Misc – GetvPro

My method for better decision making life (™️)

Intro First of all, today’s topic is based on accepting that there is such thing as “free will” Sorry Robert Sapolsky, I’m not seduced by your proposition that “free will doesn’t exist” , yet 😉 If you’re not familiar with Robert’s work, his take on “free will” is that we are “running on rails” ;…
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Monitor upgrade for #2024

I’ve been WFH in one form or another for 11 years (2013 to 2024). As part of working from home, I want to ensure my home setup is optimized. This includes ergonomics, productivity , sound, function and ascetics (plants, window view) Each element has improved over the years, however, until the first week of January…
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Montreal CUGC First ever event!

Citrix user community groups exist in about 60 cities throughout the world. Montreal is a big city, 1.7 million in the metro, 4.2 million including the extended suburbs. In 2017, I met CTA Jon Pitre while we were working at Morgan Stanley, at that time the CTA/CUGC acronyms were new to me, however, I understood…
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vSan 8 express architecture on HP EliteDesk G4 home lab kit

My lab is in an in-between state, with 3x HP EliteDesk 800 G3 SFFs (Skylake i5-6500) and two new HP EliteDesk 800 G4 units (i7-8700). Until last week, the 3x HP EliteDesk G3s were in a 3 node vSan 7 setup (non express architecture) which is Samsung 860 standard SSD for storage and Samsung evo…
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A simple / fast method to ID EOL Windows server OS’s by PowerShell

In this post, I’ll talk about how to use a simple PowerShell script to scan for end-of-life versions of windows server within a Microsoft active directory environment. The script was written in October 2023, when a lot of IT depts are working hard to Win 2012 to meet the Oct 10, 2023 end-of-support timeline. It’s…
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The $4k contractor quote that inspired my DIY quest for a new front walkway

As part of my move into my Mercier-East Montreal, Canada house in May 2022, I’ve kept a list of tasks that I’ve been chipping away it. The most annoying of which, was to replace my cracked front walkway. The existing walkway was 4 concrete slabs, all of which were in various stages of decay. Here…
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Un-doing the muffler delete on my Lexus IS 350 F Sport

In January of 2023 , I bought my first seriously nice car, a 2017 Silver Lexus IS 350 F Sport with lovely red interior. I chose this car after a very extensive car search, read about it here and here The car’s nickname is SILVER BIRD. It’s silver, and FLYYYYYS The car came with ONE…
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Using AI to pick a new car wrap color for silver bird

If you followed my post from January of 2023, you’ll know I traded in my 2011 Subaru WRX for a 2017 Lexus IS 350 F Sport in Atomic silver. This is actually the second silver car I’ve owned, the first was an Acura 1.7 EL which I nick-named “silver bird”. The Lexus IS now bears…
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Recover from “trust relationship” error when local admin isn’t available

Quick post for a fix I’ve used a few times to recover from the following scenario: You attempt to logon to an existing VM with an existing known working domain account and receive the below message: Don’t fear! As long as you’re not working in an environment which blocks caching existing domain user credentials, you…
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How to deliver bad news

Intro For the past 2 years, I’ve had the opportunity to work on a number of interesting and challenging assessments for Citrix and VMware environments. Some of these assessments have been tied to a Citrix implementation , where we need to collect information to write the migration plan. Others have been proactive, where the client…
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