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Corrections!
Earlier today I published my article called USB & Windows to Go: Key In! on this site. Because of my eagerness to get the article out (recently I posted that I would be trying to post a lot more frequently), I have been informed that I made a number of minor errors. Here are the…
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USB and Windows to Go: Key in!
I have written in the past about several different Windows to Go (WTG) key options, and have leaned heavily toward the ones with Military Grade Security (MilSec). They are all good, they all do just about the same thing. Of course, there are differences with deployment methodology, as well as the tools that support them,…
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A quick teaser…
As many of you know, I have always had a soft spot for Windows to Go (WTG), a technology that Microsoft introduced in Windows 8. I have written reviews and how-to articles on the topic dating back to June, 2012. While I do currently have a favourite device, I have three (3) of them on…
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A New Year… A new me?
You may have noticed that although this article is all about the new year, it is not my first article of 2018. In fact, the article I published prior to this one was written the week between Christmas and New Years… and I felt that publishing then might have been less than beneficial. So as…
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DCPromo No More… PowerShell!
I needed to build a new domain controller for a friend’s company recently. It is something that I have done so many times over the past two decades that some things are just instinctive… like typing dcpromo to create a domain controller. Right… I had forgotten about that. dcpromo has been deprecated. You could go…
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Renaming Files en Mass…
I take a lot of pictures… not only with my phone, but also with my Nikon DSLR camera. It is one of my hobbies… I am not very good at it, but I enjoy it nonetheless. Keeping track of hundreds or thousands of pictures is easy, as long as you copy them into the appropriate…
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Dynamic Lock: Walk away securely.
One of my pet peeves when walking through organizations that I consult for is seeing unlocked and unattended workstations. I hate seeing this, knowing that anyone can sit down at their desk and do… whatever. I know people who would sit down at these unlocked workstations, and send an e-mail to the entire organization (in…
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Urban Armor: Protect your device!
Are all phone protector cases created equal? I have discovered over the years that, much to my dismay, they are not. Some cases look pretty and are sleek, but they do not do a very good job of protecting your phone. Others are big and bulky, and your phone is safe… but you never want…
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Rules for my sons…
These are now rules for both my sons! Thanks Peter! I like these a lot! Rules For My Unborn Son by Walker Lamond 1. Never shake a man’s hand sitting down. 2. There are plenty of ways to enter a pool. The stairs ain’t one. 3. The man at the grill is the closest thing…
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Should You Forgive a Drunken Attack?
Last week Jews around the world fasted for Yom Kippur. The translation is Day of Atonement. In the days leading up to Yom Kippur we are meant to seek forgiveness from others for our transgressions against those we might have wronged. The thinking is that while G-d can forgive sins against him, it is only…
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Password Vault: Success!
I can’t believe it has been two years since I signed up for my password vault, but there it was in my mailbox… the reminder that it is time to renew my ‘premium’ service with my password vault service. I did it gladly, giving over my credit card information. Why premium, you ask? Well, for…
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The New Mitch?
The photograph on the left was taken in front of La Floridita on Calle Obisbo in Old Havana by Greg Starks in February, 2017. The photograph on the right was taken in the same spot by Eduardo Bensusan in July, 2017. Conclusion? Eduardo is obviously a much better photographer than Greg, except that Greg had…
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Happy 10th Birthday!
i started blogging at The President’s Blog for MITPro.ca about twelve years ago. However it was ten years ago today that The World According to Mitch went live, completely separating myself from my former position. of course, back then the address was not http://www.garvis.ca – that would come later – but it was my own…
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Touch: You can touch this!
Occasionally I am sent a press release about a new product, or a soon to be released product, that I think is worth talking about. That happened this week when I received a kit about an upcoming product called Touch Earbuds. The Touch Earbuds are the next generation of a product I looked at a…
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SCOM Unmonitored: Never Again!
In my last article I showed you how to enable the System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Agent Proxy using PowerShell. We used the cmdlet: PS C:\> Get-SCOMagent | where {$_.ProxyingEnabled -match “False”} | Enable-SCOMAgentProxy While this does work, it is what I call a point-in-time solution… that is, it enables the Agent Proxy on everything…
The World According to Mitch
The day to day ramblings of an IT Professional (and so much more…)
The World According to Mitch 