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Dell XPS 13
I do have to give credit to Dell for making an affordable laptop that would fit most people. The Dell XPS 13 is only 4 pounds with a 13.3″ screen, i7 processor and 16gb of memory. It even comes with an 512GB SSD to ensure that you are running at maximum performance. The XPS 13…
Yet, Another Data Breach that could have been easily avoided.
A laptop containing personal information of Health Share of Oregon members was stolen from the organization’s nonemergency transportation provider in November, Health Share announced. Health Share, a coordinated care organization with more than 300,000 Medicaid clients in the Portland metro area, learned of the breach on Jan. 2. The CCO issued a news release Wednesday…
Samsung S20
I may not be first in line, but I will be getting one of these in 5G. Now, I just have to decide, Ultra or no Ultra, that is the question.
The Death of Windows 7
Microsoft has discontinued extended support for Windows 7, as of January 14, 2020. This means that there will no longer be any security patches, software updates or tech support for this operating system. Now, on Windows 7 PCs, you will get a lovely blue screen stating that it is ‘strongly recommended’ that you upgrade to…
A PowerShell script to help manage user and machine accounts.
Get inactive / old computer in your domain as a simple CSV. # Gets time stamps for all computers in the domain that have NOT logged in since after specified date import-module activedirectory $domain = “domain.mydom.com” $DaysInactive = 90 $time = (Get-Date).Adddays(-($DaysInactive)) # Get all AD computers with lastLogonTimestamp less than our time Get-ADComputer -Filter…
Why do I keep getting this pop-up?
I originally was not going to post this, but received permission from the person it happened to… so.. Before our life in quarantine, there was a time were I was called in to help with a serious IT situation. A friend referred me to a doctor’s office that was having a computer issue. They were…
Not a fan of Acer, but…
I am generally not a fan of Acer, but in this case I have to admit that they got this right. Acer’s Swift 3 SF313 is a small subnotebook equipped with a 13.5-inch display. It is based on Intel’s latest Ice Lake SoC and successor to the Kaby Lake generation of devices. With an Intel…
To Spin or Not to Spin, that is the question.
This is a great example of the differences between a solid state (SSD) and a traditional hard drive. As you can see the access time, IOPS and performance of the SSD is far better. Really, it is the difference between night and day. The cost of SSDs are far more reasonable than 5 years ago.…
Why Cyber-security is Important
John Ford, ConnectWise Chief Information Security Officer, put together a quick little video to explain what a Cyber Attack is and how it impacts your business. Your work life and personal life are not separate. Everyone checks their work email on their phone. Everyone looks at Facebook at work or check their personal email at…