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Non Tool Forum => The Break Room => Topic started by: detron on September 24, 2013, 08:28:03 PM
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Hey MT.O
as I have snippets of knowledge with how-to's about computer maintenance or repair, I will post them here. It is a great feeling to fix a computer problem without having to take it in, or spend you MT/SAK money on it :rofl: so I cannot promise these will solve your problem, but it is a free starting point.
good luck everyone, and feel free to ping me for more info.
if it it easier for you, use my email address detron.phillips@gmail.com start the subject line with MT.O so I know not to ignore it.
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If Windows is infected, try scanning without Windows running
I realize malware is a huge problem these days, and getting rid of it can be a nightmare if you are not sure what you need to do.
here are some options
http://blogs.technet.com/b/security/archive/2012/09/19/microsoft-s-free-security-tools-windows-defender-offline.aspx
this is Microsoft's scanner on a bootable CD. some malware cannot be removed while Windows is running, not to mention some rootkits hide the malware from scanners.
If we do not turn Windows on, then we have a better chance of resolving the issue.
there are other bootable CDs that can help, but this one is very simple for a novice to use, and I have seen it completely fix a few issues before. it is a good starting point, and I recommend if you only have one computer, make a CD now! and file it away.
this simple task could save a trip to a repair shop, when all they will do is charge you a bunch of money and do a similar simple fix
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This is very cool of you Detron :salute: Thanks a bunch, and I have bookmarked this thread in case I need it in the future :tu:
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An old trick that can prevent a lot of malware problem but nobody bother to use is do your daily work on a limited user account, use the admin account only for install stuff and adjust system settings.
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An old trick that can prevent a lot of malware problem but nobody bother to use is do your daily work on a limited user account, use the admin account only for install stuff and adjust system settings.
Very true, especially on Linux this help a lot on Windows, but Windows has a bad habit of allowing things to run with service rights regardless of user account level. They may have fixed most of these, but just a warning
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great stuff Detron thanks a bunch.
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That is nice of you to post this stuff, detron :salute:
I use Windows, Mac's and sometimes Linux to surf on! I usually get frustrated in linux when I try to do something and it wont let me so I will put linux away for a long while then try it again til I get frustrated again and so on. It is a vicious cycle with me and linux! LOL
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The minimalistic SAK of repair/maintenance
http://partedmagic.com/doku.php
Parted Magic is a must have (get it before your PC breaks, file it away)
this is a bootable Linux based distro, but anyone can use it, you do not have to know linux.
this distro can read windows drives, scan for viruses, resize partitions, and several other things, but can also browse the internet with Firefox.
This distro does not use your hard drive, so even if it is dead, or missing, this will boot up and work!
If you windows is stuck blue-screening, boot to this and copy your important files over to a flash drive or external hard drive before trying to fix windows.
Even though Windows these days can resize a partition without loosing data, Windows does not like to move certain files, and sometime this means that 500Gig drive you wanted to be Windows 80Gig, and 420 Gig as non Windows storage, the best you are able to do is 240 for Windows :bnghd:
well boot up Parted Magic and do it there.
Think you have a virus, already ran the other tool I listed? ( http://blogs.technet.com/...ows-defender-offline.aspx) boot Parted magic up and launch Clam Antivirus, it can even download updates from the internet.
Here are some screenshots, they actually speak for themselves.
http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=screenshots
If you computer hard drive or Windows dies and you cannot use your computer to go online and reseach a fix, or order parts, once again, boot this up and use firefox.
there are more features, but you get the idea.
this is an open source Linux Distribution, that is updated quite regularly.
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Windows password forgotten? no one knows an admin logon?
Ok, passwords can be forgotten, accounts can become locked out, or a machine can be a gift and you REALLY do not want to rebuild from scratch.
so go grab the NT Offline Password and registry editor
http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/
OK, this is command line only, but does get the job done.
and is only a 3Meg download!
here is a youtube guide to simplify the instructions.
How to clear Windows user account password using "Offline NT Password and Registry Editor" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6x385EIbE8#)
this can blank a password, add a new user, add a new admin, promote a user to an admin, and unlock disabled accounts
enjoy, and I have used this program HUNDREDS of times, one day it will save your life!
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Got an old computer you are not using, Turn it into a Network Attached Storage Device
Do you have a spare computer, even if it is somewhat older? A 10 year old desktop can be easily turned into a network attached storage that you can backup your files to.
http://www.freenas.org/
I have one of these at home, and it is very nice to access your files from any computer in the house.
this is a little daunting to install, but it really is not that bad. there are plenty of resources on the site to help you out, and once you get it running, you can manage it from a web browser on any other computer, just like managing your home router.
Once again, this is open source, so a great community of people who work together to make this, and improve it.
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Got a new computer, or just finished reloading Windows?
We all know how long it can take to get all of your applications installed again on a new computer, or a reloaded old computer.
well, here is a huge time saver http://ninite.com/
NASA and Harvard Medical school use this, so it is not just some infected trojan horse.
you simply go to the site, check off all the programs you want installed, and it makes a custom installer that will be downloaded ~1M. you then run this and go do other important things while all of your selected applications are installed.
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Want a Free Program that greatly helps keep Several Windows issues in Check?
If you run Windows, you know that issues come with the territory. (Which is why I love my Linux!)
Check out Glary's Utilities http://www.glarysoft.com/
Malware scanner, registry cleaner, System tweaks, and a load more, all 100% free. there is a pro version, and if you are considering it, there is a 30 day free trial.
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we are use to hierarchical file management, but now manage by Date!!
ever wonder which files you worked on last thursday, or know that when you downloaded that picture, you closed a spreadsheet, and cannot find it, or remember the name?
want to see what files you worked on on what days?
check out Nemo http://www.nemo-docs.com/
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Want Microsoft Project, but not willing to pay that price?
then check out ProjectLibre http://www.projectlibre.org/
(http://www.projectlibre.org/images/ProjectLibre_Gantt.jpg)
(http://www.projectlibre.org/images/ProjectLibre_PERT.jpg)
here is a bit of positive press http://www.projectlibre.org/blog/computerworld-names-projectlibre-one-exciting-new-open-source-projects
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Want to Build a new computer and want to make sure all parts are compatible and you all the parts at the cheapest price?
Great! check out http://pcpartpicker.com/
this site filters parts to only what is compatible, and checks prices from multiple sites for best price (in US at least, cannot speak for other locations)
You can also save builds, and check it one a week or so and see if the price has gone up or down. it will map out the price of your parts as a set over time so you can see if the price is currently high or low.
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Got a new computer, or just finished reloading Windows?
We all know how long it can take to get all of your applications installed again on a new computer, or a reloaded old computer.
well, here is a huge time saver http://ninite.com/
NASA and Harvard Medical school use this, so it is not just some infected trojan horse.
you simply go to the site, check off all the programs you want installed, and it makes a custom installer that will be downloaded ~1M. you then run this and go do other important things while all of your selected applications are installed.
I use this on some PCs I maintain, like my Inlaws. It's also handy to keep the Ninite install as you can run it from time to time and it will check and update any of the programs it's setup to install (and ignore the ones that are already updated).
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This is an awesome thread that can definitely hope a lot of people. Thanks detron for putting all this together for us! :tu:
I know this isn't MT related, but it contains invaluable information and could do well as a sticky.
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This is an awesome thread that can definitely hope a lot of people. Thanks detron for putting all this together for us! :tu:
I know this isn't MT related, but it contains invaluable information and could do well as a sticky.
I would say it can be MT related, ask Sawman. He might have been absent from MT.O while getting his computer fixed. Also computer repairs eat in to MT and SAK budget, so maybe this thread will help on some problems enough that less is spent on repair, leaving more for MTs and SAKs.
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This is an awesome thread that can definitely hope a lot of people. Thanks detron for putting all this together for us! :tu:
I know this isn't MT related, but it contains invaluable information and could do well as a sticky.
I would say it can be MT related, ask Sawman. He might have been absent from MT.O while getting his computer fixed. Also computer repairs eat in to MT and SAK budget, so maybe this thread will help on some problems enough that less is spent on repair, leaving more for MTs and SAKs.
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+1 Good point Detron :tu:
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I'd like to share this...
http://www.osalt.com/
Open source alternatives for commercial software
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I'd like to share this...
http://www.osalt.com/ (http://www.osalt.com/)
Open source alternatives for commercial software
Thanks aleph, I was trying to figure out how to write this one up, since I am huge on open source.
I think you nailed it with a simple link.
Appreciate the help
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I'd like to share this...
http://www.osalt.com/
Open source alternatives for commercial software
I always look for open source software when I have a specific task that I am trying to do! Love it! :D
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need a video security system?
check out ZoneMinder http://www.zoneminder.com/
this is a great use of Linux that has received great reviews. supports PTZ cameras and web management. you can even select zones within your camera's view to monitor.
for example if you have a sidewalk , you can ignore people there, but once they step onto your lawn they are now an event.
(http://www.zoneminder.com/sites/zoneminder.com/files/styles/large/public/Screenshot-Home%20-%20Zones%20-%20Mozilla%20Firefox.jpg)
(http://www.zoneminder.com/sites/zoneminder.com/files/styles/large/public/Screenshot-Home%20-%20Zone%20-%20Mozilla%20Firefox.jpg)
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Want a 3D printer but do not want to spend more than $100?
Do you want a 3D printer (just for SAK scales? :rofl:) but the cost is way too high?
check this project out. NOT AVAILABLE YET, but something to keep an eye out for.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/117421627/the-peachy-printer-the-first-100-3d-printer-and-sc
be sure to watch this video! it explains why this is amazing AND cheap at the same time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=80HsW4HmUes
I know I want one!
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I'd like to share this...
http://www.osalt.com/
Open source alternatives for commercial software
Interesting site... although I primarily run on Ubuntu I like having open source apps I can use on both win/ubuntu.
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You're welcome, guys!
That's where I usually look first when I need something... ;)
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New to Linux and want a Distro that has loads of stuff already installed?
this distro is great for new users, as so many tools are already installed and configured.
I used it years ago, but prefer to compile the tools I need instead of a monolithic approach like this. however, if you want to just boot and go, this is a great choice to play with and see what all is possible, then decide if you like Linux or not.
http://ultimateedition.info/ultimate-edition/ultimate-edition-3-5/
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If you have specific questions, feel free to ask here, I have the Notify option on for this thread
if you have a specific question, feel free to ask it here. I will answer it if I can, and if I cannot, I should be able to point you in the right direct.
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Cool beans! Thank Detron.
sent from my mobile
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Also if there are any questions about computer components, or putting one together, I may be of assistance :D
If that's OK with you Detron ;)
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Aleph, that is fine with me. this thread is to help MT.O members, the help can come from anywhere
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Btw, detron old boy, you're awfully close of having no life... ;)
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Btw, detron old boy, you're awfully close of having no life... ;)
I know! super excited about that! In real life I am already there, but here at MT.O, I am closing in
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Need a hardware Identification Cheatsheet?
There is a lot of different types of RAM, CPUs, types of slots, and connectors, and it isnice to have help with that.
this poster is on my keychain USB drive that is on my car keys.
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs47/i/2009/203/f/4/Computer_hardware_poster_1_7_by_Sonic840.png)
There is a high resolution version on my Google Share that you can download. makes it easier when counting pins
https://drive.google.com/?tab=mo&authuser=0#folders/0B96d3YZxO2vrSkZNa1NTYkR5QWs
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Ok thats cool :tu:
Hereby I declare, If any of you have any trouble with your computer, ask detron or me and we will fix it for you :)
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I figured this would be the perfect place for this little aside. The other week, I was visiting a friend when her mother told me her computer would not turn on. I asked if she didn't mind if I could look at it. She responded with a by all means. I take a good once over with the computer and press the power button...nothing. I retrace the power lines to see if there is power going to the computer...yes there is. I then pull the computer out of its cubby hole and look inside to verify if there are any little idiot lights on...nothing. I then plug the power cord into a different power bar...nothing. This was a windowed case so I could tell everything appears to be connected properly inside. I decide to unplug the unit completely, switch the power adaptor switch from 110 to 220 and back again. I know sometimes, these get borderline moved so that the power supply is on 220 which means the unit doesn't work. I thought that might be the case. I was smart though, I made sure I wasn't anywhere near the supply when I turned the power on (I had a feeling). A huge flame, plenty of sparks, and lots of electronic smoke was created instantly and for a short duration. Everyone comes running in asking me if I am all right.. I was good to go...but not the computer. :ahhh
End of the story, although there was a short in the unit, and all I did was hasten its demise...and did it in a safe enough manner that non of my friends got hurt, I still felt partially responsible. I bought a new power supply and installed it. Lucky for everyone, nothing else got smoked with that power supply. Computer back and running. :D
Wow...did that supply ever snap, crackle, and pop!
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Computers are powered by magic blue smoke. Once you let the magic blue smoke out, they don't work anymore.
It's good that you were able to get a new magic blue smoke unit....
Def
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Computers are powered by magic blue smoke. Once you let the magic blue smoke out, they don't work anymore.
It's good that you were able to get a new magic blue smoke unit....
Def
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I have a similar saying from when I worked on weapon systems and radars for the Navy. Electronics run on smoke, one you let the smoke it, well that is it.
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Chako, that was mighty nice of you to replace the PSU. I actually have a power supply tester that I bought for $12. And I have several multimeters.
My biggest issue is when I clean malware from a computer, 2 months latter the owner goes, the is still malware on here. I go through the logs and see they were the cause of the New malware, but by this time I have invested so much time.
I do malware cleanings for $35 - $50. That is dirt cheap, I am talking full backup first, as a means of ensuring no loss of data. So yeah people do not understand
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Yes, I also have a power supply tester as well...but didn't have my repair kit with me. Hmmmm, me thinks I could take photos of my kit and post in a new thread. I am sure that people like to see kit photos posted on this forum.
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There's a lot of good info here so I am going to make it a sticky.
Def
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There's a lot of good info here so I am going to make it a sticky.
Def
That is like getting a mt.o oscar!
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Does this mean you are going to dress up and make a speech? :D
Def
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Does this mean you are going to dress up and make a speech? :D
Def
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Probably not, but I have had to give a few speeches in front of Admirals and the like!
if I did, I would be rocking my new acquisitions
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Buy-20-Get-2-SWISS-ARMY-KNIFE-RED-ENAMEL-CROSS-SILVER-TIE-CLASP-BAR-CLIP-PIN-/00/s/NTAwWDUwMA==/z/uvAAAOxy0QBSPgTF/$T2eC16N,!y0FI,WTFwmbBSPgTFHsSQ~~60_12.JPG)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Buy-6-Get-1-Free-SWISS-ARMY-KNIFE-RED-ENAMEL-CROSS-SILVER-TONE-WEDDING-CUFFLINKS-/00/s/NTAwWDUwMA==/z/KncAAOxyMKNSLpQY/$T2eC16NHJHYFFkKKHbzmBSLpQ(sScQ~~60_12.JPG)
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Want to Play or learn computer Forensics without incurring a cost?
Understand, be careful, you can loose data if you do things wrong.
However by default no Hard drives are mounted, since mounting changes access dates.
this is best used on an old computer while learning, or just hold this until you suddenly have to resort to drastic measures to try to salvage files you need.
Quick test to see if you should continue:
you should be able to answer at least 2 of these questions to consider yourself ready to attempt this one.
1. how many layers in the OSI model?
2. how many host in a /24 subnet?
3. what does man grep do?
4. What does MFT stand for?
5. what does pwd mean in Linux?
6. What does "Windows Key" + r do?
7. what is a molex connector?
OK, for those that past.
I firmly believe in trying to teach yourself when possible!
http://www.deftlinux.net/ this is a super amazing distro! boot to it to access drives and work from a specialized Linux environment, or put it in with Windows running to access a whole portable toolkit with several features that can help see what is happening under the hood in Windows.
http://www.caine-live.net/ basically the same features as Deft made by a different group of people. also very nice! I have not tried the new version, but the older version had a manual on the desktop if you booted to it.
http://www.kali.org/ This Distro was formerly know as Backtrack, and has several forensics tools, along with a cornucopia of tools for password "recovery", wireless "testing", Penetration testing, and information gathering. this is my favorite recovery Distro if I had to pick just one, because it is so robust. however the other two are great and a little more focused on forensics.
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The minimalistic SAK of repair/maintenance
http://partedmagic.com/doku.php
Parted Magic is a must have (get it before your PC breaks, file it away)
this is a bootable Linux based distro, but anyone can use it, you do not have to know linux.
this distro can read windows drives, scan for viruses, resize partitions, and several other things, but can also browse the internet with Firefox.
This distro does not use your hard drive, so even if it is dead, or missing, this will boot up and work!
If you windows is stuck blue-screening, boot to this and copy your important files over to a flash drive or external hard drive before trying to fix windows.
Even though Windows these days can resize a partition without loosing data, Windows does not like to move certain files, and sometime this means that 500Gig drive you wanted to be Windows 80Gig, and 420 Gig as non Windows storage, the best you are able to do is 240 for Windows :bnghd:
well boot up Parted Magic and do it there.
Think you have a virus, already ran the other tool I listed? ( http://blogs.technet.com/...ows-defender-offline.aspx) boot Parted magic up and launch Clam Antivirus, it can even download updates from the internet.
Here are some screenshots, they actually speak for themselves.
http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=screenshots
If you computer hard drive or Windows dies and you cannot use your computer to go online and reseach a fix, or order parts, once again, boot this up and use firefox.
there are more features, but you get the idea.
this is an open source Linux Distribution, that is updated quite regularly.
This software is no longer free as of a couple of days ago. however if you need it, let me know and I can put the last free one up on a share for you. I will be buying the new one, because it is amazing, and only $5. I believe the change in price is due to the key allowing this to boot on Windows Secure boot.
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As a Linux lover most people expect me to put down Microsoft
Well, with a title like
"Former Microsoft privacy adviser: 'I don't trust Microsoft now'"
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2050508/former-microsoft-privacy-adviser-i-dont-trust-microsoft-now.html
you make your own opinions. however this is kind of like the "mad rambling of those Linux nuts" becoming the norm.
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The minimalistic SAK of repair/maintenance
http://partedmagic.com/doku.php
Parted Magic is a must have (get it before your PC breaks, file it away)
this is a bootable Linux based distro, but anyone can use it, you do not have to know linux.
this distro can read windows drives, scan for viruses, resize partitions, and several other things, but can also browse the internet with Firefox.
This distro does not use your hard drive, so even if it is dead, or missing, this will boot up and work!
If you windows is stuck blue-screening, boot to this and copy your important files over to a flash drive or external hard drive before trying to fix windows.
Even though Windows these days can resize a partition without loosing data, Windows does not like to move certain files, and sometime this means that 500Gig drive you wanted to be Windows 80Gig, and 420 Gig as non Windows storage, the best you are able to do is 240 for Windows :bnghd:
well boot up Parted Magic and do it there.
Think you have a virus, already ran the other tool I listed? ( http://blogs.technet.com/...ows-defender-offline.aspx) boot Parted magic up and launch Clam Antivirus, it can even download updates from the internet.
Here are some screenshots, they actually speak for themselves.
http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=screenshots
If you computer hard drive or Windows dies and you cannot use your computer to go online and reseach a fix, or order parts, once again, boot this up and use firefox.
there are more features, but you get the idea.
this is an open source Linux Distribution, that is updated quite regularly.
This software is no longer free as of a couple of days ago. however if you need it, let me know and I can put the last free one up on a share for you. I will be buying the new one, because it is amazing, and only $5. I believe the change in price is due to the key allowing this to boot on Windows Secure boot.
A good alternative is gparted.
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
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I've only just spotted this thread, and don't want to be a "Me too!", but I'm happy to offer any advice from a Mac perspective. I'm a Apple Certified Support Professional, the second highest Apple Support certification available (I'm sitting the ACTC top level exam in 2 months) and have been working with Mac systems from Home to Enterprise level for nearly 14 years.
Other than that I'm pretty good with networking. Def can attest to that :)
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I thought nothing ever went wrong with Macs? Or are you the computer version of the Maytag repairman? :D
Seriously it's great to see guys so willing to help others out.
Def
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I thought nothing ever went wrong with Macs? Or are you the computer version of the Maytag repairman? :D
Seriously it's great to see guys so willing to help others out.
Def
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Hahah. 99% of Mac issues are PEBKAC ;)
(http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/98may/uf980506.gif)
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I think that goes for all machinery, doesn't it? :P
Def
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I have been reading this thead and I have to say its a good one. I just learned that computers don't run or made with voodoo magic.
Still trying to figure out the cellphone thingy. Can't see how they got the phone operator crammed in my phone. That's a tight place to move about, let alone work in there.
Lots of good info.
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The minimalistic SAK of repair/maintenance
http://partedmagic.com/doku.php (http://partedmagic.com/doku.php)
Parted Magic is a must have (get it before your PC breaks, file it away)
this is a bootable Linux based distro, but anyone can use it, you do not have to know linux.
this distro can read windows drives, scan for viruses, resize partitions, and several other things, but can also browse the internet with Firefox.
This distro does not use your hard drive, so even if it is dead, or missing, this will boot up and work!
If you windows is stuck blue-screening, boot to this and copy your important files over to a flash drive or external hard drive before trying to fix windows.
Even though Windows these days can resize a partition without loosing data, Windows does not like to move certain files, and sometime this means that 500Gig drive you wanted to be Windows 80Gig, and 420 Gig as non Windows storage, the best you are able to do is 240 for Windows :bnghd:
well boot up Parted Magic and do it there.
Think you have a virus, already ran the other tool I listed? ( http://blogs.technet.com/...ows-defender-offline.aspx (http://blogs.technet.com/...ows-defender-offline.aspx)) boot Parted magic up and launch Clam Antivirus, it can even download updates from the internet.
Here are some screenshots, they actually speak for themselves.
http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=screenshots (http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=screenshots)
If you computer hard drive or Windows dies and you cannot use your computer to go online and reseach a fix, or order parts, once again, boot this up and use firefox.
there are more features, but you get the idea.
this is an open source Linux Distribution, that is updated quite regularly.
This software is no longer free as of a couple of days ago. however if you need it, let me know and I can put the last free one up on a share for you. I will be buying the new one, because it is amazing, and only $5. I believe the change in price is due to the key allowing this to boot on Windows Secure boot.
A good alternative is gparted.
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/)
Parted magic uses gparted, when I first posted the Parted magic info it was free, and I chose it because it is real easy for beginners, and included other tools.
I do agree with you while heartedly tough, and I use gparted all the time.
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I've only just spotted this thread, and don't want to be a "Me too!", but I'm happy to offer any advice from a Mac perspective. I'm a Apple Certified Support Professional, the second highest Apple Support certification available (I'm sitting the ACTC top level exam in 2 months) and have been working with Mac systems from Home to Enterprise level for nearly 14 years.
Other than that I'm pretty good with networking. Def can attest to that :)
Please do be "me too" I know nothing about Macs, when I use a Mac I go straight to the bash shell. I can do what I need from the shell, and I can open apps via icons, but I know almost nothing about Macs. Please notice I did not put my name in the title for a reason.
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Not really repair, but it affected a friend of mine, so sharing just in case
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-linux-basemosaic-ubuntu-parity,24519.html
basically Nvidea removed features in their Linux driver because those features were not available in Windows.
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How to Avoid common PC Building Mistakes
not my work, just a good, new link
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2049100/how-to-avoid-common-pc-building-mistakes.html
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A new warning for Yahoo email users
http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/11/following-its-revamp-yahoo-email-forwarding-bug-leaves-users-inboxes-empty/
Yahoo Mail has been experiencing a major bug, following its revamp earlier this week. According to a number of reports, the service has been automatically forwarding emails to users’ “alternate,” external email addresses – a setting that was switched on without users’ permission. Yahoo has replied to some help requests via its Twitter account @YahooCare, but it hasn’t replied to help requests on its UserVoice forum, nor has its Customer Care site offered a solution to this problem.
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Want to quickly find storage bloat?
This link has a tool for Windows, Mac, and Linux
http://www.itworld.com/it-management/378130/how-find-out-whats-taking-space-your-hard-drive
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Hi, Detron.
This is a great, great thread; and just like to step in and thank you for this selfless contribution to help and share many cool wares.
1) A while ago, I was also look a freeware to monitor a few in-home ip cams, I paid for an apps on my android phone called 'ip cam viewer' which does work wonder(very simple to set up, pretty much just choose the right model, type in the ip address and password, and it will work itself out)
I browsed thru the FAQ for Zoneminder, and it seems like it will work on linux, but anyway this or any recommend wares would work on PC as well? Anything simple that a layman like me can figure it out?
2) I had been using a 1T backup removable harddisk to backup different data from different sources, and somewhere I probably copied some old, old files that is causing some disk problem--now everytime I plug that into an usb port, the PC kept reminding me:
"Do you want to scan and fix XXX HDD?
There might be a problem with some files on this device or disc. This can happen if you remove the device or disc before all files have been written to it.
Scan and fix (recommended)
This will prevent future problems when copying files to this device or dics.
Continue without scanning"
However, if I choose "scan and fix", the little program just kept on running for a long time without ever coming up with an solution. Anything you do recommend to fix possibly broken files/folders in a removable harddisk?
Thank you in advance! :poh: :salute:
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Hi, Detron.
This is a great, great thread; and just like to step in and thank you for this selfless contribution to help and share many cool wares.
1) A while ago, I was also look a freeware to monitor a few in-home ip cams, I paid for an apps on my android phone called 'ip cam viewer' which does work wonder(very simple to set up, pretty much just choose the right model, type in the ip address and password, and it will work itself out)
I browsed thru the FAQ for Zoneminder, and it seems like it will work on linux, but anyway this or any recommend wares would work on PC as well? Anything simple that a layman like me can figure it out?
2) I had been using a 1T backup removable harddisk to backup different data from different sources, and somewhere I probably copied some old, old files that is causing some disk problem--now everytime I plug that into an usb port, the PC kept reminding me:
"Do you want to scan and fix XXX HDD?
There might be a problem with some files on this device or disc. This can happen if you remove the device or disc before all files have been written to it.
Scan and fix (recommended)
This will prevent future problems when copying files to this device or dics.
Continue without scanning"
However, if I choose "scan and fix", the little program just kept on running for a long time without ever coming up with an solution. Anything you do recommend to fix possibly broken files/folders in a removable harddisk?
Thank you in advance! :poh: :salute:
1. not sure of a windows solution that is good and free (I have not tested any personally) , but this might be a place to start
http://www.ispyconnect.com/
2. I use Windows only a little, but I know I have a Flash drive that does the same thing when connected to Windows. I just hit continue without scanning
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Thanks Detron, I will be checking out the ispyconnect to see how it works. And in terms of the messed up files/folder, I am currently copying those files onto my PC, batch by batch, and like to see at what point this annoying message start to display. Then I will single out the files/folders that are giving me problems and see whether I could delete them for good. A very painful but hopefully fruitful process.
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no problem, the Scan / don't scan does not bother me, because 95% of the time I am in Linux, and it does not complain, and everything works as it should
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no problem, the Scan / don't scan does not bother me, because 95% of the time I am in Linux, and it does not complain, and everything works as it should
Man, that just sounds like a dream...I knew I kept saying it for the past 15 years, but someday I gonna migrate to linux. That in itself is the biggest tips of all, Thanks! :tu:
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Even if Linux was not free, I would still use it. If you are a main stream gamer, there are hurdles, but you can easily dual boot Windows and Linux
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I'm in Linux 95% of the time myself.
It's great when games I like actually work properly in Wine and I don't have to reboot :D
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I play DOOM and DOOM II in Linux under Skulltag. I love emulators too.
that covers my gaming needs other than solitaire or something small once in a while
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I inherited a Gateway NAV50 that had the "Internet Security" malware on it. The previous owner had no idea what was wrong and could do nothing with it. After some research I used the Windows System Restore and thought that was easy. However now the Windows 7 Starter software is not working right. It is extremely slow and the WiFi internet connection keeps dropping and it will not update when it does connect. Any ideas?
(http://blog.yoocare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Internet-Security-Virus1.jpg)
(http://global-download.gateway.com/Image/ModelPictures/Notebooks/NV50A.jpg)
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I inherited a Gateway NAV50 that had the "Internet Security" malware on it. The previous owner had no idea what was wrong and could do nothing with it. After some research I used the Windows System Restore and thought that was easy. However now the Windows 7 Starter software is not working right. It is extremely slow and the WiFi internet connection keeps dropping and it will not update when it does connect. Any ideas?
here is a link I have used to help with this exact malware in the past
http://malwaretips.com/blogs/internet-security-virus-removal
or just load Linux on it and be done!!
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Detron, sorry about the edit, your link was broken, double "http://" in the url.
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Detron, sorry about the edit, your link was broken, double "http://" in the url.
Thanks, not sure how I goofed that up, but thanks
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Detron, sorry about the edit, your link was broken, double "http://" in the url.
Thanks, not sure how I goofed that up, but thanks
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Thank you for helping. :cheers:
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Well, as I mentioned the virus is gone by way of using System Restore but it is the Windows 7 Starter software that seems unstable now. I am attempting to use System Restore again and go back to start over but now even that is not working correctly. :(
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sorry, I was in a hurry and did not read fully, however, I will see what I can do to help.
try this link first, and let me know if you get hung up anywhere
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/32523/
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sorry, I was in a hurry and did not read fully, however, I will see what I can do to help.
try this link first, and let me know if you get hung up anywhere
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/32523/
Hmm..
OK, I am looking at this but the biggest first hangup is I have no disk and the NAV50 is a net book type device with only USB port, and Ethernet port and some flash memory card reader. I have tried System Restore in safe mode and regular mode but each time now it fails. It still boots up but Firefox and Chrome does not work. IE works. The WiFi seems to stay online now. Know any place online I can get it scanned for free? What else to do? :think:
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sorry, I was in a hurry and did not read fully, however, I will see what I can do to help.
try this link first, and let me know if you get hung up anywhere
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/32523/ (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/32523/)
Hmm..
OK, I am looking at this but the biggest first hangup is I have no disk and the NAV50 is a net book type device with only USB port, and Ethernet port and some flash memory card reader. I have tried System Restore in safe mode and regular mode but each time now it fails. It still boots up but Firefox and Chrome does not work. IE works. The WiFi seems to stay online now. Know any place online I can get it scanned for free? What else to do? :think:
Ok, I have a usb dvd drive, and I have a windows 7 recovery dvd, but that is little help to you at the moment. I will research how b or if I can put win 7 rescue onto a flash drive.
I will let youknow more once I have a plan.
If it comes to it, I will let you borrow the usb dvd drive
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Was able to uninstall Firefox but not Chrome. Found some Gateway programs for restore but looks like you need a good clean backup to work with. I can't seem to get the Task Manager up either. Well I will work on it some more later tonight. Gotta go for now. Thanks for the suggestions and tips so far. :salute:
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I think lots of those netbooks come with windows preinstalled and have a partition with the Windows installation/repair package hidden.
Maybe you could use that. :think:
Here are a few options of recovering windows on netbooks. (It's for an Asus eeePC but the general idea is the same)
http://www.spemi.com/2009...r-windows-xp-on-asus.html (http://www.spemi.com/2009/09/reinstall-recover-windows-xp-on-asus.html)
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Thanks! I will look into that later tonight. :salute:
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this looks very promising as well, and is for Gateway computers.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4865537_restore-computer-back-factory-settings.html
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If you have access to another computer, you can always download a Windows 7 DVD image and use the official Microsoft tool to deploy it to a flash drive to use to reinstall the system.
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OK, I am finally making some progress on the Gateway Netbook recovery! I followed some of yall's advice and url links but the best thing I found was of course on the Gateway Support website itself! Duh! This url link (https://support.gateway.com/s/software/microsof/vista/7515418/7515418su531.shtml) has been working for me and I am in the process of reinstalling the operating system from the "invisible recovery partition". It takes some time but looks promising. It is back to the windows setup for the first time and seems to be working correctly so far. Thanks for the help guys! :salute:
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Glad you found a way. :cheers:
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Yes, keep us posted. If I can help, I will
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Well I spoke too soon. The windows operating system reinstall failed and now the unit will not even boot up in any mode. I am looking at making a boot-able USB drive that will assist in reinstalling the Windows Operating System again. Really sick and tired of it right now so I will mess with it later this weekend some. Maybe I should think about turning it into a Linux box. :P
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Well I spoke too soon. The windows operating system reinstall failed and now the unit will not even boot up in any mode. I am looking at making a boot-able USB drive that will assist in reinstalling the Windows Operating System again. Really sick and tired of it right now so I will mess with it later this weekend some. Maybe I should think about turning it into a Linux box. :P
I vote for Linux box! even if you try to fix Windows later, Linux is awesome!
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yeah, and if you're working on another win machine this looks like a good option:
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
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Forget Linux - buy a Mac and get BSD Unix for when you're feeling hardcore, and an easy GUI for when you're not ;)
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why buy a mac when you have good hardware on hand... also, you can run VMs and Hackintosh anyways if you really feel the need for an OSX environment...
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Being of the platform agnostic persuasion as I am (I own at least one of every device with every operating system, including mobile devices) my default response to someones woes with any given system is to recommend they buy the opposite :D
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Well I have finally installed Windows 7 onto this net-book but not without much pain and suffering. I tried a repair and recovery install from the recovery partition but it froze partway thru the start-up setup for first time use and after that it went into an eternal failed to boot loop. After reading online some tips I was able to do a fresh install of Win7 from an iso image file placed onto a USB drive. The install pretty much went without any problems, except I did fail to remove the boot-able USB the first time and went thru the instal again.
OK so here is a question for you;
When I was finishing the Win7 Home Premium install on a net-book that had Win7 Starter I clicked the "Skip" button when it asked for the product key, since the COA sticker is almost unreadable looking like it had been wet before. I found a product key finder to search the "Windows-old" file that was saved from the install. It found a product key and was identified as from a Win7 Starter product. Should I put that old product key for Win7 Starter into the Win7 Home Premium? I have read there would be compatibility issues.
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Well I have finally installed Windows 7 onto this net-book but not without much pain and suffering. I tried a repair and recovery install from the recovery partition but it froze partway thru the start-up setup for first time use and after that it went into an eternal failed to boot loop. After reading online some tips I was able to do a fresh install of Win7 from an iso image file placed onto a USB drive. The install pretty much went without any problems, except I did fail to remove the boot-able USB the first time and went thru the instal again.
OK so here is a question for you;
When I was finishing the Win7 Home Premium install on a net-book that had Win7 Starter I clicked the "Skip" button when it asked for the product key, since the COA sticker is almost unreadable looking like it had been wet before. I found a product key finder to search the "Windows-old" file that was saved from the install. It found a product key and was identified as from a Win7 Starter product. Should I put that old product key for Win7 Starter into the Win7 Home Premium? I have read there would be compatibility issues.
Never tried that but I would imagine it would either reject it or remove features.
Since Microsoft added the "anytime upgrade" features are enabled or disabled based on product key.
Glad you made it this far, but that activation is going to be your next hurdle, on Linux that would not be an issue
:bdh:
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OK, well after a late night messing with it I will probably wait until later this week to see what happens. I am thinking about dual booting a Linux distro as a backup plan. Maybe Puppy Linux since I hear it is made for boxes with low power and memory. Thanks :salute:
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OK, well after a late night messing with it I will probably wait until later this week to see what happens. I am thinking about dual booting a Linux distro as a backup plan. Maybe Puppy Linux since I hear it is made for boxes with low power and memory. Thanks :salute:
I have a computer geek buddy that runs his business on Puppy Linux and a Pentium 2. I know right? He uses it daily for everyday things like invoicing, chatting, some coding, etc. I tried it but it was alittle too basic for me at the time.
Check out Distrowatch.com and you can get alot of good reading and links to downloading any linux you want. :)
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OK, well after a late night messing with it I will probably wait until later this week to see what happens. I am thinking about dual booting a Linux distro as a backup plan. Maybe Puppy Linux since I hear it is made for boxes with low power and memory. Thanks :salute:
Puppy is nice, but if you want a more robust distro, you could use xubuntu, heck Mint 15 cinnamon might run right out of the box, (check the RAM you have versus required)
one issue with distros like puppy is they are so stripped down.
good luck, and if you have issues with Linux, that is more of my area than Windows.
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OK, well after a late night messing with it I will probably wait until later this week to see what happens. I am thinking about dual booting a Linux distro as a backup plan. Maybe Puppy Linux since I hear it is made for boxes with low power and memory. Thanks :salute:
I have a computer geek buddy that runs his business on Puppy Linux and a Pentium 2. I know right? He uses it daily for everyday things like invoicing, chatting, some coding, etc. I tried it but it was alittle too basic for me at the time.
Check out Distrowatch.com and you can get alot of good reading and links to downloading any linux you want. :)
Thanks Mike,
yeah, I love distrowatch I love that in the Linux world I can try tons of different OSes without buying them all. I do donate to the ones I use, and would be willing to pay for the distro if I had too.
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I have used Ubuntu and Mint before on an older PC with Pentium 3 and low memory. It was slow but it did run. I have read that any "Cinnamon" flavored Linux distro might be too much for the "Atom" processor. I am not real solid in using Linux but also am not afraid to try it. Any tips for a Linux newbie? I have an older PC with an AMD processor that is probably around 2ghz and about 1 gig in ram. Thinking about turning it into a Linux box.
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I have used Ubuntu and Mint before on an older PC with Pentium 3 and low memory. It was slow but it did run. I have read that any "Cinnamon" flavored Linux distro might be too much for the "Atom" processor. I am not real solid in using Linux but also am not afraid to try it. Any tips for a Linux newbie? I have an older PC with an AMD processor that is probably around 2ghz and about 1 gig in ram. Thinking about turning it into a Linux box.
Ubuntu, mint, are very user friendly. Hard to say. I like Sabayon too.
New user mint is probably neck and neck with Ubuntu
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More of a hardware solution: if you want to mute your computer all the way:
Just cut off the 3,5mm jack plug off an old pair of headphones, and stick it in the audio-out port. It'll silence out all sounds, but one specific one, I believe :)
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actually, I have the reverse, I leave my headphones in all the time in the front jack, and speakers in the rear jack. When I want my speakers I turn the power on (they're amplified)
In linux I had little trouble getting it to always work... windows was a PITA to sort... it wants one or the other... :facepalm:
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actually, I have the reverse, I leave my headphones in all the time in the front jack, and speakers in the rear jack. When I want my speakers I turn the power on (they're amplified)
In linux I had little trouble getting it to always work... windows was a PITA to sort... it wants one or the other... :facepalm:
Ahhh, wonderful Linux! One day the muggles will understand
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I know Linux is not for everyone, but $2,400 training for free? take a peek
$2,400 “Introduction to Linux” course will be free and online this summer
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/03/2400-introduction-to-linux-course-will-be-free-and-online-this-summer/
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Oh wow, thanks for posting that Detron!! This is something that I'll most definitely be interested in.
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Thanks for posting! :D
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I think it is an awesome thing, I personally love Linux, and can do so many things with it, without requiring constant purchases.
any free class might be enough to help people decide on their own.
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I think it's slightly related to this and might be useful to someone. A couple months ago my mom called me over because she had gotten a call from Microsoft about one of our computers being "hacked".
I talked to this Indian tech support guy on the phone and I asked him which computer and he couldn't tell me (so now I'm thinking something is up). And on top of that I've never heard of Microsoft calling people before.
Then he asks me to go on Google to install teamviewer and then I knew right away it was a scam. Because 1 if he was really from Microsoft he would have asked me to go on Bing! and 2 teamviewer would give him complete access to the computer.
Then I told him that I knew he was trying to scam my mom and that he should be ashamed. He tried to pass it off like he wasn't and then he hung up.
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I think it's slightly related to this and might be useful to someone. A couple months ago my mom called me over because she had gotten a call from Microsoft about one of our computers being "hacked".
I talked to this Indian tech support guy on the phone and I asked him which computer and he couldn't tell me (so now I'm thinking something is up). And on top of that I've never heard of Microsoft calling people before.
Then he asks me to go on Google to install teamviewer and then I knew right away it was a scam. Because 1 if he was really from Microsoft he would have asked me to go on Bing! and 2 teamviewer would give him complete access to the computer.
Then I told him that I knew he was trying to scam my mom and that he should be ashamed. He tried to pass it off like he wasn't and then he hung up.
this does happen, and it is called social engineering. it is a real threat in offices too. someone shows up wearing clothes that match the company that provides (fill in the blank service) and some secretary or mail room clerk unlocks doors for them.
you really want to get someone to let you on their work computer? try showing up with a computer toolkit, and say, "we have hard reports the computers are sort of slow in this building" 50% of the people will agree no matter what.
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Is this thread only a collection of tips or can I ask a computer question, too?
If it is not okay, I will delet this question ASAP.
I ran into a problem on the weekend. I installed Win7 on a second-hand PC. Everythin runs fine except the onboard network card. "unknown device" in the hardware manager.
Ok, I download the newest drivers from the motherboard company. Install them.
I now have a correct installed network driver and a new "unknown network device" (the name was slightly different) gets added! :o
Win7 accepted no driver for this, no matter what I tried.
To recap: First no network card driver is installed, I have 1 unknown device.
Then I install the driver (I tried manual and the autoinstall), the 1 unknown device gets a name, but then a new 'unknown device' gets added automatically.
The dial-in program from the ISP aborts installation "because no Network card is found"
Anyone got an idea what I could try?
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Is this thread only a collection of tips or can I ask a computer question, too?
If it is not okay, I will delet this question ASAP.
I ran into a problem on the weekend. I installed Win7 on a second-hand PC. Everythin runs fine except the onboard network card. "unknown device" in the hardware manager.
Ok, I download the newest drivers from the motherboard company. Install them.
I now have a correct installed network driver and a new "unknown network device" (the name was slightly different) gets added! :o
Win7 accepted no driver for this, no matter what I tried.
To recap: First no network card driver is installed, I have 1 unknown device.
Then I install the driver (I tried manual and the autoinstall), the 1 unknown device gets a name, but then a new 'unknown device' gets added automatically.
The dial-in program from the ISP aborts installation "because no Network card is found"
Anyone got an idea what I could try?
You could try booting a linux cd. If the network adapter works, you will know it is not a hardware issue, and you can get information about it to help solve the windows issue
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Be sure you got the correct driver for the LAN card. I have a few Mainboards that have a few different network card options available so I have to be sure which driver to put in place.
Are you sure the network adapter works? (it is a 2nd hand board as you say)
In Windows device manager try removing and redetecting the device once you have the driver disk available and point windows to the drivers when it asks.
Another more complicated option would be if you have another network card available try that and then remove/redetect the one that's not working correctly and allow windows to try and find the correct driver when it actually has a connection.
Detron's advice is also good, using an ubuntu or other liveCD is a good way to test the hardware.
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Thank you for those suggestions. I will try Ubuntu as well as a seperat network card next time. Maybe this will give me more clues.
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Thank you for those suggestions. I will try Ubuntu as well as a seperat network card next time. Maybe this will give me more clues.
I have a bunch of problems on my computer and I happen to have the one you do also.
Instead of fiddling with it too much I bought a wifi card instead and the downside is it uses up a usb port, but at least I have internet now. I bought a fancy wifi card that was more expensive, but you can get a cheap usb wifi card for $5-$10 on ebay.
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Here's a little tip for young (and not so young) players.
DON'T buy a 3TB drive before finding out if your computer can talk to it. :facepalm:
if it's a couple of years old, it probably can't :rant:
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Internal bios issues or OS?
You could possibly rehome it in an external case which should work.
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BIOS based mobo is the (main) problem. Needs to be a UFIE board for windoze to see more than 2.2TB.
It IS an external drive and I've tried it internally as well.
I have two options... Spend about $500 on a new board and CPU but this kit is only a couple of years old and it's "only" a media PC.
or bite the bullet, put the $138 drive on the shelf and go buy a 2TB one. I'm liking that option, it's 1/5 the cost.
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BIOS based mobo is the (main) problem. Needs to be a UFIE board for windoze to see more than 2.2TB.
It IS an external drive and I've tried it internally as well.
I have two options... Spend about $500 on a new board and CPU but this kit is only a couple of years old and it's "only" a media PC.
or bite the bullet, put the $138 drive on the shelf and go buy a 2TB one. I'm liking that option, it's 1/5 the cost.
You have my sympathies! I had this on a smaller scale, my (now 10 years old) camera does only accept SD cards up to 256 MB...
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while I can't speak for your exact case, but many years ago when my PC bios couldn't handle the size of the new disk I tried to add, I could however format it to a smaller size that the bios would recognize.
Alternately slapping the drive in a D-link Sharecenter (or similar) enclosure and using it as a NAS disk instead may also be a good solution.
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Thank you for those suggestions. I will try Ubuntu as well as a seperat network card next time. Maybe this will give me more clues.
I have a bunch of problems on my computer and I happen to have the one you do also.
Instead of fiddling with it too much I bought a wifi card instead and the downside is it uses up a usb port, but at least I have internet now. I bought a fancy wifi card that was more expensive, but you can get a cheap usb wifi card for $5-$10 on ebay.
It took some time (I am not at my parents' so often) but today I installed a new LAN-card. And I am posting from this PC now! :D
Thank you all for your advice! :tu:
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Thank you for those suggestions. I will try Ubuntu as well as a seperat network card next time. Maybe this will give me more clues.
I have a bunch of problems on my computer and I happen to have the one you do also.
Instead of fiddling with it too much I bought a wifi card instead and the downside is it uses up a usb port, but at least I have internet now. I bought a fancy wifi card that was more expensive, but you can get a cheap usb wifi card for $5-$10 on ebay.
It took some time (I am not at my parents' so often) but today I installed a new LAN-card. And I am posting from this PC now! :D
Thank you all for your advice! :tu:
Great, glad someone had a similar issue and was able to shed some light
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I figure the on-board LAN was busted. I installed a new LAN-Card (making it the second LAN connector). Win7 correctly installed this one. I deactivated the on-board one in the hardware manager and now it works. Mission accomplished. :D
The biggest problem was finding the correct card (PCIExpress small or something like this. A photo helped at the PC store ;) ).
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Oh I'm so subscribed to this one!!
You got me at "Forgoten password.... and admin is not here"
I'm so going to be mr. nice guy at office!!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
:salute: :tu: :salute: :tu:
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Oh I'm so subscribed to this one!!
You got me at "Forgoten password.... and admin is not here"
I'm so going to be mr. nice guy at office!!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
:salute: :tu: :salute: :tu:
just remember, With great power, comes great responsibility.
also, remember circumventing an office or enterprise systems protections is considered illegal hacking. (also think if you signed an acceptable use policy)
If it is not your system, then you MUST HAVE written authorization in order to not be tried as an illegal hacker.
this was covered in depth in my Certified Ethical Hacker training.
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I'm stumped, Toshiba satellite laptop, windows 7, slow as hell, I mean literally my 10+ year old desktop is like ferrari compare to it. What confuses me is task manager shows CPU and RAM use is always around 30% or 40%, never goes higher even under full (slow) load.
I tried some cleaning software like ccleaner, no change.
I know clean reinstall is the best but owner doesn't have the installation disk. The system isn't English version so I can't just use another disk either, don't think the serial number would work.
Any ideas?
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I'm stumped, Toshiba satellite laptop, windows 7, slow as hell, I mean literally my 10+ year old desktop is like ferrari compare to it. What confuses me is task manager shows CPU and RAM use is always around 30% or 40%, never goes higher even under full (slow) load.
I tried some cleaning software like ccleaner, no change.
I know clean reinstall is the best but owner doesn't have the installation disk.
Any idead?
check this out
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/16720/enable-multiple-cores-on-windows-7/
may not solve all issues, but might speed up boot times, I do not run Windows, so I am not as helpful as others.
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Thanks, I'll take a look. It's not just boot time though, it's literally everything. Sometimes I can click once and wait several minutes for it to respond, never seen a computer this bad.
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I'm stumped, Toshiba satellite laptop, windows 7, slow as hell, I mean literally my 10+ year old desktop is like ferrari compare to it. What confuses me is task manager shows CPU and RAM use is always around 30% or 40%, never goes higher even under full (slow) load.
I tried some cleaning software like ccleaner, no change.
I know clean reinstall is the best but owner doesn't have the installation disk. The system isn't English version so I can't just use another disk either, don't think the serial number would work.
Any ideas?
My brother in law has a Toshiba Satellite too, not too old, came loaded with winxp. It gradually got slower and slower, and even doing a factory reset on it didn't seem to help a whole lot. I ran some scanners on it and found out the Harddrive was failing epically. I replaced with a slightly smaller capacity SSD and maxed out the ram (it was only half the max capacity) installed win7 and it's dramatically faster than it was. I don't recall offhand what tool I used to scan the disk, I might have used an ubuntu live CD.
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:spamkiller:
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My brother in law has a Toshiba Satellite too, not too old, came loaded with winxp. It gradually got slower and slower, and even doing a factory reset on it didn't seem to help a whole lot. I ran some scanners on it and found out the Harddrive was failing epically. I replaced with a slightly smaller capacity SSD and maxed out the ram (it was only half the max capacity) installed win7 and it's dramatically faster than it was. I don't recall offhand what tool I used to scan the disk, I might have used an ubuntu live CD.
Owner borrowed an installation disk and reinstalled, told me it's much faster. So looks like it's software related, still can't imagine what was bottleneck the CPU and RAM though.
Now she's going to bitch at me because she no longer has an excuse to buy a new laptop...
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High End Results, No Cost!!
I have friends who are always asking me for help with Image/Video/Audio manipulation.
I am no pro with these things, but some areas I am OK.
I tell these people to just try doing it themselves, but they complain that the software is too expensive.
Well, I have a free solution that some of you just might enjoy enough to keep handy.
:twak:
It can be used as a bootable DVD, a Bootable USB, or you can install it beside Windows (and maybe beside Mac, I do not have one to test)
bootable is a great option as it does not require any change to you current computer. or if you have an old computer (not too old) you can just boot this up and utilize all of it's tools.
It is a Linux Distro, but do not be scared!
Speaking of tools :drool: this thing is loaded. here is the overview (https://ubuntustudio.org/tour/) step through all the categories to see what it contains
I know some people will not use the links, so here is the text of the site without the images, if you like it, check out the site
Audio
Ubuntu Studio makes available some of the most popular and recently updated audio software in the Linux world.
JACK
Jack is a low latency capable audio and midi server, designed for pro audio use. It enables all Jack capable applications to connect to each other. A common program for controlling the jack server is Qjackctl (shown in the picture below).
provides low latencies (less than 5msecs with the right hardware)
provides completely flexible connections
also acts as transport for jack-aware applications
Qjackctl
Ardour
Ardour is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), suitable for recording, mixing and mastering. Some of its features include:
Ardour
Unlimited audio tracks and buses
Non-destructive, non-linear editing with unlimited undo
Anything-to-anywhere signal routing
Unlimited pre- and post-fader plugins
32 bit floating point audio path
Automatic track delay compensation
Sample accurate automation
Standard file formats (BWF, WAV, WAV64, AIFF, CAF & more …)
More than 200 LADSPA & LV2 plugins freely available
MIDI CC control with 1 click
Level 2 MIDI Machine Control
MIDI Timecode (MTC) Master or Slave
Full integration with all JACK applications
Video-synced playback, pull up/pull down
Sequencers and Synthesizers
Ubuntu Studio comes installed with other notable applications such as:
Audacity – Audio Wave Editor
Qtractor – midi capable DAW
Hydrogen – Drum machine / Sequencer
Yoshimi – Software Synthesizer
sequencers
Virtual Guitar Amps
Rakarrack (preinstalled) and Guitarix are two popular guitar amp simulators.
Jack Session
Gladish will enable you to start applications, make connections between them, and save the whole configuration to file. Gladish is also an alternative to Qjackctl.
Gladish
Audio Programming
There are numerous easy to use audio programming environments available to Ubuntu Studio, such as the preinstalled puredata. Others are installable, such as supercollider, csound and chuck.
Graphics
Blender
Blender is a full fledged 3D content creation suite. You can create 3D models and animate scenes. Blender also has its’ own game engine and is vastly expandable with addons.
3D Solids and character modeling
Scene animation
Physics and particle functions
Shading
Game engine (create a whole game using only Blender)
Imaging and compositing
Highly extensible
Inkscape
Inkscape is a superb vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
GIMP
GIMP stands for Gnu Image Manipulation Program, and is a similar to Photoshop.
MyPaint
MyPaint is a digital painting tool, designed to work with graphic tablets. It comes with a large collection of brushes, including ink and charcoal.
Designed for pressure sensitive graphics tablets
Simple and minimalistic user interface
Extensive brush creation and configuration options
Unlimited canvas (you never have to resize)
Basic layer support
Video
Openshot
Openshot is a simple video editor for Linux. Add videos, photos and music to create DVD’s, youtube clips and a range of other formats.
Simple and clean UI
Intuitive use
Format support based on ffmpeg
FFMPEG
“FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge. No matter if they were designed by some standards committee, the community or a corporation. It contains libavcodec, libavutil, libavformat, libavdevice, libswscale and libswresample which can be used by applications. As well as ffmpeg, ffserver, ffplay and ffprobe which can be used by end users for transcoding, streaming and playing.”
DVDStyler
Use DVDStyler to create custom, professional looking DVD’s.
User-friendly interface with support of drag & drop
Multiple subtitles and audio tracks
Design your own DVD menu or select a template
Create a photo slide show
support of AVI, MOV, MP4, MPEG, OGG, WMV and other file formats
support of MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, Xvid, MP2, MP3, AC-3 and other audio and video formats
Photography
Darktable
Darktable is a photography workflow application and RAW developer. A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers. It manages your digital negatives in a database, lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable and enables you to develop raw images and enhance them.
Shotwell
You can use Shotwell to organize your library of photos.
Import multiple formats
Edit tags
Convert formats
Simple editing on the fly
Publish directly to social sites
THIS PAGE HAS THE DOWNLOADS AND INSTRUCTIONS (https://ubuntustudio.org/download/)
this is a great collection of media tools that are in a bootable operating system ready to go. Some people truly need PhotoShop, or certain other programs, but some people will be just as happy with these free tools.
if anyone is doubting that a Linux distro can do what is needed,
:facepalm:
10 movies made with the help of Linux (http://www.linux-netbook.com/10-blockbusters-made-with-the-help-of-linux/)
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I have used this for many years now, but I did not understand the RAW image manipulation software need. but now that I am EAGERLY awaiting getting a DSLR, I understand and appreciate the inclusion of such programs.
the other great thing about a bootable collection like this, is that you can take the disc/USB with you and use just about any hardware.
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I discovered ubuntu studio a very long time ago, but never actually used it, I went with regular Ubuntu and installed the apps I was interested in. Looking at that list I have most of them installed...
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I discovered ubuntu studio a very long time ago, but never actually used it, I went with regular Ubuntu and installed the apps I was interested in. Looking at that list I have most of them installed...
That is what I did too, but I have a USB with Ubuntu studio in my bag.
Serious professional types would be better off with the studio distro due to certain kernel modules being pre configuration. With out this JACK cannot use real time access.
Ubuntu studio has a custom kernel designed for these apps specifically
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That looks like a pretty good free solution!!! :tu: I'm so in love with Adobe Lightroom though, and with having thousands of edited RAW files, switching to something else is next to impossible for me. If there was a way to export my Lightroom gallery, and import it, then I could switch over more easily, but I haven't found one yet.
I'm happy having Windows 8 and Mint dual booted though.
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That looks like a pretty good free solution!!! :tu: I'm so in love with Adobe Lightroom though, and with having thousands of edited RAW files, switching to something else is next to impossible for me. If there was a way to export my Lightroom gallery, and import it, then I could switch over more easily, but I haven't found one yet.
I'm happy having Windows 8 and Mint dual booted though.
Import Lightroom into Dark Table (http://www.darktable.org/2013/02/importing-lightroom-development/)
I am not trying to make you switch, but a free backup option is nice!
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That looks like a pretty good free solution!!! :tu: I'm so in love with Adobe Lightroom though, and with having thousands of edited RAW files, switching to something else is next to impossible for me. If there was a way to export my Lightroom gallery, and import it, then I could switch over more easily, but I haven't found one yet.
I'm happy having Windows 8 and Mint dual booted though.
Import Lightroom into Dark Table (http://www.darktable.org/2013/02/importing-lightroom-development/)
I am not trying to make you switch, but a free backup option is nice!
Frig, I swear I did look for something like that! I'll give it a try, and see how well it works. Now, if I could just get Backblaze to work for doing my online backups, I'd be golden. (going to Google it after I post this.)
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interesting read, did not know about Dark table.
I am in a similar situation to the author except I use a Virtualbox setup to host a windows environment on my Ubuntu setup so I can still use some Adobe suite tools without rebooting, which is what his primary complaint is about dualbooting.
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I needed you guys last night I was on our 5-6 year old Compaq laptop, which runs windows 7 & I was on Facebook(I only do this once or twice a week) & I clicked on one of Grant's video links & the bloody screen just went blank ??? Me being the cluey fella that I am did the ctrl+alt+delete & nothing. So I tried the i.t Crowd solution I taught the power button a proper lesson & held it down till it was quiet & then caressed it gently BUT again nothing, screen dead BUGGER.
I thought maybe it was very tired & needed a extended nap :D :D
Tried again this morning , hard drive running as it was last night but screen dead :think: :think:.So I did what most do , ask Mr Google :P :D a associate of mr Google suggested tapping f8 like a mad man on start up I tried this & after a lot of beeping screen came alive :o :o & I think I agreed ::) ::) to a system restore which seems to have sorted things out.
I did wonder if that shady character Grant had given my laptop some kind of syphilis :o :ahhh :ahhh. So I updated Windows Defender ran a scan , that was negative so I updated AVG & did a full scan & that found nothing :think: :think:.
So I tried delving into the PCs log to see if I could work out what happened I found a lot of error listings but nothing I could make sense of(not really surprising ::) :D :D). I am well chuffed the Compaq appears to have self healed(clever thing :P) + now I don't have to spend $400(that is 2 camping swags for my boys :ahhh :ahhh) on a new notebook & my 15 year old can complete his school assignment this weekend 8) 8). We have a iMac that drives me a little batty ,I don't hate the laptop but we are more acquaintance than friends :D, the boys do most of their assignments on the laptop. I think Linux would be great BUT I am a lazy sap when it comes to such things + I am clueless with most IT :( :( I think Linux might give me a stroke & then make my head explode :ahhh :ahhh , + the boys need to use the laptop for school.
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Thanks Detron.
I'm very impressed as to how small the Ubuntu Studio install is.
I've just run it off a fairly slow USB pen drive and it was fast to boot and very responsive. The thing I was concerned about was how well it would pick up all the hardware on my PC, it did a good job.
You've definitely given me something to think about, an alternative to windows, especially on older systems.
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Thanks Detron.
I'm very impressed as to how small the Ubuntu Studio install is.
I've just run it off a fairly slow USB pen drive and it was fast to boot and very responsive. The thing I was concerned about was how well it would pick up all the hardware on my PC, it did a good job.
You've definitely given me something to think about, an alternative to windows, especially on older systems.
I rarely use windows. And Linux is great at doing what it does. I am glad you liked it
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Personally, I'll be sticking with windows, but Linux is an option I had never really considered for older hardware.
I come across older desktops and laptops that won't run windows well, but Linux could probably breathe new life into them.
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Personally, I'll be sticking with windows, but Linux is an option I had never really considered for older hardware.
I come across older desktops and laptops that won't run windows well, but Linux could probably breathe new life into them.
It will, some flavors are made for old hardware
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Okay, bear with me, I'm going to try to explain the problem I've been having lately... :facepalm:
First.
I have an Acer laptop with Google Chrome. Yesterday, I got the latest update from Windows, and I think Chrome also updated at the same time.
Since then, I had a weird problem. Whenever I do something in Chrome, something weird happens. It seems that every movement I make (scrolling, selecting some text with the arrowkeys and holding shift, etc) it always seems to be one move behind. So, when I select some text, I click my arrowkey one more to the right, and it stays on the same place. It only continues when I click again, then, when I click to the left, it adds one more selected letter to the right before turning back and unselecting thing (I told you this is weird)
Same happens when scrolling. The first "tick" nothing happens. When I stop, and try to click a link, it suddenly jumps down one more "tick" and I hit the wrong link because of that. That is -really- annoying :rant:
This problem only seems to happen in Chrome, and on different sites in different grades, though there's always some signs of the problem happening. I just tried IE ( :facepalm: ) and that doesn't seem to work any worse than usual.
So, Detron, or anyone, know this problem? And if yes, help? :-\
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Okay, bear with me, I'm going to try to explain the problem I've been having lately... :facepalm:
First.
I have an Acer laptop with Google Chrome. Yesterday, I got the latest update from Windows, and I think Chrome also updated at the same time.
Since then, I had a weird problem. Whenever I do something in Chrome, something weird happens. It seems that every movement I make (scrolling, selecting some text with the arrowkeys and holding shift, etc) it always seems to be one move behind. So, when I select some text, I click my arrowkey one more to the right, and it stays on the same place. It only continues when I click again, then, when I click to the left, it adds one more selected letter to the right before turning back and unselecting thing (I told you this is weird)
Same happens when scrolling. The first "tick" nothing happens. When I stop, and try to click a link, it suddenly jumps down one more "tick" and I hit the wrong link because of that. That is -really- annoying :rant:
This problem only seems to happen in Chrome, and on different sites in different grades, though there's always some signs of the problem happening. I just tried IE ( :facepalm: ) and that doesn't seem to work any worse than usual.
So, Detron, or anyone, know this problem? And if yes, help? :-\
GO HERE (https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=395609) read the whole page to make sure it sounds like your issue. and if it is, then do as they say and turn off Hardware acceleration in Chrome (http://www.solveyourtech.com/turn-hardware-acceleration-google-chrome/)
and be sure to reply back in this thread either way to maybe help other users.
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That did the trick, it seems. Thank you sir :hatsoff:
*turns IE off again* :woohoo:
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That did the trick, it seems. Thank you sir :hatsoff:
*turns IE off again* :woohoo:
glad it worked. and :tu: on *turns IE off again* that got me
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glad it worked. and :tu: on *turns IE off again* that got me
I was almost ready to start installing Firefox, but well, I was too lazy :whistle:
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Linux Distro for students, especially college
uber student (http://uberstudent.com/) is a linux distro designed for learners. the tools included by default are excellent for focused students.
on the other hand, if you know a student who is not focused, this might help them become focused.
I have played with this distro, and the mind-mapping tool alone is worth checking this out, but then you couple that with all the other tools for organizing notes, MLA formatting, and other tools and you have the ability to maximize you efforts on the actual work, instead of the organization of your work.
even if all you do is have a copy of this with you as a back up in case your operating system breaks, it can save a students life when there is a deadline looming.
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A Linux distro that will turn your existing Windows install into a virtual machine available from within Linux
RoboLinux (http://www.robolinux.org/) is a linux distro with an extra trick up it's sleeve.
it can make a virtual machine from your main Windows install (XP and 7, NOT 8 ) available as a virtual machine inside RoboLinux.
so if your Windows 7 has all the tools you need installed, they will be available inside the virtual machine, just like if you had booted up Windows itself.
to take it one step further and simplify the new user experience, the RoboLinux team will actually make you a custom install for your printer or wireless needs.
Yes, they will take info provided from you, and make an install that will get your hardware working, if possible. This is usually the biggest issue for new users. if you have a laptop and the wireless does not work, it is not that useful when at school, or away from home. Linux can operate almost all wireless devices, but setting it up to do so may not be a straight forward task. RoboLinux team is trying to help the users of it's Operating System get past this road block.
the 4 videos on the main page http://www.robolinux.org/ are very helpful in deciding if this is a distro you would like to try.
this is a top notch distro, that has been growing fast in the past couple of years.
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Installed Darktable... I think I'm in love...
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Installed Darktable... I think I'm in love...
:ahhh I know right? :dd::
glad you like it
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it's still importing atm, and I haven't completely figured out the workflow, but it's far better than some of the other linux apps I used for similar functions. I still miss the speed and simplicity of Google Picasa to do quick crop/exports for social media etc...
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Since the last round of Windows updates, I can't boot into Linux. :rant: I've gotta frig with that now to see if I can get back in. :rant:
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Good stuff here. Thanks everyone.
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Since the last round of Windows updates, I can't boot into Linux. :rant: I've gotta frig with that now to see if I can get back in. :rant:
go here and follow instructions. read before doing, and feel free to ask questions.
Fixing Grub (http://askubuntu.com/questions/370910/recovering-grub-after-installing-windows-8-1)
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Love Science? Want to play with Real Science Programs?
Scientific Linux (https://www.scientificlinux.org/) is a linux distribution that is a collaboration between Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
I have not actually played with this, but I like these customized Linux Distros.
here is some examples of the type of software that might be built in, and if it is not you can add it, or just use it in Linux elsewhere.
http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20080803104017665/Scientific.html
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Are you in need of software for scientific and engineering computing tasks
I know this is very niche, but if one person here finds it useful, then it was a great post.
CAELinux (http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/80277.html?rss=1) has an impressive stockpile of default specialized software for engineering, mathematical, electronic and scientific computing tasks.
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Since the last round of Windows updates, I can't boot into Linux. :rant: I've gotta frig with that now to see if I can get back in. :rant:
go here and follow instructions. read before doing, and feel free to ask questions.
Fixing Grub (http://askubuntu.com/questions/370910/recovering-grub-after-installing-windows-8-1)
I can still choose to boot into either Linux or Windows, but when I choose Linux, the screen just goes black and nothing happens. When I boot into the Linux recovery and try to run anything, it tells me that the partition is read only, and asks if I want to remount it as read/write. If I say yes, it goes through a bunch of stuff, then hangs and does nothing.
I really haven't had time to play with it, but might tonight or tomorrow.
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Seeing that there are some knowlegdeable IT folks here, I would ask for the advice.
I am interested in:
1) the basic books about general networking principles and the network security basics
2) setting up a hardware firewall - a FW Linux distro running on a dedicated machine. I've been lurking on the Smoothwall project for some time now, but the guys at Sophos offer a free basic UTM solution. Any thoughts on this?
( http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-utm-home-edition.aspx )
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Seeing that there are some knowlegdeable IT folks here, I would ask for the advice.
I am interested in:
1) the basic books about general networking principles and the network security basics
2) setting up a hardware firewall - a FW Linux distro running on a dedicated machine. I've been lurking on the Smoothwall project for some time now, but the guys at Sophos offer a free basic UTM solution. Any thoughts on this?
( http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-utm-home-edition.aspx )
I will give the book question some thought, but as to the firewall, You can also check out IP Cop (http://www.ipcop.org/)
I did a school project with an older version of that 7 years ago or so.
any of the Linux firewalls will work fine, or you could even just use IPTables to do the work manually.
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Yep, I was considering the IPCop also. It is indeed a popular and time-proven FW distro. And it has low system requirements and a fair amount of user advices.
Thanks sir for the effort :salute:
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Yep, I was considering the IPCop also. It is indeed a popular and time-proven FW distro. And it has low system requirements and a fair amount of user advices.
Thanks sir for the effort :salute:
can you summarize your network knowledge, so I can pick a better fit of a book?
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I don't have any formal IT training, since I'm a medicine school student.
My whole IT knowledge comes from reading:
a) local and foreign computer magazines (middle-advanced ones) for the last 15 years
b) various specific-purpose articles on the Net
I know the basics of networking hardware and software.
I would know how to set up and maintain a small LAN network for simple file sharing, Net connection sharing/setting up the proxy and stuff like that, but I would like to finally rework the knowledge/theory from the ground up, because the magazines and the articles are always fragmented, describing one thing at a time. What is particularly interesting me is the logic of data routing (principles of network address assignment, protocols, ports, etc.) and security issues (firewalls especially).
So I would like to read a book that explains the theory from the ground up, nicely and clearly explained.
:salute:
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I don't have any formal IT training, since I'm a medicine school student.
My whole IT knowledge comes from reading:
a) local and foreign computer magazines (middle-advanced ones) for the last 15 years
b) various specific-purpose articles on the Net
I know the basics of networking hardware and software.
I would know how to set up and maintain a small LAN network for simple file sharing, Net connection sharing/setting up the proxy and stuff like that, but I would like to finally rework the knowledge/theory from the ground up, because the magazines and the articles are always fragmented, describing one thing at a time. What is particularly interesting me is the logic of data routing (principles of network address assignment, protocols, ports, etc.) and security issues (firewalls especially).
So I would like to read a book that explains the theory from the ground up, nicely and clearly explained.
:salute:
Network Bible (http://www.amazon.com/Networking-Bible-Barrie-Sosinsky/dp/0470431318/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407177920&sr=8-1&keywords=network+bible)
Network Security Bible (http://www.amazon.com/Network-Security-Bible-Eric-Cole/dp/0470502495/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1407177920&sr=8-2&keywords=network+bible)
these are good starting points, and I love any of the O'Reilly books.
if you are not well versed in subnetting, there are some great YouTube videos that also do a great job of teaching that concept.
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I don't have any formal IT training, since I'm a medicine school student.
My whole IT knowledge comes from reading:
a) local and foreign computer magazines (middle-advanced ones) for the last 15 years
b) various specific-purpose articles on the Net
I know the basics of networking hardware and software.
I would know how to set up and maintain a small LAN network for simple file sharing, Net connection sharing/setting up the proxy and stuff like that, but I would like to finally rework the knowledge/theory from the ground up, because the magazines and the articles are always fragmented, describing one thing at a time. What is particularly interesting me is the logic of data routing (principles of network address assignment, protocols, ports, etc.) and security issues (firewalls especially).
So I would like to read a book that explains the theory from the ground up, nicely and clearly explained.
:salute:
Network Bible (http://www.amazon.com/Networking-Bible-Barrie-Sosinsky/dp/0470431318/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407177920&sr=8-1&keywords=network+bible)
Network Security Bible (http://www.amazon.com/Network-Security-Bible-Eric-Cole/dp/0470502495/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1407177920&sr=8-2&keywords=network+bible)
these are good starting points, and I love any of the O'Reilly books.
if you are not well versed in subnetting, there are some great YouTube videos that also do a great job of teaching that concept.
Thank you sir :cheers: :salute:
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I don't have any formal IT training, since I'm a medicine school student.
My whole IT knowledge comes from reading:
a) local and foreign computer magazines (middle-advanced ones) for the last 15 years
b) various specific-purpose articles on the Net
I know the basics of networking hardware and software.
I would know how to set up and maintain a small LAN network for simple file sharing, Net connection sharing/setting up the proxy and stuff like that, but I would like to finally rework the knowledge/theory from the ground up, because the magazines and the articles are always fragmented, describing one thing at a time. What is particularly interesting me is the logic of data routing (principles of network address assignment, protocols, ports, etc.) and security issues (firewalls especially).
So I would like to read a book that explains the theory from the ground up, nicely and clearly explained.
:salute:
Network Bible (http://www.amazon.com/Networking-Bible-Barrie-Sosinsky/dp/0470431318/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407177920&sr=8-1&keywords=network+bible)
Network Security Bible (http://www.amazon.com/Network-Security-Bible-Eric-Cole/dp/0470502495/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1407177920&sr=8-2&keywords=network+bible)
these are good starting points, and I love any of the O'Reilly books.
if you are not well versed in subnetting, there are some great YouTube videos that also do a great job of teaching that concept.
Thank you sir :cheers: :salute:
Anytime, glad I could help
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I have a strong feeling my graphic card kicked the bucket. :-\
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(http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh627/enki_ck/Mics/IMG_20140805_213346.jpg)
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(http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh627/enki_ck/Mics/IMG_20140805_213346.jpg)
try booting to a boot disc first, (Like Linux) to see if it is some Windows issue first.
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The latest Geforce drivers have been causing me so many issues I went back to the previous release today
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Not windows, overheating I think. It happened first yesterday while playing skyrim. It just froze to a pixeled screen. I restarted and it was fine until I started Skyrim again. At first I thought it was one of the bugs. ::)
So each time something that needs more graphic power is started it crashes. And now when it's hot, it even crashes on system boot up, even prior to loading the OS.
I've now attached an external fan onto the card to keep it cool so we'll see how it goes. It's loud as hell but it will at least give me an idea what it is and some time to find a new one.
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I should really buy a new desktop. :facepalm:
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I am thinking about picking up an older desktop and trying linux again....must be a gluten for punishment as I have always had a love/hate thing with it.
My question is: what is the best distro out there to us nowadays? Linux Mint? Open Suse? Or other?
I will need the distro to be eash enough to setup up a network for file server/sharing or accessing from outside my house. I basically only need two users to access outside of my house, me and a guest acct.
Thx.
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Enki: If it's so hot, can't you just dust it out a bit? :think:
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Enki: If it's so hot, can't you just dust it out a bit? :think:
Did that first, didn't help. :-\
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OK, it's been on for half an hour. Still cool to the touch. I'll try running Skyrim now and see if it crashes. If I'm not back in 5 minutes, ... either it exploded or I'm playing. >:D
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OK, it's been on for half an hour. Still cool to the touch. I'll try running Skyrim now and see if it crashes. If I'm not back in 5 minutes, ... either it exploded or I'm playing. >:D
Nothing exploded. :D And after a few hours of play it was still just a bit warmish to the touch. So yes, the graphic card started overheating. ::) And not even on a hot day. ???
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OK, it's been on for half an hour. Still cool to the touch. I'll try running Skyrim now and see if it crashes. If I'm not back in 5 minutes, ... either it exploded or I'm playing. >:D
Nothing exploded. :D And after a few hours of play it was still just a bit warmish to the touch. So yes, the graphic card started overheating. ::) And not even on a hot day. ???
glad it is working. :tu:
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OK, it's been on for half an hour. Still cool to the touch. I'll try running Skyrim now and see if it crashes. If I'm not back in 5 minutes, ... either it exploded or I'm playing. >:D
Nothing exploded. :D And after a few hours of play it was still just a bit warmish to the touch. So yes, the graphic card started overheating. ::) And not even on a hot day. ???
glad it is working. :tu:
Well, kind of. IT'S LOUD! VERY LOUD! :ahhh
It will work for basic operations like word processing and browsing without the added fan so I'll probably give the whole desktop to my father and get myself a new desktop soon. Just wonder how it will work with AutoCAD my mom uses.
Expect a "Help me build a desktop" thread soon. :whistle:
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maybe the stock cooler is losing it's potential. I usually replace stock cpu and graphics coolers after a few years... aftermarket Arctic Accelero L2 (http://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/accelero-l2-plus.html) on my nvidia 9600gt card now, and it has given it a new lease on life, at least until I decide to upgrade...
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Most likely. It's a Nvidia 8600GT with passive cooling. 6 or 7 years old. :D As I said, I need a new desktop. :doh:
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That's odd that a passively cooled card is overheating... Maybe power supply overheat/voltages?
sent from my Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft
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Well it's dead now. :cry:
Apparently cooling it only prolonged it's life a bit.
Got a CPUID:00060FB1 Patch ID 0083 on the first BIOS screen and it wouldn't boot any further. Took it out and connected the monitor to the on board VGA and it booted up fine.
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that sucks... I may have a 7600GS here somewhere... if that's any help? might cost more to ship than it's worth!
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Most likely. It's a Nvidia 8600GT with passive cooling. 6 or 7 years old. :D As I said, I need a new desktop. :doh:
I built a new desktop earlier this year, I do a lot of photo and video editing and do on occasion play games (I'm loving the new Wolfenstein).
It cost a small fortune but I've always believed in buying the best you can afford and if you can't afford it, wait.
Specs for the curious
Corsair Obsidian 900d case
Asus Maximus VI Hero Z97
Intel 4770k overclocked to 4.2GHz
Corsair h100i cooler
32gb corsair vengeance memory
EVGA GTX 780 SC+ACX graphics card
2 x Samsung 840 EVO SSD in raid 1+0
4 x 4TB seagate drives
LG Bluray
Next to buy, second EVGA GTX 780 SC+ACX and another two Dell 23" IPS displays.
Also toying with the idea of a full custom water cooling setup when I get the second card.
The power supply will need upgrading with the water cooling
It's running Win 8.1 pro 64bit (which I do like alot), Don't panic detron, my work laptop dual boots Ubuntu and Kali :salute:
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that sucks... I may have a 7600GS here somewhere... if that's any help? might cost more to ship than it's worth!
I'll ask around here. I have a few friends that hoard components even from ancient 386 PC so will probably get one for the price of a beer or two. ;) And if not, there's a guy near me who deals with used PCs. Just checked online, and cheapest 512MB card is around $30.
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That sounds like an awesome configuration, Smashie. :cheers:
My planned budget currently is something below let's say $750/550€. I already have all the externals, bought a new monitor and printer in the last year so I only need the stuff in the box. :D
I honestly haven't been keeping track with the hardware developments and compatibility in ages so I'll need the help of you guys soon. ;)
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I've been eyeballing a new card for a while... GTX750ti, ~120 eur, double my current performance but uses half the wattage power wise.
I'm still happily running my Q9300 Quad I bought in 2009... all I've really done is add an SSD, max the ram to 8gb, and swap the power supply when the fan started sounding like a helicopter was landing under my desk. The 9600GT in it was added as well, and have put one of those aftermarket coolers (~12 eur iirc) and it's been great since.
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That sounds like an awesome configuration, Smashie. :cheers:
My planned budget currently is something below let's say $750/550€. I already have all the externals, bought a new monitor and printer in the last year so I only need the stuff in the box. :D
I honestly haven't been keeping track with the hardware developments and compatibility in ages so I'll need the help of you guys soon. ;)
I learned a long time ago, build the computer then stop looking at components and their prices, you will only get depressed!
For that budget you should get a pretty reasonable i5 system, a friend has asked me to build him one after he saw mine and another friends i5 setup is more than capable of gaming quite happily. I only went for the i7 because I have a couple of apps that use hyper threading, some parts of Adobe CS, ok I'm lying a bit, I went for it partly because I could :rofl:
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I somewhat recently looked at some i5? systems in the same price range as my current setup was 5 years ago, then I saw that the CPU performance was less than my current rig. Not a whole lot of incentive to upgrade, plus since this beast still hums along great for my needs...
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Just in case anyone is interested, this is how it looks
(http://www.linuxhippy.co.uk/images/MTO/PC_1.JPG)
(http://www.linuxhippy.co.uk/images/MTO/PC_2.jpg)
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lovely looking tower!
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But you need a bigger monitor. :P
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But you need a bigger monitor. :P
Lol thats my old work laptop, then it was running a 23" Dell IPS and a 22" LG, I've since added a 20" Dell but I'm going to get 2 more of the Dell 23" IPS displays, just so they match.
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I just had to use my new smiley!
(http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz255/detronphillips/smileys/linux-lovers.gif) (http://s833.photobucket.com/user/detronphillips/media/smileys/linux-lovers.gif.html)
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Would you like to do experiments and learn science?
well, the OpenScience Laboratory is the answer.
OpenScience Laboratory (https://learn5.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=82)
the link I provided takes you to the Lab tour video, if science is your thing, or if you would like to engage your kids in the fun of learning, check it out.
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Are there any linux veterans out there?
I just picked a desktop and installed linux but now I have partitioning question.
Please PM me or email at "mjp2k@hotmail.com".
Thx.
:tu:
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Are there any linux veterans out there?
I just picked a desktop and installed linux but now I have partitioning question.
Please PM me or email at "mjp2k@hotmail.com".
Thx.
:tu:
PM detron mate. :tu:
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Are there any linux veterans out there?
I just picked a desktop and installed linux but now I have partitioning question.
Please PM me or email at "mjp2k@hotmail.com".
Thx.
:tu:
PM detron mate. :tu:
I emailed him straight away.
sent from phone
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Are there any linux veterans out there?
I just picked a desktop and installed linux but now I have partitioning question.
Please PM me or email at "mjp2k@hotmail.com".
Thx.
:tu:
PM detron mate. :tu:
I emailed him straight away.
sent from phone
Good man. :tu:
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Are there any linux veterans out there?
I just picked a desktop and installed linux but now I have partitioning question.
Please PM me or email at "mjp2k@hotmail.com".
Thx.
:tu:
PM detron mate. :tu:
I emailed him straight away.
sent from phone
Good man. :tu:
I try
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Are there any linux veterans out there?
I just picked a desktop and installed linux but now I have partitioning question.
Please PM me or email at "mjp2k@hotmail.com".
Thx.
:tu:
PM detron mate. :tu:
I emailed him straight away.
sent from phone
Good man. :tu:
I try
:hatsoff:
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Detron is our resident Linux god, and a hell of a fine chap to boot!!
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Detron is our resident Linux god, and a hell of a fine chap to boot!!
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this would have been SOO much funnier if you had did it just one post later :facepalm: it would have been you 6,666 post
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! LOL!!!!!
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! LOL!!!!!
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ah well, it would have been CLASSIC! I would have had to take a screen shot
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! LOL!!!!!
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ah well, it would have been CLASSIC! I would have had to take a screen shot
The no is pretty good. :tu:
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For my new apartment, I need a wifi signal send apparatus thingy... Can you advise me on a simple wifi thingy (how do you even call one of those?) that's cheap enough and can supply wifi for my laptop and phone? I have an Internet output like this :
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/08/22/7edaf2e81f3a7f823d90cd44415146ba.jpg)
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For my new apartment, I need a wifi signal send apparatus thingy... Can you advise me on a simple wifi thingy (how do you even call one of those?) that's cheap enough and can supply wifi for my laptop and phone? I have an Internet output like this :
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/08/22/7edaf2e81f3a7f823d90cd44415146ba.jpg)
Hmm, no modem at all? Then you'd need a wi-fi capable router...
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For my new apartment, I need a wifi signal send apparatus thingy... Can you advise me on a simple wifi thingy (how do you even call one of those?) that's cheap enough and can supply wifi for my laptop and phone? I have an Internet output like this :
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/08/22/7edaf2e81f3a7f823d90cd44415146ba.jpg)
Hmm, no modem at all? Then you'd need a wi-fi capable router...
Yep, that there should be attached to a modem already, building-wide ethernet.
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Looks like wired ethernet to me. Could be wrong but all he is looking for is a wifi hotspot. like perhaps fon?
https://corp.fon.com/en
not sure if they still provide their own routers... I got some quite a few years ago for shipping cost.
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glad others answered, I just saw this, thanks everyone for helping.
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I've had good experience with D-Link routers, if wifi is all you need, maybe a travel router might do the trick?
http://www.dlink.com/us/en/home-solutions/work/wireless-mobile-broadband/dap-1350-wireless-n-pocket-router-and-access-point
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glad others answered, I just saw this, thanks everyone for helping.
We've got your back, bro :tu: :rofl:
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Hmmm, I don't feel much wiser after looking around a bit...
It seems the main measuring point is either GHz or Mbit/s, right?
How many of those will I need for normal internet use and streaming films/tv/netflix to my laptop? Won't need much devices at the same time, for sure.
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Hmmm, I don't feel much wiser after looking around a bit...
It seems the main measuring point is either GHz or Mbit/s, right?
How many of those will I need for normal internet use and streaming films/tv/netflix to my laptop? Won't need much devices at the same time, for sure.
well, lets see what you NEED.
do you know what type of Wireless adapter your phone/laptop/WATEVER else has? do any of them have Wireless "N"?
if none of them have "N" then you can still get an "N" router and be ready for the future, (or "AC" if you want to go high end)
I have and ASUS RT-N66U Gigabit Router.
BE CAREFUL the GIGABIT references the wired ports only!
the Wireless that this can provide is "N" and "G" (G is older, 54Mb)
Here is the breakdown of wireless standards (http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/wireless80211/a/aa80211standard.htm)
it might be easier if you can explain how many devices will be running at once? (laptop, phone, tablet, smart TV, Roku, etc) and what budget you would like to stick to
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I am thinking about picking up an older desktop and trying linux again....must be a gluten for punishment as I have always had a love/hate thing with it.
My question is: what is the best distro out there to us nowadays? Linux Mint? Open Suse? Or other?
I will need the distro to be eash enough to setup up a network for file server/sharing or accessing from outside my house. I basically only need two users to access outside of my house, me and a guest acct.
Thx.
I'd say avoid ubuntu, you'd be sorry after the first new release.
personally I've used mint debian edition (the nor.al one is ubuntu, avoid it as well)
it works fine and you'll find a lot of documentation . being debian-based commands are identical to what you'd on debian.
I use debian testing on my pc - I'm a developer - and often things are broken until some update, otherwise it's cool. I would have gone with stable but during the installation it didn't have the network adapter modules, and I went with testing, i'm kinda regretting it, but I don't want to redo everything now: I've so many software installed
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Hmmm, I don't feel much wiser after looking around a bit...
It seems the main measuring point is either GHz or Mbit/s, right?
How many of those will I need for normal internet use and streaming films/tv/netflix to my laptop? Won't need much devices at the same time, for sure.
well, lets see what you NEED.
do you know what type of Wireless adapter your phone/laptop/WATEVER else has? do any of them have Wireless "N"?
if none of them have "N" then you can still get an "N" router and be ready for the future, (or "AC" if you want to go high end)
I have and ASUS RT-N66U Gigabit Router.
BE CAREFUL the GIGABIT references the wired ports only!
the Wireless that this can provide is "N" and "G" (G is older, 54Mb)
Here is the breakdown of wireless standards (http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/wireless80211/a/aa80211standard.htm)
it might be easier if you can explain how many devices will be running at once? (laptop, phone, tablet, smart TV, Roku, etc) and what budget you would like to stick to
I have a laptop with a "802.11n" WLan thing, it seems :P and a phone or maybe two if I get visitors, so lets say two at most. Only one using a lot of internet at the same time, probably. The laptop is about three years old now.
My phone's quite high-end I believe, and less than half a year old, so I assume it has a modern wifi connection.
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Hmmm, I don't feel much wiser after looking around a bit...
It seems the main measuring point is either GHz or Mbit/s, right?
How many of those will I need for normal internet use and streaming films/tv/netflix to my laptop? Won't need much devices at the same time, for sure.
well, lets see what you NEED.
do you know what type of Wireless adapter your phone/laptop/WATEVER else has? do any of them have Wireless "N"?
if none of them have "N" then you can still get an "N" router and be ready for the future, (or "AC" if you want to go high end)
I have and ASUS RT-N66U Gigabit Router.
BE CAREFUL the GIGABIT references the wired ports only!
the Wireless that this can provide is "N" and "G" (G is older, 54Mb)
Here is the breakdown of wireless standards (http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/wireless80211/a/aa80211standard.htm)
it might be easier if you can explain how many devices will be running at once? (laptop, phone, tablet, smart TV, Roku, etc) and what budget you would like to stick to
I have a laptop with a "802.11n" WLan thing, it seems :P and a phone or maybe two if I get visitors, so lets say two at most. Only one using a lot of internet at the same time, probably. The laptop is about three years old now.
My phone's quite high-end I believe, and less than half a year old, so I assume it has a modern wifi connection.
then I would buy a "N" router. maybe decide on a budget, then start the shopping. some examples (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=a9_asi_1?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3An+router&keywords=n+router&ie=UTF8&qid=1408802107)
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Thank you, sir :hatsoff:
Any brands or routers I should avoid?
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Thank you, sir :hatsoff:
Any brands or routers I should avoid?
I usually deal with ASUS or Linksys (Cisco), others have mentioned D-Link. I really do not have a DO NOT BUY _____ BRAND that I know of, but read the reviews.
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I tend to use Cisco if possible.
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I am sure I posted this in here already, but this is such a hi-res version, that I wanted to share again.
this is a 4320 x 6120 poster showing computer hardware parts identification
http://www.radiocool.lt/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Computer_hardware_poster_1_7_by_Sonic840f.jpg
17.1 Meg, so be patiend
I actually have this printed on 13x19 Photo paper, and it is a nice poster for the office, as well as being very useful
here is a low res example
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2529/4189939688_0956d46d97_o.jpg)
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that's pretty awesome, I think I may have examples of most of that in my junk collection :facepalm:
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I'm going to have to print that one out. :tu:
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Ok, so a friend's laptop has been having issues; it turned on yesterday and at boot went directly into chkdsk. Fast forward almost 36 hours later, the file progression is still ticking by, but isn't that majorly excessive in terms of run time? o.O
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yeah that sounds pretty bad...
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I figured as much. It had tried running in the past, but they thought it kept on freezing, so they did hard shutdowns while it cycled. I do know it found over 3.7 million orphaned or unindexed files.
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I figured as much. It had tried running in the past, but they thought it kept on freezing, so they did hard shutdowns while it cycled. I do know it found over 3.7 million orphaned or unindexed files.
that could simply be a corrupt master file table. (which is usually a symptom of a failing hard drive)
add the drive to another computer (or boot up linux CD) and see if you can copy important files to a flash drive.
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I figured as much. It had tried running in the past, but they thought it kept on freezing, so they did hard shutdowns while it cycled. I do know it found over 3.7 million orphaned or unindexed files.
that could simply be a corrupt master file table. (which is usually a symptom of a failing hard drive)
add the drive to another computer (or boot up linux CD) and see if you can copy important files to a flash drive.
Will do, I copied seventy gigs of pictures and video from their old desktop; other than a smurfload of dust, it has a failing onboard graphics chip, at the minimum. The laptop apparently had two antivirus programs, got bogged down (no wonder), and she tried to delete one of them... not uninstall, but delete. She may as well have sped it up by deleting System32.... ::)
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I figured as much. It had tried running in the past, but they thought it kept on freezing, so they did hard shutdowns while it cycled. I do know it found over 3.7 million orphaned or unindexed files.
that could simply be a corrupt master file table. (which is usually a symptom of a failing hard drive)
add the drive to another computer (or boot up linux CD) and see if you can copy important files to a flash drive.
Will do, I copied seventy gigs of pictures and video from their old desktop; other than a smurfload of dust, it has a failing onboard graphics chip, at the minimum. The laptop apparently had two antivirus programs, got bogged down (no wonder), and she tried to delete one of them... not uninstall, but delete. She may as well have sped it up by deleting System32.... ::)
:rofl: I have seen attempts at "getting rid of that folder I don't use" :rofl:
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yeah someone I know recently deleted "a compressed folder on his mac that was using all his space", turns out it was his user/home dir, and he wiped out his entire music library. :facepalm: I did of course being the tech friend mention he should make a backup BEFORE clearing out anything, which like most people taking advice from tech minded friends ignored said advice and did what the hell he felt like anyways.
WHY BOTHER!?!? :bnghd:
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Well, I want to delete my two Linux partitions and create just one and do a fresh install. Will I be ok deleting them, joining them together and then installing? They are the 39 and 25 gig partitions.
(http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w472/derekmachfx/DiskCapture.jpg) (http://s1077.photobucket.com/user/derekmachfx/media/DiskCapture.jpg.html)
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Well, I want to delete my two Linux partitions and create just one and do a fresh install. Will I be ok deleting them, joining them together and then installing? They are the 39 and 25 gig partitions.
(http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w472/derekmachfx/DiskCapture.jpg) (http://s1077.photobucket.com/user/derekmachfx/media/DiskCapture.jpg.html)
You should be fine. The easiest way to do it is during the fresh linux install
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Ok thanks. I'll give it a go and report back.
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Well, I want to delete my two Linux partitions and create just one and do a fresh install. Will I be ok deleting them, joining them together and then installing? They are the 39 and 25 gig partitions.
(http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w472/derekmachfx/DiskCapture.jpg) (http://s1077.photobucket.com/user/derekmachfx/media/DiskCapture.jpg.html)
You should be fine. The easiest way to do it is during the fresh linux install
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But they aren't adjacent! Is the EFI partition something you created when installing linux? (if so you can get rid of those 4 partitions, the two highlighted by you and the two in the middle (EFI and SWAP).
Beside, I would suggest you to have two separeted partitions for the OS and for your /home. This way it will be easier if/when reinstalling/changing distro.
15/20 Gb for the OS if enough, the rest can be your /home.
As for the swap, you will need it to be twice the amount of your RAM to suspend to disk (aka Hybernate) the system.
good luck and have fun !
:)
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Well, I want to delete my two Linux partitions and create just one and do a fresh install. Will I be ok deleting them, joining them together and then installing? They are the 39 and 25 gig partitions.
(http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w472/derekmachfx/DiskCapture.jpg) (http://s1077.photobucket.com/user/derekmachfx/media/DiskCapture.jpg.html)
You should be fine. The easiest way to do it is during the fresh linux install
sent from phone
But they aren't adjacent! Is the EFI partition something you created when installing linux? (if so you can get rid of those 4 partitions, the two highlighted by you and the two in the middle (EFI and SWAP).
Beside, I would suggest you to have two separeted partitions for the OS and for your /home. This way it will be easier if/when reinstalling/changing distro.
15/20 Gb for the OS if enough, the rest can be your /home.
As for the swap, you will need it to be twice the amount of your RAM to suspend to disk (aka Hybernate) the system.
good luck and have fun !
:)
tapatalk did not show me a picture! thanks danilo, I saw your reply and went to my computer, and you are correct on all accounts.
the ONLY warning I will give about a /home partition, is I saw someone who trusted it so much, that he did not back it up, and when installing a new distro, selected his /home partition by mistake, and lost everything. that is not a normal issue, but you know, be mindful of what you are doing
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But they aren't adjacent! Is the EFI partition something you created when installing linux? (if so you can get rid of those 4 partitions, the two highlighted by you and the two in the middle (EFI and SWAP).
Beside, I would suggest you to have two separeted partitions for the OS and for your /home. This way it will be easier if/when reinstalling/changing distro.
15/20 Gb for the OS if enough, the rest can be your /home.
As for the swap, you will need it to be twice the amount of your RAM to suspend to disk (aka Hybernate) the system.
good luck and have fun !
:)
I honestly can't remember if I created that EFI partation. Hmm, I guess I'll need a 32gig swap than?
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If I delete those four partitions (haven't hit apply yet), this is what I'll get.
(http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w472/derekmachfx/DiskCapture2.jpg) (http://s1077.photobucket.com/user/derekmachfx/media/DiskCapture2.jpg.html)
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If I delete those four partitions (haven't hit apply yet), this is what I'll get.
(http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w472/derekmachfx/DiskCapture2.jpg) (http://s1077.photobucket.com/user/derekmachfx/media/DiskCapture2.jpg.html)
I have no idea what EFI system partition is, I am afraid to delete it
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If I delete those four partitions (haven't hit apply yet), this is what I'll get.
(http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w472/derekmachfx/DiskCapture2.jpg) (http://s1077.photobucket.com/user/derekmachfx/media/DiskCapture2.jpg.html)
I have no idea what EFI system partition is, I am afraid to delete it
Me too. It's in between the two partitions that I created though. The first one I made when I installed Linux was the 25 gig one, then I came close to running out of space and created the 39 gig one. That would lead me to believe I should be ok to delete, but it does worry me some.
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grub partition created by your linux install perhaps?
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grub partition created by your linux install perhaps?
I think that would make sense, and I was wondering about grub. If it is for grub, should I be ok to delete it so I'll have all the unallocated space together, or just leave it as is?
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grub partition created by your linux install perhaps?
I think that would make sense, and I was wondering about grub. If it is for grub, should I be ok to delete it so I'll have all the unallocated space together, or just leave it as is?
the Linux install will make a new grub area if it needs one.
now is a good time to think about backing stuff up, then proceed
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grub partition created by your linux install perhaps?
I think that would make sense, and I was wondering about grub. If it is for grub, should I be ok to delete it so I'll have all the unallocated space together, or just leave it as is?
the Linux install will make a new grub area if it needs one.
now is a good time to think about backing stuff up, then proceed
I have everything backed up local and online. Time to hit apply and see what happens. Fingers crossed!! :ahhh
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:dwts: let us know when you are up and running
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I wish I had your conviction, I've been tempted for some time to wipe this poor Ubuntu install as it's been upgraded and altered so much that there's bound to be a bunch of excess leftover packages (in spite of my best efforts to clear out unneeded stuff) but I'm loathing the idea of setting everything back up the way I like it. I did at one point have a second clean Ubuntu install but never got it quite how I wanted it, and ditched it for this default.
I'm pretty sure this has had each release upgraded from 8.04 to current... :facepalm:
(yes, that's 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04) :ahhh
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I wish I had your conviction, I've been tempted for some time to wipe this poor Ubuntu install as it's been upgraded and altered so much that there's bound to be a bunch of excess leftover packages (in spite of my best efforts to clear out unneeded stuff) but I'm loathing the idea of setting everything back up the way I like it. I did at one point have a second clean Ubuntu install but never got it quite how I wanted it, and ditched it for this default.
I'm pretty sure this has had each release upgraded from 8.04 to current... :facepalm:
(yes, that's 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04) :ahhh
to me if they had kept gnome and not adopted unity, I would be using ubuntu now.
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Well I'm posting this from within Linux Mint 17. :D Grub came back and seems to be working fine, but I haven't tried booting into Windows yet. :ahhh
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to me if they had kept gnome and not adopted unity, I would be using ubuntu now.
I hear you. I ran gnome fallback for a while, and currently use mate.
sent from my Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft
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Well I'm posting this from within Linux Mint 17. :D Grub came back and seems to be working fine, but I haven't tried booting into Windows yet. :ahhh
Great. Good luck with windows
sent from phone
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Well I'm posting this from within Linux Mint 17. :D Grub came back and seems to be working fine, but I haven't tried booting into Windows yet. :ahhh
Great. Good luck with windows
sent from phone
I'm going to try booting into that now.
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Well I'm posting this from within Linux Mint 17. :D Grub came back and seems to be working fine, but I haven't tried booting into Windows yet. :ahhh
Great. Good luck with windows
sent from phone
I'm going to try booting into that now.
Have you messed around with darktable much?
sent from phone
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Well I'm posting this from within Linux Mint 17. :D Grub came back and seems to be working fine, but I haven't tried booting into Windows yet. :ahhh
Great. Good luck with windows
sent from phone
I'm going to try booting into that now.
Have you messed around with darktable much?
sent from phone
:woohoo: Everything works! :D
I have tried it, but I'm not a big fan right now. Maybe if I play with it more, I'll like it, but I prefer LightRoom right now.
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Well I'm posting this from within Linux Mint 17. :D Grub came back and seems to be working fine, but I haven't tried booting into Windows yet. :ahhh
Great. Good luck with windows
sent from phone
I'm going to try booting into that now.
Have you messed around with darktable much?
sent from phone
:woohoo: Everything works! :D
I have tried it, but I'm not a big fan right now. Maybe if I play with it more, I'll like it, but I prefer LightRoom right now.
Since i do know know my way around in light room, i think i will enjoy dark table. Plus it is free. Glad windows worked for you.
sent from phone
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I am using Ubuntu 14.04.1 and it seems to be working very good. The only issue I have is that I copied my data from a win 7 machine into a folder under /home and for some reason it is locked/protected to where I cant share it out to be seen by other pc's and tablet. I looked at setting and stuff but didnt see anything that would tell me why it is locked/protected.
Anyone have any ideas?
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I am using Ubuntu 14.04.1 and it seems to be working very good. The only issue I have is that I copied my data from a win 7 machine into a folder under /home and for some reason it is locked/protected to where I cant share it out to be seen by other pc's and tablet. I looked at setting and stuff but didnt see anything that would tell me why it is locked/protected.
Anyone have any ideas?
You can read/write them from linux with your user, but you want to share them in your local network, right?
If so, you have to use Samba to do that, here's a guide http://www.howtogeek.com/176471/how-to-share-files-between-windows-and-linux/
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I am more concerned why the folderis "locked" and cant be shared out. I understand that Samba will be needed for Windows and Linux to share.
Thx.
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I am more concerned why the folderis "locked" and cant be shared out. I understand that Samba will be needed for Windows and Linux to share.
Thx.
I know I have used this statement before, but it sounds like a permissions thing.
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I am more concerned why the folderis "locked" and cant be shared out. I understand that Samba will be needed for Windows and Linux to share.
Thx.
I know I have used this statement before, but it sounds like a permissions thing.
I am sure you are right but there is no way to change the permissions on the folder. I did create another folderand copy contents into it which seemed to work so far.
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I am more concerned why the folderis "locked" and cant be shared out. I understand that Samba will be needed for Windows and Linux to share.
Thx.
I know I have used this statement before, but it sounds like a permissions thing.
I am sure you are right but there is no way to change the permissions on the folder. I did create another folderand copy contents into it which seemed to work so far.
you can change the permissions, you just have to do it as root. sudo chmod -R 777 FOLDERNAME type man chmod to read about changing permissions and man chown to read about changing owner
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I am more concerned why the folderis "locked" and cant be shared out. I understand that Samba will be needed for Windows and Linux to share.
Thx.
I know I have used this statement before, but it sounds like a permissions thing.
I am sure you are right but there is no way to change the permissions on the folder. I did create another folderand copy contents into it which seemed to work so far.
you can change the permissions, you just have to do it as root. sudo chmod -R 777 FOLDERNAME type man chmod to read about changing permissions and man chown to read about changing owner
I will check into that when I get on the desktop. Just surfing on the tablet right now. I will also want to view and use my data files from the tablet too.
Thx. for the info/code.
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wait before doing chmod -R 777 of a folder, try first without -R
will add info once at the pc
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Here I am at the PC
Seriously, you shouldn't run chmod -R 777 on a folder, that would mark each and every file in it as readable, writable and executable.
if you can't reach the stuff inside it, then it would be a matter of giving the directory the "x" (which in case a directory should be read as cross, while for a file it means eXecutable) permission for the "other" people (those different from the "user" and not belonging to the same "group" the directory has).
to do so you may run a
chmod o+x dirname
or to give the group the same permission, like:
chmod g+x dirname
You may even go for the
chmod ugo+rx dirname
which gives the directory both read (r) and cross (x) permissions to the owner (u), users in the same group as the dir (g), all the other users (o).
(incidentally using - instead of + removes the permissions, in the chmod commands above)
but in the very end: if it works in a different dir... just use it ;) (maybe remove the original non-working one, and rename the new one as the original one if you really want to).
Danilo
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If anyone following this thread want's to chime in ---> enki needs a new PC (http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,55171.0)
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I´m a PC Bumbnut. Windows did one fo it´s magic automatic updates today. Now my Touch pad acts weird. I used to be able to scroll by swiping 2 fingers across. Now the pad will only work as navigator for tah cursor and as a clickpad, no sweeping or scrollig?! Is there anything i can do about that?!
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I am looking for a good distro to use that will work by having it installed on either an USB thumb drive or a 64g sata laptop drive that is in an external enclosure.
The machine it has to be able to boot from is a HP Envy x360 laptop, model # 15-u0115dx.
I already tried Ubuntu and it won't boot from an USB drive and bios settings have already been changed to allow this so it is not the laptop. Linux Mint does boot but doesn't run very well that way so I am looking for a better distro to try.
Any recommendations are appreciated! Thx.
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I am looking for a good distro to use that will work by having it installed on either an USB thumb drive or a 64g sata laptop drive that is in an external enclosure.
The machine it has to be able to boot from is a HP Envy x360 laptop, model # 15-u0115dx.
I already tried Ubuntu and it won't boot from an USB drive and bios settings have already been changed to allow this so it is not the laptop. Linux Mint does boot but doesn't run very well that way so I am looking for a better distro to try.
Any recommendations are appreciated! Thx.
Might help if you can describe what "doesn't run very well" with Linux Mint. :)
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I'm having a weird video problem with Chrome. The colors are acting really weird . Does it on some videos and some are fine, it just started yesterday. It doesn't do this on firefox ???
This screen shot is from Facebook but it's doing it on some Youtube videos as well.
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Iirc that may be a hardware acceleration issue?
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Iirc that may be a hardware acceleration issue?
Thanks Whoey you are the man :cheers:
I disabled it in chrome and that fixed it :salute:
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I'll throw in a question here. The hard drive of my laptop was starting to show problems so I went ahead and changed it for an SSD. I did not move anything over at the time since I wanted a fresh install and I was sure I would be able to use my SATA-USB setup to move the files over at a later time. But unlike other hard drives this doesn't show up when I plug it in. My best guess is that it's either because it's a system drive or because it was partitioned into two parts. Now, I could of course go ahead and stick it back into the laptop and move it from there but I'd rather not if there's any way to get it to show up. Are there any special steps to take to get Windows to show a partitioned external drive?
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I'll throw in a question here. The hard drive of my laptop was starting to show problems so I went ahead and changed it for an SSD. I did not move anything over at the time since I wanted a fresh install and I was sure I would be able to use my SATA-USB setup to move the files over at a later time. But unlike other hard drives this doesn't show up when I plug it in. My best guess is that it's either because it's a system drive or because it was partitioned into two parts. Now, I could of course go ahead and stick it back into the laptop and move it from there but I'd rather not if there's any way to get it to show up. Are there any special steps to take to get Windows to show a partitioned external drive?
Ok, so the drive shows up in the Disk Manager as a Healthy (GPT Protective Partition) but I get no options to do anything with it (such as changing drive label (in case that's the trouble)). And it shows 16384 GB, strange for a 1TB drive.
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Ok, since I couldn't find anything relevant to my problem on the internet I just placed the old hard drive back into the laptop. Doing the transfers right now.
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yeah some of those usb adapters only read the first partition, it's likely there's more than a couple on a windows drive, and usually a restore partition as well. You may well need special partitioning software to access the other partitions from a different windows install.
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yeah some of those usb adapters only read the first partition, it's likely there's more than a couple on a windows drive, and usually a restore partition as well. You may well need special partitioning software to access the other partitions from a different windows install.
I have the same problem again since my girlfriend's computer died. This time I saw a recommendation to plug it straight into a Sata contact. I'll have to fetch my old stationary PC from storage and try that out.
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Just a quick thank you :hatsoff:
Saved my mom a bunch of money, she has a spotless old Acer laptop, Celeron processor.
The Win XP it was running was more of a problem than performance.
Followed advice I saw here, installed a 120Gb SSD and loaded Windows 7, Mon is happy and the performance is frankly amazing. 8)
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To all the linux guru's! :)
I am a linux noob and have Fedora 25 installed on a laptop to play with and added the flash so I can watch video's ect but while on Facebook it won't play the embedded video's. It just say an error has occured.
Is there a seperate program I need to add to view these or is the flash not working right even though it shows it is enabled within Firefox.
Thx in advance for any and all help!
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I stopped using Firefox a long while back, and actually disabled flash on my Chrome install. I have no trouble playing videos on Facebook or anywhere else for that matter (most now default to html5 players if flash is not detected.)
I have no experience on Fedora, so maybe Detron or someone else who is used to it should chime in.
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To all the linux guru's! :)
I am a linux noob and have Fedora 25 installed on a laptop to play with and added the flash so I can watch video's ect but while on Facebook it won't play the embedded video's. It just say an error has occured.
Is there a seperate program I need to add to view these or is the flash not working right even though it shows it is enabled within Firefox.
Thx in advance for any and all help!
start with this link
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/music-video-files-dont-play-linux-fix/
let me know if this fixes it, and if not I will see if I can help
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I stopped using Firefox a long while back, and actually disabled flash on my Chrome install. I have no trouble playing videos on Facebook or anywhere else for that matter (most now default to html5 players if flash is not detected.)
I have no experience on Fedora, so maybe Detron or someone else who is used to it should chime in.
I prefer Chrome too but have the same issues with it and it wouldn't even work for Youtube video's let alone Facebook ones. I found a flash deal for Firefox so went with that.
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To all the linux guru's! :)
I am a linux noob and have Fedora 25 installed on a laptop to play with and added the flash so I can watch video's ect but while on Facebook it won't play the embedded video's. It just say an error has occured.
Is there a seperate program I need to add to view these or is the flash not working right even though it shows it is enabled within Firefox.
Thx in advance for any and all help!
start with this link
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/music-video-files-dont-play-linux-fix/
let me know if this fixes it, and if not I will see if I can help
I did follow the link but still get the error when I click on a video that says "something went wrong, sorry we having trouble playing this video".
Thx for the help! Much appreciated and feel free to use PM or email at "mjp2k AT hotmail DOT com" if you prefer. :salute:
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Is it perhaps the disable "hardware acceleration" issue in flash? IIRC there was something along those lines that I experienced in the past...
Also I believe there's a flash replacement called pepper flash for Chrome which worked for me in the past.
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I have never been a user of Fedora (or anything Red Hat based) but I will say that Linux Mint seems to fix many of these issues without any user tweaking.
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I see a similar issue for a Chromebook user just a week ago
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chromebook-central/FbTSAHDEL9o
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Is it perhaps the disable "hardware acceleration" issue in flash? IIRC there was something along those lines that I experienced in the past...
Also I believe there's a flash replacement called pepper flash for Chrome which worked for me in the past.
I have heard of that program but could seen to find it for Fedora. Being a noob, I am sure it was me and my searching! :)
I have never been a user of Fedora (or anything Red Hat based) but I will say that Linux Mint seems to fix many of these issues without any user tweaking.
I am not stuck on Fedora and played with Mint and Ubuntu via live cd's or install to usb drive so I should have mentioned I am not above wiping this laptop out and putting on Mint. :) I guess the search is on for the distro with least issue for a noob to deal with! LOL
Which version of Mint (Cinnamin, Mate, etc) do you use and which one is better?
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I was intending to replace my old Ubuntu with Mint (Ubuntu) and someone mentioned Xubuntu to me, it comes preloaded with most of the apps I was already using that might not be the default of regular Ubuntu (but are a cinch to get installed off the repositories).
Any ways, I'm on Xubuntu these days. I do have a few alternate preferred apps but it pretty much was what I wanted with Mint and the desktop is more of a work environment than all those flashy touch/tablet wanna be interfaces that seem so popular these days.
http://xubuntu.org/
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Mate versus Cinnamon is a personal choice, but what this short video to see some of the differences
https://youtu.be/IXAlUwwSyxI
I am torn between both, and you can install both and choose each time you log in. mate has many features I liked when I first started using linux that were found in Gnome 2. Gnome 3 went in a different direction, and I hated it.
cinnamon is a great desktop, and has come a long way in the past few years, you will not be disappointed IMO.
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Is it perhaps the disable "hardware acceleration" issue in flash? IIRC there was something along those lines that I experienced in the past...
Also I believe there's a flash replacement called pepper flash for Chrome which worked for me in the past.
I have heard of that program but could seen to find it for Fedora. Being a noob, I am sure it was me and my searching! :)
Disable hardware acceleration is done on flash itself, just visit a video that is or isn't working, right click for the flash menu and uncheck the box IIRC.
Pepper flash is Chrome/Opera only IIRC, so it won't help on Firefox. I recall Flash being a major PITA to get right whereas pepperflash seemed to work immediately without me faffing around with configs or anything else.
Also worth noting that Ubuntu (and based distros) are considered to be more for linux beginners.
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I also use xubuntu on two laptops, and it is a wonderful distro. my older laptops run great with xubuntu, and seem rather quick considering their age.
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Is it perhaps the disable "hardware acceleration" issue in flash? IIRC there was something along those lines that I experienced in the past...
Also I believe there's a flash replacement called pepper flash for Chrome which worked for me in the past.
I have heard of that program but could seen to find it for Fedora. Being a noob, I am sure it was me and my searching! :)
Disable hardware acceleration is done on flash itself, just visit a video that is or isn't working, right click for the flash menu and uncheck the box IIRC.
Pepper flash is Chrome/Opera only IIRC, so it won't help on Firefox. I recall Flash being a major PITA to get right whereas pepperflash seemed to work immediately without me faffing around with configs or anything else.
Also worth noting that Ubuntu (and based distros) are considered to be more for linux beginners.
very true statement. and yet they can still be supportive of advanced users.
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I am torn between both, and you can install both and choose each time you log in. mate has many features I liked when I first started using linux that were found in Gnome 2. Gnome 3 went in a different direction, and I hated it.
This, no matter what you can always have multiple setups on your system if you're still trying to figure out which is for you... then later perhaps you downsize to just the essentials you need.
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I think the version of Mint I have downloaded is Cinnamon so I will probably just try that one or the current Ubuntu.
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If you install mint then you can setup any of the other Ubuntu desktops since it all works off that same base.
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If you install mint then you can setup any of the other Ubuntu desktops since it all works off that same base.
Not sure how to do that! :)
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If you install mint then you can setup any of the other Ubuntu desktops since it all works off that same base.
Not sure how to do that! :)
http://goinglinux.com/articles/Installing%20MATE%20alongside%20Cinnamon_en.htm
this should help. it is real simple
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If you install mint then you can setup any of the other Ubuntu desktops since it all works off that same base.
Not sure how to do that! :)
http://goinglinux.com/articles/Installing%20MATE%20alongside%20Cinnamon_en.htm
this should help. it is real simple
Thanks for the link. I will check it out. I am on Mint Cinnamon now. Did the install a bit ago and I can play vid's in Facebook so woohoo!!!
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if Cinnamon works for you, then you may not even need to mess with MATE, it is really more of a legacy desktop.
Cinnamon is rather polished at this point in time. I use it far more than Mate
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if Cinnamon works for you, then you may not even need to mess with MATE, it is really more of a legacy desktop.
Cinnamon is rather polished at this point in time. I use it far more than Mate
So far it seems to be working for me but I really don't have much care on which desktop I use as long as it works with the least amount of issues! :)
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then I would say stick with it. most people who use Mate use it because it is so similar to Gnome 2.
you did not use Gnome 2, so I would not worry about it
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then I would say stick with it. most people who use Mate use it because it is so similar to Gnome 2.
you did not use Gnome 2, so I would not worry about it
I probably have used it at one time since I have played/tried linux off/on for many years now but always run into a snag or two that causes me to quit using it.
Thanks for the help Detron and Whoey! Much appreciated!
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So, my uploaded pictures stopped showing since Dropbox changed how their service works (I can no longer use the "Public" folder to allow others access). So now I'm looking for a new solution and I am open for suggestions. I would prefer a solution where I can use the same service for both picture hosting and cloud storage and I don't really need any photo editing since I'm doing resizing locally right now.
Happy to hear your recommendations.
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So, my uploaded pictures stopped showing since Dropbox changed how their service works (I can no longer use the "Public" folder to allow others access). So now I'm looking for a new solution and I am open for suggestions. I would prefer a solution where I can use the same service for both picture hosting and cloud storage and I don't really need any photo editing since I'm doing resizing locally right now.
Happy to hear your recommendations.
I had no idea about this. what a dumb move.
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How about Google Drive?
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It seems like what they did was removing what they called the "Public folder". Its removal has apparently been in the works since 2012(!) but who actually reads their announcement emails... (not me, that's who) So it seems like I can continue using Dropbox but will have to use it slightly different from what I have been doing (including some tweaking of the URLs each time I upload). All pictures that I have linked to before are down though :(
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Yeah as will be mine. Annoying.
So linking is still possible, but not so easy?
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Yeah as will be mine. Annoying.
So linking is still possible, but not so easy?
My understanding is that using the "Share link" will still work, except that the link generated needs to have the last parameter /dl=0 replaced with /raw=1
This still leaves whether the pictures will continue to show or not up to Dropbox and they have shown that they don't really care too much about breaking my links :-\
Edit: Oh, and there was also that time when they decided to shut down Mailbox, their email manager. Wasn't too happy with them that time either.
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How about Google Drive?
This might just be it. It would give me more space in return for just a little extra piece of my life handed over to the Google overlords.
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One of the reasons I read a while a go was it was supposed to stop people illegally sharing files.
TBH Dropbox offers so little in the way of protection to the user I ditched them a long time ago.
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One of the reasons I read a while a go was it was supposed to stop people illegally sharing files.
TBH Dropbox offers so little in the way of protection to the user I ditched them a long time ago.
I get that, but jpg/gif/png?
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One of the reasons I read a while a go was it was supposed to stop people illegally sharing files.
TBH Dropbox offers so little in the way of protection to the user I ditched them a long time ago.
I get that, but jpg/gif/png?
I know, but there's no reaction like and over reaction :twak:
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My boss got me a newish (refurbished) laptop for work. Dell ultrabook with 8 gigs ram i7 256 ssd. Major upgrade from my little laptop that couldn't. :D
Thing is , it came with windows 8.1. I found you can legitimate get bumped up to 10 pro 64 bit for free if as the website states: People who use assistive technologies still quality for the free upgrade, though Microsoft doesn't ask for any evidence that you actually use such tools. ( Works for windows 7 and 8.1)
Not sure if this is helpful, useful as I kinda felt bad for taking advantage to get a free 10 download as I don't use assistive technology at work. But free Windows is free Windows. Not linking but Google is your friend . If this is just wrong feel free to delete post.
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Another smurfing seagate drive has failed today >:D the last seagate I will ever trust, that's now 4 out of 4 gone bye bye. :facepalm:
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Another smurfing seagate drive has failed today >:D the last seagate I will ever trust, that's now 4 out of 4 gone bye bye. :facepalm:
sad to hear of your troubles, but yes, Backblaze tracks all drive failures, and seem to agree with you (https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-rates-q1-2017/)
I finally bought a 4 bay NAS and run a RAID 5. I get an email if there are any problems, and as long as I only loose one drive at a time, I will not loose any data. (if I replace it before another failure)
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Another smurfing seagate drive has failed today >:D the last seagate I will ever trust, that's now 4 out of 4 gone bye bye. :facepalm:
sad to hear of your troubles, but yes, Backblaze tracks all drive failures, and seem to agree with you (https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-rates-q1-2017/)
I finally bought a 4 bay NAS and run a RAID 5. I get an email if there are any problems, and as long as I only loose one drive at a time, I will not loose any data. (if I replace it before another failure)
Yup after the others failed I bought a NAS, I also use an online backup but recovering using that takes weeks/months. The online is part of the 3-2-1 backup stratergy
3 copies of the files
2 different backup media
1 off-site
I know you know that Det but just in case anyone else wonders.
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Another smurfing seagate drive has failed today >:D the last seagate I will ever trust, that's now 4 out of 4 gone bye bye. :facepalm:
sad to hear of your troubles, but yes, Backblaze tracks all drive failures, and seem to agree with you (https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-rates-q1-2017/)
I finally bought a 4 bay NAS and run a RAID 5. I get an email if there are any problems, and as long as I only loose one drive at a time, I will not loose any data. (if I replace it before another failure)
Yup after the others failed I bought a NAS, I also use an online backup but recovering using that takes weeks/months. The online is part of the 3-2-1 backup stratergy
3 copies of the files
2 different backup media
1 off-site
I know you know that Det but just in case anyone else wonders.
3-2-1 is a smart setup, and I just did a recovery for a guy at work who had ALL of the pictures of his daughter from birth to entering college on one external spinning disk hard drive. not sure the cause, but the end result was the drives partition was not recognized. lucky for him I took several college courses on computer forensics, and was able to recover his data (88 Gig)
now he has a 3-2-1 system set up, and his wife is no longer mad at him (she thought the pictures were gone forever)
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Regarding backups! I went thru all the stuff I was backing up all the time and realized I didn't need much of it so I fine tuned it to just what was needed and did away with all sorts of hard drives, which I now just have sitting around here collecting dust! I now keep my backup file on Google Drive and for daily backup, I just use Dropbox, then transfer any keepable docs to Google Drive at the end of the day.
The worst part of me using Linux (Mint 18) is that I have a Dropbox folder on my file manager setup but it does NOT seem to sync automatically with my online Dropbox account so I have to log into Dropbox and upload them.
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So I changed picture host to Google Drive and apart from not really having a way to generate working links that I can see (I'm using a link converter) everything seems to work except that I got a mention from a user here in the EDC topic that he couldn't see the pictures. I can't see why some people wouldn't see them while most seem to do (or else they just don't mention it)
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Thanks for the info. It is handy and a great resource.
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Im using older vista dell pc, getting message adobe flash player needs to be updated, but cant seem to find anything in chrome browser settings (browser also cant be updated due to vista support being dropped) cant update itunes or phone through pc either.
not sure I can do much, firefox no support of vista and explorer doesnt work well either, should I try opera or just get new computer at this point?
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All I need is some memory and a clean OEM copy of Windows 10 and my new build will be underway. Parts of this sticky have been a life saver over the years. :salute: :salute: :salute:
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All I need is some memory and a clean OEM copy of Windows 10 and my new build will be underway. Parts of this sticky have been a life saver over the years. :salute: :salute: :salute:
And a new Intel chip! (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/meltdown-and-spectre-heres-what-intel-apple-microsoft-others-are-doing-about-it/)
We are all going to need one. (sigh)
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With what I've read it doesn't matter what chip you have we're all boned :-[
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Assume I'm not the only one but not overly happy about that estimated loss of performance, and the fact that this is multigenerational.
I have always leaned towards Intel over AMD, and for a while now you do get more performance per dollar out of an AMD, but in my experience, Intel's tend to be a tad more on the safe clock/stable side whereas AMDs seem to be pushed harder to the limits.
For the most part I guess it's shrug and patch and lose that percentage of peak performance I rarely need anyways.
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So what are the repercussions of this new security hole?
Are we ALL smurfed?
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Yep. We all get to take performance hits on all of our computers once the patches come out (hopefully soon) :(
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Yep. We all get to take performance hits on all of our computers once the patches come out (hopefully soon) :(
If I can find the paper I was reading I'll post a link, but the gist of it was, the later the generation processor the lower the performance hit.
Add this too the WD My Cloud back door and it really hasn't been a good week
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/08/wd_mycloud_nas_backdoor/
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http://gulftech.org/advisories/WDMyCloud%20Multiple%20Vulnerabilities/125
I have a DNS320, but it's an older model without all the cloud stuff.
My brother in law has a mycloud though, I suppose I had better have a look at it asap. :facepalm:
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http://gulftech.org/advisories/WDMyCloud%20Multiple%20Vulnerabilities/125
I have a DNS320, but it's an older model without all the cloud stuff.
My brother in law has a mycloud though, I suppose I had better have a look at it asap. :facepalm:
Look on the plus side, at least you'll be able to check it remotely :facepalm:
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actually no I can't.
the first thing I did was disable all the cloud based services as he is using it for work, and it cannot be accessed outside the LAN, which if I read correctly is the only semi safe state without an update.
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actually no I can't.
the first thing I did was disable all the cloud based services as he is using it for work, and it cannot be accessed outside the LAN, which if I read correctly is the only semi safe state without an update.
I thought you might have done, I forced an update on mine and I'll replace it this year with another raid 5 nas. It was part of my old backup routine and is nowhere near large enough any more.
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I'm actually doubly glad I disabled that on the initial setup.
He had mentioned that some of his colleges in the field had setup remote access, and I suggested that if I were to set it up it is risky since due to privacy issues the data it contains should not be accessible and that to be sure we should not allow that even though it was a built in feature of the NAS.
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I have a My Cloud EX4100, all cloud based features are dissabled.
I have to really try and figure out what is going on, and devote some time to ensuring I do not assume anything
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I'm actually doubly glad I disabled that on the initial setup.
He had mentioned that some of his colleges in the field had setup remote access, and I suggested that if I were to set it up it is risky since due to privacy issues the data it contains should not be accessible and that to be sure we should not allow that even though it was a built in feature of the NAS.
I also don't do remote access
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I do not use remote ANYTHING into my network. actually, I have taken steps to make it more difficult to access my internal network (beyond the typical firewall, etc.
I have my public facing router, feed into another router. so instead of a Network Address Translation of public to private address which most people have, I have a Public to Private, then the private is treated as a public, and translated into a private again. the only traffic that can make its way in is any session that is initiated from inside. I know where there is a will there is a way, and Hackers will always find a way (I am a Certified Ethical Hacker, and Network Security professional).
this little dead network between the outside and the inside, with no inbound routing is a tricky little obstacle.
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I do not use remote ANYTHING into my network. actually, I have taken steps to make it more difficult to access my internal network (beyond the typical firewall, etc.
I have my public facing router, feed into another router. so instead of a Network Address Translation of public to private address which most people have, I have a Public to Private, then the private is treated as a public, and translated into a private again. the only traffic that can make its way in is any session that is initiated from inside. I know where there is a will there is a way, and Hackers will always find a way (I am a Certified Ethical Hacker, and Network Security professional).
this little dead network between the outside and the inside, with no inbound routing is a tricky little obstacle.
It's a sound solution :salute:
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sounds like a good setup, obviously if someone is really determined to find a way in, they will eventually no matter what. I assume that for the most part they are going more for easy targets than the tough ones
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sounds like a good setup, obviously if someone is really determined to find a way in, they will eventually no matter what. I assume that for the most part they are going more for easy targets than the tough ones
I would have thought they'd go for large commercial targets first, maximum impact
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sounds like a good setup, obviously if someone is really determined to find a way in, they will eventually no matter what. I assume that for the most part they are going more for easy targets than the tough ones
totally agree, I do have a honeynet with its own wide open WiFi that is air-gaped from all other stuff. that is the easy target.
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After win10's update today my computer won't boot up. Blue screen
(http://i.imgur.com/1PVrDAM.jpg)
I went to office depot to talk to a tech there and he said that he's got four computers in in the last hour with the same problem. He hasn't come up with a fix yet.
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replied to the other thread... http://www.howto-connect.com/fix-inaccessible-boot-device-windows-10/ seems relevant towards fixing
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replied to the other thread... http://www.howto-connect.com/fix-inaccessible-boot-device-windows-10/ seems relevant towards fixing
Thanks, I couldn't find that link :tu:
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Well, I took the plunge and installed Linux on my laptop in a dual boot configuration with Windows. :salute: My first experience with Linux, excluding some I-don’t-know-what-I’m-doing messing around with a Raspberry Pi.
It took me long enough accomplish, I had to do a few BIOS configuration changes in order to get the Linux usb installer to stop crashing and recognise my SSD upon getting to the partition setup screen... and in addition, I had to make a 500 MB efi (still don’t quite understand what it is) partition for Grub (whatever that is, something boot related?) to install correctly.
Googling solutions when you don’t understand the terminology takes quite a bit of time. :D I wish I had remembered this thread. :facepalm:
I went with Linux Mint 19, because I heard it was noob-friendly, and Cinnamon because that’s the first option I encountered when searching for the download. ::)
I do have an unsolved problem. I’d like to devote more of my SSD space to the Linux /home partition, which is currently about 8GB, but windows won’t allow me to shrink the C: drive beyond a certain point, despite having dozens of gigabytes of free space on it? :crash: Can anyone help? :cheers:
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Dear Pabby,
I'd love to help... am, if you could just explain/clarify the following in red, I'll get my thinking cap on... and I'm sure I could nail something together for you...
Love n kisses,
Fuzzy
Well, I took the plunge and installed Linux on my laptop in a dual boot configuration with Windows. :salute: My first experience with Linux, excluding some I-don’t-know-what-I’m-doing messing around with a Raspberry Pi.
It took me long enough accomplish, I had to do a few BIOS configuration changes in order to get the Linux usb installer to stop crashing and recognise my SSD upon getting to the partition setup screen... and in addition, I had to make a 500 MB efi (still don’t quite understand what it is) partition for Grub (whatever that is, something boot related?) to install correctly.
Googling solutions when you don’t understand the terminology takes quite a bit of time. :D I wish I had remembered this thread. :facepalm:
I went with Linux Mint 19, because I heard it was noob-friendly, and Cinnamon because that’s the first option I encountered when searching for the download. ::)
I do have an unsolved problem. I’d like to devote more of my SSD space to the Linux /home partition, which is currently about 8GB, but windows won’t allow me to shrink the C: drive beyond a certain point, despite having dozens of gigabytes of free space on it? :crash: Can anyone help? :cheers:
(https://media.giphy.com/media/BT4ygwV9vgwAU/giphy.gif)
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Well, I took the plunge and installed Linux on my laptop in a dual boot configuration with Windows. :salute: My first experience with Linux, excluding some I-don’t-know-what-I’m-doing messing around with a Raspberry Pi.
It took me long enough accomplish, I had to do a few BIOS configuration changes in order to get the Linux usb installer to stop crashing and recognise my SSD upon getting to the partition setup screen... and in addition, I had to make a 500 MB efi (still don’t quite understand what it is) partition for Grub (whatever that is, something boot related?) to install correctly.
Googling solutions when you don’t understand the terminology takes quite a bit of time. :D I wish I had remembered this thread. :facepalm:
I went with Linux Mint 19, because I heard it was noob-friendly, and Cinnamon because that’s the first option I encountered when searching for the download. ::)
I do have an unsolved problem. I’d like to devote more of my SSD space to the Linux /home partition, which is currently about 8GB, but windows won’t allow me to shrink the C: drive beyond a certain point, despite having dozens of gigabytes of free space on it? :crash: Can anyone help? :cheers:
Just a question, have you defragged the C: drive?
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Well, I took the plunge and installed Linux on my laptop in a dual boot configuration with Windows. :salute: My first experience with Linux, excluding some I-don’t-know-what-I’m-doing messing around with a Raspberry Pi.
It took me long enough accomplish, I had to do a few BIOS configuration changes in order to get the Linux usb installer to stop crashing and recognise my SSD upon getting to the partition setup screen... and in addition, I had to make a 500 MB efi (still don’t quite understand what it is) partition for Grub (whatever that is, something boot related?) to install correctly.
Googling solutions when you don’t understand the terminology takes quite a bit of time. :D I wish I had remembered this thread. :facepalm:
I went with Linux Mint 19, because I heard it was noob-friendly, and Cinnamon because that’s the first option I encountered when searching for the download. ::)
I do have an unsolved problem. I’d like to devote more of my SSD space to the Linux /home partition, which is currently about 8GB, but windows won’t allow me to shrink the C: drive beyond a certain point, despite having dozens of gigabytes of free space on it? :crash: Can anyone help? :cheers:
Just a question, have you defragged the C: drive?
Pabs in case you're wondering you use a file for that - but you can't do it on a Wednesday :pok: :pok:
(well I think i'm funny)
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Just a question, have you defragged the C: drive?
Do SSD's need to be defragged? :think:
In any case, I THINK I did. I might have done it wrong. :rofl:
See the attached screenshot.
(https://i.imgur.com/4dRH63B.png)
In the big window, is the Disk management tool.
Partitions 1 and 7 are a mystery to me.
Linux is on partitions 8 (efi), 9 (home), 10 (swap), and 11 (root).
D: is where the Laptop drivers are. It used to be 25 GB but I shrunk it to make space for linux.
C: is, well, C:.
LENOVO_PART and WINRE_DRV are also a mystery.
The hidden lower-right window is the result of right clicking C: in the Disk Management tool and going to properties.
The left window called "Optimize drives" is from clicking Optimize in properties. The "defrag" button I used is the Optimize button in "Optimize drives".
The lower middle window is from right clicking C: and going to Shrink. As you can see, although there is lots of free space on C:, I cannot shrink it farther.
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Just a question, have you defragged the C: drive?
Do SSD's need to be defragged? :think:
In any case, I THINK I did. I might have done it wrong. :rofl:
See the attached screenshot.
(https://i.imgur.com/4dRH63B.png)
In the big window, is the Disk management tool.
Partitions 1 and 7 are a mystery to me.
Linux is on partitions 8 (efi), 9 (home), 10 (swap), and 11 (root).
D: is where the Laptop drivers are. It used to be 25 GB but I shrunk it to make space for linux.
C: is, well, C:.
LENOVO_PART and WINRE_DRV are also a mystery.
The hidden lower-right window is the result of right clicking C: in the Disk Management tool and going to properties.
The left window called "Optimize drives" is from clicking Optimize in properties. The "defrag" button I used is the Optimize button in "Optimize drives".
The lower middle window is from right clicking C: and going to Shrink. As you can see, although there is lots of free space on C:, I cannot shrink it farther.
I think a few years back i hit a similar problem, if i remember correctly i used a linux partition manager to shrink the windows partition.
When you're in this kind of territory make sure you have everything backed up, it can go pearshaped real easy
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I didn’t forget about you, Fuzzy! Since you asked so nicely:
My computer is not working as I want it to.
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I think a few years back i hit a similar problem, if i remember correctly i used a linux partition manager to shrink the windows partition.
When you're in this kind of territory make sure you have everything backed up, it can go pearshaped real easy
Ok, I’ll try using a Linux program. :salute:
Regarding the backups, I have no data that I wouldn’t mind losing on my laptop, but I am worried about the possibility of reinstalling everything from windows to Linux from scratch again if I mess up something important. :ahhh
Any suggestions?
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I think a few years back i hit a similar problem, if i remember correctly i used a linux partition manager to shrink the windows partition.
When you're in this kind of territory make sure you have everything backed up, it can go pearshaped real easy
Ok, I’ll try using a Linux program. :salute:
Regarding the backups, I have no data that I wouldn’t mind losing on my laptop, but I am worried about the possibility of reinstalling everything from windows to Linux from scratch again if I mess up something important. :ahhh
Any suggestions?
one easy solution is Parted Magic. it is a $10 purchase, but is a great tool to have on hand.
https://partedmagic.com/
it is a bootable CD, focused on partition resizing and other administrative tasks. I carry this with me everywhere, (on a usb)
the nice thing about this type of solution, is no partitions are in use while you resize and reconfigure those partitions.
Windows may complain after it boots the next time, and may want to scan the disk, but it is an easy one stop solution.
this disc also has backup solutions and virus scan solutions that may come in handy
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the second screenshot on this page (https://partedmagic.com/screenshots/) shows the partitioning software in action
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No reason to pay for partition software. Gparted is a free open source partition program. Been around over a dozen years:
https://gparted.org/
Create a live USB version to run it without being in your Windows or Linux boot: https://gparted.org/liveusb.php. The USB will have a mini version of Linux on it, just enough to support gparted. It won't be installing it to your hard drive. Just to the USB so it can boot from it.
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And here is a tutorial for using gparted with Windows 7 and Vista. I have not used gparted recently, but I'm betting it's very similar.
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-gparted-to-resize-your-windows-vista-partition/
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Yeah, when I was installing Mint from a live USB, gparted was the application the installer gave me to make the required partitions. :tu:
I think MagicParted does a bit more than that though? Detron said the disc has tools on it to help with backing up. :think:
I can try to resize my C: drive with gparted anytime I like, but I would like to backup windows before I do anything, just in case, and that’s what I’m trying to figure out now. :tu:
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I had similar problems with my dual boot first time, i solved problem uninstalled linux first completly and reinstalled mint with allready higher partition. Second time i used gparted to resize hdd but theres risk that you may loose some crucial data resizing hdd. Safest way is unistall mint and free space back to windows and then reinstall mint with higher partition
Only Tools Matters
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Thanks for chiming in. :cheers:
I’m afraid that I omitted a few details. :oops:
My problem started before I tried to install Linux, when I was shrinking partitions via the windows Disk Management tool to produce enough unallocated space for the to-be-made Linux partitions..
My problem is that the Windows Disk Management tool won’t allow me to shrink the C: partition, despite it having lots of space and being able to successfully shrink other partitions.
Probably the gparted tool will be able to shrink the C: partition once I try. :tu:
But I was wondering if this problem has some important cause that I don’t know about, that could cause big problems when I shrink the C: partition.
In any case, I’m making a Windows backup with the included windows Backup and Restore tool, just in case. :tu:
Is that tool good enough, or should I use a third party tool?
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If you want to keep going the open source route, Clonezilla is a popular open source program for creating images.
https://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php
Use it to make a backup of your Windows installation:
https://win10faq.com/how-to-clone-windows-10-with-clonezilla/
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No reason to pay for partition software. Gparted is a free open source partition program. Been around over a dozen years:
https://gparted.org/
Create a live USB version to run it without being in your Windows or Linux boot: https://gparted.org/liveusb.php. The USB will have a mini version of Linux on it, just enough to support gparted. It won't be installing it to your hard drive. Just to the USB so it can boot from it.
I agree there are free options, and I do use those as well, but where Parted Magic has earned my money, is constant improvements, and simplifying the tool for the average user.
gparted and some other partitioning programs sometimes need configuration to resize NTFS partitions. Parted Magic has done the proper work to enable this by default, as well as work with UEFI and secure boot configurations.
Parted Magic was free, but the developer decided to work on it full time. I buy a new version once a year, and I feel good supporting him.
in the past, I have also received great support when I had one system that could not boot the distro, within 2 days, I was provided a fix, and a guide to making it work on that very odd system.
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Problem figured out. :think: :tu:
Went ahead and used gparted on a live USB version of Mint to shrink the C: drive, and figured out how to get it to move the newly unallocated space around to where it needed to be, to allow me to grow the partitions I wanted to make bigger. :tu:
Sorry for any trouble I caused. :facepalm:
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Problem figured out. :think: :tu:
Went ahead and used gparted on a live USB version of Mint to shrink the C: drive, and figured out how to get it to move the newly unallocated space around to where it needed to be, to allow me to grow the partitions I wanted to make bigger. :tu:
Sorry for any trouble I caused. :facepalm:
happy you got it working! yeah, sometimes you have to move things just to get free space adjacent to the partition you want to add it to, and that can be frustrating.
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Problem figured out. :think: :tu:
Went ahead and used gparted on a live USB version of Mint to shrink the C: drive, and figured out how to get it to move the newly unallocated space around to where it needed to be, to allow me to grow the partitions I wanted to make bigger. :tu:
Sorry for any trouble I caused. :facepalm:
happy you got it working! yeah, sometimes you have to move things just to get free space adjacent to the partition you want to add it to, and that can be frustrating.
I had not realised that you needed to move unallocated space, and how to do it, until now. :D
Makes sense though, when you think of in terms of physically moving stuff around the storage device.
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Problem figured out. :think: :tu:
Went ahead and used gparted on a live USB version of Mint to shrink the C: drive, and figured out how to get it to move the newly unallocated space around to where it needed to be, to allow me to grow the partitions I wanted to make bigger. :tu:
Sorry for any trouble I caused. :facepalm:
happy you got it working! yeah, sometimes you have to move things just to get free space adjacent to the partition you want to add it to, and that can be frustrating.
I had not realised that you needed to move unallocated space, and how to do it, until now. :D
Makes sense though, when you think of in terms of physically moving stuff around the storage device.
just glad you got it. Hope you enjoy the power of Linux
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Problem figured out. :think: :tu:
Went ahead and used gparted on a live USB version of Mint to shrink the C: drive, and figured out how to get it to move the newly unallocated space around to where it needed to be, to allow me to grow the partitions I wanted to make bigger. :tu:
Sorry for any trouble I caused. :facepalm:
happy you got it working! yeah, sometimes you have to move things just to get free space adjacent to the partition you want to add it to, and that can be frustrating.
I had not realised that you needed to move unallocated space, and how to do it, until now. :D
Makes sense though, when you think of in terms of physically moving stuff around the storage device.
just glad you got it. Hope you enjoy the power of Linux
Good job Pabs.
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I wonder what I should try next. :think:
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I wonder what I should try next. :think:
Ok ok leave well enough alone . . . Unless you're tackling global warming
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I wonder what I should try next. :think:
put Bash on your windows, and Powershell on your Linux. :facepalm:
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seems like you got there in the end, learning by doing helps you in the end.
IIRC, there's something to do with the windows pagefile/hybernation that stores those (hidden) files at the end of the partition, so you have to switch them off (temporarily) in windows to be able to shrink the main partition, or something along those lines. It's been a long time since I created a new dual boot system on the same drive, my current has an SSD for each OS plus my regular SATA storage drives.
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Thanks, Whoey, that’s an interesting piece of advice. :salute: I didn’t know about it.
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I wonder what I should try next. :think:
Ok ok leave well enough alone . . . Unless you're tackling global warming
:rofl:
I wonder what I should try next. :think:
put Bash on your windows, and Powershell on your Linux. :facepalm:
Why stop there? Let’s put a Windows virtual machine in my Linux, and a Linux virtual machine in my Windows. 8)
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I wonder what I should try next. :think:
Ok ok leave well enough alone . . . Unless you're tackling global warming
:rofl:
I wonder what I should try next. :think:
put Bash on your windows, and Powershell on your Linux. :facepalm:
Why stop there? Let’s put a Windows virtual machine in my Linux, and a Linux virtual machine in my Windows. 8)
Change to run level 3 and master the CLI.
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I wonder what I should try next. :think:
Ok ok leave well enough alone . . . Unless you're tackling global warming
:rofl:
I wonder what I should try next. :think:
put Bash on your windows, and Powershell on your Linux. :facepalm:
Why stop there? Let’s put a Windows virtual machine in my Linux, and a Linux virtual machine in my Windows. 8)
why not ? good learning exercise
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I wonder what I should try next. :think:
Ok ok leave well enough alone . . . Unless you're tackling global warming
:rofl:
I wonder what I should try next. :think:
put Bash on your windows, and Powershell on your Linux. :facepalm:
Why stop there? Let’s put a Windows virtual machine in my Linux, and a Linux virtual machine in my Windows. 8)
Change to run level 3 and master the CLI.
Is that a Tron reference or something? I didn’t understand it. :facepalm:
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I wonder what I should try next. :think:
Ok ok leave well enough alone . . . Unless you're tackling global warming
:rofl:
I wonder what I should try next. :think:
put Bash on your windows, and Powershell on your Linux. :facepalm:
Why stop there? Let’s put a Windows virtual machine in my Linux, and a Linux virtual machine in my Windows. 8)
why not ? good learning exercise
First I need to figure out how to undo it. I’m trying to keep my laptop uncluttered. ;)
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I wonder what I should try next. :think:
Ok ok leave well enough alone . . . Unless you're tackling global warming
:rofl:
I wonder what I should try next. :think:
put Bash on your windows, and Powershell on your Linux. :facepalm:
Why stop there? Let’s put a Windows virtual machine in my Linux, and a Linux virtual machine in my Windows. 8)
Change to run level 3 and master the CLI.
Is that a Tron reference or something? I didn’t understand it. :facepalm:
command line interface. we discussed it a few days ago :tu:
edit - run levels basically allows you to do different things - from standard user stuff to administrator/(root user) who can do anything including pablo the system
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Change to run level 3 and master the CLI.
Is that a Tron reference or something? I didn’t understand it. :facepalm:
command line interface. we discussed it a few days ago :tu:
edit - run levels basically allows you to do different things - from standard user stuff to administrator/(root user) who can do anything including pablo the system
Ohhhhh. :facepalm: :D
I found a (free version of a live paid one) Linux course on edX, made by the “Linux Foundation”. I guess I’ll try it out.
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Change to run level 3 and master the CLI.
Is that a Tron reference or something? I didn’t understand it. :facepalm:
command line interface. we discussed it a few days ago :tu:
edit - run levels basically allows you to do different things - from standard user stuff to administrator/(root user) who can do anything including pablo the system
Ohhhhh. :facepalm: :D
I found a (free version of a live paid one) Linux course on edX, made by the “Linux Foundation”. I guess I’ll try it out.
I've been looking at edX for a while now, trying to make up my mind on what course I should do
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Change to run level 3 and master the CLI.
Is that a Tron reference or something? I didn’t understand it. :facepalm:
command line interface. we discussed it a few days ago :tu:
edit - run levels basically allows you to do different things - from standard user stuff to administrator/(root user) who can do anything including pablo the system
Ohhhhh. :facepalm: :D
I found a (free version of a live paid one) Linux course on edX, made by the “Linux Foundation”. I guess I’ll try it out.
I've been looking at edX for a while now, trying to make up my mind on what course I should do
I’ve started lots of edX courses.... but only finished a few. :facepalm: ::)
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I should add that it’s not edX’s fault, it’s mine..... I have a discipline problem. :P :facepalm:
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I should add that it’s not edX’s fault, it’s mine..... I have a discipline problem. :P :facepalm:
I'm an indecisive procrastinator.
>:D
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I should add that it’s not edX’s fault, it’s mine..... I have a discipline problem. :P :facepalm:
I'm an indecisive procrastinator.
>:D
:rofl:
Just go ahead and pick a course. :pok: They’re free if you don’t need a certificate, and if you don’t like it, you don’t have to complete it. :cheers:
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Problem figured out. :think: :tu:
Went ahead and used gparted on a live USB version of Mint to shrink the C: drive, and figured out how to get it to move the newly unallocated space around to where it needed to be, to allow me to grow the partitions I wanted to make bigger. :tu:
Sorry for any trouble I caused. :facepalm:
Oh, good. You continued your Linux journey with the open source tools. :cheers:
No need to apologize. You had a good learning experience :)
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Problem figured out. :think: :tu:
Went ahead and used gparted on a live USB version of Mint to shrink the C: drive, and figured out how to get it to move the newly unallocated space around to where it needed to be, to allow me to grow the partitions I wanted to make bigger. :tu:
Sorry for any trouble I caused. :facepalm:
Oh, good. You continued your Linux journey with the open source tools. :cheers:
No need to apologize. You had a good learning experience :)
Thanks. :cheers:
I'm shopping around now for some removeable storage. :) Thinking of an USB stick/drive and a MicroSD card (w/adaptor).
USB drives:
This Kingston SE9 G2 looks nice, with fast enough read speeds and a cheap price. Plus, Its SLIM and METAL! Downside is the 15 MB/s (?) write speed. 16GB version is £7, 32GB is £11, 64GB is £17, 128GB is £35. Seems rather cheap and decent. :tu:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-Technology-DTSE9G2-32GB-Traveler/dp/B00SOL9ZLC
There is a slightly cheaper USB 2.0 option, that is a bit smaller if that is an important thing.
A SanDisk usb drive. It's practically as small as you can make it without shrinking the plug to a USB C. :o And the 64GB version is £12. :sa:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Ultra-Fit-Flash-Drive/dp/B01BGTG3JA
Good buying options tend to be lesser and a bit more expensive on the UK site compared to the US site. :-\ These look nice though.
What things can a 64GB drive do that a 32GB drive, or for that matter, TWO 16GB drives can't? Thats the deciding question I ask you. :) For the price of one 64GB drive, I can get 2 16GB drives, and that seems like a better option due to greater versatility. But what versatility is in question, I don't know.
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Why bigger can be better for flash drives and SSD:
http://usb.userbenchmark.com/Faq/Why-is-bigger-better/10
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Wow, thanks for that website. :cheers: The fact that 32GB drives can be faster than 16GB drives is quite interesting.
Thanks to the website, I found this one:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B075KKCJGB
http://usb.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/41131/SanDisk-Ultra-USB-30
Reasonably fast, cheap and slim. I suppose the only negative is the plastic part on it, but you can’t have everything I suppose, at this price. :drink:
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Trying to figure out (wireless) options for transferring files from an iPhone to computer. :think:
Maybe some sort of LAN thing?
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If you are just trying to transfer some basic files back and forth, how about a Dropbox account (https://www.dropbox.com/)? Dropbox is cloud based storage. And then you can put a Dropbox app on both your computer and your phone. They have a basic account that is free.
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I have Google Drive, and can use Gmail in addition for small files. :tu:
And for most situations, I can use a physical USB cable. ;)
But if there is a way to transfer over wireless to storage devices that are connected to the WiFi, I would like to know about it. :cheers:
Linux is pushing me to learn more about the black magic that holds the computer world together. :ahhh
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I have never used it, but I believe Samba is the tool for that:
https://www.maketecheasier.com/browse-ubuntu-folders-from-android-on-lan/
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Samba is for file sharing on a network with other (mainly Windows boxes) users/computers, actually.
If you wanna have a NAS (network-attached storage) you can go with NFS (network file system) where you mount the remote storage as if it is a local device.
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Are older versions of chrome not supported on forum anymore? I cant get forum to display properly on my old pc which I cant get update anymore due to old vista os. I can see it ok on my phone though.
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Are older versions of chrome not supported on forum anymore? I cant get forum to display properly on my old pc which I cant get update anymore due to old vista os. I can see it ok on my phone though.
I'm not aware that it's incompatible with older versions.
check the web browser section of this thread here: https://msfn.org/board/topic/175262-last-versions-of-software-for-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008/
as noted, it's better to use one that has the "ONG" tag (on-going support/updates)
Sadly there's not much left in that list and nothing that is a major browser, only derivatives.
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thanks for response, hopefully it clears up after you finish the server work.
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If the problems your having are new, it's not forum related, since the forum software hasn't changed, the last update was over a month ago, and was minor, maybe using the old theme might be better for you? go to profile > modify profile > look and layout and select Curve
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I need to free up some space on my C: Drive to fit a couple of new games on. One of my Games (Battlefield 1) is taking up 80GB. :ahhh
I'm thinking I should move any program that doesn't need speed (eg CAD) to the D: Drive. :think:
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What are you talking here, ssd, hdd, specs etc?
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C: Drive is an SSD: Samsung 950 PRO - 256 GIG - M.2 x 4 - MZ-V5P256BW (2000 MBs)
D: Drive is an HDD: WD Black Performance Hard Drive WD2003FZEX - 2TB
I built my PC a couple of years ago, didn't really know what I was doing though!
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Yeah game from ssd, data on hdd.
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Need to clean a ton of dust out of the inside of my computer case. Thankfully, this one is retired from being used for college, so I don't have to worry about it being out of commission.
What tools and supplies do I need? Could the "corrupt" memory error, occasional blue screens, and intermittent Wifi all be related to dust buildup? I keep the antivirus (Norton) up to date, so I don't think it's a virus.
And, next step (and perhaps even while its apart for cleaning, I plan to at least double the RAM (from 8 to 16GB) and install a supplemental SSD for gaming purposes. What's a good RAM that doesn't cost a ton of money?
The new computer has had an issue out of the box. It beeps once every time it comes on, meaning the BIOS code for bad RAM. Seems everytime the computer is used for anything graphics intensive, it shuts off on its own. So, send it back or replace the RAM myself?
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I don't know what's causing your error problems, but a good dusting is a great idea because something important could be overheating if it's suffocated in dust.
All you usually need is a Phillips screwdriver to open the case.
I would (carefully!) use a vacuum to get rid of the majority of the dust, and a can of compressed air to deal with the rest.
What kind of RAM does your computer have?
(And some say that Norton IS a virus... :rofl: )
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This thread has helped out a lot over the years. I got the fever to assemble a new desktop.
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Well I bit the bullet again and now have parts on the way for two new computers, the priority will be the Ryzen 5 GTX3060Ti sons Christmas present. the lower priority is mine which is a Ryzen 9 5950x GTX 3080Ti for me.
Then the old PC will be converted to server status, it has 12 (ish) drive bays in after all and a ton of memory.
What takes me the time is the cable management, I'm obsessed with it. Takes me longer than than putting all the parts in :rofl:
I also have to work out exactly how much unicorn vomit is going in to my sons PC, as he's 10 I figure loads :rofl:
I'll post the full specs when they are finished :tu: