Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
All of the links on the Office/365 page point directly to Microsoft. eg. https://officecdn.microsoft.com/db/...7c6ddf67d60/media/en-us/O365ProPlusRetail.img
I didn't check any of the Windows links.
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I didn't check any of the Windows links.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Maybe I'm explaining myself badly.
Yes they are Microsoft links. But the reason that page is great is Microsoft won't provide these links on a webpage, probably because they don't want to make it to easy.
You need to sign to download the software. I suspect these link are for tools. Like if I download Office with winget, I don't have to enter credentials.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Ah, got ya... 
I can always find a link to the software with a bit of searching, but yeah, I think Microsoft would rather you went through a payment portal before accessing anything.
I can always find a link to the software with a bit of searching, but yeah, I think Microsoft would rather you went through a payment portal before accessing anything.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Top tip if you're filling out a form that comes as a PDF - import it into LibreOffice Draw (I daresay other office suites are available, but I know it works with Draw), then you can just draw text boxes on top of it and complete the form (remember to change the font size from the default 18). Then re-export it as a PDF again, and you're good to go.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I've done similar before. A pet hate is job applications in the past that came as PDFs. Like do they expect you to hand write it?
Word trashed the formatting, which was fine, but did manage to keep the table, so it could be pasted into Excel.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Well I replaced the batteryI have 3x APC Back-UPS pro 1500. I replaced the batteries in two of them in February, and when I bought batteries for the third one last week, the price had jumped from €19.86 to €72. Same batteries from the same supplier. Original ones from APC are €135
Cost £16 including p&p which I thought was very fair.They're fucking fiddly to replace though, You have to connect the earth first but the live is then tucked away underneath with a really short lead. I'm not totally sure it's connected properly because you can't see because the earth is in the way. It's working ok so I presume so but I'll doubtless find out for sure when it's charged up, I'll switch off power to it.
So ta for advice
ooh and UnderOpenSky ta for your advice too
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Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I'm patching today. Helpfuly someone has added extra security so I'm logged out after 5 mins. And I've got to use MFA on each one, which makes checking progress ballache.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
Is there any way of putting my VPN before the router?
Can I attach a second device to the ISP router and run VPN on that?
This may be the most technologically inept question you have ever seen.
Can I attach a second device to the ISP router and run VPN on that?
This may be the most technologically inept question you have ever seen.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Is there any way of putting my VPN before the router?
Can I attach a second device to the ISP router and run VPN on that?
This may be the most technologically inept question you have ever seen.
Start at the other end. What are you trying to achieve?
It's possible to run it on the device you call a router, but it's likely yours doesn't support it.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
What I'm trying to achieve is running all the devices in the house through the VPN. At present, only one device at a time can be be 'behind' the VPN protection. My IPTV service states that it has inbuilt VPN, but I have no way of verifying that, and I occasionally run IPTV on a device that doesn't have VPN installed. I use my main machine as a streamer, which runs 24/7, it has the VPN on all the time.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Ok. It's likely that you'll need a new router or build your own with an old PC.
I can't recommend a model as it's not something I use, but can have a look. The sub reddit r/home networking is where I'd ask.
However we live in the UK and I'm not sure I'd be that stressed.
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Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Any decent Asus router will work. Merlin firmware is probably best.
But as above, I wouldn't bother. I borrow software from all over the world, and I don't use a VPN.
But as above, I wouldn't bother. I borrow software from all over the world, and I don't use a VPN.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
'Borrow'
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Well I'm not a thief. They can have it back any time they want. All they have to do is ask.'Borrow'
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Nothing like putting off a job and then being rather confused why things stop working.
It's about six months ago that I moved my home kit from vSphere to Hyper V. Found I couldn't access files on my network share, did all the normal checks and found the device was powered off. Then it happened again a bit later. So some small amounts of frustration because I was too lazy to enter a single string when I installed Server 2022 to stop it being an evaluation edition.
It's about six months ago that I moved my home kit from vSphere to Hyper V. Found I couldn't access files on my network share, did all the normal checks and found the device was powered off. Then it happened again a bit later. So some small amounts of frustration because I was too lazy to enter a single string when I installed Server 2022 to stop it being an evaluation edition.
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