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Last Chance posted:Too late. im doing more and more of my browsing on FF now after using chrome for ~13 years or so. i keep chrome around for things that basically break if adblock is running
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# ? May 24, 2024 21:55 |
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Thanks Ants posted:I am also on the anti-Chromium bandwagon as I don't want it to become the Trident engine of the 2020s where sites are written for it rather than to standards firefox (all platforms) - 2.93% firefox (desktop) - 7.87% firefox (mobile) - 0.49% it's already joever
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# ? Apr 30, 2024 23:18 |
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Good news, sites run like poo poo on all browsers (except sometimes with FF+UBO)
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# ? May 1, 2024 01:58 |
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doctorfrog posted:Good news, sites run like poo poo on all browsers (except sometimes with FF+UBO) chrome allocates 4 gigabytes of ram for a single guitar tab on ultimateguitartab last i checked presumably from the billions of advertisements since the tabs are just text lmao
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# ? May 1, 2024 02:11 |
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Just wanna complain about this because I was so annoyed about it. I reinstalled Windows to one of my drives Sunday and all "appeared" well. Then the ordeal started. Errors in Windows Update. Reviewing some stuff, I tried the usual dism /restorehealth and sfc /scannow. Both would fail completely. Sfc would report it couldn't even start the repair service. Dism would whine the sources were bad. Restarting services and such didn't work. Even if I downloaded a fresh iso and /sourced it, it would say the sources were no good. Indexes made no difference. trying to do an in place reinstall would also fail inexplicably for no real reason. Ended up having to just completely reinstall the system with rufus, bypassing my Microsoft account. Idek why these issues started anyway, maybe something corrupted in my backup I just willy nilly utilized on the first install. Also /OneDrive/ was infested into my home directories despite the fact it wasn't even installed on the restore. Thankfully that issue is also gone now. Now that's seems all fixed but the coolest thing to me is that if you have a severe problem with your Windows install you basically have 2-3 options and if none of then work the entire force of the support community for a Microsoft goes well, sucks to suck. Sorry you only have these arcane commands and if they don't work you're SOL. Granted I prob would not have been so hesitant to reinstall fresh if it wasn't just such a pain and didn't take like an hour.
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# ? May 1, 2024 17:02 |
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Might also want to run a memory test, just to be on the safe side.
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# ? May 1, 2024 18:19 |
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Can someone recommend a book, blog, or video that dives into how Windows 10/11 actually runs? My current understanding of Windows is from the user's perspective. I'd like to better understand what is happening behind the scenes and how Windows processes and services work. If I have a brand new Windows 10/11 install without any bloatware, what processes are running by default and what are they doing? That kind of stuff. I know it's a huge topic and my ultimate end goal is to improve my understanding of Windows from a cyber defense perspective.
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# ? May 2, 2024 14:07 |
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imo, playing with Linux, you'll start to grasp a lot of the background work going on. The super underlying processes at work -- services running through a kernel -- are fundamental. Then you'll have a handle on a starting point to begin to see the comparisons and contrasts that make Windows different from Unix systems. Or start looking into The Microsoft NT kernel, start low and work upwards through the stacks. and/or --- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/resources/windows-internals
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# ? May 2, 2024 14:27 |
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ziasquinn posted:imo, playing with Linux, you'll start to grasp a lot of the background work going on. The super underlying processes at work -- services running through a kernel -- are fundamental. Then you'll have a handle on a starting point to begin to see the comparisons and contrasts that make Windows different from Unix systems. That book looks like a good start, thanks!
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# ? May 2, 2024 14:35 |
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ziasquinn posted:Just wanna complain about this because I was so annoyed about it. Could be a bad SSD?
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# ? May 2, 2024 16:20 |
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kri kri posted:Could be a bad SSD? I don't think so, all the problems have gone away now. I think my Windows backup was all hosed up. probably something I did at some point.. I might as well test the ram at least though.
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# ? May 2, 2024 16:38 |
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Nah, I had that type of poo poo happen with 10 twice. Hardware was not the problem. And it was 100% inexplicable, nothing like a half-restored backup or anything else as a possible cause. Also generally centered around an update that either wedged & failed, or installed but broke the desktop in the process. Basically modern windows is super reliable... until it has a problem, at which point it is super difficult to troubleshoot. MS has been very neglectful of good error reporting to the event log for all the UI and desktop-user stuff. When XP or 7 had problems I could figure them out. For 10 I sacrificed chickens and other complete voodoo like dism-sfc or powershell AppxPackage re-registering.
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# ? May 2, 2024 18:39 |
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Hey, on Windows 10, anyone know if it's possible to make 'Date Modified' one of the default sort options for every folder?
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# ? May 3, 2024 07:23 |
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Date Modified has always been one of the default columns for me as long as I switch to Details view.
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# ? May 3, 2024 08:07 |
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MikeJF posted:Hey, on Windows 10, anyone know if it's possible to make 'Date Modified' one of the default sort options for every folder? I think once you set it on one folder you can go to the folder options - view tab and hit apply to all folders.
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# ? May 3, 2024 08:14 |
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Klyith posted:Nah, I had that type of poo poo happen with 10 twice. Hardware was not the problem. And it was 100% inexplicable, nothing like a half-restored backup or anything else as a possible cause. Also generally centered around an update that either wedged & failed, or installed but broke the desktop in the process. Honestly find it somehow insulting that Windows install asks if you wanna call someone. Just give me real logs. please god
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# ? May 3, 2024 15:47 |
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Is there a way to get rid of the "send crash data to Microsoft?" Pop-up when an app crashes and I force close it? It's minor but it's an annoying extra click to make a frozen app go away.
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# ? May 6, 2024 04:41 |
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I use Winaero Tweaker and there's an option for that. (https://winaero.com/disable-error-r...=errorreporting)
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# ? May 6, 2024 04:51 |
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did anyone ever go through all of the steps to expand the recovery partition just so windows 10 could install its drat KB5034441 update (error 0x80070643)? the steps are so hilariously laborious i'm not gonna bother running through that minefield unless i know it's worth it
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# ? May 14, 2024 19:59 |
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I was going to do it and then I saw a good price for a 1TB SSD and decided I'd prefer to just reinstall and upgrade the storage.
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# ? May 14, 2024 20:02 |
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kliras posted:did anyone ever go through all of the steps to expand the recovery partition just so windows 10 could install its drat KB5034441 update (error 0x80070643)? hell no
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# ? May 14, 2024 20:21 |
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kliras posted:did anyone ever go through all of the steps to expand the recovery partition just so windows 10 could install its drat KB5034441 update (error 0x80070643)?
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# ? May 14, 2024 22:37 |
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kliras posted:did anyone ever go through all of the steps to expand the recovery partition just so windows 10 could install its drat KB5034441 update (error 0x80070643)? I did it. Like, right away, as soon as I discovered the problem. It was fine. Followed the instructions exactly from this page and it worked. I didn't understand all the steps, but the purpose of most of them were decipherable. Just follow the directions. You're basically slicing off 250 MB from the OS partition. Then when you delete the previous recovery part and re-make it, the process has 250 MB more space to work with, which it allocates automatically. The only issue I can foresee is if someone's OS drive is completely full of data.
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# ? May 14, 2024 23:35 |
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Anyone else get a total freeze on desktop after running the latest Win 10 updating process? Cumulative Win 10 stuff and cumulative .net stuff. PC reboots. Freezes completely on the desktop. Had to turn it off with the power button. Noice.
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# ? May 15, 2024 06:40 |
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kliras posted:did anyone ever go through all of the steps to expand the recovery partition just so windows 10 could install its drat KB5034441 update (error 0x80070643)? No sod that, I'm not using bitlocker on my home pc so hide update it is.
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# ? May 15, 2024 07:33 |
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PirateBob posted:Anyone else get a total freeze on desktop after running the latest Win 10 updating process?
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# ? May 15, 2024 11:39 |
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My windows 11 pc just froze today, hours after updating. No idea if it's related.
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# ? May 15, 2024 12:12 |
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Updated yesterday, working fine here.
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I thought there was a powertoy for this, but I can't find it. What's the easy way to edit the "new file" menu on Windows 10? I don't need to ever loving make a "Google Sheet" but I do often need to make a text file.
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# ? May 16, 2024 16:07 |
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FunOne posted:I thought there was a powertoy for this, but I can't find it. E: I know it says up to windows 7, but it'd be the first thing I'd try anyway Flipperwaldt fucked around with this message at 16:24 on May 16, 2024 |
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Node posted:Windows 10 is forcing me to change to Outlook from their previous email application, Windows Mail and Calendar. Something is wrong in the outgoing/incoming server settings they put into Outlook, and I can't send email. I can not find a single way to change my server settings. I went to settings -> accounts -> manage, but I can only read the server settings, I can't edit them. Every single video and document I get from searching says to click on the "file" tab, next to Home, View, Help. But there is no file tab anywhere. How do I edit that information? So anyone know what I can do here besides install a third party email application? Windows is now forcing me to launch this lovely new outlook now. The imap server settings work fine in the previous Mail and Calendar App, but they don't work in this new Outlook. I can no longer send or receive email.
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Skarsnik posted:I couldn't figure it out either so just ended up adding a new account and setting it up from there
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I tried that unfortunately. Sorry, forgot to mention it.
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