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SOLVED: GPO To Block Store On Windows 10 Pro

As you likely already know, because you have found this page, the GPO to disable the MICROSOFT STORE app was set to be ineffective on Windows 10 Pro after build 1511.  This annoying change meant that you could only block …

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SOLVED: Complete Guide To Cell Phone Acronyms

Below is a list of the common cell phone acronyms, their meaning and a brief description in plain english.  Note that each line is hyperlinked to a webpage to provide more detail, if you want it 🙂 CODE MEANING SIMPLE …

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SOLVED: What is an IMEI Code & Where Can I Find It?

IMEI is short for “International Mobile Equipment Identity” and is effectively the GLOBAL serial number of the cell phone / tablet / laptop.  We say ‘global’ because a serial number is specific to the manufacturer but the IMEI is a …

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SOLVED: WSUSPool in IIS Stops Repeatedly

If you track the problem down to an IIS issue in which the WSUSPOOL keep stopping, you likely need to expand the memory limitation and the recycle time: Launch IIS Click on APPLICATION POOLS Click on WSUSPOOL Click ADVANCED SETTINGS …

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SOLVED: WSUS Reset Server Node

If you repeatedly see RESET SERVER NODE in your Windows Server Update Servers (WSUS) console we have found three things that resolve it: Reduce The Number Of Approved Updates This should not be a problem, but I have seen it …

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SOLVED: What Are The Differences Between The Garmin Drive GPS Products?

garmin-drives-drive-driveassist-driveluxWe have been looking at car GPS systems for some time and for a variety of reasons have settled on Garmin products.  However, Garmin has a lot of product and they do a very poor job of explaining the differences between them.  So we spent 2 hours grinding through Garmin.com and other sites trying to create a list of the meaningful differences between the current generation “Garmin Drive” products.  Below is the product Garmin GPS feature table we developed.


GARMIN DRIVE NOTES:

Before you get to the table be aware that there are a few gotcha’s:

  1. Garmin has several model updates to their DRIVE line.  In particular, they released the “Garmin Drive 50” line in 2016 and the “Garmin Drive 51” line in January 2017.  We expect a “52” line by the end of 2018, so be careful with your selection.
  2. On some of the older “50” line, only US maps are included and you need to buy a slightly different model with both Canada and US maps.  The “51” line seems to include Canada and US as standard, but we recommend you confirm before purchasing
  3. There are 5″ and 6″ models for all but DRIVE ASSIST (which only has a 5″) so make sure you are getting the model you want

We settled on the Garmin DriveAssist because it has a front facing webcam that:

  1. records everything that happens in front of the car
  2. provides the driver with several useful safety features like lane departure and collision avoidance

If you want to see a video of the unboxing, core configuration and review of the Garmin DriveAssist 51, we have ours HERE.

Take note that we are not Garmin experts so, while it is unlikely, it is possible there are mistakes in the table.  If you are using this table for a purchase decision, please double check your specs before buying.


GARMIN DRIVE PRODUCT COMPARISON GRID:

We highlighted the main features of the current generation “51” line we thought you would care about.

Feature Garmin Drive Garmin DriveSmart Garmin DriveAssist Garmin DriveLuxe
Lifetime Live Traffic data from FM??? Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lifetime Live Traffic data from Cell No Yes Yes Yes
Lifetime Live Parking Data Yes Yes Yes Yes
WiFi For Updates No Yes Yes Yes
Smartphone App Yes Yes Yes Yes
Voice Activated Navigation No Yes Yes Yes
Bluetooth No Yes Yes Yes
Display Texts  (from your cell) No Yes Yes Yes
Speaker Phone (from your cell) No Yes Yes Yes
Lifetime Map Updates in NA Yes Yes Yes Yes
Two Finger Pinch & Zoom Touchscreen Yes Yes Yes Yes
Powered Mount No No No Yes
Screen Size 5 or 6″ 5 or 6″ 5″ 5 or 6″
Screen Resolution 480×272 480×272 480×272 800×400
Colour Screen Yes Yes Yes Yes
MicroSD Expansion Memory Slot Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dashcam  No No Yes No
Lane Departure Warning No No Yes No
Collision Avoidance Warning No No Yes No
Driver Alerts (i.e. sharp curve ahead) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Light & Speed Camera Warning Yes Yes Yes Yes
Weather Related Routing Yes Yes Yes Yes
Can Pair with Garmin Backup Cam Yes Yes Yes Yes
Battery Length in Mins 60 60 30 60
Weight 170g 243g 191g 231g
Chassis Material Plastic Plastic Plastic Metal

GARMIN DRIVE VIDEOS:

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VIDEO: How To Install and Configure Windows Server Update Services on Server 2016

This video demonstrates how to install Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) on Windows Server 2016.  We also quickly show the Group Policies required to have your office PC’s use the WSUS server as their source for updates.

How To Install & Configure Windows Server Update Services:


Minimum Server Hardware Specification For WSUS:

Hardware Low-end 500 or fewer clients Typical 500–3,000 clients High-end 3,000–20,000 clients, or rollup of 30,000 clients Super high-end 10,000 clients, or rollup of 100,000 clients
CPU 1 GHz 1.5 GHz or faster 3 GHz hyper threaded processor, x64 hardware 3 GHz hyper threaded dual processor
Graphics card 16 MB hardware accelerated PCI/AGP video card capable of 1-24*86*16bpp 16 MB hardware accelerated PCI/AGP video card capable of 1-24*86*16bpp 16 MB hardware accelerated PCI/AGP video card capable of 1-24*86*16bpp 16 MB hardware accelerated PCI/AGP video card capable of 1-24*86*16bpp
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB 4 GB
Page file At least 1.5 times physical memory At least 1.5 times physical memory At least 1.5 times physical memory At least 1.5 times physical memory
I/O subsystem

Fast ATA/IDE 100 hard disk or equivalent SCSI drives

Fast ATA/IDE 100 hard disk or equivalent SCSI drives Fast ATA/IDE 100 hard disk or equivalent SCSI drives Fast ATA/IDE 100 hard disk or equivalent SCSI drives
Network card 10 MB 100 MB 1 GB 1 GB
Hard drive—system partition 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Hard drive—content storage 20 GB 30 GB 30 GB 30 GB
Hard drive—SQL Server installation 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB

GPO’s For Client PC’s:

To have the PC’s on your network use your new WSUS server you need to make a few simple registry entries which you can easily handle using the following Group Policy:

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