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I have an htpc running win7 that i installed an extra hd into yesterday, Now I'm getting Error 31(windows cannot load the drivers for this device) when i try and connect to a network. In the device manager it says all of my network drivers are bad, but when I redownload drivers, it still won't connect to a network. I've played around with different settings in the bios and still nothing. Does anyone know of a simple fix that doesn't involve me reinstalling windows? EDIT: Everything was working before installing a new drive. I've also tried uninstalling the drive and system restore. film_critic fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Dec 17, 2011 |
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This is driving me a bit nuts, I just did a install of Windows 7 64 bit tonight and everything seems to be working great except that Firefox (and IE) are not loading certain websites like tumblr or facebook or the firefox add-on page. Even apple.com oddly enough has the same problem. They seem to just be stuck connecting. I've also been unsuccessful in installing Flash 11 as it times out after only downloading 12%. I have set up this computer with a static ip, turned all proxy settings off in firefox, cleared all firefox data, and turned down UAC. Any suggestions?
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Dec 17, 2011 09:18
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I should hopefully be getting a copy of Win 7 for Christmas, I'm currently on Vista 32-bit and will be installing Win 7 64-bit. I plan to do a clean install but without formatting, I read that doing this will preserve the old vista files in a Win.old folder. Will this be for all data on the drive? Basically I want to do a clean install without having to back a load of stuff up as the only backup solution (other than things I've backed up online) is a 40gb usb drive that isn't big enough for all my data. None of my data is irreplacable, I'd just rather not have to re-download all my steam games and backed up online music if possible, if it preserves all my data, be it in their original folders, or in Win.old than I can just download steam and copy over my old steam folder and music etc. None of the information I can find online seems to state if the Win.old contains all your data or just the old vista windows folder, and whether a clean install without formatting keeps your data or not, i.e will c:\data still be there after installing Win 7?
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Dec 17, 2011 17:51
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Lord Dekks posted:i.e will c:\data still be there after installing Win 7? If I recall correctly, Windows.old contains the windows, users, and program files directories. Nothing else should move.
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Dec 17, 2011 19:23
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Toast Museum posted:If I recall correctly, Windows.old contains the windows, users, and program files directories. Nothing else should move. I just did this doing XP -> 7x64. Windows, Doc & Settings (would be Users in Vista) and Program Files (both 32 and 64 if you have them) got copied to windows.old. New Windows, Users, and Program Files (both 32 and 64) got created, and everything else stayed the same.
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Dec 17, 2011 19:54
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Fixed my flash install problem by downloading the full installer on another computer, but am still having a lot of weirdness with facebook and tumblr specifically. Same results in firefox, chrome, and ie. Tumblr will load but only a few images will display on each page. Facebook has the normal log in screen, but when I log in, the page only loads some text. It is also doing this with the add-on manager for firefox and many other seemingly random pages. All the other computers I have here load everything normally, so I'm sure it is specific to this computer. Any one have any suggestions? I feel like I went back in time 10 years, I can't believe Windows 7 is having this much trouble. 7734 fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Dec 17, 2011 |
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Dec 17, 2011 20:38
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I need to wipe a couple of HDDs for my girlfriend's parents. I figured the easiest way was to take them out and put them into my external enclosure that way I can use a Windows program to do a 0's run. What free program will do this? Is a run of 0's the safest way to wipe a HDD?
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Dec 17, 2011 21:57
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Red_Fred posted:I need to wipe a couple of HDDs for my girlfriend's parents. I figured the easiest way was to take them out and put them into my external enclosure that way I can use a Windows program to do a 0's run. The easiest way is to download a Dban CD. Boot to that and the standard wipe should be sufficient.
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Dec 17, 2011 22:01
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Well I have already ripped them out. Can I run this to external drives? I have a USB boot stick so there might be some utilities on there I'll have a look.
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Dec 17, 2011 22:04
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FISHMANPET posted:The easiest way is to download a Dban CD. Boot to that and the standard wipe should be sufficient. The default is three passes, which is excessive. The quick erase option zeroes out the drive in one pass.
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Dec 17, 2011 22:12
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Toast Museum posted:The default is three passes, which is excessive. The quick erase option zeroes out the drive in one pass. Yeah, I figure rather than jump into a debate about how many thousands of passes it takes before the NSA can't take their top secret electron microscope to read your  I'd just leave it at a standard pass being good enough.You should be able to run it on a drive hooked up via USB. As long as Linux (dban is based on Linux) is able to read the drive, you'll be fine. But you should disconnect your actual drive before you do this, because it's gonna wipe every drive it finds.
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Dec 17, 2011 22:39
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Disconnect my normal drives? Really? Surely there is an easier program to do this where I can just choose the drive and it does the pass.
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Dec 18, 2011 04:37
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It takes about 10 seconds to disconnect your drives. It takes a hell of a lot longer to replace everything if you gently caress up and pick the wrong drive to wipe.
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Dec 18, 2011 04:40
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Dban is the easiest way to do it. Before you go to bed, turn off your computer, unplug your hard drive, and boot from the CD and wipe the drives.
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Dec 18, 2011 04:44
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gently caress they are ATA/IDE drives so they don't fit my enclosure anyway. I guess it's hammer time.
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Dec 18, 2011 04:44
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Red_Fred posted:gently caress they are ATA/IDE drives so they don't fit my enclosure anyway. I guess it's hammer time. Unless you want to keep them (and why would you if they're ATA) a hammer is the fastest and most fun way to destroy data. Be sure to pull the magnets.
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Dec 18, 2011 04:52
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FISHMANPET posted:Unless you want to keep them (and why would you if they're ATA) a hammer is the fastest and most fun way to destroy data. Be sure to pull the magnets. Guns are the most fun way, or industrial shredders.
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Dec 18, 2011 06:06
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FISHMANPET posted:Unless you want to keep them (and why would you if they're ATA) a hammer is the fastest and most fun way to destroy data. Be sure to pull the magnets. I don't know, I still have a lot of IDE drives that work fine. 200 and 250GB that I put into a machine with a 4 channel IDE card with as many at once as possible. Sure, it's a total waste of physical space because I could buy a single drive to fit the lot on, but it seems like a shame to toss them. (I already had the 4 channel IDE card and the system, I didn't buy them to do this).
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Dec 18, 2011 16:33
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Upgrading from Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional. I can do an "upgrade," right? Does it just put everything in Windows.old? Will it keep user documents, files, etc? Will I need to reinstall all my programs? Anything I should make sure to do beforehand?
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Dec 19, 2011 00:28
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I could be wrong, but I had a feeling you could only go from Home to Home, like for like. I remember seeing some stupid chart.. Edit: here we go, what a beauty. Oh right, it appears it's perfectly possible. 
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Dec 19, 2011 00:31
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UPDATE: *** Only one has been taken so there's one left! *** I'm giving away free stuff. I'll even pay for the shipping, however ** I'd prefer for this to go to someone with a small business or someone whose livelihood depends on on having working computer systems ** I'm giving away these 2 Microsoft Quick Assistance cards that entitle you to: "... one no-charge, telephone-based technical support incident and can be used for any product list at http://support.microsoft.com/US ..." Full details can be found in the image (click for big):  This goes to the first person to PM me with any palindrome longer than 8 characters. perfectfire fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Dec 19, 2011 |
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Dec 19, 2011 01:19
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Red_Fred posted:I need to wipe a couple of HDDs for my girlfriend's parents. I figured the easiest way was to take them out and put them into my external enclosure that way I can use a Windows program to do a 0's run. We've since moved on it seems, but for anyone asking this in the future - a full format under Vista or Win7 will wipe the drive. Note this is not the same under XP or earlier, and it has to be the full format, not a quick one. If you don't have Vista or 7, Eraser works just as well on XP.
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the posted:Upgrading from Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional. Not really, it won't do an in-place upgrade so you'll get all the stuff moved into .old
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Dec 19, 2011 13:46
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Gromit posted:We've since moved on it seems, but for anyone asking this in the future - a full format under Vista or Win7 will wipe the drive. Note this is not the same under XP or earlier, and it has to be the full format, not a quick one. Nice try, that's what they WANT you to think VVV exactly baka kaba fucked around with this message at 14:46 on Dec 19, 2011 |
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Dec 19, 2011 14:34
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iirc, Gromit is a specialist in this area. Also, if this is a personal drive, unless you're furiously scrubbing child pornography, does it really matter? I'm pretty sure nobody would spend time and money to find WoW screenshots and porn sites history.
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Dec 19, 2011 14:38
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Anybody have a GOOD free CD/DVD burning program? I have access to Nero 6, but Windows 7 pops up and is like OH poo poo THIS ISN'T GONNA WORK SON when I goto install it.
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Dec 19, 2011 18:30
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Phone posted:Anybody have a GOOD free CD/DVD burning program? http://cdburnerxp.se/en/home http://www.imgburn.com/
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Dec 19, 2011 18:34
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This is a thoroughly acceptable free cd burner for all recent versions of windows: http://cdburnerxp.se/en/home
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So does anyone know, is there an add-on or anything for Outlook that will show the AD photos of the people you're sending an email to rather than who you're receiving one from? Only thinking of internal email, and we have our photos in AD so they show up in Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2007 with the Outlook Social Connector.
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Dec 19, 2011 19:05
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baka kaba posted:Nice try, that's what they WANT you to think I can't deny it - this is EXACTLY what I want you to think.
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Dec 20, 2011 01:42
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Gromit posted:I can't deny it - this is EXACTLY what I want you to think. but but but quote:Johnson testified that he found two attempts to delete data on Manning’s laptop. Sometime in January 2010, the computer’s OS was re-installed, deleting information prior to that time. Then, on or around Jan. 31, someone attempted to erase the drive by doing what’s called a “zerofill” — a process of overwriting data with zeroes. Whoever initiated the process chose an option for overwriting the data 35 times — a high-security option that results in thorough deletion — but that operation was canceled. Later, the operation was initiated again, but the person chose the option to overwrite the information only once — a much less secure and less thorough option.
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Phone posted:but but but Sounds like crap to me - how would he determine how many times the data was overwritten? Once it's past the point of being irretrievable, it's not like you can look at a counter on the drive or something and see how many times the data was zeroed. That aside, I'd still say it is effectively impossible to recover data zeroed ANY number of times, except for any data stored in sectors that are transparently remapped by the drive controller due to being partially or wholly defective. EDIT: Listen to Gromit. EDIT 2: It's far more likely the laptop was rigged to create backups of the data, or the guy wiping it was a dumbass, or any number of other things than magical super-science.
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Phone posted:but but but Can I get a source to see who this Johnson monkey is?
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It's Wired... but they quoted the dude who said it: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/manning-assange-laptop/
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Kerbtree posted:I know there's various joke programs for changing the way that the mouse behaves (greasymouse etc), and windows can change the length of time allowed, but is there anything to change how forgiving the mouse is for double-clicking in terms of movement? This isn't quite what you're looking for, but between the mouse options, accessibility options, and folder options built into Windows I think you can do what you want. You could increase the size of the pointer (which I believe will also increase the point pixel radius), turn off mouse precision, and increase the double-click speed for file actions. Together, these would probably eliminate the clicking problems. You could also enable single click for opening items up and forget entirely about double-clicking, but it feels like people should really learn how to double-click.
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I think this is a Windows 7 issue, and I'm irritated. I randomly discovered that Irfanview took over the association for .psd files. Once I told it not to, psd files became generic, don't-know-how-to-open-them files. I open up the prompt, and the recommended programs are Photoshop CS5 and Irfanview. But I still have an old copy of Photoshop CS (which I like more). Thing is, the prompt will NOT accept me choosing the CS executable. I go to it, hit okay, and Photoshop CS doesn't show up either in the Recommended section or the Other Programs section. I tried using Adobe Bridge to do it, but that's not working: I set it to load PSD files with CS, but still loads it in CS5. And now that I've done that, I can't tell Bridge to set it to "none" again.
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Phone posted:It's Wired... but they quoted the dude who said it: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/manning-assange-laptop/ Ah, that's cool. At no point do they say that the drive was actually in a wiped state when it was examined - it most likely had use afterwards and loads of live data. Given that Eraser defaults to a 35-pass wipe that's probably the tool that was used (pure guess!), and it runs under Windows and can't wipe the partition it is running from. But whether that's the case or not, the interesting bit is: "Mark Johnson, a digital forensics contractor for ManTech International who works for the Army’s Computer Crime Investigative Unit, examined an image of Manning’s personal MacBook Pro..." An image of the disk was examined, not the disk itself. Even those nutters who believe you can recover data after an overwrite agree that you need to use some magical electron microscopy on the platters. An image is just a copy of all the disk data created using a tool like unix dd, FTK Imager, etc etc. So no magic going on here, just a somewhat misleading article.
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The wording definitely makes it sound like the process went 35 pass wipe Cancel 1 pass wipe STILL FOUND FILES AFTER 1 PASS WIPE OH GOD HIDE YOUR CHILDREN It's extremely understated that the data they retrieved was in unallocated/unwiped drivespace.
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An optional update for my Intel processor's graphics chip showed up for me the other day in Windows Update, but while downloading/installing it my computer locked up and now it says the update failed and I can't find a way to re-attempt it. Any ideas?
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C-Euro posted:An optional update for my Intel processor's graphics chip showed up for me the other day in Windows Update, but while downloading/installing it my computer locked up and now it says the update failed and I can't find a way to re-attempt it. Any ideas? Oh wait, for the graphics chip. You can get those from Intel directly and you should probably just block driver updates on Windows Update. Sorry for the confusion; it's just that there was an actual update for AMD processors (in the hope they could make Bulldozer not-useless) on WU recently, and processor updates - as small as they are - are serious business, and my mind scrambles easily sometimes. dont be mean to me fucked around with this message at 15:18 on Dec 21, 2011 |
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