Category: General computer
General computer
Disable forced Windows 11 restarts
Picture this: It’s 3:45 PM on a Friday. You’ve been knee-deep in a 50-slide PowerPoint presentation for that big client pitch next week. Your coffee’s gone cold, but the flow is golden. Then, bam. A little Windows notification pops up: Configuring updates. 30% complete. Do not turn off your PC. You ignore it, thinking it’ll…
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Laptop battery I work at an investment bank, part-time on the IT helpdesk. After the Windows 11 24H2 update rolled out, the complaints flooded in: My laptop battery went from 7 hours to barely 2 hours overnight! Sound familiar? Microsoft quietly changed one default power setting that drains up to 40 % extra battery on…
Read MoreMicrosoft slow after update
I work part-time on an investment bank’s IT helpdesk, 35 years of experience in IT in banking. Every time Microsoft pushes a big update, the same thing happens: Computers that were fine yesterday become sluggishApps take forever to openFans spin like jet engines doing nothing Sound familiar? Before you reinstall Windows or buy a new…
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Digital Thieves Last month a customer at my bank’s helpdesk almost paid €400 because his printer stopped working. Here’s exactly how the scammer, or digital thieves, did it. I work at an investment bank’s IT department, part time at the helpdesk.A while ago a very nice gentleman called in total panic: his printer suddenly stopped,…
Read MorePowerShell for SMART
In this blog, PowerShell for SMART, I will guide you through the use of SMART via PowerShell. SMART: Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. This is a monitoring system included in computer hard drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs). The primary function is to detect and report various indicators of drive reliability, with the goal of…
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In this blog, CMD for SMART, I will guide you through the use of SMART via the command prompt. SMART stands for Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. This is a monitoring system included in computer hard drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs). The primary function is to detect and report various indicators of drive reliability,…
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