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Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 13.1.1.700 (Free Edition) – Technical Overview and What You Can Achieve

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 14, 2026

The latest standalone Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is version 13.1.1.700 (released around mid-August 2026, included with Veeam Backup & Replication 13.1.1). It continues the solid line of free endpoint protection that started years ago as Veeam Endpoint Backup. For home users, small offices, or anyone protecting individual Windows desktops/laptops without needing central management, the […]

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Free Online EDB to PST Converter by Stellar: A Practical Tool for Extracting Exchange Mailboxes Without a Live Exchange Server

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 8, 2026

If you have managed on-premises Exchange environments for any length of time, you have almost certainly run into situations where you need mailbox data out of an EDB file but the original Exchange server is no longer available, the database is offline, or native PowerShell cmdlets such as New-MailboxExportRequest simply fail. In such situations where […]

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VMware Workstation Pro 26H1u1 Released – Security Fixes and Secure Boot Platform Key Remediation

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 3, 2026

Broadcom has released VMware Workstation Pro 26H1u1 (build 25688693) on 03 September 2026. This is a maintenance update focused on security patches and a handful of bug fixes. If you run Workstation for nested labs, development, testing, or daily desktop virtualization work, this one is worth installing. I’ve been using VMware Workstation for years as […]

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StarWind Virtual HCI Appliance Free: Turn Your Servers into a Full HCI Cluster Without Spending a Cent

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 24, 2026

If you’ve been following my blog for a while (yes, we’re talking back to the early ESXi days), you know I love practical, cost-effective solutions that actually work in the real world — especially for SMBs, ROBO sites, edge locations, or anyone tired of expensive proprietary HCI stacks. Today we’re diving into something that fits […]

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How to update your ESXi 7.x or 8.x to the latest ESXi 8.0U3k via command line

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 4, 2026

For those enthousiasts which are still running ESXi in their labs, or for SMBs which needs to upgrade their VMware vSphere Infrastructure, this is this quick guide which allows you to upgrade couple of ESXi hosts easily enough via a “depot.zip” file. The VMware-ESXi-8.0U3k-25595708-depot.zip is the latest file which has all cumulative patches inside, is […]

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StarWind VSAN Free vs Paid: Real Production Savings with Software-Defined Storage

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 22, 2026

Over the years on this blog (going back to the ESX 3.x days), I’ve always been on the lookout for solutions that deliver real value without breaking the bank. Virtualization has always been about efficiency, consolidation, and squeezing every last drop of performance and availability out of your hardware. StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) fits perfectly […]

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Winhance: The Free Windows 11 Enhancement Utility That Actually Delivers Control Back to Users

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 5, 2026

If you have been running Windows 11 for any length of time, you already know the story. The OS arrives packed with telemetry, pre-installed apps you will never use, aggressive advertising, and a growing list of AI features that many power users and enthusiasts prefer to keep at arm’s length. Manual debloating with PowerShell scripts […]

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ProxCenter: The vCenter Alternative Proxmox Has Been Missing? – Interview with the Founder

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 3, 2026

If you’re a virtualization enthusiast like me, you’ve probably spent the last couple of years watching VMware customers scramble for alternatives after the Broadcom acquisition turned licensing into a headache. I’ve been testing Proxmox VE for a while now (and even wrote about the official Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 release), and one thing keeps coming […]

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Winslopr: The No-Nonsense Windows Slop Remover for Windows 11 Home Users and IT Admins Alike

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 5, 2026

If you’ve been running Windows 11 for a while, you know the feeling. The OS itself is solid under the hood—great performance, modern UI elements, solid security foundations—but Microsoft keeps layering on stuff you didn’t ask for. Telemetry, aggressive suggestions, Copilot (whether you want it or not), ads in the Start menu, OneDrive nagging, background […]

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XorMon v2.2 Is Out – What’s New and Why You Should Upgrade

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 19, 2026

If you’re managing a mixed IT environment – and let’s be honest, who isn’t these days – you know the pain of juggling five different monitoring tools at once. One for VMware, one for storage, one for backup, one for databases… it gets messy fast. That’s exactly why I keep coming back to XorMon. It’s […]

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