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Posted by /u/BlackShadow899

I have a valid product key for Pro and would like to include this key during the installation so that it is automatically recognized during the clean install with the stick. Does anyone know how to do this? I have a device that has Windows 11 Home pre-installed. And if I install Windows just like that, I can't enter a key for Pro but it is always recognized as Home.

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Posted by /u/REDDIT-ROCKY

A client recieved an Asset Security report from the insurance company and it rated the site I manage for them in the "Poor" category.

There are 10 Medium issues which I will work through myself. I am listing below the top 3 main concerns it reported on in the hope I can have advice here on resolving.

1. CRITICAL : FTP service observed File Transfer Protocol (FTP) was detected, often used without encryption, which can expose sensitive credentials and data.

2. HIGH : POP3 service observed POP3 service found, which transmits credentials in plain text and can be exploited unless encrypted.

3. HIGH : IMAP service observed IMAP service observed, which could allow unauthorized mail access if not properly secured.

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step ca not renewing intermediate ca

Jun. 7th, 2025 10:15 am
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Posted by /u/Spparkee

Is anyone else having issues with step ca not renewing the intermediate ca on the clients? (it does renew the client certificate)

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Posted by Lana DeGaetano

We're back cat-it again with a fancy feast of feline feel-goods that are guaranteed to crack a smile on all of you lovely pawrents' faces! What a sad, sad world it would be if we didn't have this feast every so often with all of you. Right? Maybe I'm speaking for myself; After all, I get to compile the cutest cat memes for a job. From my paws to your phone, here are my favorites.

My cat has been a bit antsy since the weather has gotten warmer. He's a big fan of watching things fly around outside our window, so he basically fights with the glass all day long until his favorite sun-soaked spot on the floor becomes available at golden hour. I don't blame him. When he graces me with his presence, he is my own living heating pad. There's something so great about being warm—our cats know this feeling well.

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Windows 11 autopilot

Jun. 7th, 2025 08:47 am
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Posted by /u/Sumeet4life

We currently operate in a fully Microsoft-based environment with approximately 5,000 users and devices. Our objective is to transition Windows 11 domain-joined PCs to Windows 11 devices managed via Intune using Windows Autopilot.

While our Intune environment is already configured and we've successfully run several pilot deployments, there are still users who have not yet adopted OneDrive, which presents some challenges with data migration and user profile retention.

Given the scale of the migration and the number of applications involved, we are looking for the most efficient and scalable way to complete this transition. We would like to structure this as a formal project and would appreciate guidance on the most effective process to achieve this.

🙏🏼

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Posted by /u/Huge-Highlight-8883

ordered a surface 7 13.8 inch lunar lake, 15min after order told cdw to cancel order..they didnt and shipped it the next day. talked to support till they finally told me to just refuse package (days after Ive alr received it).

I opened the box to make sure everything was there before returning it.

support tells me they cant accept laptop return if box is open???? is this standard practice? sounds ridiculous to me.

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Documentation Product Suggestions

Jun. 7th, 2025 07:54 am
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Posted by /u/Excellent_Age_2706

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for suggestions or recommendations on tools or platforms to help manage client-specific documentation more efficiently.

To provide some context — I regularly create documentation and guides for my customers. While many of these are based on generic templates, they often include client-specific details such as domain names, local AD prefixes, and other environment-specific information.

The challenge I’m facing is that whenever I update a template, I have to manually apply those changes to each individual client version, which is time-consuming and inefficient.

What I’m looking for is a solution that allows me to: • Maintain a master template with placeholder variables for client-specific fields. • Import a list of clients along with their details (e.g., domain name, AD prefix, etc.). • Automatically generate or export personalized documents by merging client data into the template. • Include a customizable header and footer with my company branding.

If anyone is using a product or workflow that fits this use case, I’d love to hear about it!

Thanks in advance

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My after work friend, Marijuana

Jun. 7th, 2025 07:07 am
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Posted by /u/livevicarious

That’s right, I survive mentally because I have the joys of dealing with ignorant, lazy people. Just to drive 2 hours to and from work. Then spend quality time with the kids, squeeze in an hour or so of game time, put kids to bed get SO absolutely obliterated with my fiancée, that I can’t tell what language people are speaking in the show we’re watching.

So, I’m curious. What’s everyone’s fix? Or hobby or whatever that helps you deal with this job.

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Posted by /u/BlazerL0rd

Recently, we did a domain capture at my work and the Apple ID that is our Apple Developer account holder became managed. Can this account still renew the membership?

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Posted by /u/DOKiny

TLDR; 1500USD budget ex. VAT for new company laptop Anything over is deductible from paycheck the next 3 years. MacBook Pro with over 16GB memory is over budget.

After many years at my current employer, it’s time to move on. I am a senior consultant and will be having pretty much the same role, but with some technical lead responsibilities at new employer. At my current job I have pretty much been able to get what laptop I want. No matter the price. I currently have a MacBook Pro M4 with 48GB of memory. Quite pricey.

Early on in the process, I said I would prefer Macbook pro as my laptop. No worries, order from the portal. Now were going sub 45 days to I start, I got access to the portal and the choices I have are quite good. BUT if I want something over a 1500USD excluding VAT, I would be paying the rest my self from my salary (before taxes, etc.) for 3 years. Lets say its 2000USD, 500/36 (months) = 14USD of my paycheck each month for 3 years. Am I spoiled thinking 1500USD is too low for a good computer expected to last for 3 years? 16GB memory ain’t going to cut-it for 3 years. I had my last MacBook replaced after 3 years as it had 16GB of memory, and it was not enough. If i would order a MacBook pro with over 16GB memory it would be a small amount deductible from my paycheck each month..

Keep in mind, this is in Europe, so the prices are a bit higher then in the states. But the limit is roughly 1500USD/1315eur ex. VTA

I have explained the situation to my new boss, and he would look into it. But not getting my hopes up. Its not that the amount is noticeable on my paycheck anyway, but its the principle of not paying for my work equipment.

My opinion is that if i could survive 2-3 years with 16GB memory I would be slower at my job, and would need a new laptop as soon as the day I would get one comes.

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Posted by /u/ElectricalTruth966

Can someone enlighten me a bit about passkeys — specifically physical ones?

We have shared computers (Entra Hybrid Joined), and I’m wondering if it’s possible to make passkeys mandatory for logging into Windows. Ideally, I’d also like the passkey to enable SSO for all M365 services after logging into Windows.

I’ve tried reading the documentation, but I’m still a bit confused. Are there any caveats or gotchas I should be aware of?

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Posted by /u/Visible-Slip-4233

So, for context, when I think of sysadmin I think of the show "The IT Crowd". That show depicts the life of of an admin perfectly. A storage room, in the basement, with all types of equipment, and tools and just do your work.

But this is becoming a very rare thing today, and I'm guessing I differs from country to country. In my country, we haven't had jobs like this for decades. It's so rare that I don't believe it even exists. Such jobs have been outsourced to others companies, and even they outsource . It's like a house of cards, one holding the other, while no one actually holds anything. "In-house" anything is just not here.

And, in any location where outsourcing is done, there are extremely high expectations. We're not talking about degrees (that are also required), but we're talking about extensive knowledge in both theoretical applicability, and practical ability. They also test you heavily on this. Most of them of evidently never happens in an typical situation, but they tend to get over-careful for some reason. It's probably because being outsourced, you don't work for them, you work for others, and those others work for others.. and each of them want one thing: to not fail. And this isn't typical sysadmin but breeds on development grounds. Things like infrastructure as code, code scripting, devops. They expect these things, but also pay poorly for them.

Are all these different from country to country? As in, some prefer in-house, others rely 100% on outsourcing? As mentioned, in my area everything is outsourced, and I don't rely understand why. Obviously, because it's much cheaper, but I believe it's more than this.

Also, for context, I am a computer scientist, with mathematics, and with developer knowledge and experience. I worked both in administration, and development, but I really dislike this outsourcing situation. (and because of their exceedingly high expectations, I can't even find work anymore). Most of people I've met in these large companies have no idea what are they doing. Seriously, they lack a solid foundation for what it is they working with. Almost as if, they skim of the top to pass whatever test they have to do. And then left to figure it out. Nepotism could also be a factor to it.

Is this the same in other areas , or only in my specific area? (I'm in Europe, btw)

Thanks for reading.

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Steroids are fucking magic, yo. They have returned my cat to his normal bitchy emotionally needy self. They have also taken most of the stabbing out of my foot so I can walk without limping, at least while I'm moving around the house. I cheated a bit and put some of the foot cream on my arm because I officially overdid it with the shovelling, and as a result I can now lift a water glass without wincing.

What a country.

Upper third of my yard is now graded and seeded. My daughter came over and helped. She's not getting a lot of hours at work so she has an open invitation to come over and help me move dirt from one place to another whenever she wants to make a few bucks and be given beer and dinner. It works out well for both of us.

Basement guys came back today - they said they figured they had about three hours of work to finish. More swearing in Polish ensued. In the end they were in my basement for eight hours, but they got it all done. They had to build entirely new frames to hang the doors from and there was at least one hardware store trip to replace borked parts in the storm door and BOY HOWDY did they have something to say about that, but everything is now perfect and the basement apartment has functional doors that work and close and lock and everything.

Next step: I got somebody to come over and have a look at finishing the wood work. This consists of:
1. The stairs from the kitchen door to the backyard. Currently about a three foot drop, which I have been climbing up and down but that's not a perfect long term solution. (Especially in winter.)
2. The stairs from the basement apartment into the yard, are flimsy, wobbly, and don't have any hand rails so they are definitely not code. They are also resting on a base of wooden slats that just randomly shift if you put your weight in the wrong spot. I have no fucking idea what Original Contractor was even thinking. They need to be replaced with something that will pass a city inspection and that also will not kill you when you try to use them.
3. I want to put some kind of a sound-proof bench over the sump pump, because that fucker is loud. Also I figure an exposed ginormous battery is possibly a safety hazard of some kind. So the guy who looked at it said they can build something that acts as a solid bench but you can flip the top up if it needs maintenance, which sounds perfect.
4. My original blueprints include a deck on the kitchen roof. That would be really nice if I can swing it, but we'll see how much this all costs. Mainly it would be an additional place for me to grow herbs and stuff so it's in the "nice to have" pile.



CUT FOR GROSS, SERIOUSLY YOU WERE WARNED )

Every time I see my doctor she asks me how the Not Drinking is going and every single time I'm all, FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK.

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Posted by /u/Wxyzed123

Is it possible to customise the Windows NLA service?

The service connects and authenticates via LDAP to a domain controller.

Does anyone know if it’s possible to use a custom DNS address or internal web site to determine when the laptop is off-premise.

Eg. If off-premise, can’t resolve address or can’t connect to internal web site. Would prefer internal DNS address.

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Working for a casino?

Jun. 7th, 2025 02:51 am
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Posted by /u/dude380

Anyone have experience working for a casino? Is there anything specific that's different? Do you smell smoke all day?

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Posted by /u/SuccessfulLime2641

This just happened to me today while doing routine updates on a newly promoted domain controller (Windows Server 2025) and decided to review the local security policies while I was at it.

I noticed the "Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services" policy was set to "Not Defined" instead of having the usual admin groups listed. Since RDP was working fine, I figured I'd just take a quick look. I double-clicked the policy, saw it was empty, and clicked OK without making any changes.

Big mistake.

What I didn't realize is that clicking OK on an undefined policy actually defines it as empty. So I went from "Not Defined" (which allows default admin access) to explicitly allowing nobody to RDP to the server.

I finished my maintenance, rebooted the DC, and went home thinking everything was fine.

After 10 minutes of panic and wishing the world would swallow me already, I remembered I thankfully listened to my manager 's instructions to reluctantly install a remote console solution (out-of-band management) that let me get direct console access. I say reluctantly because that would mean helping end-users. But I was able to log in locally, open up Local Security Policy, and add Domain Admins and Enterprise Admins back to the RDP policy.

Crisis averted, but lesson learned the hard way: **Never click OK on a policy dialog unless you actually want to define/change something.** "Not Defined" and "empty" are two very different things in Windows policy land.

Anyone else have a similar "one click destroyed everything" story?

EDIT: I tried using console access via hyper-v but it kept redirecting me to RDP.

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Gpupdate things

Jun. 7th, 2025 02:09 am
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Posted by /u/triktrik1

I’ve had so much go wrong that my gpupdate/force to all machines is going out on a Sunday……

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