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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 08, 2015, 06:26 AM »

hehe - When I said configured identically, I meant damn near an exact copy.

Both machines:
Use identical security software
Are HP Z400 series workstations
Were Originally Clean loaded with 10 pro
Are 2012 R2 Domain members with tight security
with only minor variations have the same software installed

Hell, the update was even done on the same day.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 07, 2015, 07:09 AM »

I don't know if there is any reality to this report, but the idea is certainly unpleasant:

http://www.techsuppo...s-without-asking.htm

Windows 10 users are reporting that programs they've installed have disappeared (apparently uninstalled) with the latest Windows 10 Fall update, including one case where the software that AMD's graphics cards depend on (AMD Catalyst Control Center) was uninstalled and replaced with Windows 10 graphics card drivers. The two other programs that have been mentioned as being uninstalled are CPU-Z and Speccy.

-Jibz (November 26, 2015, 10:31 AM)

Wandering back to this for a bit, I did notice a bunch of other stuff that had quietly gone missing after the last upgrade. I have a group of small no install utilities I've always kept in C:\Program Files\Mini-Tools really just to keep root C cleaner since they had to go somewhere, and I didn't want them to be scattered about. When I went looking for one of them this weekend, I discovered that the entire Mini-Tools folder was missing/had been skipped during the upgrade. It was still retrievably in the Windows.old folder, but why the upgrade took it upon itself to deem that unworthy of migration is rather perplexing.


Now here's the weird part ... While both are configured identically, my office computer moved the Mini-Tools folder during the upgrade that my home computer skipped.

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Living Room / Re: CAT5 splitter?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 07, 2015, 06:50 AM »

1000Base-T uses indeed all 8 wires in CAT-5, CAT-5e, CAT-6 and CAT-7 types of cable.
1000Base-TX again uses only 4 wires of CAT-6 type cable.

-Shades (December 04, 2015, 07:30 AM)

Interesting, I've apparently either never noticed...or never run into that particular detail before. However I get the impression it never really caught on as they say. So it's probably safer to (perhaps erroneously) assume the 4 pair Base-T requirement, as the chances of 2 of them playing well stuffed into the same cable don't strike me as being real high.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Exclusive Giveaway for DonationCoder - HD Video Converter Factory Pro

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 05, 2015, 08:05 AM »

[Yoda voice] Confused I am, on getting key how.[/Yoda voice]

This sounds like an offer to make an offer, not a currently active offer.

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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (download)

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 04, 2015, 07:13 AM »

[...]
I appreciate the consideration...but we need to consider him, and his input on the transition, [...]

-Stoic Joker (December 03, 2015, 03:00 PM)

I don't mind eitherway Though, with the subsection we've got now, it might be good to split up the threads to clarify a few things...
Guess that'll mean to split away the older stuff, so people having this topic bookmarked can keep it?

-WhiteTigX (December 04, 2015, 05:45 AM)

I think that would be safest. Cut me off at the project end announcement, add a link to your new section for continuity, and lock that thread. Then you can dice up the rest as needed.

[...]
well we can split the subject exactly as you request, [...]

-mouser (December 03, 2015, 03:08 PM)

Well that's the point I guess... "we" also means that Stoic Joker could split it up himself, less work for you (or I could in that matter)

-WhiteTigX (December 04, 2015, 05:45 AM)

Since I've never done it before ... It's probably safer if Mouser cuts me loose so I don't screw it up.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Continued software?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 04, 2015, 06:55 AM »

All of these arguments are theoretical, and not necessarily based on your current situation.  I've noted that the software in question isn't mentioned anywhere.  Is there a reason for this?  If you could post what the software is, where the site to get it is, etc., we could possible give more concrete answers based on facts, rather than assumptions.

-wraith808 (December 04, 2015, 04:12 AM)

I was struggling with that one myself, until I spotted this: Official MSPA Notifier thread. MPSA appears to be (an animation form of some kind?) MS Paint Adventures

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Living Room / Re: CAT5 splitter?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 04, 2015, 06:32 AM »

Because any wire that carries an electric signal will act as a antenna. And the internal wires of a cat 5 cable are pretty densely twisted...which is done on purpose, as there are only 4 wires that carry signals while the other 4 act as "dummies", catching as much external interference as possible, so the signal carrying wires have a better chance of getting their signals through.

-Shades (December 03, 2015, 05:58 PM)

At the risk of sounding pedantic ... For 10/100 yes, but Gigabit uses all 8 conductors. So if someone wanted to use the other type of Cat5 splitter to run 2 lines over one cable - that can be handy in a pinch - they need to know that their Gb hardware will drop to 100Mb because of the no longer extra 2 pairs being used by the other run.

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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (download)

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 03, 2015, 03:55 PM »

Werkz 4 me..

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Living Room / Re: CAT5 splitter?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 03, 2015, 03:11 PM »

Like so?

http://www.walmart.c...Light-Beige/28883669
or
http://www.newegg.co...30R1HP5233-_-Product

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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (download)

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 03, 2015, 03:00 PM »

Zoiks!

Mouser have you heard from WhiteTigX on this?? I was only making a suggestion...(contingent on his input)... not a request..

I'd actually thought that my original beginning of thread/top half could just be locked, so it would sink into board history, and then the second half would go into WhiteTigX's thread. I stepped out on page 17 here, it was a bit fuzzy during the transition, and then he took over "officially" a few pages later.

Also since I've been "gone" for almost 2 years, there's really no reason for me to be a mod of the new section, as it's WhiteTigX's project now.

I appreciate the consideration...but we need to consider him, and his input on the transition, because it really is his project now.

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Living Room / Re: good Videos [short films] here :)

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 03, 2015, 06:46 AM »

This is a must see.

Story of my piracy: It all had begun with sharing, it might end in the same way.

-Renegade (November 30, 2015, 08:49 PM)

So... a court system is going to pass up 6,000,000 (in money of some denomination) if this guy's video get viewed 200,000 times ...(Presumably to effect sufficient shame)... And this is believable why??

It sounds more to me like a reboot twist of the old forward this email to 10/20/30 friends and big company X will send you a zillion dollars scam.

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Living Room / Re: A long time ago in a galaxy far far away

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 02, 2015, 01:26 PM »

and the search EE does appear to work in Edge

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Living Room / Re: A long time ago in a galaxy far far away

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 02, 2015, 01:23 PM »

Well that'll teach me to assume..

None of this works for me and the second link gives me a 404.  : (

-TaoPhoenix (December 02, 2015, 11:14 AM)

..Remove the period after starwars

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Living Room / Re: A long time ago in a galaxy far far away

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 02, 2015, 11:06 AM »

It does not appear to work in IE11 ... But then again not much does these days.

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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (download)

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 02, 2015, 07:22 AM »

I'm with mouser on the two vs 3 buttons thing as the extra button only serves to confuse a different group of people, and there's just no saving the reflex clickers.

Also there's really not much point in keeping my logo on the top right of the about page anymore, so why not use the space for the auto update configuration options? It has certainly worked out for the auto start checkbox. And since it's the first thing people see when they go for properties it keeps the option in view as a gentile reminder to give re-enabling it a shot.

Or... you could even move the (getting a bit long) history panel to its own history tab (or window), and (perhaps) better use the about page space to be about what's going on now.


@mouser - While we're all here - so to speak -  is there any way we can split this up and give WhiteTigX his own thread for TC? That way he'd have better control of the posting going forward...and I could sink into the past.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 01, 2015, 03:12 PM »

Is this more security or less security?

-dr_andus (December 01, 2015, 12:17 PM)

It's more different security. Biometrics are more difficult to crack (without a knife..), but gesture based access is insanely easy to shoulder surf for. And there is still a Good Ol' Fashion - type me - password for network access ... So it's really just a bunch more options to fiddle with.

If you're not supposed to use the same password for everything. Then how often should you switch fingers?

Should you use one finger for banking, and a different one for social media?

How many fingers can you try before the security agent gets sore and locks you out?

Will bad guys start automatically taking all ten fingers to ensure the got the right one?

Will ATMs begin offering adequate privacy for one to discreetly use the 21st filange??

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 01, 2015, 02:59 PM »

But now that I think of it, I would rather tell someone the password rather than have them take my thumb or my face with them when they left. It is still losing face, but at least not literally.

-MilesAhead (December 01, 2015, 01:44 PM)

Man's got a good point there...I'd listen to him.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Alert on File/Folder Access

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 01, 2015, 06:41 AM »

Think about it, you are browsing the internet or listening to music and you see an alert for file/folder access.

-Nzyme (November 30, 2015, 08:38 AM)

Any halfway decently written malware isn't going to show its hand by touching the file system until after its gotten control of the system. So the net effect of running something to obscure for it to know to kill/bypass is most likely just going to be a front row seat to a horror show.

This kind of security is for human-slow direct access attempts, which is what auditing object access is designed to handle. User and logon type (service/network/interactive) are both recorded in the audit log, so watch for failure events, see who's failing to access what, and respond accordingly. Because if something is setoff in session with you - Computers being way faster than humans... - there is no way you will be able to react fast enough to anything other than be the first one on scene with a mop..

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by Stoic Joker on November 28, 2015, 07:28 AM »

I can confirm the CPU-Z disappearance, as it pulled mine ... However it did stop and tell me what it was doing when it did it.

-Stoic Joker (November 27, 2015, 06:09 AM)

What exactly did it tell you?  I'm trying to see Microsoft's reasoning... and I just don't get it.

-wraith808 (November 27, 2015, 04:56 PM)

Not sure how exact I can be, as I'd setoff the install and walked away. I just don't have the patience with progress bars that I used to.. IIRC when I was signing in for the first time, it popped up a message that said it was no longer compatible with 10 and had been removed.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by Stoic Joker on November 27, 2015, 06:09 AM »

I can confirm the CPU-Z disappearance, as it pulled mine ... However it did stop and tell me what it was doing when it did it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by Stoic Joker on November 26, 2015, 09:42 AM »

Just did a clean load of 10586 and was pleasantly surprised (read shocked) to be prompted to create a local account by default. No mention of creating/using/enforcing a MS cloud account was to be seen.

-Stoic Joker (November 26, 2015, 08:14 AM)

10586?  Ain't that there one of them new-fangled Pentup Frustration machines with built in FPU demanding virtual memory?  I didn't know MS took it over from Intel. 

-MilesAhead (November 26, 2015, 08:27 AM)

My we're feeling glib today... Yes I was rushing and meant Windows 10 build 10586. However your definition does have its merits..

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by Stoic Joker on November 26, 2015, 08:14 AM »

Just did a clean load of 10586 and was pleasantly surprised (read shocked) to be prompted to create a local account by default. No mention of creating/using/enforcing a MS cloud account was to be seen.

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Living Room / Re: Automakers Want to Outlaw Gearheads From Working on Their Own Cars

« Last post by Stoic Joker on November 24, 2015, 05:43 PM »

From tomos' link above:

You bought it, you should own it. Period. You should have the right to use it, modify it, and repair it wherever, whenever, and however you want. Defend your right to fix.

Damn Straight!!!

-Stoic Joker (November 24, 2015, 03:43 PM)

It's towards the top of the page on your farm equipment link.
is that quote from the podcast? source (cbc radio - I hadn't listened to that...)

-tomos (November 24, 2015, 04:05 PM)

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Living Room / Re: Automakers Want to Outlaw Gearheads From Working on Their Own Cars

« Last post by Stoic Joker on November 24, 2015, 03:43 PM »

From tomos' link above:

You bought it, you should own it. Period. You should have the right to use it, modify it, and repair it wherever, whenever, and however you want. Defend your right to fix.

Damn Straight!!!

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Living Room / Re: how can an ipad or android tablet to use a generic phone number incoming?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on November 24, 2015, 07:12 AM »

For example, texts to AT&T customers should be sent to "txt.att.net" – so if you have service with AT&T and your cell phone number is 1-222-222-2222, you would use the e-mail address "[email protected]".All of this is only theory- I've not done it.  But, I do use my e-mail on my device in this manner, and it works.

-wraith808 (November 23, 2015, 04:34 PM)

We do the same thing here to text work orders to the techs in the field. The functionality came built into our business software. Only thing to remember is that there are usually two different addresses for a given carrier. One for straight text only messages, and one for larger - with pictures - media messages.