Dec 28

HP Envy M6 AE 151 DX case removal opening to access drives, memory

This is simply a quick video showing how to open the case on this HP Envy M6  AE 151 D laptop since there didn’t seem to be anything online. These were a pretty popular Black Friday sales item this year (2015) so there are probably a few people working on replacing the default mechanical 1 Tb drive with a SSD, adding memory, etc.

These came without a optical drive. The battery is NOT removable. But you can upgrade the battery also by opening the case. I’ve had a couple open replacing the drive with a SSD.

 

12 Pubs 2015

Status

SHORT LINK TO THIS PAGE; http://tiny.cc/12pubs

  1. R2L *** http://r2lrestaurant.com/  *** 50 S. 16TH STREET 37TH FLOOR PHILADELPHIA, PA
  2. The Happy Rooster *** http://www.thehappyrooster.com/ *** 118 S 16th St, Philadelphia, PA
  3. Ladder 15 *** http://www.ladder15philly.com/ *** 1528 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA
  4. Good Dog Bar *** http://www.gooddogbar.com/ *** 224 S 15th St, Philadelphia, PA
  5. Fado Irish Pub *** www.fadoirishpub.com/philadelphia *** 1500 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA
  6. Misconduct Tavern *** http://www.misconducttavern.com/ *** 1511 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA
  7. Black Sheep Pub *** http://www.theblacksheeppub.com/ *** 247 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA
  8. Finn McCool’s *** http://www.finnmccoolsphilly.com/ *** 118 S 12th St, Philadelphia, PA
  9. Fergies *** http://www.fergies.com/ *** 1214 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA
  10. Brü Craft & Wurst *** http://www.bruphilly.com/ *** 1316 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA
  11. Bar *** http://barphiladelphia.com/ *** 1309 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA
  12. Time *** http://www.timerestaurant.net/ *** 1315 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA
Dec 04

SCAM ALERT – Microsoft Tech Support – WITH Audio Recording

So I got a call tonight from those scammers that try to get you to let them connect to your computer. I

Microsoft scammers webpage

Microsoft scammers webpage

recorded the call if you want to listen to what it sounds like. I’m not as dumb as I sound on the audio; it was an act to drag it out and build rapport to try to get more information. It’s about 30 minutes. Everything I say on the call is made up; I was trying to stretch it out but finally I had other things to do. When I told him there was someone at the door I actually made me some dinner. This is actually a fairly unsophisticated attack, entirely based on social engineering and not technical. Some tips to avoid this type of attack, based on this call (based on my 20 years in IT, some in Director roles);

1) It was a blocked number on caller ID. This alone is already illegal.
2) Who INITIATED the call?  If THEY initiated the call, you are at risk. If you have a problem with your computer, go fix it, don’t wait for someone legit to call you.
3) I it was pretty obvious it was a crowded, lots of background noise, and not very good English. A real Microsoft support person has a very professional demeanor.
4) Even without being technical, it was/should be a red flag when the Microsoft guy said they could also fix Apple.  One guy said they COULD fix Android, one said they could not.
5) The website they directed me to was a “free” hosted website company. I have already contacted them, and the site is being shut down.
6) Technically; they ask you to open Event Viewer, and look at the Critical Events, and you’re supposed to get panicked, but there are ALWAYS bad looking events in there.
7) Then, they directed me to a website, which had several remote control links on it, I’m sure the next step was to get me to install one of them. The tools listed on that site; Teamviewer, Goto Meeting, etc, are legit tools, just being used for a scam.
8) I started asking about a phone number, for my “friends” to call them. They hung up. Most of their website and phone activity can be faked, but a call back number would be a way to identify them, and they knew it.

From what I’ve read, if it works, they get you to go to a Western Union site and send them money to pay for their “help” fixing your computer.

Here are a couple of searches to see more about the scam;
Microsoft Support scam; https://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+technicians+are+one+step+ahead+scam&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&gws_rd=ssl

https://www.google.com/search?q=call+from+microsoft+support+scam&oq=call+from+microsoft+support+scam&aqs=chrome..69i57.6294j0j9&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

Dec 02

Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 install and first boot

Here are two quick videos showing the install and first boot of Server 2016 Technical Release 4

Server 2016 Technical Review 4

Server 2016 Technical Review 4

 

number1This first video we install and boot to Core. Core is the default of the two options; Core or GUI. So, if you select all the defaults, you will have Core.

 

 

number2In this second video we install and boot to the GUI install.