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Southwest Fox 2018: Save the Dates
by Rick Schummer 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

Geek Gatherings LLC is officially asking you to save the dates for Southwest Fox 2018! The conference takes place October 18-21, 2018 at the San Tan Elegante Conference and Reception Center, the same great location as last year. We choose speakers from the developer community based on their session proposals. We are always looking for new speakers. Watch the Call for Speakers page of the conference website; we'll post the Call for Speakers in late February. As in prior years, we run a substantial risk in running the conference, primarily the tens of thousands of dollars we have to commit to the conference center. So, once again, we ask you to register for the conference before the July 1 deadline so we can make our go or no-go decision. All the details about registration, speakers, sessions, and more will be available in May. Special Request!!! If there are any topics you hope will be covered this year, please send them to info(a)geekgatherings.com, right away. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com

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Performance issues on virtual 2K12 server
by mbsoftwaresolutions＠mbsoftwaresolutions.com 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

Client moved from old virtual 2K3 server to newer 2K12 server. They use an IT vendor to manage all of their IT setup. They connect via Terminal Services if I understand correctly. Apparently this legacy VFP application is run from the server by all users. Performance is inconsistent, with many times it getting almost frozen for some unknown reason. Other times it's fine. No good rhyme/reason standing out. A/V and other scans have the VFP app and data folders excluded (or so I'm told). For those who have worked with VFP apps in TS mode, any tips? tia, --Mike

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Re: Performance issues on virtual 2K12 server
by mbsoftwaresolutions＠mbsoftwaresolutions.com 23 Jan '18

23 Jan '18

On 2018-01-23 10:59, Ken Dibble wrote: >> Client moved from old virtual 2K3 server to newer 2K12 server. They >> use an IT vendor to manage all of their IT setup. They connect via >> Terminal Services if I understand correctly. Apparently this legacy >> VFP application is run from the server by all users. Performance is >> inconsistent, with many times it getting almost frozen for some >> unknown reason. Other times it's fine. No good rhyme/reason standing >> out. A/V and other scans have the VFP app and data folders excluded >> (or so I'm told). For those who have worked with VFP apps in TS mode, >> any tips? > > "IT vendor to manage..." > > Is this a "cloud"-hosted service? Have they applied the > Meltdown/Spectre patches? Supposedly, especially in a virtualized > setting, those can really slow things down. > > We have not applied any of those patches here. > > We use RDP here with a virtualized Windows 2008 server. Application > runs on that server, and the data (VFP tables) are on a virtualized > 2012 server on the same hypervisor. It's blazingly fast, no matter > where the end user is. Faster, in fact, for many users, than running > it on a desktop in our building. According to their IT vendor: 1) It's using SMB file sharing; the program runs on Client server from a remote server. (What, huh???) 2) They did not apply those patches and won't be for awhile. 3) RDP is not an option.

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Searching for FoxPro Work & a Change in Work Status...
by Kurt at VR-FX 23 Jan '18

23 Jan '18

Hey there folks, I'm writing this email mostly as a way to do some Networking. So - on Fri I was laid off from my day job. The reasons kinda sucked, and its kinda complicated. Suffice it to say I didn't do anything truly Bad - I was just not doing the Right stuff according to some people. But, Others there - they will FREAK out on Mon. when the word gets around the co. that I was Fired! As many of you know - 3D Design and 3D Printing is my real passion. And, I WILL now be trying to make some true progress in that regards to making money. Actually going to see a patent lawyer associate of mine today to discuss some of my projects, and getting a patent on one or more of them. However, I need a kind of backup plan. Thus why I am looking around for VFP work. So - if anyone knows of anything in the NYC area - or even work that I can do remotely - I would really appreciate it! Oh - FYI - I did get one thing - as they agreed to pay me for the full month of Dec. - which isn't too shabby as far as severance packages go - although not that great. L8r, Kurt

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Re: [NF] Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaw Information
by Alan Bourke 20 Jan '18

20 Jan '18

These exploits are nasty but if they've been in Intel chips ever since they started implementing out-of-order execution in 1995 then surely if there was a serious real-world threat we would have seen it long ago? -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Thu, 4 Jan 2018, at 7:46 PM, Ken Dibble wrote: > Virtually everything we do here involves HIPAA-sensitive information, > but we have very robust perimeter defenses. I'm much more concerned > about a potential 30%+ performance loss in systems that are > constantly used by nearly a hundred people every day. > > >The exploit allows VMs to go into the memory space of other VMs. > >Very bad. Unless you don't have any sensitive info that needs to > >stay that way. > > > >-- > > > >rk > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ken Dibble > >Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2018 1:35 PM > >To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com > >Subject: Re: [NF] Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaw Information > > > >I just can't wait to see what it's going to do to my highly > >virtualized network--if I ever decide to let it through. Probably a > >smaller version of what it's already started to do to some commercial > >cloud systems. > > > >Windows Automatic Updates: Just Say No. (TM) > > > > >Also, kudos to Microsoft for shipping their patches a week early, and > > >spontaneously rebooting idle Windows workstations while people were > > >freaking out over the new exploits. Good job! > > > > > >On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 12:27 PM, Ken Dibble <krdibble(a)stny.rr.com> wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > > > Ask Woody has a very thorough report on this, with links to more > > > > information. > > > > > > > > We all need to be fully informed about this; it is going to affect > > > > everybody. > > > > > > > > https://www.askwoody.com/ > > > > > > > > Ken Dibble > > > > www.stic-cil.org > > > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server]

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Craig Boyd
by Dave Crozier 20 Jan '18

20 Jan '18

Anyone know what Craig is up to these days. I needed to load some software of his and noticed his website has been completely re-designed but no new blog posts since 2010. He just seems to have disappeared off the horizon. Dave --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Weird "SUPER SIZED SCREEN" across dual monitors when I start VFP9
by mbsoftwaresolutions＠mbsoftwaresolutions.com 19 Jan '18

19 Jan '18

Win7Pro, VFP9SP2 (7423), Dell Latitude 5530, dual Dell E-series 24" wide monitors Recently replaced my laptop's hard drive. Use Macrium Reflect (and it couldn't have been easier). However, when I start VFP now, with the property setting to open maximized on launch, it opens with crazy dimensions, spread across both monitors: https://www.screencast.com/t/kMiExIye I end up having to make the screen normal via dbl-clicking the title bar, then dbl-clicking it again to maximize to just the one monitor, as I want it. This isn't fatal; it's just annoying. I found out which FoxUser.dbf file was in use, SET RESOURCE OFF, opened the resource file, then ZAPped it. Closed VFP and restarted--no different. Ideas? tia! --Mike

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[NF] Scanned images and Quick Books
by Joe Yoder 19 Jan '18

19 Jan '18

I've been handling my accounting by capturing financial items with a Neat scanning system, massaging exported Neat data to create IIF files, and importing them to Quick Books. The system works but something that allows drill down to the original image directly from Quick Books would work much better. I have assumed that by now Intuit has the means to store and retrieve scanned images from inside at least one of their products. When I connected with a rep on their site I was referred to a Small Business Consultant who assured me that both their desktop and online products do what I want. I asked for some links to videos on their site that demonstrate their implementation. He promised to Email them to me but that has not happened. I Emailed and left voice but he has not gotten back to me. After waiting a week I restarted the process on the Intuit site. I was told that someone would get back to me but that has not happened. At this point I am wondering if what the consultant told me was incorrect and no one in their system is willing to admit that they don't support access to scanned imges. It may be that they rely on third party developers to provide such capabilities. Does someone know if there is a way to store and retrieve scanned images from within Quick Books? If not - have another product to recommend? Thanks in advance, Joe Yoder --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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[NF] Printer brands
by Paul Newton 18 Jan '18

18 Jan '18

Hi all I am having ongoing problems with my Lexmark X543 multifunction colour laser printer (with automatic duplex). It seems that it would be uneconomic to repair so I am looking for a replacement. So far I have shortlisted three models from three different manufacturers - HP, Brother and OKI. I am tempted by the OKI (MC562dnw) because it is shipped with 2K toners and has a free 3 year on-site warranty. Has anybody had experience (good or bad) with printers from this manufacturer? I am not that keen on the HP (LaserJet Pro M281fdw) because it uses a composite CMY cartridge instead of separate C, M and Y cartridges. Thanks Paul Newton

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RE: [NF] Printer brands
by John Weller 18 Jan '18

18 Jan '18

+1 John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > We have used Brother printers exclusively here for well over a decade and > we've been very happy with them. >

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