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Simple PowerShell to get a Computer’s Specification

With Black Friday and Christmas fast approaching, I’m getting a lot of requests for people to help with computer upgrades or even whole new PCs.

Normally the first question you need answered is what do they have already, but this can sometimes not be straight-forward to a non-technical person.

Me: “What kind of PC do you have now?”

Them: “Sort of beigey-white? Eggshell maybe?”

We’re mid-pandemic so going round to have a look isn’t an option and my intricate multi-page documents about how to go to get each piece of info (with screenshots!) were still too technical.

So, PowerShell to the rescue.

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Apocalypse Maybe: A D&D Campaign Log. Part 10: When Bad Meets Evil

(This is a log of my players run through the  Out of the Abyss campaign (After a brief dabble with Harried at Hillsfar first.  Spoilers abound, though it’s likely the team won’t play the module in the way you, the writers or sanity intended).

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After a peaceful boat trip ending in a much less peaceful bout of mass-murder, the party has arrived at the Kuo-Toa town of Sloop’s people.

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Apocalypse Maybe: A D&D Campaign Log. Part 9: Socialising with a Sociopath

(This is a log of my players run through the  Out of the Abyss campaign (After a brief dabble with Harried at Hillsfar first.  Spoilers abound, though it’s likely the team won’t play the module in the way you, the writers or sanity intended).

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A combination of betrayal and pyromania has left the party falling into the inky blackness of a huge cave.

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Apocalypse Maybe: A D&D Campaign Log. Part 8: Democracy is not a Spectator sport

(This is a log of my players run through the  Out of the Abyss campaign (After a brief dabble with Harried at Hillsfar first.  Spoilers abound, though it’s likely the team won’t play the module in the way you, the writers or sanity intended).

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They’ve escaped the Drow and have not killed themselves (yet). Winning!

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Apocalypse Maybe: A D&D Campaign Log. Part 7: …Make Light Work

(This is a log of my players run through the  Out of the Abyss campaign (After a brief dabble with Harried at Hillsfar first.  Spoilers abound, though it’s likely the team won’t play the module in the way you, the writers or sanity intended).

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Everything is on fire and Whitey has been nibbled by spiders. Now is not the time to panic.

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Apocalypse Maybe: A D&D Campaign Log. Part 6: Some Gnomes Just Want to Watch the World Burn.

(This is a log of my players run through the  Out of the Abyss campaign (After a brief dabble with Harried at Hillsfar first.  Spoilers abound, though it’s likely the team won’t play the module in the way you, the writers or sanity intended).

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Their escape plan had been crashed by user error. Now was the time for inspired tactics improvisation.

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Apocalypse Maybe: A D&D Campaign Log. Part 5: The Great Escape.

(This is a log of my players run through the  Out of the Abyss campaign (After a brief dabble with Harried at Hillsfar first.  Spoilers abound, though it’s likely the team won’t play the module in the way you, the writers or sanity intended).

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Having met the other prisoners and only infuriated some of them, it was time to put a bold plan to escape into action. Luckily, the chaotic nature of the Dark Elves made setting them against each other trivially easy…

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Apocalypse Maybe: A D&D Campaign Log. Part 4: Captured!

(This is a log of my players run through the  Out of the Abyss campaign (After a brief dabble with Harried at Hillsfar first.  Spoilers abound, though it’s likely the team won’t play the module in the way you, the writers or sanity intended).

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The party had been thrown together by happenstance and helped some of the people of Hillsfar.   But now, they were captured;  descending down in to the depths of the earth.

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Apocalypse Maybe: A D&D Campaign Log. Part 3: A Well-Oiled Team

(This is a log of my players run through the  Out of the Abyss campaign (After a brief dabble with Harried at Hillsfar first.  Spoilers abound, though it’s likely the team won’t play the module in the way you, the writers or sanity intended).

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Having been brutalised by wildlife repeatedly over the previous few days the team try and get some more muscle on board.

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