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That’s All I Can Stands…

… I can’t stands no more! Well, sometimes I have to take a step back. I have been playing with the new WIN10 for over six months. Most of that time was with a pre release version with no guarantee of satisfaction. I received the upgrade to the full release version back on July 20th or so. I was anticipating that my irritations with WIN10 Trial version would be resolved with the go-to-market release. Unfortunately,...

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Win 10 Pro

I was just upgraded (free) by Microsoft to the full blown Windows 10 on my sandbox computer. I have been running the trial “Technical Version” for many months, but this last upgrade (by Microsoft) has brought me up to the full Pro version. The Technical Version number no longer appears on the desktop page. It is still not able to sleep properly with my old Asus motherboard, AMD processor, and memory configurations. Therefore I cannot...

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Cloudy but Bright

I just put a new website in the AWS (Amazon Web Service) cloud. This one is the KautzCraft site. My shared server ISP (Ixwebhosting.com) has been causing me frustration by blocking my IP address 18 plus hours while I was accessing my web site files because I was doing too much backing up of those files via FTP. I understand the issues with managing a fairly overloaded shared server with dozens of other user sites....

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High Speed Cable At Last

I am using Time Warner Cable (TWC) as my Internet Service Provider (ISP). They are in the beginning stages of a network upgrade where I will soon have a 100 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload connection speed. I presently have a 20/2 Mbps “Turbo” plan. For no additional cost I will soon have the 100/10 Mbps Ultimate 100 plan. What I have just done is a no cost exchange of my leased cable modem for a newer...

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