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I can't remember if it was here or another thread but I remember somebody complaining about calling a locksmith and them drilling and replacing their lock and charging $300 for it instead of actually picking it. It turns out that this is a really common scam based on manipulating Google ads to scoop up people looking for actual, legitimate locksmiths.
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god I hate the poo poo that yahoo does when searching for literally any program, my 12 year old brother likes minecraft, happy wheels, roblox other popular youtube games and when searching for "miinecraft download" brings up some bullshit installer as the "first" link (it being something chopped with a gap on the top of the results), and of course him being 12 the first day he got his own laptop he ended up installing a bunch of garbage on it I don't live there and I can't verify every one of his downloads and it's frustrating and dumb that yahoo allows that garbage As for why he uses yahoo it was the default search engine and after setting it to google something sets it back to yahoo again 
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Sep 30, 2016 07:31
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stringball posted:
Something he installed, most likely. I can't figure out how in 2016 microsoft still hasn't figured out a way to prevent tech-illiterate people to ruin their computer with two clicks. I mean, it really is shockingly easy how fast you can turn a brand new device into something completely infested with viruses.
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Sep 30, 2016 07:42
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I Am Crake posted:Something he installed, most likely. I can't remember where I read it, but it's basically because most OS programmers are, well, programmers. They subconsciously build the system that's easy for them to use, but not for the common person for who the majority of their Internet usage will eb common sites like Google and Facebook. Hell, just look at what happened to RedWriteWeb back in the day- while I'm sure things have gotten better, I shouldn't think it's by much.
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Sep 30, 2016 07:56
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I Am Crake posted:Something he installed, most likely. The day he got the laptop he accidentally put all that crap on there and I had to go over and wipe the drat thing clean on the 2nd day I put most of the stuff that wouldn't be on steam for him (he also downloaded a fake steam installer too!) and a couple days later gets some dumb sort of not a virus but annoying as poo poo stuff that comes bundled when you mash yes/I agree on installers I can only await what poo poo I find when he starts (assuming he's not now) looking at porn
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Sep 30, 2016 08:36
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stringball posted:The day he got the laptop he accidentally put all that crap on there and I had to go over and wipe the drat thing clean on the 2nd day Take away his admin privileges
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Sep 30, 2016 08:39
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stringball posted:god I hate the poo poo that yahoo does when searching for literally any program, my 12 year old brother likes minecraft, happy wheels, roblox other popular youtube games and when searching for "miinecraft download" brings up some bullshit installer as the "first" link (it being something chopped with a gap on the top of the results), and of course him being 12 the first day he got his own laptop he ended up installing a bunch of garbage on it I hate Yahoo. I think Windows 10 allows it to switch you from Google back to Yahoo.
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Sep 30, 2016 08:47
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Khazar-khum posted:I think Windows 10 allows it to switch you from Google back to Yahoo. I wouldn't be surprised. It seems like every other update resets which programs open certain file types. I just had to tell my computer not to use Edge to open PDFs despite having had an actual PDF reader installed since before Edge even existed.
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Sep 30, 2016 09:37
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I Am Crake posted:Something he installed, most likely.
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Sep 30, 2016 10:21
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Take away his admin privileges I'm not sure if taking it away would effect him doing anything school /homework related as I don't live there and giving it to my parents might work slightly better if I tell them never to run an exe file
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Sep 30, 2016 10:39
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Tiggum posted:I wouldn't be surprised. It seems like every other update resets which programs open certain file types. I just had to tell my computer not to use Edge to open PDFs despite having had an actual PDF reader installed since before Edge even existed. After the anniversary update I noticed that Edge had made its triumphant return to my taskbar. After removing it I'm left with a blank app space where it was that I can't remove, only drag around:  For me Edge is only useful for logging into hotel/public wifi hotspots so I don't get all of my Chrome tabs redirected.
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Sep 30, 2016 11:03
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Tiggum posted:I wouldn't be surprised. It seems like every other update resets which programs open certain file types. I just had to tell my computer not to use Edge to open PDFs despite having had an actual PDF reader installed since before Edge even existed. Every update resets my settings with Cortana and OneDrive which is starting to get real drat obnoxious.
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Sep 30, 2016 14:10
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I Am Crake posted:Something he installed, most likely. It actually seems significantly harder than it used to be in the early 2000's, but maybe it just seems that way since I'm now a reasonably tech-literate adult.
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Sep 30, 2016 14:44
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Some days I honestly worry what I will do with myself once this computer still running 7 becomes too old to handle normal tasks anymore and I have to get a new computer with a mandatory newer o/s....There is not a single change that came after 7 that seemed like a useful or beneficial change in my mind. Then again, I'm also ooooold 
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Sep 30, 2016 16:01
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Windows 10 really isnt that bad, especially when in comparison to 8. I mean after you disable nearly everything about 10 that makes it 10.
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Sep 30, 2016 16:04
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That's like saying "You should move from your spaghetti dinner and try this turd sandwich instead. It's not so bad if you scrape all the poop off the bread, and it's loads better than the bowl hepatitis tainted vomit that came before it."
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Sep 30, 2016 16:11
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Choco1980 posted:That's like saying "You should move from your spaghetti dinner and try this turd sandwich instead. It's not so bad if you scrape all the poop off the bread, and it's loads better than the bowl hepatitis tainted vomit that came before it." Yeah it wasn't exactly a stunning endorsement, I'll admit.
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Sep 30, 2016 16:12
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MausoleumExtremist posted:After the anniversary update I noticed that Edge had made its triumphant return to my taskbar. Really pisses me off how fast and loose Microsoft plays with customer machines. Update time; what? you don't like Edge?! How dare you! Put that poo poo back. Also was very pleased to see Microsoft finally gave me seperate options for "shut down" or "shut down and update" Sometimes you need to restart your computer real fast, and you don't have time for a 20 minute update! But Windows often doesn't even give you the loving option. I was so happy I even tweeted at Microsoft how happy I was they finally fixed the stupid system. Then today I get another update, and what do you loving know? I'm right back to my only options being "Shut down and update" or "restart and update" and even on an SSD the update takes over 15 minutes. Guess that was an un-intended feature 
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Sep 30, 2016 16:46
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Zaphod42 posted:Really pisses me off how fast and loose Microsoft plays with customer machines. Update time; what? you don't like Edge?! How dare you! Put that poo poo back. Control panel -> administrative tools -> services -> windows update -> disable i use that to stop windows update from loving up my lovely internet connection
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Sep 30, 2016 16:56
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Slime posted:Control panel -> administrative tools -> services -> windows update -> disable Only an option if you have windows 10 professional, and I have home version  You can still disable windows update completely using registry changes, but then you open yourself up to security vulnerabilities.
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Sep 30, 2016 17:01
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Zaphod42 posted:Only an option if you have windows 10 professional, and I have home version Psst, that's a workaround for windows 10 home that bypasses the usual windows update interface. It lets you turn it off temporarily as well as permanently and really easily turn it back on again.
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Sep 30, 2016 17:08
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Choco1980 posted:Some days I honestly worry what I will do with myself once this computer still running 7 becomes too old to handle normal tasks anymore and I have to get a new computer with a mandatory newer o/s....There is not a single change that came after 7 that seemed like a useful or beneficial change in my mind. Then again, I'm also ooooold Windows 10 isn't that bad, though it's true the interface is worse than 7 for unfathomable reasons only known to Microsoft Phlegmish has a new favorite as of 17:26 on Sep 30, 2016 |
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Sep 30, 2016 17:24
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Phlegmish posted:Windows 10 isn't that bad, though it's true the interface is worse than 7 for unfathomable reasons only known to Microsoft
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Speaking of bad moves in marketing, I cringe every time I see "Cortana" on my start bar. Especially since 343i just made her into Space Hitler. My computer is being managed by a fictional rampant, tyrannical AI. Cool.
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stringball posted:god I hate the poo poo that yahoo does when searching for literally any program, my 12 year old brother likes minecraft, happy wheels, roblox other popular youtube games and when searching for "miinecraft download" brings up some bullshit installer as the "first" link (it being something chopped with a gap on the top of the results), and of course him being 12 the first day he got his own laptop he ended up installing a bunch of garbage on it This is the exact reason my mother refuses to download anything, at all, ever. Being an honest soul, she asks me to buy her music online from a 'legal site' then email it to her. I haven't the heart to tell her that her cunning plan to acquire legally paid-for music is technically illegal.
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Lady Demelza posted:This is the exact reason my mother refuses to download anything, at all, ever. Being an honest soul, she asks me to buy her music online from a 'legal site' then email it to her. poo poo, I just assumed we all did this. "Hey Fai I heard this song it goes 'ooh baby I love you baby' or something, and I don't know who it's by. Can you buy it from a website and burn it to a CD for me and drop it in the mail" Won't download music, but she'll blindly click any goddamn link she gets via facebook or email. "I'll burn it and bring it over when I come do your weekly computer scrubbing, mom."
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Sep 30, 2016 18:53
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Choco1980 posted:That's like saying "You should move from your spaghetti dinner and try this turd sandwich instead. It's not so bad if you scrape all the poop off the bread, and it's loads better than the bowl hepatitis tainted vomit that came before it." lol you are what's wrong with nerds and computers. Its a loving OS, bro. Chill.
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Sep 30, 2016 19:13
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Slime posted:Psst, that's a workaround for windows 10 home that bypasses the usual windows update interface. It lets you turn it off temporarily as well as permanently and really easily turn it back on again. You shouldn't have to disable windows update just to avoid installing a patch, though. That's ridiculous. And again, then you have to manually turn it back on and off and on and off every time. Its really not unreasonable to ask for "shutdown" and "shutdown and update" as options  And clearly they can do it, since they just did it. But then they reversed it for god knows why.
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Zaphod42 posted:You shouldn't have to disable windows update just to avoid installing a patch, though. That's ridiculous. And again, then you have to manually turn it back on and off and on and off every time. Because if you don't force people to do it, they never ever ever ever ever will, and you'll get people bitching and moaning forever that their poo poo is totally messed up because someone used an exploit that was patched 4 years ago. Source: I worked in small-town rural walk-in desktop support.  e: Best story relevant to the whole "deceptive ads that trick kids into downloading malware": Had a little old lady bring in a machine riddled with malware. Took half a day of scans and bullshit to pull all of it off. Takes it home, calls us literally an hour later "It's still all messed up!!!" Turns out her grandson got on it, tried to get some games, and hosed it up so bad we had to format/reinstall. She was not happy. Thank god for Windows 7 programs & features menu showing install date so we could go "look, this thing was clean, all this horrible garbage was installed TODAY, by your grandson." Click here for free games is the worst, they're apparently utterly irresistible to children and bored old ladies. Nuevo has a new favorite as of 19:47 on Sep 30, 2016 |
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Captain Monkey posted:lol you are what's wrong with nerds and computers. I keep installing Win7 on all our family's poo poo. Havn't seen nor heard a compelling argument for Win10. Like, at all.
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Nitrox posted:OS is a backbone of your computer using experience. Go from an office chair to a 3 legged stool and see how easy it is to "chill". No, more like go from an office chair with black leather to an office chair with grey leather. Spend some time off of the computer and the differences will matter less to you.
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Sep 30, 2016 21:37
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Nitrox posted:
I got it for Halo 5 so I can play it with my brother again. It wasn't worth it.
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Sep 30, 2016 21:44
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Captain Monkey posted:No, more like go from an office chair with black leather to an office chair with grey leather.
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Except everything about 8 & 10 is non intuitive and riddled with security and control issues as highlighted on this very page. A better metaphor would be switching from a desk chair to a hammock. Sure, it has its uses, but sitting at a desk isn't one of them. I have to assume you're young, because of how easily you fail to grasp that up until 8 dropped, Windows had spent the previous 20+ years tweaking a basic template because it worked and was what people liked. Then suddenly out of the blue there's an entire overhaul of literally every single part of the system--in a not too secret move to try to universalize their touch-screen friendly system they designed for their windows phones and surface tablets, NOT PCs--and there was not a single person I ever heard say they liked any of the changes. At all.
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In Windows 10 update 1607, if you snap two applications side-by-side and resize one application, the other application will dynamically resize as well.
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Sep 30, 2016 22:03
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I AM loving INSANELY SERIOUS ABOUT MY OPERATING SYSTEM HOW loving DARE YOU IMPLY THAT YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM ISN'T THE END ALL BE ALL OF YOUR LIFE fuckin millenials ruining my computers and poo poo
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Choco1980 posted:Except everything about 8 & 10 is non intuitive and riddled with security and control issues as highlighted on this very page. Search indexing and fuzzy interpretation combined with CPU speed is at a point you don't even need to interact with the rest of the GUI so they could replace the start menu with a picture of a clown and I wouldn't mind if it came with some incremental kernal and security upgrades.
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Sep 30, 2016 22:46
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Buncha fuckin' computer illiterates in here trying to say that their OS doesn't matter
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zedprime posted:
The biggest issue I have with 10 is that indexing sometimes doesn't work at all well - sometimes it won't even find shortcuts from within the start menu structure which I don't think should be too much if any ask...
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It sounds like you should all ditch the Windows computers you have and get a Mac since they have both a superior OS and user experience.
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