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Link your license to a MS account in Update & security, Activation. On the new PC, after installation, run the activation troubleshooter. This will transfer the activation over.
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Lambert posted:Link your license to a MS account in Update & security, Activation. I will fight tooth and nail to not have to do that. If I have to, I have to, but I'm willing to go to the ends of the earth. It's the principle, drat it.
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Dec 20, 2019 23:17
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Volguus posted:Gonna buy a new set of MB+CPU+Memory for my son for christmas and I plan to reuse the existing SSDs. Gonna be very curious how much will MS give a poo poo about the activation. I will deactivate it first and then reactivate it in the "new computer", so hopefully i won't have to call MS. If your old license is digital, changing the motherboard alone is enough for the hash to no longer be valid. You can probably just call/chat in and say you had to change the motherboard though.
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Dec 20, 2019 23:27
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I'm ashamed at how liberal I am with buying cheap w10 pro keys
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Dec 21, 2019 00:10
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astral posted:If your old license is digital, changing the motherboard alone is enough for the hash to no longer be valid. You can probably just call/chat in and say you had to change the motherboard though. It worked, at least so far. So I went on some website that told me to launch some sldkfjsdlfk.vbs /upk script to deactivate it on the "old computer" and then when I booted the new one i just activated it again. So far so good. The only issue is that the old computer was a from 2010, therefore it was before the UEFI era, and the HDDs are all legacy mode. Gonna have to reinstall windows anyway, to make them UEFI and GPT, but for now, gently caress it, the games are playing, the kid is happy and it works.
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Dec 21, 2019 00:43
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Volguus posted:The only issue is that the old computer was a from 2010, therefore it was before the UEFI era, and the HDDs are all legacy mode. Gonna have to reinstall windows anyway, to make them UEFI and GPT, but for now, gently caress it, the games are playing, the kid is happy and it works.
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Dec 21, 2019 01:59
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mystes posted:You can update it in place. Oh really? Go to drive manager and tell it to make it GPT? With no data loss? Then boot UEFI mode? That sounds a bit crazy, but if you say so ...
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Dec 21, 2019 02:21
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Volguus posted:Oh really? Go to drive manager and tell it to make it GPT? With no data loss? Then boot UEFI mode? That sounds a bit crazy, but if you say so ... You can't convert the disk windows lives on from inside windows. You need to use the system restore boot menu or a win10 install usb stick. Instructions.
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Dec 21, 2019 02:27
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I'm gonna get a new computer soon and I'm wondering what would be the best way to pick up where I left off from my old hard drive. Just copy the whole User directory and keep the drive around in case there's anything else I need?
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Dec 21, 2019 02:31
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Klyith posted:You can't convert the disk windows lives on from inside windows.
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Dec 21, 2019 02:39
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Volguus posted:It worked, at least so far. So I went on some website that told me to launch some sldkfjsdlfk.vbs /upk script to deactivate it on the "old computer" and then when I booted the new one i just activated it again. So far so good. The only issue is that the old computer was a from 2010, therefore it was before the UEFI era, and the HDDs are all legacy mode. Gonna have to reinstall windows anyway, to make them UEFI and GPT, but for now, gently caress it, the games are playing, the kid is happy and it works. If it's a retail/SB key, the way it works is that you can activate Windows using it pretty much forever, just that there's a limit on how many activation can be done in a certain time period, a cooldown period. Deactivating your local copy of Windows doesn't help with that, so is not necessary/helpful. Also, you can convert to GPT, but it's a bit of an involved process.
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Dec 21, 2019 09:22
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Lambert posted:Also, Chrome is pretty much the fastest browser available, Firefox runs way worse on low-end machines. And also - its not actually fast?
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Chrome is part of the reason I bought more RAM recently. On my Sandy Bridge i5 2400 (3.1GHz) I just bought and installed this:  This machine will only run the RAM at 1333MT/s but it worked flawlessly otherwise. It's an Optiplex 990 Minitower that was also bought from eBay. I had to search for quote:16gb ddr3 4x4gb -registered -server -ECC Vanagoon fucked around with this message at 12:08 on Dec 21, 2019 |
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Dec 21, 2019 12:05
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FRINGE posted:As long as your low-end machine has a shitload of ram. Browsers in general like RAM, Firefox is no different but performs way worse overall.
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Lambert posted:Browsers in general like RAM, Firefox is no different but performs way worse overall. Since Firefox Quantum, they've made quite a few leaps and bounds in the speed department. If you haven't tried it recently, I'd definitely recommend giving it another go.
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Dec 21, 2019 21:55
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Lambert posted:Browsers in general like RAM, Firefox is no different but performs way worse overall. The other thing that happens is more comical, theres one Apple-dedicated mac fan that opens three instances of Outlook everyday because "thats the only way that makes sense to use it, its not my fault its Microsoft's fault for not making it work like my Mac". edit: I wish Mozilla would pull its collective head out of the collection of asses they live in and stop making GBS threads up Firefox, and then steal the one thing they havent copied from lovely-Chrome which is the dev tool layout. If they did those two things maybe they would have users again. FRINGE fucked around with this message at 22:44 on Dec 21, 2019 |
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Dec 21, 2019 22:41
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https://itsfoss.com/uninstall-ubuntu-linux-windows-dual-boot/ Is this more or less accurate for windows 10 as well? Is there a different way? The machine isn't critical and has nothing that could be lost, this is just for a side project for fun Those directions seem easy to follow I just wanna make sure it's accurate/efficient
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Dec 22, 2019 17:23
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Klyith posted:You can't convert the disk windows lives on from inside windows. You need to use the system restore boot menu or a win10 install usb stick. Instructions. These instructions worked perfectly and I was able to convert the drive to GPT. One thing they were missing was the requirement that the drive has less than 4 partitions on it already, but googling the error message provided the answer. Statutory Ape posted:https://itsfoss.com/uninstall-ubuntu-linux-windows-dual-boot/ Setting aside the enormity of such operation (the spanish inquisition should be resurrected to deal with such heresies), if your HDDs are on MBR then that should work just fine (/fixmbr option). If you're on UEFI, then all you would need to do is go into the BIOS and select windows as your boot preference and you would be done.
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Dec 22, 2019 18:08
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Statutory Ape posted:I'm ashamed at how liberal I am with buying cheap w10 pro keys is there any place that sells cheap Office keys that don't set off every scam alarm in my head?
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:is there any place that sells cheap Office keys that don't set off every scam alarm in my head? Most cheap W10 keys are salvaged from recycled machines, while on the other hand (non-trial) Office is not bundled on the majority of end-user machines.
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:is there any place that sells cheap Office keys that don't set off every scam alarm in my head? SA mart probably
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He said he didn't want to set off every scam alarm in his head.
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:is there any place that sells cheap Office keys that don't set off every scam alarm in my head? I got mine off of reddit in 2015 and it still works 
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Dec 23, 2019 07:56
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any timeframe on when theyre releasing edge for linux?
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Linux is always edgy
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FRINGE posted:Linux is always edgy Shouldn't lord over people
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Is there a go to bootable diagnostic utility where I can check hardware like memory and hard drive, along with maybe virus scans? Like UBCD was (not sure if it's still a go to).
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Dec 26, 2019 21:57
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Not sure if this is the right place to ask this but I didn't see anything more appropriate. I use Dropbox to sync stuff across multiple PCs and from a storage drive and they hosed me by making it stop follow symlinks. Is there any cloud storage software out there that still follows symlinks and doesn't suck too much?
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Dec 26, 2019 22:00
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Really dumb but I'm trying to get rid of or change the color of the details bar above the taskbar when in explorer and can't figure it out. The white of it is contrasting badly in my eyes against the dark theme since it's a 82" HTPC. https://imgur.com/JOyZxJP Any ideas? Tehran 1979 fucked around with this message at 05:54 on Dec 27, 2019 |
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Dec 27, 2019 05:51
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Not sure if this is the right place to ask this but I didn't see anything more appropriate. I don't know what a symlink is, but I've found microsoft's onedrive to be pretty good for it's free service.
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Dec 27, 2019 06:29
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I gotta say, you guys were right. The SSD makes it feel like a new PC. Good call, and well worth the $35 for the upgrade.
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henpod posted:I gotta say, you guys were right. The SSD makes it feel like a new PC. Good call, and well worth the $35 for the upgrade. 
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henpod posted:I gotta say, you guys were right. The SSD makes it feel like a new PC. Good call, and well worth the $35 for the upgrade. for most average computing tasks there hasnt been a ton of break through in technology in CPU or RAM territory in~10 years, ignoring things like power consumption and mobility etc the biggest breakthroughs have been in price/avail of flash storage and, imho, getting decent resolution/dpi monitors for Not A Lot
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Tehran 1979 posted:Really dumb but I'm trying to get rid of or change the color of the details bar above the taskbar when in explorer and can't figure it out. The white of it is contrasting badly in my eyes against the dark theme since it's a 82" HTPC. There appear to be two status bars? Try turning off the regular status bar with View -> Options -> View -> Advanced Settings -> Show status bar. Maybe the dark theme adds a new dark status bar? edit: lol the extra status bar is from Open Shell, why are you asking why your poo poo is all weird if you use shell hacks? 
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Dec 27, 2019 15:07
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Fashionable Jorts posted:I don't know what a symlink is, but I've found microsoft's onedrive to be pretty good for it's free service. I need 500+gb but it looks like they do 1tb for $6.99/mo, I’ll give it a shot and see if it follows symlinks properly. Dropbox is completely useless to me now that it doesn’t.
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:I need 500+gb but it looks like they do 1tb for $6.99/mo, I’ll give it a shot and see if it follows symlinks properly. Dropbox is completely useless to me now that it doesn’t. Based on a quick search, it looks like OneDrive does not properly support symlinks on its own. I did, however, find this this app, which forces OneDrive to sync symlinked items at fixed intervals.
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What's the best windows app for organizing audiobooks and podcasts? I'm using foobar right now, and it does its job, I just figure there are probably better players out there in 2019 suited for that kind of stuff.
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Toast Museum posted:Based on a quick search, it looks like OneDrive does not properly support symlinks on its own. I did, however, find this this app, which forces OneDrive to sync symlinked items at fixed intervals. Looks like it’s syncing across some symlinks but not others. I’ll have a look at that app later, thanks!
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Klyith posted:There appear to be two status bars? Try turning off the regular status bar with View -> Options -> View -> Advanced Settings -> Show status bar. Thank you. I'd done the View options and just couldn't figure out what was causing it since I install ClassicShell first thing on Windows install and forget about it completely. Option in ClassicShell was just sitting there looking at me after two seconds of looking for it like a giant dumbass.
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Crossposting from the Windows 10 thread in case anyone here can help https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...28-8a1747c15860 Edit: Nevermind I think it's solved Its Chocolate fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Dec 29, 2019 |
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