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bewbies posted:Cool, how do I do this? I am not very computer literate. Also, I tried googling "portable apps media player" and all of the websites that come up are blocked on our network. Beaten by Hed, but VLC Media Player Portable will play it. It doesn't have to be installed, but you'll have to extract it to a thumb-drive or something. Why don't you just use a mobile phone to listen to your streams so you don't bring the ire of the IT Dept down on your head? They can see if you are streaming /wasting bandwidth via the network logs.
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Unless he's streaming over 3G or pirate wifi, they'd still see it. Also smartphone users are still a minority.
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Karthe posted:Foobar2000 has a "portable installation" option that shouldn't require admin privileges provided you point it to a path you have access to. In addition, the installation will be self-contained, so you can move the folder around wherever you want and it'll still work. This is brilliant! Working great. I don't think my IT department really cares much about bandwidth (youtube et al are still available), they just did a shotgun blast at all streaming audio for reasons unknown. It is particularly ridiculous as we need to listen to certain audio streams for online training. Also my phone doesn't get 3G where I'm at, I examined that option as well. 
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May 12, 2011 17:35
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I've come across an installation of POSIX 6.x on my Windows 7 machine. Looking online, it's only supposed to be available on Ultimate or Enterprise versions, while I'm running a Home Premium. Plus I don't recall seeing it in my Secunia programs list before. Any ideas on why I have it?
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May 12, 2011 23:11
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I noticed something strange. I just installed Windows 7 on my new system. It's using a SSD for the system drive and I have a 1TB drive as D:. I noticed that Windows is allowing me to eject the drives! Why is this happening?
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May 13, 2011 03:17
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Sizzlechest posted:I noticed something strange. I just installed Windows 7 on my new system. It's using a SSD for the system drive and I have a 1TB drive as D:. I noticed that Windows is allowing me to eject the drives! Same thing happened to me and it went away after I reinstalled the OS.
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Sizzlechest posted:I noticed something strange. I just installed Windows 7 on my new system. It's using a SSD for the system drive and I have a 1TB drive as D:. I noticed that Windows is allowing me to eject the drives! You can eject anything that is hot-swappable.
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May 13, 2011 13:38
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mobn posted:You can eject anything that is hot-swappable. You would probably get a nice "sorry, I can't do that Dave" message trying to eject the system drive though. Hell, I usually have to just turn off my external hdd because windows usually won't eject it.
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May 13, 2011 14:19
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Sizzlechest posted:I noticed something strange. I just installed Windows 7 on my new system. It's using a SSD for the system drive and I have a 1TB drive as D:. I noticed that Windows is allowing me to eject the drives! In your BIOS, disable hot-swapping for the drives you don't want listed there.
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May 13, 2011 15:48
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BangersInMyKnickers posted:In your BIOS, disable hot-swapping for the drives you don't want listed there. Yep. I am going to try that. That's probably it.
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May 13, 2011 16:28
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Sizzlechest posted:I noticed something strange. I just installed Windows 7 on my new system. It's using a SSD for the system drive and I have a 1TB drive as D:. I noticed that Windows is allowing me to eject the drives! If you have an Intel chipset, you can usually install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software and it will go away.
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May 13, 2011 16:57
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Is there a program that will let delete files that have permissions on them? I had 2 hard drives one with windows and one without, I installed Windows 7 onto the one (previously) without and want to delete the old Windows install from the old hard drive but it's giving me poo poo about permissions. A complete wipe isn't possible because I have stuff on there I don't want to lose and not enough room on the new hard drive for it to sit temporarily.
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May 13, 2011 16:57
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You can do it via command prompt, or go through all the tabs on the properties and take ownership or you can download & install this. Add "Take Ownership" to Right click.
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Great, thanks a lot.
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BTW, I installed the "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" that include (I assume) the Intel drivers. After installing and rebooting, the option to eject is gone for those drives.
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May 13, 2011 18:51
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Huh, so that's how you get rid of that. Mine has it too. I once tried to eject one out of interest (no not the system drive, I'm not that stupid!) and was greeted by an instant BSOD. Never touched it again.
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rolleyes posted:Huh, so that's how you get rid of that. Mine has it too. I once tried to eject one out of interest (no not the system drive, I'm not that stupid!) and was greeted by an instant BSOD. Never touched it again. I probably could have fixed it by disabling the hotswap feature in the BIOS. If you have an Intel SSD, you're probably better off with the Intel drivers and software. For other SSDs, you may want to check with the manufacturer.
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May 14, 2011 06:19
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Yeah sorry I should have been clearer, when I said "mine" I just meant my Windows 7 install on my desktop. I have 3 standard mechanical drives in it and they all show up as ejectable.
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May 14, 2011 10:18
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I'm thinking of using the student discount to buy Windows 7 Pro upgrade from Digital River. Is there any reason not to buy from them? I'm familiar with the differences between full install and upgrade versions. The price cut seems too good to come without a catch.
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May 16, 2011 00:25
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There is no catch and its a great deal. I've been using mine for a long time and I've changed disks, motherboards, cpu, and videocard, some of them more than once and never had an issue with reinstalling. You can also do a clean install with it even though its an upgrade version.
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May 16, 2011 00:55
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I've also bought from them and it worked perfectly.
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May 16, 2011 01:17
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Is there not a first party (or at least non-evil, at least not any more than Facebook itself) Facebook Windows program that puts an icon in the notification area? There are a million browser extensions and stuff for it, but not just one for Windows that I can find.
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May 16, 2011 03:14
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Samurai Sanders posted:Is there not a first party (or at least non-evil, at least not any more than Facebook itself) Facebook Windows program that puts an icon in the notification area? There are a million browser extensions and stuff for it, but not just one for Windows that I can find. Digsby can do this (in addition to other stuff, if you wish).
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May 16, 2011 03:40
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hooah posted:Digsby can do this (in addition to other stuff, if you wish).
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Samurai Sanders posted:Yeah, I used to use Digsby but it pissed me off by suddenly starting to publish on my facebook wall without me asking it to, I switched to Pidgin. It can do FB chat, but not any other kind of notifications as far as I know. Am I wrong? I honestly haven't used Pidgin since I messed around with Ubuntu a few years ago. Are you sure you didn't somehow change any settings (or forget to change them on a re-install) on Digsby? I turned them off when I first installed it, and except for changing my status, it doesn't post anything. Also, they were recently bought by someone, so they don't include any shady stuff in the installation anymore.
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hooah posted:I honestly haven't used Pidgin since I messed around with Ubuntu a few years ago. Are you sure you didn't somehow change any settings (or forget to change them on a re-install) on Digsby? I turned them off when I first installed it, and except for changing my status, it doesn't post anything. Also, they were recently bought by someone, so they don't include any shady stuff in the installation anymore. I'm more interested to know why Facebook hasn't made its own Windows notification dealie, like the simple mail checker Gmail has. Do they have some ideological reason for it?
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Digsby gives Facebook notifications now and has for a couple months, at least. And it's really quite easy to turn off the achievements or whatever stupid poo poo it posts to Facebook.
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Role Play McMurphy posted:Digsby gives Facebook notifications now and has for a couple months, at least. And it's really quite easy to turn off the achievements or whatever stupid poo poo it posts to Facebook.
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Samurai Sanders posted:Yeah, I used to use Digsby but it pissed me off by suddenly starting to publish on my facebook wall without me asking it to, I switched to Pidgin. It can do FB chat, but not any other kind of notifications as far as I know. Am I wrong?
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When you link Digsby to your account, like many linked apps, it requests that permission. I think it's mostly Facebook's fault for not being able to change permissions right there, but Digsby's behavior is not unlink many other utilities that link to Facebook. Change it in Facebook's application settings and live in peace.
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Samurai Sanders posted:That's missing the point, having them on by default is very objectionable and that's why I stopped using (=supporting) their program. Yeah, having to check the options and preferences of a program you're using is super objectionable. That's why I've sworn off filling out any web forms, because it's an affront to my moral sensibilities that they opt me in to receiving their newsletter by default. Come to think of it, what do you need Facebook notifications for? Surely you're receiving an email every time anyone writes on your wall or messages you, as per Facebook's default settings.
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Role Play McMurphy posted:Yeah, having to check the options and preferences of a program you're using is super objectionable. That's why I've sworn off filling out any web forms, because it's an affront to my moral sensibilities that they opt me in to receiving their newsletter by default. Come to think of it, what do you need Facebook notifications for? Surely you're receiving an email every time anyone writes on your wall or messages you, as per Facebook's default settings. LoKout posted:When you link Digsby to your account, like many linked apps, it requests that permission. I think it's mostly Facebook's fault for not being able to change permissions right there, but Digsby's behavior is not unlink many other utilities that link to Facebook. Change it in Facebook's application settings and live in peace. I hate Facebook, and I'm always worried about those kinds of problems, but sometimes it's the only way my friends advertise parties and stuff. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 05:19 on May 16, 2011 |
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Samurai Sanders posted:Is there not a first party (or at least non-evil, at least not any more than Facebook itself) Facebook Windows program that puts an icon in the notification area? There are a million browser extensions and stuff for it, but not just one for Windows that I can find.
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Samurai Sanders posted:why don't you go express that opinion in the Facebook thread in GBS no thanks
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I have a quick question about windows xp. I have a step grandparent who recently died and she has a boat load of pictures on her old computer that we want to transfer. The problem is that she was extremely paranoid of everything and locked her account where her pictures are, she was also very paranoid about the upcoming rapture and loaded her basement with sacks of corn meal, but that's a different story. I should also say that no one in the family has any clue to what her password is. Is there anyway to gain access to her account without knowing the password?
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MegaGatts posted:I have a quick question about windows xp. I have a step grandparent who recently died and she has a boat load of pictures on her old computer that we want to transfer. The problem is that she was extremely paranoid of everything and locked her account where her pictures are, she was also very paranoid about the upcoming rapture and loaded her basement with sacks of corn meal, but that's a different story. I should also say that no one in the family has any clue to what her password is. Is there anyway to gain access to her account without knowing the password? Is the hard drive encrypted? If not, you can just load a boot cd and copy the files off the hard drive. Another option would be to clear out the passwords (assuming the hard drive isn't encrypted). http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/
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efb Or just drop it into an enclosure. Also 'Administrator' is standard on many XP Home installs and doesn't have a password by default what the hell were you thinking Microsoft. dont be mean to me fucked around with this message at 06:30 on May 16, 2011 |
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Sir Unimaginative posted:Also 'Administrator' is standard on many XP Home installs and doesn't have a password by default what the hell were you thinking Microsoft. It was designed for Home users in a world of dial up connections not always on.
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A default password probably would have been worse - people'd feel even safer even though they had the same password as millions of others.
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