Power is something I’ve written about before. I get it. Really I do. I recycle. I like our planet. I want it to be livable for my grand-kids, etc. But, when work is going to be done on a computer, why you want it to take 2x as long to do the same work, that… Continue reading Server 2012 and balanced power plan
Year: 2017
Hyper-V Pro Tip: Don’t cross the streams
update: using a single GPU, same results. It’s not the dual-gpu unsupported problem. Something else is hosing my hyper-v host from the guest install. The results, well, sucked. Nuked the system totally. So don’t cross the streams! In my lab I was building an MDT share so I could mass deploy endpoints. I’m a hyper-v… Continue reading Hyper-V Pro Tip: Don’t cross the streams
Tanium is hiring!
Hello friends, countrymen, and esteemed guests! As you may know, I’m a Technical Account Manager* with Tanium now, having left MSFT a bit ago (again). Well, Tanium is growing in big ways and we’re looking for some talented IT/Security folks, particularly in our Southeast Region, and specifically around Tampa, FL and Memphis, TN. We also… Continue reading Tanium is hiring!
Misadventures in BIOS updates
So I’m on a new-ish motherboard from ASUS that has an AM4 socket for my Ryzen 1700x processor. So far so good right? Well, ASUS released a new BIOS update that “Update AGESA to 1.0.0.6a”. This sounded awesome, or at least a fix, as BIOS 0803 updated to 1.0.0.6 and was noticeably no longer on… Continue reading Misadventures in BIOS updates
I bought some SC (Sia coin)
Here’s why I bought into Sia…spending like, $27 for 1500-ish coins. It’s a practical use-case for crypto-coin tech (imo). It has some good development skill backing it. It has some extremely favorable news (see below) Someone bothered to engineer and produce an ASIC to mass-produce SC and it comes out soon. Here’s how: I bought BTC (bitcoin)… Continue reading I bought some SC (Sia coin)
Quick and Dirty – Collect an ETW shutdown trace on Windows 7.
Let’s say you need to collect a trace of the shutdown of a Windows 7 box. Or 8, or 10. Whatever. Maybe it takes forever, hangs up, et etc. Jeff to the rescue; For Windows 7, or Window 8.x, download the WADK for 8.1 update. You’re going to say, “but dude, this is for Windows… Continue reading Quick and Dirty – Collect an ETW shutdown trace on Windows 7.
Docker on Windows: MobyLinuxVM failed to realize – fixed
Fix for MobyLinuxVM failed to realize on Docker for Windows install.
Once again, I quit Microsoft…
Dude here, with my first installment of my new blog. For the second time in my life, I’ve left the company I enjoyed working at, in order to try something new. Well, sort of.
Disable Bluetooth in Windows 10
Enterprise administrators sometimes ask, how do I prevent Bluetooth file transfers or radio transmissions in Windows 10. If that’s your scenario, there is not (as time of writing) any GPO to manage this. So Microsoft Technical Solutions Professional Chris Jones to the rescue! PowerShell snippet fit for SCCM or MDT stunts below! # Must be run… Continue reading Disable Bluetooth in Windows 10