Hi there! It's BOB. I've always wanted a second house. Somewhere I could pop in, use the computer, and pop back out. Real estate is expensive, though, so I got the next best thing: a Windows 11 Read more
Woof! It's Rover. BOB told the story of his flop last time, so it's only fair that I get to tell somebody else's. Today's story is about a Windows that tried really, really hard, kept asking if it Read more
Hi there! It's BOB. Here's a fun fact about home labs: you will install Windows Server a lot. Domain controllers, file servers, a certificate authority, that test box you broke on purpose, that other Read more
Hi there! It's BOB. Here's some happy news for home labbers: Microsoft lets you download and run Windows Server for free for 180 days. No credit card, no catch, just a countdown timer. That's the Read more
Hi there! It's BOB. Last time, we built our very own certificate authority. Everything was green padlocks and happy browsers. And then one morning… a big red warning. Nothing changed! (Something Read more
Hi there! It's BOB. Proxmox VE is a home lab favorite. It's free, it's powerful, and it runs on just about any old PC you've got lying around. But the first time you install Windows on it, something Read more
Woof! It's Rover here. BOB said I could write this one, because I know a lot about burying things and digging them back up. In a home lab, you will break things. That's the fun part! The less fun Read more
Hi there! It's BOB. Every time you open a command prompt and type dir, or wonder why your drive is called C:, or log into a domain controller, you're touching forty-plus years of history. Today, Read more
Hi there! It's BOB. Almost every Windows lab starts in the same place: Active Directory. Group Policy, certificates, file shares, Entra Connect, Windows Admin Center, all those fun projects need a Read more
Hi there! It's BOB. Every home lab reaches the same moment. You've built a domain, a file server, a web server, maybe a little dashboard or two. You open one of them in your browser and… "Your Read more