jaclaz

Naah, by the end of the 60's they were already smaller than that (though not really-really "tiny") but hardly they could have had 80 Mb of capacity. The most iconic photo is that of an IBM 305 being loaded on a plane, but that dates back to the fifties: http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/02/18/amazing-facts-and-figures-about-the-evolution-of-hard-disk-drives/ At the time the "choice" for "civil" use was between IBM, Memorex and Control Data, and I believe the latter was the first one to get to 80 Mb in a "reasonable" size with the CDC 9762: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_hard_disk_drives#1950s.E2.80.931970s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_Module_Device http://www.chrisfenton.com/cray-1-digital-archeology/ while the IBM 3340 is the first one using the new "arm landing" technology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_IBM_magnetic_disk_drives#IBM_3340 but still it was in "cartridges": http://computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/dev_en/ibm4331/ibm3340.html Since aerospace tends to be a little ahead of "normal" industry it cannot have been that big in the '70's. jaclaz

Again maybe useful, maybe not: https://archive.org/details/tucows_329441_Phoenix_EDID_Designer http://peteprlm.hubpages.com/hub/how-to-reflash-a-monitors-corrupted-edid jaclaz

Maybe of use/interest http://www.hakspek.com/security/windows-script-to-remove-all-windows-10-telemetry-updates/ jaclaz

Though the article is not really "news" (to us here) the picture is nice: http://wccftech.com/windows-10-privacy/ jaclaz

Sure, and that is what happens on most sites nowadays. jaclaz

Just in case: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/registered_dll_view.html jaclaz

Now, you are being excessively diplomatic. SCOOP! I have an actual picture of a programmers'meeting : jaclaz

And does it make sense to you now? Or you need additional info? Don't worry , actually expert members know that the "expert" is an automatic qualification once you reach a certain number of posts, should be more like "been around here since a lot of time and posted over n times" (most probably with n=1000 ), but "expert" fits better in the available space. jaclaz

Well, I would guess that anyone member of MSFN would have opted out from viglink: http://www.viglink.com/opt-out/ though it has occurred to me a few times that (evidently because of some "rogue" site/script, I don't think MSFN is involved in this) the preference was "reset" to "opt-in", never really attempted to troubleshoot, I simply check the status and re-opt-out if needed. I just checked and the link is fine, it must be monroe's (and/or yours) settings (and additionally a viglink hiccup of some kind). jaclaz

I see , that will probably apply only to a newly created user profile. jaclaz

The link is to a Microsoft KB, it is unusual that you cannot reach it. However, let's see if a simple explanation can be given. A filesystem is not particularly different (simplified) from a book or a magazine. There is an index (which is the FAT tables on FAT and the $MFT in NTFS) that gives you a reference to the page where a given content is. Of course there is a difference (page size) between - say - a magazine and a pocket paperbook, i.e. each page (given that a same sized font is used on both) will be able to contain a bigger or smaller amount of characters. A cluster is nothing (in this simplified example) but the size of the paper page, the NTFS uses by default (in the 7Mb up to 16 Tb filesystem size, i.e. "always") an A4 size (4Kb clusters), the FAT32 (in the size range between 8 and 16 Gb) defaults to A3 (8Kb clusters). Now, if you print a book of aphorisms and decide to have one page for each aphorism, the result will look a lot like a single sentence at the top of a vastly blank page in the A4 version and in the same single sentence at the top of a much huger empty space on A3. Your average file size (not that calculating averages is always a good idea, mind you) is 108 bytes, which is "normal" as a "favorite" is just a link, and is rare to have links exceeding - say - 200 characters or so. But each link has it's own "name" and thus goes on a different "page" or cluster, in both cases a single cluster per favorite will be used, but a link on 4Kb cluster will use 4 kb, a link on a 8Kb cluster will use 8Kb. I would suggest you to use secinspect.exe: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19470 particularly if used to make a "report" like when used with SIRUN.BAT: http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/mbr/BootToolsRefs.htm#SecInsp which may be useful for a number of other things. You want to look at the "Sectors Per Cluster" value, multiplying it by the "ButesPerSector" one, example: this means that 8*512=4,096 the filesystem is using a 4 Kb cluster. jaclaz

Hmmm. Which size are clusters of the one (and of the other) filesystem? Points of note: 2,256,896 x 2 = 4,513,792 And: 59,596/551=108.15987 Curiously: 2,256,896/551=4,096 But: 4,513,792/551=8,192 I can see in my crystal ball that the volume on your hard disk is NTFS and that the USB stick is FAT32 formatted, but it's a bit foggy in it today, in case: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/140365 jaclaz

Well, it seems like %systemdrive% is not resolved correctly, in case: http://forums.iis.net/t/1180288.aspx?Powershell+environment+variables+issue http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/scriptfanatic/2011/01/02/expanding-strings-and-environment-variables-in-powershell/ but it should anyway throw an error as well if the "C:\" doesn't work of course it could be one of the n (stupid BTW) changes in Windows 10, after all it was undocumented for 8/8.1. Maybe it is only a "permission" (like UAC or similar) issue or maybe they removed the possibility altogether. I would however also try having the .bin or .xml on another drive (just in case there is some "conflict" when having same source and destination drive) jaclaz

As a side note (and though actually "fun" it is a very serious and sad issue ), Brad Frost put together an extremely nice site to highlight the difference between contents and all the fluff (including the now mandatory "like us on Facebook" ) around it: http://tinyurl.com/o3qaxpp such as: generically grouped under the term bull§hit. On the mentioned site you can turn it on and off . jaclaz

Actually the server core has not that crap: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh846323(v=vs.85).aspx unless you install it: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2012/09/20/windows-server-2012-shell-game.aspx http://blog.ittoby.com/2013/01/add-gui-to-server-core-2012-and.html and even the "minimal server interface" is not that bad: http://blogs.technet.com/b/server_core/archive/2012/05/09/configuring-the-minimal-server-interface.aspx jaclaz

But have you tried in Windows 10 if the Import-StartLayout: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn283403(v=wps.630).aspx actually works on the running windows? (it did in previous versions): http://stealthpuppy.com/customizing-the-windows-8-1-start-screen-dont-follow-microsofts-guidance/ POWERSHELL -NonInteractive -Command Import-StartLayout -LayoutPath .\CustomStartScreenLayout.bin -MountPath %SystemDrive%\jaclaz

Why not? If you cannot write yourself a compiled .exe (like AutoIt or similar) you should NOT use .exe's at all, so-called "batch compilers" usually tend to be incompatible with anything but extremely simple batches, unless (like a few are) they are nothing more than a converter to a SFX kind of archive, example: http://www.f2ko.de/en/b2e.php But - just to point out how a "normal" SFX might do - here are some hints about using the 7-zip one (original or the modifeid one): http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/153160-trying-to-make-an-installer-with-7-zip/ This said, : https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/PS2EXE-Convert-PowerShell-9e4e07f1 But if all you need/want is what you posted, WHAT is the problem? Are you looking for someone to write a "professional batch" file? (BTW Yes, I do have the required special license to post oximorons on the board )? jaclaz

Running 8.1? Seriously, maybe the approach that was suggested for Vista/7 simply is not appropriate anymore for Windows 8.1. See if this fits: http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-run-explorer-as-administrator-on-windows-8-1-windows-8-and-windows-7/ jaclaz

Some. Batch in itself is not particularly well suited, but powershell might do: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Uninstall-security-update-76f2dcb7 http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2009/03/12/how-can-i-remove-a-microsoft-update.aspx http://trevorsullivan.net/2011/05/31/powershell-removing-software-updates-from-windows/ http://techibee.com/powershell/powershell-uninstall-windows-hotfixesupdates/1084 http://ben0xa.com/removing-kbs-with-powershell-psexec-and-wusa/ https://johntaurins.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/powershell-uninstall-all-windows-updates/ jaclaz

Maybe you should first work a bit on your logo :whistle:as it isn't - as is - particularly appealing to most cheese aficionados, particularly the "steam" . (not that the good MS guys might also need to have someone else - like NOT a 5 year kid - to redesign their logo BTW). But, hey: https://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2012/02/17/redesigning-the-windows-logo/ jaclaz

Well, maybe you are a bit behind current times Of course a proper service pack cannot be put together in the "traditional" way (i.e. having serious programmers testing accurately releases along precise protocols ) but the new approach of releasing some half@§§ed incomplete mish-mash of (mostly) old things with new features derived from "likes" via feedback (once anything not appreciated by the management has been removed ) then spying on customers using extensively telemetry in the last beta final release given to the masses (at the risk of seriously botching a few millions systems in the process) allows for a faster finding of bugs and consequentially relative fixes (that inevitably will introduce new bugs BTW). So, it is entirely possible that the Service Pack 1 can be released as promised around October , the question point should rather be about whether it will contain anything but bugfixes or "corner roundings" and if these bugfixes will actually be "good". I don't think they will introduce other "features", the thingy should be - like most Service Packs in the past - only a "consolidation" of previously released fixes. How difficult can it be to re-pack together all the previously released updates/fixes and have a few shills promote the pack as the third best thing in life (after bread and ice-cream)? jaclaz

It is misnamed. It should actually be called SP1 . Just like the "continuous update" model, unless you continuously provide updates, you can call it "patch Tuesday" + " a bunch of high priority security updates from time to time when needed" jaclaz

Yep, thanks , very funny (though still sad ). And now, on other news: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/24/we-need-geneva-convention-for-the-internet-says-new-un-privacy-chief and: http://www.forbes.com/sites/theopriestley/2015/08/24/did-apple-lie-about-your-privacy/ (just to show how the main issue is ubiquitous and not necessarily related to the good MS guys) On top of all this, we have now an IMHO interesting article that confirms most of my suspects about ads and their effectiveness (or lack thereof): Separating advertising’s wheat and chaff https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2015/08/12/separating-advertisings-wheat-and-chaff/ jaclaz

And, though these info need to be verified the above list is seemingly not exhaustive: https://freedomhacker.net/latest-windows-7-8-81-update-spy-windows-10-4568/ Let us not fall in the same "philosophical" issue as in the Windows 10 thread, please : http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/174295-oo-shutup10-free-antispy-tool-for-windows-10/#entry1106470 jaclaz

...meanwhile in California ... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_XGR_CALIFORNIA_DRONES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-08-24-21-06-16 jaclaz