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Rethinking The Lenovo ThinkPad P14s

Last year, I decided to replace my aging Lenovo ThinkPad T460s. Originally, I had planned to replace it with a Lenovo ThinkPad T14s (Gen 2) but with the supply chain issues and chip shortages, I was looking at an estimated delivery timeframe of over twelve weeks to get a custom configured T14s.

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Creating A Windows 11 USB Installer

If you need to perform a clean installation of Windows 11, you’ll need to create bootable Windows 11 installation media. In this post, we’ll go through the process of creating a bootable USB installer for Windows 11 using the Microsoft Windows Media Creation tool.

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Creating A Windows 10 USB Installer

Every now and then, it’s good to format your hard drive or solid-state drive and perform a clean installation of Windows 10. To do this, you’ll need Windows 10 installation media if you don’t already have it. You can easily create Windows 10 installation media using the Microsoft Windows Media Creation tool.

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Journey To A ThinkPad

I remember getting my very first laptop. It was a Toshiba Satellite 330CDT running Windows 95 though, it wasn’t my first choice. I really wanted an IBM ThinkPad. I had my eye on one that I really liked but the IBM ThinkPad was extremely expensive.

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Cannot Add Exchange or POP Account in New Outlook for Mac

If you’re running a current version of Outlook for Mac, you’re probably aware that you can change the Outlook appearance from the legacy version of Outlook (aka the classic look) to ‘New Outlook’. However, if you use Outlook for Mac to connect to an Exchange server (on-premise Exchange or Hosted Exchange) and/or a POP mail server, you might want to stick to the legacy version of Outlook.

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Audio Not Working In Boot Camp

I’ve been running Boot Camp on my Early-2016 12-inch MacBook for almost two years and it has worked well enough for my specific use case. Performance isn’t great but it gets the job done. It’s a base model 12-inch MacBook with an Intel 1.1GHz Dual Core Intel Core m3 processor with 8GB RAM and 256GB of flash storage currently running macOS Monterey natively and the latest version of Windows 10 Pro in Boot Camp.

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Lenovo Vantage

From time to time, it may be necessary to perform a wipe and clean installation of Windows on your PC. However, one of the greatest pains with doing so is having to re-install all the necessary drivers and system software … in the right order.

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