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In recent years we have seen much talk about so called “field updates” to CPU’s from Intel and AMD. They are called field updates because they are updates made in the field (i.e. after they have shipped from the factory). Put simply a field update is just a “firmware” update Read more…
We have a client looking at replacing all of their 1920×1080 (aka HD) screens with 2560×1440 (aka QHD) screens and they were concerned that staff would see fuzzy text if they scaled the resolution. The idea being that, the extra pixels on the same physical size screen would the text Read more…
A few weeks ago we noticed that our CPU fan was turning on whenever even a single YouTube video was being played and because we have a high end 12th generation Intel Core i7 CPU that just shouldn’t happen. To figure out what was going on, we confirmed the CPU Read more…
We often have customers who don’t understand what used to be advanced networking techniques, that are now common and necessary. One of these that confuse our clients the most is Quality of Service (aka. QOS), so we wrote this basic primer we thought you might find useful too. 1. Simple Read more…
We were looking through some old scripts in our library and found the following which you might use to see if a device is actually using the IP’s address you have assigned to them (i.e. exclusions or reservations). Keep in mind that this is a simple ping test and that Read more…
We have recently been purchasing Dell WD22TB4 USB dock‘s for our clients and have had some of them ask why they need to upgrade from their awesome Dell D6000 docks. In a word, power (specifically electricity, not capability). The D6000 only outputs 65 watts of power but many newer high Read more…
Last week we had an old customer source a couple of Dell Inspiron 16 Pro laptops and those laptops had a pile of Dell software on them that he did not recognize. As such he asked us if any of this Dell software was useful or whether he could uninstall Read more…
A few years ago we produced a very popular video showing how to fix mouse lag on 4K TV screens that people were using as computer monitors or for game consoles: Today, however, many of the issues exposed in that article are no longer relavent and the technology has improved. Read more…
Is the Acer Aspire 5 (A515-58M) with its Intel Core i9-13900H processor, 32GB RAM, and 1TB SSD truly the best budget laptop? Discover its full potential in this in-depth review and disassembly. We start by unboxing this 15.6-inch touchscreen laptop, covering its key features and all the essential ports you’ll Read more…
Earlier today one of our techs noticed “Artifical Intelligence (AI) Host for the Microsoft Windows Operating System and Platform X64” program running in the background of a few users. She was even more concerned when she noticed that her own Windows 11 Pro was not running that “Artifical Intelligence (AI) Read more…
WiFi is not new, and WiFi 6 is not new, but WiFi 6E is new-ish. This gets to the question of what does the “E” in Wifi 6E stand for? The “6” in Wi-Fi 6 simply denotes the sixth generation of Wi-Fi standards, making it easier for consumers to understand Read more…
We recently had a problem in our own corporate office with the following error when trying to connect to WiFi: As you might suspect this was quite unexpected and urgent. We run two different networks from our Cisco Access Points (AP’s) and our testing showed that our public “URTech Guest” Read more…
As you can see in the screen shot below after we turned off HIDE HIDDEN SYSTEM FILES, we could see that there was a dumpstack.log.tmp file which is not a good thing: When dumpstack.log.tmp appears there is a serious problem or bug check (commonly known as a Blue Screen of Read more…
Have you tried to buy a new computer or new CPU lately. The are new letters (suffixes) at the end of the CPU names. Intel has tried to streamline some of their product offerings and so the old Intel CPU suffixes may no longer apply. In general the suffixes provide Read more…
We were deploying some new windows 11 Dell laptops when we ran into this error on several of them when we were trying to sign in with new local accounts: Something went wrong But you can try again OOBESETTINGSMULTIPAGE There are a myriad of possible causes for this error from Read more…
If you’re looking to sysprep a customized Windows 11 setup with ease, this video has everything you need! Whether you’re preparing a system for deployment or troubleshooting common issues, this guide will walk you through the essential steps to ensure a smooth process. HERE ARE THE COMMANDS USED IN THIS Read more…