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We needed to replace the hard drive and upgrade the operating system to Windows 11 on an MSI PE Series MS-1795. This step by step tutorial demonstrates how to upgrade the hard drive to an M.2 SSD and how to upgrade to Windows 11 even though it is in on Read more…
We just had our staff complete some Intel security courses and one of them strangely focused on “Intel Software Guard Extensions“. SGX is a set of security-related instruction codes built into some Intel CPUs like 6th Generation Core i5 and i7 CPU’s. SGX allows applications to create protected areas of Read more…
If you are confused by all of the Intel GPU branding, you’re not alone. To help our own technicians understand the differences between Intel’s Graphic Processing Units (GPUs) we created this simple table to summarize all of the currently (January 2025) supported Intel GPU’s. GPU Name First Intro Last Update Read more…
If you’ve ever looked at Task Manager on a Windows computer you will notice on the PERFORMANCE tab under CPU in the bottom right hand corner something labeled L1 cache, L2 cache and, L3 cache: To answer the question what is the difference between L1, L2, and L3 cache we Read more…
Are these the best Smart Bulbs? Maybe. We’re diving into the world of smart lighting with the Luckystyle Smart LED Light Bulbs using the SurpLife technology. Are Luckstyle Smart Bulbs any good? You have the ability to control the bulbs via WiFi and Bluetooth, making it easy to adjust your Read more…
This is a comprehensive review of the Brother DCP2640DW printer. We dive deep into everything you need to know about how to choose a printer. Is the DCP2640DW the best home office printer or best small business printer? We cover printer specs, WiFi capabilities, PPM speeds, resolution, paper tray, document Read more…
If you are a Microsoft partner you will probably have become aware that in January the Microsoft Action Pack that has been around for the better part of two decades is going away. There are several options but for most small partners the replacement is called the Partner Launch Benefits Read more…
Last week we had a customer with a Proxmox hyper-converged cluster to run their virtual machines who had notable performance problems. If you are not familiar with Proxmox just think of it as a free version of VMware, or Hyper-V with SCCM VM Manager. The fundamental issue was that even Read more…
URTech.ca is dedicated to providing information on computer technology but usually focuses on Microsoft and Android products. However, consumer technology like televisions and smart speakers have become wildly popular and so from time to time we will include content like this explanation of some of the technology used in Hisense Read more…
Explore the performance of the Maiwo USB Thunderbolt 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD Enclosure Kit, featuring a 40Gbps Type-C PCIe SSD adapter for ultra-fast data transfer. We do this with a Silicon Power UD90 4TB SSD. The thunderbolt kit is from Indmem and is connected to our new Dell Latitude 5450 Read more…
At Up & Running we spend 95% of our time in the corporate space but periodically a client has us deal with retail products and yesterday was one of those days. The client needed to purchase a dozens of printers for work from home staff and wanted to know the Read more…
It is not uncommon for users and even newbie techs to think that files are on your computers’ hard drive are being processed directly by the CPU, but they are not. The CPU cannot work on files from hard drive, because it is far too slow. To manipulate files, the Read more…
We have been receiving a lot of questions about the new Intel core Ultra Series CPU’s. In response, we have created several articles explaining what makes the Core Ultra different and also in our review of the Dell latitude 5450 laptop. However we think it’s probably useful to have a Read more…
If you’ve purchased a Dell Latitude 5450 it probably didn’t come with enough memory or a large enough SSD drive. In this easy to understand Dell latitude 5450 disassembly tutorial, We explain all of the parts and how to replace them, including the battery, the Wi-fi card, the Wan, the Read more…
We had just completed an article on what the Ultra means in Intel Core Ultra, when one of our clients asked which CPU’s she should be buying now. Here was our response: Given these two facts I wouldn’t consider purchasing a computer that was not running in Intel Core Ultra Read more…
If you’ve been following the stock market or the chip industry in any way you will know that Intel started falling behind competitors in the early 2010’s. Companies like TSMC are now a generation ahead of Intel in manufacturing, while AMD and ARM (which sell their designs to thousands of Read more…