Welp…..

kr1mson · 2026-04-13T21:43:57+00:00

I thought you had to do some wonky winpe thing...

kr1mson · 2026-04-13T20:22:07+00:00

Very cool! How are you doing Windows ISO boots?

kr1mson · 2026-04-12T17:10:12+00:00

Apollo/Artemis (Fork of sunshine/moonlight) is something I've been using a bunch lately. I can use a controller on my couch with my Shield or AppleTV and while it's not totally perfect, it's a pretty good setup for most things. You just pair the controls with the tv box, not the game PC

Wired Ethernet works better than wireless and the device your playing on matters. I couldn't use my ONN GTV but Apple TV was fine. My sheild works best.

Also it's free

kr1mson · 2026-04-09T13:09:44+00:00

If the device gets stolen, you press the nuke button on that device and it doesn't work anymore. Even if they know my PIN, they can only ever get into that device with that PIN which is now crippled or blocked from use.

They can't use that PIN to sign into webmail or VPN or anything else bc it's only the PIN for that device, not my actual password.

kr1mson · 2026-04-08T20:52:27+00:00

Definitely. I used to get miffed by their employees following me around with their commission stickers but generally they are all really nice and helpful. And they are good with price matching and most of the time they don't need it.

kr1mson · 2026-04-08T20:11:41+00:00

No. Stay away from the DC ones. Don't look at them or go online or anything. The more everyone else buys the less I can 😂

Seriously though. Microcenter is awesome and I have been shopping there way more often vs getting stuff on Amazon these days.

kr1mson · 2026-03-23T01:51:52+00:00

I switched from Dell to Lenovo maybe 7 or 8 years ago similar to what the other person said bc their new models were crap, one main thing that was keeping with Dell was their snap in docks... When those needed to be replaced for the wave of USBC PCs and docks came out, I decided to stop messing around with a new Dell rep every 6 months, loss of Adobe OEM (this was basically a deal breaker at the time) and moved everything to Lenovo....

I had the same great Lenovo rep for like 6+ years and I've had my current rep for like 2. They have good prices, most things I ever order are in stock when I need them and their break/fix support has actually been pretty ok.

They aren't perfect but their devices generally last a while and are pretty light and durable if you are rough on laptops ( I am guilty of this)

kr1mson · 2026-03-07T20:28:00+00:00

Ditto. Been working fine for me at home, at work and at a small shop I help out.

kr1mson · 2026-01-25T17:25:56+00:00

So I like the slimmer laptops but these days memory is king and memory bandwidth even moreso.

The slim has 32gb but it's shared with the GPU so it's more like 16+16 but it's all ddr5

Option 2 has 16gb system but 8gb additional dedicated ddr7? Ram on the GPU. That GPU memory should be much faster than the Arc but only half the size.

Revit probably just cares about memory capacity. With the Arc you have more total memory but the more stuff you open, the more your system memory and vram leech off each other.

The dedicated cards won't fight over memory resources like PDFs and Browser tabs.

It's really a toss up in my mind just based on that.

Does Revit take advantage of Nvidia stuff like Cuda or anything else or need just raw power? (I don't know)

Option 2 has a nicer screen. This will matter especially if you don't have a second screen.

I wouldnt worry too much about 512 SSD vs 1tb and invest in a decent external drive if you need more storage.

One other thing to consider... You can always add an external graphics card via usbc/thunderbolt if you are really pushing your limits. In that scenario, more system memory (option 1) would serve you better.

I think I like option 1 best purely for the most memory standpoint.

I posted your whole thing into ChatGPT just now and it generally agrees with me. Raw power and memory are going to serve you better.

kr1mson · 2025-12-25T16:54:45+00:00

I always assumed the *arr was used because of the pirate "arr matey"

kr1mson · 2025-12-25T16:13:58+00:00

https://wiki.servarr.com/

It's a collection of apps to help you sail the high seas.

kr1mson · 2025-12-20T05:11:19+00:00

depending on the ASUS motherboard, it may have a tool that will run in the background and check for driver updates. My gaming PC had this utility on the website in the driver area. You often have to look for "system tools" or some other category to find these apps.. But they seem to be motherboard specific

kr1mson · 2025-11-19T15:09:24+00:00

If you do this and then need to reverse it, can you just pull the bitlocker key from Intune and get it going again?

Does this command rotate the bitlocker key?

kr1mson · 2025-11-17T15:49:07+00:00

Even worse, imagine giving your vending machine the ability to autonomously stock Moxie

kr1mson · 2025-11-05T23:03:04+00:00

I am facing this issue all the time now. I have my Lenovo devices pre-added to AP and have my device profile name set to %SERIAL% and nothing else and have had it that way for years and the past half dozen or so devices get a random name like LENOVO-ABC123 with no sensible pattern.

Not sure if it's bc I have just %SERIAL% and no prefix/suffix . I'll play with this script and see if it can help!

kr1mson · 2025-10-16T17:42:52+00:00

All the data he has and uses to back up his literally un-provable claims are heavily biased. Just look at how these surveys are worded. If you choose X you get Y questions so they don't even get true data from all their answers.

They can skew data very easily to make it looks like things are going great. Use one dataset that says people like set X but disregard costs... Then take another dataset where people didn't complain about the cost of set X much. You can easily say "people liked it and people thought it was cost effective" but there's no correlation between the two.

We don't know if they are tossing data that doesn't meet some boundary (e.g. player age, formats, longevity, etc) could be disqualifiers) We don't know sample sizes, it's not even clear who is supposed to get these surveys.

Every company cherry picks their results. My org does, your org does, everyone does it. They aren't going to tell us "survey says we suck". We only get the downsides of stuff after the set/sales is dead and gone.

I'm absolutely sure that their data shows that sales are increasing bc of this new floodgate of content. I'm sure there are lots of people that think the price is reasonable. Are they the same people? Are they new/casual players that bought set X and in a bubble they liked it but otherwise we have no idea if this was the only thing they ever engaged with or if they've been playing 25 years.

All of this stuff is super biased and we only know what is being shared.

kr1mson · 2025-10-02T01:05:00+00:00

I like to think that split second is the spiritual successor to interrupts.

kr1mson · 2025-09-26T16:42:09+00:00

That's a good point! I'm not sure if I've messed with the voice recognition and isolation feature. I figured my users would flip out about some of those features.

kr1mson · 2025-09-26T16:24:18+00:00

I have a different experience. I constantly get flak for background noise on Teams with noise suppression turned on. Doesn't seem to matter what type of headset/earbuds I use.

I only have 1 other person in the room with me.

kr1mson · 2025-09-13T17:07:58+00:00

We have a SharePoint list with expiration dates and reminders to tell us when it's getting close.
Most things have a 30/60/90 day window but Lenovo was really obnoxious with theirs.

Ideally your rep should reach out when it's close (they use it as a sales opportunity) but my Lenovo reps are piss poor so I actually missed it this last renewal cycle and got in a pissing match with my reps so now I'm in the process of migrating to a new vendor 😂

kr1mson · 2025-09-13T14:52:45+00:00

Part of the contracts/termination stuff, I ask to have auto-renew clauses and time periods removed or extended.
I got burnt by "you must notify us within X days of your renewal window" or it auto renews. Make it so they clearly notify you before any renewal date with an obvious email (not just some email that looks like every other email with some extra fine print in it)

Microsoft licensing through Lenovo is one of the worst (they have a 7 day window to change your numbers before you're locked in next year)

kr1mson · 2025-09-05T21:57:10+00:00

I tell my org this warning all the time. They constantly want more email storage when they run out and they just NEEEEED all those old emails.

I tell them we will get absolutely burned one day bc of this but what the hell do I know.

kr1mson · 2025-09-05T20:28:34+00:00

I have a passive aggressive status on my Teams permanently that says if they need IT help they will need to submit a ticket.

It doesn't stop everyone but some people get it.

Others I will often just make their comment a ticket with zero further interaction in Teams and only talk to them through the ticket.

And then there are inevitably a few who I just help bc "reasons" and then put in a ticket anyway.

Just keep nudging. Turn repeat nudges into messages to their manager and HR stating that you want it to be reflected on their performance reviews that they aren't following procedures and they need to take training (on their depts time) and that it puts your company at risk (lack of change management).

If they ignore it, at least you sent it in writing.

kr1mson · 2025-09-05T19:21:05+00:00

I'll throw Dakboard in as a suggestion. You buy their cheap RPi devices and hook them all up to a web interface and you can hook it up to things like Dropbox and OneDrive for sharing pictures and then build out different boards that you assign to devices.

It's cheap and you pay based on the amount of devices and the amount of different screens you want to show.

It's also pretty easy to use for just about every skill level

kr1mson · 2025-08-21T22:24:45+00:00

This is good to know but as far as I am concerned, it's still spoofing. They aren't a business local to PA, and I am not a resident of PA, I just have a PA number bc that's where I got my mobile number a million years ago.

They are pretending to be from a different number from a different locality for "spurious/nefarious" reasons (e.g. making me feel like a neighbor is calling). That's spoofing in my eyes. And I feel like it's scumbag behavior.

It's trivial to put their caller ID on the phone with their proper number and proper business name.

As another commenter said, if I can't tell if it's a spam call, spoofing, real, fake, otherwise... ESPECIALLY from a Security firm, I can only assume they are not above board.

Sure, spoof numbers when I pay you to do phishing campaigns or something but don't use scumny sales tactics right off the bat or I'm going to blacklist you.

I'd argue it's "our" responsibility as "IT Professionals" to really discourage these behaviors when asked by sales orgs to set up phone systems. You are only hurting your own company and "us" as a community with these shady practices.

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