How to prepare an Windows laptop for sale or donation?
Selling or donating an old laptop besides being a great way to earn some money with something you no longer want, or by allowing someone else to reuse it for free, be both noble and environmentally conscious. As the old saying goes "one man's trash is another man's treasure". Depending ...
Need to test an old Intel laptop?
I was trying to sell my old laptop, but I didn't use it for a while and wasn't fully sure if the computer was working correctly. So before posting an ad, I wanted to ensure that the next owner wouldn't have any surprises and the ad description would be accurate ...
How to export and import Jitsi Desktop contacts in Windows 10?
Jitsi Desktop is an application that supports the most common instant messaging and telephony protocols. It includes an audio and video internet phone and messenger. In this post I will share a simple manual way of backing up or sharing the locally stored contact list in a Windows 10 computer ...
HP DL360 G7 Windows server 2012 error: “We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one.”
My wish to experiment with a bare metal installation of Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V Server 2012 on my HP DL360 G7 was met with a very inconvenient error "We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the setup log files.". I reviewed ...
Two Tips for Thinkpad T430 enthusiasts
The Lenovo Thinkpad T430 was launched in 2012, with ~2.17 kg of "almost armored" matte black case, 2 x 1600MHz DDR3 RAM slots, mSATA, 3rd Generation Intel Core processors in sockets, Intel HD graphics 4000, eGPU as an option... An excellent portable workstation at the time, and even nowadays, a ...
Office 365 custom deployment
Office 365 is subscription based cloud service from Microsoft, with multiple options and licenses, including a range of productivity applications, cloud storage, email and collaboration tools, under a single sign on. The deployment is straight forward for any of the plans, but in a business environment, the Office package might ...
Useful Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts for IT technicians
Often life can be made easier with simple actions, thats why I recommend the shortcuts below to make life easier with Windows 10. Ctrl + Shift + Esc Open the Task Manager. Ctrl + Shift + EnterRun selected applications as administrator. Windows + DMinimizes all open a Windows. Windows + ...
