Email Notificatons for new tickets
I’ve just signed up and testing a few tickets but I’m not getting any notifications? Is this something that spiceworks does for first sign ups? Everything looks fine, from M365 etc. Just doesn’t look...
View ArticleHow can I reduce the cost of printer cartridges?
I’ve got an HP Color Laser Jet Pro MFP M479dw multi-function printer. I’ve had it for at least 5 years. It been fine as a printer and scanner, when I have to scan something. (I rarely ever scan...
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Laptop with 2 NICs for 2 different subnets but always uses the NIC with...
Hi, I have a laptop and desktop both have 2 NICs, 1 is 1Gbs used for local subnet, the 2nd NIC is 10Gbs I need it for accessing the internet 1 NIC is in a 192.168.1.0/24 attached tothe router which...
View ArticleFood for thought this weekend: AI is the new Radioactivity Quackery
This post from @Peter-Spiceworks got me thinking. 10% of the entire internet was produced by AI (IT Data Insights) I think AI is the new Radioactivity Quackery. When radioactivity was first...
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Daily Challenge - RJ45 Ethernet Cable Color Schemes and Pin Assignments -...
In both the T568A and T568B twisted-pair Ethernet wiring standards, which color pair is positioned in the center pins? (pins 4 & 5) Green pair (White/Green and Green) Blue pair (White/Blue and...
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It's Read/Only Friday! 9 October, 2026
It’s Read/Only Friday! I should have realized, but I didn’t listen and needed to make some immediate changes that worked out. A firmware was put out for our router and I scheduled the update…messed up...
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Snap! -- Mission Notes, Text Walls Crumbling, Slashing Certificate Lifetimes
Welcome to today’s edition of the Spiceworks Snap! It’s your daily dose of security and tech news, in brief, along with a mix of other odd or interesting things that might come up. We’re glad you...
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RIP Mike Ditka!
He’ll be missed. The 85 Bears were awesome. 6 posts - 5 participants Read full topic
View ArticleCertificate Automation and DNS TLSA automation
Current Situation For years, I have manually updated private/public key pairs and manually created new certificates for public facing systems such as my mail server. I do appreciate that a big factor...
View ArticlePrinting delay on Azure Virtual Desktop - Xerox 8055
We recently moved to Azure Virtual Desktop and when I print a pdf file I try to go to the next file to print and there is about a 30 second delay. Locally the print jobs print as normal. I print...
View ArticleHALP! All email has stopped sending with an error I have never seen before
dallas-out-005.smtp25.com gave this error: .net<TMPF… Unbalanced ‘<’ Anyone have any ideas how to fix it? I do not see how my addresses have gotten “unbalanced” thanks UPDATE: It seems this is...
View ArticleExporting communications from tickets
Is it possible to export the contents of past tickets in bulk? I see a similar ticket created a long time ago but the response has a invalid link. (Export Tickets - All Data) 6 posts - 4 participants...
View ArticleStupid Friday ?'s | 10/9/2026
Happy Friday everyone!!! Spooky season has started in earnest, I am seeing more and more leaves changing and decorations going up. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend ahead! Onto the questions! Do...
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Social Engineering Woes
(more of a vent/rant post so I wasn’t sure how to categorize this) In the past week and a half, we’ve had bad actors pulling some Kevin Mitnick level social engineering on our users. I know I’m giving...
View ArticleToday's articles: The growing intersection of robotics and IT operations and...
Denis Tom kicks things off by discussing the importance of robot-ready networks, emphasizing that these smart devices depend heavily on reliable Wi-Fi. When robots malfunction or behave unexpectedly,...
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What did you learn this week? (invisible problems)
One thing I learned, or re-learned, this week is that you can’t deal with invisible problems. There are a lot of aspects to that, good and bad, but some simple examples: I can’t solve a scorpion...
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Spark! Pro series - 9th October 2026
Today in History: October 9, 1446 On this day in 1446, the Korean alphabet, Hangul, was first published under King Sejong the Great. Instead of relying on the thousands of Chinese characters used for...
View ArticleGames on Tap! - 2026.10.09
If yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyoooooooooouuuuuuu can believe it. It is a Friday once again. The Fall season is starting to get into full swing where I am. The leaves on trees are changing and the mornings are...
View ArticleIs your Windows Update stuck on 'Pending Download'
I’ll try to keep this short… Is your Windows 11 Update stuck on ‘Download Pending’ and you can’t click the Download everything and install button? Have you already gone through the steps of deleting...
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On The Charts: October 9th, 1956
1956, in the automotive world, tail fins, 12V electrics and V8’s. Of note, the Chrysler 300B, featuring the first American V8 to produce 1 horsepower per cubic inch. Musically, Elvis is tearing up the...
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