by wwarren | Aug 17, 2015 | Hardware, Microsoft, Tablets, Windows, Windows 10
I recently acquired a Microsoft Surface 3. I did not opt for the pro simply because with the current generation of CPU offerings from Intel I was sure the core I-5 was not needed for my purposes. I mainly use my laptop for troubleshooting, network diagnostics,...
by wwarren | Jul 30, 2015 | Cloud Computing, Hardware, Internet
I will do my best to elaborate without seeming to insult the previous provider…this is not my intention but I am trying to highlight the philosophical differences between ETC Maryland and the previous provider. I will not name the previous provider nor name...
by wwarren | Jul 30, 2015 | Cloud Computing, Hardware, hyper-v, Microsoft, Server 2008
I needed to do this for quite some time. I just recently upgraded from 10 gigs to 24 gigs of ram as my host was running out of ram due to the creeping doom that is modern codebase growth everywhere. I also have quite a bit of data residing on old hard disks that are...
by wwarren | Jun 12, 2015 | Cloud Computing, General, Hardware, Security, Security Alerts, Windows, Windows 8
*UPDATE* 06/23/2017 Windows 10 works much the same as is susceptible to this same exact situation. When you setup any Windows machine 8.x or newer the way to prevent this is to NOT allow it to connect to any network during the initial setup. Windows will not then be...
by wwarren | Jun 9, 2015 | Hardware, Storage
I have finally got one of these things. I have installed them in client machines and I’ve seen how fast they make a machine but I have not gotten one for myself yet to really beat on it. I just received mine and installed it. Now I didn’t go with the...
by wwarren | Apr 17, 2015 | Android, Hardware, Smartphone
It started off decent but it got too frustrating to tolerate any longer. I’ll give the list of pro’s first as it is much much shorter: 1. S-pen 2. Quad core cpu Cons: 1. QHD screen is a battery killer 2. Typical Samsung bloatware 3....
