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The test has got stricter on visible rust on those items - however, that corrosion may not present any more problems for years to come - especially if you regularly wash and/or treat it. Keep it soldiering on!

Used to, not any more. I have multiple DCs on different hosts. Should fit the bill.

These all seem quite esoteric and complex solutions to imaging. Have you looked at MDT? I used to use FOG, the server died, so I bought a dedicated box and set up MDT on it. Never looked back. So much less faff!

MDT has worked on 4th and 5th gen stuff for me (one instance!) but my USB installer won't as it isn't tweaked. Rufus can do that as part of the image. All at your own risk. It's academic for us anyway - most of what we need to replace is Core2 - they don't run 10 very well, so not even trying 11 on them!

Post-Its scattered on my desk in the office. Or, in an encrypted folder in a document, then printed and in the safe in a sealed envelope.

The Windows 10 installer was really flexible - it had to be ancient to not work! Early P4, pre-AMD64 stuff I think. I also think they've updated the support lists since 1507 came out, so they don't reflect the situation back then. Windows 11 has gone much stricter on the checks. They can be bypassed of course, but if you want to maintain CE forget that.

7th gen isn't supported. I think that generation is unique in that it was and now is only supported on one version of Windows. To the skip!

We’ve been steadily replacing over the last four years in anticipation of this. Anything left over will be licensed for extended support for 10. I’ve installed 11 on a couple of unsupported machines and it works fine, but I won’t be going that way more broadly.

We’re having a lot of problems with modular HDMI faceplates (basically a short HDMI extension tail). Ripping these out and pulling the cable out is improving matters considerably, on anything from 5m to 15m runs. Guessing they’re just junk but fewer joins helps.

Dream spec? Keyboards that can’t have the keys pulled out and moved. Mice where the buttons can’t be pulled back. Toughened glass screens. Nothing to pull off on the front of the PC. Ah, bliss 🤤

I think that's a .NET Framework error.

Thanks. It’s good to see someone else has had this today! Looking in the logs it’s a 403 error. Their server is refusing the connection. I guarantee they will blame us, so to have another school seeing it is good. I hate this software and the chumps that run it.

You can lockout IP addresses from being able to access the NVRs, on the devices themselves. The menus are an absolute nightmare but it's in there somewhere! When I tried to use this it stuffed up so badly it locked out all the viewers so I haven't bothered since.

I can try to answer a couple of those. Some cars do have a larger amount of plastic underneath now. This varies by manufacturer. It’s not easy to cover the rear suspension due to its independence from the main bodyshell, in the same way that the front wishbones/control arms are exposed. Modern exhausts get very, very hot due to the catalytic converters and particulate filters. They can’t be shielded with plastic. Cost is also a factor. Engineering and attaching undertrays which most owners won’t notice is an extra expense which won’t sell cars. Sometimes, plastic undertrays can do more harm, as they trap dirt and salt and the panels behind them rot away. This is common enough in countries which use salt on the roads! Cambelts vs chains - belts are much, much cheaper to produce and service. Chains require a great deal more engineering, cost a lot more to fix, and are less refined. Belts work okay if changed on time. There are alternatives like gears (noise, expense) and pushrods (rattly, lower engine speeds, servicing).

I'm looking at doing it with around 150 PCs. Hopefully for just one year! The majority of our kit supports 11 and is being changed over now.

Avoid. Even if you get one that hasn't been starved of oil due to the cambelt breaking up and blocking the oil pickup; the cost of belt changes is ridiculous, they need doing more frequently, and many garages won't touch them.

Yes. VW Up! GTI. Tiny, quick enough. Also see any Abarth 500, Vauxhall Adam S, older Suzuki Swift Sport. You could go older but you’re into emerging classics like the 106 GTi and they’re delicate things.

Only a few days back, with talk of the reboot of Buffy I looked at the cast now. Saw that she was not looking well (along with Nicholas Brendon). Far too young, and very sad news.

If you can scrape that through, it’ll sell easily with that mileage. Many years of dull motoring ahead!

Perhaps. I've bought and worked on stuff that has been pretty rotten - I scrapped a Puma where large parts of the floorpan visible underneath was actually the back of the carpets. Just like 60s/70s BL stuff. It was quite old though. Guy I bought it off thought it could be fixed! I currently have a Rover P6 that is 49 years old, that has less rot in it than many newer cars and I've only had to weld some cosmetics up. Aluminium alloy in the shells help, but any galvanic corrosion can lead to it turning to dust. See Land Rover wings, tubs, door skins and floors for that one.

"Your camera must be capable of a 360-degree scan of the test room" No worries will get right on that one "Please take your test in a setting without a corporate firewall." Get in the sea.

That's fair enough, but it's a bit like having a puncture and not replacing the spare - a gamble. Do you have solid backups of the remaining DC available?

Depends on the age, and the car. In terms of bangers: BMW - wings (especially during the late 90s and 2000s) and subframes. See: E46, E90, E39 et al Ford - bodyshell, wings, basically all steel bits. See: Focus, Fiesta, Puma et al Mercedes - late 90s to 2010 or so, terrible rust issues. See: W203, W210 et al VW/Audi - wings, sills, bootlid, subframes. See: mk4 Golf, mk5 Golf, Audi A3 8L and 8P, B5 Audi A4, et al. Some better than others. Honda - bodyshell structure. See: 7th gen Civic et al Mazda - bodyshell and sills. See: MX5 all generations! Toyota - body structure, sills, wings. Improved a lot in the 2000s. See: anything pre 2000 Things have progressed since 2010 or so, and some older cars are much more resilient than others. For some true horror stories of corrosion on modern cars, have a look at how pick-ups fare in countries where salt is used. 10 years and they often snap in half. Even worse than Land Rover products.

I’ll be a little wary on recommendations here - you’re talking about a long since unsupported OS for a server, and you’re dropping to run on one DC only. I can’t recommend either of those at all. There’s no primary/secondary DCs. Haven’t been for years. FSMO role holder and not. The terminology will help you. You need to seize the FSMO roles. As the other DC isn’t coming back, that’s fine. Work through the commands, make your remaining DC the role holder and test. *Then build another DC with a supported OS and transfer everything to that.*

Yes, washing underneath helps a lot. Salt, certain soils and mucky water all take their toll. Best is to treat the underside with a corrosion inhibitor like Dinotrol, Waxoyl, etc after washing/drying thoroughly. Adds years to its lifespan. My stuff all gets Waxoyl’d when I get it, then checked and reapplied as needed. Checked under my parents’ E91 3 series a few weeks that hadn’t been done for years, and the rear subframe is rotting away soundly.