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AskWoody PlusNo one cares about doing something about this kind of stuff
I imagine the victims who received encryption keys without having to pay a ransom care very much.
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AskWoody PlusDecember 13, 2022 at 3:25 pm in reply to: Standalone installer script for Windows 7 ESU, regardless the license #25079242022-05 .NET Security-only Quality Rollup KB5021079
Thank you for posting. It appears this should be 2022-12?
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AskWoody PlusSeptember 17, 2022 at 8:03 am in reply to: Thunderbird: A worthy alternative to Microsoft Outlook #2479067When I first tried to set this scenario up, I found that the issue was that once any TB account polled gmail for new mail – that mail would not download onto the other computer.
I have been using Thunderbird for many years. I have it set up on my home computer and the portable version on a USB drive to use at work. Both are POP. I have no problem with it downloading all new emails on each instance, so it’s certainly possible under POP.
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AskWoody PlusJuly 20, 2022 at 1:34 pm in reply to: Are Microsoft Outlook account suspensions valid, error, or other? #2464612I have two Hotmail accounts. I started receiving the alert on one about 10 days ago. The other began receiving them about 5 days later. When I checked on the IP address of the “unusual activity”, it was a Microsoft IP so I’ve been ignoring them. Despite the part about the account being disabled, neither of mine were.
I haven’t received a notification since yesterday evening, so maybe it is fixed.
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AskWoody PlusIf you go into Computer Management, you can assign a drive letter to that drive. I suggest choosing a letter near the bottom of the alphabet, since it would be unlikely to ever be used otherwise. My flash drive, for instance, is Drive Q every time I plug it in (daily). If for whatever reason that doesn’t work for you, post back and we’ll try Plan B.
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AskWoody PlusTry pressing <F12> as soon as you see something on the screen after power-up. I usually do a constant “peck” on the key, something like twice a second. With luck, you’ll get the boot menu screen, where you can choose to boot to your USB drive.
That may not be the right function key, or it may not be enabled on your laptop, so it may not work. It’s worth a try, though. Good luck.
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AskWoody Plus… the Anydesk installation footprint much smaller than Teamviewer’s.
In fact, Anydesk doesn’t need to be installed to work.
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AskWoody PlusDecember 20, 2021 at 5:22 pm in reply to: I have to take my computer for repairs. Should I encrypt the SSD first? #2407313Oscar,
I have no familiarity with Macs so maybe this solution isn’t possible or effective, but I will offer it in case it’s useful. Create a separate login (not an administrator account) and give the shop that login/password. HTH.
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AskWoody PlusIf you open File Explorer, click on This PC, and right-click on the encrypted drive, do you see an option to Turn Off Bitlocker (or something similar)? (I can’t remember what the exact wording is, and I don’t have access to a computer with an encrypted drive at the moment.)
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AskWoody PlusMy first thought is that it would be most efficient to try to enforce your data-entry requirements on the front end, i.e., the form the customers fill out. Is that a possibility?
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AskWoody PlusOctober 14, 2021 at 11:31 am in reply to: Powershell script needs minor tweaks: Remove header/extra spaces in output file #2395934Joe,
Thank you for your suggestion. The script I posted in the OP works fine for pulling the information. The issues I’m trying to resolve are that it includes
SAMAccountName
————–as well as padding each line to (I assume) 80 characters with blanks. I can work around those two conditions, but it annoys me that I can’t get cleaner output.
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AskWoody PlusOctober 14, 2021 at 10:58 am in reply to: Powershell script needs minor tweaks: Remove header/extra spaces in output file #2395931RG,
I completely understand, and I very much appreciate you taking time to try. As I said in my OP, I can work around it, but it seemed like a problem with an easy fix.
Thanks again.
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AskWoody PlusOctober 14, 2021 at 8:04 am in reply to: Powershell script needs minor tweaks: Remove header/extra spaces in output file #2395907RG,
Here’s what happened when I ran that:
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $Users = Get-ADUser
If ($Users.count -gt 0) {
$Users[0] | gm >> d:\ADUser-Members.txt
}
cmdlet Get-ADUser at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
(Type !? for Help.)
Filter: !?
A filter, such as ‘samAccountName -like “admin*”‘, which is used to search the directory for matching users.
Filter: SamAccountName -like “*”I have attached the output file.
Attachments:
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AskWoody PlusOctober 13, 2021 at 3:10 pm in reply to: Powershell script needs minor tweaks: Remove header/extra spaces in output file #2395762RG,
I got the same (blank) results with each OU. What should I try next?
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AskWoody PlusOctober 13, 2021 at 12:13 pm in reply to: Powershell script needs minor tweaks: Remove header/extra spaces in output file #2395729RG,
Thank you very much for the reply. Unfortunately, the output file I got contained just one blank line. It would appear that $Users is not being populated in Line 2. Any thoughts?
Thanks again.
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