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Journeyman Geek

3:09 AM

Not taking into account the TLDR - How exactly can I make this any clearer?

Journeyman Geek

3:27 AM

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A: System Image Backup & Recovery - on a new Disk

TLDR: Yes it will work, and you can restore an image of windows 10 to a new hard drive with the " Backup and Recovery (Windows 7)" tool The whole point of a system image is to be able to restore if your disk dies or otherwise goes nuts. Yes, it should work, assuming the backup's fine. As for th...

David

@JourneymanGeek So uh

I've got some advanced malware

That cannot be deleted ._.

Journeyman Geek

nuke it from orbit

salt the earth

David

SysWOW64

Journeyman Geek

yeah

you totally need to throw your PC in a car crusher right now

David

Journeyman Geek

3:37 AM

WoW64

In computing on Microsoft platforms, WoW64 (Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit) is a subsystem of the Windows operating system capable of running 32-bit applications that is included in all 64-bit versions of Windows—including Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, IA-64 and x64 versions of Windows Server 2003, as well as 64-bit versions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. In Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core, it is an optional component. In Nano Server it is not present. WoW64 aims to take care of many of the differences between...

David

It's got infected folders

Journeyman Geek

reinstalling really is the only way to be sure

That said, have you tried an AV/Anti malware livedisk?

How do you know its infected?

David

multiple scans on different anti-malware show files called trojan.dll

Journeyman Geek

support.microsoft.com/en-sg/help/17466/…

delete it from a linux livecd (after a backup)

Reinstall, cause its the only way to be sure

Pick one ;)

David

Journeyman Geek

3:45 AM

0_0

cute

so get the ISO and run it

but yes at this point, My recommendation is to reinstall windows

David

Fuccccc....

so this is like a bootable iso?

Journeyman Geek

yes

David

do I need a program to make the drive or just drag/drop from iso to USB drive?

Journeyman Geek

I use rufus

Entirely relatedly

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Q: How can I remove malicious spyware, malware, adware, viruses, trojans or rootkits from my PC?

What should I do if my Windows computer seems to be infected with a virus or malware? What are the symptoms of an infection? What should I do after noticing an infection? What can I do to get rid of it? This question comes up frequently, and the suggested solutions are usually the same. Th...

David

FAT32 or NTFS

Journeyman Geek

3:56 AM

I think those are always fat32

Bob

4:07 AM

@JourneymanGeek how's gaming in about an hour look?

WHATEVER Dave

4:25 AM

what a night

updating 5 failover clusters with patches... FUNNNNN

Journeyman Geek

4:43 AM

@Bob pretty good

Bob

4:58 AM

@JourneymanGeek poke me on steam when you're back?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob I'm here ;p

Nick Alexeev

Folks, would this be on-topic for SuperUser? I'm inclined to migrate it, because it's a wrong kind if search engine bait for EE.SE, and a right kind for SuperUser.

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Q: How to attenuate a (seemingly) overdriven VGA signal

I own an 8 port Belkin OmiPro2 KVM switch, which is a device used to connect multiple computers to a single display/mouse/keyboard. I've owned this KVM for years and it has exhibited the same symptom since I purchased it, so this is not a new behavior. Basically, when I connect this KVM to a CR...

resistors vga

Journeyman Geek

"crt"

WHAT THE WHAT THE WHAAAAAAT?

@NickAlexeev the answer seems out of our scope

Nick Alexeev

@JourneymanGeek Too much math for yall, eh? It could make a nice diversion.

Journeyman Geek

@NickAlexeev the answer is "build a thing"

which is MOSTLY out of our scope

Nick Alexeev

5:11 AM

@JourneymanGeek Fine, we'll keep the whole thing on EE.SE then.

Dog

9:33 AM

Yeah that kinda explains a little...

Journeyman Geek

9:56 AM

yeah it would

Journeyman Geek

10:31 AM

Dog

1 hour... 11% defragmented

This is gonna take a while

Journeyman Geek

This is entirely accurate

Dog

Journeyman Geek

hm

there's more than one way to dry a cat?

Dog

Journeyman Geek

10:44 AM

also, I can haz pizza

Dog

That's you ordering pizza

Dog

10:58 AM

Journeyman Geek

@Dog naw, home made

Bob

11:34 AM

@Dog how tf do you even get 99% frag

Dog

1:10 PM

@Bob I only formatted it yesterday!

@Bob Actually it's fairly easy, I just transferred all my data over using filezilla, 10 simultaneous downloads... should have used the "Preallocate space before downloading" option I guess

Dog

1:34 PM

But once it's defragged my checksumming is going to be sooooooo fast

<3

Bob

1:56 PM

@Dog o.O

Journeyman Geek

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That Brazilian Guy

2:14 PM

Toucaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan

@Dog I read that as "99% defragmented" and saw no big deal...

Journeyman Geek

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Q: All computers and smart phones in one house break down within a few days

The computers and smart phones in my brother's house have all broken down even a few days after purchase. THere is no internet connection. His wife believes he is inserting malicious code into everything and is divorcing him. He has not done this thing.

virus

0_0

Bob

@JourneymanGeek wat

well, that marriage is lost no matter what

Journeyman Geek

Not sure who's the lucky one

djsmiley2k

2:47 PM

'Also my brother is ....'

Hmmm Jullian Esanage maybe? :D

Journeyman Geek

lol

Journeyman Geek

3:00 PM

!!info

ChatBot John Cavil

@JourneymanGeek I awoke on Thu, 20 Oct 2016 23:36:15 GMT (that's about 2 days ago), got invoked 10 times, teleported 27 goats

Hennes

3:12 PM

allquicatic

3:32 PM

when Amazon Prime Now's app updates claiming "performance improvements", does that mean the packages get delivered faster? :)

Journeyman Geek

;p

Hennes

No, it means its employees are paid less, optimising for Amazon. :)

allquicatic

and bug fixes = firing bad employees who keep packages and mark them as delivered?

That Brazilian Guy

4:21 PM

@Hennes Next on your workplace's firewall: "LaTeX image rendering" blocked as NSFW

Evolution Of PC Gaming Hardware

►

Dog

5:10 PM

!!caaaaat

ChatBot John Cavil

Dog

Urgh still not defragmented

Ben N

5:46 PM

This question was closed as a duplicate of one that's now deleted. Can we reopen it and close it as a dupe of the canonical recovery one?

Psycogeek

6:30 PM

IMO it is BS that anyone should have to read through that canedical answer to figure out how to unformat a quick formatted drive.

Ben N

The last non-deleted answer on the canonical uses TestDisk, which seems fairly straightforward

Psycogeek

used to be that "unformat" was a (3rd party) cmd line the size of a few K, and you could blink a drive back again in seconds, back in XP where it was low likely that a person had also zeroed.

DavidPostill

@BenN Done - nice opportunity to make use of my windows dupe hammer to reopen and then immediately close again :)

Ben N

Thanks!

bwDraco

6:54 PM

Any ideas on how I could use an old 250GB hard drive?

(Seagate Barracuda 7200.10, single-platter version.)

The drive's been secure-erased and I could format it at any time.

djsmiley2k

maake a pov device?

bwDraco

7:13 PM

I could get an SSD of the same capacity for less than $100...

DavidPostill

@bwDraco 10 Unique & Practical Ways to Repurpose Your Old Hard Disk Drives

bwDraco

...my router can act as a file server if I plug something into the USB or eSATA ports, but not sure if I want to do this.

I don't have an unused hard drive enclosure or dock right now.

arda

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

bwDraco

Heh.

arda

I called vodafone a minute ago to complain

and guess what? Speed was back to acceptable levels

Just a few minutes after call ended, I did the speedtest above, the 1.47mbps one.

bwDraco

7:24 PM

Oct 17 '15 at 19:14, by DragonLord

I've dealt with bad Internet connections before.

arda

MY LIFE IS A BAD INTERNET CONNECTION AT THIS POINT

I used an acceptable internet only once

I can't even stream anythin

I can't game

DavidPostill

@bwDraco the project that most of us are more likely to actually use: a hard drive turned cell phone charger that also functions as an LED desk lamp and hidden flash drive.

arda

I can't even torrent ubuntu isos in less than a day

I don't even have the mood for streaming some movies anymore. I love my ISP.

Psycogeek

7:57 PM

well if you do manage to stream a few movies, try "Need For Speed" and "Wired" :-)

arda

I wanted to stream The Wind Rises (for the third time), the last movie of Hayao Miyazaki. I don't really like watching movies, but I really like miyazaki's movies.

They are pieces of art, not just movies.

That Brazilian Guy

9:10 PM

Netflix is giving me a really weird Android bug.

I can login on any PC and mobile device I have at home.

Except on my wife's brand new Xperia Z3. Which was logged on until a few hours ago.

No errors, nothing. Suddenly started complaining generic "server errors".

While I was watching cartoons on my own computer (yes, I watch cartoons, judge me).

I disconnected just to check, and now the login circle spins forever.

Cleared app data, reinstalled Netflix, rebooted Android... Nothing.

No, wait. Now it returns to the "intro" screen from the login dialog.

I know it talks to the server because if I enter the wrong pass it complains.

Correct pass => back to the intro screen.

Burgi

@ThatBrazilianGuy consider yourself judged; and we, the people, find you guilty!

Dog

!!doge guilty

ChatBot John Cavil

    wow
so guilty

That Brazilian Guy

Bah. Whatever.

Psycogeek

9:57 PM

@ThatBrazilianGuy did you see if youtube streaming works (even though your not even close to streaming) ?

That Brazilian Guy

Not yet. Android is updating again for the 3rd time (that I know of). I think in three days it's experienced all versions from 4.4 to 5.1.1 so far.

Psycogeek

what is the method that device connects with Wi-Fi? did you try the LTE junk?

oh updating that'll fix it NOT! :-)

That Brazilian Guy

@Psycogeek I have a b/g AP. I did try with LTE. Same result.

> I think in three days it's experienced all versions from 4.4 to 5.1.1 so far.

Just the current download is 1.2 GB... +_+"

Journeyman Geek

10:55 PM

@bwDraco I use my old drives as 'scratch' storage

for things like download

That Brazilian Guy

So I called Netflix support and told them "I already did this and that and that".

"Ok sir, so there's a few steps to solve this issue, I'm sending them to your inbox"

The steps were exactly what I told him I'd already done.

But now the phone got updated to Android 6.1 and Netflix works again.

Dog

i am a cheese string

Psycogeek

11:26 PM

@ThatBrazilianGuy not to worry they will eventually replace such useless people with 2X useless robots :-)

Press 1 to speak to our robot in arabic
Press 2 to speak to our robot in cantonese
press 3 to speak to our robot in Hindi
press 4 to speak to our robot in Urdu

Journeyman Geek

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Q: How do I "Install" Linux?

Taking my first Linux course and, ironically, I think I've hit a problem that could be fixed by someone proficient in Linux! As part of the course I'm taking, we're required to download and install CentOS 7. I'm having problems with the installation part. Some context: Downloaded the 'DVD ISO' ...

centos

Nick Alexeev

Folks, do you want this one? Shall we migrate it, or shall we just close it and let it rot where it fell?

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Q: How to put a External Attena on a wireless card

I have a USB wireless card and the listing said the following (If any use) "Mini 150Mbps USB WiFi Wireless Adapter Network LAN Card 802.11n/g/b 2.4GHz". I am wondering how I could put an external Antenna (like the picture below) on this card or a similar one. Can I just solder leads to the Ant...

usb wireless antenna wire usb-device

Psycogeek

. . . press 27 to speak to our robot in English

@NickAlexeev why cant you tell him how to wire in and tune the antenna , and use a meter to test it and all?

complete with wave theory diatribe copied and pasted from the web, and how to assemble a $50 signal booster, from a kit and add it to a $2 dongle :-)

Nick Alexeev

@Psycogeek Does that fellow strike you like someone who has got skills or equipment to do that? A person with skills and equipment would not ask that question in the first place.

Psycogeek

ahh just tell em to find a squiggly line on the green board, and stuff it on there.

Journeyman Geek

11:54 PM

@NickAlexeev eh. Not really something I consider worth migrating

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