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Why new PCs? These are good enough!

Posted on March 25, 2014 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Why new PCs? These are good enough!

The people that work in the IT field know about upgrading and updating computer equipment. The SMB owners.. not so much. I’ve had a couple interesting experiences recently with clients. I was busy trying to tell them that Windows XP was no longer going to be supported and that they should get new PCs. One…

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Computers, Rants

Spooler service stops

Posted on July 28, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Spooler service stops

The case of the mysterious stopping spooler has been solved. At least this time. Good old Microsoft. You send in errors, look up errors and can not find anything from Microsoft itself. Half the time the people in the Technet Forums treat people with almost a snark to them, and don’t listen. Canned answers, no…

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Computers, General, Rants

The Catch 22: Certifications vs. Experience

Posted on January 7, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on The Catch 22: Certifications vs. Experience

I read a fantastic article on Tech Republic about the CCIE certification and was it losing its value. There were points in the article brought up about getting the certification and getting experience.I wanted to touch on this a bit overall as it relates to many jobs and certifications in the IT world. Its the…

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