Cool, just me then I guess. The email accounts match, but with SE multi accounts setup, perhaps it is sending through a different email to the one in my su profile.
Oh, it was nothing, just setting got switched in my profile to identicon
I'd use Chrome for everything but I'm a dev for MS SharePoint and Dynamics CRM which while they support all browsers from an end user perspective, power users still need IE for some stuff
@Bob Yeah, I tried enabling electrolysis but had to abandon it because of addons. And the motivation was one (or more) tabs were leaking and consuming memory until ff crashed and I wanted to see which one it was.
@Shokhet Go with "working with word in automobile, as a passenger" then anyone saying whining about don't text and drive is covered. Was Auto-Save on in the program options or not? Did you check the auto-save location, and or temp location? That is all I can think of to constructive criticize the question.
Having checked the programs known (by searching on the web) autosave location, would be the expected "research" Bah, that research should also be available ON SU :-) but its not going to be if you can spend 20 hours finding it on the web :-)
problem is I have never used users, ever, not even an admin user. I take over the original admin, which leaves less registry mess. so a person who (is stupid enough to ) do that, never knows how users even work.
@Paul because people know for a fact what your saying is accurate, that is one reason why a lame questions answers can get more upvotes. the hardest questions therein do not get as many upvotes (assuming the info is actually correct not a 500 word fluff)
@Psycogeek True. At the time I thought "I'll just answer this quickly to get it off the unanswered queue and we can get on with more serious matters :)"
there are no lame questions. anyone having found in search such question, would benefit from knowing that most of them have a tiny filtered hole that Can allow water and moisture in it. and that they are now finally making sealed ones with inert gasses.
From dealing with old moving tape , that tiny open hole is more interesting than one would imagine. With say VHS if you were outside in the cold, then bring your camera into a warm location, moisture would condense on the cold stuff destroying the tape as it wrapped around the damp head.
There is little talk and understanding of how the same thing could happen on a hard drive which has in it "regular air" which includes tiny bits of moisture. And one sweep of the head across the 110mph (or however fast that is) platter with the tiniest drop of condensed water on it would be a disaster.
With them fully sealed , I think it would be an improvement. no more rare possibility of damage from firehoses and extreme conditions, and leaving them in your car in the snow :-) and other stuff that can happen.
@Psycogeek Certainly all of that is interesting. But the question asked was whether the entire top of the hard disk was removed. This lead to a lot of discussion, all of which is interesting to read, but heading into off-topic discussion territory. There are lame questions. I appreciate some things are not self-evident to everyone but the smallest level of research effort would have answered that question more readily.
If there are no lame questions, we can remove the downvote button :)
what is lame to one person, I already searched on the web :-) and that is the only reason I knew. so I do think that SU can be THE place to search for even the more mundane information.
@JourneymanGeek Not everyone is taught everything of course, but there is foundational knowledge that can be gained without asking questions, by researching and learning. Working things out is a far more effective learning strategy than asking and being given an answer. Unless I am giving the answer of course, then the answer is magically enlightening and has the same value as learning for yourself.
I am still installing win7 again, and I have to search for various alterations and fixes, and geez only about 1-20 of the things I have to read , have the actual answers. Plus I have to deal with layers upon layers of search hits for the sole intention of selling shit that does not do or answer it.
It is also a weekender question. On the weekend days you can see that more normal users come out of the woodwork (as off work) and ask more of the duplicated, stupid , and simpler question. Weekends may very well be the best time to build free reps.
@Bob isn't the user program, just programs that are installed for only the user who installed them? where do they GO? when intended for only the one user?
from observation, I do not think there is as much "separation" as it tries to make it sound to the uninitiated. sharing the registry for example is not "sandboxed" programs still plopped in system32 and program files the same basic way. talk about win95 , at least it didn't project a separation that really isn't complete.
what I am saying is you have the same hardware, the same registry for the same hardware, and given accesses (which is not as hard as it sounds) you can still mulch the whole thing.
in practice, Windows will allow you to do so if you have admin privs
The system folder dumping is more because of legacy abandoned programs, and devs of new programs who have no idea what they're doing
@Psycogeek there's differing levels of separation, yes, but just because one layer isn't as secure as another doesn't mean you should throw the whole thing out
to be fully separated , would be to boot entirely off a separate disk (for example) a perfectly usable way to protect your system while allowing full access and control to another.
everything short of an airgap can be bypassed in some way - but that's not the point!
compromises between security and usability are necessary
but, just because it's not 100% secure does not mean you should make not use it at all
privilege separation (implemented as UAC and ACLs on Windows) is generally a good security/usability tradeoff: it's significantly more secure than without it, but only a relatively minor usability impact
it's not foolproof, no. but it's also far better than without it
Just saying that there would be some simple(er) methods to isolate a user. less junkware that just makes an exploitable complex mess, and more full separation.
Fast user switching for example, making it bloody fast to get to another user, but crash that one, and so to does the other.
@Psycogeek that's actually terrible for separation
when you're in one OS, assuming the two don't share any metadata, one of two things can happen
1. you can't access any files from the second one. doesn't stop you from wiping it, though. and this would require encryption on the second one (or the OS could respect the ACLs defined by the second, but that again relies on the first OS working correctly)
or 2. you can access all files from the second one, which means malware can do so too
proper separation requires either a physical gap (airgap), some independent management (other computer, firmware on microcontroller, etc.) or restrictions from the OS
once you run a separate OS, you lose the restrictions from the OS. and the other two are infeasible
@Psycogeek your one big wall is nonexistent
A VM is different
A VM has a hypervisor managing all disk access
and/or it locks each VM inside its own disk without knowledge of the outside world
@Bob only due to the method used. and it also comes to what point the user is being applied? to let your kids destroy your OS and computer? or to keep the outside out.
the first is even more complex than user-privileges, and you sacrifice a lot of performance
the second is pretty hard to use for day-to-day activities
@Psycogeek user-separation tends to be far more useful in corporate environments, yes
but it does have its place in the home
now you aren't running every single application with full permissions to do anything it wants to your computer
we default to low privileges
it goes a long way towards containing damage, though not perfect
in a perfect world, yes, we'd isolate more
something like Linux containers provides some more isolation, but relies on the same kernel (and is therefore affected by any security holes there)
VMs provide yet more isolation, but are more difficult to set up and sacrifice performance
separate hardware is again 'better' in that sense, but it's also harder to use and more expensive
those options may be taken by someone in real need of the security
for example, root CAs will always have their private key stored completely offline, usually behind multiple layers of physical security (think guards with guns, multiple keys at the same time, biometrics, etc.)
many banks isolate the core machines physically from the internet
separate drives, and a drive hard switch , would basically give 2 users full OS the opportunity to have fully their own system, neither the user nor a virus can get past wirecutters :-)
Add up the time it is taking people, to ever even partly understand the system, and the fact that viruses still accomplish things that are "impossible" 400 patches later :-)
when a sales clerk logs into the 50,000 computers out there, they are not switching "users" by our definition, they are just loging into a "program" or web based programming.
multiple systems associated/owned/used by a single person is coming from the other side
@JourneymanGeek if that were the only argument for having multiple users, well, the counter is that you could just as easily do that with a single user per system
@Psycogeek depends on the environment, yes, but any environment that uses AD (most offices do) will have actual OS user accounts
the other corporate use for computers, might be the "shared" office computer, I live in silicon valley , so that does not exist here much either, as the corporation has individual computers for individual people.
@Bob when you get to the programs are "ran off the lan" that is the networks user thing , and then having 100 users bleeding off the same computer exists.
But that is more of a "network" thing than a users own computer. I think is more likely switching users in the OS shared in that manner is with regular people sharing the same hardwares. not corporations, or POS . but stats on the application of multiple users on the same computer, not same internal network, wo
would be interesting.
My computer has only one admin user, but potentially i can let anyone use it as setup, and secured (in my own version of secured) there isn't a lot of damage they could do, that i have not already done :-) I would make up a new user for them for long term use, but for $500? they could have their own computer? heck a user screwing up a computer can cost some 2-3 days of bs trying to fix it, that is a lot of money-time.
the landlords computer i set-up the same way , with previously XP and win7 now, and because of real Off-Switch security, and user awareness, the crasy mofo has never had a virus or malware ever, through prevention , no active scanner, just things turned off.
he might complain every 2 months or so because it actually had to be re-booted :-)
So my opinion is a big freaking off button, even with a "Shoot me in the foot release" mechanism, will always beat layering in more and more software things , that become more complex for the user, and only a challenge for the hackers.
^ java 8 , high and medium high only. Instead of a "prompt" setting, have to add the whole site to an exception list when the proper use of certs is not followed.
I do not necessarily want to trust whole sites :-) and all the things that might be on them, but I did want to do one test they provide.
On Wikipedia, the authoring tool is called Adobe Flash Professional.
I propose we do the following. flash should be disambiguated to either adobe-flash or flash-player and then be synonymized with flash-player.
To make it clearer to users that one is the authoring application, the other the pla...
@Psycogeek no, as in expire. I was cleaning my HTPC (dusting, new PSU, etc) and re-applying thermal paste. When I pushed the plunger to get the stuff out the tube there was a little bit of clear liquid that came out before the grey paste and it didn't seem to have the same thick consistancy when I used it before.
@tombull89 oh, it didn't not stay mixed up the same, I see. Never had it happen with the real AS5 old school, cant find stuff that lasts as long as that when actually applied.
Hey didn't the boss tell you to quit copying your pussy on that machine.
There exist a lot of bad sauces out there, one review site had the quantity of silver tested on various brands, and like 3 of the ones claiming high levels, had none or only trace amounts. not that silver quantity is the be all and get all, just that much of it, some from very high branded names was just junk they bought from the lowest seller.
I am still not impressed by the Intel goop they supply on the bottom of their own coolers. it seems from the offset to be to thick. sure enough after much burn in and very high temps it was "doing the job" fine, but it stayed a block of clay :-) and did not thin down.
There must be a balance , because the intel stuff could probably last 50 years :-) it just was too much stuff between the 2 surfaces. more actual metal to metal would be better.
Hi all. Yesterday I put bits and pieces of an answer in the comments of a question. I did that in the comments, because I thought my info wasn't substantial enough to put in an answer. Today, I decided to put it all together and provide an answer. But what should I do with the original comments? Should I leave them there (duplicate info) or delete then (compromising the dialogue in the comments)?
@agtoever delete where appropriate, If it does not mess up the comment stream much , I always delete when finished with it. But then again I comment to much too.
@Hennes, thanks for the idea. I'm tempted to, on each PC (maybe 10 in total only) to just create a PST file on the machine, and copy and paste so I can take the pst file with me... I doubt they would provide me their login details any way sadly :)
When it's a pst file, I can then do it the old fashioned way :)
@Bob Yeah, I mentioned that I updated the drivers on my work machine. The Nvidia NVS driver is an "Optimal Driver for Enterprise" signed on 04/29/2014.
I'm guessing there's probably a newer ODE since then, but I don't get admin rights that often anymore (not at all in the past 2 or 3 months), and it's probably new enough to not be bitten by that bug.
I think the way they handle drivers is that newer machine image revisions get updated drivers, while all the app versions are standardized. It's because they incrementally get slightly better/newer hardware. The latest revision of the PCs coming into our area are still Sandy Bridge i3s, but they're SFF.
Mine's at least a mini tower, maybe a full ATX tower, not sure.
what will happen when i install visual studio 2013 and already have visual studio 2012 installes in my laptop? will the old one - visual studio 2012 be uninstalled?
If you get a choice of what to remove when you're uninstalling, make sure you don't tick any boxes related to SQL Server or Visual C++ runtimes. Just the Visual Studio program itself is all you want uninstalled.
@Bob Pretty sure it isn't. But I'm tempted to switch back to mainline Firefox, since I don't have any VAS limitation issues on mainline, nor (really) any performance issues.
@JANORTS Depends on your HDD/RAM/CPU speed (in approximately that order).
@JourneymanGeek For my Linux dev stuff, I run Ubuntu LTS (sometimes Fedora, if needed) in VMware Workstation. I don't bother booting natively into Linux anymore. For Windows, stuff is sufficiently separated out that I can run all the dev stuff I need natively and they don't step on one another's toes.
Time to play AAA games, do video editing, watch 1080p bluray movies, and hack on the Linux kernel, all from my phone. I don't know how to do it yet, but I'm determined to figure it out.
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Especially the Bluray part. "Battery-powered SFF Bluray player" -- good Amazon search criteria
I want to give this -1 because it deserves -1, but I also want to give it +2 because it's freaking hilarious. Not sure what I should do. — HopelessN00bFeb 6 at 23:07
also, the specs cited in that answer are pathetic by today's standards. mobile has advanced fast
my mom, who uses her 2013-era flagship smartphone (Snapdragon S4 Pro) primarily as a phone and secondarily to check email and listen to Spotify, has a hard time understanding my explanations for why I need a new phone, like, constantly
"but your current one works just fine, doesn't it?"
could have asked her the same thing when she replaced her car with a new one last year, but it's only a crime when I want new shiny things.
Today, I was learning bits out Crypotgraphy (for website logins). I learned that it's very complicated, and I just need to get it implemented, paid, and then leave! :)
Oh they got away from their computers to do that :-)
Thousands of Hungarians protested in Budapest on Sunday against a planned new tax on Internet data transfers
"The draft tax bill contains a provision for Internet providers to pay a tax of 150 forints (0.38 pounds) per gigabyte of data traffic, though it would also let companies offset corporate income tax against the new levy.
The rally on Sunday was organized by a Facebook group which has over 210,000 supporters. The protesters, which some local websites estimated as numbering over 10,000, gathered in front of the Economy Ministry." http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/10/26/uk-hungary-protests-idUKKBN0IF0X320141026
wouldn't that basically amount to $20 (in usd) taxation on a big Fat Steam game download?
chances are good they will "jack up the price then put it on sale" meaning to bamboozle the public by scaring them, then charging ~.05cent a gig, and everyone will be happy . then of course like all taxes it can grow from there
I have created keyboard shortcuts for many shortcut files.
Now I don't know for which shortcut file I have created a shortcut.
I want to know all the shortcut files for which I have created the shortcuts, so that I can delete some of them.
Is there a way by which I can know all the shortcut fi...
No, hard drives are in sealed enclosures and these images are marketing shots to give you an idea of the engineering inside.
On Wikipedia, the authoring tool is called Adobe Flash Professional.
I propose we do the following. flash should be disambiguated to either adobe-flash or flash-player and then be synonymized with flash-player.
To make it clearer to users that one is the authoring application, the other the pla...
I have created keyboard shortcuts for many shortcut files.
Now I don't know for which shortcut file I have created a shortcut.
I want to know all the shortcut files for which I have created the shortcuts, so that I can delete some of them.
Is there a way by which I can know all the shortcut fi...
