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  1. looks like it got replaced by MSG.
  2. schedule a net send? Net send I think there has to be a certain service available, but pretty sure its on by default. Ok scrap that net send is only available in xp.
  3. That's why I ultimately went self employed, I left my position working for a global solution provider, and every software development position I went for after they were asking for a shopping list of different apis and frameworks. All of them ignored the fact of actually being able to write code and 20+ years experience they were more interest that you checked every api/framework they used, this ended up infuriating me and not want to work for those kind of people. I probably left at excately the wrong time when the market was at its worse, but the opportunity to take a year tax free wage was too much and the window was too small. However I under estimated excately how hard it is to get a business up and running, the amount of networking and advertising it requires to get any attention. Good luck with it, but don't underestimate how hard it is to get going.
  4. Yes get longer jobs in writing, web sites etc. These can quickly get out of scope or customers expecting more than you committed to. I've worked for a web development place and there were some pretty interesting project blowups.
  5. unemployment office, gave me some great information on a couple of free courses that are run for self employed, and for the accounting side, I believe there run on behalf of hmrc. They were very good courses and helped me alot when i was self employed, there also a good networking source, as lots of people starting out (and need a website etc). The tax stuff was easy enough todo myself saving me an accountant (obviously this will be harder with multiple incomes), They also explained were you can claim back etc. Get an accounting package, I found simple cheap one solar accounts, which was good enough for invoices and tax reports, but I was working more for other businesses that needed to be invoiced. Record time, not only for customers but also for yourself, you can look at time /profit and see if its really worth it.
  6. Finally found the name change its were you submit tickets there's a page to change name. Mikeyd101 >>> Mike D
  7. try monitoring with something like wireshark that might lead you to some other information like ip or mac address of the offending packet spewer.
  8. Steam Community :: Mike tis me, I mostly play Assetto Corsa, Rocksmith 2014, Assassin Creeds, GTAs and indie stuff, I don't play FPS as they make me sick.
  9. mikeyd101

    AC Unity PC

    I found out last night there releasing 2 new ACs, AC:Unity and AC:Rogue, Both are coming on PC but Unity is for next gen consoles and Rogue for last gen consoles. Sounds like i'll be holding off for a while let them get a few patches in, still not finished Black Flag yet so no real rush.
  10. I had a little stumble my first trip into 12r2, when i removed .net 3.5 which promptly removed the gui, next reboot I was back to a command line, so had to go digging how to re-install it. So my tip is when doing things read the information that its giving you and not assume (like me) that its doing what you expect. I blame being too excited about actually getting server hardware.
  11. how do you get your name changed? im still cmdr backer #
  12. Think its great atm, liking the progression and immersion, the original elite was alot harder to progress as quickly. Also enjoying some of the game mechanics docking, mining, ship refit. What has got me pretty frustrated is the bulletin board, every mission I take ends with me having stolen goods and paying loads in fines, maybe someway to know how risky what your taking on, or cargo scanning so you can choose to get rid before you get fined. I have a real fear that they may have bitten off more than they can handle and trying to rush something out and capture the market before SC, so i'm expecting some growing pains with servers and connectivity when they get flooded with retail customers. Hopefully solo mode will be available while they go through this phase. I think most MMOs go through this initially. Hoping for an auto cruise flight computer too.
  13. So had a bit of a chance to have a bash, here's my findings figured out some market values on stuff and realized that it was going to take a while to build credits trading at 4tons at a go so dumped shields and scanner and brought cargo space giving the sidewinder 10tons storage, but without any protection. also learned that you can escape interdiction (whatever its called) by following blue path, cut down on the number of encounters. So running a stripped out sidewinder hauling 10t cargo from x to y was able to make about 10k round trip, had a couple of scrapes but managed to get out intact each time by running. Managed to get upto about 70k and decided that would probably be enough to go up to next ship, the hauler with sticker price 52k with ship rebate about 48k i think. Then looked at the situation I was in hmmm hauler has 8tons by default so off to see what next level cargo costs ... 10k each, hmm. so back to more x / y round trips, making less because of 8t instead of 10t, and back to get larger cargo bays now upto 16tons (2 x 8t jobbies, could get more storage again by sacrificing shields and scanner, but deemed too risky having invested more money). Made a bit more and got basic mining laser and refinery and had first go at that. Is very hard with mouse and keyboard and 1 bin. Plan is to make more money probably doing mining for a while to get me to cobra, then outfit some decent lazers and look at some other aspects, piracy/bounty and more profitable longer trade routes. Also using a 360 controller and seems to work reasonably well, having 2 analog sticks is handy for yaw and strafe up/down so might stick with that for a while.
  14. +1 for learn yourself, go slow and steady and check everything twice, get some equipment as mentioned, the only thing i'd add is check which standard your currently using and stick with that 568A or 568B and the most common. Also if you pulling cable, pull more than you need for future expansion, depending on the number of cables we pull we always pull at least a couple of extra. I have been trying to convince my boss to invest in fibre installation kit, but its quite pricey and a bit more tricky to install, but i'm up for giving it a go.
  15. i'd make a linux server out of an old machine and have everyone ssh(putty) into it (you only have 1 linux to manage/keep in sync), then use pscp (windows scp) if you need to remote copy files to local. (possibly script to copy sync there home folder to there network folder.
  16. Brought beta last night and had my first stumble into it at lunch time today, straight online managed to undock/dock and first jump got me hammered by an unfriendly, second jump managed to make 500cr . I was sucked in from watching too many videos on youtube and remembering the times I used to play elite on the bbc computers at school. One of my friends at school was big time into it because he had a bbc at home (lucky bugger). I only got to play at school. Going to try out mouse/keyboard and 360 controller tonight, if i cant get on with either of those i'll have to get myself a stick (that thrustmaster seems good VFM) which will also get use with il2 (possibly new one after the reviews come out), and DCS World and may make me buy some of the addons.
  17. Another vote for code.org. I'm using it to run a technology club twice a week at junior high, kids seem to love it, I also talk to them about what there trying to learn "computational thinking". But getting any retention in our kids is amazing. Also code.org gives a nice grouping / teacher overview resource so you can see where all the kids are. We also have used scratch, codecombat and khan academy as progression / High School level. Currently Coding/ Technologies isn't in the curriculum only Microsoft office, keyboarding and digital citizenship. I have a software development background and trying to get the main fundamentals in place, Algorithms (step by step processing), loops, conditions and variables.
  18. get-aduser I think requires that you load the AD module first, which in turn requires either running on DC/server with AD and modules installed or that you have RSAT / & AD powershell modules. This is the very reason i went down the ldap rabbit hole. I realise that i'm re-inventing the wheel but writing the code is helping learn powershell
  19. Hey I started writing powershell scripts last year and made some progress doing LDAP queries against AD. Here's some powershell code: function Get-ADObjects{ param ( $searchroot = [system.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain(), $Category = "(objectCategory=computer)", $fieldlist = @("name", "cn") ) $objSearcher = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher $objSearcher.SearchRoot = "LDAP://$searchroot" $objSearcher.Filter = ($Category) $objSearcher.SearchScope = "subtree" $objSearcher.pagesize = 10000 # TODO: request / consolidate from all domain controllers #write-host $category - $fieldlist foreach ($i in $fieldlist) { $temp = $objSearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add($i) } $colResults = $objSearcher.FindAll() $Results = @() foreach ($objResult in $colResults) { $Result = New-Object PSObject foreach ($Property in $objResult.Properties.getenumerator()) { if($Property.Value) { $Result | Add-Member NoteProperty $Property.Key ([string]$Property.Value) } } $Results += $Result } $Results } #$cat = "(&(objectcategory=User)(memberof=CN=Class of 2017,OU=Users,DC=******,DC=******,DC=******,DC=******))" #$cat = "(&(objectcategory=User)(primaryGroupID=13235))" #$cat = "(&(objectCategory=user)(memberOf=CN=Class of 2019,OU=Users,DC=******,DC=******,DC=******,DC=******))" #$cat = "(&(objectCategory=person)(memberOf=CN=Class of 2017,OU=Users,DC=******,DC=******,DC=******,DC=******))" #ldap query $cat = "(&(objectcategory=User)(!CN=#*)(Description=*2019))" $adusers = get-adobjects -Category $cat -fieldlist @("cn", "name", "samaccountname") write-host users: $adusers.count foreach($user in $adusers) { write-host $user.samaccountname $user.adspath } I've obscured our domain information with *'s. Copy / paste this to a text file xxx.ps1 then your'll probably need to set the executionpolicy, i think I just set mine to unrestricted (this can be dangerous, as allows any ps1 file to run). This will probably get you 75% of the way there if your a coder (if not its probably all greek), your need to extend the requested fieldlist to include the fields your interested in LastLogon and PasswordLastChanged. Also if you have more than 1 DC your'll need to request the information from each DC and consolidate it. The thing I like about PS/LDAP is that you don't need any other libraries or modules to be installed so can be run on any machine with PS. I hope this is of some help. The more I use powershell the more I like its power, it is a pretty steep learning curve tho and I've come from a software development background. Give me a shout if your stuck and I'll try and help out as much as I can. Mike
  20. code.org scratch.mit.edu codecombat.com I've been running a technologies club using code.org as a resource, the kids love it. I've also used the other 2 as a progression after code.org, Scratch is more free form and codecombat is more towards writing actual code. I have a few more resources for coding if you need them.
  21. Works Steam Doesn't Avast - Compatibility Issue I installed it on my machine at home dual booting between 8 (on main ssd) and 10 on a vhd
  22. can you use a different subnet / address range? or set it up on a physically separate switch/wifi. I have been wanting to setup a lab environment for testing, we want to move to sccm and I also want to play with hydration scripts, but dont want todo that in a live environment.
  23. mikeyd101

    Free AV

    I use avast at home on windows 8.1 and have done for a few years, its free you have to re-register each year (email address). It also pops up sale offers to upgrade every now and then. It's probably not the best, but what can you expect for free, and it does catch quite a few emails with virus / phishing attachments. I'm also fairly careful what sites I visit and software i install.
  24. Current galaxy note 2 user (which I love), i'm waiting for note 4 and possibly waiting for confirmation that android-L is planned for note 4. I think that the iphone are great but they have really struggled to keep up with the curve and I prefer androids more open package. I'd also agree if you don't NEED one then wait for next gen/prices to tumble. Being in the USA means you get humped by what ever provider you choose contract or not.
  25. We are looking for a H323 endpoint software that we can run on our clary icons / onescreen's (standard pc), clary have recently changed there software and the new software uses some kind of bridge / meeting room and the devices can no longer be dialed direct, this is an inconvenience to our service center as it means alot more faffing about to setup distance learning sessions. It seems that almost everybody else uses tangberg units, including having 1 ourselves, so needs to be compatible. Does anyone use PC h323 software and can give feedback good or bad?
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