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Dell Inspiron 660 i660, Virtual Server Diamond in the rough?

Storage IO Blog

Dell Inspiron 660 i660, Virtual Server Diamond in the rough? During the 2013 post thanksgiving black friday shopping day, I did some on-line buying including a Dell Inspiron 660 i660 (5629BK) to be used as a physical machine (PM) or VMware host (among other things). Now technically I know, this is a workstation or desktop […].

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How to switch an old Windows laptop to Linux

The Verge

percent of computer users still are on Windows 7 — even though Microsoft no longer supports it for free. If you have an older system but are worried that it won’t support Windows 10 — or if you simply don’t want to deal with Windows anymore — I have a suggestion: Switch to desktop Linux. It won’t cost you a penny. Try Mint out.

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Inside our hybrid studio: GeekWire’s tech tips and tricks for the latest twist in virtual meetings

GeekWire

Computers: Our workhorse studio machine is a Dell Alienware Aurora R7 with 16 GB of memory, a 256GB solid state drive and a 2TB hard drive and NVIDIA graphics card, running Windows 10. Backups and redundancy: This is the toughest lesson of all to learn the hard way. It’s free, open-source, and cross-platform.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 and.

Sean Daniel

Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 and Interaction with Small Business Server 2011 Essentials. I know I have talked before about Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 , and how it can help your Small Business with thin clients, old clients, seasonal employees and even reducing the number of machines in the office by getting one nice one.

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Validate TPM Settings at the Beginning of a Build of a Dell machine.

Mick's IT Blog

If it is not, the script pops up a window saying the build failed due to the TPM not being ready. The function I wrote uses Dell's CCTK.exe file to check the status of the TPM. I wrote the script below, integrating the BitLockerSAK function written by Stéphane vg , to verify TPM is on, TPM is cleared, and TPM is activated.

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Bitlocker Access is Denied

Mick's IT Blog

We recently started getting access is denied when trying to enable bitlocker on our Dell Latitude E7440 models. We contacted Dell Premiere support and they concurred. Dell replaced the motherboard and this issue persisted. I laid down a base windows 7 image with no drivers or windows updates.

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Azure Stack Technical Preview 3 (TP3) Overview Preview Review

Storage IO Blog

This is part one of a two-part series looking at Microsoft Azure Stack providing an overview, preview and review. Read part two here that looks at my experiences installing Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview 3 (TP3). For those who are not aware, Azure Stack is a private on-premise extension of the Azure public cloud environment.