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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…
If you see this error and you are trying to use the Windows Netflix app perhaps on Windows 10 or Windows 11 it likely means that you are using the base STANDARD WITH ADS Netflix plan. Whoops, something went wrong Streaming ErrorTo watch on this device, change your plan at Read more…
If you have tried to download FileZilla in recent years you might have noticed that it has some serious problems. Most notably, when downloading FileZilla using Microsoft Edge browser you will see if is actually downloading a file named FileZilla_3xxxx_win64_sponsored-setup.exe and that it errors out with COULDN’T DOWNLOAD – VIRUS Read more…
If you have a cyberpower 625 VA 650V 850 VA or 1200 VA UPS and it is stopped working or is beeping, you probably just need to change the battery. This is very easy to do and it is very inexpensive. Many people will simply decide to throw wealth their Read more…
In our case we needed to upgrade an existing MDOT to NVME SSD from two terabytes to four terabytes and didn’t want to lose or damage our windows installation. We really did not want to reinstall everything from scratch. So we simply downloaded diskgenius for free and ran through the Read more…
Welcome to our comprehensive review of the Fanxiang S880 SSD. In this video, we will cover everything you need to know about this solid-state drive. Firstly, we delve into the specifications of the Fanxiang S880. This SSD comes in a single-sided M.2 2280 form factor and interfaces using a PCI-Express Read more…
In this Dell Latitude step by step tutorial, we upgrade a Dell Latitude 5440 laptop to its absolute maximum capacity of 64 GB of RAM. In addition to making sure that that works, we also chose the much less expensive Timetec memory. 0:00 Introduction0:15 Can Dell Laptop Be Upgrade to Read more…
In a word, yes. In our case we had a client that wanted a large M.2 solid state drive (SSD) installed into a Dell 5550 laptop which has a PCIe gen3. The problem for us was that most current SSD’s are PCIe generation 4 and we didn’t want to be Read more…
If you have ever performed a restore of an old SQL database you may have found yourself trying to figure out what version of SQL Server it was running on. This is because you cannot directly attach an .MDF file: In our case the SQL server that was in use Read more…
We recently found a few servers were having problems seeing other servers and set out to figure out why. Communication was fine in one direction but not the other (i.e. SERVER1 could talk to SERVER2, but SERVER2 could not talk to SERVER1). When we say “talk” we mean we could Read more…
In this video we will unbox and review the USB HAJAAN BT+AC600 WiFi and Bluetooth Adapter (aka HW600BT)). The Hajaan could be the best WiFi and Bluetooth dongle available today, because it is using standard components like the Realtek 8821CU Wireless LAN for 802.11ac and is the least expensive WiFi Read more…
If you are new to Veeam Backup and Replication, performing a RESTORE can be confusing. Veeam offers three different restore options, whose differences are not readily apparent: Veeam File/Folder Restore Example In the screenshot above we chose RESTORE TO, Because we wanted the data to be on the same server Read more…
In this video, we’ll take a deep dive into the WinXVideoAI software and show you how to enhance, resize, and clean up your videos and pictures. Plus, we’ll share some helpful tips and tricks along the way! * Winxvideo AI – Best video/image enhancer & converter: https://bit.ly/42N1qmD * Get a 1-year Read more…
UPDATED: March 7 2024 If you are using Backup Exec you are aware that there is a trust relationship that is required between the backup exec and any clients computers that it is backing up. That trust is established through certificates which are NOT managed by Windows Certificate Manager (certlm.mmc). Read more…