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If you need to track which specific version of Windows 10 you desktops are running, SystemCenter would seem to be a great place to start looking. However, the default reports in SCCM do not provide the level of detail most IT administrators require. This granular detail was not available in Read more…
If you see a folder named “afterSentDocuments” in your Documents folder it might cause some concern because no human intentionally added that. It turns out that that folder and files are the ‘honey pot’ for excellent corporate security software named SentinelOne. Click to Enlarge After talking to a pile Read more…
If you need to move large numbers of files through FTP (File Transfer Protocol) software you can dramatically change the time it takes to complete by increasing the number of simultaneous transfers. FileZilla defaults to 1 but can be set to 10: Launch FileZilla Click EDIT (menu bar) Click SETTINGS Read more…
If you are using Google Chrome, you may find that is takes 20+ seconds to load the first page and that is annoying. The problem is likely a proxy setting which you can, and almost certainly should, disable. Click to expand these screen shots Launch Chrome and notice if you Read more…
If you are working on a WordPress site and see a redirect error like: CHROME: This Page Isn’t Working Right Now www.<YourDomain>.com redirected you too many times. ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS FIREFOX: The page isn’t redirecting properly. Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way Read more…
As most companies are aware, Windows 7 drops dead on January 14th 2020 however, many ordinary users seem to be unaware of this fact. As Windows 7 draws to a close, the question is what can Win7 users do to get to Windows 10? From Summer 2015 to July 2016, Microsoft Read more…
Diskpart is Microsoft’s disk partitioning command line tool and while it works well, it does not provide some protections from self inflicted wounds. One common DISKPART command to wipe a disk is CLEAN. CLEAN removes the volumes and partitions along with changing the first letter of every file to a Read more…
UPDATE: Feb 1 2020 – These commands still work but we have a lovely script that works much faster and can even overwrite data if need be. That disk wipe script is available HERE. _____________________________ In 2017 we recorded a video on how to remove partitions through command line. This Read more…
Over time you will have a bunch of garbage apps automatically starting up. Things like Adobe Acrobat icons in your system tray, Google updates, printer software for a printer you don’t own anymore and more can really slow down your PC and make things a visual mess. There used to Read more…
There are four places that programs startup automatically from: 1: STARTUP FOLDERS AUTOMATIC STARTUP Both of these are in hidden folders so you need to change your view to show Hidden Folders as shown in the screen shot to the right Per User Startup Folder: C:\Users\<USER NAME>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Startup Folder Read more…
You may have noticed that Skype starts automatically and runs the icon runs in your system tray/notification area. This is just annoying advertising if you are not using it. As you can see in the screen shot, Microsoft’s official instructions on how to disable Skype are outdated as the AUTOMATICALLY Read more…
There are five ready ways to uninstall software: Using the GUI – Right click on the START BUTTON > APPS AND FEATURES > click the app in question > UNINSTALL Using a build in uninstaller – Go to the folder where the product is installed, look for something like UNINSTALL.EXE Read more…
Microsoft has stopped development on File History and Windows Backup. Awesome services in Windows 7, like Shadow Copy which made “Previous Versions” of files available have been fully deprecated. These services have been replaced with OneDrive functions. OneDrive provides point in time file restores and backup of most files on Read more…
If you are new to Linux or you are serious Linux power user, the new Windows Subsystem For Linux v2 (WSL2) is for you. WSL1 vs WSL2 The original Windows Subsystem For Linux (version 1) was effectively an emulator. When you made a command in Linux, it was translated in Read more…
We show how to completely disassemble and Acer Veriton N282G ultra slim desktop upgrade the disk to an SSD and then benchmark the unit. We show what NovaBench thinks of it and provide benchmark numbers for the Dell 9010 9020 5050 5060 and 5070
If you install an M.2 drive into a PC there is a good chance that Windows and the BIOS will not see that disk. Most BIOS’ are configured for RAID even if there is only one disk. Because M.2 disks are not SATA it would be logical to set SATA Read more…