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00:00
Hahahahaha goddammit
I apparently went afk without pausing in stardew valley
YOU BLEW IT
Meh
It was like 500g
I passed out in the mines, on stream, on floor 69. I think that's probably worse
I think I afked at the community center or something
00:03
@Unionhawk And this is why we tick "Pause game when window is inactive".
didnt realize at first
@Yuuki It was active
Oh, you physically left your computer?
I just forgot to hit 'e' or alt-tab
Yup
@twobugs I love raiding
I can't wait to get my frost mage to level 100 so I can raid on her
00:04
Frost is neat, but I do most of my raiding as Arcane
I really don't like how they handled Arcane this tier. Your DPS is heavily influenced by the RNG and it's not fun
@twobugs urmom is heavily influenced by the RNG
cc @Wipqozn on that sick burn
How is my mom influence by World of Warcraft's pseudo-random number generator?
@twobugs Yeah, I didn't like Arcane
Frost, on the other hand, is awesome
@twobugs its too late, the burn has already taken hold
No, YOUR response was too late
00:09
@twobugs boss came over IRL
Anyway, Fire is really gimmicky and only viable on a few fights. The concept is kinda neat but meh.
and again, not even fucking close to a fair match against the final guy
ugh
@GnomeSlice This game is sounding less like a multiplayer game and more like a roguelike
I'm just garbage at melee combat
and bows apparently
Yeah, FF Explorers is just frustrating me. In a Monster Hunter style game like this, it's 100% about the bosses. And the boss design is just not up to par
Multiple bosses rely on cheap tricks rather than actual mechanics, breaking many of the boss parts is basically impossible without ranged weapons, and there just aren't very many bosses
It's a neat concept though and I hope they listen to the feedback and put out a polished sequel or followup or whatever
1
Q: Does quitting the game make your bloodstain disappear?

Walker NiemeyerI haven't had to yet, but when I die and lose a ton of souls, can I quit and have them be there when I get back?

0
Q: How much damage does the Jagged Ghost Blade block when not using a Transcendent Curse?

Walker NiemeyerI want to not waste my curses, but I don't want to die either, is it ok to just use the Jagged Ghost Blade to block?

-1
Q: Should I get Dark Souls 2 or Skyrim?

Walker NiemeyerI've had friends tell me that both are very good, but I decided to see if a few other people would weigh in, and i'm not able to play online, so I'm only interested in the offline parts.

Wow, 1 CAD is almost exactly 1 AUD right now, apparently.
umm, so i ran into a problem with the vlq review queue
i suppose i should meta it?
Hm so I started Pirate Power and I apparently just doomed the world. Oops.
cc @AshleyNunn
00:36
0
Q: Is there a story I should be paying attention to in Dark Souls?

Walker NiemeyerI've been skipping all of the cutscenes in Dark Souls, and I've been wondering if I'm missing anything, but I just really want to play the game.

0
Q: How many uses do Crab Pots have?

ReafexusI understand that you need to fill crab pots daily. Do they degrade at all besides that? If so, how long will they last? Or will they last forever and you can eventually create a Crab Pot empire?

@Lazers2.0 uhh, they give you crabs?
@GodEmperorDune Ewwwww
@StrixVaria Yeah. Pretty much that. But with the bonus of being outdoors and giving you just enough exercise without being taxing. I also had a factory job too, which was completely brainless, but in the mind-numbing awful way.
Huh, apparently kids today still draw that weird S thing
Everyone my age drew that and nobody knows where it came from
ahjaha
> Best guess for this image: s that everyone draws
@twobugs i remember that
@GodEmperorDune THERE'S A @WIPQOZN'S MOM JOKE IN THERE SOMEWHERE
@Sterno @Wipqozn's mom gave you crabs?
> It is unclear when or where the symbol originated,
That would be a very rude thing to say.
00:46
yeah
@Sterno i agree, it would
@Sterno Do you like The Witness? I came into $40 paypal so I might grab it on Steam and break my week old lifelong vow
@twobugs I seem to have the same recollection as this guy from reddit
@twobugs I enjoyed it for as long as I played it, which was maybe 6 hours. Then I did something else and never went back.
But it was well constructed
that there was a puzzle I saw when I was very young (so like, late 70s)
and it just had some of the lines and challanged you to make an S by only drawing x number more lines.
00:48
@Sterno Okay, thanks. I'll think about it I guess. I did sweat to not buy another game until I catch up on my backlog though...
Swear. I can't type. Oh well.
@Sterno Same happened to me
@twobugs cmon, buy factorio
UGH i just almost beat two guys in a row
without healing
@GodEmperorDune Never again will I buy Early Access
That's a vow I WILL keep.
@twobugs @frank hates early access, but he still bought it
@twobugs Factorio should not count as early access
I really don't understand why it is
It's early access in the way that minecraft is early access
It's a complete game, but they're still adding on to it
yeah i agree
@GnomeSlice Yeah I get that, I've just been burned several times and I'm really wary
00:52
@GnomeSlice pfft. How do you have a whole article about unfinishable games and not mention Dwarf Fortress?
fair I guess
this isn't like spacebase DF9 where if they pulled out quickly you'd be left with a mess
@GodEmperorDune that's what always happens when you pull out quickly
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@GnomeSlice ><
00:53
@GnomeSlice Nice
very well played
cc @uni phrasing
Indeed
inb4 ban
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Q: How long after accepting tribute can I attack an enemy civ?

corsiKaI entered diplomatic relations with the English and demanded they provide tribute. It was easy, I have a pretty tight grip on the world, I just happened to be a number of turns away from being near their home to take it over. But now I want to attack them and it says my reputation would be damag...

@GodEmperorDune Yeah I'm still sore about that one
00:54
anyway, if the factorio dev walked away tomorrow that would be terrible but the game would still be great
"Hey this game which ISN'T EVEN COMMERCIALLY RELEASED isn't making us enough money, so it's cancelled"
DF9 was from a known studio, too.
@Powerlord with an exceptional track record
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Architecture

Proposed Q&A site for architects, armchair architects, and architectural historians.

Currently in definition.

but after that i don't play doublefine stuff anymore
00:56
me, starting a new Stardew character:
Name: Cthulhu
Farm: R'lyeh
Favorite Thing: Abject Terror
Animal Preference: Dog, obviously. I'm not a monster.
I have table of name and scores. I can get each person's best score by taking MAX(score) GROUP BY name, and I can get a histogram of scores by taking COUNT(*) GROUP BY ROUND(score / 5)
But I can't seem to get a histogram of the player's best scores
@PrivatePansy use limit in the group by clause
i think
use a CTE
should I get Dark souls 2 or skyrim, thinking about the offline gameplay only.
@Mike Chronic traumatic encephalopathy?
01:00
@WalkerNiemeyer Probably skyrim, Dark Souls has a lot of online stuff. You can play it without it though, if you don't mind not being able to get help from other players (or having to put up with being invaded by them)
@PrivatePansy Common Table Expression.
@PrivatePansy what SQL engine?
@GnomeSlice
np
I love Dark Souls though
01:01
@PrivatePansy k, i think those support CTE.
@GnomeSlice i'm playing dark souls right now, not far though, almost to blighttown.
oh you said DS2
WITH name AS ( SELECT blah ) SELECT blah FROM name
Oh, interesting. Looks like subqueries
@PrivatePansy it's one of the cleaner ways to get aggregates of aggregates; make a CTE that performs the first aggregate, and it will appear as a "table" to later queries.
01:02
Personally, I enjoyed Dark Souls 2 more than Dark Souls, and I never played Skyrim
@GnomeSlice i am getting a new game, DS2 or skyrim,
yeah. DS2 isn't as good as DS1, but it's still excellent
yes, a lot like subqueries except more powerful; they can join on themselves, for example, and you can chain them, etc.
i like dark souls, but i've heard some really good things about skyrim
01:03
Skyrim, especially with the right mods, is rather awesome.
@Mike Ah, interesting
@GnomeSlice I felt the opposite. I never managed to finish DS1, but I played through DS2 3 times to get the achievements
I lost months and months and months of my like to Skyrim
@Mike i have more mods than skyrim
its still vanilla when you have guns right?
i dont have all that much time to play, so addiction shouldnt be a problem,
01:05
also, i found a problem with the review queues. i broke it
@Dragonrage in what way?
@WalkerNiemeyer Personally, I think Skyrim is one of the best games in the past 10 years, but I didn't find Demon Souls, Dark Souls, or Dark Souls 2 worth playing.
i'll ask a few more of my friends, and who knows, maybe all get both
Basically, I think this comes down to preference. They're different kinds of games
the souls games are frustrating, and i am leaning toward skyrim right now
01:07
@murgatroid99 if i flag something when it is asked, then happen to find it in vlq or first post, then i cannot recommend close, as I already have, and thus am forced to skip, edit, or say it looks ok
@Dragonrage That sounds like expected behavior
If you've already flagged it, you can't flag it again
i shouldnt have to skip, as i have reviewed it, they dont always need editing, and it doesnt look okay
Just skip it. It doesn't hurt anything
@murgatroid99 it hurts progress towards review badges
@DCShannon thanks for all the help.
01:09
therefore i should be able to say recommend close, and since it detected i already flagged it, it should say ok you reviewed already and move me to the next one
@GodEmperorDune Not enough to be worth worrying about
@murgatroid99 are we gonna sing wikki wikki again?
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@twobugs good job! :)
like the first post one does. it detects you have already done something, and allows you to click im done
@murgatroid99 is your name a reference to jam on it? by newcleus?
01:11
@WalkerNiemeyer No. I have no idea what that is
@murgatroid99 look it up, you're names in it, that or its murgatroy. weird song, an oldie.
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Q: How do I get king Zora to move?

Walker NiemeyerI played the whole game once before, and figured it out, but for the life of me I can't do it now.

So it does. Well, I've seen a few things that have names similar to this one, but this name isn't based on anything that would be meaningful to anyone else
cool, and how did my question pop up?
@WalkerNiemeyer lazers is a bot that periodically mentions newly posted questions
01:16
@GodEmperorDune cool, thanks, i'm new to this all, a few hours.
you're doing well so far
what do you mean?
@WalkerNiemeyer You're making good contributions to the site.
@WalkerNiemeyer asking decent questions, learning to use the site properly
Some new people don't.
01:19
thank you, i try, i find it fun, and just stumbled upon this site and decided to try it.
time to go home. good night bridge
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Q: Problem with low quality review queue

DragonrageSo I almost always have Arqade open on a tab watching for new questions to pop up while doing other things. When they do, I look at them, and sometimes I will flag them if needed. The problem is that if I flag something, then go to the review queue, sometimes while going through the low quality r...

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01:47
@WalkerNiemeyer Very cool! Welcome! :)
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02:03
@GodEmperorDune I bought it before it ever hit early access.
@Frank so it doesn't break with your anti early access stance?
@GodEmperorDune Nope. I had no idea it was even going to get onto Steam.
Another helpful chat hint: Don't click on any links if it's Friday
@Frank so you thought it was finished when you bought it?
or are you only against EA in steam?
@GodEmperorDune Oh, no. I played the demo. I knew it was unfinished.
But it was worth buying, anyways.
02:05
see @twobugs, an endorsement from @frank!
Real Men (and @Wipqozn) play Salt & Sanctuary.
@Sterno pshaw
Classy ladies play it too
02:30
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Q: What are the benefits of joining a guild?

Michael McQuadeI see various guilds advertising in the channel chat. Some of them mention having guild benefits. I'm not too interested at the moment in joining a guild for the community aspect, but if there was some in-game benefit of being in a guild I would like to take advantage of that. Are there any perk...

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Q: What does the expansion pack do for Rainbow Six on the n64?

smuggledPancakesIt is an odd curiosity of mine. It says that it uses the expansion pack on the box, but I can't find the answer on google. Does anybody know?

@GodEmperorDune STOP you are a monster
@GnomeSlice Needs more literal metal.
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02:52
Stupid question time!
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Okay so I am having issues with my LAN adapter
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Is there like...a way to know what brand or whatever it is?
@AshleyNunn the one inside your computer?
So I'm taking care of a guinea pig for a few days
You should be able to go to device manager and look there. IIrc
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@Dragonrage Ah, I am assuming, by process of elimination, that it is the Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller thing then
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Alright.
He's so scared
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Is that a thing I can physically take out of my computer and replace?
It should have all the info on it and you can check to see if the drivers need to be updated
Idk about laptops but for my pc I can
02:56
@AshleyNunn possible. its likely built onto your motherboard but it may be a separate card.
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@Dragonrage I'm working with my desktop
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@Mike Hm, okay
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Basically, I can't for some reason change my DNS or IP settings on the wired ethernet adapter
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I need to do this to basically undo my proxy settings so I can have netflix back
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but the properties button is greyed out
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02:57
I've asked on SuperUser but so far their suggestions have gotten me nowhere
mine is hooked into my pci port
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I'm assuming the PCIe part means its hooked into a PCIe port but that's just me guessing
But mine pc is custom built so if you have a prebuilt one it probably is different
it means it's hook to the PCIe bus.
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@Dragonrage Yeah, I just have a HP prebuilt box
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02:59
@Mike Bus, that's the word I meant
I'm pretty sure that's an on-board chip, though
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(sorry, I am just learning this junk slowly)
the realtek site keeps calling it 'integrated'
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@Mike grumbles
is that the bus that goes by my house
02:59
can you delete the device from device manager?
That's basically what I have. I can remove it pretty easily.
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@Mike Nothing will explode if I do that?
nah. worst case, you reboot, windows sees it and reinstalls it.
in fact that frequently helps.
i assume that's your only network card, though?
maybe i should scroll back and catch up :)
May want to check to see if your drivers need to be updated
@AshleyNunn windows 10?
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03:02
@Mike I have a 802.11 Wireless LAN Card (which only shows up in Device Manager, not in Network Connections), the aforementioned Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller, and thats it
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@Mike 7 home premium
Also afaik you can't make your computer explode without putting some kind of explosive device in it
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@Dragonrage Perfect :P
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(Sorry, I am just like frtustrated because this is just outside my understanding so I feel like a dorknugget)
Though that doesn't mean you can't ruin it by doing stuff like shorting the motherboard or deleting sys32
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03:04
@Dragonrage Well yes but I dont plan on those things
Also your power supply has a lethal charge in it. But I assume you won't be poking that
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@Dragonrage I dont plan to, no
@AshleyNunn hrm. that might be your problem
GBE means Gigabit Ethernet. that's not a wireless card.
so windows doesn't recognize your wireless adapter as a network adapter
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@Mike I know it's not
Well that's good, and I know how you feel. Hardware isn't my area of expertise. But I have picked up a few things by building my own pc
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03:06
It's an ethernet adapter, because I have my computer wired to the router
ah.
do you have a wireless card?
@AshleyNunn and everything works, you just can't change the TCP/IP settings?
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@Mike I'm online right now using it
k. sorry, I'm going into help desk mode, means lots of dumb questions.
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@Mike It's all good, I work in tech support for an ISP so I know how it goes :)
when you go into network connections, you only see the Realtek.. and you can pull up the properties?
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03:09
@Mike Yep, properties menu opens but then if I click TCP/IPv4 it doesn't let me click properties there
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(also if this is annoiying the rest of y'all I can move to either a different room or I can pop my contact details in if anyone wants to follow and help :P)
Doesn't bother me. And no one else is chatting
new room might help :)
but wait, you're just trying to undo your proxy settings for your browser?
#keepthebridgealive
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@Mike yeah, all I wanna do is make it so it assigns IP and DNS automatically
user15026
03:11
instead of using the static stuff I set in it
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so that Netflix works again
well, those are different things.
user15026
yeah, this isn't set at browser level
user15026
this is set at adapter level
so you have a static IP and you want to go back to DHCP
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03:12
@Mike Not sure if I have static IP but I know I futzed with DNS for sure
well, there's a nuclear option that might work. reset everything back to factory default.
which I believe is all DHCP
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@Mike How do I do this?
worst case it might give you a real error.
launch an elevated command prompt
(sorry, checking technet for the exact syntax)
first do this:
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by elevated, you mean the admin command prompt, yes
yes,
first do this: netsh int ipv4 show config
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03:17
it gave me a list of comands
GG Kegs cost 1 Oak Resin to make now.
ewps.
that :)
cc @Unionhawk
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@Mike ?
netsh int ipv4 show config
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03:18
okay now I have a bunch of info
how many "Configurations" ?
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Q: What is the most profitable recurring crop?

FambidaSince quality fertilizer requires fish to craft, and deluxe speed-gro requires coral, both of which are slow to acquire, it seems to me that an effective way to use them would be in the greenhouse with a recurring crop so that it provides a permanent boost. What is the most profitable recurring c...

ugh. chat timeouts, now?
@AshleyNunn you should see a Configuration for interface "Local Area Connection" ?
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@Mike Yep I see that
does it say DHCP Enabled: Yes ?
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03:22
Nope
user15026
that doesn't appear at all
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oh waity
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I am a dorknoodle
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yes, thats what it says
does it also say Statically Configured DNS Servers ?
user15026
03:24
No
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I wish I could copy paste what I see
hrm.
does it instead say DNS servers configured through DHCP ?
user15026
Yes
user15026
and then has an IP
then your network's already using dynamic DNS and IP
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03:25
Okay
user15026
So then I don't have to access this thing?
probably not.
serious, SE, your failing today.
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Oh sweet mary and joseph
Did you have any other Configuration for interface groups ?
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its fixed AND I KNOW WHY
03:27
your welcome.
:P
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@Mike Thank you
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you actualyl did help
oh, good.
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becuase you made me think abouti what I did
usually I just wait for things to fix themselves and take credit.
03:28
@Yuuki already facing that
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turns out, the proxy service I was using had an installer thing
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and I uninstalled that while we were talking
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and then forgot
ahaha
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when you said "oh it's doing auto DHCP"
03:28
Working on getting lots of it but obviously it's slow
I'm still mildly baffled that you couldn't get into the properties on your network adapter.
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my brain went "I woooonder" and bam yeah I'm good
unless the proxy service somehow locked you out of it.
but I wasn't really aware that was possible.
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@Mike I still can't, but now I don't need to really
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so I am less bothered
03:29
k.
well, you can use netsh to change that stuff.
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@Mike sweet!
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I super appreciate you being patient and helpful
its what i do
BTW: I am seeing reports that the symptom you have can result from malware infecting the tcpip.sys file. you might wanna look into that.
I think sfc /scannow will tell you if it's been corrupted or modified
also.. the "nuclear option" i was talking about is basically what it says to do in this answer:
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A: how to enable 'Properties' button of TCP/IPv4 in Network connections in Windows 7

daddy7860I assume you've tried restarting your computer and router, but try "netsh ipv4 reset", "netsh ipv6 reset", "ipconfig /release", "ipconfig /renew", and "ipconfig /flushdns" THEN restart your computer. If that doesn't work, then refer to this thread: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fo...

So after I eat dinner I am going to attempt to meta. I hope I can word things clear enough
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@Mike that tells me there are corrupted files, but I have no idea how to read hte log
03:42
@AshleyNunn It should have fixed it, too
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@SaintWacko It said there were corrupted files that could not be repaired
yeah. that log is kinda a beast.
but if you can open it you should see at least one "cannot repair" entry that will tell you the actual file(s)
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I dont see anything but I am kinda like aaaaa data
well.. if SFC can't repair the file, the usual next step is manually extract it from your Windows install disc. which is a bit tricky.
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03:49
This sounds terrifying
well. it might just be corrupt.
not "infected"
if your keeping your virus scanner up to date and it's not complaining you might be fine.
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Q: How do I repair the corrupted files found by sfc /scannow? "Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them."

galacticninjaIn Windows 7, after running chkdsk C: /F /R and finding out that my hard disk has 24 KB in bad sectors (log is posted below), I decided to run Windows 7's System File Checker utility (sfc /scannow). SFC showed the ff. message after I ran it: "Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but...

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I've run scans with Avast and MalwareBytes and nothing went "hi I am broken"
in which case, depends on how paranoid you are if you want to just live with it, or format and start over :)
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@Mike I figure for now it should be okay, if I need to do things, I will start stabbing at bits
@AshleyNunn if you feel like it, you can send me that log (you can see my email address, right?), I'm kinda curious.
but tomorrow. it's bedtime.
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03:58
@Mike Thanks for all your help :)
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I will try to remember to send you it before I head to bed myself
any avid meta'ers here?
i would like some feedback on a post to see if it makes sense
05:00
@Lazers2.0 thanks for nuking
05:32
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Q: Programming the game of life?

GalabycaAt 2:00 in the official trailer, the narrator explains that you can "even program the game of life, if you like". What does this mean ? Is he referring to a game feature ?

06:03
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Q: Sid Meier's Civilization V Crashes on multiplayer (Internet)

WinterbladeOk, I'll get to the point: about a week ago, Civ stopped working on internet multiplayer (I have not tested lan connection). Singleplayer works fine. But when I get invited to a game to play with my one of my friends, it will be on the normal multiplayer menu with the nation list and server info,...

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Q: Why can't I chain fairs with ROB like in brawl

NachtI mained ROB in brawl and now I'm maining him in Smash 4. In brawl one of the best ways I found to get kills was getting someone off the edge and using my forward aerial over and over, with second jump and sometimes with the upB as well. It wasn't a true combo but it was faster than most other c...

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Healthcare IT

Proposed Q&A site for technical questions specific to the healthcare industry, health informatics professionals, healthcare IT professionals and solution providers.

Currently in definition.

06:53
GOOD MORNING BRIDGE!
@Arperum evening
is excited about today
@Arperum waiting for a specific youtube video link?
@GodEmperorDune I wouldn't even care. Girlfriend will be here in slightly over ten hours.
@Arperum HYPE
06:58
@GodEmperorDune YES.
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Q: How to disable opening inventories in minecraft?

Hans JunoesSo I've been working on my map for a while,and its a custom pvp game kinda thing.There,I want all the players to be unable to access their inventories because it might cause some errors,as in my minigame there are different classes with different skills etc.How do I do that? Thanks.

bounces through the house
07:16
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Q: What is the largest or cleanest version of the Automatron promo image?

user45623In keeping with my longstanding tradition of being one generation behind on Fallout games, I have recently started playing New Vegas for the first time in honor of the release of Fallout 4. In looking up things on the Fallout wiki, I can't help but notice that promo image for Automatron - the sn...

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Q: Machines keep using power

Menno GouwSome machines tent to be "always on" and constantly draw energy from my batboxes that get fed by fossil fuel. Each machine in question took me some time, and thus many stacks of coal, to find out that it keeps draining my energy. Is there anything I can do against this except removing the cable, ...

 
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08:43
@Arperum oh right, it's friday isn't it
@KevinvanderVelden YES. is happy

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