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Has anyone found a way to disable the Flash upgrade prompt for 10.2 and up via GPO? Creating the settings config file doesn't seem to work.
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folgore posted:I'm thinking of using the student discount to buy Windows 7 Pro upgrade from Digital River. Is there any reason not to buy from them? I'm familiar with the differences between full install and upgrade versions. The price cut seems too good to come without a catch. I bought from them as well, and it worked fine. Though when I wanted a second copy, just before the first time offer ended in January '10, based on a recommendation from someone else in the thread, I called the Microsoft Store, told them I was a student looking for the student deal, gave my .edu address, and they sent me a Windows 7 Pro DVD for $30 with free shipping. No idea if they're doing that now.
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May 17, 2011 00:42
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LooseChanj posted:If I recall correctly, you can't login remotely to an account with a blank password. Pretty sure XP was that way from day 1.
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May 17, 2011 04:36
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Is there a nice, tiny program for p2p file transfer? I just want to do a straight transfer to another computer. I don't want to share it or anything, just a nice, simple point a to point b transfer. There's apparently websites that try to do this but the transfer speed is lovely.
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May 17, 2011 07:06
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Over the Internet? Probably best setting up an SFTP server on each PC you want to act as a destination for files. Pick one and try it out? Maybe start with Core FTP server. You will have to open firewall ports and forward ports from your router to make this work, as well as know your external IP address; there's no "run and it's done" solution for this, since direct file transfer access is a big security concern.
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May 17, 2011 07:20
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slovach posted:Is there a nice, tiny program for p2p file transfer? I just want to do a straight transfer to another computer. I don't want to share it or anything, just a nice, simple point a to point b transfer. Dropbox?
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May 17, 2011 15:09
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WorkingStiff posted:Dropbox?
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slovach posted:Is there a nice, tiny program for p2p file transfer? I just want to do a straight transfer to another computer. I don't want to share it or anything, just a nice, simple point a to point b transfer. If it's p2p it's not going to get better than your connection speed. Sendoid will do this for example, and it's hard to get simpler than that.
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May 17, 2011 16:00
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Factor Mystic posted:If it's p2p it's not going to get better than your connection speed. Sendoid will do this for example, and it's hard to get simpler than that. I just want to emphasise that not only that, it's not going to get better than your upload connection speed. You may well have mega-ultra-awesome 8mb ADSL but your upload speed is probably limited to something like 0.5mb.
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May 17, 2011 16:42
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I have a Full Vista64 disk and a Upgrade Windows 764 disk. I just had a hard drive crash and lost my install/etc. - I just ordered a new drive to replace. Can I install Windows 7 upgrade without first installing my Vista 64 disk?
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May 17, 2011 19:37
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LLJKSiLk posted:Can I install Windows 7 upgrade without first installing my Vista 64 disk? Easily. Check, like, every third page of this thread for instructions.
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May 17, 2011 20:29
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I'm a computer dummy. What's the easiest way to connect to my home PC (and eventually HTPC) from my netbook and watch a movie or something? fake edit: I realize this a really dumb question
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May 17, 2011 22:52
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Omelette du Fromage posted:I'm a computer dummy. What's the easiest way to connect to my home PC (and eventually HTPC) from my netbook and watch a movie or something? If you're on Windows 7 on both you can set up a homegroup really easily: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/homegroup Also these! http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Getting-started-with-media-streaming http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/play-to
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May 17, 2011 23:24
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I'm about to do a reinstall of 7 Ultimate, and I just have a question about codec packs - I've been using Community Combined Codec Pack, but is there a better one I should be using? I know VLC is good, but I prefer Media Player Classic.
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May 17, 2011 23:47
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Gyshall posted:I'm about to do a reinstall of 7 Ultimate, and I just have a question about codec packs - I've been using Community Combined Codec Pack, but is there a better one I should be using? I know VLC is good, but I prefer Media Player Classic. Media Player Classic and CoreAVC work great together, but it's not free. I'm pretty sure you could use FFDSHOW and Haali Media Splitter with Media Player Classic. You might need to configure FFDSHOW to decode all the codecs you need.
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May 18, 2011 00:42
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Shark 007 is the hot new codec pack in town. Very simple and works well for everything.
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LoKout posted:Shark 007 is the hot new codec pack in town. Very simple and works well for everything. Shark007 randomly breaks with updates and god help you if you post in the forum about a bug, because the creator has an ego the size of the moon. I stick with K-lite because it works, sets up MPC-HC properly and has a x64 pack so you can have working thumbnails in explorer.
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May 18, 2011 07:36
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Windows 7 can play a shitload of stuff out of the box. Just install Haali splitter (for mkv) and ffdshow tryout (decodes everything under the sun). Install CoreAVC if you want to use that instead of ffdshow for x264. Codec packs are pretty retarded. c0burn fucked around with this message at 09:24 on May 18, 2011 |
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May 18, 2011 09:22
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Shark007 also bundles the ask and bing toolbars with no opt out, which is loving gay as poo poo.
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May 18, 2011 14:47
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Gyshall posted:Shark007 also bundles the ask and bing toolbars with no opt out, which is loving gay as poo poo. Chrome doesn't have toolbars.
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May 18, 2011 17:17
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...or just use trusted software which hasn't been bundled together by some idiot desperate to install crapware on your system so he can turn a quick buck? Best for-pay combination: CoreAVC and Haali splitter (I think CAVC bundles this now but if not it's easy enough to install). Best for-free combination: FFDShow tryouts and Haali splitter.
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rolleyes posted:Best for-pay combination: CoreAVC and Haali splitter (I think CAVC bundles this now but if not it's easy enough to install). Unless you're using an old system or have some strange requirements, installing CoreAVC is pretty silly. Yes, it's a great software decoder - but when everything under the sun can do h.264 in hardware, that's kind of pointless.
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May 18, 2011 17:31
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CCCP has never done me wrong.
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my only complaint about shark007 is that upgrading it is a total pain. first you uninstall the 64 bit one, then the 32 bit (in that order), then go to their site made of 50% ads, click through a bunch of pages to get both the 32 bit and 64 bit, then install the 32 bit, then install the 64 bit (in that order). It's like they said "how can we make this as long and tedious as possible?"
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May 18, 2011 20:16
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Space Gopher posted:Unless you're using an old system or have some strange requirements, installing CoreAVC is pretty silly. Yes, it's a great software decoder - but when everything under the sun can do h.264 in hardware, that's kind of pointless. I have a 13" laptop with an ultra-low-voltage Pentium something-or-other and an Intel integrated graphics card. Sure, I get 10 hours of battery life but without CoreAVC I have no hope in hell of playing 720p.
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May 18, 2011 20:38
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How do you know if you're taking advantage of your video card's DXVA support? My new system is probably fast enough to handle 1080p without the help, but I was just curious. The MPC Home Cinema FAQ doesn't specifically address Windows 7 and it's a little murky whether or not I should be using EVR or VMR9 renderless.
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May 18, 2011 21:13
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rolleyes posted:I have a 13" laptop with an ultra-low-voltage Pentium something-or-other and an Intel integrated graphics card. Sure, I get 10 hours of battery life but without CoreAVC I have no hope in hell of playing 720p. Intel's been shipping video chipsets capable of full High-profile hardware h.264 decoding since 2008. Yes, CoreAVC can be useful on older systems, but as a general recommendation it's kind of silly. Almost any system purchased in the last couple of years is capable of handling h.264 up to 1080p in hardware. Sizzlechest posted:How do you know if you're taking advantage of your video card's DXVA support? My new system is probably fast enough to handle 1080p without the help, but I was just curious. The MPC Home Cinema FAQ doesn't specifically address Windows 7 and it's a little murky whether or not I should be using EVR or VMR9 renderless. For Win7, just use the Vista recommendations. EVR Custom Preset is probably what you want to use. You can press Ctrl-J to bring up the onscreen display while a video's playing; if you're using DXVA, it'll tell you the type and name of device it's using in the last few lines. Press Ctrl-J a few more times to cycle modes until the OSD goes away. If you're not getting acceleration when you think you should be, go to External Filters, select ffdshow, and set it to "block." Then, go to Internal Filters, and disable compatibility checking on all the DXVA filters. Modern hardware decoders can generally handle stuff well outside the strict specs, but with compatibility checking enabled, it'll still fall back to the software decoder if anything looks fishy.
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May 18, 2011 21:34
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Will a Sony Vaio Vista home premium CD Key work with an OEM disc? I've got a friend's laptop with a dead hard drive and they never made the recovery discs.
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May 18, 2011 21:37
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Gyshall posted:I'm about to do a reinstall of 7 Ultimate, and I just have a question about codec packs - I've been using Community Combined Codec Pack, but is there a better one I should be using? I know VLC is good, but I prefer Media Player Classic. You don't need a codec pack, MPC HC will work fine most likely. http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpc-hc/files/
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lwoodio posted:Will a Sony Vaio Vista home premium CD Key work with an OEM disc? I've got a friend's laptop with a dead hard drive and they never made the recovery discs. No. Your friend needs to call Sony and order some recovery media.
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May 18, 2011 23:25
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GreenNight posted:No. Your friend needs to call Sony and order some recovery media. I've reinstalled several different Vista systems from MSDN media using the CD key on the sticker. Vista itself isn't like XP, that had eleven thousand different OEM-specific versions. In fact, there are basically only two Vista discs you ever need to worry about, 32- and 64-bit. Unless Sony has their own weird special sauce added in, it should be possible.
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I know OEM Windows XP would reject Dell CD keys, but I didn't know about Vista and Sony. The Recovery disc is $40  . And the hard drive is inside the laptop with the motherboard. 
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Space Gopher posted:For Win7, just use the Vista recommendations. EVR Custom Preset is probably what you want to use. You can press Ctrl-J to bring up the onscreen display while a video's playing; if you're using DXVA, it'll tell you the type and name of device it's using in the last few lines. Press Ctrl-J a few more times to cycle modes until the OSD goes away. Thank you! This is some great info! I had to uncheck the ffdshow filters in the input filters, too.
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Space Gopher posted:Intel's been shipping video chipsets capable of full High-profile hardware h.264 decoding since 2008. Yes, CoreAVC can be useful on older systems, but as a general recommendation it's kind of silly. Almost any system purchased in the last couple of years is capable of handling h.264 up to 1080p in hardware. Can you elaborate on this? I've never been able to play 720p on my Asus EeePC, even with all of Windows 7's pretty effects turned off, but it manages fine with CoreAVC installed, and even then, some scenes can be pretty jumpy and jerky. If there's some setting that I can change to allow me to play 720p then that would save me a lot of hassle
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fruitpunch posted:Can you elaborate on this? I've never been able to play 720p on my Asus EeePC, even with all of Windows 7's pretty effects turned off, but it manages fine with CoreAVC installed, and even then, some scenes can be pretty jumpy and jerky. If there's some setting that I can change to allow me to play 720p then that would save me a lot of hassle Unfortunately, a lot of netbooks are an exception - the first-gen Eees used the ancient GMA945 core, and for some reason Intel chose to roll the old, non-HD-capable GMA3100 into the integrated-video Atoms in almost all netbooks sold today. If you have something with a GMA500, that's actually a licensed PowerVR design that does support h.264 decoding acceleration. Which Eee do you have?
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A few pages back I asked what a good free backup program was. I was told Cobian. While it is good it can't (yet) wake up and sleep my computer. There is a work around for waking but not sleeping. Do any backup programs do this? Ideally I would like my backups to happen at like 3am then my computer to go back to sleep.
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Red_Fred posted:A few pages back I asked what a good free backup program was. I was told Cobian. While it is good it can't (yet) wake up and sleep my computer. There is a work around for waking but not sleeping. Do any backup programs do this? Can you just set a idle sleep time in Windows power options?
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Red_Fred posted:A few pages back I asked what a good free backup program was. I was told Cobian. While it is good it can't (yet) wake up and sleep my computer. There is a work around for waking but not sleeping. Do any backup programs do this? I've got it going on my server at home, to sleep it overnight unless it's running X, Y, or Z, or someone is streaming off it.
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So, this may be one of those "I'm an idiot" moments and if so, make fun. My friend told me that, for security, I should password protect the the default Win7 Admin account and disable it, which I did. However, I later find out on my 2 standard accounts can't elevate to admin privileges at all nor can I re-enable the default admin account thru CMD, etc. Should I just wipe clean and reinstall Win7? All of my stuff is backed up on an external, so that's not a big deal, I'm more just irritated I didn't think it all the way through if it is the case.
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Roving Reporter posted:So, this may be one of those "I'm an idiot" moments and if so, make fun. UBCD is probably your best bet - you can use the 'Offline NT password editor' under Data Recovery to reset your admin password, and enable it if it's been blocked or locked out. The Win7 admin account should be disabled, and is by default - you'll need to confirm your UAC is set up correctly.
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