Category Archives: Computers

Study desktop PC–Windows 10/64 upgrade.

Posted on 10/03/2020 by AlanM52

Before leaving for the vet with Holly started a backup to the new Seagate 4TB drive – 63GB. Just got home and it’s about 87% complete. After a rest and coffee I’ll go down and start the clean install.

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Facebook Post: 2020-03-10T20:21:58

Posted on 10/03/2020 by AlanM52

Study PC Win 10/64 upgrade. Before leaving for the vet with Holly started a backup to the new Seagate 4TB drive – 63GB Just got home and it’s about 87% complete. After a rest and coffee I’ll go down and … Continue reading →

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Al’s IPTV updates

Posted on 08/03/2020 by AlanM52

Finally making some progress to setup and configure a PVR that will record IPTV stuff on Windows 10. Here is a peek…more to come.Download NextPVR.

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Workshop updates

Posted on 05/03/2020 by AlanM52

Raining outside so we’ll potter in the shed today. Made some improvements to the dust extractor for the planer thicknesser machine and then did some computer stuff. Modified a pipe clamp for the output end and used some double-sided foam … Continue reading →

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Facebook Post: Saying goodbye to Windows 7

Posted on 01/03/2020 by AlanM52

Saying goodbye to Windows 7 As posted upgraded the HP Pro i3/6GB from Win10 Home 32 bit to Win10 Pro 64 bit. Impressed how fast the thing is…(y) Today we upgraded the workshop PC (Q6600 with 4GB) from Win7/32 to … Continue reading →

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Caribbean market shopping and lunch with friends.

Posted on 24/02/2020 by AlanM52

Got a HP Pro 3130 mini tower SSF from one of the regular PC guys. i3 with 6GB and Win10/32 for $100 bucks.

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Telstra/NBN Speed Test

Posted on 06/02/2020 by AlanM52

Have not preformed one for a while – looks OK

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Desktop PC camera photos backup

Posted on 04/02/2020 by AlanM52

Besides the normal Windows backup stuff I like to manually backup the Camera Photos directory to the external Seagate Expansion Drive attached to the Lenovo AIO desktop. Have not done so since about October last year – pretty slack.

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Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019

Posted on 12/11/2019 by AlanM52

Upgraded from Office Home & Business 2013 to the above…all good.

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NBN is down

Posted on 12/11/2019 by AlanM52

Internet went down about 20 mins ago but we are good as the Telstra Smart Modem Gen 2 has switched over to mobile backup for both both internet and phone.

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