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Dell lattitude 3490 LCD screen is black after an update

One of our Lattitude 3490 recently went dark after a Windows 10 update. Luckily we were able to use a remote tool to gain access and determine that the laptop was working. The co-worker didn’t have a spare external screen (or the obvious test) and so we updated the video driver (and BIOS while we…

Windows Server time is drifting fixed in three easy steps (using NTP service)

So you keep noticing that your network time is drifting. Users are complaining. You should have to keep changing the time every other week. The fix is relatively easy. You need to make sure of the service which does it automatically.

N’installez pas Microsoft SQL sur un serveur de répertoire actif!

Nous avons toujours recommandé d’installer SQL selon les meilleures pratiques de Microsoft. Tout d’abord et avant tout, vous devez comprendre que Microsoft SQL est un monopoliseur de ressources. Si vous lui donnez 16 Go, il l’utilisera, au minimum, en cache. Si vous lui en donnez plus, il trouvera quelque chose pour l’utiliser et ne laissera…

My WordPress site is not working after updating a plugin

So you did the right thing and updated your WordPress site as you were leaving for that well deserved holiday and suddenly everyone sees an error message instead of that great new sports jacket you posted this morning. Usually this is when most of us scratch our heads and try to remember if there was…

Windows 7 share no longer allows users to connect.

You may have encountered a problem where Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 shares suddenly no longer works. I ran into this on a Windows XP virtual machine (VM) when trying to connect to a Windows 7. One day it worked and the next it errored out.

QuadrigaCX foils our Bitcoin plans

If anyone was paying attention back in 2017, we were victims of the hack at Nicehash. Ironically we started to use QuadrigaCX, reassured with their volume and use of cold wallets. The very thing that has now caused us to lose all of our Bitcoin investments. To be fair, we learned a lot from all…