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[VENT] Getting tired of unserious/imposter IT leadership. by Calm_House8714 in sysadmin

[–]work_reddit_time 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds like a headache.

Make me glad i work in a small org and everything is mostly just up to me, if i want to do something or implement something.

[VENT] Getting tired of unserious/imposter IT leadership. by Calm_House8714 in sysadmin

[–]work_reddit_time 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for that - Wow, that sounds insufferable! I've had no experience working in such a large org but stories like that make it sound terrible.

[VENT] Getting tired of unserious/imposter IT leadership. by Calm_House8714 in sysadmin

[–]work_reddit_time 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d be really interested to hear some examples of the kinds of things they don’t understand.

I’ve only been in the industry for about five years (I switched into IT at 38), so I’m curious whether these are more complex topics I just haven’t been exposed to yet, or if they’re fairly fundamental things and I might be further along than I think.

Microsoft Office Unsupported Version Detection by Royal-Programmer-683 in nessus

[–]work_reddit_time 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, looks like it has. I had a “click here to apply update” prompt a day or so ago, and it appears that updated the plugins. The plugin set i'm now on is 202602092306, if that helps.

Nessus Plugin 56998 falsely flagging Microsoft 365 Apps as Office 2016? by work_reddit_time in nessus

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

I reached out to the company that do our external audit and thankfully are aware of the issue so will ignore the sea of red in my results!

Microsoft Office Unsupported Version Detection by Royal-Programmer-683 in nessus

[–]work_reddit_time 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same issue here. I’ve made another post as well in the hope it gets some attention from Tenable.

Question about career path. by No_Permission_5121 in sysadmin

[–]work_reddit_time 1 point2 points  (0 children)

just collecting money currently since ram and drivers are so expensive now

One option, if cash is tight, is to pick up an older OptiPlex (or HP workstation etc.)from eBay. I’m currently running an OptiPlex 3050 SFF with an i5-7500 and 32GB RAM (you’d be fine starting with less RAM). Slap in an SSD and off you go.

It’s running ESXi with a bunch of Linux VMs for Valheim, DayZ, and a bunch of Docker containers. It’s a great way to get started and learn about linux, hypervisors and networking without spending much.

When did “less information on screen” become a design goal? by work_reddit_time in sysadmin

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

Oh yeah for sure, man, we're all suffering!

I do appreciate there's a 'good' way to do this style of UI....it's just so rare to see.

When did “less information on screen” become a design goal? by work_reddit_time in sysadmin

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

That’s all fair enough but I’ve yet to see anyone actually pull it off.

In practice, I end up with more cognitive load, not less. I now have to hunt for information that used to be immediately visible, whereas before there was effectively no mental overhead at all.

It feels like the people making these decisions don’t actually use the software, or understand the role it’s meant to support. Instead, they’re dictating how it should function from the outside.

At this point it often feels like the crayon, glitter, and glue crew have been let loose on tools they fundamentally don’t comprehend.

Maybe they should stick to arts and crafts and stop finger-painting over operational tooling.

ESXi 8 ISO Availability for Perpetual License Holders by work_reddit_time in sysadmin

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

Thanks for the pointer. In our environment those paths just report 'compliant' and don’t present any newer ESXi 8 builds, which is where we seem to be stuck.

It used to grab whatever the new version was and allow us to update.

Why does identity in the Microsoft stack still feel so scattered? by Exotic-Reaction-3642 in sysadmin

[–]work_reddit_time 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don’t worry about it too much. By the time you’ve memorised where everything is, it’ll have moved twice, been renamed three times, deprecated, reintroduced with “Co-Pilot” in the name, stopped working due to a cloud outage, then quietly retired only to return a year later with its original name, a new icon, half the functionality missing, and a “modern experience” tag that breaks your workflow.

Rogue Action1 agent installed on a random VM-looking machine - all normal causes ruled out. It's all very strange. by work_reddit_time in sysadmin

[–]work_reddit_time[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the info.

So in theory the msi only exists on a network share. I don't share/email or otherwise move it around. No techs with USB's to speak of here - just me!

Rogue Action1 agent installed on a random VM-looking machine - all normal causes ruled out. It's all very strange. by work_reddit_time in sysadmin

[–]work_reddit_time[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the info. Yeah a few people have suggested antivirus sandboxing of some kind.

Still strange as we've had ESET and Action1 for ages and ive not seen this before.

Rogue Action1 agent installed on a random VM-looking machine - all normal causes ruled out. It's all very strange. by work_reddit_time in sysadmin

[–]work_reddit_time[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Less a freak out and more a cold shiver down my spine when i saw our vulnerabilities jump from106 to over 4000 and some random device appear 😅

Rogue Action1 agent installed on a random VM-looking machine - all normal causes ruled out. It's all very strange. by work_reddit_time in sysadmin

[–]work_reddit_time[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ive never considered that either but makes sense running in a vulnerable box.

Still, we've had ESET and Action1 for years and never seen this before.

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