Amazon's Fire TV and Fire TV Stick faces the same competition as other set-top boxes, Smart TVs, and other smart devices. They can accomplish their task of providing entertainment on the big screen despite their various form factors but it still comes down to one thing... content. Amazon's Fire TV and Fire TV Stick are most beneficial to Amazon Prime members that take advantage … [Read more...]
PowerShell script to ping multiple computers
A recent project involved tracking down some old computers. To find them, we only had the computer name to start. We came up with a plan to try to find out more information about the computers by accessing the hidden C$ share on the computers. This quickly became time-consuming and frustrating as many of the computers were not even pingable, as they were most likely not powered … [Read more...]
Previewing Skype for Business
Microsoft released the preview for Skype for Business this week. Skype for Business is the rebranded and slightly updated version of Lync, a core component to Microsoft's Unified Communications. The preview is available through the Microsoft Evaluation Center. The technical preview is implemented as an update to Lync 2013, which must be installed before the Skype for Business … [Read more...]
Where to find the results from a scheduled Chkdsk
Chkdsk is the command to check and repair a disk for bad sectors, unindexed files, and other drive issues. It requires being run from an elevated Command Prompt (run as Administrator) If a drive is in use, you will not be able to run Chkdsk on it until the next reboot where the volume can be scanned and repaired before Windows is loaded. If you try to run a Chkdsk on an in-use … [Read more...]
Google Chrome Max-Connections-Per-Server setting
I was downloading several driver packs the other day for new laptops and other computers. Each model has separate drivers for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, so that doubles the number of downloads needed. As I was downloading the drivers, which were quite large and took some time, I noticed I could get six downloads started but the seventh one would just spin. The seventh download … [Read more...]