Random Tech Thoughts

I got a new mouse for us at the office, it is a pen and mouse, it should be good for precision work and helping to avoid carpal tunnel.http://amzn.to/2oWyiHBBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.

My Quest Rapid Recovery System for backups (I use a couple different softwares and repositories for redundancy) was unable to connect to a specific machine... So, I fixed it.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.

My server was requiring me to push F1 during restarts to continue because of an error being thrown, so I turned that flag off in the Bios but left the logging enabled so I could see what the problem actually is in Event Viewer. While trying to fix that issue realized that the server was overheating, so I fix that also.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.

A friend of mine had some driver issues after running Windows updates, so I told him to install the IObit free programs of Driver Booster and Advanced System Care and run those. Spoiler alert, if fixed his problem.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.

So, the clocks on all of our computers have been slow lately, and when I change the time on our server to the correct time updates all the computers on the network, but then after a few days will be slow again. I was on vacation for a week, and when I came back the time was off by 30 minutes. I think the problem is the battery on the motherboard of our server.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.

I use a NAS device to house a repository of files, mostly PDF, that synchronizes to a web server hosted on the Amazon Cloud. There were quite a few files that had trouble synchronizing and kept creating duplicate and locked and conflict files. So I fixed it.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.

We have kind of a weird server setup at the office where we run a physical server and a virtual server, and the virtual server is kind of the brain of our network; which means that we have to shut down the brain to reboot the body when it comes time for maintenance tasks like Windows updates.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.

A hyperlink setup in GoDaddy Website Builder wasn't working - and it was acting different on different computers and in different browsers. So I made the link open in a new tab, not ideal, but it got the job done.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.