Tag Archives: computers

Windows 10 Adventure: Upgrade from Win7

Posted on April 26, 2019 by ehurst

Today I performed my first hands-on upgrade of a client’s Win7 machine to Win10. Most of the time it should just adopt the Win7 license, but this one was hacked, so it required a new key. It was about $2 … Continue reading →

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Odds and Ends 06

Posted on February 4, 2019 by ehurst

I had it all planned out this morning. I filled the water bottles and even checked the tire pressure. Got out the door and it felt like I could ride okay until it got warmer, as the weather services predicted. … Continue reading →

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Admin: Ready to Trade (Updated)

Posted on January 19, 2019 by ehurst

This offer is withdrawn. I managed to get Win10 on it and the system now serves me well. The original post is below the line… ———— This is your chance to trade up. I’m quite sure someone out there could … Continue reading →

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Installing OpenSUSE Leap 15.0 — Gotchas

Posted on December 15, 2018 by ehurst

If you are looking for an installation walkthrough, it’s easy to find the official documentation. There’s not much reason to change the defaults unless you already know more than I can tell you about it. The goal here is to … Continue reading →

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Catching Loose Ends

Posted on December 14, 2018 by ehurst

I’m not going to say they are all related, but a bunch of changes have presented themselves to me lately, things that demanded decisions. Somehow I sense the biggest is yet to come, so I’m trying to take care of … Continue reading →

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Tools of Divine Glory

Posted on November 26, 2018 by ehurst

My fitness plan isn’t about extending life, but extending self utility. We agree under our covenant to an otherworldly orientation. This life isn’t precious, but it’s subject to divine revelation for the sake of our Creator’s glory. Once His glory … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 18.04 Hibernate and Suspend Fix

Posted on August 14, 2018 by ehurst

This tutorial assumes a limited familiarity with using Linux already. Most of this will be performed in a terminal emulator window. I recommend you maximize the window size and open two tabs or terminal windows for this. With one we … Continue reading →

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Apartment Living and FedEx

Posted on June 6, 2018 by ehurst

First of all, members of the parish, the replacement tower has arrived. It’s nothing amazing, just an Optiplex 780 with moderate specs. It works; I’m using it to write this post. It was a simple matter of swapping out the … Continue reading →

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Prayer Request: Another Tower System

Posted on May 31, 2018 by ehurst

Update: A system has been ordered and is on the way. Thank you all. ———— Reminder: My tower system has a big problem and can no longer run in graphical mode. The GUI keeps locking up on random events. I … Continue reading →

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Towering CLI

Posted on May 5, 2018 by ehurst

My tower is now a CLI machine. I thought it was an easy update from Xubuntu 16.04 to 18.04, but all I did was expose a problem with the hardware. I tested several other things, and while the sensitivity varied, … Continue reading →

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