Re: WTF?
Reminds me of time at college where I couldn't get the code correct, so I manipulated the test scrips to make the code appear as a pass.......
Posts by djvrs
46 publicly visible posts • joined 3 May 2011
Latest Windows 11 updates may break the OS's most basic bits
'Once in a lifetime' IT outage at city council hit datacenter, but no files lost
Friday 21st March 2025 08:21 GMT
Re: Did they try turning it off and on again?
Reply to: You usually test turning off one IT system. It's very rare that you test turning off your entire IT estate and then bring it all back online. You usually discover circular dependencies. The classic being you can't login to your SAN/VM farm as authentication is via your local AD - which is hosted on said platform which is offline because you can't login to turn it back on again.
You hit the nail on the head there!!
I've had to help out in that exact situation, but luckily it was little easier to resolve, as it was only a DNS issue.
The software UK techies need to protect themselves now Apple's ADP won’t
WFH with privacy? 85% of Brit bosses snoop on staff
Thursday 30th January 2025 13:30 GMT
Responsible adults
I just hate Micro management. Luckily in my previous job, that manager was let go and was replaced by someone who was happy with 'you did what was asked of you' and were 'avaialble when called' the rest of it was within reason/flexible. Everyone worked hard, went above and beyond and the manager was highly respected for it. However, any p1ss takers were soon moved on. Happy days.....
SvarDOS: DR-DOS is reborn as an open source operating system
CEO of UK's National Grid warns of datacenters' thirst for power
Demand for PC and smartphone chips drops 'like a rock' says CEO of China’s top chipmaker
Cisco warns of premature DIMM failures
'Hundreds of computers' in Ukraine hit with wiper malware as conflict continues
Microsoft patches the patch that broke VPNs, Hyper-V, and left servers in boot loops
Tuesday 18th January 2022 15:26 GMT
Re: Use Linux
I can understand your point about restoring from a snapshot, but easier said than done when you're 12-24hrs in before the issue is realised on a Domain Controller and things have changed moved along, and restoring to a previous time will cause more issues than just uninstalling the patches.....
Microsoft unveils swappable SSDs for Surface Pro 7+ but 'strongly discourages' users from upping their capacity
Microsoft's underwhelming, underpowered dual-screen Surface Duo phone arrives in the UK this month for £1,349
.uk registry operator Nominet responds to renewed criticism – by silencing its critics
By emptying offices, coronavirus has hastened the paperless office
Google rolls out pro-privacy DNS-over-HTTPS support in Chrome 83... with a handy kill switch for corporate IT
UK COVID-19 contact-tracing app data may be kept for 'research' after crisis ends, MPs told
Pandemic impact: Two-thirds of polled Reg readers say it's business as usual in the IT dept, one in ten panicking
That awful moment when what you thought was a number 1 turned out to be a number 2
That's Microsoft price: Now you can enjoy a BSOD from the comfort of your driving seat
What's the last piece of software you'd expect to spy on you? Maybe your enterprise security suite? Bad news
Poland may consider Huawei ban amid 'spy' arrests – reports
Microsoft Windows 10 October update giving HP users BSOD
Microsoft yanks the document-destroying Windows 10 October 2018 Update
OK, this time it's for real: The last available IPv4 address block has gone
What took you so long, BlackBerry? Facebook BBM suit is way overdue
Batteries are so heavy, said user. If I take it out, will this thing work?
Well done, UK.gov. You hit superfast broadband target (by handing almost the entire project to BT)
WD My Cloud NAS devices have hard-wired backdoor
Yes, your old iPhone is slowing down: iOS hits brakes on CPUs as batteries wear out
Microsoft sets the date for Fall Creators Update
Monday 4th September 2017 11:20 GMT
Re: Will this turn out to be
"My brother's MSWin10 machine in The Catskills has had updates shut off since April "
Perhaps you need to share how to do that with all the folks here who complain about their Windows PCs rebooting every 10 minutes due to updates.
** Just disable the Windows Update Service
DJI drones: 'Cyber vulnerabilities' prompt blanket US Army ban
Microsoft posts death notices for Windows 7 sysadmin certifications
Thursday 19th January 2017 12:42 GMT
Microsoft Partnerships require you to have so many Certified Professionals on the books.
I personally am pleased to have achieved MCSE in 2000 & 2003, but haven't bothered since - I can do it, that's enough - Anyways, kids etc got in the way of carrying on with them... that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
Apple sued by parents of girl killed by driver 'distracted by FaceTime'
Is your Windows 10, 8 PC falling off the 'net? Microsoft doesn't care
Tuesday 13th December 2016 12:28 GMT
Easy to explain fix
Had to fix two machines for friends already... Quickest way to explain to users (does delete saved wifi passwords so not as efficient as the netsh command)
Start > Settings > Network & Internet > Click Network Reset at the bottom... Reboot PC and reconnect to your wifi network if required.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
