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I'm clearing out the home lab, upgrading, downgrading, sidegrading...not sure. But to do it, I've got to get rid of the old stuff to get money and room for the new stuff. 3x NUC8i3BEH. 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD in M.2 slot, 256GB 2.5" SSD. Windows Pro N 11 installed, 10 ISO in software folder. $250...

Pictures available here: https://im gur.com/a/fz0cXox Been out of the loop for months, and am purging everything (pending bathroom replacement, and repairing racccoon damage, so I need the money) 2x Surface Pro 4 i5 6300u, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, new AC Adapter, new stylus & battery, new...

I've been out of the game for a while, and I need to get rid of a bunch of equipment I have sitting around. I'm loading pictures, but I have to find a new host. Prices are what I'm putting them on eBay or Craigsist for this weekend. Make me offers, as I'll have to bump prices for shipping. If...

I'm expanding, downsizing, upgrading, and just generally revamping my home lab. I've bought the parts, I just need to get the old stuff gone to help pay for it. Prices don't include shipping. Prices definitely discounted if bundling. I'm in Western IL. NETWORKING: Fortigate 80C: $40 Fortigate...

Just got an email with a promotion for $50 to spend in the Google Store when you buy a Pixel 3a. <EDIT> Looks like someone used it. I don't know anyone that's going to be buying one any time soon, as all my friends either already have phones, or are IOS users. I've had enough discount...

So, with the changes present in what MS is forcing on us for volume licensed versions of Office 2019 (Click To Run instead of MSI based), we've had to make several changes in the configuration of new systems. No more just running each piece as needed (Office + Visio + Project + whatever else)...

It's been nearly a decade since I've built a full ATX system. It's been laptops, mATX, or ITX for me. But, thanks to some really great luck, I just got a system from work that I'm free to use. But, it's evident that when it was built 7 years ago, it was over specced and half-assed in its...

I've been trying to pivot away from my more "homelab network" setup for a while, but I've honestly not really cared enough to try that hard, given that I've been out of town more than I've been in. Looking at a new setup, I could spend hundreds on a new gaming Ryzen system, but honestly, I see...

Found out that I can just pick up a Dell adapter to USB-C adapter for like $20. I just picked it up

I'm going to have a bit of a list to go through...I apologize for not having everything organized and sorted ahead of time. Expect additions. I'll get pictures up hopefully Tuesday evening. I've got them taken, I just need to find a host that doesn't suck now that Photobucket is worthless. I'm...

I've got VCSA 6.7 set up on a Precision 3620 with local SSD storage. I was trying to update, but can't put the machine in maintenance mode while the VCSA is online. So, I picked up a T1650 to add to my home lab. It's an Ivy Bridge with half the RAM, and only a single 256GB SSD. More than enough...

So, a couple weeks ago, I convinced work to get me a VMUG advantage membership for the training purposes. I've set up VCSA 6.7, but something I've run into that's not quite acting right is licensing. I'm getting an alert that "There are vCenter Server systems with expired or expiring licenses...

We have a refresh in a couple weeks to push out an upgrade from Solidworks 2017 to 2018, and with that, I need to push out new drivers. I've got the setup working properly for Quadros, but I'm stuck on the FirePros. Granted, of the 39 W4100s that we have that are eligible for upgrade (the...

I bought a Dell Latitude 7490 a month and a half ago. Loved it. Loaded up the 32GB RAM I had, and it was nearly perfect. Good screen, quad core, 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe, 14" and less than 4 lbs while lasting 15 hours or so when I was using it for things over than virtualization (which I'd have it...

I've got a few hundred computers that still haven't updated to 1803, and I'm going to be in this weekend for regular scheduled maintenance on the servers. I'd like to be able to push something via command line to tell all computers to run all Windows Updates I've put out via my WSUS, and...

I'm trying to find some way I can push out something via group policy (or PDQ Deploy, since it actually works reliably and repeatedly, rather than requiring pagan rituals and sacrifices to Cthulhu and just hoping for the best after 12 reboots) that will set our wireless devices to prefer the...

I've got a project that involves updating 20 servers to have new DHCP scopes going from class C to class A. Setting up the scopes are no big deal, but we've scopes with DHCP reservations ranging from as few as a dozen, to ten times that. Is there an easy way to migrate these over, or am I...

I'm looking for some RAM to upgrade a laptop that currently has a single 8GB stick. I'd prefer to get it maxed to 32GB, but since memory is stupid right now, and, let's be honest, you'd be better on eBay. I'll settle for someone's old 8GB stick to get me to 16GB I also wouldn't mind an NVMe...

I'm looking to set up a bank of systems that users will remote into to run FEA stuff within Solidworks (2017, for now). We have a system set up, that by virtue of water damage from a roof that was being repaired that drenched the entire 2nd floor of our office, and managed to destroy the...

I've been planning on eventually upgrading to an Ubiquiti setup since I moved into my house about 2.5 years ago. 1 story ranch + basement, each 1400 square feet. Currently, my home setup is handled by a Netgear R7000 AC acting as a gateway, and a WNDR 3700 N router acting as an AP. DNS and...

I have a couple virtual machines that work properly in 1703, but fail in 1709. Microsoft hasn't seemed to put out a fix for it yet. If RemoteFX is enabled, when people disconnect from RDP and try to reconnect, it builds new sessions rather than reconnecting to old ones, orphaning in-progress...

I originally posted this in the Networking area, but it was suggested to post it in OS's. Last summer, I created a new Microsoft Deployment Tool server, that runs on 2016 instead of 2012, and was only set up for installations of Windows 10, purging out all the Windows 7 stuff. With this...

Last summer, I created a new Microsoft Deployment Tool server, that runs on 2016 instead of 2012, and was only set up for installations of Windows 10, purging out all the Windows 7 stuff. With this change in servers, I moved all of our KMS stuff off the old system, and onto the new one...

I upgraded my home ESXi server from a 256GB SSD to a 512GB. Unfortunately, the three VMs that were on the drive are showing up as invalid. I forgot to remove them from inventory before I powered the server off. I moved them over to my 1TB SSD, powered off the system to swap drives, then moved...

I'm on the fence right now between buying a laptop to game on, and buying a videocard to game with. SSDs (new system pull): Samsung 871b 256GB 2.5" SSD (Dell OEM) Samsung 871a 512GB 2.5" SSD (Lenovo OEM) PNY 240GB 2.5" SSD. Dell Latitude E5430 w/ docking station (14" 1366x768, i5 3210m, 8GB...

I'm running into an issue where RDPing into a system results in a new session being opened up. Dual Xeon E5-2687v4 (2x12/24), 256GB DDR4, 2x Quadro P5000, 8x 1TB RAID0 Windows 10 1709 host This was originally purchased as a workstation, but after storm damage ruined the motherboard, we ended...

I love my G700s, but I think it's time to upgrade..not because of any issues, but more because the old G5 at work has seen better days, as has the RatPadz GS that's been worn smooth over the years. I liked the G700s for its ability to have settings enabled without needing the software...

I know there are a few other posts about Crashplan's changes in the home market, but this is not exactly related. 150 computers, (144 licenses in use). The thing we liked about it was that stored the data locally. It updated every 15 minutes, so odds were pretty good that if something was lost...

6x Samsung 16GB 2Rx4 PC3L-10600R sticks. Dell branded SNMPGY5TC/16GB. I've seen them on eBay for $400. So, I'll list that as the price, but really, I'm most interested in a new videocard that is better than my old 970 tha

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Sold the parts instead of building new.

I got an HP Envy from a client last week in trade for labor on a new system. I planned on using it for portable Kodi, but honestly, I just am not a big laptop person. So, I'm looking at fixing it and flipping it in favor of a smaller laptop. Are there any 14-ish laptops with a 1050 or better...

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I'm part of a project that will be wiping and installing Windows 10 on a bunch of computers in the engineering department. We use MDT for deployments, but they're typically in the half-dozen at a time range, not 250 in a weekend. I've got the image, and I've got enough people and hardware to...

I love my Nexus 6P, but the battery's been weird on me lately, and since I still had a few months left in that 2 year warranty I bought, I figured I ought to exercise it and get it replaced. So, my "new" 6P will be here Thursday. I'm wondering if I shouldn't just turn around and toss it on eBay...

I picked up a WD 8TB external that was in the hot deals section a couple weeks ago, and formatted it as ReFS instead of NTFS. All I use the drive for is a backup target for Veeam backups in my network, and it hosts a copy of my data drive (230 GB of data). While I have no issue with the...

I'm looking to downsize my home server back to a NUC, as it's overkill for my needs right now. I don't know if I'm going to downgrade to a 7th gen i3, or a 6th gen Skull Canyon. Both have their advantages, of course. I need a or some M.2 SSDs (256GB+), and 16GB or 32GB worth of SO-DIMMs. 2x8...

I have a WSUS server that I'm going to be pushing Windows 1703 upgrades probably within the next few weeks. We have hundreds of computers to upgrade, and 20 locations (downstream servers). However, when I go look at the downstream servers, it shows that upgrades aren't being downloaded, and...

I'm having a bit of a problem: the tools that were pretty good for testing reliability a decade ago don't seem to be able to stress the new systems. Prime 95? A classic, and my old go-to. It's maxing out 24 cores. Yay. But it's using 2GB of RAM...I've got another 126GB to test out. I'd...

Nearly 3 years ago, through some special, work bought 50 tablets through Sprint as some "we're desperate for subscribers, if you buy these for free and keep service on them for 2 years, we'll drop your bill $300 per month". I'm not sure how it worked out, but, whatever. 49 Galaxy Tab 3, and 1...