That's right, you can now restore previous versions, and it's better than ever. It can pull older file revisions out of either restore points or from File History (the latter is new in Windows 10).
Missed the Previous Versions feature? It's back in #Windows10 and it's better than ever. https://blog.fierydragonlord.com/index.php?/archives/36-Windows-10-feature-spotlight-Previous-Versions-is-back-and-better-than-ever.html #Windows #UpgradeYourWorld
@MichaelFrank that is like a complete reversal? I had wondered about that often when thinking of upgrading the camera (only5MP older) 20mp sencors need light :-) It is also funny how corelative that is, when high-speed film also has huge silver nitrate particles and is therefore grainy and lower res. Digital sencors still like film.
@MichaelFrank first google then facebook? making military hardware :-) with the guise of distributing health and happiness to all, with the built in secret assasination lasers and microwave brain control :-) That one looks like it hs the simple problem of Wind like some of the other designs.
And amazon is still serious about thier drone package delivery system, even after much difficulty with goverment FFA and people who would readily admit they would be great for target practice.
the battle between man and the machine, starts with man.
Out of work UPS delivery persons go postal on drones , news at 11.
Delivery Drones to have non-lethal defence mechanisms , does a drone have the right to protect itself, who will be liable? news at 12
John Belcher: yes they fly out of that warehouse night and day, buzzing overhead like bats, I find one or 2 crash landed in my pool. Just last week one terrorised my wife when it lost contact with the GPS sattalite , billy my boy just loves it, daddy when are we going to get more free packages?
Drone protection laws passed by congress, that done in your backyard could send you to jail. A bill passed today in the senate that requires you to return all errant drones or face a penalty of $50,000 or 1 year in jail. News at 2
Jeffry Conner drone serial killer dies in jail while awaiting trial: Incarcerated for 14 years now jeff who is accused of shooting down 17 drones in a 5 year period of time , always proclaimed his innocence. Jeffs defence bot submitted to the court 1763 motions of appeal, 483 of them are still not reviewed. Protest bots have been restricted to a 1.2K area around the jail.
Killer Drone Contraversy: Republican leaders in congress are pushing for a bill that would allow delivery drones to protect themselves with lethal force. After recent news about an amazon swat strike force killing 5 family members in a black ops drone recovery , senate majority leader Khloé Kardashian submited a bill co-authored by 6 prominant republicans that allows drones to protect themselves with lethal force. Amazons drone slogan was changed to "Serve, Protect, Deliver"
"You might not have received a (upgrade) notification because we are working on a specific compatibility fix for your device" If that really was the case for some peoples computer setups, they probably should wait , vrses cramming it in and finding issues with some driver
@Psycogeek I THINK those <32gb tablets are the reason for that
Windows 8 uses a wierd hack to save space, and the regular update method isn't going to work well when half your system files are readonly and in the recovery partition
There are questions out there on SU , with the no reserve icon , and the no notification icon. . . that well just need to have 1 freaking all encompasing answer.
I can SEE ways that i could possibly set SU dupe markers and clean up some of the repetition. But it is like looking in a windows registry EEK there is so much, and so many minor variations.
what automated method could be used for 25% transparency watermark that wouldnt leave a mess? course once you had a formula for undoing the exact text that was there in the exact same place, you could get it fixed 95%
I guess that is why some of the pics they also randomly place the watermarks
But digital code in the pixels should wash away with the right smoothing or grain removal methods.
That is where the digimark has "levels" of how thickly the code is implanted and how badly that changes the pictures.
--- this one certannly answers one thing "You won’t need a product key for re-activations on the same hardware. If you make a meaningful change to your hardware, you may need to contact customer support to help with activation"
It indicates that once the hardware is activated, Microsoft Account style (i assume), that from then on in it is all just a matter of your computer connecting to microsoft.
Which begs the question, have they already reached the point where if the web is down, if web does not exist at all, will the OS stay alive. Or is it finnaly now fully web dependant?
@Boris_yo here The same way as with a desktop? A standard internet package setup here would come with a wireless router , or get you to buy one. OR a person could buy only a WiFi package baseed on the 2 ISPs WiFi towers that are placed all over the town OR a person might get a mobile connection $$$$ via an adapter thing that would use 2G-4G-LTE via the cell phone tower stuff.
Or a person could hook up to the neighbors wifi , if they werent so stingy :-)
@Boris_yo as i am sure you know, he would still have to have some connection method, like a modem. A wireless router then is a WI-Fi device like any other, default operation is to provide DHCP , the tablet tries to connect, gets an IP address from the router, router passes data from connected net to tablet with wireless singnal. LOL i actually have never used one .
The default factory reset settings of a router , are mostly just plug and play, with all the address junk getting automatically grabbed and assigned. there is nothing to do, until you want to do something that controls any aspect of it.
Setup for any Wi-fi device on anything (the router) would be to make names for the connections, and have passwords for them.
And that is what your really asking isnt it DUHHH . How does the tablet user setup the router. because routers dont have Screen (well mine will if i ever get one)
Everyone here but me would know the answer to that.
I can only assume you follow the router manuel, plug it in some default connection name exists, with some default passwords (or open connection), then fire up the router connection method in the tablet and talk to it
Boot the tablet. Either 1) Connect to wired ethernet 2) Guess that there is a wireless connection (probably named $brandname) with no encryption and access for everyone. Including the fetish porn leeching neighbours
3) Open a browser and to to the IP as mentioned in the manual
I would probably disagree with trying to make a specific setup. and instead prefer to factory reset. And provide manuel, hand written or online or whatever. A) someday he will factory rest anyways , and from there have to know what to do. B) even if you set up everything you would then have to provide them your manuel instructions, and again that all becomes a waste when they reset. So they would have to learn 2 things
@Psycogeek BTW I am still sitting with chinese tablet and I regret buying it. Even ACER Iconia 8" feels like a difference between HTC Desire and latest Android tablet. It lags so much like it does not have TRIM for it's NAND...
@Hennes i do it Guilty :-) not overdo it, and it has been said but not proved that it can serve or cause the same functions as trim and garbage cleanup when you cant call a trim.
And my SSD is much faster post full re-prder defrag, SD cards being so slow do not change much.
I know your going to say But what about all those Blocks that are re-arranged :-)
Well that rearragning of everything doesnt happen right away, it happens when there has been a whole freaking lot of writes.
also on SD cards it helpt to linear write them to being with. so if stuff i s on them, one could potentially defrag, but it is easier to "back them up" then linear copy them clean in one move.
Leaving that one terrible thing when defragging. most defraggers will use spare empty sectors as continual i/o areas, beating the heck out of specific areas.
I just did a clean install of Windows 10 (Pro N) and installed iTunes (12.2.1.16). Now for some reason iTunes automatically starts whenever I start my PC. I've already tried to find a solution on this site and google and followed different steps to no avail. I've tried:
In Task Manager -> Autos...
file system $bitmap , $logfile, and that $journaling stuff and all, well the OS/file system beats the heck out of those blocks anyway :-) we give them a free ride ?
If it it truely that evil to defrag a SSD a few times, then the file systems recovery stuff is just as guilty. And a Full re-order defrag is many times more recoverable, when the data your trying to retireve is sequential, even if that has since been re-mapped to different blocks , the recovery software doesnt see that.
Soo my ssd was slowing down to ~1/2 speed as it fills up and is being used, trim is operational and i checked. I do my RARE cleanup & re-order defrag of the system after a full backup, and SSD returns to (acting) like it is full speed again.
@Psycogeek The firmware updates are specifically supposed to help with this issue :P
Backup first!
@Psycogeek Basically, what happened is they used a rather small process TLC NAND, which was discovered to degrade over time and dramatically slow down reading for older data.
The firmware update does auto-rewrite in the background to minimise data age across the drive.
Not ideal, but better than the severe speed degradation (slower than HDD in some cases) and potential data loss (it gets slow because it's harder to read... eventually the aged data becomes impossible to read...)
@Psycogeek The bricking issue was with an 850 PRO update, IIRC
@Psycogeek I tend to avoid firmware updates when everything's working, too, but when things are broken and the update is supposed to help... might as well.
Take a backup first and claim warranty if it bricks.
You realise i am not going to stop defragging right :-)
I do not think it was Read speed? but i would have to check again, as everything ON it has acted the same. it was just when i went to check the speed. benchies
@Bob if there was a degrade of the stored stuff, and it slowed down reading it, it would be because it was freaking erroring or hard to read the levels , that would be horrible and it should have failed a long time ago?
@Psycogeek It's because in TLC you have three different voltage levels per cell (low mid high) and when the process size os so small (19nm) it can be hard to tell them apart
Easier when freshly set, but once you leave it for a while...
Then it takes the drive longer to read it (error correction? I'm not sure)
My ideal might be Intel (i.e. Intel with their own controllers, not the Sandforce controllers! see above). But they're definitely a lot more expensive.
Anyway, whichever you chose you should always make backups. Never rely on any company being infallible.
@Bob: I backup most important data constantly, but manually. Since I'm setting up my PC, I'd like to ask whether you are using a software for this to backup automatically, and if so which?
@Huy It also depends on what kind of backups (full? differential? incremental? reverse incremental?) you want, what kind of schedule (constant? daily? son-father-grandfather? what kind of retention period?) and what backup format (proprietary? zip? vdk?) you want.
@Bob: I have an SSD with my system and most of my software on it and another SSD with games. I use a different HDD for backups. What would you suggest, as in "kinds of backups"? I'm not quite familiar with everything you said.
@djsmiley2k thats just the thing, you dont. Microsoft says once it is setup on that hardware it is done (microsft says a lot of things are done:-) It probably is hardware hash and account to microsoft connection .
At first that was what i was wondering too, grab a product key thing and re-install. but some people said that doesnt even work ???
Ahh it has been a day now, i should be able to find a real hacker left in this world, who knows exactally How it works, what it does.
Newegg's website not only states that Microsoft Windows 10 Home will be available from the 31st of August, the site is also selling pre-orders of the software for US$109.99 (£72, AU $143.45). The Windows 10 Professional edition is listed under the same release date for US$149.99 (£98, AU$196). Yet microsofts own site lists it at $199
I want a Home, Pro, Disk . I think i could survive with Home, but i always end up with "pro" because of a few "technical" features, Network not being one of them.
The GPO is well kinda needed, but only for a few "tweaks" not for user control. Which could be don in the Registry (such fun) Virtual not me, Encryping , nope
@DragonLord Hell no :-) I specifically shut that off with a vengance.
For what i turn off , most people woudl call me crasy for dealing with Pro, (and i agree) because i turn it into Home Minus. but there was something that was ProPortant.
Home has Resource monitor and task manager, and administrator funtions . event logs , performance monitor , system control, for paging, services snap ins , how about Raid ? the intel and other raid card?
And it is not microsoft raid, dynamic disks and that stuff.
@DragonLord ohh great, so it could be that scared me when any indication that raid was not supported.
all the snap ins are still there of any sort you can think of , task SChEDuler can be controlled, device manger, disk manager, full firewall control every ability to personalise and adjust effects and .
the software additions, would be moot point with win10 :-) like built in DVDplay and codec (which costs sombody money) Media center is gone, little games i dont use (solitare) anyway.
windows essential stuff , which covered a crappy video editor, bad e-mail program partly usable text edit and one drive. All can still be used, and none of them were ever used anyways.
Was thinking about MDM and enterprise IT security again.
I'm planning to get a dedicated Windows laptop if required for work.
After the June 2 incident, I now better understand the security demands of businesses, and will work harder to ensure that critical business data doesn't get leaked out.
@DragonLord Being too "free" with company information could be a sign of you being easily engineerable. Though I would have thought that they would have said in at least the handbook what you should and should not do WRT "secrets"
Significant changes have been made to improve information security.
If a potential employer is reading this, let it be clear that I've learned my lesson and I now take information security very seriously. I have a better understanding of what may be considered confidential and will make sure confidential information is kept secure.
If a potential employer is reading this, let it be clear that I've learned my lesson and I now take information security very seriously. I have a better understanding of what may be considered confidential and will make sure confidential information is kept secure.
@DragonLord: I consider any aspect of my job, outside stuff that's public knowedge to be something I would never discuss externally.
Security is all about protecting assets against threats and social engineering is one of the most significant, yet insidious attack vectors these days.
You know about social engineering attacks. Get the right person to leak enough seemingly minor details and you can gather a rather worrying amount of information about most places.
"Now introducing the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 'Beta' - it's mostly done, but let's face it folks, you're gonna be doing some beta-testing for us! Otherwise we couldn't afford to keep paying for the R&D for this device, so we're launching it before it's ready. Please let us know what bugs you find so we can fix them in the next release, thanks!"
Windows 10 has basically launched in this fashion.
However, there was an extensive beta test period in the first place.
Windows 10 as it stands is best described as a "release candidate".
It's mostly ready for use, but with some minor unresolved issues here and there.
What I like about Windows 10 is that it's now a rolling release, and development is done with input from millions of users worldwide.
There's a feedback app, and you can post suggestions and problems and upvote them.
I signed a few non disclosure pacts before, and Hated it with a passion. I had aquired some info that was a great conversation piece, but could not converse it. And let me tell you it was groundbreaking and amazing information that should be exposed immediatly to the entier world. Thats right it was bigger than UFO landings, presidental killings and , , , well basically i forgot all about it :-0
@DragonLord You running it, was there anything that didnt work for you?
i remember one a Ladder that has a sticker on it that says it is good for up to 200Lbs person i was making a video for court. I kid you not in the video the ladder when the base was stressed with weights and expencive measuring devices, it Collapsed at 200.07 lbs of weight.
That's static weight. In the case you described, when near the maximum load (not even exceeding it), dynamic forces generated during normal use will result in failure. This is a 100% meritorious claim.
Had one BSOD (Nvidia GPU TDR failed) after rebooting to install drivers.
However, I have no problems with either the IGP or the discrete GPU now and their respective control panels are working. GeForce Experience works as well.
I didn't sign up for Windows Insider because I didn't want to do beta testing on a production machine and I didn't have another rig to do testing on
Except that really old laptop of mine, and my Internet connection is very slow
I can't afford to do OS-level beta testing on the Dragon
I think to be a really good beta tester, you gotta keep working on a system that is all buggy and just feels wrong. Is not good enough to have it over there on the side machine , doing some booring repetitive tasks that it is good at.
So they can pay me to do that :-)
I will find them bugs and pickey stuff they never dreamed of , at a mere $20 an hour
Plus proper beta testing, would mean to document things well, Paperwork, ahh thats going to cost a bit more :-)
for free, i will try it, and the first thing i run into that ticks me off, I will say "well that part is Shi| , fix it", and throw my hands up and walk off :-)
@Boris_yo it could have been done 3 different ways. human follow, computer follow , with a 10,000 compute camera tracking setup, or just easily done in a video editing program scan&pan , I suspect due to the type of editing, it was done in the computer editing.
Got an odd one on the go here guys. My ISP's DNS server seems to be dying or something, any website i visit it gets stuck loading there for a moment until I retry.
I changed the DNS servers on both routers to point to google, both restarted, yet still having this issue. what gives?
@Boris_yo I think i could. with a shoot of the style you can do "takes" you can re-do stuff, and the cameraman would know what was going to occur. Look at the amazing job they do of tracking figure skating, or olympic events, or (i know) follwing a golf ball in a golf tourney , it's like 6 pixels flying through the air in 3 dimentions, hardly even see it, but 95% of the time they are right on it still.
Besides (watched it more than once) there are flaws in the following.
@Boris_yo bhphotovideo.com/c/product/433275-REG/… some of these tripod head assemblies are so expencive they are called "rigs" :-) even a partly good tripod for professional work is like $750 minimum
@SimonSheehan uhh its not a DNS issue? I have had such issues where landing on a page the page did not render, until a refresh, and it had nothing to do with dns. Sometimes it was a Crappy script that was comming off a different server than the site. and sometimes it was the browser had leaked memory (sort of) and needed to be closed and restarted (note IE browsers do not always close correct see task manager)
If it was a real dns speed lag thing, a Ping of your dns. or you could ping any name of a location, and the name has to be resolved first. Dns has the cache stuff, which can be cleared, and then hosts and order of resolve methods and all that.
(some places do not any longer allow pings, thanks to hackers)
How do I change the background color and font in file explorer in Windows 10? In Windows 7 and earlier it was easier. You could set color and font for the various parts of the window itself.
Here is an easy one. unless they really did take that option away , which would suck.
info from the pre-releace suggest that "Ease Of access" high contrast themes was the only way to change that. The options to mess with the start menu and taskbar, desktop are good enough, and people already have hackish ways to change the title bars.
The Pirate Upgrade: "“Anyone with a qualified device can upgrade to Windows 10, including those with pirated copies of Windows,” a Microsoft spokesperson told VentureBeat. “We believe customers over time will realize the value of properly licensing Windows, and we will make it easy for them to move to legitimate copies.”"
"This would imply that whatever crack these pirates used to trick Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 into becoming activated worked well enough that Microsoft’s own checks didn’t catch it, and gave the green light to get Windows 10 for free.
Just like genuine users, these pirates are even getting new Windows 10 product keys, in case they want to do a fresh install"
Suure they are. Anyone want to take bets that 6months from now the magically "genuine" listed pirate upgrades , seemingly come to a screeching halt, with a nice link to the store :-)
My translation would be more like. We believe customers over time will realize they wont want to go back to windows 7 , we made it easy to force them into legitimate copies, you think we never had to deal with this before. He who laughs last laughs best
TDR ohh there is an abbreviation for it :-) we just call it a GPU recover many of which are directly related to the GPU driver software . although it is good to blame the other guy ;-)
The ATi did that, and the AMD at times, and most often a driver change fixed it.
@Boris_yo I use kensington trackball, i would also use any really well built trackball where the ball was huge and hefty. I did not like using thumbballs, and smaller balls with no "momentum"
@Boris_yo my trackball search began like this. Roll out keyboard has little space for mouse movement area. The desk above it had space, but was less comfortable reach. I had used Ball mice, and they were a constant cleaning issue. I had great optical mice with many added buttons, but they always seemed to Drag. I had changed the feet and the pads like 15 times , and finnaly had a mouse that floats like an air hockey table, but still I would pressure down on it, and it was not floating.
It always ticked me off that i would have to lift the mouse to reposition the curser. Plus I would always apply a speed curve, with precision slow speed, and through the wall fast speed, which could make repositioning worse (or better)
Of course i had tried about 9 different mices, from huge to overly gadetry. then i tried other things, like i had a joymouse stuck to the side of the keyboard, and tried vertical mouses (even more drag). and I tried some trackball mouses with ok balls.
I remembered that Arcades had these Huge built-in rollerballs for certian arcade games they were like 3-4 inch sized, although i never actually played them. I went online to try and find an arcade chrome and metal ball to build into the desk. but interfacing it back to windows , was beyond my capability and probably would have lag.
I just did a clean install of Windows 10 (Pro N) and installed iTunes (12.2.1.16). Now for some reason iTunes automatically starts whenever I start my PC. I've already tried to find a solution on this site and google and followed different steps to no avail. I've tried:
In Task Manager -> Autos...
How do I change the background color and font in file explorer in Windows 10? In Windows 7 and earlier it was easier. You could set color and font for the various parts of the window itself.
