Author: Nerd Drivel

Knowledge is power. Empower yourself! I've been a computer nerd since I was 7 years old. I started in the days of the Power PC with a Commodore 64. As I grew so did my knowledge and curiosity, anything I could take apart with a screw driver would be opened and investigated. Later on I went on to graduate from a post secondary Computer Engineering program. Today I work in an IT department for a mid sized company, I get to tinker and toy with gadgets of all types, fuelling my passion for technology and software. I understand computers more than I understand some people.

Virtual Machine Queues and Broadcom NIC Issues

Broadcom network adapters have a very big issue in Windows with Hyper-V. The issue is so big that at one point a year or so ago when I deployed a new Hyper V server with Broadcomm NICs my domain users were unable to use VPN properly due to a crippling network latency. I'm sure Broadcom... Continue Reading →

April 19, 2018 0

WMI Filtering in Group Policy

Item level targeting is great and all, it works well for granular targeting. But with Item Level Targeting you are limited to only Active Directory components. WMI or Windows Management Instrumentation consists of a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model that provides an operating system interface through which instrumented components provide information and notification.... Continue Reading →

January 3, 2018 0

Home Media – Part 4 – OSMC/KODI/XBMC

This is part 4 of a series of write ups called Home Media. Part 1 - The NAS build Part 2 - The Setup Part 3 - The Rip Now that you have a whole infrastructure setup for streaming in your house, what do you do? First thing is first, you will need some sort... Continue Reading →