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Is there anywhere on the Microsoft web site that I can plug in a license key to see if its legit?
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Oct 9, 2014 20:14
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Yeah, just email it to me and I'll check it.
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Oct 9, 2014 21:23
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Well, even if Dropbox synced all the poo poo files, they allow you to go back in time via the website.
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Oct 9, 2014 23:26
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GreenNight posted:Well, even if Dropbox synced all the poo poo files, they allow you to go back in time via the website. The lovely thing about that is that you can only do it on a per-file basis, which is super dumb. At least that's how it was when I last researched cloud storage.
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Oct 9, 2014 23:34
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baka kaba posted:Not sure about a dedicated converter tool, but if you have VLC you can use that - do file > convert, pick a source and output file, and set the profile to the Audio - MP3 one. There's an options button next to it if you want to change some settings (or you can make a new profile to tweak) Worked perfectly! Thanks.
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Oct 10, 2014 02:11
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If they improve the UI that alone would make Windows 10 a worthy upgrade. Just make the titlebar semi-transparent as the taskbar and have the windows which are not in focus to not have white borders but lighter shade of the main UI color. Or just give me (for the love of God) back the glass theme. I also can't believe no one at Microsoft noticed that making the UI dark makes the title of each window unreadable. UI is the one thing you stare at all the time you're using the drat OS. And sign me the gently caress up on dropping the number and just naming this thing Windows.
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Oct 10, 2014 13:05
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Does anyone know if there's good AV software that's compatible with JAWS screen reader software on Windows 7? We have someone on Kaspersky with JAWS and both programs are working fine but he basically can't interact with Kaspersky beyond checking that it's running because JAWS won't read any of its windows or dialogs.Storm- posted:And sign me the gently caress up on dropping the number and just naming this thing Windows. Entropic fucked around with this message at 15:01 on Oct 10, 2014 |
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Oct 10, 2014 14:58
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Windows One No really. Don't do this MS.
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Oct 10, 2014 16:23
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Time to go back to a versioning system that actually works. Windows 2015.
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Oct 10, 2014 16:44
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Since 10 is X in roman numerals they should call it X-Windows. Then it'll be cool for younger generations and they'll end up calling it X or something. Good for marketing!
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Oct 10, 2014 16:51
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They should have a bunch of different versions of Windows 10 and name them after big dogs.
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Oct 10, 2014 17:23
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Whizbang posted:They should have a bunch of different versions of Windows 10 and name them after big dogs. Windows 10.8 Alaskan Malamute Edit: Apparently, Windows 10 preview is distributed with Microsoft's keyloggers, and downloading the preview means 'legally' accepting them being used. According to this, which references bunch of Microsoft's statements I am too lazy to read, all key presses are logged, voice commands are recorded and Microsoft has right to share this stuff with their 'partners'. Sorry if I am late to the town. cinci zoo sniper fucked around with this message at 22:29 on Oct 10, 2014 |
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Oct 10, 2014 17:26
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Is there any way to stop windows 8.1 automatically re-opening fullscreen applications like games? What happens is I might want to alt tab out to look something up on google then when I close the firefox window it auto switches and BAM, perma black screen and my only option is to alt tab out to desktop and force close the program. Manual alt-tabbing works fine. I'm using Classic Shell.
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Oct 11, 2014 18:42
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Liu posted:Is there any way to stop windows 8.1 automatically re-opening fullscreen applications like games? What happens is I might want to alt tab out to look something up on google then when I close the firefox window it auto switches and BAM, perma black screen and my only option is to alt tab out to desktop and force close the program. Manual alt-tabbing works fine. I'm using Classic Shell. What do you expect to happen.
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Oct 11, 2014 19:22
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Movac posted:Welp, I sure hope Google Drive didn't sync the encrypted files. (That's exactly why cloud storage services aren't backups.) You might want to check it from a clean computer via the web UI before you reformat. If your stuff is gone, then you get to balance the value of your files against the cost of ransom. I just mean Google Docs, I don't actually use the Drive sync software they offer to compete with Dropbox. I do know how I got infected, but I can't fully explain on the forums.
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Oct 11, 2014 20:31
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kalstrams posted:Windows 10.8 Alaskan Malamute The article you're linking to is gone now, do you have an alternative one I can read?
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Oct 12, 2014 03:10
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Komoxdos posted:The article you're linking to is gone now, do you have an alternative one I can read? No need for some shady russian site, how about the official privacy statement from Microsoft: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/...ivacy-statement quote:For example, when you: quote:Many features that transmit data to Microsoft are enabled automatically. You may not have the option to turn off the transmission of data for certain features in the Program. If you don't want Microsoft to collect info on how you're using their preview, don't install their preview.
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Oct 12, 2014 04:06
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I'm sure this won't backfire horribly, no siree. 
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Oct 12, 2014 04:44
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Today I learned there are people, with no financial or commercial ties to Microsoft, that run alpha versions of Windows outside of a VM. 
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Oct 12, 2014 04:45
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Factor Mystic posted:No need for some shady russian site, how about the official privacy statement from Microsoft: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/...ivacy-statement Doesn't Google demand a lot of those things when you use Android?
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Oct 12, 2014 09:13
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Factor Mystic posted:No need for some shady russian site, how about the official privacy statement from Microsoft: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/...ivacy-statement  Edit: i spel gud cinci zoo sniper fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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Oct 12, 2014 10:57
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Factor Mystic posted:What do you expect to happen. Well I just want it to stay at the desktop instead of auto-opening and auto-loving my game. Because apparently auto alt-tabbing is a task too hard for windows 8 to do properly
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Oct 12, 2014 13:30
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I've been using Teracopy for my file copying needs, but it recently started erroring out shortly after starting on an copy of even a remotely decent size. No clue what the problem is (I recently added another SSD and installed Samsung Magician to help with it, that's all I can figure), but when I went to download the newest version of Teracopy to see if it was fixed I found out that there hasn't been a new version in ages. Is it still the go-to Windows file copy replacement or are there better options now?
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Oct 12, 2014 17:26
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ElegantFugue posted:I've been using Teracopy for my file copying needs, but it recently started erroring out shortly after starting on an copy of even a remotely decent size. No clue what the problem is (I recently added another SSD and installed Samsung Magician to help with it, that's all I can figure), but when I went to download the newest version of Teracopy to see if it was fixed I found out that there hasn't been a new version in ages. Is it still the go-to Windows file copy replacement or are there better options now? Not sure what causes this, but it looks like its a bug with Teracopy. I had the exact same problem not to long ago, on one computer with 2.3 it'd bomb at the same point every time, but with an older 2.2 install it worked fine.
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Oct 12, 2014 17:33
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Take the opportunity to check hdd health smart values with CrystalDiskInfo anyway; you never know!
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Oct 12, 2014 19:46
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Is there any way to alter or flip windows keyboard shortcuts? With win7, pressing <win>+<num> will pop up the preview of all the windows that app has open and you can cycle through them. pressing <win>+<ctrl>+<num> skips the preview and automatically cycles through the windows (similar to how OSX handles it) I'd like to exchange the functionality of these two shortcuts, if possible
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Oct 13, 2014 16:31
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Is there any way to grow my main partition (on the right) in this setup? If I right-click on any of the other partitions, I only get "Help".
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hooah posted:Is there any way to grow my main partition (on the right) in this setup? Short answer: Not in that configuration. Long answer: 1) The usable fraction of your hard drive is currently around 98%; it looks different because volumes on discrete storage devices in Disk Management default to logarithmic display so you can actually see all the tiny EFI and recovery bits. 2) Windows only provides for expanding forward, and you're already at the trailing edge of your I guess SSD? At least as far as Windows knows. 3) EFI and Recovery partitions are normally sort of important. Windows says they're empty but I wouldn't screw with 'em. Therefore: 4) You've got about as much of your drive as you're going to get.
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ElegantFugue posted:I've been using Teracopy for my file copying needs, but it recently started erroring out shortly after starting on an copy of even a remotely decent size. No clue what the problem is (I recently added another SSD and installed Samsung Magician to help with it, that's all I can figure), but when I went to download the newest version of Teracopy to see if it was fixed I found out that there hasn't been a new version in ages. Is it still the go-to Windows file copy replacement or are there better options now? Not really helpful, but I've yet to find anything that makes me want to move away from good old SuperCopier 2.2. The newer versions seem like adware or worse, but v2.2 has always served me well.
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I'm not sure if this should go here or in the tech support forum, so if I got it wrong, let me know and I'll edit this and move it over there. I am currently running Windows 7 Ultimate, 32 bit. I'd like to upgrade to 64-bit for either Windows 7 Ultimate or Windows 8.1, since I have the disc sitting here and why not, and also I bought a 3 tb drive not knowing that 32-bit versions of Windows have issues using them. Whoops! Anyway, trying to install with either disc just tells me that it isn't compatible with my version of Windows so I probably need to boot it using the disc, but this is for a fresh install of Windows, right? I'd like to upgrade Windows without wiping everything on my drive out but I don't know how to do this, because I'm dumb.
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Oct 15, 2014 18:05
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You can't upgrade from 32 to 64 bit, you have to do a full reinstall. If you open Windows Easy Transfer you can put your stuff onto the external and then import it once you've re-installed the OS (it won't transfer programs, but docs and settings, yes) so make life a bit easier.
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Inspector_666 posted:You can't upgrade from 32 to 64 bit, you have to do a full reinstall. If you open Windows Easy Transfer you can put your stuff onto the external and then import it once you've re-installed the OS (it won't transfer programs, but docs and settings, yes) so make life a bit easier. ugh, what a hassle. The drive isn't formatted yet, but will installing Windows on it also format it properly? Could I just remove all the drives but it and set Windows up on it? Sorry for all the dumb questions, this is the first time I've had to do anything like this.
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Oct 16, 2014 23:40
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:ugh, what a hassle. The drive isn't formatted yet, but will installing Windows on it also format it properly? Could I just remove all the drives but it and set Windows up on it? Sorry for all the dumb questions, this is the first time I've had to do anything like this. Yes
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Oct 16, 2014 23:49
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New Windows 10 build is now live for anyone on the tech preview. http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwi...sKQt3-U.twitter
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Oct 21, 2014 18:46
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xylo posted:New Windows 10 build is now live for anyone on the tech preview. The new zoomy-swoopy window max/min animations are pretty hilarious.
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Oct 21, 2014 21:36
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Hm I'm on the Tech Preview but I can't even find "Previews" under PC Settings\Update and recovery. e: oh durr, have to be local admin, simply being able to install Windows Updates as regular user doesn't cut it
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Oct 21, 2014 21:56
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api call girl posted:Hm I'm on the Tech Preview but I can't even find "Previews" under PC Settings\Update and recovery.  efb
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Oct 21, 2014 21:59
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They added back moving windows across monitors with the keyboard. Thank loving god. Windows key + shift + arrow Other shortcuts here: http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwi...hnical-preview/
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Oct 21, 2014 22:26
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jkyuusai posted:They added back moving windows across monitors with the keyboard. Thank loving god. Yeah, it was kind of baffling that it wasn't included from the get-go...it's a killer keyboard shortcut for me.
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Sir Bobert Fishbone posted:Yeah, it was kind of baffling that it wasn't included from the get-go...it's a killer keyboard shortcut for me. Software not existing before it exists is not a baffling condition.
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