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  1. Chewy509

    Something Random

    Finally got some time to read it and I'm not sure what your proposed architecture offers over discreet microservices? (eg as time savings? reduced maintenance? etc. Any hard numbers)? In some ways, I'm not too sure what you are trying to solve?
  2. Chewy509

    Something Random

    And why does that make you sad?
  3. Chewy509

    Best Way to Open an .OST File in Outlook 2013

    Glad one of the suggestions worked!
  4. Chewy509

    question Which Tablets

    Better spec tablets I've noticed this as well... I suspect it's a number of factors: Entry level $99 devices are sold a lot more than high-end devices. BOM cost when you get above a certain point doesn't make sense. OEMs would have sell a certain number of tablets to be viable and justify the...
  5. Chewy509

    HOT

    Yep, there sure are... The simple matter is that climate is always changing (eg natural cycle between Ice Ages and Warmer periods, due to many factors including distance from Sun, Sun output and solar radiation, etc). Based on historical data, there is no doubt that climate changes over time...
  6. Chewy509

    10 gig Ethernet

    We're in the process of upgrading our LAN at work to 10GbE. We're using Intel adapters, and have been doing a lot of tuning with Jumbo Frames, etc to maximise performance... (Main 10GbE LAN is between the ESXi servers, with rest of the LAN serviced by 1Gb copper). But at the basic level, yes...
  7. Chewy509

    Proposed NAS build

    I know a little OT for those of us here, but Ars Technica has an article on DYI NAS: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/02/the-ins-and-outs-of-planning-and-building-your-own-home-nas/ I know a lot of people are happy with the HP Microservers as small home NASs as well...
  8. Chewy509

    Androids Browser

    If Chrome isn't available for your device, then Firefox Mobile or Opera will be it... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.chrome&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.browser&hl=en
  9. Chewy509

    Best Way to Open an .OST File in Outlook 2013

    Something else to try - simply rename the .ost to .pst, and try to import the file. (PST and OST internally both use the same data structures to store mail, so it might work. Similar in a way to WMV and WMA, as they both use the same file format).
  10. Chewy509

    Windows 10

    I can confirm it does work for Win7 Pro keys. My Win10 installation running in a VM was installed clean from the 1511 media, and activated fine with a Win7 Pro key.
  11. Chewy509

    Windows 10

    Re-reading the post history, mubs is using pre-canned installations from a 3rd party (osboxes.org), rather than installing the OS himself in a VM. It's possible the VMware tools which are being installed are not compatible with the VMWare version he is using? Likewise. The only exception was...
  12. Chewy509

    Windows 10

    I've got WIn10 running in a VM only for Visual Studio... (ensure my personal projects build cleanly on Windows), and for the very rare remote assistance session with my parents. My wife's and kids laptops are all Win7Pro.
  13. Chewy509

    Cheap Servers

    Previous generation kit. Absolutely nothing wrong with it, just obsoleted by a newer revision... So distributors generally clear the old stuff out at or just below cost to get rid of it. Many years ago, I picked up a HP wx4600 workstation (Q9400, 4GB RAM, 146GB 15K SCSI drive, nVidia Quadro)...
  14. Chewy509

    Windows 10

    Whilst many many people who are technology minded certainly understand your paranoia (and many also have the same feelings), I don't think the average person (who has already handed over everything to Facebook, Google, Apple, etc) really cares about either point. Therefore, as the majority don't...
  15. Chewy509

    dSLR thread

    What are you wanting to do? Simple file format conversion? Apply filters/transforms/etc to the files? What OS/Platform?
  16. Chewy509

    Another mass build and some hardware thoughts

    That's the exact same board I have in my main home system. Excellent board. The only downside I've noticed with ASRock boards in general, is that the DIMM slots are very tight which has lead to DIMMs not being seated correctly, and POST error reporting is very lackluster, but otherwise very...
  17. Chewy509

    Microsoft Storage Spaces vs. RAID Level

    My thoughts as well. (Haven't dealt with the RD550, but none of the other 1RU servers I've dealt with are in form quiet). Mind you, even a F/A-18E Super Hornet at full throttle/after burner can register a 35db reading with enough distance between the aircraft and recording device...
  18. Chewy509

    question I need a CMS for company internal documents and procedures: Recommendations?

    If you're a MS dedicated environment, (AD, MS Office, Exchange), the Sharepoint is hard to look past due to it's integration with AD and Office. IIRC, Sharepoint itself is free, provides wiki functionality, forums, file repositories, etc, however it's search functionality is sh*t without...
  19. Chewy509

    Best free anti virus

    Rereading the last few posts, the AV industry really has a lot to answer for... Like producing a vaccine that causes some other horrible condition that you are left wondering was the vaccine really worth it?
  20. Chewy509

    Windows 10

    Came across another one today... Have found a patch was released just around end of Dec that would cause issues with the ntfs.sys driver (typically a BSOD on shutdown, the cause was reported being in ntfs.sys). MS have redacted the original patch, and re-released it. The only thing in common...
  21. Chewy509

    Windows 10

    MS are extending the spread of the "Get Windows 10" application to domain connected systems now. However, they are also releasing GPOs to assist in removing the pop-up notification for those systems, if the sysadmins don't wish to have end users notified... (which is a good things, as it's the...
  22. Chewy509

    Intel Announces New Prime95 Suckage in Skylake

    I'm actually a little surprised that Intel don't test internally with Prime95 or a similar application?
  23. Chewy509

    USB Keys (Windows to go).

    Thanks for the input guys. We've decided to go with a few Kingston V300's in USB3 enclosures. (AU$85 for a 120GB V300 + enclosure).
  24. Chewy509

    USB Keys (Windows to go).

    @time, thanks for references. I've tested a few of the keys that we tried previously, and most top out at 40-50MB/s sequential read/write, yet when I eventually found the specs of some of the certified usb keys, most are way above 200MB/s sequential read/write... I'll pass on the idea to throw...
  25. Chewy509

    USB Keys (Windows to go).

    The main issue is the current set of keys we have, all tend to have really sluggish moments when starting applications and when any IO is involved. None of our drives are on the official list...
  26. Chewy509

    USB Keys (Windows to go).

    Hi Guys, We've started to play with Windows to Go at work (both Win8 and Win10), and the area we are having issues with, is finding decent 64GB/128GB USB keys that perform well in this role. Has anyone used a set of keys that they are happy with in this role?
  27. Chewy509

    Windows 10

    Has anyone else had problems with recent Windows 7 updates borking the installation? I've had 4 installations (2 in VMs, and 2 laptops - both w/AMD APUs) boot directly to the System Recovery console and attempt to repair the system. The SRT log shows the cause to be bad patches and/or patch...
  28. Chewy509

    Something Random

    Protocase will custom make according to CAD plans... http://www.protocase.com/ We used them at work to build a prototype enclosure for an embedded system, and very happy with the quality. Oh, and they also build these: http://www.45drives.com/
  29. Chewy509

    Windows 10

    Surprised no one has linked this yet: https://theintercept.com/2015/12/28/recently-bought-a-windows-computer-microsoft-probably-has-your-encryption-key/ Note: Only applies to home users, corporate users with Pro/Ent versions on a domain don't need to worry if they are not using a Microsoft...
  30. Chewy509

    Happy Holidays (2015)

    Just like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope you enjoy a safe and pleasant holiday period. For all others who also celebrate other events at this time I also wish a: Happy Hanukkah Io, Saturnalia! Happy and Joyful Kwanzaa Happy Constitution Day Joyful Feast of Winter Veil Happy...
  31. Chewy509

    4k TVs and Monitors

    I do agree the bezel is a little large, however size wise, I'm personally more interested in sub 24" displays (so I can two of them), or the ultra-wide displays (21:9 ratio) if above 27"... What is interesting about it, it's a 10bit** panel (most are either 8bit or 6bit) for US$1300... US$800...
  32. Chewy509

    4k TVs and Monitors

    Anandtech review of HP's new Z27q 5K monitor... http://www.anandtech.com/show/9870/hp-z27q-monitor-review-aiming-for-more-pixels
  33. Chewy509

    Toshiba 7200rpm 4 gig, about 200 MB/sec

    During write, it's our own forensic acquisition software generating the load (so is dependent on the source device and contents as well), but when the source is an SSD, the SSDs read performance easily outstrips the write performance of the Toshiba... All our software uses O_DIRECT for cache...
  34. Chewy509

    Toshiba 7200rpm 4 gig, about 200 MB/sec

    We use some of the 2TB Toshiba's (DT01ACA200) at work, and we also see ~170-180MB/s sustained off them. (Reads 170-180MB/s, writes 160-170MB/s, with both slowing as we get towards the end of the platter)... Block size = 64K, queue depth approx ~128 (avgrq-sz), file size is 500GB-1TB+. (OS =...
  35. Chewy509

    Best movie you've seen

    Once I realised Jar Jar was a Sith Lord, ep 1-3 started to make more sense...
  36. Chewy509

    OwnCloud

    We tried it (an earlier version) in the office and was very impressed with it, we did however have a lot of work to do it get it integrated with AD. But reading the current documents (v8.2) the issues we had with AD integration are mostly solved now... The only area which Sharepoint was better...
  37. Chewy509

    Best movie you've seen

    Waiting until closer to Christmas when the attendance has started to decline a bit...
  38. Chewy509

    Windows Security Game Over

    IIRC, MS worked closely with the NSA on securing Windows during the development of Vista and also with 7... Therefore most of the requirements for a high security configuration can be meat with the use of GPOs and don't requirement much of anything else... NSA guidelines for OSes are publicly...
  39. Chewy509

    Windows Security Game Over

    Hi Guys, Haven't really commented on this, but please be aware that any patch MS provides will break sh*t, as this flaw isn't some coding issue, but rather a policy/procedure issue in regards to how MS decided to use kerberos. Kerberos Golden Tickets have been known about for a while now, just...
  40. Chewy509

    Something Random

    More often than you would think (especially if you consider cars as well**). Basically the engineers work out how much stress on the gears there are during the complete rev range for each gear, determine the materials required and then reduce the amount of materials (in order to reduce cost) but...
  41. Chewy509

    Post your photographs here

    Our son's Mottled Scorpion was delivered today. (Will try to get a better picture later on when it's not hiding in the cave setup). Also here is a good view of the underside of his Whip Spider. If you look closely you can see the primary pincers which has spikes a lot like a praying mantis...
  42. Chewy509

    Post your photographs here

    As for other presents (besides lots of Lego), our son is also getting a Fringed Jumping Spider and a Mottled Scorpion for Christmas. I'll take photos when they get here... As for pets total (and this will seem like a zoo). A Border Collie and Jack Russell dogs, a Ragdoll cat (we are foster...
  43. Chewy509

    Post your photographs here

    We've both had our own fair share of bites from various things over the years, myself having been in the Army for a number of years, and also enjoying hiking and camping... My wife has worked with various wildlife rescue services over the years, and also studied for a veterinary science degree...
  44. Chewy509

    Post your photographs here

    And here is one of my daughters Giant Panda Snail, which she is also getting as a Christmas present...
  45. Chewy509

    Post your photographs here

    Here are two pictures of our son's Christmas present... She bit my wife, and my wife said the bite was one of the worst bites she's ever experienced. (and that includes being bitten by spiders and snakes (pythons)).
  46. Chewy509

    Linux Domain Controller

    In addition to the wiki on Samba's website, the Arch Linux instructions appear fairly detailed. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Samba_4_Active_Directory_domain_controller
  47. Chewy509

    Linux Domain Controller

    To be honest, never have tried setting up Samba as a AD DC, only as a NT4 DC. Haven't had the need to... Setting up samba as a NT4 DC failed the first time, but once knew what was missing and what the (poorly worded) error messages meant, had no issues getting with working with Windows NT4 and...
  48. Chewy509

    Windows 10

    In case you haven't seen this elsewhere: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/12/07/1642241/microsoft-will-resume-pushing-windows-10-to-machines-with-win7-81 TLDR; Microsoft are re-enabling the Windows 10 update that will automatically install Windows 10...
  49. Chewy509

    Microsoft Moving to Per-Core Licencing for Server 2016

    Is there any word if they intend to do the same with other server applications? eg Exchange, MSSQL, etc? Otherwise unless a business is strictly tied to MS technologies, this may drive users to start seriously considering alternatives.
  50. Chewy509

    Driver headache under Manjaro linux... (Arch base)

    Sed, Is Manjaro rolling release like Arch or does it peg packages for a period of time? (the mentioning of the kernel make me wonder). The only time you need to worry about kernels and X versions is with the AMD proprietary drivers since they lag in support for the newer releases. The only...
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