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Script error by install routine
Tripredacus replied to Bhudda's topic in Windows Post-Install Wizard (WPI)
Have you modified a file in such a way where a quote mark (or similar type character) was accidentally removed? WScript is a .exe and I wouldn't think it would show up as being "undefined" unless the files were modified or you are using a lited OS. -
Another reason why the IoT may not be that good an idea ...
Tripredacus replied to jaclaz's topic in Technology News
So far it seems that voice recognition is more generic and not like you see in Star Trek where the computer can tell who is actually speaking. So the ability to remotely order other people's devices is quite possible. This happened when Xbox One launched and during games people would say "xbox shut off" into their mic and other people in their game would suddenly disconnect. -
A look into the mind of those who call tech support
Tripredacus replied to Tripredacus's topic in Funny Farm
Well sure, I was more likely to believe that in the 90s, where plenty of people were suddenly introduced by magic boxes without any previous experience with the things. Nowadays, things should have been different but strangely it isn't. -
It working safe mode gives you a clue that it is caused by something in startup that doesn't load with safe mode. Have you gone into msconfig and disable all non-MS services and turn off stuff in the Startup tab?
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A look into the mind of those who call tech support
Tripredacus replied to Tripredacus's topic in Funny Farm
The people on level 1 of a call center are there typically because they wanted a job. The technical requirements are a lot lower for that position. Most call centers are promote from within, those who have the technical knowledge or ability get promoted to the higher levels. When I worked in call centers, level 1 or entry reps were like the "regular joe on the street" and the upper levels were the technies and computer nerds. With exception, of course, those who were technies but didn't have enough work experience so they started at level 1. And that is difficult position because a level 2 hire work requirement is experience in similar position in a call center, which means people who have real world technical experience will often get turned down for an entry level support job due to them being seen as over-qualified. -
In safe mode, create a new user account. Then restart and try to log in using the new account to see if explorer loads for it.
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Hello Again - start where questions
Tripredacus replied to slatz's topic in Unattended Windows 10/11 Installation
The starting point would be to determine how you are doing to be deploying images. There are manual methods, using MDT, or the new thing: Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer. It would be helpful if you had some experience in deploying and servicing WIM supported OSes like Vista, 7, 8, 2008, 2012, etc because it isn't the same as XP. Either way, your first step is going to be downloading and installing the ADK for Windows 10. -
1. What is PC Pro? 2. Is that a large man-sized rabbit that is taking your picture?
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Windows 10 update history (Now we can see what they "fix")
Tripredacus replied to netbookdelgob's topic in Windows 10
Things that you do not say should be put into quotes. Unless you are super-secret MS representative? -
I just remembered, thanks to this quote, about my feelings prior to the new Update strategy for Windows 10. Before it came out, it was called the Chrome update method. Google Chrome updates itself in the background and you never can tell unless you check the version. I thought, well that can't be bad, Chrome handles that pretty well and I've never had a problem. But I forgot. I did have a problem. That one update a couple years ago that broke Flash. The one that prompted me to use the trick on Youtube to force the HTML5 video. Also the one that made it so I had to use a different browser on websites with flash. That's easy because you can have more than one browser open on the same computer. Not as easy to apply that to an OS.
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Which Gen Hyper-V? Please explain this RAM Loss. What is the bugcheck?
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A fuse is designed to make sure that an overload does not occur within the actual circuit design from a certain direction. It does not protect the entire circuit, but from the input. Static electricity does its damage by introducing current outside of how the circuit was designed. So having a fuse somewhere does not really help in that situation. Now having a storage with easily replaceable PCB components would go a long way towards that. If you pop that part then you can just replace that diode or resistor. The reason it is not easy now is mostly due to size of the components. A long time ago I read about optical circuits, but it seems that it would be too expensive to replace traditional electronics to see it any time soon.
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The first website I could think of for purchasing capacitors is mouser.com. I had used an intermediary to buy replacement caps from there when I got a free monitor that didn't work. Also, reusing capacitors is not usually a good idea unless you test them first. Most techs do not even test caps due to new ones being cheap and easy to replace.
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Make Static Website available to internet
Tripredacus replied to urgenthelpneeded's topic in Windows Server
The DNS Server role is to provide name services to the computers within your internal network. It does nothing for the outside world.- 14 replies
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Without paying (just having an account) I think you only have access to the trials.
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Unable to post a reply, quote, etc on a thread
Tripredacus replied to jakeypearce's topic in Site & Forum Issues
We need some more specific info. Does it not show up? Can you not click in it? Can't type? Post button doesn't work? Can you click the mode toggle? There was a point in the past where some browsers/versions couldn't use both modes of the quick reply box. Others report things like inability to paste, use context menu, or word wrap doesn't work. -
Unable to post a reply, quote, etc on a thread
Tripredacus replied to jakeypearce's topic in Site & Forum Issues
Are you referring to the quick reply box that shows up below the thread? If you are using any script blockers, make sure to allow ajax.googleapis.com. Also the quick reply box has 2 modes. WYSIWYG or manual mode. You can toggle between the two modes by pushing the button in the upper left corner of the reply box GUI. A screenshot of what you see would be helpful if that doesn't help. -
I can think of at least 1. No it isn't me.
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Don't get used to it, it will probably change soon.
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Make Static Website available to internet
Tripredacus replied to urgenthelpneeded's topic in Windows Server
You should still be able to connect to your site externally when you have dynamic IP. If you don't choose to purchase a plan with your ISP for a Static IP, you'll need something like Dynamic DNS to be able to assign a domain name to it. You also are going to need to allow connection to your website through the Windows firewall. When testing locally, you can tell that this is a problem because the localhost path will work but the IP address won't. In Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, under Inbound rules, allow the two World Wide Web Services options on your specific connection profile, or if unknown set it for all types.- 14 replies
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I was looking at this again and found some interesting things. My original idea that a square image being required seems to not be correct. I found a curious thing. On 16:9 displays the vertical resolution of the winpe.jpg is (approx) 270px. I used an image with shapes to determine this size. Then I checked with the cat image from above, and yep 270px again. I'm eyeballing what is actually displayed vs the original image with a marquee tool. So I have 2 different source images, with one having multiple resizes, that are showing the same height. It would also appear that either the horizontal doesn't matter, or that if the horizontal is less than x size then it will stretch. If you look at the 2 images above, I did 2 tests. Legacy boot on 16:9 display UEFI boot on 4:3 display The 4:3 you can see more on the vertical, closer to 290px. WinPE's winpe.jpg seems to fit nicely in 480x270, which is also the resolution of the Sony PSP.
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Programs simultaneously dropping Vista/XP support
Tripredacus replied to WinClient5270's topic in Windows Vista
These two posts split from here: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/175077-in-place-upgrade-to-windows-7-home-premium/ In the future, don't OT post in a help topic and don't argue amongst each other about it. Ask a moderator to split the posts out into a new thread. The bickering posts in that other thread have been hidden. -
Windows updates fail installation then uninstall all updates.
Tripredacus replied to MarkJohnson's topic in Windows 7
Are you sure? I am pretty sure that the client shows them in alphabetical order based on the update name.