Root Access

Avery

12:01 AM

also slammed him in response

Avery

12:43 AM

well, this is a textbook example of sheeple [NSFW language]

Avery

2:34 AM

PSA: New SMBv1 virus, update your systems and/or disable SMBv1 if you haven't already (note: link contains info AND samples, be careful with the latter)

bwDraco

2:45 AM

Already disabled SMBv1 on my systems.

14 hours ago, by bwDraco

This might come in handy for those securing against WannaCrypt: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2696547/how-to-enable-and-disable-smbv1‌-smbv2-and-smbv3-in-windows-and-windows-server

Avery

I secured my systems too

14 hours ago, by Avery

This might come in handy: https://www.archlinux.org/

Journeyman Geek

3:16 AM

Joy

Michael Frank

4:48 AM

@tereško I gotta say... I think the song is better without the video >.>

But now my YouTube is full of foreign rock bands...

Rahul2001

5:06 AM

Hi!

@Avery whaaaa

Rahul2001

5:28 AM

@GypsySpellweaver @satibel @Avery Added text formatting!

I know it's not markdown, but eh

[b]bold text[/b]
[i]italic text[/i]
[s]strikethrough[/s]
Link: [a]https://rahul.tech [/a]
[c]computer code[/c]

Okay, I need help with php

...Or maybe not

IDK, php is weird

djsmiley2k

5:52 AM

Why on earth would anyone have public smb shares?

Journeyman Geek

ODDLY ENOUGH...

I back up my linux systems to another linux system over SMB over a non standard port

Bob

@JourneymanGeek btw, now your isp has more justification for that block :P

Journeyman Geek

lol

They should update their list of bull**** reasons for blocking ports, yes

ODDLY I don't think tbe port blocks are over ipv6

djsmiley2k

o-o

Rahul2001

6:16 AM

OH YEAH JUST FOUND AND RESOLVED XSS VULN

djsmiley2k

\o/

can you now explain it to me? :/

i trying to learn :(

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k my ISP has a set of port blocks for 90s era worms

Rahul2001

@djsmiley2k Sure

djsmiley2k

@JourneymanGeek :(

@JourneymanGeek it sounds almost like they had some old sysadmin who blocked things

Rahul2001

Basically I have code for the chatroom which replaces [a] with `<a href="

djsmiley2k

6:18 AM

and they got rid, and now don't know how to unblock xD

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k and then he retired and the rest are mostly clueless

Rahul2001

@djsmiley2k But a user could type in [a]javascript:window.alert(message);, and the inline JS would get executed if anyone clicked on the link

So I filtered out any links starting with javascript:

djsmiley2k

nice nice

[a]../../../"[/a]

Do you block recursion?

Gypsy Spellweaver

7:00 AM

@Rahul2001 This is [b]bold[/a] and this is [i]oblique[/q] and this is [b][i]both[/i][/b]

(6:59 AM) Gypsy Spellweaver: This is bold" target="_blank">LINK and this is oblique[/q] and this is both

And.. I leaves me stuck in bold-italics :(

djsmiley2k

7:21 AM

:O stylish

Rahul2001

7:33 AM

Whoops

Will fix

Journeyman Geek

roomie likes the new car. Brother dislikes it, but meh

Gypsy Spellweaver

@Rahul2001 While you're there, check out the link I left for you.

BTW. Are you done with the github version? I'll kill it if you are.

DavidPostill

8:13 AM

wtf. Rate limited again. All I was doing was working the CV queue ...

Gypsy Spellweaver

@DavidPostill How can a mod get rate limited?

DavidPostill

@GypsySpellweaver Different kind of rate limited.

I think it's this:

There's also a limit for page requests per IP address per time period which I think must have recently been tightened (saw it twice yesterday) but I don't know what the exact limit is. — Martin Smith Mar 9 '14 at 17:44

Bob

> a pensioner named Roland T was given a prison term of five months for, amongst other things, training his dog Adolf to raise his right paw in a Nazi salute every time the command "Heil Hitler!" was uttered

O_O

DavidPostill

7

A: Too many requests?

There is a temporary automatic ban that is put up by our HAProxy instance when you hit our rate limiter. It should only last about 5 mins. If you'd like us to take a look we'll need the public IP at the time you can email to george AT stackoverflow DOT com

Journeyman Geek

I usually hit my "I'm bored" limit first ;p

Gypsy Spellweaver

8:22 AM

@JourneymanGeek lol

@DavidPostill I guess you're simply too efficient. Time to get lazy like the rest of us. :)

DavidPostill

@GypsySpellweaver It's probably because I've got too many SE specific user scripts installed :)

Gypsy Spellweaver

@DavidPostill Run the scripts through a proxy server. Different IP so different rate limit. They probably don't do heavy traffic, so the speed of a free proxy shouldn't affect them.

user226528

Hello, superpeople!

user226528

Bragging time: I got another gold badge! :)

Journeyman Geek

yay!

Which one?

user226528

8:27 AM

Stewart

user226528

I know, it is called "Steward" but I feel like saying "Stewart".

DavidPostill

@GypsySpellweaver I can't be bothered. I've only hit the limit twice in 3 years :)

Journeyman Geek

ah steward. And you have one of the ones I'll probably never get

djsmiley2k

0

Q: possible to have one partition completely offline?

hej, I asked this on askubuntu and got blamed. they told me this would be the right place to get some advice. well, I am planning to dualboot win10 and linux. there is some software I need to use (only windows) and its very consuming, so I would not like to use it in vitualbox. this is why I woul...

bleh

Gypsy Spellweaver

@djsmiley2k Why bleh

djsmiley2k

8:40 AM

I'm confused wtf it's asking

want windows 10, offline? unplug your network cable! xD

Gypsy Spellweaver

I think that's what he wants, yes. Not certain. Don't have to unplug the cable, just disable the NIC in Windows. Either in Network Connections, or in Device Manager.

Though I don't know how to get to either one in Windows 10 :(

djsmiley2k

windows key + x iirc

BAYMAX

9:19 AM

I have an array in matlab named x,t each having 10,000 points ,next I am representing each point that is the tuple $(x,y,z)$ in the 3D coordinate system but I am interested in doing so in a coloured fashion that is plotting each point with a different colour,can this be done ,any help! ?

djsmiley2k

ask on the site proper

There's no one I know of here who uses matlab

infact, it may suit other sites better too

BAYMAX

ok

thanks @djsmiley2k

Aayush Agrawal

10:00 AM

Hey guys! Does anybody know if there's a tool for me to initiate a scan in windows which asks for the scanner via GUI?

Pretty much i want to make a batch script that triggers a scan. It provides the scan location but not the scanner. The scan tool needs to ask for the scanner, scan the document and preview it.

Journeyman Geek

Might be a question for SR...

tereško

10:18 AM

@MichaelFrank since they only have an EP out, I am quite impressed

Rahul2001

10:28 AM

@GypsySpellweaver Text formatting is making the whole thing really messed up

djsmiley2k

11:00 AM

@Rahul2001 lul

Rahul2001

11:15 AM

@GypsySpellweaver Okay, text formatting bug resolved!

Journeyman Geek

11:46 AM

youtu.be/tBg4ximDrsk?t=979 (at the best bit....)

Rahul2001

@GypsySpellweaver XSS fixed

Journeyman Geek

12:09 PM

0_0

The internet is being strange today

Rahul2001

@JourneymanGeek Isn't it always?

Journeyman Geek

I just watched someone smash a smores with a power hammer

djsmiley2k

arugh

if i touch my phone it downloads slower

Journeyman Geek

0_0

tereško

12:25 PM

@djsmiley2k it might be using the enclosure to boost the receiver

djsmiley2k

sounds like a terrible design for a hand held device! XD

Journeyman Geek

You're holding it wrong

Avery

12:40 PM

@Rahul2001 markdown or rage

@djsmiley2k I do.

Rahul2001

@Avery I love markdown but implementing a complete parser will destroy the simplicity of the system

Rahul2001

1:04 PM

@satibel That code you wrote? It's vulnerable to XSS... of sorts

djsmiley2k

1:17 PM

@Avery Why

Avery

good question

to access my media from outside my server. However, it's on linux and on smbv2

and it's password protected which is meh

Burgi

ugh

women are hard work

djsmiley2k

1:34 PM

you've only just realised?

Burgi

my GFs friends upset her somehow and now shes crying and saying "its fine, there is nothing wrong". well the evidence is against you....

@djsmiley2k i've suspected for some time but have only just gathered data to perform the analysis

djsmiley2k

urgh

friends are assholes

I have one friend

no one else is worth the effort

maybe two

Burgi

bloke friends are different

you turn around and say "dude you are being an arse"

djsmiley2k

yah true

but still

some people take offense, or are just hard work

/me can't be arsed

Bob

@Rahul2001 You know what a good dev does? They reuse existing code.

Rahul2001

1:44 PM

@Bob hm

Bob

@Rahul2001 Don't fall into NIH.

Rahul2001

@Bob Nope, I don't mind using stuff coded by other people

DavidPostill

2:22 PM

@Burgi Understanding Women Tip #1: When they are upset just be sympathetic and listen. Don't try and fix the problem - that's not what they want at this point - speaking from many years more experience than you :)

Understanding Women Tip #2: They are like customers - always right even when they are wrong

Burgi

2:35 PM

great tip :)

jokerdino

Thank you @DavidPostill.

Rahul2001

2:50 PM

Wow, she just broke up with me.

Tuesday would've marked 3 months of us dating.

DavidPostill

@Rahul2001 :/

Understanding Women Tip #3: They change their minds frequently ...

Rahul2001

3:11 PM

@DavidPostill Where are 1 and 2?

Oh, right... Just scrolled up.

Avery

@DavidPostill can confirm

@DavidPostill yup

@DavidPostill exactly

DavidPostill

@Avery :)

Rahul2001

3:29 PM

Heh. I'm not sure if she gets to be so possessive of me after breaking up

Although, to be fair, the circumstances suck for both of us

Avery

@Rahul2001 my ex just doesn't want to get out of my life. Fun.

Rahul2001

@Avery Well, mine doesn't either, but I don't want her to too

She's my best friend

@Avery So what happened? Did you speak to a counselor/adult or file a complain m

@Avery So what happened? Did you speak to a counselor/adult or file a complaint?

Avery

I've kinda managed to get her out for now

Rahul2001

:)

Rahul2001

3:49 PM

Chat always messes up on slow connections...

Mokubai

@Rahul2001 Works fine on my BT Internet connection, so chat must be at least reasonable on crap connections....

DavidPostill

@Mokubai lol. Mostly fine on my EE slow mobile tethered connection as well.

Mokubai

Problem is that unless I move house I am stuck with the UKs "favourite" (read "crappest") ISP.

djsmiley2k

BT?

the 'default' ?

Mokubai

I hear Virgin Media are trying to be as bad as BT these days, but somehow they just can't manage to be that bad...

@djsmiley2k that's them.

All their adverts claim that they're the "UKs favourite", probably because a large percentage either don't know that they have an option or just plain don't have an option.

DavidPostill

3:57 PM

@Mokubai Yeah, I remember - you're in some really wierd location right?

djsmiley2k

@Mokubai I honestly have no issues with VM

@Mokubai funny isn't it. goverment mandates they cover everywhere, they immediately claim they are the favorate xD

Mokubai

@DavidPostill Not weird, but a "new" estate. Bloody useless builders couldn't be bothered to get fibre in the local cabinets

djsmiley2k

@Mokubai you know vm's huge rollout about 10 yrs ago?

well I noticed they are nearly upto cabling my friends street, which was missed during that

so you never know, few years and you might be sorted.

Mokubai

And so now BT and Virgin keep on drying their teeth (sharp inhale) whenever anyone asks them just how smegging difficult it is to pull a cable down the street

@djsmiley2k just a "few years" eh? :(

I want my fast internet now.

djsmiley2k

@Mokubai well, by the time it's taken, about 10?

I believe it also matters how many customers in the local area enquire

Mokubai

4:02 PM

@djsmiley2k My street didn't exist 10 years ago...

djsmiley2k

my friend some how convinced BT to run new cables to his exchang e

@Mokubai <sharp intake of breath>

bwDraco

Blah. Almost forgot about driver updates on the new laptop. At least Lenovo has a utility that automates this process...

This includes a BIOS/UEFI firmware update.

Andy K

4:23 PM

hey guys

Mokubai

Arrrr!

bwDraco

Flashed firmware, updating from version 24 to 27.

Rebooting again to make sure everything else installed correctly...

Ben N

4:44 PM

wanakiwi: WannaCrypt recovery for Windows XP and Windows 7, provided that you haven't rebooted and are at least a little lucky

bwDraco

5:00 PM

The size of the driver store has ballooned, but fortunately, there's a solution: searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com/blog/…

github.com/lostindark/DriverStoreExplorer

Old display driver is hogging more than 600 MB of space.

HD Audio driver is another 330 MB.

On the Dragon:

Whoa, that's a lot of old graphics drivers on the system.

forums.geforce.com/default/topic/1005264/…

djsmiley2k

5:15 PM

/me tries it

this is a win7 -> win10 upgrade

I've performed no kind of clean up

bwDraco

Don't recklessly remove stuff. Do some research before you begin. Obvious duplicates with close version numbers can generally be removed safely.

djsmiley2k

hm, really not much there

the other thing that seems to balloon is windows update stuff.

bwDraco

Also, try running schtasks.exe /Run /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Servicing\StartComponentCleanup" from an elevated command prompt.

djsmiley2k

success...

?>!

Rahul2001

5:53 PM

Whoa. I just found some amazing music.

satibel

@Rahul2001 what was the problem? It seems to me that it only has an effect on the client, So it probably is ok?

Rahul2001

@satibel yeah, well the guys over at the PHP room kinda bashed me up for it :P

Also, I should probably do something about it to avoid getting tons of bug reports about it

satibel

6:15 PM

It is only some js, so it shouldn't affect anybody else than the user. Unless maybe If you put ads on it.

Rahul2001

@satibel I was planning on doing so

Dave

6:57 PM

Hello people. I assume asking questions about a Sonos and a router is off topic as there is no PC involved. However, I also know some of you guys may have an idea to fix an issue. I have a sonos in a pub. The router has a guest network. The issue is, when using casting media, such as tubio, I can acecss the speakers directly. Any ideas how to restrict this as guests (gits) are changing the songs.... and there is only so many times I can hear the birdie song!!! :)

Bob

@satibel No. That is not ok. That's how JS-based malware spreads.

Gypsy Spellweaver

@Dave I don't know what a Sonos is, but have two thoughts: 1) While there is no PC involved, on your end anyway, it looks like a problem likely to show up as the Internet of Things grows. As such, the IOT site iot.stackexchange.com might have some input for you. 2) Use a router that isolates the Guest network from the main network, such as the Linksys EA6350

Dave

@GypsySpellweaver, thank you for the suggestions. I have a guest router which isolates. It's a TP LINK Archer VR4000

:(

I didn't know about the IoT SE site, so I will try there!

although any other suggests are welcome :)

satibel

7:14 PM

@Bob the example case is that I have some js on a static html that adds some user input to a dom element all on the client side, can that be exploited?

Because, yes user can execute js on his side by typing stuff in the input box, but he can as easily type it in the console.

djsmiley2k

@Dave talk to @Burgi - he can't change the songs at his work, and that's on a sonos

Dave

Thank you @djsmiley2k

@Burgi, I need you more than possibly any one has needed you.... That doesn't sound does it?

djsmiley2k

he may know how it's setup, tho he doesn't know the password

Dave

Sonos does'nt have a password... or he doesn't konw he can use certain apps to stream regardless but thank you. I can quiz him :)

djsmiley2k

@Dave tho, why can't you run a private network too, and stick the speakers on that?

Dave

7:29 PM

@djsmiley2k, when you use a casting app, you can access the speakers directly

I find no way to prevent this via the very limited Sonos interface/app

djsmiley2k

iif true

that's amazing

walk up to someones house

broadcast porn.

satibel

@Dave the nuclear option : python-soco.com on an orange pi zero set up to go to the lan via Rj45 and as an AP for the sonos via wifi. Make an (authenticated) http interface to play some music from a playlist you have. You could replace the opi zero by a laptop.

@djsmiley2k that reminds me of a defcon talk where they managed to change where they were so they could play music on any jukebox of a network, thus making some arbitrary song #1 of the year.

Dave

@satibel, that is very interesting! I assume essentially though this is similar to having a second router?

Regardless, the speakers are always broadcasting. Or can I lock the speakers to the router via a python script?

Also, the playlist is via a paid account on Napster

satibel

Basically, yes, you could maybe just setup the laptop/opi as a router.

The python scripts controls the speakers entirely, so you do whatever you want.

The separate router idea is to have something broadcast a password protected wifi that the sonos connects to, so only people connected to the "sonos network" can access the sonos.

Dave

yes... That makes sense actually

I am thinking the pub needs a second line so they can stream music to a second router...

Very interesting ideas

djsmiley2k

7:45 PM

nardole lord ane

Dave

ha ha, and I'll need to finally learn some python! I've been a dev for 14 years and I've never touched python... despite working on Linux based products

satibel

If you want a permanent low power AP check out the esp boards, they cost 2-5 bucks shipped and some plug directly via Usb. (E.g. Nodemcu/esp12F)

Also, they are able to do more fun stuff, as they are arduino compatible.

So, weird stuff, I got a phone number starting with 0666 that called me and did a weird squishy sound and hang up.

Dave

Thank you for chatting to me @satibel

Maybe they sat on some fruit? And felt embarrased

2

satibel

More like a blup. Like 2kbps mp3.

fixer1234

8:08 PM

@DavidPostill, spotted your earlier tips on understanding women. You should spin off a new SE site devoted to understanding women.

On second thought, nah. SE sites are supposed to be fact based, and that would end up pure opinion. Nobody understands women, even women.

Ben N

Interestingly, there was a Relationships and Dating private beta site that failed a few years ago

DavidPostill

@fixer1234 lol. That should be "Understanding Women Tip #4" :)

Ben N

There is a Relationships Area 51 proposal at the moment

Also, ouch @Rahul2001 :(

Rahul2001

@BenN Yeah :/

@DavidPostill start a twitter account to share your wisdom!

@DavidExplainsWomen or @UncleDatingTips

DavidPostill

lol

fixer1234

8:15 PM

@BenN, looks like an uphill battle for that site. In 6 mos they have 21 questions, 6 of which have 0 to -1 votes, and 3 are closed.

Ben N

Yeah, it's not looking good

Rahul2001

8:27 PM

It'll be somewhat like The Workplace, but questions will be way less generic and everyone will have a unique case... I don't think it's a good fit for SE.

fixer1234

I've got a Linux distro question. Every once in a while, I explore distros, looking for a good Windows replacement for people who want an easy transition to something very GUI based. The current OpenSUSE seems pretty impressive. Very stable, nicely polished, lots of great documentation, a nice repository, YaST is great, solid long-term infrastructure, etc.

But for some reason, it's treated like an afterthought and never seems to rival popular distros like Ubuntu or Mint. Anybody have any insight as to why?

bwDraco

@fixer1234 As someone who entrusts servers to openSUSE, I kinda think it's a lack of publicity that's hurting it.

openSUSE is very easy to administer and maintain. YaST is second to none, and it's rock-solid stable.

fixer1234

@bwDraco, it seems to be one of the best kept secrets.

bwDraco

However, it seems to be heavier on machine resources than most distros, needing at least 1 GB of RAM to run smoothly (most other distros can get by with 512 MB). The base openSUSE install is also quite large.

I had a Linux distro sampler DVD that came with a book I got several years ago and openSUSE had a polished and beautiful feel like nothing else on the disc.

There's this sense of "German engineering" in the desktop and administrative tools that no other distribution seems to be able to replicate.

fixer1234

@bwDraco, that was my reaction, also.

I wonder if part of the issue is that it has commercial backing, which sort of violates the "purity" concept.

bwDraco

8:41 PM

I'd say Ubuntu and Fedora are just as heavily commercialized.

SUSE, despite having changed hands several times (Novell, Attachmate, Micro Focus, and soon Hewlett Packard Enterprise), has consistently operated as its own business unit.

fixer1234

HP is going to take it over?

bwDraco

HPE.

Two different companies.

www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?id=1809455

HP and HPE are independent.

There are no indications that SUSE is changing course in any significant manner, though.

Hmm... this is interesting: suse.com/communities/blog/hpe-bought-suse-no-heres-happen

HPE to buy a majority stake in Micro Focus, but SUSE itself isn't changing hands.

fixer1234

Interesting. Maybe the lack of popularity is related to the target audience. Red Hat is targeted at the IT audience, and few people want to use CentOS at home. SUSE has similarly been targeted at IT. Ubuntu and Mint have always been primary the individual user market.

Rahul2001

imgur.com/gallery/2901N

goodnight

DavidPostill

9:15 PM

Transferring the heads? Are you doing this in a clean room? — DavidPostill ♦ 31 secs ago

Michael Frank

9:52 PM

@DavidPostill He probably saw that Louis Rossman video where they transfer the heads in the workshop...

Michael Frank

10:41 PM

@Bob Ha! Thanks for having that peak at the files. :P

Gypsy Spellweaver

@fixer1234 I think the problem for SuSE is that it's just enough non-standard to mess with people.YaST is great, but the majority of the help available online is based on apt and translating to zipper isn't always easy. And they don't always follow the same config file locations.

Burgi

hmmm...

that site on the dodgy with the SSL cert issues is still throwing up issues

DNS has changed but...

welp that going to be a fun monday

bwDraco

sigh

Journeyman Geek

why delete?

That's actually potentially a useful question

bwDraco

Duplicate:

1

Q: How to disable autologon in Windows 10?

Ave, I sometimes let my slave use my computer when I'm not currently using it. Of course, the slave has his own limited account — WITHOUT password so that I could easily see what it's up to. The slave has no access to my administrative account. But, if my slave shuts down the computer without l...

windows-10 login lock-screen auto-login autologon

Burgi

10:54 PM

why not add a third account?

bwDraco

@JourneymanGeek ...nvm. No answers on the previous question, so it's not a valid close target. Undeleting.

Burgi

yours was a better framed question

Michael Frank

How about we address the issue that this guy is openly talking about owning slaves...

Burgi

lol

@bwDraco undelete yours dude

Michael Frank

DELETED?!
AWWWW

Journeyman Geek

10:57 PM

I'm actually deleting the other one.

bwDraco

@Burgi Already done.

Michael Frank

I didn't get to finish my slave comment. :(

bwDraco

Once again:

1

Q: Prevent Windows 10 from automatically logging into a passwordless account

We have a Windows 10 Home version 1607 desktop with two user accounts: an administrator account with a password and a limited account without a password. The system automatically logs into the limited account immediately after it starts up, but we'd prefer that it not do that. I couldn't find a ...

windows-10 user-accounts auto-login

Michael Frank

Downvoted; not enough slaves.

bwDraco

rofl

DavidPostill

10:59 PM

@MichaelFrank I suspect the OP is either joking or a time travellor

Ben N

18

Q: Can I disable auto logon on windows 10 home

I recently setup a new computer for my parents with windows 10 home. I made two local accounts for them - no microsoft accounts. I also would like to keep them without a password. Problem is now that windows automatically signs in with the last used account. No lock/login screen. I tried a numbe...

windows-10 auto-login

Burgi

> The problem here is not your PC, it is rooted in the poor discipline of your slaves. I suggest at least 3 beatings a day

Michael Frank

@DavidPostill Obviously, the use of the Latin (?) phrase was too perfect for it to be a mistranslation.

@Burgi Something something a man to fish, something something beating, something always logs off.

Burgi

The Acorn Electron Story | Nostalgia Nerd

►

Michael Frank

BOLTR: Juicero, Cold Press Juicer for Rich Weirdos

►

This teardown of the Juicero is amazing.

Bob

11:05 PM

morning

Ben N

Hi!

Michael Frank

mornin'!

Journeyman Geek

@MichaelFrank it is :p

Michael Frank

I love how he's in two minds about the machine. He marvels at the build quality, but also completely ridicules how stupid the whole thing is.

bwDraco

11:29 PM

Turns out I could remove Windows Media Player from Windows 10. I have no use for a legacy media player app.

(Windows 10 version 1703: Settings > Apps > Apps & features > Manage optional features > Windows Media Player)

Removing WMP saves way more than the ~60 MB it says it takes up, more like 200 MB.

Just part of the ongoing efforts to trim the fat around Windows 10 on the storage-constrained Bifrons.

(more free space = less write amplification = increased NAND endurance; more free space, coupled with frequent TRIM commands, help ensure that the SSD does not internally run out of free space, which reduces performance and increases write amplification)

tereško

@bwDraco I wouldn't be surprised, if removing it will cause the bluetooth adapter to stop working .. or something similar

bwDraco

Windows 10 v1703 quite literally has no dependencies on legacy Windows Media Player.

tereško

are .. you ... completely certain ?

Michael Frank

You can probably remove Candy Crush.... But don't be suprised if it turns back up again.

tereško

11:45 PM

naah, that I purged from command line

Michael Frank

I literally watched it go from "Uninstalling/Removing (or whatever it says) to "Downloading" once...

tereško

.. now, if only I could stop windows from restarting on it's own, when it gets new update, that would be nice ... and for that setting to actually stick for more than 2 months

Journeyman Geek

Lol

I wonder if the notepad trick will work

Michael Frank

I just wish I could set active hours longer than 12 or whatever the max is.

I'm happy for it to restart to install updates, but can you do it between 12am and 6am???

tereško

active hours: all the fucking time

bwDraco

11:48 PM

@MichaelFrank 12 hours on Home, 18 hours on Pro (as of version 1703).

tereško

am I only one who finds that idiotic?

Michael Frank

@tereško The auto-restart?

Ben N

@bwDraco I suspect if it gets completely destroyed some third-party apps that embed media might crash

bwDraco

@BenN You can override the restart time in the Settings app, delaying it for up to a week (at least on my main laptop, which runs Windows 10 Pro; not sure how long for Windows 10 Home). This feature has existed since 1607 if I recall correctly.

Ben N

@MichaelFrank Oh man, Candy Crush once broke my Windows deployment by somehow not being provisioned quite right (even though I literally never touched AppX stuff) and thereby making Sysprep fail

tereško

11:50 PM

@BenN my brain read it as ActiveX

fuck, I'm getting old

Ben N

@tereško The only way I've found is to make it not install updates without approval, then since no installations are pending, it won't need a reboot when I'm doing something important

tereško

hmm ... lemme check

Ben N

That's what I do on this machine (Pro) and it's been working great on all builds

It'll probably work on Home as well I suspect

Bob

@BenN @bwDraco IIRC removing WMP does remove some codec support. Not sure how true that is of recent Win10.

I think it broke hardware-accelerated H.264 playback in Firefox.

@BenN Nup, you can't require approval on Home. Unless you do some funny WSUS thing, I suppose.

Actually. I have a conveniently-available Win10 machine I can break. One sec.

Well, assuming it didn't get crypto'd over the weekend.

Michael Frank