Monthly Archives: December 2017

Management System Is Up

Posted on December 11, 2017 by larry

Finally got the system patched and working. It does not fill me with confidence though.  Something not right with it and I cannot put my finger on it. Hopefully it is stable.  

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Windows 7 Updates

Posted on December 10, 2017 by larry

I don’t know why Microsoft makes it so hard to download patches for Windows 7. I got a machine up and went through the motions to install it and it bombs out installing patches. I thing I may have to … Continue reading →

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More Shopping Today

Posted on December 9, 2017 by larry

I was able to get a 50% coupon on everything I purchased today at Goodwill. I got some cool stuff, one of them was a projector for $20, looks new two. But the big disappointment was some monitors I got.  … Continue reading →

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Night Out At Coulon Park

Posted on December 8, 2017 by larry

Had fun eating at Ivars and walking around Coulon Park today Picture not that great because it was also foggy. Been foggy most of the day.  

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Three Kids Three Events

Posted on December 7, 2017 by larry

I knew today was going to be odd, my youngest children all had events at 7PM. My youngest hat his first orchestra concert, one of my daughters had a big solo for her orchestra concert, and my other daughter had … Continue reading →

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Surprising Performance on Bargain Rig

Posted on December 6, 2017 by larry

I thought adding a discrete GeForce 8800 GTS would improve performance on the gamer rig. Here are the settings with the descrete card Here it is without it, using the integrated graphics card. Across the board everything is better by … Continue reading →

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Kingwin Power Supply Tester

Posted on December 5, 2017 by larry

Wasted enough time trying to find my power supply tester so I ended up buying one. I got the Kingwin KPST-01 power supply tester Not much documentation, but I will try to add some. Normally you would plug this in … Continue reading →

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Weather Getting Colder

Posted on December 4, 2017 by larry

Fog and a little  frost covered our cars this morning.  Winter is here. But I need to start training.  Kind of lazy though. We will see how it goes next week,

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Bargain Rig is Up

Posted on December 3, 2017 by larry

I enjoyed putting together my a bargain rig up. It is OK, didn’t cost much, included a power supply with the case, although I had one ready. I want to do more of these with my son.  I think he … Continue reading →

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Benchmarking Computers at home

Posted on December 2, 2017 by larry

I started tracking a bunch of passmark settings on my computers as home. Of course my personal rig is the fastest, but I was surprised which machines were second. Also my machine was a clear #1 in all categories, over … Continue reading →

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