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Local Domain – Mac

12/22/201104/03/2012 gfiskComputer

Setting up a private, internal or test network and have Mac clients? Do not use .LOCAL! I setup my Windows 2008 domain as .LOC – worked like a charm and my Mac clients were happy. Starting with Mac OS10.2 Macs […]

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Linux Mint – PowerPC

12/22/201102/28/2012 gfiskComputer

I don’t often do Linux, but when I do I choose Linux Mint – “The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use”. Which leads to […]

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Other Data on iPhone – The Yellow Bar of Death

10/23/201111/24/2013 gfiskComputer

The Issue – After upgrading to iOS5 I noticed I had 4gb of “other” data when performing Syncs. Large amounts of Other Data appears to be a common problem on iPhone 3 & 4 with a major uptick of the issue reported […]

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A brief history of Windows PCs

11/29/200602/23/2013 gfiskComputer

Your computer is what’s often (derogatorily) referred to as a “WinTel” machine on which the software is dominated by Microsoft Windows and the hardware is dominated by Intel. Intel was founded by three unhappy Fairchild Semiconductor employee’s. Microsoft was founded […]

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