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How to Prevent Windows from Automatically Updating Specific Drivers

Article by:  Walter Glenn Windows–especially Windows 10–has a bad habit of installing new updates for hardware drivers whether you want them or not. You could go big and simply prevent Windows from downloading updates altogether, or you might have luck blocking or hiding

Posted in Computers, Drivers, Laptop/Notebook, Windows 10, Windows Tweaks

Sudo Command to Allow Downloaded Apps on MAC

Type of the following command syntax: sudo spctl –master-disable Hit Return Authenticate with an admin password Hit Return Exit Terminal Allow Everything will now be in System Preferences Privacy and Security.

Posted in Apple, Computers, MAC, OSX, Software

Can’t Delete Partitions Using Disk Management / Use DISKPART Elevated Command

There is plenty of space on the disk. You are getting this error for a different reason. If your machine is anything but a desktop then you would get the error you have. https://technet.microsoft.com/library/354e5163-f388-4354-984c-ea4e4206694c You aren’t able to delete the

Posted in Computers, Laptop/Notebook, Windows

Apple Support Scam on the Rise “Scammers, don’t let them gain access to your computer remotely or to your account information”.

Here are 5 phone numbers that called me within 1 hour.  The people are scammers trying to gain account information from you to steal money.  Please report all these calls to the Federal Government.   Above all, don’t let them gain

Posted in Apple, Cell Phones, Fraud, MAC, Security, Virus/Malware

Iphone XR Hotspot Not Compatible With Windows 10 Version 1809 or 1903 Drivers

Recently I had two clients both complaining that their IPhone Hotspots would not connect to the internet on a Toshiba and a Lenovo Laptop running Windows 10 Version 1809 and 1903.  The weird thing was that they were both on

Posted in Apple, Cell Phones, Computers, Drivers, Hardware, Laptop/Notebook, Windows 10

Can’t See C Drive in Server 2012 Raid 1 Solved

I have managed to resolve this.  The update wrote over my raid drivers. – I downloaded the necessary drivers from the manufacturer site. – Copied them over to the Windows Server 2012 USB drive. – Launched installation, and chose system image recovery. – Of course there

Posted in Computers, Drivers, Hardware, Server, Software, Windows

How do I Delete the SearchMine Search Engine from Google Chrome on my MacBook Pro

Click the “Preferences” icon in your Mac’s menu bar and select “Profiles”. Select all “AdminPrefs” profile(s) and delete it/them by clicking the minus (-) icon at the bottom. Once you’ve removed the unwanted “adminprefs” profile(s), you should be able to

Posted in Apple, Computers, Google Chrome, MAC, Virus/Malware

Add User in Windows 10 Home, Run netplwiz, Then Raise the User to Administrator

To Add a Local Account in netplwiz 1. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type netplwiz into Run, and click/tap on OK to open it.2. Check the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer box, and click/tap on the Add button. (see screenshot below)

Posted in Computers, Software, Windows, Windows 10

Hyper-V not booting Server 2016 Stays Black Dell PowerEdge R730

In my case I tried everything Microsoft Community suggested.  I even tried reloading my Operating System but my VM still would not start up.  All my processes were there but I couldn’t see the screen and I couldn’t reach it

Posted in Computers, Drivers, Hardware, Hyper-V, Server, Server 2016, Software

Can’t Send or Receive AT&T and Bellsouth Email From Computers using Outlook 2016 Yahoo Servers Solved:

It seems I have had several clients calling me and telling me that they cannot receive or send email from their computers using Outlook 2016.  I did some research because I know that in Gmail and Yahoo, you can go

Posted in Computers, Hardware, Laptop/Notebook, Office, Office 2016, Outlook, Security, Software, Windows