TIL: Windows 10 Display Order needs an overlapping edge

Another IT tidbit, and honestly kind of a boring but funny one. I was fiddling around with my desk setup, and have my laptop as one of my screens. Since the laptop sits on the desk and the other screens are sort of “above” it on a stand, I attempted to set Windows to mimic the real-life configuration of the monitors.

What I ran into though, was the fact that there are no overlapping edges between screen #1 and screen #2, so the mouse would not jump – at all – off of screen #1. I HAD to move it over so that there was at least a little overlap between the two, like this:

Just figured I’d share!

TIL: Route -f Breaks Sophos Endpoint

In IT there are certain things that you don’t often “dig into”, either for lack of time or just the fact that something “just works”. Other than setting up necessary routes and gateways, usually through DHCP, you often don’t bother with routing on a user’s workstation, but hopefully a lesson I learned recently will stop someone else from making the same mistake.

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PhillyClassic 4 Video Game Expo – Pics, and a Tribute

Here in 2020, it seems like any time since March of 2020 (about 5 months ago in reality), seems like a literal eternity. Going back beyond that, like 16 years back, for an 80s kid that will always be a kid at heart, is a bit overwhelming to process. With practically no events, shows, or things to do, I’ve recently started getting nostalgic for the old PhillyClassic video game expos that used to take place at (what once was) the Valley Forge Expo Center, now Valley Forge Casino Event Center.

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