labeling physical servers
How is everyone labeling physical servers?
I manage hundreds of physical systems that are all from different vendors, generations, and form factors. We've been through several methods for labeling physical servers, but the last several new systems we got have literally no flat surfaces on the front or back where one can apply a label. We have regulatory requirements to label the servers themselves, rather than removable bezels or the rack surface next to the server etc. The top, bottom, and sides are not accessible and are, obviously, inconvenient when looking for a server in a sea of racks.
We utilize Nautobot as a DCIM, but people are human and the data is not always accurate. For new techs, it's helpful for the server label to match nautobot.
Thanks in advance for your time and suggestions.
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How is everyone labeling physical servers?
I manage hundreds of physical systems that are all from different vendors, generations, and form factors. We've been through several methods for labeling physical servers, but the last several new systems we got have literally no flat surfaces on the front or back where one can apply a label. We have regulatory requirements to label the servers themselves, rather than removable bezels or the rack surface next to the server etc. The top, bottom, and sides are not accessible and are, obviously, inconvenient when looking for a server in a sea of racks.
We utilize Nautobot as a DCIM, but people are human and the data is not always accurate. For new techs, it's helpful for the server label to match nautobot.
Thanks in advance for your time and suggestions.
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HVAC Legend Dies at 28: The Presario That Never Quit
Pour one out for the Compaq Presario 2246, that faithfully maintained its role in handling the HVAC in a 40‑year‑old building until today—its well‑earned retirement.
Running Windows 98, this nearly 30 year old box controlled all HVAC duties for a 34,000‑square‑foot facility - it stood tall where many newer machines had fallen, weathered multiple electrical storms, and never missed a beat in it's relentless task of keeping unknowing humans comfortable when the weather became too challenging.
Were it not for the new control system taking its place, it would likely still be on duty—quietly keeping countless people comfortable through every season.
Inside, its AMD K6, 32 MB of RAM, and 2 GB hard drive endured decades beyond any end-of-life declaration that condemned it to the scrap heap—truly a testament to the quality of old tech that's often forgotten today.
Rest easy friend, most of us are not far behind.
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Pour one out for the Compaq Presario 2246, that faithfully maintained its role in handling the HVAC in a 40‑year‑old building until today—its well‑earned retirement.
Running Windows 98, this nearly 30 year old box controlled all HVAC duties for a 34,000‑square‑foot facility - it stood tall where many newer machines had fallen, weathered multiple electrical storms, and never missed a beat in it's relentless task of keeping unknowing humans comfortable when the weather became too challenging.
Were it not for the new control system taking its place, it would likely still be on duty—quietly keeping countless people comfortable through every season.
Inside, its AMD K6, 32 MB of RAM, and 2 GB hard drive endured decades beyond any end-of-life declaration that condemned it to the scrap heap—truly a testament to the quality of old tech that's often forgotten today.
Rest easy friend, most of us are not far behind.
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HP purposely makes newer printers “insecure”
I I hate printers. I also hate software limiting. I would love to be proven wrong here or hear a solid explanation for why this is the way it is, so if you’ve got a couple cents let me know.
We just got vuln scan results back at my org, and one of the most common findings was printers with TLS 1.0 or 1.1 enabled or weak ciphers allowed.
Before anyone says “just isolate them in their own VLAN” I know. I’m not the network guy.
Normally this is a quick and easy fix. Except on specific printer models. Some HP models do not have any TLS or encryption related settings at all, even after firmware updates from as recent as 2022.
Models I’ve personally run into:
M277
M377
M402
Most of these were released around 2015 to 2016.
At first I figured maybe the hardware just can’t support it. But then I stumbled across a few P4515s that are already scheduled for replacement. I logged into the web GUI and sure enough I can lock them down to TLS 1.2 only.
These P4515s are from 2008. Firmware date is 2017.
Older hardware. Older software. Somehow more secure.
So what gives?
My personal guess is money, assuming the consumer will just buy a new printer.
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I I hate printers. I also hate software limiting. I would love to be proven wrong here or hear a solid explanation for why this is the way it is, so if you’ve got a couple cents let me know.
We just got vuln scan results back at my org, and one of the most common findings was printers with TLS 1.0 or 1.1 enabled or weak ciphers allowed.
Before anyone says “just isolate them in their own VLAN” I know. I’m not the network guy.
Normally this is a quick and easy fix. Except on specific printer models. Some HP models do not have any TLS or encryption related settings at all, even after firmware updates from as recent as 2022.
Models I’ve personally run into:
M277
M377
M402
Most of these were released around 2015 to 2016.
At first I figured maybe the hardware just can’t support it. But then I stumbled across a few P4515s that are already scheduled for replacement. I logged into the web GUI and sure enough I can lock them down to TLS 1.2 only.
These P4515s are from 2008. Firmware date is 2017.
Older hardware. Older software. Somehow more secure.
So what gives?
My personal guess is money, assuming the consumer will just buy a new printer.
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At what point do you stop backing up data?
Our company is failing. Not from bad leadership but from a major industry change. We lost 65% of our staff and are in survival mode. It’s a shame because this job has been my “happy story” job that I love.
Recently we were made aware that we just cannot afford a SharePoint backup. We have around 50 TB of data. But our financial system is backed up appropriately.
This isn’t a “leadership doesn’t see it as important”, or “they are greedy and reckless” but just a lack of resources. I don’t know if I should push harder on getting it approved.
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Our company is failing. Not from bad leadership but from a major industry change. We lost 65% of our staff and are in survival mode. It’s a shame because this job has been my “happy story” job that I love.
Recently we were made aware that we just cannot afford a SharePoint backup. We have around 50 TB of data. But our financial system is backed up appropriately.
This isn’t a “leadership doesn’t see it as important”, or “they are greedy and reckless” but just a lack of resources. I don’t know if I should push harder on getting it approved.
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PSA: Foxit working well for us to replace Acrobat Pro and Docusign
A while back, I asked r/sysadmin for opinions on Foxit. As a result, I recently migrated my org to Foxit to replace Adobe Acrobat and Docusign. So far, so good.
Foxit Editor PDF+ replaces Acrobat:
$160/user/yr versus $180/user/yr
Foxit eSign replaces Docusign:
$0/user/yr versus $480/user/yr
I have no idea if Foxit will work for every org, but we have somewhat strict regulatory guidelines we have to follow and feel it will meet most needs:
\--The installed PDF editor does not seem to require admin rights to install updates. In the previous post I made, there was some doubt about this, but so far, it has updated without admin rights. There is a updater service that runs as SYSTEM.
\--The installed PDF editor has an ADMX template to allow for basic policies to be configured via on-prem Active Directory and Intune.
\--The web-based Foxit eSign platform is SOC 2 Type II attested.
\--The web-based Foxit eSign platform and the installed PDF editor licensing component allows for SSO via SAML.
\--Licenses are assigned to named users via the web-based Foxit admin console.
Our users are not super enthused by Foxit, but nobody has run into any reported issues so far. It's boring, and I am okay with that.
Foxit support seems okay. I don't know if we have phone support, but all of our tickets so far have been responded to within 8 hours.
Here is the one thing I don't like, mostly because I am afraid it might get the TikTok treatement: fundamentally, Foxit is a Chinese company. I don't know if that makes it untrustworthy, but being from the U.S., I never know when the federal government might get a hair up its ass and decide to sanction the company. To be clear, Foxit *does* have U.S. operations and is not purely Chinese, but if you trace it back to its roots, it's definitely Chinese.
Anyway, I say all the above to give encouragement to anyone who needs to find a cheaper alternative to Adobe's shitty products and Docusign's overpriced platform.
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A while back, I asked r/sysadmin for opinions on Foxit. As a result, I recently migrated my org to Foxit to replace Adobe Acrobat and Docusign. So far, so good.
Foxit Editor PDF+ replaces Acrobat:
$160/user/yr versus $180/user/yr
Foxit eSign replaces Docusign:
$0/user/yr versus $480/user/yr
I have no idea if Foxit will work for every org, but we have somewhat strict regulatory guidelines we have to follow and feel it will meet most needs:
\--The installed PDF editor does not seem to require admin rights to install updates. In the previous post I made, there was some doubt about this, but so far, it has updated without admin rights. There is a updater service that runs as SYSTEM.
\--The installed PDF editor has an ADMX template to allow for basic policies to be configured via on-prem Active Directory and Intune.
\--The web-based Foxit eSign platform is SOC 2 Type II attested.
\--The web-based Foxit eSign platform and the installed PDF editor licensing component allows for SSO via SAML.
\--Licenses are assigned to named users via the web-based Foxit admin console.
Our users are not super enthused by Foxit, but nobody has run into any reported issues so far. It's boring, and I am okay with that.
Foxit support seems okay. I don't know if we have phone support, but all of our tickets so far have been responded to within 8 hours.
Here is the one thing I don't like, mostly because I am afraid it might get the TikTok treatement: fundamentally, Foxit is a Chinese company. I don't know if that makes it untrustworthy, but being from the U.S., I never know when the federal government might get a hair up its ass and decide to sanction the company. To be clear, Foxit *does* have U.S. operations and is not purely Chinese, but if you trace it back to its roots, it's definitely Chinese.
Anyway, I say all the above to give encouragement to anyone who needs to find a cheaper alternative to Adobe's shitty products and Docusign's overpriced platform.
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We are doomed if we don't find out a fix - KB5074109
Hi, recent my company's environment got hit with the update (KB5074109) which caused 100s of machines to go into Blue/black screen of death. The environment has been down for more than 1 day now.
-We've tried resetting the machines, it isn't reliable it goes back to where it was.
-Restore points might or might not work.
-We have tried uninstalling quality updates.
-We tried few commands through command lines.
-We tried connecting with dell support, they say it's a software and not a hardware issue so cannot help here.
-Microsoft isn't responding.
Questions for you guys:
Is there any other reliable way through which we can resolve the issue? It's 100s of systems worldwide. Few of the machines got impacted, few did not. I need a perfect solution because we've tried out multiple things and we feel lost now.
Is microsoft paid support gonna be of any help here? What are the quotations and how we should reach them out?
We usually delay the environment in our system before pushing it to the prod but somehow we seem to have missed out on this update and a major issue has occurred. Any help or suggestions to fix would be a great deal to us.
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Hi, recent my company's environment got hit with the update (KB5074109) which caused 100s of machines to go into Blue/black screen of death. The environment has been down for more than 1 day now.
-We've tried resetting the machines, it isn't reliable it goes back to where it was.
-Restore points might or might not work.
-We have tried uninstalling quality updates.
-We tried few commands through command lines.
-We tried connecting with dell support, they say it's a software and not a hardware issue so cannot help here.
-Microsoft isn't responding.
Questions for you guys:
Is there any other reliable way through which we can resolve the issue? It's 100s of systems worldwide. Few of the machines got impacted, few did not. I need a perfect solution because we've tried out multiple things and we feel lost now.
Is microsoft paid support gonna be of any help here? What are the quotations and how we should reach them out?
We usually delay the environment in our system before pushing it to the prod but somehow we seem to have missed out on this update and a major issue has occurred. Any help or suggestions to fix would be a great deal to us.
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After 10+ years in network security, here's the audit checklist I actually use
I've done security audits for SMBs for years and got tired of reinventing the wheel every time. Finally documented my actual process — figured I'd share the key points.
The 80/20 of SMB security audits:
Network Perimeter (where most breaches start):
\- Firewall rules review — look for "any/any" rules, unused rules, and rules older than 2 years
\- Open ports audit — if you can't justify why it's open, close it
\- VPN config — split tunneling enabled? MFA required?
\- DNS filtering — still amazed how many don't have this
Identity & Access:
\- Admin account audit — who has Domain Admin and why?
\- Service accounts — when was the password last changed? (answer is usually "never")
\- MFA coverage — not just email, but VPN, RDP, cloud admin portals
\- Terminated employee accounts — check against HR list
Endpoint Security:
\- EDR/AV coverage — 100% or are there gaps?
\- Patch compliance — focus on internet-facing + critical CVEs
\- Local admin rights — who has them and do they need them?
\- USB/removable media policy
Backup & Recovery:
\- 3-2-1 rule compliance
\- When was the last restore TEST? (not backup, restore)
\- Air-gapped/immutable backups — ransomware protection
\- RTO/RPO — does the business actually know these numbers?
The stuff people skip:
\- Egress filtering — most only filter ingress
\- DNS query logging — goldmine for incident response
\- Network segmentation — flat networks are attacker's paradise
\- Physical security — unlocked server rooms, no visitor logs
Common findings (every single time):
1. Service accounts with Domain Admin + password = company name + year
2. No egress filtering whatsoever
3. Backups exist but never tested
4. Ex-employees still have active accounts
5. "Temporary" firewall rules from 5 years ago
Happy to answer questions if anyone's setting up their own audit process.
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I've done security audits for SMBs for years and got tired of reinventing the wheel every time. Finally documented my actual process — figured I'd share the key points.
The 80/20 of SMB security audits:
Network Perimeter (where most breaches start):
\- Firewall rules review — look for "any/any" rules, unused rules, and rules older than 2 years
\- Open ports audit — if you can't justify why it's open, close it
\- VPN config — split tunneling enabled? MFA required?
\- DNS filtering — still amazed how many don't have this
Identity & Access:
\- Admin account audit — who has Domain Admin and why?
\- Service accounts — when was the password last changed? (answer is usually "never")
\- MFA coverage — not just email, but VPN, RDP, cloud admin portals
\- Terminated employee accounts — check against HR list
Endpoint Security:
\- EDR/AV coverage — 100% or are there gaps?
\- Patch compliance — focus on internet-facing + critical CVEs
\- Local admin rights — who has them and do they need them?
\- USB/removable media policy
Backup & Recovery:
\- 3-2-1 rule compliance
\- When was the last restore TEST? (not backup, restore)
\- Air-gapped/immutable backups — ransomware protection
\- RTO/RPO — does the business actually know these numbers?
The stuff people skip:
\- Egress filtering — most only filter ingress
\- DNS query logging — goldmine for incident response
\- Network segmentation — flat networks are attacker's paradise
\- Physical security — unlocked server rooms, no visitor logs
Common findings (every single time):
1. Service accounts with Domain Admin + password = company name + year
2. No egress filtering whatsoever
3. Backups exist but never tested
4. Ex-employees still have active accounts
5. "Temporary" firewall rules from 5 years ago
Happy to answer questions if anyone's setting up their own audit process.
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Weekly 'I made a useful thing' Thread - February 06, 2026
There is a great deal of user-generated content out there, from noscripts and software to tutorials and videos, but we've generally tried to keep that off of the front page due to the volume and as a result of community feedback. There's also a great deal of content out there that violates our advertising/promotion rule, from noscripts and software to tutorials and videos.
We have received a number of requests for exemptions to the rule, and rather than allowing the front page to get consumed, we thought we'd try a weekly thread that allows for that kind of content. We don't have a catchy name for it yet, so please let us know if you have any ideas!
In this thread, feel free to show us your pet project, YouTube videos, blog posts, or whatever else you may have and share it with the community. Commercial advertisements, affiliate links, or links that appear to be monetization-grabs will still be removed.
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There is a great deal of user-generated content out there, from noscripts and software to tutorials and videos, but we've generally tried to keep that off of the front page due to the volume and as a result of community feedback. There's also a great deal of content out there that violates our advertising/promotion rule, from noscripts and software to tutorials and videos.
We have received a number of requests for exemptions to the rule, and rather than allowing the front page to get consumed, we thought we'd try a weekly thread that allows for that kind of content. We don't have a catchy name for it yet, so please let us know if you have any ideas!
In this thread, feel free to show us your pet project, YouTube videos, blog posts, or whatever else you may have and share it with the community. Commercial advertisements, affiliate links, or links that appear to be monetization-grabs will still be removed.
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We need to stop the divide between those who prefer in office work and those that work better from home. People are different and they require varying environments to thrive.
I have noticed a growing divide and in some case outward hostilitly to those of us that work mostly remote by choice. I am far more efficient working from my home office and have no issue with going into the office to catch up or discuss work when required. However, there is a persistant group who openly admit that they get distracted working from home and prefer the office. Snarky comments over time have become persistant like 'well your never in the office so .....', or 'stop being a hermit' are persistant; and cliques have formed. There seems to be some misguided narritive that those that go to office are better in some way. If we were to measure output, it's not even close. When I do go to the office, I enjoy it, but its not productive and those that are there easily spend over half the day doing no work. I have never seen this dynamic the other way round, where hard working remote workers gang up on in office workers. Note this is a dynamic where everyone has the choice to do whatever they want, not that some are not allowed to work remotely. What are your thoughts?
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I have noticed a growing divide and in some case outward hostilitly to those of us that work mostly remote by choice. I am far more efficient working from my home office and have no issue with going into the office to catch up or discuss work when required. However, there is a persistant group who openly admit that they get distracted working from home and prefer the office. Snarky comments over time have become persistant like 'well your never in the office so .....', or 'stop being a hermit' are persistant; and cliques have formed. There seems to be some misguided narritive that those that go to office are better in some way. If we were to measure output, it's not even close. When I do go to the office, I enjoy it, but its not productive and those that are there easily spend over half the day doing no work. I have never seen this dynamic the other way round, where hard working remote workers gang up on in office workers. Note this is a dynamic where everyone has the choice to do whatever they want, not that some are not allowed to work remotely. What are your thoughts?
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Apparently, Microsoft support survey results are not anonymized
So I opened a ticket for an Office 365 (or whatever they've decided to call it this week) issue. A support agent called and after some back and forth the issue was resolved. I got the automated survey afterwards and didn't think much of it, just quickly put in a 4 out of 5 on most questions since the support was good but nothing exceptional, and the problem wasn't very difficult to begin with. To me, a 5/5 rating would mean the support was absolutely exceptional, or they solved a serious, complex issue that had been ruining my day.
A few minutes later I get an angry call from the same support agent who accused me of tanking his rating by not giving 5's across the board, acting like I had given him 1/5 or whatever. He demanded I reply to the ticket email saying how great the support was.
I was a bit taken aback, not just by the unprofessional call, but also by the fact that the results are immediately presented to the support agent after a call. I would have thought they got anonymized and averaged over a period of time, since that's more useful for long-term work anyway.
It may be a difference in work culture, since I'm in Europe where this would be seen as degrading and unnecessarily stressful. Having worked as a 1st line support agent in the past, I also understand how bad the job is even in a EU country known for good working conditions. I understand why they want the highest rating so they can move up the ladder, but if we're all giving perfect ratings out of sympathy this kind of defeats the purpose of those surveys.
I probably won't answer any more surveys to avoid awkward situations like that. I'll just hope I don't get a call back from an agitated support agent asking why I didn't answer the survey...
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So I opened a ticket for an Office 365 (or whatever they've decided to call it this week) issue. A support agent called and after some back and forth the issue was resolved. I got the automated survey afterwards and didn't think much of it, just quickly put in a 4 out of 5 on most questions since the support was good but nothing exceptional, and the problem wasn't very difficult to begin with. To me, a 5/5 rating would mean the support was absolutely exceptional, or they solved a serious, complex issue that had been ruining my day.
A few minutes later I get an angry call from the same support agent who accused me of tanking his rating by not giving 5's across the board, acting like I had given him 1/5 or whatever. He demanded I reply to the ticket email saying how great the support was.
I was a bit taken aback, not just by the unprofessional call, but also by the fact that the results are immediately presented to the support agent after a call. I would have thought they got anonymized and averaged over a period of time, since that's more useful for long-term work anyway.
It may be a difference in work culture, since I'm in Europe where this would be seen as degrading and unnecessarily stressful. Having worked as a 1st line support agent in the past, I also understand how bad the job is even in a EU country known for good working conditions. I understand why they want the highest rating so they can move up the ladder, but if we're all giving perfect ratings out of sympathy this kind of defeats the purpose of those surveys.
I probably won't answer any more surveys to avoid awkward situations like that. I'll just hope I don't get a call back from an agitated support agent asking why I didn't answer the survey...
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Another week and another shitty, broken, ai slop riddled, dumpster fire of an update from Microsoft.
I am at my wits end with Microslop. I've been doing sys admin as part of my role for years now, and I've never seen Microsoft so frequently and catastrophically break the most basic fucking functionality of their os.
I work for a manufacturing company. We have several business critical programs we use for inspecting parts and building reports.
Microsoft 365 Apps received an update on February 3rd that would cause ALL of the programs we use to crash when they would attempt to open a file browsing window.
A file browsing window. The most basic functionality of any program.
Why is a 365 update even fucking with the file browser?
This issue was fixed by mass downgrading 365 apps to a build from January 13th.
Week after week I am fixing something that Microsoft broke. The most basic and banal features of windows are breaking. Blue screens, notepad doesn't work, copy paste is broken, ai slop bloatware is installed, massive slowdowns, outlook shits the bed, and on and on and on...
A business focused Linux distro that can run Windows apps can't come soon enough. One can dream I guess.
My only hope is that some of Microslops biggest customers get so fed up that they start complaining and hitting them where it hurts.
It's just inexcusable. I am so fed up.
rant over
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I am at my wits end with Microslop. I've been doing sys admin as part of my role for years now, and I've never seen Microsoft so frequently and catastrophically break the most basic fucking functionality of their os.
I work for a manufacturing company. We have several business critical programs we use for inspecting parts and building reports.
Microsoft 365 Apps received an update on February 3rd that would cause ALL of the programs we use to crash when they would attempt to open a file browsing window.
A file browsing window. The most basic functionality of any program.
Why is a 365 update even fucking with the file browser?
This issue was fixed by mass downgrading 365 apps to a build from January 13th.
Week after week I am fixing something that Microsoft broke. The most basic and banal features of windows are breaking. Blue screens, notepad doesn't work, copy paste is broken, ai slop bloatware is installed, massive slowdowns, outlook shits the bed, and on and on and on...
A business focused Linux distro that can run Windows apps can't come soon enough. One can dream I guess.
My only hope is that some of Microslops biggest customers get so fed up that they start complaining and hitting them where it hurts.
It's just inexcusable. I am so fed up.
rant over
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Lenovo account manager is driving me nuts - how can I get reassigned?
We have a Lenovo account manager straight out of hell. He is very friendly and positive when talking to him but his actions are the exact opposite.
I made the mistake of asking him to create a bunch of orders for us instead of me placing them myself in the online portal. He made so many mistakes, I lost count.
He has been promising to fix them or get us refunds since November. There has been zero progress so far. I have been in calls with him at least weekly since then but all of his promises turn out to be empty. He will not share his manager's contact details or anyone else's for that matter.
I am really not sure what to do now. I would love to be reassigned to a different account manager who actually works but I am unsure how I can trigger that. When I call the hotline, I am told there is nothing they can do. All paths point back to the same account manager.
Does anyone have some advice for me?
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We have a Lenovo account manager straight out of hell. He is very friendly and positive when talking to him but his actions are the exact opposite.
I made the mistake of asking him to create a bunch of orders for us instead of me placing them myself in the online portal. He made so many mistakes, I lost count.
He has been promising to fix them or get us refunds since November. There has been zero progress so far. I have been in calls with him at least weekly since then but all of his promises turn out to be empty. He will not share his manager's contact details or anyone else's for that matter.
I am really not sure what to do now. I would love to be reassigned to a different account manager who actually works but I am unsure how I can trigger that. When I call the hotline, I am told there is nothing they can do. All paths point back to the same account manager.
Does anyone have some advice for me?
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easily annoyed
I was just asked if "the One Drive" was down. That's like asking about "the Batman".
But seriously, if MS would stop moving things arround and re-naming things perhaps people could just use the software. In this case the problem was that "Files is now called Shared" in Teams.
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I was just asked if "the One Drive" was down. That's like asking about "the Batman".
But seriously, if MS would stop moving things arround and re-naming things perhaps people could just use the software. In this case the problem was that "Files is now called Shared" in Teams.
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Who else's recruiting staff has been decimated by AI?
I keep hearing "AI will never take real jobs", yet the recruiting team at my corporation has literally been cut down to a 10th of its original size and producing better hiring numbers. Quality of candidates TBD. This is for ALL positions, mind you, not just IT.
As someone that had faced the soulless job market in 2023-24, and a once desireable candidate, I had no choice but to take a position at the corp again, since it was my only lead after a year and a half of job hunting.
Im seeing Service Desk being supplemented by AI using our KBs, so I anticipate a few jobs being freed up as well.
Ofc, deep systems and tribal knowledge will never be replaced, Im seeing the affects firsthand on staffing numbers.
Where are we going from here? I have no clue, but it seems the proverbial wall has been hit on dependable results from these systems. I really hope we can get more humanity back into the hiring process.
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I keep hearing "AI will never take real jobs", yet the recruiting team at my corporation has literally been cut down to a 10th of its original size and producing better hiring numbers. Quality of candidates TBD. This is for ALL positions, mind you, not just IT.
As someone that had faced the soulless job market in 2023-24, and a once desireable candidate, I had no choice but to take a position at the corp again, since it was my only lead after a year and a half of job hunting.
Im seeing Service Desk being supplemented by AI using our KBs, so I anticipate a few jobs being freed up as well.
Ofc, deep systems and tribal knowledge will never be replaced, Im seeing the affects firsthand on staffing numbers.
Where are we going from here? I have no clue, but it seems the proverbial wall has been hit on dependable results from these systems. I really hope we can get more humanity back into the hiring process.
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digicert increasing price again 15%
digicert are increaseing their prices again by 15%.
Their justifications are very slim for such a large price increase, specially considering i have been waiting over a year for bug fixes on their platform which is making me lose customers and also their VERY LARGE security issue with their login system.
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digicert are increaseing their prices again by 15%.
Their justifications are very slim for such a large price increase, specially considering i have been waiting over a year for bug fixes on their platform which is making me lose customers and also their VERY LARGE security issue with their login system.
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Anyone else having issues with KB5074109
My org is starting to see a few computers having issues installing this update. The only solution we have found is reimagining the computer. Pulling the update from the catalog and installing it that way doesn’t fix it either. I’ve tried countless other things as well. Even using disk restore health from the corrupted file in the cbs logs doesn’t fix it either. My tier 1s are refusing to reimagine the machines as well and management pushed it up to me as a tier 3 which seems a little ridiculous but oh well. Let me know if anyone needs more information and thank you for any help in advance.
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My org is starting to see a few computers having issues installing this update. The only solution we have found is reimagining the computer. Pulling the update from the catalog and installing it that way doesn’t fix it either. I’ve tried countless other things as well. Even using disk restore health from the corrupted file in the cbs logs doesn’t fix it either. My tier 1s are refusing to reimagine the machines as well and management pushed it up to me as a tier 3 which seems a little ridiculous but oh well. Let me know if anyone needs more information and thank you for any help in advance.
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So it's Saturday, and I just discovered that the January Windows update I just rolled out is killing support for the 30+ printers I've deployed that are otherwise functional
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-finally-pulls-the-plug-on-legacy-printer-drivers-starting-january-2026
This one snuck up on me annoyingly. I don't remember seeing this mentioned after all these years. We're a company of 40 and have a combined total of about 30 OKI C843 and B432s deployed. Now I have to urgently replace them.
How's your weekend going? 😂
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https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-finally-pulls-the-plug-on-legacy-printer-drivers-starting-january-2026
This one snuck up on me annoyingly. I don't remember seeing this mentioned after all these years. We're a company of 40 and have a combined total of about 30 OKI C843 and B432s deployed. Now I have to urgently replace them.
How's your weekend going? 😂
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Windows 11 is finally killing off legacy printer drivers in 2026 — and it’s going to shake up a lot of older hardware [UPDATE:…
Microsoft has issued a correction stating that legacy printer drivers are not being killed off.
Can we ban posts/commenters using LLMs?
It's so easy to spot, always about the dumbest shit imaginable and sometimes they don't even remove the --
For the love of god I do not want to read something written by an LLM
I do not care if you're bad at English, we can read broken english. If chatgpt can, we can. You're not going to learn English by using chatgpt.
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It's so easy to spot, always about the dumbest shit imaginable and sometimes they don't even remove the --
For the love of god I do not want to read something written by an LLM
I do not care if you're bad at English, we can read broken english. If chatgpt can, we can. You're not going to learn English by using chatgpt.
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How is this a thing: "Power outage affecting Microsoft Store app installs and Windows update delivery"
I manage a bunch of server rooms and have battery backups. The more important ones have gas powered generators as well. I've worked with enough datacenters to know power delivery has many more layers of redundancy. Yet, Microsoft will tell us that it was a power outage, and not an oopsie doopsie? I feel Copilot sent the shutdown /f /s command.
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I manage a bunch of server rooms and have battery backups. The more important ones have gas powered generators as well. I've worked with enough datacenters to know power delivery has many more layers of redundancy. Yet, Microsoft will tell us that it was a power outage, and not an oopsie doopsie? I feel Copilot sent the shutdown /f /s command.
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Speed.cloudflare.com is one of the coolest
One of my favorites to use because of the great insight and easy to read information. When people say our internet is slow.. this site helps back me up.
What are your favorite sites to use?
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One of my favorites to use because of the great insight and easy to read information. When people say our internet is slow.. this site helps back me up.
What are your favorite sites to use?
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Legacy infrastructure doesn’t fail because it’s old
It fails because planning assumes upgrades are optional instead of inevitable.
Most outages I’ve seen weren’t caused by “bad tech”, but by deferred decisions finally coming due.
The hard part isn’t replacing legacy systems - it’s convincing the business that waiting is also a choice, just with interest.
Curious how others are framing this conversation internally.
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It fails because planning assumes upgrades are optional instead of inevitable.
Most outages I’ve seen weren’t caused by “bad tech”, but by deferred decisions finally coming due.
The hard part isn’t replacing legacy systems - it’s convincing the business that waiting is also a choice, just with interest.
Curious how others are framing this conversation internally.
https://redd.it/1qz23pt
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