New laptop, who dis?
- (drook)
- (9)
- Dec. 6, 2022, 05:13:14 PM EST
Ad blocking on Chrome is up in the air
- (scoenye)
- (8)
- Dec. 6, 2022, 07:08:04 PM EST
Thanks, going to switch to Firefox
-NT
- (drook)
- Dec. 6, 2022, 07:57:48 PM EST
Interesting.
- (Another Scott)
- (6)
- Dec. 9, 2022, 11:25:52 PM EST
uBlock Origin Lite is a Manifest v3 ad blocker
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- Dec. 10, 2022, 05:49:35 AM EST
Thanks for the pointer.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Dec. 10, 2022, 04:52:39 PM EST
Firefox on Android supports uBlock Origin.
- (InThane)
- (3)
- Dec. 22, 2022, 01:41:44 PM EST
Thanks. Good to see you.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Dec. 22, 2022, 02:14:18 PM EST
I'm around intermittently.
- (InThane)
- (1)
- Dec. 22, 2022, 02:16:15 PM EST
My father joked after he retired that he needed a part-time job so he would have some free time.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Dec. 22, 2022, 03:01:05 PM EST
Faking it in 5K
- (pwhysall)
- (6)
- March 27, 2022, 04:53:07 AM EDT
Can you post a screenshot of what it ... Oh
- (drook)
- (5)
- March 27, 2022, 08:36:11 AM EDT
Re: Can you post a screenshot of what it ... Oh
- (pwhysall)
- (4)
- March 27, 2022, 09:24:35 AM EDT
Yup, it's bigger
- (drook)
- (3)
- March 27, 2022, 10:26:56 PM EDT
Re: Yup, it's bigger
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- March 28, 2022, 01:13:51 AM EDT
Shouldn't "True 4K" be 4096 / 2304, to keep the 16*9 ratio (like all the others in the pic)?
- (CRConrad)
- (1)
- March 29, 2022, 06:57:40 AM EDT
No idea
- (pwhysall)
- March 29, 2022, 08:18:36 AM EDT
Well that's about 6 hours I won't get back...
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Nov. 28, 2021, 04:23:28 PM EST
Windows handles multiple monitors about as well as Humpty Dumpty handles walls
-NT
- (drook)
- Nov. 28, 2021, 05:05:34 PM EST
High disk usage on Win 10, suggestions needed
- (drook)
- (17)
- Feb. 1, 2021, 10:39:58 PM EST
firefox is a disk hog, other than that reboots seemed to help me
-NT
- (boxley)
- Feb. 1, 2021, 11:07:07 PM EST
It may just need to do its thing once.
- (Another Scott)
- (6)
- Feb. 2, 2021, 12:49:45 AM EST
Task Manager is fine, and better than it was (visually, at least)
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- Feb. 2, 2021, 03:43:55 AM EST
Yeah, I know...
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Feb. 2, 2021, 12:55:27 PM EST
I haven't installed anything that wasn't in the default image
-NT
- (drook)
- Feb. 2, 2021, 03:41:47 PM EST
SSD and external enclosure arrived this afternoon, cloning underway
- (drook)
- (2)
- Feb. 3, 2021, 05:16:36 PM EST
Fingers crossed!
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Feb. 3, 2021, 11:32:23 PM EST
Worked on the first try
- (drook)
- Feb. 4, 2021, 09:23:05 AM EST
Hmm
- (pwhysall)
- (8)
- Feb. 2, 2021, 03:52:10 AM EST
Video plays fine from YouTube
- (drook)
- (7)
- Feb. 2, 2021, 10:17:06 AM EST
Something's rotten in the state of Denmark
- (pwhysall)
- (6)
- Feb. 2, 2021, 10:41:40 AM EST
Current list
- (drook)
- (5)
- Feb. 2, 2021, 03:53:08 PM EST
I seem to remember the sysinternals I/o stats were pretty good
- (crazy)
- (1)
- Feb. 2, 2021, 04:41:40 PM EST
Looks like I've got my Wednesday planned
-NT
- (drook)
- Feb. 2, 2021, 05:25:28 PM EST
"Memory Compression"?? "Registry"??
- (Another Scott)
- Feb. 2, 2021, 08:15:25 PM EST
Chrome is a fucking resource-eating animal
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- Feb. 3, 2021, 06:17:17 AM EST
True, but mostly irrelevant
- (drook)
- Feb. 3, 2021, 08:16:58 AM EST
Any good way to get a list of what to reinstall?
- (drook)
- (6)
- Dec. 22, 2020, 10:49:40 AM EST
grab a copy of something like KC Software SuMO
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- Dec. 22, 2020, 11:25:28 AM EST
Looks good, thanks
-NT
- (drook)
- Dec. 22, 2020, 11:43:52 AM EST
This reminds of--olden daze ~"Windows-Lite"
- (Ashton)
- (3)
- Dec. 22, 2020, 04:47:38 PM EST
I'm keeping this handy
- (drook)
- Dec. 22, 2020, 05:10:18 PM EST
But why tho?
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- Dec. 23, 2020, 03:50:10 AM EST
Well.. Liff Was simpler in (my) Win98 days, for one.
- (Ashton)
- Dec. 23, 2020, 08:22:29 AM EST
Is there really no way to check CPU temperature on a Windows box?
- (drook)
- (8)
- Nov. 9, 2020, 10:28:01 PM EST
BIOS is your only hope.
- (Another Scott)
- Nov. 10, 2020, 12:11:13 AM EST
Well, there are lots of ways, but they're all third-party
- (pwhysall)
- Nov. 10, 2020, 03:42:31 AM EST
Got heat problems?
-NT
- (pwhysall)
- (5)
- Nov. 10, 2020, 01:29:06 AM EST
Laptop shut off while watching HBOMax last night
- (drook)
- (4)
- Nov. 10, 2020, 09:34:31 AM EST
Watch your television in the living room, like a civilised human being, then.
- (pwhysall)
- (3)
- Nov. 10, 2020, 11:22:35 AM EST
Oh, this thing is far from modern
- (drook)
- (2)
- Nov. 10, 2020, 11:46:35 AM EST
Lid off, clean out the remnants of you
-NT
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- Nov. 10, 2020, 11:47:49 AM EST
^^ this ^^
- (scoenye)
- Nov. 13, 2020, 04:56:08 PM EST
I Hate Windows, Part MMXX - 2b(c)3-iii
- (Another Scott)
- (4)
- Oct. 12, 2020, 02:20:42 PM EDT
blame the cable company
- (lincoln)
- Oct. 12, 2020, 03:34:50 PM EDT
Static IP allocations are satan's plaything
-NT
- (pwhysall)
- Oct. 12, 2020, 04:07:52 PM EDT
Intel is seriously dropping the ball these days
- (scoenye)
- (1)
- Oct. 12, 2020, 07:31:36 PM EDT
Thanks. I'll poke around.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Oct. 12, 2020, 09:15:00 PM EDT
Why, Microsoft, why???
- (lincoln)
- (3)
- March 15, 2019, 02:13:55 PM EDT
It wasn't a local account.
- (static)
- (2)
- March 15, 2019, 06:26:27 PM EDT
Then again, this is Microsoft we're talking about
- (scoenye)
- (1)
- March 16, 2019, 10:07:43 PM EDT
laptop is Win 8.1
-NT
- (lincoln)
- March 17, 2019, 12:52:49 PM EDT
Anyone familiar with the 'display' aspects of OS-X/Safari?
- (Ashton)
- (2)
- Jan. 31, 2019, 11:16:05 PM EST
Accidentally hit a magic key combo?
- (scoenye)
- (1)
- Feb. 1, 2019, 07:37:29 AM EST
Double-Duh + mea culpa
- (Ashton)
- Feb. 1, 2019, 04:04:19 PM EST
if your win10 lapper quits charging after an OS update
- (boxley)
- (3)
- Jan. 17, 2019, 06:27:31 PM EST
sudo apt-get install Linux
-NT
- (drook)
- (2)
- Jan. 17, 2019, 10:16:49 PM EST
i have slightly north of 3k of those at work if i need it
-NT
- (boxley)
- Jan. 17, 2019, 10:28:20 PM EST
2019! *This* year is THE YEAR!
- (pwhysall)
- Jan. 22, 2019, 08:18:37 AM EST