I'm currently reconfiguring my organization's deployment server to use the DriverGroup001 variable instead of just using PnP matching for driver injection. We have had too many models interfering with each other. Bad drivers or just bad driver matches will lead to a BSoD or a buggy computer that requires more time troubleshooting or reimaging. The DriverGroup variable I'm … [Read more...]
Infographic: Your Personal Data Online
Check out this infographic for some facts about your personal data online and common sources of identity theft. You can check it out in full by clicking the image below: … [Read more...]
[Updated] What’s the point of a privacy policy? Don’t ask MaxCDN
Please see the end of the article for the update and resolution. Are you a customer of MaxCDN? Did you receive an email spam earlier this week from Lisa Freese and Catchpoint? Those two points, odd as it may sound, are related. I've explained before how I use Google Apps and its catch-all ability to generate a unique email address for each site I sign up with so I can label … [Read more...]
32-bit Internet Explorer crashes for every page visited on Dell OptiPlex 790
Background: Co-worker had just re-imaged a number of Dell OptiPlex 790s with Windows 7 SP1 64-bit and 32-bit. After the computers were imaged, he ran through the rest of the standard preparation procedure. Opening Internet Explorer and trying to take it to another website, it immediately crashed. Trying different sites, it consistently crashed whenever you tried to load a new … [Read more...]
AppDeploy.com evolves into ITNinja
Back in 2008, I shared about AppDeploy.com, a great resource for IT Pros that are working on deploying applications. It provided a variety of information with its application knowledge base. There could be little tips like the command line parameters that allow for a silent deployment or where to download the .msi version of the installer. It has become quite the community for … [Read more...]