IT BS thread

Hey, everybody. Longtime IT guy here currently doing deskside support.

 

Dammit. I've been worried cause it stopped working after an update and hasn't been happy since. I can't get it to do what I want right now. I'll have to risk messing up something worse by changing the folder default I guess.

Welcome!

 

Hey if it pays the bills, more power to you

 

My life in a nut shell...

..... I don't have anything to do with desktop/end user support....

 

This is why I make judicious use of "file to trash" rules in my email.

 

Hello IT people. So I have an older laptop and I ended up re-doing the thermal paste and added copper shims in place of the silicon pads. The shims are in contact with the CPU & GPU. I followed a thread on another forum that a good write up; I saw on ad on Amazon for the shims I needed and for $1.56 for two, so I got them.

I did not put a shim on the "northbridge," what the heck is a "northbridge?"

 

This says it better than I can: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northbridge_(computing)

 

Thanks Dig, why the heck didn't google find this?

 

Depends what you searched . Hopefully it answers your question. On some (older) high performance mother boards the northbridge would actually have a small heatsink and some even a fan. So it's your call. You can monitor the temp for concerns if you'd like?

 

The only cooling feature I see is the paste that I put on, and the silicon pad. Based on the wiki you found, it seems like a good idea to put a shim on this as well. I should have ordered two packs of the shims.

My temps are much better and no stutters on other websites I have been on that would stick (sorry for the lack of technical terms).

 

GISF: GIAC Information Security Fundamentals

anyone taken this? and if so, can you point me in the direction of study material? I'm not opposed to buying a book or materials; the stuff I have found on Amazon received bad reviews, and the courses on the SANS website are listed at $5600.

I'd like to keep it as cheap as possible. Thank you for your info!

 

Yay smbd updates breaking the shares on all my guest OS'

"Permission Denied"

 

I hate dealing with Samba. I use sftp or sshfs.

 

Resolution was "pretty easy" I just needed to add explicit security options to the clients.

#mount -t cifs //server/share /mnt/share -o guest,sec=ntlmv2

And she worked. The sec=ntlmv2 line is what did it.

 

I know, I guess it must be in high demand if the can charge those prices. :/

 

I was actually reading a few job postings and they had mentioned GIAC certifications, so out of curiosity I googled it. I've seen it on a few job postings, but I do agree there are probably other certifications as well.

I think the 5600 price tag is for the classes offered, not for taking the test.