imessage on windows when?

#windows
#apple
#ios
#imessage

Is today #FediHire Friday? Sure looks like it!

What I'm looking for: A senior level, individual contributor role supporting Windows, Active Directory, Certificates, PKI, Azure, and information security in a large environment. Interested in relocating outside of the US. I like to solve weird problems and make computers run smoothly. I want to help others use technology effectively.

My main focus the last few years has been rebuilding and modernizing a struggling certificate management team. That includes growing the team to meet our company needs, migrating our AD-integrated private PKI stack, getting a handle on our web PKI consumption, and making massive improvements to our certificate lifecycle management platform. I supported and advised our CyberSec and Desktop teams as we rolled out multi-factor authentication to 50,000 employees and contractors across the US. My background in understanding deep computer fundamentals, talent for quickly grasping nuances of larger systems, and calmness in a crisis have contributed to quickly resolving major technology outages regardless of root cause.

This role hasn't been exclusively technical. A big part of my current job is building relationships with our developers to help them understand how certificates work, the responsible ways to use them, and what our relevant internal policies are. I've been training and teaching junior and mid-level engineers both practical PKI concepts and our specific enterprise requirements. I've gotten to spend some time with upper management to both explain the immediate challenges we've had and the plans we can implement improve our infrastructure, reducing costs and outages.

While this position has been focused on certs and how to use them, I'm very comfortable considering a technical leadership role for Windows (server and desktop) administration and Active Directory. I also have some good experience with Azure and virtualization platforms, but they haven't been my daily focus for several years.

My current employer is direct retail for general public consumers. I've also worked in banking/finance, manufacturing, and architecture firms. The common thread is I love to help people leverage technology for their goals, to help them be more effective.

In my personnel/volunteer time I've done very similar: working backstage with lights/sounds/projections so live performers can do their best.

Right now I'm in Syracuse, New York (about five hours from NYC), but I'm open to relocation/migration anywhere in the world.

PMs open if you want to talk details. Boosts/reshares appreciated.

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warning signs we all need

@GossiTheDog And one more protest against Microsoft being complicit in genocide
https://www.theverge.com/news/643777/microsoft-bill-gates-steve-ballmer-satya-nadella-employee-protestor

"New Windows 11 build makes mandatory Microsoft Account sign-in even more mandatory"

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/new-windows-11-build-makes-mandatory-microsoft-account-sign-in-even-more-mandatory/

Yesterday was already too late to ditch Windows. It is your computer, your hardware, you shouldn't need a cloud account to make use of it.

My Dearest #lazyweb

Do you know of a non-#elgato program for managing and running a #streamdeck on a microsoft #windows 10 computer? Possibly some #FOSS nerds built one?

I'd like something that treats it more like a #keyboard because I basically use it as a macro pad.

They want me to register for an account to install plugins and select icons outside of the base 3 sets which wasn't mandatory when I got it.

If I have to manage my own jpgs for every button in every folder in a #streamdeckXL their software is simply not suitable.

It doesn't seem that I can even have a button that is "type an #emoji without having to turn the emoji into a jpg and set it as a "wallpaper" for the button (the default layout has an image on each emoji key even).

the "configure streamdeck" app now crashes both the UI and the background service when I launch it from the deck itself

If you’re a Windows user, I can help you switch to Linux. Please stop supporting an insecure and privacy-intrusive operating system. What’s stopping you from switching to Linux/macOS? Ask all your questions, and I’ll answer everything.

Can someone with technical knowledge on this explain to me why my #VPN is not getting me around the #tiktokban ? I’m using a #windows and #apple device. The VPN isn’t working for either

Mmmh yes, fullscreen ads on #Windows. That will definitely not backfire. :awesome:

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The last thing I ever want to do is 'Learn more' or have you 'Remind Me Later': Microsoft is pushing fullscreen ads for Windows 11 laptops to people still using Windows 10

Disabling #Windows #AI features organization-wide using #GroupPolicy.

This will turn off #Recall (the periodic screenshot service) and #Copilot (the AI assistant service). You can do this pre-emptively even before any machines on your domain are running Windows 11 24H2.

1. Download and install the Windows 11 24H2 administrative template files: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=106254

2. Add the files from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Group Policy\Windows 11 Sep 2024 Update (24H2)\PolicyDefinitions to C:\Windows\SYSVOL\domain\Policies\PolicyDefinitions on the domain controller.

3. Start Group Policy Management on the domain controller.

4. Create a group policy object with these values:

User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows AI > Turn off Saving Snapshots for Windows = enabled

User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Copilot > Turn off Windows Copilot = enabled

5. Link the group policy object in at an appropriate level in your domain.

A family member has a broken #firefox installation on #windows. They have passwords, bookmarks, etc saved in that account. Is there any good tooling to export what's still readable before reinstalling Firefox, or the machine?

Edit: I will save away the user directory. I am still wondering if there's a plain text exporter.

#retoot appreciated. Explicit CC @tychotithonus

Welp. You know how there's that meme about #Windows apps failing with an error message saying “the operation completed successfully”? I just wrote some code that fails in exactly that way.

Not intentional, I swear.

🤦‍♂️

I'm using a #microsoft #windows computer, is there a decent terminal emulator available? Ideally one that doesn't mention AI in its change log.

I'm looking to ssh to a tmux on another computer. it's nothing fancy.

PowersHell is too blue.

The #WSL one seems to scroll to a random fucked up state whenever i touch my mouse (even near the wheel) and just has bizarre copy/paste behaviour. It just feels like a thing someone bashed out real quick to get it into a release