Wear a Helmet
I grew up on a bike. I watched Wayne Stetina at the little 500. My brother got us to race around a local business parking lot – he broke his collar bone. I rode 12 miles […]
Life Tip – convert text list to spreadsheet
You know how someone gives you a list and you’re like oh man, it sure woulda been nice had they not gone and made a list in Word or email that’s nothing but text, separated by […]
Useful WMIC Queries – Computer Info
I lookup a lot of computer serial numbers for warranty status and driver updates, WMIC via the command line is quick and easy way to get that info. It’s below with a small collection of other […]
RSoP gpresult for Target User and Computer with Non Admin Account
Issue: return a complete Resultant Set of Policy, RSoP, for a standard user logged in without full local admin rights. Why is this an issue? User Context. To return full results for both Computer and User […]
Niagara Falls 2018
Niagara Falls 2018 – Album
Add Gmail Account to Outlook 2016
Adding a Gmail account to Outlook 2016 is quick and easy. The process requires two steps with Google: Enabling IMAP access and creating an app password which allows Outlook to access Gmail. Then a few quick […]
Lenovo Yoga PD Firmware Update Failure – CCG4 Two-Port USB C Controller
Issue – Lenovo UCSI USB Type-C firmware upgrade failed. USB Type-C ports no longer work and I have a yellow exclamation mark on the UCSI USB Connector Manager in Device Manager. And that means… no more power […]
How To Perform a Clean Install of Windows 10 – Fresh Start
Everyone needs a fresh start now and again right? Clear out the carbon, shake up the cobwebs. yeah well it works for ones and zeros to. A fresh install of Windows!? If your computer seems to […]
Cannot Activate Office 365 Home DM (AFOLB)
You’ve purchased a Microsoft Office 365 subscription along with a new computer through Lenovo or another computer manufacturer. You’re enjoying the beautiful new computer and you fire up Microsoft Office so you can dive into the […]
What’s the Best Browser?
I’ve been using browsers since Mosiac (Marc Andreessen – NCSA, University of Illinois), AOL (whatever that was!), and Netscape (N*tscrape) were the champs. Then came IE (Internet Exploder), Mozilla Firefox (which started as Phoenix and Firebird) and […]