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It has been a few (maybe five) years since I have used current MSI products. I can say that they were then better then than they used to be. Their product quality seems to directly relate to the product cost. So the high-end boards were better than the low-end boards. I'm not certain they did it this way on purpose, they may well have different divisions that make the different types of boards like SuperMicro does for individual boards. The board you picked out seems to be fine. Nothing wrong with DDR3, just make sure you get good CL numbers. In my last computer I used CL9 RAM. Lower CL is of course, more expensive... but CL9 was around $40 per 8GB.

Or there is Abadox for NES... I cannot remember the ending but I only mention it because when you get to the ending, you realize the game only has three levels.

Those three branches are true at least. They exist in the Embedded Channel as well for the Enterprise SKU, but I have only seen LTSB. The article says some small percentage is on Enterprise, I will believe it. It says that it is because companies are sticking with Home and Pro... well obviously but it isn't the reason. Because Microsoft isn't really caring about what Editions businesses are using, it is what licensing model. SMBs are on Retail or OEM licensing instead of VL. MS wants companies on VL. It has been this way for a loooong time now. They set specific rules/policy on each license type to make it perfectly clear which type of license a person should be using, but this information isn't readily available to the end users. Another issue with VL is the fact that the process is complicated. If you have a VL, you can't just buy or build a computer, download your software and then install your VL onto the hard drive. First you have to buy your VL from Microsoft, then you need to go to an OEM and buy a computer with an applicable Windows license on it. Then you can take that computer, erase the hard drive and then install your VL software on it. You could consider it a double-dip on the license. You have to buy a computer with Windows pre-installed. That means you are paying extra on a computer purchase for an OS you won't even be able to use. That's $100-200 extra on a computer purchase right there, per system. The article doesn't say (or if it did, I missed it) if that whole dumb process is being replaced by the new subscription plan.

PCI Simple Communications Controller could be the modem. I usually see it as the Intel Management Engine or SOL/Serial Over LAN device on older systems.

I have a hard time decided which to say... Also I don't beat a lot of games or end up playing games with no actual ending. One I can think of would have been Fallout 3, which had an ending and you couldn't keep playing afterwards. That was fixed later on.

You are too new to be posting links to paid software.

And also, just because the hardware is present does not need you need to install the driver for it. It all depends on if you are going to use it. So when it comes to a modem in a computer, if you aren't going to use the modem, don't bother installing the driver.

Oh that was a setting (nested quote support) that was changed abit ago, but it seems maybe an update changed it. I will check on it again later.

Just see how well it fares without using any overclocking.

The forum ate my response so here is the short version. Minidump from 073116 is showing hardware error with CPU. WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR (124) A fatal hardware error has occurred. FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x124_GenuineIntel_PROCESSOR_CACHE The other 2 dumps are video card related. A hardware fault with CPU can cause other errors but those should be ignored. This error should be the one to correct and if the others persist, then you can focus on those. I know you are not overclocking, freq at time of the crash was 3400MHz.

No. I'm saying that those links do not work or don't have anything useful on them if they do work.

I remember that old cable boxes were that way also... but neither of the VCRs I have will make the blinking time. My upstairs one turns off the LCD iirc (the entire thing is hidden away, I might be wrong) and my regular one will say 12:00 but it doesn't blink. The regular one, I use in my 4:3 movie setup, does not stay powered on. I turn the whole setup off at the power strip when I am not using it.

It will be a sad day when all the advertisement links work, but the ones attached to Windows Updates and Event Viewer are still generic or a 404.

I was able to find one stand-alone DVD-R machine at a garage sale earlier this year. My reasons for buying it were not because it was a DVD-R, that seemed a novelty for me. Instead it was because it could play VCD, something that none of my players were able to do. I still would like to find a dual-deck VCR at some point. I'm still on the fence regarding the longevity of writable optical media (CD/DVD-R) since I have had some discs go bad or experience bronzing. So far, no VHS I have recorded on has gone bad in an even longer time period. Of course, I will always prefer retail videos and it does not matter to me what format they are in. I would just want to have a way to play them. Two media types I have but am not interested in getting a player for are Super 8 and CED. I do want to get a Beta player, I have some tapes that I would like to be able to watch. Those older media type machines are in a phase of nostalgia, and their prices reflect that. VCRs and VHS are not there yet due to the sheer amount of players and tapes that can be found in the secondary market. It is only the specialized players that have any sort of value.

Is there a reason why you choose to have two sound cards instead of one? Is there no card available to handle both tasks? I have done work with multiple Soundblaster cards (which is not supported by Creative btw) in order to get concurrent outputs. It was no small task. The first thing I would recommend is to verify that you have enough resources to run both cards.

I'm sure that I will be changing things, but not quite sure what exactly. I will be surely be looking at the threads people have made here regarding disabling or removing certain things.

After having some real-world time put in on Windows 10 finally, I have decided that I will use it on my next work computer. I would prefer Enterprise 10586, even if it doesn't appear there is an LTSB of that build. My only complaint about the Cortana/search box is that you need to click into the field twice before you can type in it.

Certainly 3.26GB is better than 3GB. @cc333 Yes that is probably my complaint. Streaming or watching videos is the problem. Being spoiled after all these years (to think that old videos on Youtube look grainy and bad) I need to have the best quality I can get. Back onto the topic, aside from the obvious "games!" answer, you could also use it as a file server on a network and/or as a backup for your files. Hindsight tells me that putting backups on hard disks has been more reliable than backing up to CD-Rs...

In my experience, a dual core is a minimum CPU and 4GB RAM would be what I want. I've tried lesser configurations and always run into problems. I am thinking about everything that I like or want to do online. Using a lower spec system would limit that, and I would not consider such a system capable of handling the internet, nor try to use it as an every-day pc for internet access.

I had used this last week because I was away and needed a servicing DISM... it made me wonder if there was a tool like this that could also grab the files needed to build a WinPE. As that was my second step after the DISM idea didn't work, I then had to get the full ADK.

I figured there was more than one VCR with HDMI out. It could definately be something for someone with more modern setups. And it would be cheaper than getting a Framemiester. I have my equipment split into format, so no longer find a need for upscaling any 4:3 source into a 16:9 display.

Well, you already accepted this (new-to-you) PC so you must have some ideas as to what to do with it. I personally would consider such a system to be obsolete for the modern internet, but there are still many things it could do. I often see PCs as being tools to accomplish specific tasks. My own XP computer, for example, merely handles the lightweight task of playing music.

I still use VHS and have 2 VCRs connected at home, plus maybe 2-3 as backup in case one goes bad. This is partly true. vinyl still has a good sound, especially in the case of DBX. VHS' counterpart for quality is S-VHS, but this was only used in Japan. S-VHS players/recorders will still be the pinnacle of the community with one exception: the apparently only HDMI VCR, a BluRay combo player the Panasonic DMP-BD70V. What is missed is that some people can have nostalgia for things other than quality. VHS is not a horrible, useless technology even today. There are many instances of things that were not made on other formats even to this day. The media and the players are cheap and can be a better alternative. You can have the same movie on VHS for 50 cents or less, than their 4:3 counterpart on DVD. The players are cheap enough that you can gamble on players and test tapes until you can find one that does not eat tapes. My main VCR has been used at least once a week since it was purchased in the late 90s and has never eaten a tape.

OK right. So if designing an installer that can do both, you would only be able to potentially use it on a system that also supports both which is quite rare by now. Because, the trick of using 32bit WinPE to install 64bit Windows won't help if you can't boot the OS afterwards in most cases.

It seems you are jumping the gun then. I had presumed that one would test a 32bit install, then the 64bit install and once it is found that both are working, then try to make a combined version. Official support for EFI booting (GPT disk) is Windows 8.0+ (32bit) and Vista SP1+ (64bit). You must determine what hardware you will be working with, and then build a solution for that. Rather than trying to create the perfect solution for everything. In order of what is I have worked with, most common to least: 1. UEFI board that only allows booting 64bit EFI applications (common notebook or desktop board) 2. UEFI board that only allows booting 32bit EFI applications (common tablet or SOC system) 3. UEFI board that allows booting 32 and/or 64bit EFI applications (seen on some early UEFI 2.3.1 hardware from Intel) 4. Legacy board that uses UEFI emulation to boot 64 bit EFI applications (MSI's 2.2TB Infinity) 5. UEFI board that allows booting 64bit EFI applications from network, usb or memory and 32bit EFI applications from the hard disk (custom BIOS from manufacturer) The main issue which jaclaz refers to is the bootable media itself. You make your EFI media to boot on either 32bit or 64bit platforms. I have a myself a 32bit EFI USB key and a 64bit one. I am not aware if anyone has been able to make a single bootable device be able to have both architectures on it. For the Windows setup itself, it doesn't matter so much. You can likely use a 32bit WinPE 4+ and that Setup can install 32bit or 64bit images. If not using setup, then it opens up even more possibilities.. such as you just have commands to apply images using DISM.