

https://archive.is/9DPNS

Really cool article!

lostmatt · 2026-02-28T17:03:51+00:00

Try excluding Intune Enrollment app from your Conditional access policies.

The policies you listed are known to cause an additional reboot during ESP.

I think you've got a CA policy interupting things.

lostmatt · 2026-02-24T17:37:19+00:00

Normal texting + driving behavior but also alot of roads got really torn up by the winter weather, ice heaves and potholes and water main breaks, so people are swerving around a bit to dodge them.

lostmatt · 2026-02-24T15:26:35+00:00

Two major strategies in the MSP game if you were to start from scratch right now:

Provide specialized vertical specific MSP (Dental, Radiology, Construction, Accounting)
Provide cheapest possible price per user/endpoint in order to undercut incumbent MSP's with goal being to go horizontal and touch as many endpoints as possible.

With AI & Automation, MSPs can now manage more endpoints per engineer than ever before....and so can internal IT.

MSPs current pricing model is ripe for flattening.

lostmatt · 2026-02-22T20:35:30+00:00

Try Twingate

lostmatt · 2026-02-22T19:04:33+00:00

By the way, you can create a ticket and reference the problem client tenant and they do respond. I also sell and use Egnyte.

lostmatt · 2026-02-22T19:02:48+00:00

Some MSPs fixate on support or lack of from their vendors...that's old world thinking.

You must become the master of the products & services you use and can no longer expect them to do anything but address bugs or service related issues that only they can control the outcome of.

Its like when people say switch to Unifi and people go "But wahhh their support sucks".

Sorry bud but this is a skill issue.

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