Tag: windows 10
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Installing an NVIDIA Gigabyte GTX 1060 Graphics Card into a Dell Precision T5810
Might be easy. Might be hard. Never done it. Here are my notes. TL;DR Managed to get it working after a dozen or so reboots, driver installations, and placement permutation of the original and/or new graphics card The only interesting/semi-innovative part of the project was having to pry off a strip of metal from the…
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Windows 10 for Unix Users
Goals It’s been literally decades since I’ve owned a Windows machine; here’s a guide to setting up Windows 10 and getting orientated for those used to doing things the MacOS/Linux way. Some specific goals include: Initial setup Backups Install winget package manager Install WSL2 and Ubuntu Install terminal Initial Setup & Orientation The most important…
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Installing Windows 10 when all you have is a Mac (UEFI Version)
In a previous article I described how to install Windows 10 on a machine when all you have otherwise is a Mac. The problem is that you need Windows 10 to install Windows 10, so I had to use Virtualbox on the Mac to turn my USB device into a Windows-10 installer. The Problem I…
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Installing Windows 10 when all you have is a Mac (Legacy/Non-UEFI Version)
Important! This advice has been deprecated and is only applicable if you’re trying to install Windows 10 on a machine without UEFI support. If your machine does have UEFI support, then start here. Background Skip this section if you just want to jump to the “how I did it” content. I haven’t used Windows in…