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  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Ryzen.
    I don't have a KillAWatt but specs say it tops out at 55W if you crank up all the performance settings in the firmware. Extremely...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Ryzen.
    It's definitely an interesting proposition for my desk for my next major upgrade in a few years. Do you know what kind of power it's...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Ryzen.
    I gave up on using my HX 370 mini desktop as a VM host and I've changed it into a sort of ultimate fat client PC and even my main...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    No harm done. At least you didn't misconfigure sendmail or accidentally alter routing tables to point to the tertiary backup ISDN line...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Something Random.
    I'm a moron. I didn't give my user membership of the audio group. I'm shocked I had working audio at all.
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Laptop time?.
    If I remember right, that site uses 10th gen i3 NUCs with 8GB RAM. Very modest systems but entirely capable of doing day to day work...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Laptop time?.
    Nothing too out of the ordinary policies wise. We do run a security stack -- including ThreatLocker, which did the Kaby-R i7 in my work...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Windows 11.
    Also in the name of BS no one asked for, MS365 users are getting a bunch of new widgets to do things like Mail and Calendar, replacing...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Laptop time?.
    That is a configuration I'd like to see. Are the enforced GPOs/Intune Policies absolutely absurd somehow? Shit tons of compliance...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Laptop time?.
    Yeah, they've dropped the "new" branding from their beta baby and rebranded plain Outlook as "(classic)". I have quite a few users who...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Laptop time?.
    8GB is absolutely acceptable for a low-spec client device, even with a half dozen browser tabs and Excel. Don't ask me about Outlook or...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Something Random.
    Even after all that tomfoolery I still never got sound out of my headset jack and discord won't pick up my built-in mic. Thankfully...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Need help with getting a phone.
    If your trial service and permanent service are on the same carrier they should transition that for you. If they're not the permanent...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Laptop time?.
    I wouldn't buy anything meant for someone to actually use with less than 16GB of RAM in $currentYear. Really I don't even like 16 for...
  • J
    jtr1962 replied to the thread Need help with getting a phone.
    Now I have another question. My 30 day free trial is over in a few days. Right now the trial is on IMEI 1 (the phone has an eSIM). Is...
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