Some of you might have multiple computers at your home like I do. I centralize a lot of my files on one computer. My devices like my laptop have limited space so I access files over the network. Using the Windows environment, there is one advantage that this OS does that happens to be better […]
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This is what I say the most when I am helping my dad with his tech questions. Sometimes, I accidentally click on something I didn’t intend to. There is a split second between realizing my error and my reflexes kicking in. This is what can be done (undone). Hold the click. Meaning don’t let go
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Transferring 35TB of data from one system to another is something that doesn’t happen overnight. There are practical limits of transfer speeds. I know where bottlenecks occur, but it’s good to have real experience to see how data moves and figuring better ways to do it. From my benchmarking of the parity arrays I did
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A single command wiped all my data: Get-VirtualDisk | Remove-VirtualDisk -Confirm:$false I blame Claude (An AI Chatbot). He told me to enter this into PowerShell.😭 My disaster recovery story I use the Windows Storage Spaces (WSS) to manage my data storage system. I have two pools and I transferred the data from one of my
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Have you ever lost a window while working in Windows? You might see the program on the taskbar, but you can’t seem to get to it. In some rare cases, the window may have been shifted off-screen and you won’t be able to click on it and because you can’t, you won’t be able to
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Here are my apps I always install on machines I work on. By default, Windows includes a Notepad editor, a web browser called Edge, and a rudimentary video player. Here are superior alternatives that you can freely download. There are multiple versions of each program. Choose the x64 version if a choice is provided.
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