Author: trparky

Windows 10… an unmitigated disaster

trparky December 10, 2018 0

Recently Windows 10 has been plagued by a series of not just one but several Windows Updates that have had to be pulled from distribution because of, as Microsoft puts it… “unforeseen issues”. Unforeseen? Yeah… only because you fired your whole entire software QA team!!! Now had you, Microsoft, actually kept your internal software testing team instead of “dog fooding” it to their own users they would have caught the issues before they even came to light.

This has been an ongoing issue, Windows Updates causing issues that range from minor glitches to BSODs. This time, Windows 10 version 1803 Build 17134.441 (KB4467682) has been pulled according to this HardOCP front page article. Apparently the update is causing BSODs on get this… THEIR OWN DAMN HARDWARE!!! The update is causing issues with their older, yet still supported, Surface Book 2 lineup of products.

Come on Microsoft… you’re really taking the art of failing to an all new horrible level.

The Intel Core i7 8700K

trparky August 10, 2018August 10, 2018 0

I’ve recently upgraded to a new Core i7 8700K processor. OK, not recently, I bought it about four months ago. I previously had a Core i5 3570K that was overclocked to 4.4 GHz and I had that for nearly five years. Unfortunately that older system just wasn’t keeping up with the demands that I had …

Stepping away from DSLReports.com

trparky June 1, 2018 0

I’m stepping away from DSLReports.com, if you ask me the DSLReports community has turned extremely toxic as of late. There’s a lot of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) along with paranoia going on in that community. Any time there’s some kind of program that even makes the slightest of outgoing communication the entire community jumps …

Windows 10 Diagnostic Data

trparky January 26, 2018January 26, 2018 0

OK so I did some deep diving into the app Windows Diagnostic Data Viewer that’s part of the new Windows 10 Fast Ring Build that was released recently and to be honest, it was an eye-opening experience. If I am using the app correctly (and I most likely am) there is a toggle that will …

Identity Politics

trparky October 21, 2017October 21, 2017 11

I usually don’t write about politics here because it usually ends up in nothing more than a series of insults being traded between one another in the comment section. I feel I have to write this because of the current political climate in the United States. First of all, I voted for Trump. There, I …

Wow Microsoft… just wow.

trparky September 17, 2017September 17, 2017 1

So I’m sitting here writing some code in .NET and I have myself a File System Watcher in my code to check if a file has been changed and if it has, it’s supposed to load the file and process any changes. In this case, it’s a log file and if the log file changes …

Completely re-installed my WordPress installation

trparky August 27, 2017 0

I have completely reinstalled my installation of WordPress. I tried to import as much of the old stuff as I could get from the old site installation into the new installation.

Intel better be running scared…

trparky July 13, 2017 0

Until recently Intel used to be the king of the computing processor market while AMD languished on the side-lines with chips that were barely worth speaking about let alone buying. But things have changed, introducing the AMD Zen Architecture. For the first time in more than five years, AMD has been making some really big …

All aboard the fail boat…

trparky December 1, 2016 2

Millions of Android devices are getting hit by a new batch of malware called Gooligan. Android ‘Gooligan’ Hackers Just Scored The Biggest Ever Theft Of Google Accounts http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/11/1-million-android-accounts-compromised-by-android-malware-called-gooligan/ Gooligan malware roots 1M Android phones in “largest Google account breach to date” As the Forbes article mentioned… Once downloaded, Gooligan determines which Android phone it’s infected …

Windows 10 Telemetry

trparky October 29, 2016 1

I know that many of you may have read stuff about Windows 10’s telemetry and that Microsoft is using it to spy on their users. Every little thing that you do on your Windows machine is being tracked, collected, and sent to Microsoft. Every keystroke, every mouse movement, every word you say to Cortana is …