Spent most of my week so far getting an old Visual Basic 6 environment up and running on my Windows 11 laptop.
I've got it running in a VM now (which I got from the original programmer), but that VM has lots of noise and issues and doesn't work very well (it's the result of 20 years of development by someone who still prefers and uses VB6 and DBF), plus switching between VM and laptop is a pain.
The entire project spans some 40 applications, that use about as much components.
We need to replace all these applications one by one, making sure the output stays the same, so being able to easily run and debug them kind of comes in handy.
With a bit of "luck" we'll get another project which has even more applications (but running them will be a breeze now *ahem*).

So, I got VB6 running, which was only the first step (and surprisingly painless, followed How to install Visual Basic 6.0 on Windows 11 - YouTube[^]).
Then I had to restore all kinds of folders and files in specific places (like C:\Company\Files) and relative to various projects (like ..\..\Components\Component A, etc.).
Not to mention change all kinds of configurations (ini files) because they point to T:\ or specific databases.
Obviously, these files, folders and configurations are all over the place.
I've put all of it in Git, including bin and obj folders, because I can't rebuild most of this stuff and just opening a project in VB6 changes it (it mostly sets references from System32 to SysWOW64, etc.).
Even complete database files (mostly DBF files, but maybe some SQL backups too) got included in Git, because that's how the original programmer works.
I've got Git repositories larger than 1.5 GB now, but it!

I'm currently trying to figure out which OCX files have to be registered and (from) where.
A few (most?) are working, but I'm currently having some trouble with some TLB file... Can't register it, but it's referenced in the project, but I keep getting "Class is not registered" (can't find it registered on the VM either though)

I'm too old young for this sh*t.

Just got back from a vacation in Poland.
Second time I've been there, great country!
My girlfriend is from Poland (this was my first time with her) so I guess I'll be going more often.

We were staying in Krakow, which is a beautiful city, or at least the city center is.
Been to Auschwitz and it's even worse than what you see on TV
Salt mine Wieliczka was very impressive as well (but not in a maximum killing capacity kind of way).
We also went to Energylandia, great if you like roller coasters, which I do!
From my previous visit I can also recommend Malbork, largest castle in the world.

The "in-laws" are nice too, even though I can't really talk to them.
Can see myself going back again

"Cheer up, man. It could be worse, you could be stuck underground in a hole full of water."

I know he means well.

I'll get my coat (and avoid any wells).

They gave me another one free of charge.

I'll get my sweater.

We just updated an industry leading tool from version 2019 to 2022 (the latest).
One new feature is a REST Web API, which is the main reason we're updating.
It works through Swagger in the browser, but calling the API from code proved to be more of a challenge.
Apparently, it authenticates using Kerberos or NTLM
I wouldn't even think that was an option in 2022 (or even at all, for a Web API).

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First time being the first to post!

Yes, it can!

Turns out the customer purchased Azure Stack HCI, a substitute for VMWare (which it is replacing).
Yes, our software is ready to run in VMs, just as it was before

I'll have to explain tomorrow how their choice to switch from VMWare to Azure Stack HCI matters nothing at all to me.
If only they went for Azure Stack Hub, which gives you the Azure portal and PaaS solutions that you know from the cloud variant.
I think this image sums it up nicely: Azure vs. Azure Stack[^]

I got fired from my job at the calendar factory for taking a day off.

I was already wearing my coat.

He looked at my license and said "you're supposed to be wearing glasses."
I said I have contacts.
He said he didn't care who I know.

I'll get my coat.

Crows simply drank at home

I guess I just lowered the bar considerably.

They fixed my issue!
A most joyous day indeed!

I think I've just invented some new swear words.

Over a month ago I got an email from Microsoft saying the Azure subscription of a customer wasn't paid.
I'd meet him that week so I'd ask about it, except the customer cancelled our meeting.
A week later already, Microsoft suspended the subscription.

Trying to log in to the subscription I found out I'd lost all access.
Somehow, two-factor authentication was enabled, but I don't have it in my phone, possibly because I'm a guest in the account and already have 2FA in other tenants?
I always have a back-up admin account, but at some point I must've changed the password without writing it down (I tried all my usual passwords, obviously).
I have a third account, but it isn't a global admin so it can't reset passwords and such and is useless in this particular case.
So far, my mistakes, must've been more careful with my accounts (although I'm fairly sure Microsoft just enabled 2FA one-sided, effectively locking me out).

So, two simple solutions: either disable 2FA on my account or reset the password of the back-up admin account.
It's taken over a month, four teams and a lot of emails and international calls with their heavy Indian accent support team and it still isn't fixed.
I've had to hand over a copy of my driver's license, a formal written request on company letterhead (who even has that!?) and a certificate of registration for my company.
That's basically me giving myself permission because I'm the only person in the tenant.
Haven't heard from them in over a week, despite my emails asking them to call me.
We're already past the point of resetting the password of the back-up admin account because it's a .onmicrosoft.com account with no email (they still emailed it TWICE though!).

Meanwhile, I've had the other issue of payment.
My customer's been without his software for weeks before I finally reached someone for payment!
So I made the payment and they continued on the issue of lost access.
Someone asked to look at my screen using quick assist, I showed him the problem, the accounts, and sent him screenshots as he requested.
Today I got a call telling me that person can't handle my issue because the ticket isn't assigned to his team and they don't do collaboration!?
WHY THE HELL DID HE EVEN CALL ME THEN!?
I'd have to create a new ticket, but I already have that ticket and they couldn't help me!

The sheer amount of incompetence is staggering!
JUST RESET MY ING PASSWORD!!!

If I'd treat my customers like this I'd be out of a job very soon.
If I never have to deal with Microsoft "support" anymore it'll be too soon!

Since I have quite a lot of time with my girlfriend now, we play a lot of board games.
Played Everdell[^] last weekend and we're looking forward to playing it again this weekend.
Disney Villainous[^] is our all time favorite, got almost all of the Disney add-ons as well as the base Marvel and Star Wars versions.
Other favorites are The Quacks of Quedlinburg[^] and Mycelia[^].

I also found out pretty much all of my friends are more into board games than I thought they were.
Do you play board games? If so, any recommendations?

Last Christmas, I asked my girlfriend what she wanted from Santa.
She said "nothing would make me happier than diamonds."
So I bought her nothing.

I asked the candidate for his greatest weakness.
He said "Interpreting the semantics of a question, but ignoring the pragmatics."
This took me a bit off guard, so I asked him "Can you give me an example?"
He said "Yes, I could."

I handed him his coat after that.

I'm actually at the end of my two week Christmas vacation, would be going back to work on Monday.
Been doing nothing but playing Baldur's Gate 3 all day every day for the past two weeks.
The only thing I had planned was a short online meeting today.
I got an email yesterday and it turns out to be a rather long on site meeting

So my vacation is cut short and my wake up time is about four hours too early (I'm a night bird, which is, unfortunately, pretty impossible in our morning-oriented society)

And I didn't even know sheep could knit!

I'll get my non-sheep fabricated coat.

He asked "Height?"
I said "1.80m"
"Weight?"
...
...
...
...
"What are we waiting for?"

I'll refrain from getting my coat and head straight for the door.

I guess that makes me an 1/8 theist.