30 Mar
2018

Sierra Wireless EM7455 issues on Win 10 Fall 2017 and Workaround

By: grelbar Category:Howto, Howto's, Windows 10Tag: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , :Comments on Sierra Wireless EM7455 issues on Win 10 Fall 2017 and Workaround

As a somewhat ambivalent user of a Lenovo Thinkpad T460s laptop loaded with Windows 10 Enterprise and latest updates. After the Fall 2017 Creators update from Microsoft, the built in 4G Modem, a Sierra Wireless EM7455 stopped working. But not in an obvious way. You could still connect the 4G modem, and you’d have “bars” […]

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25 Apr
2016

Lenovo Thinkpad T460s First Impressions

By: grelbar Category:Hardware, Howto, Windows 10Tag: , , , , , , , , , :1 Comment on Lenovo Thinkpad T460s First Impressions

I recently switched laptops from the T440s to the T460s. I’ve long been a fan of the Thinkpads, both during the IBM period and the Lenovo reign of late. The T440s was a bit of a mistake in my opinion. Sure it performed as you’d expect, but the mouse was a huge pile of dung, […]

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20 Mar
2016

MicroATX Home Server Build– Part 4

By: grelbar Category:Hardware, Home Lab, HowtoTag: , , , , , , , :Comments on MicroATX Home Server Build– Part 4

After a longish break, here’s the next installment! So the server has been in production now since last September, and is running very well. After the previous post, this is what’s happened: Installed ESXi 6.0 update 1 + some post u1 patches Installed three VMs: Openbsd 5.8 PF router/firewall machine, Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview […]

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27 Sep
2015

MicroATX Home Server Build – Part 3

By: grelbar Category:Hardware, Home Lab, HowtoTag: , , , , , , , , , :Comments on MicroATX Home Server Build – Part 3

Because I am impatient, I went ahead and got a motherboard, processor and memory. The components that I purchased were: Asrock H61M-DGS R2.0 (Model: H61M R2.0/M/ASRK, Part No: 90-MXGSQ0-A0UAYZ) 16 GB (2x8GB) Kingston HyperX Fury memory (DDR3, 1600MHz, HX316C10FBK2/16, individual memories are detected as: KHX1600C10D3/8G) Intel i3-2100 (2 cores, with hyperthreading) I ended up with […]

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23 Apr
2015

Bare Metal Recovery Experiences with Veeam Endpoint BETA

By: grelbar Category:Howto, VeeamTag: , , , , :Comments on Bare Metal Recovery Experiences with Veeam Endpoint BETA

Note! This article describes a product that wasn’t released yet, so things might have changed from this to the release version! Some of the screenshots are from the release version of the Recovery Media Note! Some of the images are from a different run than described, so ignore possible inconsistencies. A prospective customer was having […]

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