TLC For Your Computers

10/10/2025

Windows 11

It's almost past time to get there!

Run PC Health Check, it's a Microsoft application that will tell you if you can upgrade your Windows 10 computer to Windows 11 or not
It will tell you the specifics of why you cannot, if your pc does not meet the criteria.
https://aka.ms/GetPCHealthCheckApp

If your system passes PC Health Check, your Windows 11 upgrade is normally done from an update in Windows Update.
First, perform all Windows 10 updates, restarting as required.

If the update to goto Windows 11 is not there in Windows Update,
Run WIN11 Installation Assistant, it will install WIN11.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2171764
(Click on save to download it)

If the criteria is that TPM is not detected but you have a supported CPU, then you probably need to enable TPM or the BIOS protection for trusted platform.
If your system has an unsupported cpu, you need a new computer, but keep reading, you have options.

If you cannot install WIN11, because unsupported hardware you can still receive security updates via Microsoft after Oct 14,2025, It is good until 10_13_2025, the program is currently free: on some websites it mentions it will cost $30.00 for first year. Enroll before OCT 14th??? for free.
To do this:
You must be logged into your pc using a Microsoft Account, and must have admin privileges, to get an update to enroll in Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program update, again, it comes via Windows Update.
This program lets you keep receiving critical and important security updates even after official support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. It’s designed for folks who can’t upgrade to Windows 11—whether due to hardware limitations or other reasons—and want to keep their systems protected a little longer.

“Still rocking Windows 10 past 2025? Microsoft’s got your back with Extended Security Updates. Enroll here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/extended-security-updates

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08/01/2025

Upgrade to Windows 11!!

If possible, use Windows Update on supported systems and upgrade with all apps and data to Windows 11.

If you do not have a mother board that supports TPM 2.0 or CPU's that meet the criteria, you CANNOT perform an upgrade keeping your data and apps as is by either using Windows Update or Windows 11 software. The software performs a clean install.

You need a new computer.
If you goto Settings - System - About
can see your processor, and the thousandth place of the model gives you the generation of Intel processors. Not sure about AMD processors. Anyways the current Intel Generation is 14.

You will have a much faster computer.
Speaking of which, memory is now DDR5
And hard drives are m.2 SSD drives.
A quieter and more robust cooling system includes radiator and liquid cooling running via a pump on your cpu not a fan.

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04/08/2025

Going, going,,,,, (going to the fence)

Hey who has an old pc?
Intel is on it's 14th generation of CPU's based on "core" desktop.
the i3,i5,i7, and now i9 CPU's.
If on an Intel platform you can check your current version.

here's a quick way:
step 1: You press the "shift" "Ctrl" and "ESC" at the same time.
step 2: when task manager pops up, click on the performance tab, (it's under View on the menu)
step 3: With CPU selected on the left, (should be there by default)
your cpu is identified up top, with specs down below.
intel generation is the thousandths number after the i3 or i5 or i7
for instance an i7-5930K is 5th generation... pc was made for Windows 7.

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08/14/2024

Have you ever tried a trackerball?
Instead of moving a mouse, you move a ball with your thumb.
This is needed for my right hand, as a mouse will eventually start causing pain in my right hand.
The ergonomics of a trackerball is better than any mouse or touchpad I have tried. It does not move, so you rest your whole arm and wrist while being most productive.

OH!! It's dreamy nice to drive around multi-screen displays rolling the ball with your thumb, than moving a mouse, lifting mouse, and repositioning, looking for cursor pointer on screen from the mouse, banging mouse on the desk, finding pointer on wrong display, lifting mouse to move cursor, etc...

05/07/2024

TLC For Your Computers
(emphasis on CARE)

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03/07/2024

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Call (903) 821-9630 and let's schedule a site-survey walk-thru.

10/31/2023

I do CAT6 network cabling!
This is used for wired data connections.
Low voltage 8 conductor ethernet cable.
If you are installing computers, cameras, VOIP telephones, wireless access points, smart TV, etc... you want CAT6 cabling and you want it terminated to a patch panel in a central location for shortest cable distance preferrably, and in some instances a wireless solution can be added to this backplane main wiring plan. You can connect a business building, add drops anywhere and this will let you add Power Over Ethernet (POE) cameras, that work with just a network cable, no 110v outlet required.

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09/18/2023

The icing on the cake for my last pc service call!!! I got cake, with icing!! Short visit with Roy & Carlyn before they had to scoot, to pickup some folks, and go play cards.
Love my in-laws..

03/29/2022

Basic price for a Power Workstation has been at $1500.00 for many years.

What that gets you today: (standards have changed)

Case: Your new case will usually include tempered glass in a side panel. This is not the fake plexi glass, it's real glass. This is to see inside better.
You will not have all the cdrom and dvd drive areas anymore.
In fact the 3.5 inch and 2.5 inch hard drives are getting rarer.
SSD drives are on the motherboard, more on that below.
These usually have LED display additions.

CPU cooling: The standard is not even a cpu fan. It is a liquid cooling element that pumps coolant thru radiator, that has the fans cooling the radiator. These larger fans usually have LED display effects, even the pump on the cpu has RGB effect

CPU: includes graphics updates, with more cores and threads. They run cooler due to lower frequency more cores.
Latest from INTEL is LGA1700 Generation 12
Intel now sells an i9 cpu option.

Memory - DDR4 is still the standard, but DDR5 is shipping now.
Use at least 16GB memory, and install memory in pairs for best performance. Most gamer memory has RGB LED effects.

Hard drive. Newest storage is m.2 slots on your motherboard. The SSD storage looks like a RAM module with pinout on short side.
On most motherboards there is a RAID option. You can stripe or mirror two drives to look like 1 hard drive to the system.
m.2 is the standard for Operating System drive.
Larger drives are 2.5 drives.
Bigger storage type cases are on servers or NAS devices.

USB or thru network or Internet is how to install software.
USB 3.0 is the USB drive you want to use.

USB 3.1 speed is 10GPS
USB 3.0 speed is 5GPS or 5000MBS
USB 2.0 speed is 640MBS

Plug your USB 3.0 device into blue colored USB port.
Black is a USB 2.0 port.
USB 3.0 is usually labeled SS

Be careful updating to Windows 11 on a computer that has software licensing support for business practice for only WIN10.
You may void your software support upgrading to Windows 11.

02/07/2022

Windows 11 requirement that is causing problems:
Your computer motherboard must support TPM 2.0
TPM=Trusted Platform Module
TPM authenticates your systems hardware by storing encrypted keys on the motherboard. It performs storage of encrypted information that authenticates the hardware to the user. For instance: it stores machine hardware information for product licensing, and it may store user authenticating information like a user's fingerprint, which was input from fingerprint reader on some laptops.

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I can get the latest technology, that you cannot get at retail.

09/28/2021

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