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I think of the lobstrocities from Dark Tower book II.
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Did-a-chick? Dum-a-ch<sound cuts out>
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I watched some video the other day on Youtube about the command prompt and PowerShell and it said in a recent Windows 10 update, that the command prompt and PowerShell now support tabs. I am on the latest Windows 10 update but don't have them on mine. Is this something I need to download separately? This has been surprisingly difficult to google.
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Oct 13, 2021 18:28
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Chumbawumba4ever97 posted:I watched some video the other day on Youtube about the command prompt and PowerShell and it said in a recent Windows 10 update, that the command prompt and PowerShell now support tabs. I am on the latest Windows 10 update but don't have them on mine. Is this something I need to download separately? This has been surprisingly difficult to google. You need Windows Terminal, it's a free app. Available on MS Store or github Definitely not part of a standard 10 update or anything like that.
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Oct 13, 2021 18:45
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Klyith posted:You need Windows Terminal, it's a free app. Available on MS Store or github Thank you! I guess when I want to run it I type in "terminal"? It doesn't replace the existing Powershell or Command Prompt? Also how do I run the command prompt instead of Powershell? When I type in "terminal" it brings up the new Powershell.
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Oct 13, 2021 19:01
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Chumbawumba4ever97 posted:Thank you! In the Terminal settings there's options for the Default Terminal Application (mine says preview but you should be able to do it with the regular version as well):  Change it to Windows Terminal, and when you do a Win+R and type CMD it will open command prompt in Terminal instead of the old CMD window. The setting above it will change what opens when you open a new tab (or what opens by default) The down arrow next to the + will give you a drop down of different command lines you can run:  You can also add new ones in the settings if you install Linux Subsystem or want a different Powershell session to start in a different folder, for example. There's also an option to have it run in 'Quake mode' where it will run in the background and you can press WIN+` to have it slide down from the top of your screen like the old Quake, UT, Half-Life, etc... consoles CBD Corndog fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Oct 13, 2021 |
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Oct 13, 2021 19:36
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SpicyPete posted:In the Terminal settings there's options for the Default Terminal Application (mine says preview but you should be able to do it with the regular version as well): FWIW I have the non-preview version I think and there's no Default Terminal Application option there, so that might be a preview thing. 
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Oct 13, 2021 19:42
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Oh, maybe its a Windows 11 thing then. I googled first to make sure it worked on Win10 and saw a few articles mention it working with Terminal version 1.9
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Oct 13, 2021 20:15
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SpicyPete posted:Oh, maybe its a Windows 11 thing then. I googled first to make sure it worked on Win10 and saw a few articles mention it working with Terminal version 1.9 Ah yeah maybe, I'm on Win10 still.
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Oct 13, 2021 20:56
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https://www.hanselman.com/blog/whats-the-difference-between-a-console-a-terminal-and-a-shell
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Oct 13, 2021 21:04
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Falcon2001 posted:FWIW I have the non-preview version I think and there's no Default Terminal Application option there, so that might be a preview thing. Yeah unfortunately this is what is says for me too. Oh well!
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Oct 16, 2021 16:36
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I'm trying to set up some kind of virtual/simultaneous OS on Win 10 Pro; is this the place to ask or does anyone know of a more germane thread?
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Oct 27, 2021 00:03
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Ask away! You have access to Hyper-V with Win10 Pro. Unless you've got a good reason not to use that, I'd use that.
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Oct 27, 2021 00:25
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Main VM thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3467608
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Oct 27, 2021 01:14
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Pablo Bluth posted:Main VM thread Firstly, thank you. Internet Explorer posted:Ask away! Secondly, yes I was aware of Hyper-V, but I wasn't sure if it allows me to emulate old processors. The game I have in mind runs ridiculously fast on modern systems, that being the main problem. I was able to get it to run on Oracle VM, but there is no way to slow it down as far as I can tell.
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Oct 27, 2021 01:16
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Check out DOSBox if you haven't already. Might be the easiest way to do what you're trying to do. https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Performance
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Oct 27, 2021 01:18
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Internet Explorer posted:Check out DOSBox if you haven't already. Might be the easiest way to do what you're trying to do. Sadly, not a DOS game or that would have been my first port of call. It's the late, great Magic - The Gathering from 1997. There are English-language versions out there that run on modern systems, but I have all three discs (original plus two expansions) in another language and I badly want to play this version. It's a Windows 95/98 sort of game. I had some decent luck running it under Virtual XP in Windows 7, though still with the speed issues.
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Oct 27, 2021 01:27
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You can install windows 95 in dosbox, that might work.
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Oct 27, 2021 02:43
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You probably want PCem, then.
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Oct 27, 2021 02:50
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Perplx posted:You can install windows 95 in dosbox, that might work. There's also a fork of dosbox specifically geared toward that kind of thing. For the normal version I recall it being a bit of a pain in the rear end.
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Oct 27, 2021 06:45
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JustJeff88 posted:Sadly, not a DOS game or that would have been my first port of call. It's the late, great Magic - The Gathering from 1997. There are English-language versions out there that run on modern systems, but I have all three discs (original plus two expansions) in another language and I badly want to play this version. It's a Windows 95/98 sort of game. I had some decent luck running it under Virtual XP in Windows 7, though still with the speed issues. If it’s Shandalar, a files version worked fine for me awhile back in native 10, I think there’s some community patching.
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PRADA SLUT posted:If it’s Shandalar, a files version worked fine for me awhile back in native 10, I think there’s some community patching. I almost certainly have that, but I want to play my old FL version. I know that this sounds silly, but it means a lot to me.
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Oct 30, 2021 05:25
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JustJeff88 posted:Sadly, not a DOS game or that would have been my first port of call. It's the late, great Magic - The Gathering from 1997. There are English-language versions out there that run on modern systems, but I have all three discs (original plus two expansions) in another language and I badly want to play this version. It's a Windows 95/98 sort of game. I had some decent luck running it under Virtual XP in Windows 7, though still with the speed issues. Oh man I forgot all about this version, absolutely loved it. Going to go see if I can find my disc copy now.
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Nov 6, 2021 01:51
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So just got a new laptop and doing the Windows setup, how long till I should start getting worried for this "Your computer will restart before you continue" taking forever cause it's been on that part for like almost an hour now
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Nov 6, 2021 01:56
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ijyt posted:Oh man I forgot all about this version, absolutely loved it. Going to go see if I can find my disc copy now. Good luck getting it running. If you do, let me know how... seriously. There are tinkered English copies of the game out there that work just fine on Win10, but I have the three-disc set in another language and I wish that I could get it to work.
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JustJeff88 posted:Good luck getting it running. If you do, let me know how... seriously. There are tinkered English copies of the game out there that work just fine on Win10, but I have the three-disc set in another language and I wish that I could get it to work. This is the 90s game that was being talked about earlier in the thread right? Try running it in a windows 95 VM but specifically use the foreign language version of windows 95 that the game you have was released in.
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drrockso20 posted:So just got a new laptop and doing the Windows setup, how long till I should start getting worried for this "Your computer will restart before you continue" taking forever cause it's been on that part for like almost an hour now Keep waiting
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doctorfrog posted:Keep waiting I never realized I was so comforted by a Windows “downloading” or “installing” status bar. Back in XP I had to wait two hours on an Office update, but at the time didn’t know if it was just a big patch or a infinite loop! I ended up hard resetting which broke the OS (wouldn’t boot) and having to format and reinstall. The not-knowing was the frustration, though. That’s the first time I learned (afterwards) about events and logging, though, which really helped in the long run!
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I woke up my PC from sleep to find Edge, which is definitely not my default browser, was open with a Bing search for OpenOffice Calc. I have and use that software, I know it's been discontinued but whatever. Did Windows do that somehow, like checked for software updates and then kindly informed me that one of my programs is dead by automatically launching Edge on that search? If so what do I turn off to get it to stop? I've never seen that happen before so it must be some new feature...
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It might be that you did a search for OpenOffice, or hit the windows key and mashed the O key and it auto populates as the first option but did a search for it instead of launching it (since the windows search defaults to doing a web search via bing in the edge browser) Or, more likely, just windows doing inscrutable windows things
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Sway Grunt posted:I woke up my PC from sleep to find Edge, which is definitely not my default browser, was open with a Bing search for OpenOffice Calc. I have and use that software, I know it's been discontinued but whatever. Did Windows do that somehow, like checked for software updates and then kindly informed me that one of my programs is dead by automatically launching Edge on that search? If so what do I turn off to get it to stop? I've never seen that happen before so it must be some new feature... Either get EdgeDeflector https://github.com/da2x/EdgeDeflector or use either Firefox or Brave, as those have the method EdgeDeflector uses built-in to stop Windows from forcing Edge on you.
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Nov 10, 2021 19:59
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I'm trying to clean up an old drive that I backed up an ubuntu installation on years ago. I had wine installed, and in the wine folder there are a bunch of 'dosdevices' files labeled 'c:' and so on. Windows does not let me rename or delete these files even with admin permissions, anyone know how I can get shot of them?
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Nov 10, 2021 20:07
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Yeah I already do use Firefox, it's my regular browser. I have used Edge in the past for edge cases (pun not intended but I'll take it). I don't remember if I randomly mashed to wake up the computer, I suppose that's possible. Googling around I've found others pointing fingers at Cortana (who is disabled here, never used that app at all) and the lock screen, so I'll investigate that I guess, or else forget about it unless it happens again. Weird!
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don't use brave
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baram. posted:don't use brave Doesn’t Brave crypto-mine or is cryptoadjacent in some way?
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DerekSmartymans posted:Doesn’t Brave crypto-mine or is cryptoadjacent in some way? Crypto-adjacent. It doesn't mine using your PC CPU or GPU resources, but they have their own cryptocurrency that's supposed to be for attention. So if you join that thing you're "mining" by viewing ads or some poo poo. Or you can buy their cryptos for cash to donate to content creators, who may or may not ever get anything from it. And they've injected referral links for crypto exchanges into normal links. Basically it's run by crypto-bros. To me that's a fundamental trust issue.
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Klyith posted:Crypto-adjacent. It doesn't mine using your PC CPU or GPU resources, but they have their own cryptocurrency that's supposed to be for attention. So if you join that thing you're "mining" by viewing ads or some poo poo. Or you can buy their cryptos for cash to donate to content creators, who may or may not ever get anything from it. And they've injected referral links for crypto exchanges into normal links. It’s scary when the porn industry is more trustworthy with your cash and information than an aberration of the financial system that should have been swatted down (think flies, not Men with Guns) a decade ago. Not trying to get mixed up between Win10 and Bitcoin thread(s) here! 
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As long as it's the only browser with good background playback on Android, I just deactivate all the crypto bullshit and browse away.
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i said it cause the CEO was run out of mozilla after it surfaced he made political donations to causes opposing same sex marriage. good to know about the crypto bs too though.
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