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Re:Windows Server 2016: End of One Era, Start of Another on Thursday September 29, 2016 @01:12PM (#12606973)
windows updates breaks the system quite often. I think all of us experienced it. enabling auto-update on windows servers is not the best idea if you need reliability.

somebody recently told a story of 2 cloned vm machines, the same hardware and configuration. same updates installed on both. one did not start up correctly, other one runs smoothly.

windows platform is way more unpredictable then any other system i worked with.

looks good. installed it on a test machine, all patched already. it will hopefully provide some useful patches soon. will keep an eye on progress for sure.

any feadback on the company acros security?

Re:I made this, it's a collection of network testing tools on Thursday June 16, 2016 @09:53AM (#11916073)
nice one. public api.iptools.co missing it's record.

Lanovo UK support require local admin logins

hello hn.i would like to share a story that happened to me few days ago and shook me deeply.we do it support and some development at the company i work for currently. got one of the boring cases of a faulty laptop to resolve. nothing comes up on the screen or external monitor via hdmi or vga.took it apart, check what i could, motherboard issue. checked the warranty, still on. let's call the...

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Re:What kind of geek are you? Nerd, Badass, or Hacker? on Monday January 11, 2016 @06:59AM (#10880281)
Looks good. Any droid development planed?
this option do not defrag actual ssd. it will reduce the write operation, which supposed to expand the lifespan of the drive only. potentially it will reduce the performance. i would not bother.