Root Access

TomWij

00:04

Meh, thanks to answering that Always On Top question Chrome is hovering SC II. xD

Hmm, now I have to wonder if you are there or here, @IvoFlipse. :D

Ivo Flipse

I'm here was planning to go there

digitxp

00:16

@nhinkle Amuses is a bit of an understatement, no?

Ivo Flipse

00:32

btw with Speedstep disabled and some drivers reinstalled, I haven't had a random reboot since this afternoon

on 4.4 Ghz

digitxp

01:09

@IvoFlipse What would you do with 4.4 Ghz?

TomWij

01:22

Hmm...

0

A: How to select the account on the login screen of Windows7 by start typing the name?

Thinking about this again, there is a much easier way to accomplish this: Create a Task in the Task Scheduler that conforms to the following properties: When running the task, use the following user account: SYSTEM Run with highest privileges Create the following trigger to begin the task: ...

Would that be worth the 500 reputation? :D

digitxp

@TomWij The guy has 10k of rep. He obviously has some form of computer OCD that he has to satisfy :P.

KronoS

@TomWij if it works then I think so...

TomWij

Well, it's less hard, again, I don't have to time to actually write the thing.

Let's just try it...

Didn't know that was offensive. :S

Hmm, is there a screenshot tool that can take a picture of itself?

Or hmm, I could start two programs.

Okay, it's not SYSTEM...

Oh, the task didn't trigger.

studiohack

@TomWij: it was the language.

@TomWij: I wish I could have come up with that solution, seems incredibly clever...

TomWij

Still, I need to get it to work

It is possible, as things like the on-screen keyboard can start automatically there...

studiohack

01:38

yeah, agreed @TomWij

George Edison

Can anyone else connect to math.stackexchange.com ?

studiohack

@GeorgeEdison might be able to help

George Edison

@studiohack: What's up?

studiohack

yes @GeorgeEdison - RE Math.SE

George Edison

Hmmm... I can't bring it up.

Nvm. It's working now.

studiohack

01:39

@GeorgeEdison: see @TomWij's reply to the question posted above

TomWij

@studiohack: I have a more nifty solution.

studiohack

18 mins ago, by TomWij

0

A: How to select the account on the login screen of Windows7 by start typing the name?

Thinking about this again, there is a much easier way to accomplish this: Create a Task in the Task Scheduler that conforms to the following properties: When running the task, use the following user account: SYSTEM Run with highest privileges Create the following trigger to begin the task: ...

yeah @TomWij?

George Edison

I don't use Windows 7 :(

studiohack

@GeorgeEdison: that's okay. thanks anyway

TomWij

@studiohack: Updated the answer.

studiohack

01:49

looking at it

looks good. I don't know if it would work...

TomWij

Well, I've got the calculator running at the logon screen at the moment. :D

studiohack

I'm impressed! :P

studiohack just typed 'safe mood' instead of 'safe mode' xD

TomWij

Gonna do a reboot to try my task scheduler approach.

Argh, need to disable automatic logon ofc... :S

digitxp

02:07

Dumb question, anyone have a list of design principles they can point to me?

TomWij

@digitxp: What kind of design principles?

@studiohack: Have found another trigger for the task scheduler, although I wonder what user the logon screen processes should run in.

digitxp

@TomWij Print, web, etc.

TomWij

winlogon.exe is ran by NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, so the child processes should be the same user.

@digitxp Depends on what you want to design I think...

Mark Szymanski

@digitxp: This: keep it simple.

simpler is better.

studiohack

perhaps have the logon screen processes should run in the account that most users will boot into? or the admin account of the PC @TomWij

digitxp

02:13

@MarkSzymanski I have simple down cold, my problem is not looking like a 13-year-old

Mark Szymanski

Ah.

tenderoustoast

@digitxp yes, thats much easier for us, the ones that are thirteen

TomWij

02:34

@studiohack: No, they don't have permission for that, not even the admin.

@digitxp UI Patterns: developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/everything.html

Web & Design: smashingmagazine.com

Prints, you might want to consider InDesign

Mark Szymanski

I'm doing to do time find / just for the heck of it...

TomWij

Print Design Tutorials @ Smashing Magazine

TomWij

02:58

@studiohack: Updated again, as I think it might be possible to do this with AutoIt only.

Answer is a starting a mess so I should stop improving it, but well. It lists a few simple steps to form it... :-)

KronoS

@TomWij do you know anything about mark bits?

studiohack

@TomWij: looks good - @akira should have no excuse lol

TomWij

@KronoS In what context?

KronoS

in binary transfer...

TomWij

Saw those with our Computer Network course, why?

KronoS

03:02

nvm... i figured it out... lol.. sorry if I was a little curt @studiohack and @TomWij about migrate to SF... just doesn't fit FAQ... I'll explain later

studiohack

@KronoS: its all good

TomWij

@KronoS: Yeah, better at AskUbuntu or just here.

four featured questions answered, on to the fifth

All hard to answer... :-(

Else I could've tried to go for 1000 reputation in a single day.

:D

studiohack

@TomWij: agreed with the feature questions...I've only answered one, and it was one of my first answers on here ever

the rest are too hard :P

TomWij

@studiohack: My reputation chart shows when I decided to become active at Super User and when I bought StarCraft II and when the exams were and when the nominations woke me up.

studiohack

lol haha @TomWij

studiohack

03:24

since several users came in the primaries with a close number of votes, I thought I would put the list in order, by votes...Is anyone interested in seeing it?

Sathya

03:45

@studiohack sure

studiohack

pastebin.com/8bKPJJA1

hey @Sathya how are you?

Sathya

good, thanks @studiohack having breakfast

Mark Szymanski

Dang. Quite a bit of time difference, then.

It's close to 10PM for me XD

I can't wait to get 2000 rep ^^

Sathya

aww @DMA's server is down

Jan 28 at 11:03, by DMA57361

@studiohack

Jan 28 at 11:02, by DMA57361

btw, (sort of) graphs: http://85.210.194.203/primary.html (yes, I've too much time on my hands today)

studiohack

is that graphic on @DMA's server?

ah nice @Sathya, I like

Sathya

03:52

well he created an app to do the graphs

Jan 28 at 11:07, by DMA57361

@Sathya scraping to get the ID's of the nomination posts, and then API to get the votes

Jan 28 at 11:07, by DMA57361

@Sathya jQuery - soooo easy to slide :D

studiohack

I'm impressed

just used my last vote for the next 18 hours on @MarkSzymanski's latest answer.

Mark Szymanski

Thanks, @studiohack! ^^

studiohack

you deserve it @MarkSzymanski :)

Mark Szymanski

What do you think of the answer? Anything you think I could do to improve it?

Thanks ^^

studiohack

the one about the sketch program?

Mark Szymanski

03:55

Yeah.

studiohack

well when you put it in large text like that, it "yells", because I rarely see type that big in people's answers. Bold and blue (from the hyperlink) is enough, IMO...

Sathya

@studiohack yep me too :)

Mark Szymanski

Ah, ok.

Fixed.

studiohack

otherwise, it is a well-written post with a short description and includes links, so it's good @MarkSzymanski

Mark Szymanski

Thanks ^^

studiohack

03:57

you're welcome

how are you, btw @MarkSzymanski?

Mark Szymanski

I'm doing great, thanks ^^

studiohack

studiohack is off to eat supper

Mark Szymanski

I'm off to bed, goodnight everyone.

studiohack

04:13

night @MarkSzymanski

Sathya

I'm off to work. catchya later

TomWij

04:25

zerodaythebook.com/?p=370

studiohack

04:35

@Sathya, @nhinkle, @TomWij, and @KronoS what do you guys think of the question posted in VTC?

Sathya

05:07

@studiohack grey area, think we can let it remain for the time being

studiohack

@MarkSzymanski: for your iPod touch:

lifehacker.com/5748003/…

studiohack

06:32

technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/31/…

DMA57361

08:22

morning all

@Sathya hehe, not quite an app - the graphs were simply 4 carefully sized and coloured span elements :)

and the "server" is down by default, I only boot it up when I'm playing around cos it's my old desktop and it's quite loud

Sathya

@DMA57361 ah, but that's still an app :D

@DMA57361 I have a server around, you can use it

DMA57361

true I suppose :)

@Sathya thanks, but that's ok; I've nothing I particularly want to host

Sathya

@DMA57361 ok :) let me know if you need.. my servers are under utilized :P

DMA57361

lol, well if they run PHP feel free to host a copy of my primaries "app"; it won't work without the PHP page scraper, but doesn't need any DB support or anything

Sathya

08:38

sure.. what's the URL again ?

DMA57361

erm...h/o

I've not taken the copy off of dropbox, so: dl.dropbox.com/u/9761428/Temp/primaries.zip.zip

Sathya

drop box is blocked :/

DMA57361

ah yeah

erm, suggestions? I don't often send files to people :)

Sathya

@DMA57361 you can zip 'em and send to my personal id - [email protected]

DMA57361

will do, they're only a few KiB anyway since it's all text

Sathya

08:44

yep

DMA57361

en route

Actually, I don't know if it still works with the election having moved on...

I guess it should...

Sathya

@DMA57361 it should, the tabs are still around right

after all this time of speaking with you, I never once asked for your name :|

DMA57361

@Sathya hehe, that's OK - I don't think anyone has as yet; tis the nature of the internet :) - but I'm Daniel

Sathya

@DMA57361 yeah, so I noticed from your mail :D Nice to know your real name.. but I guess we'll stick to @DMA57361 for the time being :P

sbhat.me/se @DMA57361

DMA57361

groan.. throwing me an error

might be because I'm on IE7.... is it working for you?

Sathya

08:57

it's stuck at "Loading.."

what error might that be ? @DMA57361

DMA57361

fairly generic JavaScript error "object doesn't support method", etc

Sathya

@DMA57361 that seems like an IE error

DMA57361

well the fetch.php is working (feed it a ?url=), so it's either an IE error or something wrong with my JavaScript (or both!)

ah! wait!

I remember

old versions of IE return an absolute path for jQuery's .attr('href') instead of a relative one

Sathya

ah it's working for me now

changed permissions

DMA57361

what browser?

Sathya

09:01

I'm on Chrome v8

DMA57361

yeah

won't work on IE <= 7

Sathya

trying on IE6 now :P

length is null or not an object :P

DMA57361

they return an unexpected value for .attr('href'), so the split doesn't work and it doesn't get any post numbers

in primary.js if you change the 2 to a ... 5 or 6 (can't remember now) ... in the line userId = +post.find('.user-details a').attr('href').split('/')[2]; it'll work on IE <= 7 (but then on nothing else!)

heh, yep got it working here

IE <= 7 also don't enforce the same origin policy (which is a bit worrying!) so I don't need the php pass thru to test

Sathya

@DMA57361 ouch.

DMA57361

@Sathya yeah, suppose I could add a line to browser sniff and do the relevant one; but I just didn't bother to support old IE's ;P

Sathya

09:07

@DMA57361 haha, I don't think it's worth the effort either

DMA57361

oh well, it's past 9 - time for a cuppa

Sathya

enjoy!

I need to pay a one time fee of $5 to host an extension w/google

DMA57361

host an extension?

Sathya

well yeah I developed (copy pasted from various places, really) an extension to redirect a webpage to a mobile view of it if it's websensed

DMA57361

oh right, for sidestepping blocking or something of that nature?

Sathya

09:17

yeah

u.sbhat.me/webnonsense

DMA57361

lol, if that a link to the extension it's not going to do me much good at the moment - IE7...

Sathya

@DMA57361 :)))

DMA57361

09:41

I wonder how soon after the election we'll be informed of the results?

Sathya

@DMA57361 perhaps a day or two ?

DMA57361

dunno, but for some reason it just jumped to mind :)

Ivo Flipse

09:55

good morning

DMA57361

morning @IvoFlipse

Ivo Flipse

@digitxp I program at 4.4 Ghz ;P

Wil

@IvoFlipse :slap... (jealous!)

Ivo Flipse

well if you get a unlocked model @Wil you can too :)

Wil

All the I7's arrived... actually hoping the client cancels one so I can have one! lol

the problem is, I have a working laptop, despite being a rubbish AMD low voltage model, I would hate myself ordering when I have a perfectly working machine... but I do need a new one soon

Ivo Flipse

09:59

every man deserves a sports car or computer sitting around being awesome

3

Wil

lol :) *ed

Sathya

oo Oracle coming on Amazon RDS

instapaper.com/m?u=http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/01/…

ntechi

Hiii

Sathya

10:18

hi @ntechi

Ivo Flipse

interesting :)

hi @ntechi :)

ntechi

does any one knows how to add ftp user through ssh command

?

Sathya

how do you mean ?

ntechi

I purchased a vps, installed LAMP, but I want to add ftp user

who has rights to control entire VPS

Sathya

10:36

try this @ntechi cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-add-user-to-group

ntechi

@Sathya I ahve added users, but I want to add users who has the entire VPS rights, where I can go into any folder

Sathya

create a new group for that and add the users to that group @ntechi

ntechi

then

I added but its giving me some diifferent directory, I want the user to be into root

@Sathya any ideas?

Sathya

if you want them to be into root, then you should put them under a root group, but that's not a very good idea

ntechi

10:54

@Sathya previously I had my default root as ftp, it used to work, but suddenly now, when I try to login through that account, I get following error

Command: USER root
Response: 530 Permission denied.
Error: Could not connect to server

Sathya

11:06

it would seem like the server is rejecting connections from users trying to login as root @ntechi

I'd recommend you post a question since I'm not sure how I can help you further

ntechi

@Sathya ok

@Sathya Do you have any idea, how to select all files into a folder and just move it to one directory back

Sathya

11:46

@ntechi cd /source/directory && mv * ../ should work ( untested) else there's mv /source/* /destination/

Ivo Flipse

12:43

darn I had another random reboot while I wasnt behind the computer

DMA57361

:/

Ivo Flipse

I'm still convinced it's just a driver being annoying

DMA57361

presumably these are BSODs? the readouts give nothing useful?

Ivo Flipse

I don't even get a BSOD, just BAM reboot

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Application Popup" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49156">56</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-02-01T12:30:32.796400500Z" />
<EventRecordID>4965</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>FlipseRD</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data />
<Data>PCI</Data>
<Data>010101010101010100</Data>
<Binary>000000000300280000000000380004C000000000380004C000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary>

DMA57361

ah, nasty

Ivo Flipse

12:48

that's what happens right before it reboots

the kernel power error is presumably just something caused by the driver issue

turned off Speedstep

but am running at 4.4 Ghz

the only option I could else think up, if it were a hardware problem would be the power supply of the GPU or something

but that shouldn't cause fatal errors

DMA57361

"shouldn't", but might.. who knows... how strong's your PSU?

Ivo Flipse

600 W

I could pull out a HDD a see if that helps a bit (power wise)

I'm going to flash the bios first

DMA57361

600 should probably do it, to be fair

have you observed a crash? or do they keep happening when you're not there?

Mokubai

@IvoFlipse Did that PyQt stuff help you at all?

Ivo Flipse

I wasn't there @DMA57361 but I'm reinstalling drivers now

Sathya

13:01

which 600W PSU @IvoFlipse

Ivo Flipse

@Mokubai, I'm still trying things out, so not yet but I reckon it will

one from Antec (I think)

Ivo Flipse

14:14

guessssssssss what! I totally F-ed up my Windows install

and I probably tried to change too much at the same time

but after flashing my motherboard, it wouldn't let me back into Windows

nor would it let me restore a backup from sunday :\

now I reinstalled it, it was moaning constantly, so wiped the drive and will have to do it AGAIN

KronoS

@IvoFlipse that sux

Ivo Flipse

indeed it does :(

I tried to avoid using the drivers I got with the board, instead use the ones from the site

but each installer kept moaning about something :\

KronoS

:( maoning about what? I've been kinda outta loop on this one... are you building a new sys or just upgrading?

Ivo Flipse

I've now got a new fresh install (like the 4th time)

it wouldn't run Windows update and complaint at every driver installation

KronoS

14:35

@IvoFlipse that's odd....

Ivo Flipse

this time it doesn't

which makes it even stranger :S

KronoS

@IvoFlipse possible corrupted win install before?

Ivo Flipse

I just can't imagine I'm having power issues

hmmm though looking at the calculator, it might just be my PSU :S

I should get something to measure it

KronoS

@IvoFlipse I've always wanted to get this:

tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/…

Ivo Flipse

I might just get something crazy like that

it would explain random reboots, but 600W? wtf

I'd rather get 2 extra Tb drives than a new PSU

I currently have 5 HDDs (1 is my SSD)

KronoS

14:45

oh... and I'm guessing a higher end GPU? with the i5 or i7?

600 may be too small....

I have a 750 with low end gpu, 6 gb mem, 5 hard drives, and i5

Ivo Flipse

well I turned off 1 HDD which I don't really use atm

but I guess you're right

it just annoys me that the costs keep creeping up :(

would set me back another 100 euro

add to that the cost of Office :P

pfff...

KronoS

Office is terribly expenssive...

Ivo Flipse

no way I'm paying 600 euro for that

oh wait for me with would be 350...

how strange, on a third party site they're only 200 :S

I guess the 350 one can be installed around the house or something

KronoS

15:33

@IvoFlipse how to you comment in python?

Sathya

@KronoS # this line is commented

KronoS

thanks @Sathya :)

Sathya

yw @KronoS you learning Python ?

KronoS

@Sathya ya I decided to learn python instead of falling asleep in class

Ivo Flipse

15:53

well I finally have everything reinstalled again

woehoe for wasting another hour :(

Story of my life!

2

TomWij

Searching for the right! But it keeps avoiding @IvoFlipse...

►

I hope you find the problem.

Ivo Flipse

well I guess I need to get another PSU :(

Sathya

16:45

searchengineland.com/…

Ivo Flipse

yeah if Google did that

Demandmedia would be screwed

DMA57361

afternoon all

Ivo Flipse

hi @DMA57361, it seems to be working again... sigh

DMA57361

your computer?

Ivo Flipse

I'm not overclocking anymore till I get another PSU

DMA57361

16:50

oh? you think it's faulty or too weak?

Ivo Flipse

too weak

or rather my system to demanding

with the watercooling, I guess I use a bit more than I need to cool the system

DMA57361

possibly

but I've only got 500W

GT460, 95W processor, 3HDD, TV card, DVD drive

Ivo Flipse

I've got 5 HDDs (turned one off now btw) + I was overclocking for a good 30% and have the watercooling then off course

I could turn off some of the fans too (not really needed, but I'm assuming they don't use much)

DMA57361

the watercooling might drain a bit, I dunno, presumably there's a pump or something to run?

Ivo Flipse

yeah and three big fans that even make me feel cold :P

DMA57361

16:59

lol, but the fans won't drain much, a few Watts at most each

Ivo Flipse

well the thing where the water flows into might use power too

DMA57361

.. well does it have power cables attached? :)

Ivo Flipse

naah, I guess those just go to the fans

DMA57361

I'd assume a w/c system just has a pump, but then I've no direct experiance

well, and fans

Ivo Flipse

yeah the pump isn't even that large though

like the ones in an acquarium

DMA57361

17:02

I doubt it'll draw much power tbh, you'd need to look it up thou I guess

Ivo Flipse

don't have a power meter though

and then I might as well get me another PSU

just hope I can find use of the old one

DMA57361

lol, that's why I hate PSUs sometimes, you have to shell out the cost of a new one to get a tester to see that your current one is broken :P

I had one blow a capacitor under load on me once... more than a decade back now... it frazzled quite a bit of the machine's innards :(

thinking of that, actually, you'd only notice if your PSU was underpowered if you were actually overworking it - and since the gfx card won't draw anywhere near it's maximum if it's idle (such as when you're not at the computer?) maybe that's a factor

Ivo Flipse

well it crashed while I wasn't even behind the computer

thats the stupid thing

which made me blame speedstep

DMA57361

yes, but if the machine wasn't working hard at the time, then probably the PSU wasn't either

Ivo Flipse

I can always return the PSU off course

just don't have any specialized shops in the neighbourhood

DMA57361

17:20

oh, is it new as well?

Ivo Flipse

no, if I get a new one to try out

DMA57361

oic, makes sense

TomWij

Ouch...

I forgot to shutdown Process Monitor after troubleshooting a SU question.

As I don't have a page file and don't have the need to, it filled my whole memory with events and suddenly everything crashed and closed down at the same time.

Quite funny to see... :D

It's a kernel driver filling the memory so the Windows "close down programs because memory is full" message doesn't kick in to warn me.

Ivo Flipse

woops :P

Ivo Flipse

17:54

hmm something fishy going on with igoUSB and SendGenie @Sathya

those users have like three accounts mentioning it

DMA57361

.... didn't I flag something for igoUSB a few days back as well? It's in my SU search box pop-up of recent searches..

Ivo Flipse

I have a user who's IP matches that of two others and they all mention the product

but they also have SO accounts where they don't mention it

which I find awkward

DMA57361

hmmm, still, it's a little Suspicious™

maybe they work there? they ask on SO for help making it and then see a way to advertise on SU? :)

Ivo Flipse

it does feel strange, one user had an answer that actually looked decent

yhw42

704 1 14

this guy's a real unsung hero! he spams me with flags every day

DMA57361

valid ones, presumably? :)

it's sometimes a shame some of these meta activities aren't tracked in a visible way

Ivo Flipse

18:06

yup, he uses the review tool

the guys probably a lurker, who watches everything, but doesn't ask or answer much

akira

evening

Ivo Flipse

hellow @akira

akira

progress with pyside vs pyqt?

Ivo Flipse

well I had to reinstall my computer so not really

akira

that mobo-issue?

Ivo Flipse

18:09

which reminds me: Windows Update + reboot --> then Backup time

something, but it messed up my install completely

I'm about to be on a panel with Bing and ask them how http://goo.gl/m3IWc on Google showed up as http://goo.gl/CTjsE on Bing

Tweeted by mattcutts on February 1, 2011 at 6:05 PM

Ivo Flipse

18:28

sorry what?!?

oh right, well I don't think it's related

though I was updating some drivers when things went bullocks

Wil

so you don't use either of those chipsets?

Ivo Flipse

I do, but the problem affects SATA ports, not the rest

bigthink.com

bitchfight!

Wil

(thanks!) ok, well, still, if you have the chipset, you will probably get a free replacement... never know if there are other issues...

the Nvidia one started off small, then it ballooned in to many problems, at least Intel are being proactive here!

lol, interested about this cheating!

Ivo Flipse

well it's interesting to see among others how Jeff's blog post led to this bitching about spam search results

Wil

have i missed the part about cheating then? I only switched on when you did that link

Ivo Flipse

18:40

it's about both

Ivo Flipse

18:53

how can he not have enough time at a streaming service?

btw @Diago I've slapped three spammers, hope they don't turn out to be very excited users :P

@Wil --> does that guy look weird or what?

Transcript for