I've been waiting for the release of Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE for around 7 months now. It all started with this October 2014 post by Mike Resseler, Product Strategy Specialist for Veeam: Announcing: Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE Here's an excerpt: Does free mean no support? Veeam Endpoint Backup…
[this article was originally written for Build 10041, and has now been updated for Build 10162] Microsoft has been moving things along lately, while moving the URL around a bit too. Having that big honkin' ISO handy is really the way to go for: virtual machine installations (ESXi 6.0 supports…
If you travel, and use your Surface Pro 3 as a productivity device while away from home, you'll likely love the light weight and amazing 2160 x 1440 screen. Even the lowest spec model can be a great thin client, remotely controlling your primary workstation back home, using something like…
You may notice the headline here is that you can easily create bootable install media for old and new PCs, but they're not all alike. That's right. For older stuff, it's NTFS on an MBR. For newer stuff, like the SP3 (Surface Pro 3), it's FAT32 on GPT, a requirement Microsoft documents here. Huh? It…
WS2012R2E (Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials) is a powerful, versatile product. Since 2013, I've been using it for daily backups of my extended family's 14 PCs, in my home, and over VPN remotely. It's running as a VM under VMware ESXi 5.5. But WS2012 R2E hasn't always been the simplest to …
In Windows Disk Management, right-click, then choose: Extend Volume Shrink Volume Both have been available using the Disk Management GUI since the Windows Server 2008 R2 days. You may have to defrag first for the shrink to work, but having it built into Windows sure beats having to rely on third p…
If you've done an upgrade to a newer version of Windows, or moved to a retina-like display with a name like 2560x1440 / 3840 x 2160 / 4096x2160 (resolution) 3K / 4K / 5K Ultra HD / Quad HD it's pretty likely you've already noticed exactly what I'm talking about. Certain applications may be …
If you're in the midst of tackling Build your own VMware vSphere 5.5 Datacenter with ESXi and VCSA in your home, you'll likely have questions about best practices around creation of your "Golden Master" template. For client OSs like Windows 8.1, a lot of those questions are likely already a…
Ever found yourself with a Windows system that won't let you browse other computers or printers on the local network? If you're on a public connection such as an airport or hotel Wi-Fi, this expected behavior is good. But even if you're at home, Windows sometimes mysteriously winds up with this …
*On Jan 23 2014, build 9926 was released, below article updated Back on September 30, 2014, Microsoft published Announcing Windows 10: With the Insider program, we’re inviting our most enthusiastic Windows customers to shape Windows 10 with us. We know they’re a vocal bunch – and we’re looking forward …
Showtime at 7pm Eastern time this Monday, December 22nd. View all the event details, and/or join the event LIVE, at: Event is over, and we sure got into the weeds for a bit there. Playback with demo already available right here below: *My backup demo with Rick was using a network share on a…
TinkerTry's tagline (since January 2013): TinkerTry IT @ home Efficient virtualization, storage, backup, and more... My writings are not done on a whim. This new Veeam beta obviously has my attention as the most interesting product in years, since bare metal restore software for Windows is rare. Ra…
Watch a bare metal restore of a Lenovo ThinkPad T61p over gigabit ethernet, using the WS2012R2E's capability to do boot from LAN for the recovery media. That's right, no need to use USB/DVD/CD, it just works, it's one of the best features introduced with the 2012 version, and works great for busy …
First: read To get started, I'd strongly recommend reading these closely-related, very recent articles: Free NFR of Veeam Availability Suite v8 with Backup & Replication for VCPs, vExperts, and many other certified professionals Microsoft left the home backup server market, is Veeam Endpoint …
...and they're giving Surface Pro 3 to 6 lucky beta testers. Sounds intriguing, especially for a v1 release. I listened in to a portion of their Webinar today, and wanted to share some initial impressions, based on what I heard so far. I haven't had a chance to test it yet, but Andreas …
I recently noticed my Windows 8.1 laptop wasn't getting backed up daily. You will still want to be sure you aren't low on disk storage to help prevent this issue from cropping up again. But if you're in a pinch, and just want to get your daily backups going again before you've had the time to r…
This is a bit of a strange one, but here's the circumstance I ran into today, when trying to troubleshoot why a particular backup was failing. The warnings may have been a little strangely worded Backup details says Insufficient storage available for backup available. but the action plan seemed…
I use Windows 8.1 like many folks, for weeks at a time, without rebooting or shutting down. I suspend to save power when done for the day, and resume the next time I'm working. I don't bother to reboot until I really need to, such as after Patch Tuesday, or when some other issue crops up that makes …
Reminder, you'll need Microsoft TechNet or MSDN for many Microsoft downloads, which are paid for services. For multi-gigabyte downloads like Windows Technical Preview (Windows 10), you may want to get IE11 to cooperate and allow you to use Akamai's edge-of-network locations. The only problem is th…
Great video below from Eric Sloof's interview with VMware's Mike Foley at VMworld last week. Yes, the same Mike I've had the opportunity to hang out with twice now, at two different VMUGs, see our recent trip to New York City's New York Times building here. I like that he was rather loose lipped …
I'm running Windows 8.1 on my ThinkPad W520 laptop, equipped with 16GB of memory and a 256GB SSD. Pretty run of the mill these days. In this video, I use Task Manager to determine that a given set of 20 tabs open in my 32 bit Chrome use up about 1.8GB of memory, and takes about 40 seconds to load.…
I use a standing desk. Reasonable size and weight for my 3 monitors is almost as important to me as excellent image quality. Having had thousands of hours using my Nixeus NX-VUE27 these past 2 years (Close look at my Nixeus NX-VUE27 2560×1440 27″ monitor Aug 24 2012), I'm now able to offer some comparis…
I've used LogMeIn for many years, occasionally helping remote family members with computer issues. I liked a lot of the features, including the ability to easily collaborate, with both of us able to see the screen and control the mouse. Worked well. I also liked that I could centrally see a list of…
Yes, many folks still use Lotus Notes / IBM Notes. Myself included, several dozen hours a week actually. By default, Notes really doesn't take advantage of modern systems with lots of RAM. This article will help your Notes installation use your sytem's memory more effectively, which also means…
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After 6 successful years testing then shipping well over 1,000 Xeon D Bundles, Wiredzone had to stop selling them in mid-2021 due to cost, supply, and logistics challenges. So far, Xeon D-1700/2700 (Ice Lake D) was a minor refresh for 2023, with Xeon D-1800/2800 (Granite Rapids D) refresh looking a little better for 2024. More cores, but still just PCIe Gen4 and DDR4. Looking ahead, I'm glad it's Pat Gelsinger at Intel's helm. I'm also grateful to have had the honor of working at VMware when Pat was the CIO there. I'll leave it at that, given the whole Broadcom thing.
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