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We need to shoot a few promotional videos for a client with practically no budget so we needed to find the best cheap green screen we could. Note that is a completely unpaid, unsponsored, honest review. Here we unbox setup and review the cheapest portable green screen we could find Read more…
In this short video we explain how to easily completely wipe out a Western Digital My Passport USB hard drive that we didn’t know the password to. This does unlock the drive in the sense the everything on it will be wiped out and it will be reset to factory Read more…
If you are new to Windows administration or to PowerShell, little things like getting a .PS1 script to run in Task Scheduler can be quite frustrating. As you can see in the screenshot below, it is easy to set a .PS1 file to automatically run:
So many things require Microsoft’s .NET Framework it is inevitable that administrators will run into problems. Sometimes the best thing to do is just repair or remove .NET. 1: Repair .NET Go to APPS AND FEATURES, then click on .NET and select REPAIR. Note that .NET will only appear here Read more…
After working on a corrupt .NET installation for many hours we placed a call to Microsoft tech support because we could not get around errors like: This application requires one of the following versions of the .NET Framework v4.0.30319 when launching Azure AD Sync or even Server Manager. Microsoft Server Read more…
If you are trying to install, uninstall or just work with the Features installed on your Windows computer, especially thought a script, it is good to have a simple command that lists all Features and their status: dism /online /get-features /format:table
If your monitor is showing a white border around the outside edge of the screen, this video is for you. In our case the problem was occurring on a Dell All in One desktop computer, but it has also been reported on Microsoft Surface laptops and tablets as well as Read more…
If you are trying to download a module from the PowerShell gallery and seeing a message like UNABLE TO DOWNLOAD FROM URI: HTTPS://GO.MICROSOFT.COM/FWLINK… You are likely working on an older operating system with old cryptography. Fortunately, this is very easy to fix: Launch a new PowerShell as an Administrator Check Read more…
If you need to replace or just upgrade your current M.2 SSD you might think it is too difficult because your desktop computer or laptop only has one M.2 SSD slots. Fortunately, you can buy a very cheap M.2 to USB adapter and if you use Macrium Reflect Free Edition, Read more…
You can stop OneDrive Personal by either unlinking it manually or by editing the registry. Manually Stop OneDrive Personal But Keep OneDrive Business: Expand the up arrow in your System Tray (bottom right of the screen, near the clock) Right click on OneDrive Personal Select the SETTINGS cog icon Select Read more…
This Is the companion video to our for unboxing configuring benchmarking and review of the 27 inch HP Pavilion in all in one CA1000 series. In that video we included a very limited version of this video which provides full assembly of the HP all in one Pavilion computer. Even Read more…
In this video we look at the very impressive HP Pavilion CA1019. We unbox it; we configure it Windows 11; we benchmark it and then we give you our full review. In this case we are working on the 27″ HP AiO but other than screen size this video review Read more…
This is the companion video to our Dell 7710 AiO unboxing, benchmarking and review which you can watch HERE. In this video we show you how to remove the back cover and upgrade the hard drive, memory, and wireless card on a Dell Inspiron 7710 All In One Desktop Computer. Read more…
In the video below we provide a tutorial on the SHUTDOWN command in Windows. We then use the following command to force a reboot and document the reasons for the reboot in the Event Viewer: In the Event Viewer this scheduled reboot will be shown as EVENT ID 1074 in Read more…
If you use Remote Desktop Manager (aka RDCMan) you likely have to deal with a larger number of remote desktops. That makes it more likely for you to try to copy your .RDG configuration files and give them to a different user so they don’t have to spend hours setting Read more…
Strangely Windows 11 will let users install HyperV components even if their machine will not HyperV. I just went through this and it took me 20 minutes to figure out that I was running an unsupported version of Windows 11. If you have installed Hyper-V and rebooted but Hyper-V Manager Read more…