Recent content by PGHammer

I am running 24H2 on my laptop right now, and will update everything else this week. The laptop has the highest hurdle because of the Pentium-N processor and integrated GPU - yet it runs 24H2 with no issues.

I have been giving Magician 8.1 for Windows and Android a shakedown because I have a T7 that I move between my laptop and phone while my Deadly Desktop is temporarily down. What I love is that it automatically detaches on Android - which means you can download from UUPDUMP on your phone, save...

Grabbing with my phone and trusty T7!

I am doing a dual set of tests in July - one is a new piece of hardware - a portable SSD - a Samsung T7 SSD. First off, it's 4TB large ,- that is big enough to handle all three We undies 11

When I bought my refurbished Optiplex with an i7 and 32 GB of RAM - the Basement Beastie - I figured it would either run Pro for Workstations - which the homebrew G3258 it replaced ran - or possibly 11 Professional. It turned out to be the latter - which makes a great deal of sense. After all...

So far, except for one hiccup on the to s poo top it's fine. And the laptop is s the lowest engm

I like stability - especially since my laptop is the platform getting the most use for now.

I am upgrading my laptop as I type this - the desktop has upgraded already. Mom's desktop gets upgraded tomorrow - from the same USB stick I use on my laptop. The stick itself was created using Rufus - using the desktop that I bought for that purpose. The Optiplex 9630 has four USB ports in...

That was one problem. The other issue is there are alternatives to WSA that are not only less piggy, but even still work on Windows . One is Unity - which is cross compatible with game consoles and Android. For non-game usage, you still have DirectX/DirectShow.

I see Surface going after both laptops and AIOs and as alternatives to desktops - my mom has an AIO which is beinng replaced by a laptop . I went the opposite way - replaced a homebuilt desktop with a refurbished older desktop -a refurbished i7 Optiplex 9630 to be precise . Said Optiplex...

It's STILL Outlook for Windows - unmoved despite the improvements in the alternatives - including outlook.com. I said it when I moved to it and it is is stlll reliable like the rain. (If anything - more reliable.)

The Start menu IS extensible - Stardock does it just fine with Start11.

I have it on two as well - Home on laptop, and Pro on the Optiplex.

The same was true of their non-SSD relations a mere decade ago when I and my mom bought identical 4TB Seagate Barracuda SATA drives for all of $99USD each. (Amazon.com). What was a shocker, especially to me, was despite the drive having four times the storage capacity, it was the same physical...