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For anyone who's wondering, I switched GPUs briefly in my W10 machine the other day (testing a part) and it didn't see this as a significant enough hardware change to invalidate my install. They were both AMD Radeon cards though and I don't know how ruthless it is with hardware IDs. I'm doing a for reals upgrade to a 960 in a few weeks so fingers crossed it'll be fine with that. Has anyone been through the license transfer process yet? I never did it on W7 despite a full rebuild, I just dismissed all the notifications and after a week or so of no sign-ins from my old machine it automatically transferred over.
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Jewel Repetition posted:What's the verdict on Windows 10? Windows Ten Is Okay.
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Aug 11, 2015 20:50
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I don't think so:quote:Can I reinstall Windows 10 on my computer after upgrading? The "contact customer support" route is how it worked if you needed to transfer your 7 licence so I assume it'd be the same here.
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Aug 13, 2015 11:06
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:Except when you moved 7 around and had to activate by phone, there was always a key involved. In the case I'm wondering about, the hardware profile has changed and the installation has no key associated with it, so it seems like you'd be asking Microsoft to activate you on the honor system. I'm wondering if they tie the hardware ID to your Microsoft account or something.
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Aug 13, 2015 15:48
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Upgrade and install is your only option as far as I know, the free upgrades don't have keys associated with them.
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Aug 17, 2015 20:06
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Sininu posted:Enter this to the address bar and set it to disabled I had this as well and it was annoying, but never stuck in my head long enough to ask. So thanks to you both, for asking and answering.
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Jul 23, 2019 18:41
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Vanagoon posted:You mean like the "Your files are exactly where you left them" thing from a few upgrades back? I wasn't worried that Windows had hosed with my files until I saw this message.
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Jul 26, 2019 07:20
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Building a computer for my son this weekend. He saved up 3 years worth of Christmas/Birthday/chore money to buy all the parts and he's pumped. Totally forgot to buy Windows. What's the cheapest way to get 10? Newegg has 10 Home OEM for $110. Is that really the cheapest way to get it? I see the OP says you can get it for $80ish but doesn't provide a link. Brown_Thunder in SA Mart will sell you a W7 key for $25 that can be used to upgrade to 10. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3768345
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Aug 7, 2019 10:59
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mystes posted:Why would you buy this when you can get a windows 10 pro key for $5 off of ebay? OP seemed dubious about a $5 key off eBay and the goon seller at least has a proven track record 
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Aug 7, 2019 15:30
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I've been trying to get HDR working on Windows and after a lot of experimentation I think I've got it sorted. The only issue I currently have is that after watching fullscreen SDR content it seems like Windows doesn't properly reinitialise HDR - it's either really dark or washed out. The weird part is that opening display settings immediately fixes the problem - I don't have to change anything, the second the window opens it pops back to normal, so I guess Windows just isn't checking its settings after the SDR content is closed? My setup is: Zotac 1060 6GB Displayport 1.4 connection Benq EL2870U monitor HDR on in Windows Colour settings are RGB, 10 bit, full dynamic range I also stream the desktop to an Nvidia Shield TV using Moonlight, but there's no additional issues there. Ideally I would prefer to have HDR off in Windows and let HDR content toggle it on when need but it seems like most games require it to be on in Windows in order to work. Based on my experiences so far I'm prepared for the response to be "HDR in general and on Windows in particular is a gigantic goddamn mess, good luck" but I thought I'd ask and see if anyone has any ideas on why it's happening and any possible ways to resolve it.
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Feb 8, 2021 12:54
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Any idea how to fix things if Windows doesn't acknowledge a plugged-in device in any way? Background: Until recently I had a Steam Link for in-home streaming with a wireless 360 controller and adapter (both official Microsoft ones) which worked fine. Last month I decided to upgrade a little and got an Nvidia Shield TV and Xbox One controller, because the non-pro version of the Shield doesn't have a USB port and does everything via Bluetooth. I decided to take the old 360 controller / adapter and use them with my PC for the rare times I want to game using a controller at the PC. Except Windows doesn't acknowledge the adapter when it's plugged in. Device Manager doesn't show it at all, even as an unknown device (I've checked with show hidden devices on as well). It seems like Microsoft did something that broke compatibility with Windows 10 as I've seen others reporting similar issues, but all of them had the adapter show as an unknown device in Device Manager that they can apply drivers to. A hardware issue seems unlikely as the adapter worked fine plugged into the Steam Link. Maybe this is Windows telling me to get a new controller but I'd prefer to get this one working before buying more kit!
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Feb 19, 2021 08:02
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AlexDeGruven posted:Tried other ports? Yeah I've tried all over, front and back. No issues with any other devices in those ports.
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BaronVanAwesome posted:Like specifically the code is for SimCity? They specifically added code to Win95 that changed how Windows allocated memory if Sim City was running, because Sim City was written for 3.x which handled it differently. No idea if that code is still part of Windows but I wouldn't be surprised if it was, you still can't name a file "con" or "nul" after all. Here's a write up about it: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/05/24/strategy-letter-ii-chicken-and-egg-problems/ quote:Jon Ross, who wrote the original version of SimCity for Windows 3.x, told me that he accidentally left a bug in SimCity where he read memory that he had just freed. Yep. It worked fine on Windows 3.x, because the memory never went anywhere. Here’s the amazing part: On beta versions of Windows 95, SimCity wasn’t working in testing. Microsoft tracked down the bug and added specific code to Windows 95 that looks for SimCity. If it finds SimCity running, it runs the memory allocator in a special mode that doesn’t free memory right away. That’s the kind of obsession with backward compatibility that made people willing to upgrade to Windows 95.
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Mar 8, 2021 09:15
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I got a Brother HL-L2350DW a couple of years back to replace an old HP inkjet / scanner monstrosity, and so far it's just worked. No idea about the driver situation but I've pushed jobs wirelessly from phones, tablets, PCs etc and it's never had an issue. To contrast the old HP one would eat jobs roughly one out of three times (even with a wired connection) and then you had to repeatedly try to clear the job from the print queue because otherwise it would suddenly find it at 3am and rumble into life. About ten years back I was living with flatmates so my PC was right next to my bed and the first time it did it I had no idea what the gently caress was happening.
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Mar 23, 2021 12:11
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hooah posted:Night Light seems to have gotten stuck to "on" on just one of my monitors. Toggling the button off and back on doesn't seem to help. What could be causing it to a) be stuck and b) stuck only on one screen? Does the monitor itself have any kind of filtering options that might have been toggled on? My monitor's a cheap Benq one that has some BI+ button that auto adjusts colour / brightness based on ambient light in the room
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Jul 13, 2021 08:09
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Fallom posted:Using Edge and Bing got me a $25 Taco Bell gift certificate I have a game pass subscription that's basically running in perpetuity off Microsoft Rewards points. I'm sure Microsoft will make it impractical to do that way at some point but for now I'm enjoying the free games.
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Aug 13, 2021 07:15
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doctorfrog posted:Same. Cept mine’s from 2013 (hold together little friend). I wonder though, are even budget cards affected? Probably. Crypto is a stain. The entire market is wild from top to bottom right now. I recently looked up resale value for an old 2GB 960 I bought for £150 in 2015 (with a free copy of MGS5!) and there were completed ebay auctions for over £100. If I'd sold it six months ago I probably could have gotten more than the purchase price back. In the end I gave it to a friend who was still using a 660Ti
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Aug 20, 2021 07:36
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My suggestion is to get a friend willing to lurk stock discords and get their hand me down card
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Aug 20, 2021 08:50
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Internet Explorer posted:Pretty sure this is too long. If the thread wants to come up with something a little shorter/wittier, I'll be happy to change it. Windows 10: I don't need these security features, right? Windows 10: I know what I'm doing Windows 10: regediting ourselves out of self inflicted problems
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Aug 27, 2021 18:33
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Fun mystery here - can anyone figure out why Windows thinks my gigabit connection is a 100Mb one when it wakes from sleep? The PC is connected via powerline with every part of the connection being gigabit rated, and on boot Windows correctly shows the connection as gigabit and gets about 350-400Mb on speed tests. However if I allow it to go to sleep and wake it, Windows thinks the connection is a 100Mb one and throttles it accordingly. Is there some setting I can change that'll stop it doing this?
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Sep 11, 2021 18:56
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Yeah it's Realtek. Stop loving up my computer, crab! There was a setting for "WOL & Shutdown Link Speed" which looks like it reduces the speed of the adapter when in hibernation. I've set that to "not speed down" just in case Windows was struggling with increasing the speed again after it woke up and a quick test of manually putting it to sleep seemed to work. We'll see if it still works when I do wake on LAN.
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It seems to be working for now, so the crab and I have reached a truce
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