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How to Demonstrate Value

by Spencer Heckathorn | May 27, 2023 | General Computing | 0 Comments

The original version of this was posted on Hektechnologies in 2017 and was called Take It to the Next Level: Stop Losing to Competitors. I've made some changes and updates, moving the post here as this post will be helpful for knowledge workers. In business and life,...

Upgrading Your Old PC with SSD

by Spencer Heckathorn | March 21, 2022 | General Computing | 0 Comments

Videos coming soon! Most computers over a few years old will have a bottleneck surrounding their hard drive speed. Thankfully, an easy way to fix this problem is by upgrading your old spinning hard drive to a solid-state drive or SSD. In this post, I will outline the...

Best Custom Built Computer for a Machine Shop

by Spencer Heckathorn | April 12, 2022 | General Computing | 0 Comments

If you need to update and upgrade your Machine Shop or Fab Shop PCs now is a great time to snag a deal before prices shoot up. I put together a list of parts that most people will be able to get 5 to 10 years of good service out of PCs built by following my buying guide.

How To Set Password Policy in Active Directory Using PowerShell

Feb 27, 2023 | General Computing

I will make more articles on how to do these things using the GUI in the future; however, I love using the command line. As I said, it helps a ton, especially if you are a newer admin just getting your feet wet. The reference documentation is here from Microsoft In...

How to Fix “This Operation Returned Because the Timeout Period Expired”

Dec 18, 2022 | General Computing

This week I ran into a very slow-to-respond computer that gave the error "This operation returned because the timeout period expired." I spent much longer working directly on the machine before I had a crazy idea. This all-too-slow machine was an SBS 2011 server. It...

Office 365 Email Server Settings IMAP POP SMTP

Oct 21, 2022 | General Computing

I find myself in many situations where I need to set up a custom app or legacy system with the ability to send out emails, but we just started using Office 365 recently. So here are some of the server settings for different applications that should help keep the mail...

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