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Looks to me like SuperFetch service is enabled. You can stop it from Services.msc or by cmd: net stop SysMain In my experience it does very little if you've got an SSD anyway.

@chuckwagon Interesting story. Good to see you landed on your feet. Regarding your next career goals, Cisco is a very common progression from where you are now. As you hinted at, though, there is a big danger of Cisco-based roles being taken by offshore and H1B folks. 11/12 of my Cisco Call...

I want to take a second to add some of my own background. This is less to list my qualifications, and more to give context to how I came to some conclusions. 12 years ago, I began my career as an entry-level “Tier-1” desktop technician out of high school. I did not pursue further education. I...

OG Black Keys. You're welcome.

Cool. I'll writeup a quick intro in a new thread.

11 months.... Trust me, you will find better options at that point. You'll be doing this exercise all over again. :) Are you interested in maybe learning more about computers in that time? Get comfortable enough to build one yourself? Maybe even get into the industry....?

@PsychoRealm is correct in that the upgrade route is best if you currently have a license (likely OEM), however your timeline does not support it. Those within the industry foresee the July 29th deadline being extended, but I would not count on it. Also, considering that we'll be seeing far...

At this point, definitely jump right into Win10. Win8 doesn't deserve the hate it gets in my opinion, but Win10 is clearly the better OS. Regarding how, it's easy. (Assuming you have a >8GB USB drive.) You extract the ISO to the USB, plug the USB into the PC, and boot. Details on how to extract...

This thread brought up some interesting questions. I can't recommend a specific model for you, but have some knowledge: Retail vs. Build: Building your own rig is obviously the most cost-effective way to get what you want. That said; even with the huge number of tutorials out there, many people...

..from your friendly-neighborhood-battlement-dwelling-demoknight.

We tried out a couple options for our office, including Shield. It did the job, but it was more expensive than other options.. and we had to use the nvidia control panel to do everything. Annoying. We ended up buying a bunch of StarTech IPUSB2HD2 devices...

For me, it was the teammate glow on respawn that hammered my FPS. (tf_spawn_glows_duration). Can also turn it off in Adv Options.

Regarding the fans.. your machine must breathe. I recommend at least one intake fan and one exhaust fan. They are super cheap. (Your case likely comes with them already.)

Chuckwagon, what ever happened with your grand entrance into the world of IT?