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I love go-lives. No really.
First proper deployment of the tool with go-live Monday and the usual breach clauses if it isn't working when they start Monday. So we've installed everything and are just checking and double checking.
No. We've decided to change the file structure...
Actually it's not that bad, just removing hard coded and replacing with configured names. Just have to be sure it all works as expected.
Send over some cocoa around 10; I'll need it. 
veni bibi saltavi
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This[^] type of cocoa?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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What a spiffing idea.
As an aside, I had a small G&T last night with ice and a slice. The slice was from a lemon I PICKED IN MY GARDEN!
Now all I need is a Tanqueray tree and Schweppes bush, then I'll be sorted!
veni bibi saltavi
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Hi All,
In preperation for monday (! ) I have been sorting things out and went to charge devices that were flat like my old Walkman MP3. Plugged it in and opened Windows explorer to copy across some stuff when I spotted a SYSTEM Z: drive which is not openable except by the system admin which my user account should be...Windows Defender which should be hidden shows on the desktop tray and Firefox was spotty on start up this am, linked? or am I paranoid...
Also I have noticed to get access I am told to go to Secuity Opionts, Hmmm Google has some interesting links...
Hmmm Doesn't show up Disk Mannagment...
modified 29-Sep-16 9:39am.
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It may be a recovery partition?
Kick up AOMIE Backuper and it should be able to let you see some info on it.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Microsoft has been hijacking my internet for a couple of weeks. I have a VERY slow connection so when they are doing their updates I cannot use the internet. They take a day or two to download as I like to turn off my system when not in use.
I will also have to look for drive Z:.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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It's at least the SkyNet V0.3 install then. If it is updated beyond v0.3.72 then we're all buggerfercated!
veni bibi saltavi
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That would explain the Sarah Conner key in the registry...
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In preparation for the cable guy, I powered up the cable modem.
Came up just fine, all lights green in a matter of seconds.
Cancelled tech service call.
What is it with this stuff? Is it the cheapo modem, is it the provider (I'm leaning in that direction, because I've had random outages ever since I've moved here, and when I used Mid-Hudson cable before, there were always intermittent problems.)
On a positive note, I was even able to watch an episode of Person of Interest with my hot spot (with no degradation of the video!), and I figured out how to get Windows to connect to it (turn off all the other wifi routers!)
And my hotspot data usage is "only" sitting at .8G out of 2G for the month. Not bad, given that most of that must have been Netflix. 
Marc
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Most wifi routers allow to set the channel they work on. Why do you have multiple wifi routers? Did you mean to say "access points"?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Why do you have multiple wifi routers?
The one on the cable modem started to become unreliable, so I turned it off and installed a separate wifi box. I had to turn that one off to get the hot spot to work.
What's weird is that Windows connected to the hotspot, but the connection to Internet was a red X. Windows suggested turning off other wifi "access points" (if I'm using the term correctly) and that fixed the problem.
Marc
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Ahh. When TimeWarner installed their crap modem (that could not be configured by the user), I immediately replaced it with a Motorola that I got at Best Buy. It wasn't to gawd-awful expensive ($79 I think).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I immediately replaced it with a Motorola that I got at Best Buy.
How complicated is that? I always figured the modem was keyed somehow to my account and the setup would be a nightmare.
Marc
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Well, TimeWarner said they couldn't provide help beyond then end of the cable connected to the modem, so if you're comfortable with that...
Make sure your cable service will still work with a modem that is not provided by them. If it will, then find out which aftermarket cable modem will work (when I get home, I'll get the exact model number for you that I'm using). I think the model name is the "SurfBoard (#SB6141 or SB6183)".
After that, you simply need to know your primary and secondary DNS IPs to plug into the new modem. I'm pretty sure you can get that info from your cable provider. Also make double-damn sure you change the password on your new modem so someone can't reconfigure it remotely. The web-based interface is pretty easy to understand, and it's a really common modem, so finding help a piece of cake.
I make heavy use of MAC address filtering, especially for wireless access and DHCP IP assignments.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: when I get home, I'll get the exact model number for you that I'm using
Awesome - thanks! and for the other tips as well.
Marc
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I have a SBG6580. It's currently less than $80 at best buy. It's a DOCSIS v3-compatible modem.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Pay attention to the DOCSIS version. I think 2.0 has been end-of-lifed, so you should probably get a DOCSIS 3-compatible modem.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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We have a vendor supplied cable modem as well from our local cable company. The first thing the technician did was disable the onboard router - he looked at ours and said, 'You'll get some better coverage with your external wireless router than the built it one."
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This is called here "Vorführeffekt".
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I had a similar situation with a cable modem where 3-4 times a day I would lose my internet connection, usually for just a few minutes. Unfortunately, it often happened when I was on a phone call (VOIP) and/or remote desktop with a customer.  As a bonus, I also use a sql report server here to handle reports for a few Azure web apps. When the connection dropped, obviously the reports failed. I'm happy to say that I managed to fix the problem without my cable provider's help, and without changing modems.  My connection has been rock solid for the last 6 months. (knock on wood!)
To be honest, I'm still not quite sure exactly what changed, but here's what I did.
My cable comes into my house right outside of the garage. One day after an outage I decided to rule out a bad link in the in-house cabling and moved the modem outside and hooked it up to the main cable feed. Using powerline adapters, I was able to get my network back up and worked for a few hours without any problems. Then the connection went out again so I went outside to check the modem, and move it back inside (since it appeared this was not the problem) when I realized that the modem had overheated as the mid afternoon sun had shifted and found it along the west side of the house. I thought I had killed it.  I took it back inside and let it cool down, then plugged it back up in the original spot. It's worked great since then! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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kmoorevs wrote: I took it back inside and let it cool down, then plugged it back up in the original spot. It's worked great since then!
It probably just wanted to be caressed. 
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: It probably just wanted to be caressed.
I took the opposite from it...It just needed to be abused! To simulate, try putting the modem on about 300 F for about two hours! Let cool for an hour or so, then give it another go!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I have had problems with DSL modem that overheat (mostly small Motorola versions). After turning it off for a few minutes, they would work fine for a while again. They would get so hot that you could barely hold the unit in your hand.
To encourage cooling, I have used these techniques
o pay attention to the air holes and try to orient the modem so that they align vertically. This will encourage thermal convection air movement.
o elevate the modem off the shelf. I put 2 clothes pins under the unit to create some air gap. The rubber feet that were supposed to elevate the unit were less than 1mm tall.
o my current modem has screw holes for wall mount. I put a screw on the front edge of a wooden shelf and hung it according to the first bullet.
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