Root Access

Journeyman Geek

12:12 AM

@Bob lol

CMDEmu

12:31 AM

how to set a default starting directory for recovery console

so it starts in %userprofile%\user1\desktop

Bob

12:45 AM

@corsiKa lol - I forgot a suitable preamble: No you can not... lest you be fond of self-devouring turbmachinery with a dangerous taste for spontaneous, violent and messy disintegration. — yankeekilo 6 hours ago

CMDEmu

1:04 AM

cant you run scripts in recovery console

gah

typing full paths constantly is horrible

Bob

@CMDEmu cd /d C:\Blah

CMDEmu

it has spaces in the path

maybe I dont need to use RC at all

crap, nope I have to

unless I do it from another pc

that may work

Bob

1:21 AM

cd /d "C:\Blah blah"

CMDEmu

cant I have two vms and have a HDD shared between them

well, a .vdi file

Journeyman Geek

nope

latest EEVblog is hilarious.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek what is it about?

(can't watch now)

CMDEmu

1:40 AM

how the heck wont it overwrite the file!!!

Im saying to Z:\ but it wont overwrite the file cus its 'in use'

it is on the other computer yeah but not this one

Michael Frank

Maybe the other computer is using it! :O

CMDEmu

but why cant it overwrite it still

Michael Frank

You try and overwrite a document that's already open. Windows ain't gonna be happy about it.

CMDEmu

but its not the same windows as what is using the file

that one is logged off

Journeyman Geek

@Bob "energy saving wipes"

Michael Frank

1:44 AM

What files are you trying to overwrite?

Journeyman Geek

Apparently some singaporean company has a product that claims to save energy if you wipe it all over your circuit breaker box

CMDEmu

what am I supposed to do now

Michael Frank

@JourneymanGeek Ooooh it's that time again!

amazon.com/Aulterra-Radiation-Neutralizing-Whole-House/dp/…

Journeyman Geek

@MichaelFrank I think he's done that

That Brazilian Guy

@JourneymanGeek Does is also claim to provide balance?

!!wiki power balance

ChatBot John Cavil

1:47 AM

Power Balance

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Journeyman Geek

nope

it just aligns the electrons going into your house

That Brazilian Guy

Oooooh, monster cable, is it?

Michael Frank

I wonder what's inside those EMF Neutralisers...

CMDEmu

this is why I wanted the drive to be LOCAL on BOTH

COMPUTERS

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianGuy quite literally a pack of wet wipes

That Brazilian Guy

1:48 AM

F@#$@#% YOU WINDOWS UPDATE

Journeyman Geek

@MichaelFrank prolly a SMPS which makes noise, and an LED ;p

Michael Frank

@ThatBrazilianGuy FATHER YOU WINDOWS UPDATE?

FAMILIAR?

Bob

@JourneymanGeek wut.

Journeyman Geek

@Bob uttrt dnstk

That Brazilian Guy

At this point I feel I am playing error code bingo with Windows Update.

Journeyman Geek

1:50 AM

@MichaelFrank hm. Or mud

That Brazilian Guy

Run, error, google, reboot, fix, reboot, run, different error, reboot, rinse, repeat.

Bob

@ThatBrazilianGuy Have you tried going to 8.1 yet?

Or that old version of WSUS Offline?

That Brazilian Guy

@MichaelFrank Bluescreen, I am your father.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek ?!

Journeyman Geek

@MichaelFrank great. Now amazon will send me links to new age woo woo.

That Brazilian Guy

1:51 AM

@Bob I still haven't determined which specific updates allows me to upgrade to 8.1

Journeyman Geek

@Bob I have no idea what I just tried to say ;p

That Brazilian Guy

@Bob The official site only offers the latest version (I think)

@JourneymanGeek I think he said "uttrt dnstk".

Bob

@ThatBrazilianGuy There's a whole list of old downloads on the right...

Michael Frank

@ThatBrazilianGuy I watched an interview was Mark Hamill the other day. Apparently that scene was scripted and filmed as "No Luke, Obi-wan killed your father." Only 4 people knew what the real line was gonna be.

Bob

!!tell 29106865 google windows 8.1 upgrade prerequisites

ChatBot John Cavil

1:52 AM

@ThatBrazilianGuy * System requirements - Microsoft Windows ; Update to Windows 8.1 from Windows 8 - Windows Help ; Update is available that prepares Windows 8 and Windows RT ...

CMDEmu

I know what to do just reboot the stupid target PC and overwrite it just as it boots (before it locks the file again)

Bob

Second link links to windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/…

CMDEmu

OWNED

That Brazilian Guy

@Bob Let me do it the hard way, now it's become a matter of ~~principles~~ stupidity!

Bob

Which says

> Although the Windows 8.1 update is downloaded and installed from the Store, your PC needs Windows updates, KB 2871389 and KB 2917499, before Windows 8.1 becomes available to you in the Store.

Michael Frank

1:53 AM

@CMDEmu Valid method. We do that here occasionally.

Bob

@MichaelFrank Eh... pull the disk, attach as extra drive, done.

Michael Frank

@Bob Hard to do remotely ;)

That Brazilian Guy

Only 65 updates to go from 185, after all :P

Gotta catch them all!

Bob

@ThatBrazilianGuy Considering Win8 is completely out of support, I'm not sure why you're even bothering.

You'll get zero security updates.

CMDEmu

woo

Bob

1:55 AM

Actually from the last year too, so any vulns discovered from 2015 onwards will be forever unpatched.

@MichaelFrank That's what the onsite tech is for!

Or the hypervisor.

Or the OOB management.

Michael Frank

@Bob Eh... we don't have onsite techs.

Well, we do. But they are external and get paid by the hour... so if we call them it's to replace the entire machine, not fiddle around with the innards.

Bob

@MichaelFrank hypervisor, oob

Michael Frank

2:11 AM

Oh, I was talking end user, not server.

Psycogeek

2:24 AM

@MichaelFrank guy said there is a thin coat of mud in that EMF nutralising plug which costs $50 :-O . does that mean it is grounded :-) and if they used holy water to make the mud , it could also protect against ghosts, vampires and werewolves.

Because emf is real, unlike some hypocondria that some placebo (sugar pill) would be given for , i do not see how they can legally sell this as even homeopathic , by definition homeopathic (anyway) would be eminating its own EMF , in small quantities. So i call it Fraud Fraud , and shame on amazon to be party to distrubute such things.

Bob

@Psycogeek Homeopathic would be impossible because emf is not tangible

But 'alternative' maybe

I wonder if they comply with emc standards :P

Psycogeek

2:41 AM

yea alternative might work, because that covers everything from quackery to street drugs , and would be an alternative to actually changing anything :-)

put these on your eyes , and it solves the problem of crowsfeet :-)

amazon.com/Global-Warming-Silicon-Chocolate-Dessoert/dp/…

Solve global warming with an ice tray :-)

Michael Frank

2:57 AM

Dessoert?

Psycogeek

amazon.com/InJewels-Cancer-Spiritual-Healing-Bracelet/dp/…

agg to big, but cure cancer with painted silver and quartz

Michael Frank

That spelt Rhodochrosite three different ways...

Psycogeek

the specific claims (only) would be enough to get this item pulled, if they buffered the claims it could pass.

So much fraud so little time

CMDEmu

can I have a delay in a batch job

time delay

Psycogeek

timeout /T 2 > NUL
where 2 is the time in seconds.
there are also sleep.exe items in existance that are the same thing.

Or you can ping :-PPPP

because you cannot always get timing correct, it might be better in a batch to instead /Wait for an item to complete, or various error checking to determine when to proceed. after all we wouldnt want the DEL `*.* to precede the completion of the copy with no error. and stuff like that.

CMDEmu

3:23 AM

yeah my dhcp lease expires daily

is that why my wifi connection keeps randomly disconnecting

when I try and make my IP static windows no longer connects to any websites

I cant get into the router settings so easily

Psycogeek

all i know is sometimes when you set up static addressing the far away client thing can require to have specified a DNS server also?

Michael Frank

@CMDEmu Why not?

Also, you need to set a Gateway and DNS for a static IP.

CMDEmu

I did

I made it what it was when my ip was dynamic

Michael Frank

So why can't you get into the router?

CMDEmu

I dont know the password

I can reset it to the default password but that would reset the settings too

Michael Frank

3:34 AM

What happens if you set your IP to something that wasn't handed out via DHCP?

CMDEmu

same thing

ill try again in a sec

Psycogeek

safespaceprotection.com/product/emf-adapter $300 emf fixer with all the (fraud) science to back it up. Dont buy the cheap china knock-off get screwed by the real thing.

I am recovering my DNA as we speak :-)

> Can I measure the effectiveness of the Adapter with my EMF meter?

No current EMF meters are sensitive enough to show a change. We prefer that you apply the happiness chart we have given you and to assign an approprite happy face to the results. remember it can now take 2times as long to heat things up in the microwave :-)

Michael Frank

3:56 AM

I wonder if they need to be powered... What would happen if I secretly switched your EMF device off?

CMDEmu

no, it isnt working @MichaelFrank

Michael Frank

@CMDEmu shrug I dunno man. Your router could be configured any number of ways to prevent that.

Paul

Does anyone know how to work out what the average time is to answer a question? I hang out in the Unanaswered/Newest area mostly, and in the sidebar it says how many questions aren't answered. On the main question page it shows how many questions exist. I am thinking that for someone new visiting the site, deciding whether to bother creating an account and asking their question, then it might be better to show a statistic about how quickly questions are answered.

CMDEmu

/smashes router

/smashes computer

fuck it

goodbye!

Journeyman Geek

dude. Language/

bye!

Michael Frank

4:09 AM

@Paul You might be able to wrangle the Data SE site into getting you that info.

data.stackexchange.com/superuser/queries?q=average+answer+time

Seems there's a bunch of queries around that already.

@Paul data.stackexchange.com/superuser/query/170387/time-to-answer

Seems to be just over a day?

Paul

Yeah, I was running the first one and it seemed to be suggesting it was 740 hours to the first answer :)

29 hours is better .

Michael Frank

ha, it's all about the keywords :P

Paul

I think if I saw that I could get an answer to my question in a day, I'd be inclined to give it a go

Michael Frank

@Paul I imagine the SE guys have thought about a "time to answer" metric, but it could cause issues with people developing unrealistic expectations on when they were going to get an answer.

"HI MY PUTER IS NO GO" is not going to get answered, but equally unlikely to get answered quickly is a great question Draco posted yesterday about PCL3e interactions with his printer.

Paul

4:28 AM

@MichaelFrank How about a "How can I get a fast answer" link underneath the stat that leads to the "How to ask a good question" help text? Ultimately, we want people to participate, and we accept that people don't always ask good questions. Setting an expectation, then explaining how you can get your question to meet the expectations may reduce the amount of low quals.

Psycogeek

superuser.com/questions/1067099/… <--- tis spam.

@Paul You got 1 chance , to be on the top of the first lists, use it wisely by providing all the information, being really clear, and formatting it well.

telling them they will get a "fast answer" is IMO fraud.

Michael Frank

@Paul Good point actually, we might get fewer Low Quality questions simply by displaying a estimated time to answer stat.

Psycogeek

at least 50% of the questions, it doesnt matter how hard they work on them, may never be answered. Solve that by having 10,000 more users sticking around answering things they are very familliar with , or just got done doing themselves.

CMDEmu

4:45 AM

.

Rahul Basu

5:03 AM

Ouch! If I'm barefoot and touch the bottom of my laptop while it's charging, I get a shock... :/

Psycogeek

You could always apply for the job of the person who checks for that naukri.com/…

CMDEmu

sue the laptop manufacturers

manufacturer*

just say that your kid got zapped and had to go to hospital

or pet

why not, everybody is doing it one way or another

trying to grab money

its normal if everybody does it

Rahul Basu

5:26 AM

that... doesn't happen in India

plus I don't have a kid considering that I'm not even 15 :P

here, the case is goanna go on for like a decade in court until you finally just drop the charges...

Psycogeek

here they would sue just because it messed up that ladies Hair Doo

and it would still take 3-4 years

Journeyman Geek

@Paul that sonds like an awesome meta question

Caterina 'Catty' McCatface

5:43 AM

@RahulBasu In this countrythat'd be pretty late already

Bob

@Caterina'Catty'McCatface Oh, thought you were talking about the UK for a second :P

Caterina 'Catty' McCatface

@Bob I was

Bob

o.O

Caterina 'Catty' McCatface

I dunno what the teenage pregnancy stats are like for Thailand but Scotland has one of the highest in Yurop

Rahul Basu

@Caterina'Catty'McCatface wow... I do not know what to say...

Caterina 'Catty' McCatface

5:53 AM

@RahulBasu Wow would have been sufficient

Paul

@Psycogeek Surely that is just about phrasing it right. "How to ask great questions that may or may not lead to a fast answer"

Paul

6:09 AM

"These are some of the attributes of questions that are answered quickly"

StackExchange

6:29 AM

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Q: Provide "Average time to answer" stat to new visitors

In the sidebar of SU there are various stats on the different pages about Questions - questions without answers, count of questions. According to this the time to answer a question monthly average is around a day. If I am a new user, coming to SU and haven't found an answer to my question, I ha...

feature-request

Bob

7:12 AM

reddit.com/r/shittyengineering/comments/4faafn/…

Psycogeek

7:24 AM

@Paul yes increase your chances of a fast answer, or ANY answer at all :-)

djsmiley2k

7:54 AM

yawn

/me sleepy :(

djsmiley2k

8:13 AM

how do i make a shortcut execute as a different user

runas didn't work D:

DavidPostill

8:32 AM

@djsmiley2k Windows 7: Run as Different User Shortcut - Create for Specified Program and User

DavidPostill

10:06 AM

@JourneymanGeek User admits to cracking paid software. What is an appropriate response?

Journeyman Geek

@DavidPostill link?

DavidPostill

See comments to my answer superuser.com/a/1064969/337631

superuser.com/questions/1064965/…

Hmm. That should onebox :/

Someone has deleted the comments

Journeyman Geek

OP realises it was dumb ;p

DavidPostill

Note he is promoting a link to the cracked software in his answer

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A: K9 web protection, trying to delete it

Why delete K9 without the Admin Password when you can easily bypass it? There are many tools to bypass the admin prompt and uninstall. One notable tool is Konboot. Unfortunately, it is a paid software ($15) but you can get a pirated version here. Using the pirated version of the software is ille...

Journeyman Geek

ahh

DavidPostill

10:11 AM

@JourneymanGeek And he's now denying it in a new comment to my answer.

Perhaps some wet noodles are in order? ;)

Caterina 'Catty' McCatface

!!ahh

!!ping

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