Hyper-V Gotchas
June 16, 2022
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I’m looking to decommission an older Windows 10 desktop I keep around for testing software. It finally occurred to me I could use my spanking
Category: Windows
Blink and It’s Done
November 11, 2021
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I was saddened to learn my five or six year old computer couldn’t upgrade to Windows 11. So I bit the bullet and built a
Fixing Microsoft’s 20H2 Login Mess
November 12, 2020
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I recently upgraded to the 20H2 (October update) version of Windows 10. It has a number of nice tweaks…and one seriously annoying one. In a
Buddy Can You Spare a Few Bytes?
May 7, 2019
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Another day in the Maelstrom of Badly Designed Software, this time involving not just an operating system function but also boot firmware. Geez, if you
Azure WebJobs, Hidden UTF-8 Parameters and Azure
September 23, 2016
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So as to keep others from beating their heads bloody working through “problems which shouldn’t be problems”, here’s an important, but little known, fact about
Thanx, Greenbow! But Not You, Cisco and Microsoft…
June 24, 2016
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I’ve owned a Cisco Small Business router, model RV-325, for several years, and it’s worked very well as a firewall/router. So well, in fact, that
They Have World Class Talent and This Support Site?!?
April 16, 2016
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I bought Barbara an Intel NUC — a tiny (5 inches square, 1.5 inch tall) computer — a couple of years ago. It’s fast, quiet,
“Please Contact Windows”
June 18, 2015
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I’m a long-time user of the Adobe Creative Suite. So I’m more familiar with Adobe software than I’d like to be…because it is generally insanely
End of an Era: Part 1
July 24, 2013
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Sometime in the late 90s I decided to learn enough about Linux to wire my house to the internet and run my own email server.
There’s Always a First Time
July 2, 2013
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I can’t tell you how much time I’ve spent twiddling my thumbs over the years as various versions of Windows let me know that they’re