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01-19-2020, 06:21 PM #51I drink it up
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Microsoft ending Windows 7 support
Paranoid enough to run DBAN but pissy that ongoing support and patching overhead necessitates eventual end of life for OS to make room for ongoing development and support for new OSs.
Sure, buddy.
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01-19-2020, 09:46 PM #52
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01-20-2020, 04:38 AM #53I drink it up
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Microsoft ending Windows 7 support
Answer to what? If you’re resorting to physical destruction drilling through the platters is less messy than a maul, and probably more reliable. I prefer to take them apart; then you can recover the magnets to amuse the grandkids and teach them about blood blisters.
You should google the DBAN errors. Lots out there on non-fatal errors. For example, did you unplug any/all other drives (usb, flash readers, etc.)?
Silence isn’t effective to do what you think I’m trying to do just because you say it is. Did you actually think that one through? Or are you that self absorbed? (Just throwing rocks over here, buddy, don’t get all twisted up).
And this is some shit that typically annoys me, because you’re right, those who are security conscious around the margins (DBAN, etc.) are often the same ones who can’t figure out why updates and upgrades are required. They understand the value of security and even have a good handle on physical security, but can’t seem to grasp that information security is a constantly moving target.focus.
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01-20-2020, 05:57 AM #54
Thanks for the condescending lecture. I'm very well aware of why updates and upgrades are required. Obviously I tried to Google solutions but couldn't find one that worked. I thought I might get lucky here but got you instead. And yes, I'm well aware that there are less destructive ways to physically disable a hard drive. A maul is just a running TGR joke. Now, do you have anything helpful to say?
And you're right--silence is not an effective way to show you're a jerk.
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01-20-2020, 06:05 AM #55I drink it up
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Sure, old man. Thanks for the lecture on TGR lore. I’ve been here since well before your grandkids were old enough to show you how to use a computer.
If you actually wanted tech support on TGR you’d need to do better than vague descriptions of what an error message may or may not have said. You either don’t know that, which would mean you aren’t as smart as I think you probably are (and WAY dumber than YOU think you are) or you’re being disingenuous. You’re just here spraying. So am I. Fuck off.focus.
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01-20-2020, 06:31 AM #56
Many manufacturers in the early years of Windows 10 availability still shipped the systems with Windows 7 loaded, but in fact had Windows 10 activation key embedded in the bios (or Win 8.x before the release of Win 10.) The Pro version of Windows and higher does allow for downgrade rights to run an earlier operating system. Many businesses either did not have software tested or updated to run on Windows 10 or did (and still do) not like the Windows 10 and feature updates as well as the idea that the updates were pushed out and they did not have as much control over when those were installed and PC's restarted. Privacy and some thinking that Windows 10 also is like spyware compared to the older versions and needing tin foil to protect themselves from Microsoft conquest of their computer....
The downgrade can be undone by installing whichever version of the new OS (Win 8.x for older systems before the release of 10, or Win 10 if that is the license used for downgrade rights.)
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01-20-2020, 10:12 AM #57
Res ipsa loquitor.
For anyone else who might be inclined to give me actual advice--the error message was what I said "DBAN finished, non-fatal error."
There is no further information. Prior to writing here I did change the boot order so the CD disk reader boots first, which at least got DBAN running. I had no drivers attached. As far as other solutions I tried several web sites but the discussions were highly technical and over my head. It's no problem for me to simple physically damage the hard drive, but I like to finish what I started when I can. So if anyone has any simple solutions comprehensible to someone with very limited computer skills, I'd appreciate it. Otherwise, it's the maul.
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01-20-2020, 10:30 AM #58
Non-fatal error- did you even then check after it ran to see if the data and partition(s) still were on the drive? The non-fatal error usually means that it did something and the log files (if you ran from a drive that was not CDR or something that it could not write back to, completed at least something and mostly worked.
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01-20-2020, 12:02 PM #59Banned
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Id say personally I wouldnt stress too much about Windows 7 End of life support. Sure you wont get fancy updates from MS, but if you run good AV, have some malware protection, and dont browse questionable content you should be basically fine. Feel free to answer nigerian emails no matter what OS you have...
I have, believe it or not, in a production environment, for a VERY large corporation, Windows XP machines still running. Many windows 2003 servers and even a 100% production database running on SQL 2000. I inherited this mess, and am working to remedy it all, but its slow. We have had no "outbreaks" or virus or malware running rampant on the network due to these "unsupported" systems.
YMMV.
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01-20-2020, 02:56 PM #60Registered User
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I have lots of money but its about > money
this platform has worked really well since new, ze best of 6 IBM PC's
I've had brand new pcs that wouldn run shit right out of the carboard suitcase
the easiest thing is to do is to not have to do anything
to leave well enough alone
Does it matter MS support for 7 has gon sunset, probably not ?
OR does windows 10 suck in which case I don't wana upgrade?
OR have they fixed it and its OK to upgrade ?
but then if 10 is ok will it run on the PC I got ?
OR buy a new lenovo with 10 cuz from a HW perspective how long does an LT platform last ?
IME not as long as this one has but the next one might suck dead goats right out of the suitcase
really its about hassles
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01-20-2020, 03:40 PM #61
Running 3 systems with Windows 10, 1 laptop, 1 desktop and 1 Tablet. All run OK but suddenly I am getting different Credential Errors that I am guessing are due to MS attempting to address the security concerns just revealed in Win 10.
I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
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01-20-2020, 04:32 PM #62
Unfortunately, it's no longer possible to avoid questionable content. "Malvertising" is a significant risk and there's no question that the professional bad guys will gin up an exploit before long. All that will be needed is for the malicious ad content to push your browser to the site with the exploit, which can happen with a mouse hover (or less). It will be much worse than the "scareware" with the flashing screen, sirens blaring, the message that your computer is infected and you have to call "Microsoft" right away. As ridiculous as it seems, we have had so many of our customers call the number on the screen instead of us, generally because it happened on their home computer. And an even larger number that did call us first, usually for work computers. The second group saved themselves a boatload of money and aggravation by making the right call.
I have one remaining Windows 7 computer and I'm not even going to try to upgrade it; probably can't due to its age. It's only job is to act as a scanning station. So I gave it a static IP address with no default gateway. It's totally accessible by remote desktop when I want to use the scanner, but it will never connect to the Internet again. Which is why old operating systems and applications *can* be viable: keep them sequestered in an IT monastery and maybe they won't commit any sins...If it's too loud, you're too old
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01-20-2020, 06:05 PM #63I drink it up
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Microsoft ending Windows 7 support
Unless you’re dealing with corporate legacy systems and all the inertia that brings, I can’t think of any good reason to run an unsupported OS. And that corporation must not handle payment systems or be in a regulated industry.
Like somebody said earlier, a new computer is $350. Just pony up and have done.focus.
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01-20-2020, 08:23 PM #64
Yes, all the data was still on the drive. There is an option to attach a flash drive to create a log; I didn't have one available. If that is necessary to solve the problem it will be cheaper and simpler to just wreck the HD before I drop off the pieces at Best Buy. Appreciate the suggestion.
BTW--please don't let small kids play with rare earth magnets from electronic devices. If kids swallow a couple of them they wind up in adjacent loops of bowel, attract each other, and perforate the bowel. There have been a number of such cases.
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01-21-2020, 03:41 AM #65I drink it up
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01-21-2020, 05:33 AM #66Banned
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01-21-2020, 06:12 AM #67
If you have legacy systems isolated, that will get you through a lot of the red tape. Manufacturing is notorious for using old stuff. For reasons that are obvious to anyone who has ever worked in or around manufacturing. It is profit motivated. Just like a vendor's decision to EOS something is profit motivated. Capitalism is freaking wonderful. We'd all pay a lot more for things if keeping hardware and software current was properly budgeted.
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My issue here is that it was allowed to go for so long that now they will feel the real impact of not doing things periodically. We were recently acquired by another large corp. New corp has actual standards...IMAGINE THAT. In process of upgrading everything. Had to spend like $40K just on a Palo Alto for the DMZ to keep old systems segregated from the new network. That will be $40K we use for 6 months. Total spend on IT so far since sept (new acquisition) $200K (not including ERP license transfers which were over $100K). Thats new Cisco networking gear, the new Palo Alto, new laptops/desktops. Still to be purchased, new VM Hosts, new VMWare licensing, new Cisco Wifi AP's. Probably push another $50K in the next few months.
You are 100% right though. They let the systems age because its a profit based biz. I would argue, if I can push $16mil a quarter with the existing infrastructure and all it takes to keep running, what could I do if you invest $300K and we have less day to day break fix? $20mil a quarter? Sounds like it would pay for itself really fast...hard to convince bean counters though.
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01-21-2020, 08:18 AM #70I drink it up
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To be fair, IT is pretty terrible at articulating capital requests.... s’long as we’re pointing fingers around....
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01-21-2020, 08:27 AM #71
^^^its not just corps. In 2008 my company was doing some desktop security work for NSA.
They wouldn’t tell us exactly how many windows devices they had (“85,000 is a reasonable number for planning” they said).
They did say that all but 1500 of those devices were running Win2K...
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oh i do a decent job of articulating my requests and have good ideas on ROI.
Im very glad the new ownership entity structures IT as a service. Over the years IT had gotten a bad rap as a "cost center", its not really. Aside from backend infrastructure (switches, servers, etc) and a few machines for technicians the direct cost of an IT dept is LOW. Its the other business units that are cost centers. Thats typically never realized by bean counters as its IT asking for the money. Basing it as a service allows you to see exactly what departments are cost centers. All IT at new corp is in house, but they bill back to the business unit. Its the way it should be everywhere.
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it would be early 90's in Vangroovy I had to fix a 0129 card punch in a major bank data center cuz they still had a job or 2 that used punch cards and their bill yearly bill was huge so you couldn't say I have no idea how to fix that ... just fake it
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I never had to do any programming on punch cards, just try and fix them with no parts no training ... no ideaLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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