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Weyoun
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Taz
(OP) User ID: 46809847 United States 08/14/2022 06:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you’re still around, I have a windows 10 laptop that’s so slow it’s not even funny. And I don’t have much downloaded. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 82586895 Any tips? Thanks Ran to get more beer. :) without knowing any other details - how old is the rig what hardware etc I will speculate it’s full of malware and this can be as simple as spyware not necessarily harming your machine but just spying on your habits And thus often ignored by windows basic security do you have a decent AV software ? A good free one is AVAST - and be careful they are tricky they want you to get the paid Version you want FREE AVAST do not do the trials or other bs just basic av. Let that have a crack at your disk see what it finds. |
Taz
(OP) User ID: 46809847 United States 08/14/2022 06:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Add “ -h “. To the end of the command. (Human view). It will display the sizes in terms your are used to Mib. Gib. Tib. Etc. You failed the challenge. The most common cause is that a file that is in use, like a log file, has been deleted while it is still open. Use lsof to identify the file. Fixing it may require bouncing the app that has the file open. I didn’t fail anything you were very vague with your question. I simply assumed you didn’t know much about Linux - instead of testing me camp out here and help people - that was the goal of this thread :) |
Taz
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(OP) User ID: 46809847 United States 08/14/2022 06:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hi. I dropped my laptop in the water when I was at the beach browsing my instagram. 5 hours later, at low tide, I found it partially buried in the sand. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84016089 Pressing F12 will show me an option to boot a drowned computer? (salt water). It seems there is some problem, considering all the sparks and smoke. Perhaps reformating... Lol. That one is too far gone sorry. |
Weyoun
User ID: 81110693 United States 08/14/2022 06:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I acquired a computer that use to be in an office. How do I get rid of all the company programs while retaining the OS? Quoting: Baryndor Depends on what OS if it’s win 7 or older loose it. Not supported anyway. Win 10 has an option at boot you can erase user data and clear it. Press and hold f10 You can upgrade win 7 to win 10 for "free", if you want. Last Edited by Weyoun on 08/14/2022 06:43 PM |
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Weyoun
User ID: 81110693 United States 08/14/2022 06:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So with my 5600x and 3060ti when I have smart access memory enabled the pc runs worse(slower) in all games. Whats the deal Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77757094 "smart" means there's an additional layer of processing. Games like direct access. Some games even have spcific binaries that go direct to assembly intructions so they can bypass the API for some things that really need low latency. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77880032 United States 08/14/2022 06:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | how to i get a cheap windows key? i paid the $169.00 but the mother board ended up being bad and so my key went with the MB when i returned it. microsoft basically says " sorry for your luck" Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77880032 so now im like fuck them ill take a bootleg key i just built this i9 , 3080ti, ddr5 rig and got to use that new key for about 2 days. |
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(OP) User ID: 47272761 United States 08/14/2022 06:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | how to i get a cheap windows key? i paid the $169.00 but the mother board ended up being bad and so my key went with the MB when i returned it. microsoft basically says " sorry for your luck" Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77880032 so now im like fuck them ill take a bootleg key i just built this i9 , 3080ti, ddr5 rig and got to use that new key for about 2 days. You can call Microsoft and they CAN reset the activation count. They may or may not but if you plead your case right like Listen I just bought this damn thing yada yada. If all else fails look into using an old 7 key and doing “ free upgrade “ options |
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Taz
(OP) User ID: 47272761 United States 08/14/2022 06:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I enjoyed working in Acceptance Testing (last step before turning product over to client). What is the future of QA ? Seemed like a dying field when I left (all done via AI) what think you? Quoting: ruser Still very active in small to mid size software companies I work for a large defense contractor. We have dedicated departments that handle UAC and building images for approved hardware etc. in my personal neck of the woods I deploy in onprem VMware and or AWS / AZure using pre-defined images of 2019 or Rhel 8/9 etc these internal teams develop all that and give it to us as an ISO. Yes it’s still very much a thing it’s just ….. different. It’s all about the cloud now. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80940426 United States 08/14/2022 07:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you’re still around, I have a windows 10 laptop that’s so slow it’s not even funny. And I don’t have much downloaded. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 82586895 Any tips? Thanks Ran to get more beer. :) without knowing any other details - how old is the rig what hardware etc I will speculate it’s full of malware and this can be as simple as spyware not necessarily harming your machine but just spying on your habits And thus often ignored by windows basic security do you have a decent AV software ? A good free one is AVAST - and be careful they are tricky they want you to get the paid Version you want FREE AVAST do not do the trials or other bs just basic av. Let that have a crack at your disk see what it finds. Usually not enough and slow RAM and a cheap consumer grade CPU in my experience upgrading a few folks PCs lately, that or crappy DSL if it's the Internet that's slow |
Weyoun
User ID: 81110693 United States 08/14/2022 07:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So with my 5600x and 3060ti when I have smart access memory enabled the pc runs worse(slower) in all games. Whats the deal Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77757094 "smart" means there's an additional layer of processing. Games like direct access. Some games even have spcific binaries that go direct to assembly intructions so they can bypass the API for some things that really need low latency. It also appears your AMD and Nvidia are not playing nice with each other. (By design of competitor companies) |
Taz
(OP) User ID: 47422596 United States 08/14/2022 07:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you’re still around, I have a windows 10 laptop that’s so slow it’s not even funny. And I don’t have much downloaded. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 82586895 Any tips? Thanks Ran to get more beer. :) without knowing any other details - how old is the rig what hardware etc I will speculate it’s full of malware and this can be as simple as spyware not necessarily harming your machine but just spying on your habits And thus often ignored by windows basic security do you have a decent AV software ? A good free one is AVAST - and be careful they are tricky they want you to get the paid Version you want FREE AVAST do not do the trials or other bs just basic av. Let that have a crack at your disk see what it finds. Usually not enough and slow RAM and a cheap consumer grade CPU in my experience upgrading a few folks PCs lately, that or crappy DSL if it's the Internet that's slow True story. But anytime anyone ever tells me something is running slow - I run home to mommy. ( run a good comprehensive AV scan ). If it finds nothing fantastic. One more pc on the net we can trust. Never ever hurts |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80940426 United States 08/14/2022 07:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I enjoyed working in Acceptance Testing (last step before turning product over to client). What is the future of QA ? Seemed like a dying field when I left (all done via AI) what think you? Quoting: ruser Still very active in small to mid size software companies I work for a large defense contractor. We have dedicated departments that handle UAC and building images for approved hardware etc. in my personal neck of the woods I deploy in onprem VMware and or AWS / AZure using pre-defined images of 2019 or Rhel 8/9 etc these internal teams develop all that and give it to us as an ISO. Yes it’s still very much a thing it’s just ….. different. It’s all about the cloud now. Probably depends how modern the companies code base is, I'm in a similar situation with very dated code and we spend a decent amount of time on QA. Newer stuff is probably going to have a lot more automated tools and that's where I see the QA teams are still there but using more automation tools and modified scripts than literally clicking and typing shit |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80940426 United States 08/14/2022 07:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you’re still around, I have a windows 10 laptop that’s so slow it’s not even funny. And I don’t have much downloaded. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 82586895 Any tips? Thanks Ran to get more beer. :) without knowing any other details - how old is the rig what hardware etc I will speculate it’s full of malware and this can be as simple as spyware not necessarily harming your machine but just spying on your habits And thus often ignored by windows basic security do you have a decent AV software ? A good free one is AVAST - and be careful they are tricky they want you to get the paid Version you want FREE AVAST do not do the trials or other bs just basic av. Let that have a crack at your disk see what it finds. Usually not enough and slow RAM and a cheap consumer grade CPU in my experience upgrading a few folks PCs lately, that or crappy DSL if it's the Internet that's slow True story. But anytime anyone ever tells me something is running slow - I run home to mommy. ( run a good comprehensive AV scan ). If it finds nothing fantastic. One more pc on the net we can trust. Never ever hurts I usually run to that first too though lately seems like only the most technologically inept people really get many viruses, or those that know enough to get it on accident. Seems like the browser securities, OS security, and sanitizing of the accessible web are making a difference. Plus I don't mind one more bad actor out there to obfuscate.... |
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Taz
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(OP) User ID: 47373813 United States 08/14/2022 07:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My disc drive keeps opening and closing by itself, I got Netscape Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75497933 Lol. Ok this troll is alluding to the old “ Coca-Cola free cup holder “ “”” virus “””” and that is absolutely fantastic. 10 points mr Troll. ;) My fav thing to do back then was walk around the office hitting “ CNT + Alt + right “. Shifts the monitor image sideways. Anyone stupid enough to leave computer unlocked. I’d come Back off lunch and find people with their monitors on the side propped up by books. Too lazy to submit a ticket and or aware of my crusade of picking on idiots that didn’t lock their workstations when they left too ashamed to submit a ticket. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 84016089 Brazil 08/14/2022 07:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hi. I dropped my laptop in the water when I was at the beach browsing my instagram. 5 hours later, at low tide, I found it partially buried in the sand. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84016089 Pressing F12 will show me an option to boot a drowned computer? (salt water). It seems there is some problem, considering all the sparks and smoke. Perhaps reformating... Lol. That one is too far gone sorry. Lucky me. I am right now dusting of that old 286 with two 360KB floppy drives and green monitor. I know my Instagram will not look the same on a 480x620 monocromatic monitor, but once I get the DOS loaded I will be good. Thanks anyway. |
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