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I never use my assigned work laptop for anything other than work, and code project, news sites, etc. I don't do social media, and I never, ever check my email using it. I have been following that policy since around 2012 when I adopted it.
I do get my email via the cell phone though, which is normally how I do that anywhere I am at. I am on a VPN so security and anonymity is slightly elevated than not.
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I use my phone, I avoid using my personal email on work owned/managed machine because well I have 'those' kind of friends...I meant checking my personal email (on my phone) while at work.
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Ah, I see. I work from home (contractor) so I use my own internet connection when not connected to the company VPN. My phone uses my home/person internet, not the companies VPN connection.
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Is your email server not communicating to you via SSL or something else secure?
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So I work for Client X.
Client X works with third party A to do their system administration.
They also have a Microsoft Dynamics application which is managed by third party B.
I'm in a project with third party C who does the communication with party B (which is basically everything this party does...).
So now I need a file sync to get files from Dynamics into Azure.
We did this a few months ago, so I called A and they somehow installed it on the Domain Controller 
So we need to change that now, but party A knows nothing about Dynamics and they want black on white that they can install it on the server that's running Dynamics.
But none of us know anyone at party B and getting party C into this would mean there are two additional people between B and me 
Meanwhile, Client X just wants us to fix this, but has no idea what everyone is up to.
I currently have someone on site (party D, if you like), and party A has two people on site.
With the application manager and the IT manager you'd think we should be able to do something today...
My guess is that once we know which server is the right one we need to install updates in order to install the Azure File Sync, which requires a restart, which isn't possible during business hours.
That would mean they'd have to restart the server tonight and we'll have to continue this on another day when they're on site again.
This has been going on for two weeks now.
It seems I'm finally getting my DNS records today though.[^]
Installing the file sync and adding the DNS records should be less than an hour work...
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Well, that's a nice story.
What are you going to do about it ?
 
I'd rather be phishing!
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Trying not to lose his hair in handfuls? 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Complain about in on CP.
That'll teach them! 
Well, it seems it worked as this guy really did his best to make it work this time and it seems the file sync is fixed.
The DNS records have to be entered by yet another party, but the request is on its way, so thumbs crossed
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"L'enfer, c'est les autres!" as some French fellow once said.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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This was some wise French fellow
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Jean-Paul Sartre I believe, and probably others as well.
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And what about: Le savoir-vivre en chemin de fer ?
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Did you ever play Chinese Whispers[^]?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Oh yes I did
Never knew it was called that though!
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Party on, Wayne.
Should I talk about one of my project where project management is in asia, design is located in 2 different european countries, production of the different parts of the system in 3 other different european countries, assembly inhouse in latin america, and final assembly of the product in the target customer product in south africa. And we are talking about mechanical parts, so this includes shipping, etc...
The world is crazy.
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Rage wrote: The world is crazy.
Management who let it come to that is crazy 
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u seemed to be working in a ... mess of things...
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Sounds like my job! hahah!   
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From this earlier thread, there yet remained an unsolved question issue [^] (must remain current!)
In an inspirational dream, sort of, with far reaching effects much akin to those of Kekule solving the structure of benzene[^], I deduced the following:
The paper is produced at it's current width in order to fit on the cardboard roll without overlap.
Q.E.D.
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Wrong. Totally wrong.
The width of toilet paper is a compromise between saving money and material and the average width of a paw, so that said paws don't get brown and smelly too often.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: The width of toilet paper is a compromise between saving money and material and the average width of a paw, so that said paws don't get brown and smelly too often.
I suppose that's the EU point* of view and in and of itself totally explains BREXIT.
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sigh, soapbox
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I don't think so - at some point we have to accept a bit of humor and good-natured prodding.
Indeed, keeping real politics and religion out of the lounge, and KSS, &etc. is sensible and the rule-of-law, but aside from the joke-icon on my post it just picks up on the poster's stuff, running with them - as he did with my post.
Admittedly, this will be a fine line to dance about, but remember: context is everything - and laughter probably makes prolonging one's life actually worthwhile.
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Nah, we do not need a soapbox. All we need for one successful Brexit are the following things:
1 moon
1 moonbase manned with as many Brits as you can fit in
All our nuclear waste
Throw everything together on the moon and the rest will be unavoidable[^].
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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well, they do say 'preview,' and, it is a separate download (see SuperLloyd's post here [^] for more detail).
and, 'preview' gets you:
a design experience which cannot recognize a high-dpi screen no matter the AutoScaleMode setting.
long periods when VS stalls
inability to select and resize Controls on a Form, or the Form itself: that may be related to the high-dpi screen problem
butt-ugly Form Windows that at run-time look nothing like the design-time view
i guess 'preview' means 'not usable now' ... at least,  for me
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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