@scottalanmiller said in Get Windows Version from Command Line:

Reg Query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v ReleaseId

I lke the results of this better:
systeminfo | findstr /B /C:"OS Name" /C:"OS Version"

C:\Windows\system32>systeminfo | findstr /B /C:"OS Name" /C:"OS Version"
OS Name: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard
OS Version: 10.0.14393 N/A Build 14393

but your version does provide the update version! ie; 1607

@JaredBusch said in Cost per user:

@JasGot said in Cost per user:

When customers ask, and want me to shoot from the hip, I give them the 1% rule. The look on their face will tell you a lot about your future relationship!

That number came from an actual formal study. I used to have a link to the source.

I've used that number many times as a minimum. If you are not looking to spend at least that on your IT infrastructure, I don't want your business.

I often wish I had the opportunity to do the same. Kudos to you for being able to. I would say most of our customer base is between .7 and .9 %

I do use that number to justify turning away business that I know will be more trouble than they are are worth. It helps me sleep at night.

Looking at this from a reseller perspective......I would never do business with a company that published reseller pricing to the public. How on earth would you survive if your customers knew your costs for the products you are reselling to them? And yes, I can justify our margins, but why the hell would I want to have that battle, when it is completely unnecessary?

Our VPS host just sent an e-mail about cPanel pricing model changes that may result in huge increases for some hosting providers.

They are offering an alternative to cPanel called Interworx. they say Interworx has been around for 20 years and they now own them.

Here is their link to a comparison chart:
https://www.liquidweb.com/kb/comparison-of-the-four-major-server-control-panels/

and here is a link to their new pricing structure:
https://www.liquidweb.com/kb/pricing-breakdown/

Have any of you been down this road yet? What did you do, if anything? Do you have any experience with Interworx you can share?

Thanks for you comments.

@RojoLoco It's really good. Just the slightest hint of peanut butter.

@scottalanmiller said in Skyetel auto enables billable services without notice:

That's known as pricing.

But to go off on a rampage about unpublished pricing is completely off base here. (And not the first thread I have seen it in)
A.) they do publish pricing,
B.) if he was referring to the "special" pricing, well.... it should not be published.

@JaredBusch said in Skyetel auto enables billable services without notice:

I already did not like them because of their hidden true pricing.

How is the pricing at https://skyetel.com/pricing/ not true pricing? If you do not negotiate a better deal, then that is what you will pay. How is that not true?
Show me the thread where you went after an auto manufacturer for posting the retail price in the window sticker instead of the "Hidden" price you are likely to actually pay.

None of this is directed at you, Scott. I know you know how businesses stay in business. (say that ten time real fast)

@JaredBusch said in Writing a Job Posting:

@Dashrender the shorter way to say this is “I would rather fix a simple problem now than a disaster in a week”

15 minutes extra in the house today while on vacation beats the heck out of 36 hours straight next week when I am back in town!

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

Now you understand some references!

Unbelievable how many comments I hear in group settings that come from that movie!

@Dashrender said in User's PC is unstable:

There is a condenser for the IT AC unit right outside her office. I'm sure the power runs through the wall near where her computer sits. I moved the computer away from the outside wall a few years ago, requiring installing longer cables for monitors, keyboards, etc. Yet the problems continue, granted The computer only moved maybe 4 feet from that wall.
I could maybe get her computer 6 feet away if I completely reconfigure her desk, though I'm sure she won't like that, or likely allow it.

This is a troubleshooting tip, but I don't think it is your problem. Make sure you are not on the same circuit as the AC unit, if you are worried about EMF, go to the hardware and a 36"x36" piece of sheet metal and place it beside the PC on the AC unit side, as a shield.

Does anyone know an OpenInsight developer who came from the Advance Revelation days? I have an application that was converted from Arev to OI and need some printer changes made to the application.

Thanks.

@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller and I just got my first Chromebook. Picked up one of these with a gift cert I got for Christmas:
https://www.newegg.com/poin2-lt0301-01us/p/1TS-006U-00001
So far linking it very speedy does everything I need it to do.

When I click the link I got a page that said SAM bought the last one!

If I have verified the correct password, what could be causing:
[2019-07-12 10:18:41] NOTICE[1826] chan_sip.c: Registration from '"JasGot" sip:[email protected]:5060' failed for '192.168.100.21:5060' - Wrong password

@jaredbusch said in Need MS Access app re-written to something else.:

This is something the company I work for could possibly do. But I have no way to make any kind of intelligent conversation in forums posts without asking all of the questions I asked, then having you answer, then me asking more questions.
You did answer my questions, so now it is on me again.

I just looked, for kicks...... The whole packages was written in 2006 with one modification in 2009 (running untouched since) and is 498 lines of VBA code plus one canned serial comms module.

We're talking super simple. I kinda wish I had 5 hours to dump into it. Heck REXX and a flat file read into an array would be perfect.

Let's hope it doesn't become another Spanish Flu.

We got word (yesterday) our incoming numbers are scheduled to port in tomorrow. The numbers are already in our portal, they were there when we got the notification about the port in. Although they will not port until mid morning tomorrow.

This is what they sent us two days before port, when the numbers were already in our portal.

Hey XXX,

Heads Up! We have just added the following phone numbers to your Skyetel account for configuration. Please make sure you configure them, enable/disable features and route them to their destination as soon as possible. As a friendly reminder, your FOC date is: 7-16-2019

For reference, these are the numbers that I have added:
11112223333
11112223334
11112223335
Thanks!

Great conversation guys.
The end user has no place to turn other than us-- without embarking on a search they have already decided would be better for their IT company to tackle.

I too know it is something better handled by people other than my staff. I chose to turn here first, because I really like this forum and the people.

I already know what has been stated, save for the specifics about the specific languages and databases. Didn't really learn anything here today.

Continuing this topic appears to be more wasteful of my time than looking to the other sources we have available to us.

@PhlipElder said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

There's something special about walking about barefoot on a warm floor when it's -35C outside.

Our 60 yo old house is half on slab and half on crawl. Over the years, we've (wife and I) have added hot water re-circulation as well as heated floors, garage, sidewalks, and driveway. Not sure if I could live any other way now

Have you run "gpresult /h gpo.html" from a command prompt on the pc that is suffering and looked through the results? It may provide some info that will help.

@jaredbusch said in Need MS Access app re-written to something else.:

Bar code: so RS485?
Gates: Does it need to stay a serial signal controlled bank? Can pins from a Pi board be used to trigger directly?
Computer: what kind of interface is needed? Are you adding and removing codes through this interface?

RS485 - Yes
Gates - just closing a circuit with 12v / 500ma. PI directly - likely yes.
Any interface that can be operated from a Windows or Mac computer.