Douglas McGarrett composed on 2021-08-04 16:02 (UTC-0400): ...
On 04/08/2021 06.08, Douglas McGarrett wrote: ... What is this Dell Optiplex 780? Was it affected by the thunderstorm? What operating system does it run? Who installed it? What exact symptoms do you see? I bought the Dell Optiplex AFTER the lightning storm, since all the three computers in the house were damaged in various ways. It apparently has some kind of nanny code in it somewhere --the BIOS?-- and it refuses to honor requests like ping or nmap, and who knows what else. It was difficult to install Linux, too.
I wouldn't be blaming the 780 for such things. I have two of them, and a 760, and a 745. All behave just like any generic/homebuilt PC. I'm sure of it. I believe that this machine was deliberately modified for its use in an office, or maybe even in some restricted area, where they wanted to make sure, if possible,
On 8/4/21 4:32 PM, Felix Miata wrote: that the machine was not tampered with. Remember the padlock capability! --doug