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Pirated keys, yes (e.g. the infamous TPCRY key that was used on the first pirated copies of 7). But a lot of machines that are just in "Windows failed genuine validation" state do still get updates. As far as I can tell, machines in that state can continue to operate normally. They just get an...

When I get a new drive, I run an extended diagnostic test before I put it in service. I'm mostly concerned about shipping damage or the possibility of preexisting bad sectors. The tests take maybe half a day and have saved me from putting DOA drives in arrays a few times.

Remember that 802.11 loses about half its bandwidth to protocol overhead. 300Mbit for a point to point link is probably just enough to ensure actual 100Mbit operation. With regard to running a router appliance as a VM, it actually works great if you have the resources to throw at it. It's one...

On one of my home machines, I have an Untangle VM with a couple dedicated NICs for traffic control. It's essentially line speed for my cable modem and it wasn't hard at all to set up.

Apparently, Windows 10 will be made available through Windows Update for Windows 7 rather than the Windows Store. Testers are supposed to stream updates all the way into the release version.

I had a number of servers hang on a .NET update last night as well. They were all Server 2003 machines and they all required a hard reset. This crap never happens to my Centos machines. :evil::evil::evil::evil::evil:

As an interesting alternative to Adblock Plus, uBlock really does seem to be substantially more efficient for RAM utilization, sometimes by as much as 30%. Its installation procedure also includes the ability to select all of the additional lists I mentioned without any extra navigation. I'm...

DFT normally runs a single test and progresses sequentially through each drive that has been selected for testing. DFT actually works on all brands of spinning drives and definitely does see externally-attached disks. It also doesn't have a stupid "I can only show one screen full of drives at a...

Well, I know what I'm getting for my office full of Microsoft Office Master / 50 Shades of Grey fans.

dd, what if anything are you using for an antenna/aerial for your installations? Do you just have clear line of sight in all cases?

Clocker's problem is a poorly configured proxy server on his work machine. He doesn't have any way to control it, so there's no way for us to fix it. Your daughter's laptop on the other hand might be benefiting from the general graphics reprioritization in Windows 8, which is where that whole...

That looks like a WISP-class device rather than a point to point bridge which I think is all I need. I suppose I'll have to email someone at Ubiquiti.

One of my customers pays for me to have Uptimerobot. I frequently know about outages before they do but holy crap can it be annoying if someone is having a bad ISP day.

The NAS drives mostly seem to be fine in my experience. Your current drive will probably even survive well enough to do a normal disk imaging with TrueImage/ImageX/HDDclone as long as you tell them to ignore errors beforehand. Usually, a drive that's entered a failing state on reallocated...

So I'd be looking at getting a dish, a PoE injector if I want to run it outdoors and probably a Rocket M5 AC Lite on each end? That seems completely reasonable.

Well that makes rather more sense now, doesn't it? Though the article I read still makes me want to shank someone.

I have a classroom site that is presently served by the world's slowest DSL. On a very good day (as in, I saw it one time while the telco people were on premises), it speedtests as high as 384kbps but is normally in the 128 - 192kbps range. I have two other sites within three and a half miles...

Just to the general Storageforum.net site. I said that we as a community held him in highest regard, particularly for his contributions to support and technical topics and for his work with the Folding At Home project. I mostly thought it was important to say that we all lost something.

I sent a letter to the address I was given for Mark's brother on Monday expressing our collective condolences.

I'd like to say that there will be a disc-based upgrade but I suspect that it will be complicated. Microsoft will probably force upgrades through the Windows Store as it did from 8 to 8.1.

I suspect the bigger problem for some people is having to wear another pair of glasses in the first place.

I went to a real-deal IMAX at Chicago's Navy Pier for one of the screenings. For those there isn't a non-3D option. I'd very much like for 3D to die but I think theaters like the justification for increased ticket prices.

Do you still have control of the old server? You could probably throw a host redirect (HTTP error 301) and force it to the new IP. Otherwise you don't have any control over what his client is doing.

Even if he's running through a VPN, Windows (since Vista) has been smart enough to direct traffic not destined for the VPN end point through your normal internet connection. It's probably a poorly configured proxy server, though I have no idea what kind of blecherous configuration would have a...

In a move that probably doesn't surprise anyone, the new build of Windows 10 says specifically says that Windows Media Center will no longer be supported. I can't think of a Windows-based DVR alternative off the top of my head. Both SageTV and BeyondTV have also dropped support.

Update: Having seen it in every permutation of IMAX, 3D and not: Stick with not. The 3D actively makes the movie harder to follow.

Today was Avengersmas and so I went and I saw it. And I'll see it again tomorrow and also Saturday because I can't ever get all my friends in the same place at the same time. A tiny, special classical music nerd moment: the Kyrie from Arvo Part's Berliner Messe is the plaintive, gorgeous choral...

There's probably still a lot of money to be made in commoditizing analytics (and then turning it in to something an MBA can use the pivot table function in Excel to manipulate so they can feel like they contributed to the process). Machine Learning is something that's been "Any Day Now" probably...

Windows 8 needs to be able to start normally to get to safe mode. Yes, you're right, that is retarded (in the actual dictionary definition sense). With regard to OEM media, if you need it just let me know and I'll make an ISO and put it someplace where you can download it. It would behoove you...

General IT is weird in that area since the skills that make a person useful aren't easily developed from an academic curriculum . Which is why someone like dd can be a great IT guy with no academic background but tons of people with Master's degrees in IT management can barely do anything but...

Sounds like a bad digitizer to me. I think that's normally something that has to be replaced with the screen, or you might be able to get a screen that just doesn't have the touch capability. On a laptop I'd guess it's probably not essential functionality. Good news about it being an Acer: The...

I was a CS major also, but it doesn't sound like sed would want to be one. I liked the classroom work a lot more than I liked the reality of being a working developer myself. I put myself through a lot of misery for a degree that, while I appreciate it, I also don't use to any appreciable...

It's a bit of a wash, really. But ninite is definitely limited to the .exe files you might have for it. I happen to have some with the set of internet helpers, but I don't have the perfect combination for every environment I support. On the other hand, it was pretty trivial for me to whip up...

Truth.

Have I mentioned Chocolatey.org here? I don't think I have. It's a *nix style package manager for anything that's new enough to have Powershell and .NET 4 on it. Run this from an Administrative Command Prompt: @powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "iex ((new-object...

I should also say that file copies in Windows 8 are different beasts from Windows 7. They're prioritized differently and they seem to be sort of universally faster on new Windows than older ones. It's probably not a reason to upgrade for most people but I do know this is a problem that will fix...

That's actually really interesting. I spent a lot of time a few years ago ensuring that my file paths didn't exceed MAX_PATH after having a ton of problems because of the way I organize music. I've never heard of that one. Thanks. With regard to performance differences for USB enclosures, I...

I've found that I'm better off copying tens of thousands of tiny files using Teracopy or even xcopy rather than Windows Explorer. Big files usually average to be about the same regardless of copy method, but if I'm copying 30,000,000 jpgs someplace, the differences can be enormous.

I'd suggest something like statistics or accounting that's applicable to a lot of roles. You can prove you're a qualified IT person with professional certifications if you feel the need and the tech they'll teach you at a four year school will probably be outdated and/or not relevant to the...

Android 5 was also a huge let down for my Nexus 7. I'm not sure if it's Lollipop in general or something specific to the devices where I've used it, but I've been extremely unimpressed in my contact with it.

I went to a comic convention over the weekend. I decided not to take any photos. It doesn't make any sense for me to bother when there are people running around with pro-grade gear and my own shots aren't in any way remarkable. Almost every photo I've taken in the last year was either a picture...

Let's just say my father had some anger management issues.

I'm sorry to hear that, sed. Especially that you've done the work in your college prep courses but that you won't be getting the credit for them. If there's any bright side to this, it's that you're nearly in a place where you can become independent anyway. You only have to put up with another...

I've been knocked out a few times and I've had a few good sized electrical shocks. I've even had diagnosed neurological problems. But my hands don't shake at all. Maybe your wife knows somebody to check with on that matter, dd?

Howdy Helldriver. It's nice to see you again.

I don't believe that enthusiast boards typically get many product refreshes. I don't think the volume is there to support it.

dd, I've had one Gigabyte and one Asus fail. Fortunately, I was able to send the Asus back to Amazon. The Asus would just intermittently not detect any installed RAM and was basically DOA from the moment I got it. I've got another Gigabyte and one Asrock mATX board in service now. I always tell...

If anyone would like to contribute some words, I'm probably going to mail something to P5's brother next week. I think it might be easier to print off comments.

Unfortunately, I think it's more likely the latter. I'm two for four on having to RMA X99 motherboards so far and I'd put good money that Lunar's PSU of choice cost as much as a low-end laptop. Those aren't the kinds of problems I associate with high end PSUs.