Kyle,
any updates on your cooler?

Congrats PSquishy on the baby news!

bam, hope you are feeling OK, and d-dog, you both sure are dedicated for all the dinners you do for the Shakespeare group.

mommadeb, are you feeling better?

cj, mr sanity is well versed in Vista. pm if you want to chat with him. He may tell you to back up, and do a clean install, though - (:

I'm working lots of overtime which is great for the bike fund, hard on getting anything else done.

tenuki wrote:Any recommendations on the whole wi-fi/streaming/blu-ray players? Seems like a lot of stuff gets good critical reviews and killed by users. Though part of that is users wanting everything up to date now, or not know it doesn't do this or that.

I am very happy with my Panasonic BDP-210. Built-in WiFi...can be found for $100-$125.

cjsiege wrote:Flying Spaghetti Monster - T-the-C's deity of choice when blaspheming.

He's pretty awesome for a deity.

bhodilee wrote:That seems.....odd

You sure you're set up as admin on that machine? Is it yours or work? There's different levels of admin if I remember right. Like you can set someone up to "admin" for software updates and crap, but still lock them out of other functions.

Try, Msconfig, under boot options there is a Active Directory Repair option. don't know what it does though.

huh, I did not know this, but you can also type regedt32 instead of regedit. I learned something new today

what he said.
egads, Vista sux! I have it on some oldr blighted machines and some tweaks take out soem of th eecurity. Try some googled "vista tweaks" first?

ThunderThighs wrote:Just came across this and thought y'all might like it...

+1

tenuki wrote:I don't know but if you just want to kludge it, maybe you can try printing to pdf on Ubuntu and then transfer those pdfs to be printed. Basically not sure if it's the fillable forms that are the problem.

That seems to have worked. Must be something about the way the built-in document reader stores the filled in form information.

tommythecat78 wrote:I am very happy with my Panasonic BDP-210. Built-in WiFi...can be found for $100-$125.

Ah cool, that seems to cover everything and users like it too Thanks!

klezman wrote:That seems to have worked. Must be something about the way the built-in document reader stores the filled in form information.

I don't know if I'm a problem solver but I'm definitely a kludger

tommythecat78 wrote:I am very happy with my Panasonic BDP-210. Built-in WiFi...can be found for $100-$125.

Can anyone explain what these players are for when we have laptops and screens?

richardhod wrote:Can anyone explain what these players are for when we have laptops and screens?

my laptop lacks BD ability. If I buy a new one I'll make sure it has it, but it's still nice to have a standalone always hooked up to the TV. I could watch Amazon On Demand through the laptop hooked up to the TV, but that's always a hassle. Easier to push the button on teh remote, have everything turn on, hit enter and away I go.

richardhod wrote:Can anyone explain what these players are for when we have laptops and screens?

I'd still rather lounge on my bed for two hours watching a movie than curl up with my tablet

This afternoon, I admitted defeat. Since my sweet Sparky is unavailable, I have now bribed 2 of the IT folks at work to come to my house on Saturday. I will be providing them cash, gift cards, wine, beer, lunch, and snacks.

ThunderThighs wrote:The good news is that you'll have way fewer problems with Windows 7.... once you get there. Hopefully, tricking it to do a full install will work for you.

BTW, even with an OEM install, there should be a partition to do a full restore. You might look on your computer manufacturer's site about that. May be a good start if it's really borked. Just get your data off first.

Good God, I hope so! Ihave done recent backups to a remote drive, so I'm hoping I have enough in case of abject and total failure.

There is a partitioned drive, but I'm no concerned that I picked up a virus along the way. So much for being double wrapped! I do have antivirus etc., but nothing is foolproof.

Damned double wrapped Vista!

cjsiege wrote:Good God, I hope so! Ihave done recent backups to a remote drive, so I'm hoping I have enough in case of abject and total failure.

There is a partitioned drive, but I'm no concerned that I picked up a virus along the way. So much for being double wrapped! I do have antivirus etc., but nothing is foolproof.

Damned double wrapped Vista!

Download and run malwarebytes. That'll catch any malware. Viruses, yore on your own. What do you run? Lives me some Microsoft security essentials

bhodilee wrote:Download and run malwarebytes. That'll catch any malware. Viruses, yore on your own. What do you run? Lives me some Microsoft security essentials

I run Total Defense Security Suite. Total Defense was spun off from Computer Associates. It's consistently one of the best rated security programs. I've used it for 4 years now, and this is the firt time I've even suspected something may have slipped thru.

ThunderThighs wrote:Just came across this and thought y'all might like it...

I want one!!

exciting afternoon.. Neighbor called to let me know there was a huge brush fire by my moms house. Went over and the fire almost engulfed the house in the next lot (all are 5 acre lots) and was creeping twards moms house. Luckily everyone was ok and so were the houses.... It took 2 helicopters dumping water on the fire for over an hour plus all the ground crew fire fighters (3 different countys) working over 4 hours to get it to where I finally felt good to go home... Scary to see flames above your neighbors house!!

The other scary thing is we are soo dry and all the ponds have almost dried up.. So if there is a major fire, the trucks are supposed to refill from the ponds....

oh well, thank goodness for the fire fighters!

cjsiege wrote:I run Total Defense Security Suite. Total Defense was spun off from Computer Associates. It's consistently one of the best rated security programs. I've used it for 4 years now, and this is the firt time I've even suspected something may have slipped thru.

Well, if you would stop going to those nature films sites!!!!


And sorry I couldn't be there to help.



Edit: Heh, heh .... "Nature Films"

Why does this remind me of bowtie?????

tenuki wrote:Ah cool, that seems to cover everything and users like it too Thanks!

No problem. I like that it has the more updated Netflix software that allows you to search. My GF's BDP only shows what is in your queue. Her TV has your queue and 25 movies from different genres as well as 10 "recommended for you" selections.

richardhod wrote:Can anyone explain what these players are for when we have laptops and screens?

Because watching a bluray (or any hi-def content for that matter) on a 15" screen is horrible.

mommadeb1 wrote:exciting afternoon.. Neighbor called to let me know there was a huge brush fire by my moms house. Went over and the fire almost engulfed the house in the next lot (all are 5 acre lots) and was creeping twards moms house. Luckily everyone was ok and so were the houses.... It took 2 helicopters dumping water on the fire for over an hour plus all the ground crew fire fighters (3 different countys) working over 4 hours to get it to where I finally felt good to go home... Scary to see flames above your neighbors house!!

The other scary thing is we are soo dry and all the ponds have almost dried up.. So if there is a major fire, the trucks are supposed to refill from the ponds....

oh well, thank goodness for the fire fighters!

Glad to hear that her house is safe. We are getting brush fires up here. Not a very common occurrence. Although from my work, I know that every state has them. Just a sign of how dry it is in this area.

Climate Change?

I have a computer question, as usual. My laptop acts like it has a case of the hiccups. It will randomly freeze or stutter for 1-2 seconds then go back to normal. I've noticed this on WoW and Skyrim, and also just doing normal non-gaming computer stuff. CPU and GPU temps seem fine (about 60 for cpu and 70 gpu). I tried using Throttlestop but it didn't help. I use McAfee Security Center and it's updated and scans regularly. Windows says the video driver is up to date. Any clues?

polarbear22 wrote:Glad to hear that her house is safe. We are getting brush fires up here. Not a very common occurrence. Although from my work, I know that every state has them. Just a sign of how dry it is in this area.

Climate Change?

The weather has been odd this year. But I have to wonder, is it man made climate change, or would this have happened anyway?

chemvictim wrote:I have a computer question, as usual. My laptop acts like it has a case of the hiccups. It will randomly freeze or stutter for 1-2 seconds then go back to normal. I've noticed this on WoW and Skyrim, and also just doing normal non-gaming computer stuff. CPU and GPU temps seem fine (about 60 for cpu and 70 gpu). I tried using Throttlestop but it didn't help. I use McAfee Security Center and it's updated and scans regularly. Windows says the video driver is up to date. Any clues?

How old is it?
What's the OS and is it up to date?
When was your last backup (and did you test a restore)?
Do you use a fan underneath your laptop? (as in does it sit on a fan, or just the desk/table/lap?)

Could just be old, and time to replace it. Or your registry could need to be cleaned and defragged. Or you could have a recent update or install that's causing the hiccups.

Try starting in "safe" mode and see if you still get the hiccups.

mommadeb1 wrote:The weather has been odd this year. But I have to wonder, is it man made climate change, or would this have happened anyway?

Depends on who you ask. Some will say Man-made, some will say the other. And some will say both (it would have happened, but it happened sooner due to Man).

mommadeb1 wrote:The weather has been odd this year. But I have to wonder, is it man made climate change, or would this have happened anyway?

it would have happened anyway, we may have accelerated the process though. maybe. dunno.


worms.can.pandora

MarkDaSpark wrote:Depends on who you ask. Some will say Man-made, some will say the other. And some will say both (it would have happened, but it happened sooner due to Man).

yeah....uh...exactly...pay no attention to post that comes directly after Sparky's

chemvictim wrote:I have a computer question, as usual. My laptop acts like it has a case of the hiccups. It will randomly freeze or stutter for 1-2 seconds then go back to normal. I've noticed this on WoW and Skyrim, and also just doing normal non-gaming computer stuff. CPU and GPU temps seem fine (about 60 for cpu and 70 gpu). I tried using Throttlestop but it didn't help. I use McAfee Security Center and it's updated and scans regularly. Windows says the video driver is up to date. Any clues?

well, your first issue is McAfee. Unless it's gotten way better it used to be a major resource hog. This is why I go with Security Essentials. Doesn't bog down nearly as much, and Viper claims (and seems to be true) that it won't bog your system down at all. We use it at work, no nature films viruses yet.

Then like Sparky says, make sure you're using it elevated or with a fan.

Then, malwarebytes for a malware check.

If it's not one of those it probably has to do with an update that isn't playing friendly with something, prob vid card. Wait and the next update will probably fix it, or your vid card will have a new driver in about a week/month.

MarkDaSpark wrote:Depends on who you ask. Some will say Man-made, some will say the other. And some will say both (it would have happened, but it happened sooner due to Man).

Still others (Rush, for example) will say it's a hoax.

ddeuddeg wrote:Still others (Rush, for example) will say it's a hoax.

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
― Isaac Asimov

Such a sadly useful quote nowadays...

Thanks for the computer advice. It looks like it might have been McAfee. I tried to close it and couldn't, tried to stop the process and access was denied. That pissed me off so I uninstalled it. Several minutes of WoW'ing and no hiccups.

Now to figure out whether McAfee was doing something naughty or whether my computer is so crippled that it can't handle it. I have Intel® Core™ i7-740QM, 6 GB RAM, and ATI HD 5870, which seems like a reasonable setup that ought to be able to withstand McAfee...or maybe not, I dunno.

chemvictim wrote:Thanks for the computer advice. It looks like it might have been McAfee. I tried to close it and couldn't, tried to stop the process and access was denied. That pissed me off so I uninstalled it. Several minutes of WoW'ing and no hiccups.

Now to figure out whether McAfee was doing something naughty or whether my computer is so crippled that it can't handle it. I have Intel® Core™ i7-740QM, 6 GB RAM, and ATI HD 5870, which seems like a reasonable setup that ought to be able to withstand McAfee...or maybe not, I dunno.

Should be. But I hate them. Go with microsoft security essentials. Free and good. Sparky will probably vouch for it as well.

bhodilee wrote:Should be. But I hate them. Go with microsoft security essentials. Free and good. Sparky will probably vouch for it as well.

fwiw I use security essentials, too, and it is great. I used to abhor the MS security products because they didn't play nice with firewalls and other add-ons, but now I have no issues. Along with SE, I use Ad-Aware and malwarebytes.

rjquillin wrote:Kyle,
any updates on your cooler?

I think it's the compressor. Looks like I'm buying a new unit here. And soon. Summer's a'coming! FML.

Well, tomorrow is our community Relay for Life event... we go from 6pm to 12 pm the next day.18 hours straight.. so I will catch up with everyone on sunday!!

anyone wanting to donate ...Please go to...

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY12FL?team_id=1030009&pg=team&fr_id=37555

Thanks!

kylemittskus wrote:I think it's the compressor. Looks like I'm buying a new unit here. And soon. Summer's a'coming! FML.

Carp! Worth the try however.