The Official Status Thread
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
@Zenith said in The Official Status Thread:
It's the enterprise license key in the jewel case
This may sound stupid, but do you still have a hard drive in which said key was installed to? You should be able to retrieve it offline from the drive if so...
Just this PC. I can see a product ID in the control panel but it's not the 25-character key they want when you install.
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@Zenith said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
@Zenith said in The Official Status Thread:
It's the enterprise license key in the jewel case
This may sound stupid, but do you still have a hard drive in which said key was installed to? You should be able to retrieve it offline from the drive if so...
Just this PC. I can see a product ID in the control panel but it's not the 25-character key they want when you install.
Oh! So you still have it running! I missed that tidbit.
Assuming you haven't intentionally removed the key after activation, this tool will grab it for you.
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@Tsaukpaetra Nice try but it didn't find a key for Office 2000 or Windows 7. I suspect, as it suggests, it's because Enterprise is volume licensed.
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@Zenith said in The Official Status Thread:
I suspect, as it suggests, it's because Enterprise is volume licensed.
Which is why I'm uber confused how you got a key that's apparently volume licensed but isn't activated via "an organization's KMS host".
Out of curiosity, what is the output of the (run as administrator, natch) command
slmgr /dlv
?Edit: Additionally you could also try
(Get-WmiObject -query 'select * from SoftwareLicensingService').OA3xOriginalProductKey
in powershell, but it's empty on my machines because of course I don't actually use a distinct product key...Edit edit: Or perhaps you can retrieve your key from the licensing service?
'course, that would assume you're using a business account...
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@Tsaukpaetra Nothing comes up on the PowerShell query. Take off the property and I get a list of properties, most of which are 0 or 4294967295.
Status: Found the spare ignition key for the Pontiac. I remember when I bought it, I only received one full set, and had to go to the dealer for this because Walmart could only do door keys. Damned key cost me something like $75. Somewhere out there is the remote this is supposed to be attached to. I'll have to look after I stop coughing from all this fucking dust...
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@Zenith said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra Nothing comes up on the PowerShell query. Take off the property and I get a list of properties, most of which are 0 or 4294967295.
That's normal if the key has been wiped post activation or you're using a generic key. What about the
slmgr
command?
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@Tsaukpaetra Partial product key - five characters.
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@Zenith said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra Partial product key - five characters.
Which characters? 2YT43?
Also, how many rearms do you have?
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Status: Went to bed early, about 21:30, because I was really sleepy all day, and I felt like I'm getting a cold. (How the heck could I get a cold? Except for my son, who has no symptoms, I haven't been anywhere near another human being in weeks; I haven't even been to the grocery store, properly masked and distanced, in a week and a half.)
Woke up not exactly wide awake, but not really feeling like I needed to go back to sleep, either. Still dark. Ok, maybe 03:00 or 04:00; I can seldom get more than 6 hours of sleep at a time any more . Nope. 00:30, because 3 hours of sleep is plenty, right?
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@Tsaukpaetra KYCF8 and 3 rearms.
Edit: As I start digging more stuff up, the list of "where'd that go?" keeps being added to. Like I have an unused CD for XP Pro SP3 somewhere too.
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@Zenith said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra KYCF8 and 3 rearms.
Interesting. Next thing to try is a tool called Activation Backup and Restore (ABR ) which essentially copies out the software protection platform's tokens which said service uses to validate activation.
Steps would be to run the tool, eject hard drive, install identical version (including service pack level) into new drive into the same system, then use the tool to restore the tokens
Probably best to move to another thread if you wanna try that route. It can be done completely offline so if it fails simply plugging back the original drive will be fine, no worries.
Failing that, might try simply calling Microsoft and see if they can possibly help.
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Enforced slacking thanks to the virus scanner
And what is it scanning? Well, our source code incl. the dlls created from the build processes - including the tags and branches directories... Yeah, we developers are known to write malware and viruses.
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@Zenith said in The Official Status Thread:
six new Unicomp (modern Model-M) keyboards, plus half a dozen others I rescued from some place or another
You could sell them and use the money to retire to a sunny island, you know.
Seriously, those things are pretty sought-after by some people, and you could get quite a bit of cash for them.
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@BernieTheBernie said in The Official Status Thread:
Yeah, we developers are known to write malware and viruses.
Virus and malware writers are developers too.
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Went to bed early, about 21:30, because I was really sleepy all day, and I felt like I'm getting a cold. (How the heck could I get a cold? Except for my son, who has no symptoms, I haven't been anywhere near another human being in weeks; I haven't even been to the grocery store, properly masked and distanced, in a week and a half.)
Woke up not exactly wide awake, but not really feeling like I needed to go back to sleep, either. Still dark. Ok, maybe 03:00 or 04:00; I can seldom get more than 6 hours of sleep at a time any more . Nope. 00:30, because 3 hours of sleep is plenty, right?
I wound up getting maybe 9 hours of sleep, total, in 11 hours of being in bed, so reasonably awake this morning. I still feel like I have a cold, though.
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@BernieTheBernie said in The Official Status Thread:
Yeah, we developers are known to write malware and viruses.
One of the first things I do with a new computer is to set an exclusion on my development directories.
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@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
@BernieTheBernie said in The Official Status Thread:
Yeah, we developers are known to write malware and viruses.
One of the first things I do with a new computer is to set an exclusion on my development directories.
There's my problem: being an employee, that computer is company-owned. I am not an administrator of that anti-virus.
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@TimeBandit said in The Official Status Thread:
@BernieTheBernie said in The Official Status Thread:
Yeah, we developers are known to write malware and viruses.
Virus and malware writers are developers too.
There does seem to be actual concern for malicious internal developers here at WTFCorp, as evidenced by the strict controls over who is allowed to merge and push code and pull requests that require multiple manual reviewers as well as scans from about 4 different static analysis tools. Though they seem to be looking for incompetence as much as malice.
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@error said in The Official Status Thread:
Though they seem to be looking for incompetence as much as malice.
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I would watch a Death Note reboot where, instead of a high school student, Light is an aspiring politician.
Filed under: Death Note of Cards
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status Oh! Today is the 1/2 day! I remember an email saying "we want you to leave early on ...". But I deleted it. Was thinking that was tomorrow. No, tomorrow is an actual company holiday - so today is the 1/2 day! Woot! The long weekend is about to start! (no, we don't have next week off - unless you want to burn vacation. Since I'm not going anywhere, I might as well work and save my PTO for when (hopefully) we can go someplace nice.)
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Status: bitch doesn't seem to like it when I make licking noises near her body. I'll keep it quiet then...
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@error said in The Official Status Thread:
There does seem to be actual concern for malicious internal developers here at WTFCorp, as evidenced by the strict controls over who is allowed to merge and push code and pull requests that require multiple manual reviewers as well as scans from about 4 different static analysis tools. Though they seem to be looking for incompetence as much as malice.
Reminds me of a former job.
Apparently I wasn't trusted enough to have local admin access on my development PC running Windows XP. And even getting the Internet filter disabled so I could use Sourceforge1 was an uphill battle.
But I was trusted enough to develop software for an embedded x86 machine running on Windows XP2, with full privileges, and connected to a critical internal network.
Go figure.
1 that was before GitHub was popular.
2 Windows XP Embedded actually, but it's basically a modularized version of Windows XP, so 99.9% the same.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: bitch doesn't seem to like it when I make licking noises near her body. I'll keep it quiet then...
Filed under: things that a reboot won't fix
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@Zerosquare said in The Official Status Thread:
I wasn't trusted enough to have local admin access
(security theatre)
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Status: Last check-in of the year at 20:30. Should've stopped working hours ago, but here comes the holidays!
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@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Last check-in of the year at 20:30. Should've stopped working hours ago, but here comes the holidays!
11:45: Work computer is now off.
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
(security theatre)
I'm not sure. "Security theatre" (to me) means there's at least someone who knows it's pointless, but is trying to exploit the placebo effect.
From what I saw, that company was simply too stupid to notice the gaping hole in their thinking.
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@Zerosquare Do you really think there's anybody at TSA smart enough to know their is ? If so, you think more highly of TSA than I do.
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
@Zerosquare Do you really think there's anybody at TSA smart enough to know their is ? If so, you think more highly of TSA than I do.
You mean the people who let me bring phones, tablets and laptops on the plane, which probably consist of 50% lithium batteries by volume, which in turn every moron on YouTube can make explode without even trying too hard. But if I try to bring a battle of water they think I’m a wizard who can make the water explode... Those people? Yeah...
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@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
they think I’m a wizard who can make the water explode
No, but you are a rogue who refuses to be fleeced 3+ eurodollars for a 0.33 bottle past the gate. Now would you care for our fine selection of perfumes? No? Women's shoes then? Bracelets? Airline pin?
It's almost like the internets, except they still want you to pay for the ticket itself, too.
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@Zerosquare said in The Official Status Thread:
Apparently I wasn't trusted enough to have local admin access on my development PC running Windows XP. And even getting the Internet filter disabled so I could use Sourceforge1 was an uphill battle.
But I was trusted enough to develop software for an embedded x86 machine running on Windows XP2, with full privileges, and connected to a critical internal network.I'm not allowed admin access to my Windows desktop - there's some third party app that handles elevated access for things on a whitelist like Visual Studio.
I am however allowed admin access to 50+ Windows servers supporting multple critical business functions.
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@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
@Zerosquare Do you really think there's anybody at TSA smart enough to know their is ? If so, you think more highly of TSA than I do.
You mean the people who let me bring phones, tablets and laptops on the plane, which probably consist of 50% lithium batteries by volume, which in turn every moron on YouTube can make explode without even trying too hard. But if I try to bring a battle of water they think I’m a wizard who can make the water explode... Those people? Yeah...
@error_bot xkcd bag check
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Seen on one of my tickets:
For those who don't know, the top number was the original estimate for the time required (done exponentially: 30m, 1h, 2h, 4h, 1d, 2d, 1week). Normally we're within the band. The bottom number is the number of hours spent that were tagged against this ticket number by everyone concerned. And for this one I happen to know that there were several hours spent sleeplessly tossing and turning because my mind wouldn't shut up about it, but those weren't logged anywhere.
And this one's not done yet--still needs final code review (it's been back and forth and rearchitected twice now), QA (well, sort of, it's an internal tooling issue) and final approval.
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@Benjamin-Hall over the estimate by only 1000%? I'd call that a success.
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@error said in The Official Status Thread:
Friday, October 23, 2009
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We’re developing the proper technology to allow us to expedite the screening of all liquids, but in the meantime...11 years and counting. How's that technology development going?
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@izzion said in The Official Status Thread:
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
Also, the obsolete version of Windows on this machine doesn't reboot until I tell it to (or it crashes or there's a power failure, both of which are quite rare).
Don't worry, there will be a forced patch for that Soon(tm)
There's a way to prevent that. The reboots are actually done using (IIRC) a scheduled task that's rather difficult to find; take the power to reboot away from the task and the power to change tasks to gain that power to reboot, and you'll gain the ability to control when reboots actually happen (also, you'll probably want to stop the machine from being able to bring itself out of hibernate; again, hidden very well). I forget exactly which page I found that solution on, but it works.
There are more obvious controls for doing this, but they don't always work; sometimes MS decides to ignore your policy. Stripping the power to do so from the actual mechanism is more effective; the update mechanism doesn't seem to know how to fix that…
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I want to write a proxy server in node. Since my Oculus Quest browser doesn't support extensions, I figure I can just MitM inject my content scripts and scrub ads.
Searching for
npm proxy api
and similar gets me a bunch of proxy clients (agents) and reverse proxies. Is there any node API for a normal (forward) proxy?I might have to resort to squid or something, but I have a strong preference for node here because of .
Edit: derp, added "forward" to my search terms and getting better results
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@Benjamin-Hall said in The Official Status Thread:
For those who don't know, the top number was the original estimate for the time required (done exponentially: 30m, 1h, 2h, 4h, 1d, 2d, 1week).
The best way of getting accurate estimates that I've found so far: take whatever somebody gives as the estimate, multiply it by two, and shift the units to the next larger. In your case: 1 hour -> 2 hours -> 2 days. Which might end up being quite accurate here.
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Alright then. Merry Christmas and jolly holidays, you old fools here!
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in The Official Status Thread:
No, but you are a rogue who refuses to be fleeced 3+ eurodollars for a 0.33 bottle past the gate.
That would only be because you're one of "them" who thinks water from a fountain isn't good enough!
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@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
water from a fountain
The what now? Is that American thing, perhaps? Not that there's a good chance one could ever find one by following the signs.
To illustrate, let me quote the opening passage from The Long Dark Tea-Time Of Soul:
It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on Earth has ever produced the expression "as pretty as an airport". Airports are ugly. Some are very ugly. Some attain a degree of ugliness that can only be the result of a special effort. This ugliness arises because airports are full of people who are tired, cross, and have just discovered that their luggage has landed in Murmansk (Murmansk airport is the only known exception to this otherwise infallible rule), and architects have on the whole tried to reflect this in their designs.
They have sought to highlight the tiredness and crossness motif with brutal shapes and nerve jangling colours, to make effortless the business of separating the traveller for ever from his or her luggage or loved ones, to confuse the traveller with arrows that appear to point at the windows, distant tie racks, or the current position of Ursa Minor in the night sky, and wherever possible to expose the plumbing on the grounds that it is functional, and conceal the location of the of the departure gates, presumably on the grounds that they are not.
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@cvi said in The Official Status Thread:
The best way of getting accurate estimates that I've found so far: take whatever somebody gives as the estimate, multiply it by two, and shift the units to the next larger. In your case: 1 hour -> 2 hours -> 2 days. Which might end up being quite accurate here.
See also: Hofstadter's Law.
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Status: two glasses of red wine for dinner, 13 hours of sleep. Boy, I’m getting old.
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@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
I’m getting old.
2020 was the year where I've seemingly finally given up on alcohol. Too much effort, not enough payoff. Grabbing a drink or five in a social setting is OK, doing it in a video-get-together was just a waste of time. I'd rather grab an alcohol free drink, hang out for a bit, and once everybody leaves, I turn off the video and go on with my day (rather than sitting alone at home, slightly tipsy).
It's one of those vicious circles: drink less => worse alcohol tolerance => drinking becomes even more of an effort => drink even less => ...
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@cvi said in The Official Status Thread:
@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
I’m getting old.
2020 was the year where I've seemingly finally given up on alcohol. Too much effort, not enough payoff. Grabbing a drink or five in a social setting is OK, doing it in a video-get-together was just a waste of time. I'd rather grab an alcohol free drink, hang out for a bit, and once everybody leaves, I turn off the video and go on with my day (rather than sitting alone at home, slightly tipsy).
It's one of those vicious circles: drink less => worse alcohol tolerance => drinking becomes even more of an effort => drink even less => ...
Maybe borderline garagey, but I don't want to export the quote into the garage
Anthony Fauci's 12 disease program for alcoholics?
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@cvi said in The Official Status Thread:
@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
I’m getting old.
2020 was the year where I've seemingly finally given up on alcohol. Too much effort, not enough payoff. Grabbing a drink or five in a social setting is OK, doing it in a video-get-together was just a waste of time. I'd rather grab an alcohol free drink, hang out for a bit, and once everybody leaves, I turn off the video and go on with my day (rather than sitting alone at home, slightly tipsy).
It's one of those vicious circles: drink less => worse alcohol tolerance => drinking becomes even more of an effort => drink even less => ...
When the pandemic started I spent some days at home making my own cocktails (well, Piña colada only, only thing worth drinking) our of pure boredom. While tasty, that soon started to be too much effort so I just opened a beer after work. Now I still have some of that beer left over because even a single beer was too much effort.
Yesterday was a nice Christmas dinner for two, though, seemed incomplete without some good wine.