Microsoft has a habit of embedding its own viruses into Windows. Hyper-V is the latest such virus. You are probably all familiar with Microsoft Edge, the buggy useless browser that cannot be uninstalled. Where’s the EU anti-trust group when you need them? You found this post on Hyper-V because you went here and found the “official” Microsoft documentation doesn’t work for you. Yes, you found yourself to be one of the people on this never … Killing Hyper-VRead more
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The HP Z820 and Windows 10
There are quite a few HP Z820 machines coming on the aftermarket. Their days of being high end CAD and board layout systems are behind them, but their days of massive yocto builds are already here. True to form most of these will have the video card removed. Don’t be surprised if the disk drives are all gone. Good luck getting Windows 7 activated with the SOA on the case. Many of the contracts reaching … The HP Z820 and Windows 10Read more
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Was Getting Rid of Norton on Your Weekend To-Do List?
What started off as “fix Norton” became a “get rid of Norton” item on my to-do list this weekend. I am soooooo happy now. Let me be up front and state that professionals don’t use Microsoft products. Of the six to twelve machines in my office at any given time there is no more than one that has a Microsoft OS on it. Professionals simply don’t use Microsoft products for anything. Having said that, there … Was Getting Rid of Norton on Your Weekend To-Do List?Read more
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Lousy Software Policies of Microsoft Windows 10
Been a long time since I had Windows as a primary OS on any machine I cared about. I had forgotten Microsoft’s lousy software policies. Nobody could really forget the lousy software or why <ALT><CTRL><DEL> became ingrained in the mind of generations. You can forget the really bad design when you only let Windows run in a VM. Well, one has to be more specific when talking about bad design and Microsoft. In this particular … Lousy Software Policies of Microsoft Windows 10Read more
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Linux Distros That Suck at Multiple Hard Drives
Some Linux distros really suck at dealing with multiple hard drives. Too many “maintainers” only have a laptop. Background You need a wee bit of background before we jump in. Hopefully you can see the featured image. Recently picked up this Lenovo M93p ThinkCentre from eBay. I specifically bought an M93p instead of M83 because I wanted two hard drives. I had a 480 GB SSD I wanted to transfer the Windows 10 over to … Linux Distros That Suck at Multiple Hard DrivesRead more