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The Tech Section / Operating Systems / Re: Anyone else notice little things don't work in Win7/64 Ultimate?
« on: July 22, 2011, 09:13:39 PM »
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Yes, the gigabyte board came with driver disk and I loaded everything that was on it whether I thought I might want/need it at all just in case its function was different than what I thought it was.
Interestingly, last month I used that disk to create a reserved partition for Express Recovery2 that is supposed to image the C-Drive as a backup. After installation, clicking F9 on boot would bring up the Express Recovery function. Now, it doesn't work so I'm going to use the disk again to try and reactivate it. I have read that installing Ubuntu can sometimes interfere with dual OS booting systems but I only ran the Ubuntu from the live disk. Maybe that interfered with the boot process anyway?
So many "little" things. |
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Water Cooler / Tasteless or Not Tasteless / Re: discussion: what did the devil do??
« on: July 21, 2011, 11:50:31 PM »
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I was just reading about "monotheism" on the wiki. It blows me away how much deeper every subject is when I actually look it up. "Have no other gods before me." goes right at the heart of "God" being only one of many. Wipe away the BS, and in reality, I'm willing to bet that the devil is actually just one of the gods God vanquished to claim all reality. Its the Christian church that changes the story trying to make it as one and only one god ever recasting Satan as an Angel--but that doesn't pass the smell test, sulphur notwithstanding. Same with the Holy Trinity. I'll bet the reality for that is God didn't win the contest but rather tied with two other gods and they are ruling by compromise.
Thats why the shit doesn't work. |
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Water Cooler / GMOTW - M. Scott / Re: Liberal vs. Conservative Eating Habits
« on: July 21, 2011, 03:06:09 PM »
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ECA--- given even odds at a betting house, on those statistics your could be rich in short time. You must be thinking of some other mark of validity/usefulness? I for instance hit every one of the lib eating preferences.
How did you do? |
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The Tech Section / Operating Systems / Re: Anyone else notice little things don't work in Win7/64 Ultimate?
« on: July 21, 2011, 02:56:53 PM »
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I am typing this off a live CD of Ubuntu 11.4 and my mouse and drag and drop is working just fine. It also worked just fine under Win XP. Its "gotta be" Win7 right?
My "work around" has been to play with click speed on the mouse and to change the settings to single click commands only having to go to drop down menus rather than double clicks and what not.
There is some discussion on forums about not being able to click and drag usually resolved by people going to the start menue and enabling the function and I've already done that. I'm still thinking its some kind of setting somewhere, but I can't find it. Not really that irritating but I have to copy a file to a new location and then delete it. That actually does interfere with my efficiency but not impossible.
I've kinda "settled into" Win7 but it wouldn't take that much for me to go back to XP and get a few programs useful again.
Its always something. My Ubuntu experience was nice for the hour I've been using it. Makes getting a linux based recovery/fix disk worth looking at with the issue there being I've never seen any tools on those disks that would ever solve any problem I've actually had. That being the case, any linux able to view the hard drives is all I would need.
Its a hobby===does range from aggravating to almost fun. |
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The Tech Section / Operating Systems / Re: Anyone else notice little things don't work in Win7/64 Ultimate?
« on: July 19, 2011, 11:14:01 AM »
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Jay--together with Sparky==good info. I was afraid it wasn't the OS. If it was everyone would have the problem and it would be an issue on the blogs and forums===and its not. So--something small and uniquely my own problem.
I'd think most motherboards have open/empty slots. See the "tri-core" cpu's for sale? One of the quad cores not up to specs so they disable it and sell just the three. Or--take a fully compliant four-core and downgrade the speed just to fill a market hole? I almost bought a tri-core with so many people unlocking it and claiming full performance. IF I had done that, I would have said that was the cause of my problems -- so I went with a fully rated cpu and have not overclocked it for all the benefits it brings.
ONE motherboard is cheaper to make in quantity. My current MB has two bios chips, one to back up the other. In a previous board with only one bios chip===the upgrade slot for a chip was right there==empty. Cheaper to make a premium board and then not provide a few parts to fill in the range from beginner to gamer.
Thank you. ((EDIT--just reminded myself that unlike many other consumer goods, in computers, especially motherboards, its the PREMIUM product that is first produced, then the entry and middle models are introduced over time. Just the same premium model downgraded. Cheapest way to make mass market products. It all fits. Could work with modular cars as well. Have you seen them: all built on the same "frame" with just different plastic on top. They can either be real cheap, or high profit.)) |
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The Tech Section / Operating Systems / Re: Anyone else notice little things don't work in Win7/64 Ultimate?
« on: July 19, 2011, 11:08:06 AM »
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Sparky--thanks for the response. I missed it in my daily review. I'll never notice/recognize cracked soldering even if it where pushed into my eyeball. I am no expert--it doesn't make sense to me that a hardware problem would cause a software interaction? I am NOT saying that couldn't happen===just that I don't understand it. I can understand the mouse not working, but failing to highlight and drag and drop? That sounds more like software corruption of some sort. I was think the OS, but infection makes sense when no one else or really everyone else is not having the same issues.
If I weren't a poor boy, I'd run out and buy a new mouse. Ha, ha. I guess I'm not THAT poor. How many broken back up mice do I need?
Thank you. |
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Water Cooler / This and that / Re: Cant find competitive price?? wonder why?/
« on: July 14, 2011, 11:15:37 PM »
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ECA--how do you know it is the same? I read that the few OEM that make this stuff will stress test the "identical item" and those at the top get one label and those at the bottom get a different label.
How do you know they are the same?
And if they are----so yea, bait and switch is standard. It is what being an informed consumer is all about. Sadly, we can be informed as to what the issue is , but never what the answer is. |
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The Tech Section / Operating Systems / Re: I'm getting HiJacked and Spammed Jacked all the time now.
« on: July 14, 2011, 08:12:06 PM »
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Ken--I didn't mind that my current mobo has built in video. As I used triple monitors, I didn't plan on using it--but its good as a back up and for a future "downgrade" to a home server or whatever? I do assume your machine does not have on board video--but as you bought it (Edit--as opposed to built it yourself), you might check. Shocking if you do as those machines are sold as cheaply as possible, but maybe they got a deal? |
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The Tech Section / Operating Systems / Re: I'm getting HiJacked and Spammed Jacked all the time now.
« on: July 14, 2011, 07:48:59 PM »
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Could well be the monitor too. You should be able to swap things around with your wife's computer? My monitors have always just "popped." Once just like a cartoon with a little tornado of white smoke coming out the back---it was even kinda funny.
When you need a motherboard==you need a new computer given the cost of components. I reread most of my post again and I would have replaced the motherboard if it had made sense, all as I outline. It does however make sense to replace a video card or monitor===but you could use it as an excuse to build your next machine==you have some good parts already. Give your machine to your kiddies and as a back up if it works? |
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The Tech Section / Operating Systems / Re: I'm getting HiJacked and Spammed Jacked all the time now.
« on: July 14, 2011, 03:52:45 PM »
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Yeah, but....the myth is that once it works it will work forever but go to any failure graph and its more bell shaped curved than a level line to a cliff. My motherboard lasted that long. So many variables. So you think its the video card huh? Easy case for Black Box Maintenance if thats what it is.
Its irritating--I've got at least one spare of "everything" but they aren't compatible. I wouldn't lend my card to a friend for him to "test" if it was his card or not. Too many feedback loops. There are dirt cheap cards for $10 that will default to 800x600 and what not. If it works and computer boots, then thats your issue and you can get your real replacement card after that.
I'll look at your link with interest. I think I did read "somewhere" the average use period for a computer was 3 years. Read that on my 10 year old Hewlett Packard. YMMV. |
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