Chuck F
@mnooseman.com
Hooboy that's a big change - and long overdue - Well done!
February 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Hooboy that's a big change - and long overdue - Well done!
I wish we had titles on our name plates where I work. I've been dreaming of the day I can finally become "Lord of Das Blinkenlights" in some quasi-official capacity lol
February 3, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I wish we had titles on our name plates where I work. I've been dreaming of the day I can finally become "Lord of Das Blinkenlights" in some quasi-official capacity lol
I do know the Security Baselines are available, but those aren't best practices or known bad config situations
January 29, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I do know the Security Baselines are available, but those aren't best practices or known bad config situations
Maybe it does exist and I'm just looking in the wrong places? My org has a ton of GPOs that have existed since the creation of our domain that are likely irrelevant or contradictory to best practices. You know how SysAdmins love to twiddle knobs when they're available...
January 29, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Maybe it does exist and I'm just looking in the wrong places? My org has a ton of GPOs that have existed since the creation of our domain that are likely irrelevant or contradictory to best practices. You know how SysAdmins love to twiddle knobs when they're available...
Done and Done! Issue 322 filed :)
January 29, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Done and Done! Issue 322 filed :)
Don't suppose there is any kind of support channel for "Hey, this is broken and I can't install it"?
Decided to see what I could do with vMode outside of my tiny lab, and when I try install it on a 2025 DC Edition box I get a connection failure for the PostgreSQL db and then kills the install.
Decided to see what I could do with vMode outside of my tiny lab, and when I try install it on a 2025 DC Edition box I get a connection failure for the PostgreSQL db and then kills the install.
January 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Don't suppose there is any kind of support channel for "Hey, this is broken and I can't install it"?
Decided to see what I could do with vMode outside of my tiny lab, and when I try install it on a 2025 DC Edition box I get a connection failure for the PostgreSQL db and then kills the install.
Decided to see what I could do with vMode outside of my tiny lab, and when I try install it on a 2025 DC Edition box I get a connection failure for the PostgreSQL db and then kills the install.
Excited to see it! I just hope it's not limited to only vMode :)
January 27, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Excited to see it! I just hope it's not limited to only vMode :)
VM Conversion tool is pretty slick!
Do we have any more significant WAC updates coming soon? There are still tons of tools from MMC that need representation in WAC (Group Policies, Certification Authority and a bunch more)
Do we have any more significant WAC updates coming soon? There are still tons of tools from MMC that need representation in WAC (Group Policies, Certification Authority and a bunch more)
January 27, 2026 at 5:44 PM
VM Conversion tool is pretty slick!
Do we have any more significant WAC updates coming soon? There are still tons of tools from MMC that need representation in WAC (Group Policies, Certification Authority and a bunch more)
Do we have any more significant WAC updates coming soon? There are still tons of tools from MMC that need representation in WAC (Group Policies, Certification Authority and a bunch more)
Question is.. Can I safely kill NTLMv2 (completely, entirely gone) in my environment yet, or does that require me going full Server 2025/Win 11 so I have Local KDC, etc everywhere?
January 15, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Question is.. Can I safely kill NTLMv2 (completely, entirely gone) in my environment yet, or does that require me going full Server 2025/Win 11 so I have Local KDC, etc everywhere?
It's the best and only noise one should make when eating hashbrowns! Also, it makes you sound like Cookie Monster 🤣
December 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It's the best and only noise one should make when eating hashbrowns! Also, it makes you sound like Cookie Monster 🤣
Hey man - Just because Darby understands that Hashbrowns = Obblegobble doesn't make her wrong. On the contrary, I join in solidarity with Darby - Embrace the Obblegobble!
December 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Hey man - Just because Darby understands that Hashbrowns = Obblegobble doesn't make her wrong. On the contrary, I join in solidarity with Darby - Embrace the Obblegobble!
I only say this based on how many environments I've been in with a metric butt-ton of DCs running DNS, but rebooting one that's also a primary DNS server for a client resulted in that client shitting the bed. I've moved to sending DNS over a hardware load-balancer where possible to help.
December 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I only say this based on how many environments I've been in with a metric butt-ton of DCs running DNS, but rebooting one that's also a primary DNS server for a client resulted in that client shitting the bed. I've moved to sending DNS over a hardware load-balancer where possible to help.
Caveat being Windows DNS Resolver. Only uses Primary unless it doesn't respond. Will then try secondary and keep using it until it stops responding or ServerPriorityTimeLimit passes (15 mins default). Problem is the "non-responsive" timeout can be big enough to tank a connection anyhow.
December 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Caveat being Windows DNS Resolver. Only uses Primary unless it doesn't respond. Will then try secondary and keep using it until it stops responding or ServerPriorityTimeLimit passes (15 mins default). Problem is the "non-responsive" timeout can be big enough to tank a connection anyhow.
This is super interesting... but how does this compare to something like SCVMM?
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is super interesting... but how does this compare to something like SCVMM?
I guess technically it's not a breakout, but rather a theater session - THR725
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I guess technically it's not a breakout, but rather a theater session - THR725
Stuck in a meeting so I can't watch the webcast, but presumably if one were to do a keynote drinking game where anytime the words "agentic" or "AI" were said you'd do a shot - you'd likely have already died of alcohol poisoning lol
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Stuck in a meeting so I can't watch the webcast, but presumably if one were to do a keynote drinking game where anytime the words "agentic" or "AI" were said you'd do a shot - you'd likely have already died of alcohol poisoning lol
Was interested in the Hyper-V breakout, but it's in-person only and I have 0 interest in going to the US for basically anything as a Canadian right now :(
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Was interested in the Hyper-V breakout, but it's in-person only and I have 0 interest in going to the US for basically anything as a Canadian right now :(
Once upon a time I would have pondered whether rms actually realized how big of a meme he became at that moment... but given how completely aloof and out of touch he is, I'm not sure he realizes it even to this day... 🤣
October 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Once upon a time I would have pondered whether rms actually realized how big of a meme he became at that moment... but given how completely aloof and out of touch he is, I'm not sure he realizes it even to this day... 🤣
The only way to gain more speed at this point is to paint a racing stripe around his head.
September 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The only way to gain more speed at this point is to paint a racing stripe around his head.
Not that anyone would actually reply as such, but I know that the spec itself doesn't have any tie to specific formats, but experience says that no one beyond VMWare has any kind of reasonable OVF/OVA support, so vendors tend to package things in a way that make it impossible to use elsewhere
September 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Not that anyone would actually reply as such, but I know that the spec itself doesn't have any tie to specific formats, but experience says that no one beyond VMWare has any kind of reasonable OVF/OVA support, so vendors tend to package things in a way that make it impossible to use elsewhere
First thing I noticed when auditing AD at the org I'm with today was their custom extensions and I just about noped out the door lol. I'm not looking forward to the day I start "modernizing" things here
August 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
First thing I noticed when auditing AD at the org I'm with today was their custom extensions and I just about noped out the door lol. I'm not looking forward to the day I start "modernizing" things here