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GreenNight posted:You can download the media upgrade tool and just go to 1809. The tool will tell you if something is hosed that the update won't work. Oh, rad. I'll do that for the next update then.
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redeyes posted:I don't even know a single normal person that uses anything except maybe a smiley face. https://forums.somethingawful.com/misc.php?action=showsmilies 🤷♂️ Truga posted:is there any way to make windows skip updates? my 1803 update is still failing with the same error lol No, only delay them. And 1803 is past when you can delay. Have you run the update troubleshooter? That thing actually managed to fix a problem for me.
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Feb 1, 2019 20:30
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To be fair, redeyes did say 'normal person'.
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Feb 1, 2019 20:58
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Even if you don't use emoji it's kinda bad to see broken boxes everywhere because you're not keeping up with the standard 👀
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Feb 1, 2019 21:09
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Emojis are great, it's just that the regular ones are boring and the SA ones are rad.
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Feb 1, 2019 21:31
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astral posted:To be fair, redeyes did say 'normal person'. Normal people use emojis all the time as well
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Feb 1, 2019 21:39
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Anything but ASCII is haram.
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Feb 1, 2019 21:41
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Lambert posted:Anything but ASCII is haram. I kind of agree. I really did mean normal people. SA definitely doesn't count at all.
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Feb 1, 2019 22:40
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There needs to be a mode to convert emoji to text so you'd end up with :eggplant: or whatever instead of the emoji.
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Feb 1, 2019 23:27
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Every once in a while, I'll go to Settings -> Windows Update just to verify things look okay there. The problem is, I will randomly see a notice waiting for me indicating Windows failed to install updates with error code #0x80240007. If I click on "Retry", it works fine. What's the deal? The only recent change I've done is uninstall Office 365 and install Office 2019. Would that cause this error?
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Feb 2, 2019 17:24
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On a scale of 1-Russian/Chinese Hackers, how sketchy are the super cheap Windows and Office keys sold on ebay? I'm about to build a new PC and from what I've ready my free copy of Windows 10 that I upgraded from Windows 7 won't transfer once I replace the mobo. I don't know if saving $100 bucks is worth the risk of turning my PC over to Pasha for his buttcoin mining antics.
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Feb 2, 2019 17:46
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Das_Ubermike posted:On a scale of 1-Russian/Chinese Hackers, how sketchy are the super cheap Windows and Office keys sold on ebay? I'm about to build a new PC and from what I've ready my free copy of Windows 10 that I upgraded from Windows 7 won't transfer once I replace the mobo. I don't know if saving $100 bucks is worth the risk of turning my PC over to Pasha for his buttcoin mining antics. They're generally just OEM keys, as long as you aren't downloading anything with your purchase you shouldn't need to worry about something like being hacked just for using one. I think they're not entirely legal, but there's some loophole with being European market OEM keys that lets resellers get away with it more or less.
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Feb 2, 2019 17:49
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Das_Ubermike posted:On a scale of 1-Russian/Chinese Hackers, how sketchy are the super cheap Windows and Office keys sold on ebay? I'm about to build a new PC and from what I've ready my free copy of Windows 10 that I upgraded from Windows 7 won't transfer once I replace the mobo. I don't know if saving $100 bucks is worth the risk of turning my PC over to Pasha for his buttcoin mining antics. If you already have a Windows 10 license from an upgrade, you will be able to use it on the new PC. You may have to call Microsoft support and just tell them something burned out so you needed to replace components in your PC. No need to buy a new license.
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Feb 2, 2019 17:54
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Is it possible to tweak the adaptive brightness levels to be a little bit higher? I like the idea of the screen changing automatically and being a bit more efficient, but even with the slider maxed out the brightness indoors is just a bit too low for me. This is Windows 10 Home version 1809 on a Matebook X Pro.
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Feb 2, 2019 17:57
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Calling the EU's refusal to fall for Microsoft's OEM scam a loophole or 'not entirely legal' is pretty disingenuous.
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Feb 2, 2019 17:59
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Geemer posted:Calling the EU's refusal to fall for Microsoft's OEM scam a loophole or 'not entirely legal' is pretty disingenuous. It doesn't matter one bit if something's legal in the EU for people who aren't in the EU dude.
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Feb 2, 2019 18:00
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Geemer posted:Calling the EU's refusal to fall for Microsoft's OEM scam a loophole or 'not entirely legal' is pretty disingenuous. I'm not against using them myself, I just wanted to be clear it's not like these are fully MS endorsed key sales. Not my intention to be disingenuous.
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Feb 2, 2019 18:07
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fishmech posted:It doesn't matter one bit if something's legal in the EU for people who aren't in the EU dude. Is it legal to sell these keys in Europe? Yes. Does the USA have an import ban on software keys from Europe? No. (Tell me if I'm wrong here.) Seems to me like it matters to people who don't want to get fleeced.  MS might not like it, but they'd rather go after companies that don't have all of their licenses right than an individual that's using out-of-region keys.
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Feb 2, 2019 18:19
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Geemer posted:Is it legal to sell these keys in Europe? Yes. You don't need to have an import ban for them to not really be valid licenses. That's the whole reason people remind others that the keys "are not entirely legal" in most of the world.
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Feb 2, 2019 18:42
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Das_Ubermike posted:On a scale of 1-Russian/Chinese Hackers, how sketchy are the super cheap Windows and Office keys sold on ebay? I'm about to build a new PC and from what I've ready my free copy of Windows 10 that I upgraded from Windows 7 won't transfer once I replace the mobo. I don't know if saving $100 bucks is worth the risk of turning my PC over to Pasha for his buttcoin mining antics. It's just a string. If Windows could be hacked that easily surely we wouldn't dare to use it. I bought a Windows 7 Pro key couple years back and by googling I found out that the company selling it was a computer recycling firm from UK. I assume they receive shipments of old office computers and snap a pic of the license sticker before throwing them in the trash. The option of contacting Microsoft support is valid, but why bother going through that effort when you can buy one for 5 monetary units, and that way your old motherboard can retain the license when you sell the old components or give them to relatives.
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Mischievous Mink posted:They're generally just OEM keys, as long as you aren't downloading anything with your purchase you shouldn't need to worry about something like being hacked just for using one. I think they're not entirely legal, but there's some loophole with being European market OEM keys that lets resellers get away with it more or less. Geemer posted:Is it legal to sell these keys in Europe? Yes. They all claim to be selling parts of volume licenses (as to comply with the European court decision), but notice how these sellers pretty much always say they're selling "keys", not "licenses"? They're not legal licenses, a magazine recently investigated keys sold through Ebay and found none of them to be valid licenses (but they did activate in most cases). fishmech posted:You don't need to have an import ban for them to not really be valid licenses. That's the whole reason people remind others that the keys "are not entirely legal" in most of the world. They don't even tend to be legal in the EU. Lambert fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Feb 2, 2019 |
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Feb 2, 2019 21:11
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Will all the bs MS has pulled with win 10, who the hell cares. The data collection is the big money now.
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redeyes posted:Will all the bs MS has pulled with win 10, who the hell cares. The data collection is the big money now. Has anyone actually proven what data the collect exactly? Not as in, there is more data going back home, Wireshark is going crazy! but actual example of what is sent back to Microsoft.
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Feb 2, 2019 21:28
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Tab8715 posted:Has anyone actually proven what data the collect exactly? Not as in, there is more data going back home, Wireshark is going crazy! but actual example of what is sent back to Microsoft. You can check for yourself with Microsoft's Diagnostic Data Viewer: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/diagnostic-data-viewer/9n8wtrrsq8f7?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
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Feb 2, 2019 21:30
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Lambert posted:You can check for yourself with Microsoft's Diagnostic Data Viewer: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/diagnostic-data-viewer/9n8wtrrsq8f7?activetab=pivot:overviewtab Yea, I've seen that but I trying to see if anyone written a detail blog over what is sent. My spider senses tell me the people screaming that Microsoft is spying on us!  are just paranoid.
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Feb 2, 2019 21:34
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Tab8715 posted:Yea, I've seen that but I trying to see if anyone written a detail blog over what is sent. My spider senses tell me the people screaming that Microsoft is spying on us! My OS does not need to phone home when I don't want it to. That I can't turn it off is the real issue.
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Mr Shiny Pants posted:My OS does not need to phone home when I don't want it to. That I can't turn it off is the real issue. You can - with Enterprise.
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The Windows 3.0 File Manager is now available on the Store from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9P7VBBBC49RB
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Lambert posted:The Windows 3.0 File Manager is now available on the Store from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9P7VBBBC49RB It's even listed as available for mobile devices if you're one of the poor bastards still using a Windows Phone. 
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Mr Shiny Pants posted:My OS does not need to phone home when I don't want it to. That I can't turn it off is the real issue. Install Windows 98, tinfoil man.
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Tab8715 posted:Has anyone actually proven what data the collect exactly? Not as in, there is more data going back home, Wireshark is going crazy! but actual example of what is sent back to Microsoft. There's this, but I personally haven't reviewed it. I'd rather just run an Enterprise version of Windows 10 and force Group Policy's Telemetry setting to "0".
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Feb 4, 2019 04:06
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Is there any way to turn my desktop into a quasi console? So I can like just pick up a controller and turn the PC “on” and have the video output to my tv (instead of my monitor) and have access to all of my games in a controller friendly ui
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beergod posted:Is there any way to turn my desktop into a quasi console? So I can like just pick up a controller and turn the PC “on” and have the video output to my tv (instead of my monitor) and have access to all of my games in a controller friendly ui I haven't used it, but isn't that basically what Steam's Big Picture mode is supposed to be for?
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Tab8715 posted:You can - with Enterprise. I know, that's why I run it. Does not change the fact that the whole telemetry stuff is annoying and dumb.
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Is there a good kiosk mode for windows, that locks out the keyboard (aside from whatever key combo closes it)? Basically so if my 3-year-old nephew decides he wants to "do some work" I can give him something with an autoyping webpage, without him being able to hit Win+P or something within 2 seconds of touching the keyboard. I don't really want to make a separate account if I can help it...
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Mr Shiny Pants posted:I know, that's why I run it. Does not change the fact that the whole telemetry stuff is annoying and dumb. It's always existed. There's just more and folks have noticed.
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Klyith posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/misc.php?action=showsmilies 🤷♂️ Yeah, several times. It just won't update lol
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beergod posted:Is there any way to turn my desktop into a quasi console? So I can like just pick up a controller and turn the PC “on” and have the video output to my tv (instead of my monitor) and have access to all of my games in a controller friendly ui Auto login... Steam running automatically on login, set to start up in Big Picture mode In fact, just searching for that even gives you various pages with suggestions. This one is clear and to the point...
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beergod posted:Is there any way to turn my desktop into a quasi console? So I can like just pick up a controller and turn the PC “on” and have the video output to my tv (instead of my monitor) and have access to all of my games in a controller friendly ui As noted Steam Big Picture is almost certainly the easiest option if you're mostly looking to support Steam games. There are tools to add emulators and such to Steam's menus as well. If your focus is mostly non-Steam content there are also a bunch of other frontends like Hyperspin designed for homebrew arcade machines that work nicely with most game controllers. Google DIY arcade frontend and have fun. Or if your PC isn't near your TV right now you could use something like Steam Link or nVidia Gamestream to stream from your normal desk to a little appliance. The actual Steam Link hardware isn't sold anymore but there's an app for Raspberry Pi and most Android devices. Gamestream is supported by Shield devices officially as well as most anything else through Moonlight.
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PUBLIC TOILET posted:There's this, but I personally haven't reviewed it. I'd rather just run an Enterprise version of Windows 10 and force Group Policy's Telemetry setting to "0". Note that that analysis is of a version before Microsoft started publishing what they collect (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/basic-level-windows-diagnostic-events-and-fields-1809) and GDPR.
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