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The CMOS clears every time I pull the power cable. All settings that I change are reset to factory at that point. That's the weird thing. Doesn't take any special procedure. That's why I replaced the CMOS battery because I couldn't see any other reason why that would happen. I also updated...

So I was troubleshooting a computer today and I am totally stumped. Computer has not been turned on for about 18 months but worked prior. Upon first boot, computer could not find boot option for Windows. Hotkey to boot menu did nothing. Only F key that worked was the one to go to the BIOS...

Thanks - really the main goal is for his streaming video devices to be in the USA, not the computer stuff. But we do plan on putting it on the whole network so everything would be local in the USA. Consumer grade stuff is all we will use though, for sure. I wonder if it's really worth the...

Thanks! So, I have a synology server that i bought (218 play) for internal data storage, it appears to have a VPN server built in. Is this an easy way to do it? I've just now set up OpenVPN on it, so i feel like my end is pretty good. The question is how he finds me (some DDNS service? I use...

I am very technically capable but this is not something I’ve ever tried to do before. I have plenty of computers lying around, and old routers if that would help. I have gigabit upload and download speed so my band with is essentially unlimited. Is there any easy way to set up a system where my...

Problem solved by original charger. Thanks!

Good idea. It's not an original Dell charger, so I should try that.

I have a Dell 5582 laptop that is running its 1.5 Ghz i5 CPU at between 0.3 and 0.4 Ghz, despite anything I can think of to try. I have disabled speedstep in the BIOS, installed the ThrottlingOff registry key, set the Windows performance settings to max performance, and nothing makes any...

About 20 users access it, but 2016 essentials says up to 25 users and 50 devices, right?

Really appreciate it

OK, so I am looking at building a server for a small business I support. I do tons of PC support, and support their server too, but have not built or setup one before. So I am risking a bit here, but I've told them my situation and they still say they can't find anyone else to do it, so...