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Tsutarja May 13th, 2016 12:45 AM

Hmm, I wonder how electronics (such as my tablet) do out in the heat. I'll be walking around and touring an old city in Florida and it'll be pretty hot today. :P

kendypls May 13th, 2016 3:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9240188)
Hmm, I wonder how electronics (such as my tablet) do out in the heat. I'll be walking around and touring an old city in Florida and it'll be pretty hot today. :P

From my experience, it depends on how much you spend on the tablet, my cheap one has overheated a few times in the sun, but my Ipad has never had a problem :)

Tsutarja May 13th, 2016 3:32 AM

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Originally Posted by kendypls (Post 9240254)
From my experience, it depends on how much you spend on the tablet, my cheap one has overheated a few times in the sun, but my Ipad has never had a problem :)

Haha yeah I guess so. Temperatures outside are gonna be about 85-90°F (or 30-32°C) where I'll be.

Also, windows updates literally took forever on my laptop this morning. :|

kendypls May 13th, 2016 3:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9240273)
Haha yeah I guess so. Temperatures outside are gonna be about 85-90°F (or 30-32°C) where I'll be.

Woah I hope you have an insulated bag/ case for it ;)

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9240273)
Also, windows updates literally took forever on my laptop this morning. :|

As an IT engineer, I can honestly say windows updates are the bane of my existence, they always happen at the worst possible moment and turn a 10 minute job into an hour + job :(

Legendary Silke May 13th, 2016 4:14 AM

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Originally Posted by kendypls (Post 9240293)
As an IT engineer, I can honestly say windows updates are the bane of my existence, they always happen at the worst possible moment and turn a 10 minute job into an hour + job :(

Heh. Windows updates have never bothered me personally, as they go by rather quickly, assuming the system was up-to-date at that point. Though I am thinking that things might go south rather easily as the amount of PCs rise...

Xertified May 13th, 2016 4:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9240352)
Heh. Windows updates have never bothered me personally, as they go by rather quickly, assuming the system was up-to-date at that point. Though I am thinking that things might go south rather easily as the amount of PCs rise...

Speaking of Windows Updates, my computer (Windows XP) is RIP. Microsofty literally abandoned Windows XP. But whatever....

kendypls May 13th, 2016 4:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9240352)
Heh. Windows updates have never bothered me personally, as they go by rather quickly, assuming the system was up-to-date at that point. Though I am thinking that things might go south rather easily as the amount of PCs rise...

Yeah, when you look after 200+ pc's it really adds up :P

kendypls May 13th, 2016 4:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Omega (Post 9240368)
Speaking of Windows Updates, my computer (Windows XP) is RIP. Microsofty literally abandoned Windows XP. But whatever....

Time for an upgrade SON!

Xertified May 13th, 2016 4:42 AM

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Originally Posted by kendypls (Post 9240389)
Time for an upgrade SON!

Nope, the Windows XP legacy will live on forever. I do not care about upgrades, my dad literally knows how to make games run in my PC that is only for Windows 8/10.

kendypls May 13th, 2016 4:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Omega (Post 9240402)
Nope, the Windows XP legacy will live on forever. I do not care about upgrades, my dad literally knows how to make games run in my PC that is only for Windows 8/10.

http://i.imgur.com/TnQRX6v.gif

killer-curry May 13th, 2016 5:12 AM

Dota still playable in Windows XP, but that game exist years ago , with source 2 engine, GTS 250 and pentium 4 still playable.

KetsuekiR May 13th, 2016 5:36 AM

With Windows 10 fixing all the problems people had with Windows 8 plus more, I see very little reason (besides the inability to buy Windows 10) to stay with XP, especially now that Microsoft has ceased support for it.

kendypls May 13th, 2016 5:43 AM

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Originally Posted by KetsuekiR (Post 9240465)
With Windows 10 fixing all the problems people had with Windows 8 plus more, I see very little reason (besides the inability to buy Windows 10) to stay with XP, especially now that Microsoft has ceased support for it.

My only gripe with win 10 is the way they handle updates in bundles now, means you have very little control over what is included/ excluded from your updates, there has been a couple of video/GPU related issues I've had on my custom build because of it.

Windows 10 is a massive upgrade from XP and there is definitely a reason they have stopped supporting it, carrying on with XP at this stage is insecure and could cause you problems going forward whether you can get the programs running on it or not :)

Xertified May 13th, 2016 6:29 AM

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Originally Posted by kendypls (Post 9240411)

This is our PC, my dad stills wants this PC to be Windows XP ASAP. I heard that this PC is from his dad 10 years ago. Then, years later, my dad's father died. So he wants to keep his PC Windows XP still.

donavannj May 13th, 2016 8:04 AM

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Originally Posted by kendypls (Post 9240293)
As an IT engineer, I can honestly say windows updates are the bane of my existence, they always happen at the worst possible moment and turn a 10 minute job into an hour + job :(

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Originally Posted by kendypls (Post 9240387)
Yeah, when you look after 200+ pc's it really adds up :P

Why aren't you using a WSUS server with that many PCs? Or are you not involved in the WSUS side of things?

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Originally Posted by KetsuekiR (Post 9240465)
With Windows 10 fixing all the problems people had with Windows 8 plus more, I see very little reason (besides the inability to buy Windows 10) to stay with XP, especially now that Microsoft has ceased support for it.

There's some issues that 10 still has in terms of stability at times, though.

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Originally Posted by Omega (Post 9240590)
This is our PC, my dad stills wants this PC to be Windows XP ASAP. I heard that this PC is from his dad 10 years ago. Then, years later, my dad's father died. So he wants to keep his PC Windows XP still.

If the PC is that old, that PC could fail at any time. If nothing else, make sure your data is being regularly backed up to even just an external hard drive.

Xertified May 13th, 2016 9:19 AM

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Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 9240723)
If the PC is that old, that PC could fail at any time. If nothing else, make sure your data is being regularly backed up to even just an external hard drive.

Literally not, I am using it now and it is literally still working.

donavannj May 13th, 2016 9:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Omega (Post 9240833)
Literally not, I am using it now and it is literally still working.

I said it could fail, not that it is failing. Lasting that long is the exception, not the rule, with PCs. I speak from experience at my job when I've worked with older PCs. I replaced over 150 PCs that were between 6 and 10 years old as part of an upgrade we did 3 years ago. Many of those had something very wrong with them and they needed serious work to repair to a state where they could be donated to charity.

Your family's PC is an exception to the lifespan of PCs.

Xertified May 13th, 2016 9:38 AM

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Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 9240855)
Your family's PC is an exception to the lifespan of PCs.

Alright then, I will try to convince my dad.

donavannj May 13th, 2016 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Omega (Post 9240859)
Alright then, I will try to convince my dad.

The bigger concern is just making sure you have a way to back up your important documents, photos, and other files. You can't replace those easily, but you can probably replace the PC easily.

Tsutarja May 13th, 2016 2:05 PM

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Originally Posted by kendypls (Post 9240293)
Woah I hope you have an insulated bag/ case for it ;)

Turns out another weather-related event happened: I got soaked in rain! Luckily my phone, iPod Touch, and 3DS (the latter two unprotected) were just fine!

killer-curry May 13th, 2016 5:45 PM

These days, electronic device tend to have good protection for water, not water proof.

Tsutarja May 13th, 2016 6:14 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/5323757716.png

That's surprising for cheap hotel wifi :P

Legendary Silke May 13th, 2016 7:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9241237)
Turns out another weather-related event happened: I got soaked in rain! Luckily my phone, iPod Touch, and 3DS (the latter two unprotected) were just fine!

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Originally Posted by killer150 (Post 9241499)
These days, electronic device tend to have good protection for water, not water proof.

Yeah, most mobile devices can handle rain exposure, and the water ingress indicators inside should not trip on exposure to rain. It's immersion that you need to worry about.

Tsutarja May 13th, 2016 7:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9241595)
Yeah, most mobile devices can handle rain exposure, and the water ingress indicators inside should not trip on exposure to rain. It's immersion that you need to worry about.

To be honest, the rain was coming down so hard that it felt like immersion -_-

KetsuekiR May 13th, 2016 8:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9241521)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/5323757716.png

That's surprising for cheap hotel wifi :P

Ah, I love my country...
http://i.imgur.com/ALKmBJ3.png

This is actually the fastest I've ever gotten on this. Huzzah for mornings! o:

Xertified May 14th, 2016 1:25 AM

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Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 9240920)
The bigger concern is just making sure you have a way to back up your important documents, photos, and other files. You can't replace those easily, but you can probably replace the PC easily.

OMG, I am gonna buy another Hardware to backup 200 GB.

Tsutarja May 14th, 2016 4:14 AM

In regards to wearing, oh I know how that is. I have a desktop tower with a motherboard containing a nearly-popped capacitor. I ceased usage of it immediately once I made the discovery.

killer-curry May 14th, 2016 6:41 PM

This reminds me quite often about integrating Science into this section, it would be more complete and attracting more people to come into this section.

Legendary Silke May 14th, 2016 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by killer150 (Post 9242922)
This reminds me quite often about integrating Science into this section, it would be more complete and attracting more people to come into this section.

I'm pretty sure that some science topics wouldn't interest anyone in C&T at the moment - it seems to be best relegated to the general off-topic sub-forum.

killer-curry May 15th, 2016 1:16 AM

Sure there are some topics are not fit for this, but if we can try to do maybe there is a result that we could really put Science into this section, because technology and computers are still related to science.

KetsuekiR May 15th, 2016 2:09 AM

Oh man you guys, if science becomes a section, I'm going to end up spending all my time there. xD

Although I'm not sure if C&T is the perfect place to do it, it's the closest thing to science we have in the forums. :p

Tsutarja May 15th, 2016 6:46 PM

Alright, so I still have my VPS's VPN, but tonight I decided to set up with an actual VPN provider and it allows for international connections! :P

Lucario May 15th, 2016 11:54 PM

Does anyone know of a truly free blogging platform, that isn't tumblr, wordpress, jekyll, hexo, ghost, or any social networks? I have access only to static-content servers and blogging services that provide servers.

kendypls May 16th, 2016 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 9240723)
Why aren't you using a WSUS server with that many PCs? Or are you not involved in the WSUS side of things?

We are using a WSUS in house, but we also own over 90 stores across the country and I have to do the IT for them, some of them franchises, so they buy their own PC's, it's a nightmare, I'll be honest!

Tsutarja May 16th, 2016 4:46 AM

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Originally Posted by kerbingamer376 (Post 9244831)
Does anyone know of a truly free blogging platform, that isn't tumblr, wordpress, jekyll, hexo, ghost, or any social networks? I have access only to static-content servers and blogging services that provide servers.

Blogger :P

But in all seriousness, why not Wordpress? I find that they're a fairly easy service to use.

Xertified May 16th, 2016 6:34 AM

Is using DNS bad?

Legendary Silke May 16th, 2016 6:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Omega (Post 9245132)
Is using DNS bad?

You're always using DNS if you're not trying to visit everything using IP addresses. :)

Lucario May 16th, 2016 7:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9244992)
Blogger :P

But in all seriousness, why not Wordpress? I find that they're a fairly easy service to use.

I don't like wordpress. Just not hackable. (Putting custom js into posts etc)

Xertified May 16th, 2016 9:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9245135)
You're always using DNS if you're not trying to visit everything using IP addresses. :)

No I mean, using Public DNS. I know everyone of us uses DNS but some are using Public DNS.

donavannj May 16th, 2016 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by kendypls (Post 9244843)
We are using a WSUS in house, but we also own over 90 stores across the country and I have to do the IT for them, some of them franchises, so they buy their own PC's, it's a nightmare, I'll be honest!

That definitely sounds nightmarish. I'm betting they don't even consult corporate for machines.

90 sites sounds like a bit of a nightmare in its own right. We've got 4 sites and 3 of us in our department (granted, 3 of the sites are 24/7 sites and the 4th site is corporate, and we cover far more than just our ~200 PCs), and even with all our infrastructure in place, that can be crazy. If you had any clout, you could probably force those sites to comply to corporate's rules, but I doubt IT has any teeth in your organization.

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Originally Posted by Omega (Post 9245270)
No I mean, using Public DNS. I know everyone of us uses DNS but some are using Public DNS.

Not particularly bad, no. Hell, many public ones I've found to be more reliable than the ones provided by my ISP. Particularly the ones Google hosts. (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4)

kendypls May 17th, 2016 1:55 AM

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Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 9245443)
That definitely sounds nightmarish. I'm betting they don't even consult corporate for machines.

90 sites sounds like a bit of a nightmare in its own right. We've got 4 sites and 3 of us in our department (granted, 3 of the sites are 24/7 sites and the 4th site is corporate, and we cover far more than just our ~200 PCs), and even with all our infrastructure in place, that can be crazy. If you had any clout, you could probably force those sites to comply to corporate's rules, but I doubt IT has any teeth in your organization.

Absolutely it's a nightmare, we have a 'minimum spec' that the stores have to buy, but they are the only restrictions, and, up until recently, the policy wasn't enforced! Many of the machines are still using XP, thankfully next month; we are getting over 200 i3's in to replace the outdated machines. Which will make my life easier in the long run, but it's going to be tough going setting them all up :)

Lucario May 17th, 2016 5:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 9245369)
Wordpress is nice, however, literally everybody is using it. If you're wanting a professional-looking website, Wordpress is almost too cheap to use. As for blogging software, I use Grav. It's free and really easy to set up providing you have all the software it needs (Which I think it only needs PHP and some extras from it).

I've started to use anchor. I like it for per-post custom css, and it runs well on an raspberry pi.

KetsuekiR May 17th, 2016 7:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 9245369)
As for blogging software, I use Grav. It's free and really easy to set up providing you have all the software it needs (Which I think it only needs PHP and some extras from it).

I definitely agree with you here. Grav is extraordinary as a CMS, and really is super easy to set up. It's fast and open source too. I haven't really done much with it but I did once test it out, out of boredom, really, and I loved it. If I ever need a CMS for any reason, Grav is definitely at the top of my list.

donavannj May 17th, 2016 7:44 AM

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Originally Posted by kendypls (Post 9246188)
Absolutely it's a nightmare, we have a 'minimum spec' that the stores have to buy, but they are the only restrictions, and, up until recently, the policy wasn't enforced! Many of the machines are still using XP, thankfully next month; we are getting over 200 i3's in to replace the outdated machines. Which will make my life easier in the long run, but it's going to be tough going setting them all up :)

Nice. What i3 PCs are you bringing in? A hodgepodge? Or all one specific unit?

Also, if you've got the opportunity to mass-image, that'll be your best friend for prepping. Configuring for each site's needs or each PC's individual needs would definitely be a huge pain, though.

kendypls May 17th, 2016 8:59 AM

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Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 9246422)
Nice. What i3 PCs are you bringing in? A hodgepodge? Or all one specific unit?

Also, if you've got the opportunity to mass-image, that'll be your best friend for prepping. Configuring for each site's needs or each PC's individual needs would definitely be a huge pain, though.

Hopefully our imaging server will be able to take it, although with 200+ PC's i can expect some things to go wrong :P

These are what we are looking at:


Xertified May 17th, 2016 12:54 PM

Last question, is Jailbreaking/Rooting actually bad? I actually see people getting their Phones/Tablets broken after they jailbroke/rooted it. But mine actually works so yeah.

Tsutarja May 18th, 2016 4:44 AM

I currently have my Moto G (under warranty) rooted with Cyanogenmod. If anything goes wrong with the phone, just as long as you know how to revert it back to stock and lock the bootloader, you should be fine with the warranty.

kendypls May 18th, 2016 4:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9247579)
I currently have my Moto G (under warranty) rooted with Cyanogenmod. If anything goes wrong with the phone, just as long as you know how to revert it back to stock and lock the bootloader, you should be fine with the warranty.

This! but remember that they can sometimes tell by the fact that Knox has been tripped (Samsung)
Which is irreversible and does void warranty (although the 2 phones I have taken back I had no problems with :))

You always run a risk when you hack devices, in many cases it makes them better ofcourse (or nobody would do it) but on rare occasions it's going to cost you a phone.

Meganium May 18th, 2016 5:53 AM

That's why I refuse to root my phone. I have insurance on my phone, and if I ever decide to root my android phone, the insurance will be voided and I'm pretty much screwed.

There is always a risk when you do that. You have to know what you're exactly doing to your phone for the operation to run correctly and accurately.

donavannj May 18th, 2016 7:55 AM

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Originally Posted by kendypls (Post 9246503)
Hopefully our imaging server will be able to take it, although with 200+ PC's i can expect some things to go wrong :P

These are what we are looking at:


Solid choice there. We're just opting to upgrade on an as-needed basis, giving our users who push the limits of our standard PCs our new mini i5 HP PCs while upgrading our standard PCs with more RAM and SSDs (our standard machines are refurbed Core 2 Duo HP PCs with 4 GB of RAM stock, so it's not like they're ancient).

kendypls May 18th, 2016 7:57 AM

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Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 9247801)
Solid choice there. We're just opting to upgrade on an as-needed basis, giving our users who push the limits of our standard PCs our new mini i5 HP PCs while upgrading our standard PCs with more RAM and SSDs (our standard machines are refurbed Core 2 Duo HP PCs with 4 GB of RAM stock, so it's not like they're ancient).

Yeah, not bad at all, do you install office on the core duos? We've found that running it on anything below an I3 made them grind to a halt?

donavannj May 18th, 2016 8:04 AM

Office 2010 on the Core 2 Duos. 2016 on the i5s and on any newly setup laptops. Basically using 2010 on our older refreshes until our license keys run out as well as to keep from being deluged with interface issues people have on 2016, especially since we in IT only started using 2016 ourselves back in January/February.

kendypls May 18th, 2016 8:35 AM

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Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 9247816)
Office 2010 on the Core 2 Duos. 2016 on the i5s and on any newly setup laptops. Basically using 2010 on our older refreshes until our license keys run out as well as to keep from being deluged with interface issues people have on 2016, especially since we in IT only started using 2016 ourselves back in January/February.

We are on 2016 now, came free with office 365, and our company wanted to upgrade pretty much straight away, but on the few lower spec pc's we have it on, I've noticed a massive performance decrease :(

donavannj May 18th, 2016 8:53 AM

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Originally Posted by kendypls (Post 9247862)
We are on 2016 now, came free with office 365, and our company wanted to upgrade pretty much straight away, but on the few lower spec pc's we have it on, I've noticed a massive performance decrease :(

How long have you been on Office 365?

kendypls May 18th, 2016 9:41 AM

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Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 9247881)
How long have you been on Office 365?

Round about a year and a half to 2 years now if I was to hazard a guess!

donavannj May 18th, 2016 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by kendypls (Post 9247938)
Round about a year and a half to 2 years now if I was to hazard a guess!

Is it frustrating or tolerable?

We've generally been averse to moving to it, ourselves, with us already having all this internal infrastructure for our email and file shares.

kendypls May 18th, 2016 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 9248000)
Is it frustrating or tolerable?

We've generally been averse to moving to it, ourselves, with us already having all this internal infrastructure for our email and file shares.

Actually. It's really good, basically automated everything, 3 installs per user, and the storage monitoring and status updates they send us for being admins is really useful, wouldnt go back now, that's for sure :D

donavannj May 18th, 2016 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by kendypls (Post 9248013)
Actually. It's really good, basically automated everything, 3 installs per user, and the storage monitoring and status updates they send us for being admins is really useful, wouldnt go back now, that's for sure :D

One of our issues is that we have several users with 12 GB inboxes. That would cause issues.

Also, while 100/100 is fast, sending 70+ users out to Microsoft's servers for their information versus just using the internal gigabit infrastructure (hell, one of our sites has a 10 gigabit fiber trunk from the main office building to the plant) to local email and DFS file share severs just doesn't make sense.

kendypls May 18th, 2016 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 9248027)
One of our issues is that we have several users with 12 GB inboxes. That would cause issues.

Also, while 100/100 is fast, sending 70+ users out to Microsoft's servers for their information versus just using the internal gigabit infrastructure (hell, one of our sites has a 10 gigabit fiber trunk from the main office building to the plant) to local email and DFS file share severs just doesn't make sense.

Definitely, if you have an awesome infrastructure already that's probably better! It's definitely minimised the in house stuff, plus we were using Thunderbird a couple of years ago! Man this company grew quick! And 365 was a solution to a lot of our problems at the time, we had a complete overhaul of our email system. switched to a new hosting platform. started bulk imaging machines (thank God!) Now we're also doing support for over 90 stores from 2 main sites, :D

killer-curry May 19th, 2016 4:05 AM

Speaking of monitor colour type, can you actually tune the laptop monitor colour to warmer? Because sometimes when looking at the white screen for long time quite stressing my eyes.

donavannj May 19th, 2016 6:54 AM

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Originally Posted by kendypls (Post 9248069)
Definitely, if you have an awesome infrastructure already that's probably better! It's definitely minimised the in house stuff, plus we were using Thunderbird a couple of years ago! Man this company grew quick! And 365 was a solution to a lot of our problems at the time, we had a complete overhaul of our email system. switched to a new hosting platform. started bulk imaging machines (thank God!) Now we're also doing support for over 90 stores from 2 main sites, :D

What email server were you running before Office365? In-house Exchange? or something else entirely?

As for us, we image our machines on a per machine basis still, as we have a lot of machines with specialized software as well as a lot of users who need their hands held when new versions of Windows are rolled out, though we do have one base image per machine type.

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Originally Posted by killer150 (Post 9248899)
Speaking of monitor colour type, can you actually tune the laptop monitor colour to warmer? Because sometimes when looking at the white screen for long time quite stressing my eyes.

Check the manufacturer's graphics utility (or the Intel one, depending on the driver in use and how it's labeled) that is installed on your laptop. Sometimes those have options for it.

Tsutarja May 19th, 2016 9:32 AM

It'd be interesting if laptop screens had built-in color settings, but then that'd probably just jack up the price unnecessarily on many devices since most, if not all GPU control panels allow for color adjustment.

Legendary Silke May 21st, 2016 8:58 AM

Been thinking about current generation Intel processors and...

Well, i5s. Two Pentiums duct taped together and given Turbo Boost and most additional CPU features, or i7s without hyper-threading and less cache? Fun to think about it.

countryemo May 21st, 2016 4:37 PM

Well, this is why I hate myself. $400 to get my laptop up and wiped and reinstalled (Twice, loosing some files too) and it seems like the problem is probably just a bad fan, which was the case a few years ago, same laptop. I was going to do the 2nd wipe myself, but it would stay on (shut off randomly) or blue-screened before the backups were done. Now I need to buy one, and I'll probably choose to DIY it since shop labor is expensive. Though the fan placement on mine is all the way in, I think I have to take out even the mother board to get to it.

Tsutarja May 21st, 2016 5:57 PM

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Originally Posted by countryemo (Post 9252031)
Well, this is why I hate myself. $400 to get my laptop up and wiped and reinstalled (Twice, loosing some files too) and it seems like the problem is probably just a bad fan, which was the case a few years ago, same laptop. I was going to do the 2nd wipe myself, but it would stay on (shut off randomly) or blue-screened before the backups were done. Now I need to buy one, and I'll probably choose to DIY it since shop labor is expensive. Though the fan placement on mine is all the way in, I think I have to take out even the mother board to get to it.

If it's costing you $400 (I assume USD) to get your laptop fixed, you're better off getting a brand new laptop with better specs at around that same price.

countryemo May 23rd, 2016 3:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9252161)
If it's costing you $400 (I assume USD) to get your laptop fixed, you're better off getting a brand new laptop with better specs at around that same price.

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Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 9252292)
Yeah, at that price, you can get a fairly decent desktop or a somewhat-usable low-end laptop. The thing about computers is that if it's old, it's more of a money sink than an investment because you have parts failing and you have to replace them or recover data and it gets expensive fast.


Not sure if thats possible Tsutarja, though it wasn't $400 in one sum, it was like $220 one time, $180 the other. There was also a $230 screen replacement years back, and forgot how much it cost to get my fan replaced also years back. Now if that was all in a single sum, a new laptop would defiantly be in the realm of possibility, but after paying it, not sure much. I do want a new one though, laptop. I mean a gaming / better desktop then I have now would be nice, but a laptops portability matters.

Tsutarja May 24th, 2016 11:12 AM

Have to download Visual Studio 2012 and Visio 2013 for a class. Oh how fun this will be.

Unknown# May 25th, 2016 7:38 PM

So, I'm going to butt in with something that's been on my mind lately, and something I'm sure many have had to deal with before: terrible ISPs.

Specifically, my parents have had service from an awful company called Consolidated Communications since we moved into our current home. We had hoped to keep our previous ISP, but unfortunately, Consolidated has a monopoly on our entire area. We've tried to find others, but as we are a little bit in the country, that doesn't seem to be possible. There service has usually ranged from "bad" to "mediocre", though recently has become nearly unusable. This happened fairly recently, after I began doing regular YouTube uploads again, and I feel it is an upload speed issue (speed tests show Download speed of 16mbps but an upload speed of only 0.08mbps). Thoughts?

Tsutarja May 25th, 2016 8:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Unknown# (Post 9257503)
So, I'm going to butt in with something that's been on my mind lately, and something I'm sure many have had to deal with before: terrible ISPs.

Specifically, my parents have had service from a company called Consolidated Communications since we moved into our current home. We had hoped to keep our previous ISP, but unfortunately, Consolidated has a monopoly on our entire area. We've tried to find others, but as we are a little bit in the country, that doesn't seem to be possible. There service has usually ranged from "bad" to "somewhat acceptable", though recently has become nearly unusable. This happened fairly recently, after I began doing regular YouTube uploads again, and I feel it is an upload speed issue (speed tests show Download speed of 16mbps but an upload speed of only 0.08mbps). Thoughts?

What type of internet service is your family getting to the house? DSL or cable/fiber?

Unknown# May 25th, 2016 8:20 PM

We've been getting DSL from them.

In general, I'm at a point where I find it easier to, each time after I finish editing a few videos, just take my laptop over to my sister's house and just mooch off her service to upload them.

Tsutarja May 25th, 2016 8:23 PM

Unfortunately, DSL is very unstable and not the fastest considering it's coming to be a fairly outdated technology(™). DSL service is delivered over copper lines directly and that in turn doesn't allow for the fastest of connectivity, whereas most broadband connections these days are powered by fiber optics.

Legendary Silke May 26th, 2016 7:34 AM

So I've been thinking of making the backup motherboard do something more useful...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3240 3.1GHz Dual-Core Processor ($51.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($27.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $221.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-26 11:34 EDT-0400

(Ignore the pricing information, as I don't live in the USA, but you can use it as a general guideline.)

Mark Kamill May 27th, 2016 1:49 PM

I am utterly that the LGK10 isn't making a big splash in the midrange market. While the 410 is a bit dated, it's still a capable processor. Other then that the phone is a gem. Just got it yesterday and I am in love. The build quality is miles ahead of the plastic junk the Samsung J series is made of,maybe that's what it stands for, and UX is such a lightweight easy to use and look at UI. Camera is average, and I love the less saturated colors on the phones screen, nothing is neon and bright. I am an absolute fan of low saturation,so I cannot get the hate for this department. And again,the plastic chassis is phenomenal, such a sturdy phone.

Tsutarja May 28th, 2016 7:38 PM

Honestly, I would probably love a Samsung phone if it didn't have the hideous TouchWiz UI.

Tsutarja May 28th, 2016 8:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 9261460)
It really is hideous, hence why I rooted and put a ROM on my Samsung phone as soon as I could.

Some Samsung devices are heavily locked down, though and cannot be rooted/loaded with a custom ROM. I know that the Galaxy 4 tablet I had for a few months (before passing it onto my father) didn't have any custom ROMs available for it, and the most I could do was get TWRP on it and have it rooted.

Mark Kamill May 28th, 2016 9:42 PM

Speaking of roots, how the hell does one go about flashing the framework for Xposed on lollipop with TWRP? I read the instructions on XDA forums but I am stumped.

killer-curry May 29th, 2016 12:47 AM

Just drop in to post some stuff so Zach won't miss me : ).

So, my dad recently want to buy a new Iphone SE to replace his Iphone 4 cuz it's very slow and kills battery. For me, Iphone SE would be a great idea for him but I wonder Apple company about old phones.

I mean, old phones like Iphone 4 and 4s still able to run smoothly on some apps but why they still do not support those old fellas? I wish they could just introduce ios that capable to run old device smoothly and continuing support for previous generations of Iphones.

Mark Kamill May 29th, 2016 2:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by killer150 (Post 9261681)
Just drop in to post some stuff so Zach won't miss me : ).

So, my dad recently want to buy a new Iphone SE to replace his Iphone 4 cuz it's very slow and kills battery. For me, Iphone SE would be a great idea for him but I wonder Apple company about old phones.

I mean, old phones like Iphone 4 and 4s still able to run smoothly on some apps but why they still do not support those old fellas? I wish they could just introduce ios that capable to run old device smoothly and continuing support for previous generations of Iphones.

The current iPhones barely make it compared to Android phones spec wise, I barely have a clue how people still use the iPhone 4 or 4S. Sure the CPU has always been top of the line,even better then the Snapdragon Equivalents in some ways, but the extremely low amount of RAM Is definitely the thing holding them back. Hell my K10 has 1.5 gigs and I got the phone for 150 euros, at the price current gen iPhones are worth there should easily be 3 or 4 gigs of ram on board.

killer-curry May 29th, 2016 4:20 AM

Well, you made a good point. Iphone does have a small RAM storage, but remember. Iphone is not a multitasking device, even it has switching apps feature but it just freeze the app and begin to operate other apps. So, the RAM storage is absolutely not affecting the performance.

This makes the phone able to efficiently use more RAM on single app rather than multitasking and also saves small battery life as well. It may multitasks, but only applies on notifications or downloading and installing apps which not affects the performance significantly.

Legendary Silke May 29th, 2016 7:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnnyMustang (Post 9261939)
So... When it comes to gaming settings decisions, what would you rather have? Screen tearing or input lag? As many of you might know the V-Sync feature forces the game to update screens at the display rate, (FPS) but sometimes add an input lag (Mouse jittering and keyboard input delay). I've been in some situations that this was inevitable, at least I couldn't fix it. I used to go play CoD 2 at a cyber cafe, in these cases I had to turn V-Sync off, otherwise I would've sucked at aiming :P But there are some cases where is ultimately up to preference (Single Player Games). I'm a performance freak, I would sacrifice the last pixel in the screen for a few FPSs more :P How about you?

If NVIDIA has their way, soon, we won't need to pick. No fancy hardware required, either - all you need is a semi-recent NVIDIA card if all the things go right. (Oddly as it sounds, it's not Pascal-specific.)

Legendary Silke May 29th, 2016 8:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnnyMustang (Post 9262040)
Interesting. **** us AMD users :(

I hope that doesn't consume too much power like NVIDIA loves to do.

NVIDIA? Power-sucking? Hah! They're kind of like the relationship of Intel to AMD in the CPU space, except replace Intel with NVIDIA.

Mark Kamill May 29th, 2016 9:24 AM

Screen Tearing for sure. I'd rather have a smaller Twitter here and there then deal with input lag causing me to lose over and over again because the bosses hitbox was altered 2 seconds earlier then the screen showed mr.

Legendary Silke May 30th, 2016 8:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Evil Stud Muffin (Post 9262126)
Screen Tearing for sure. I'd rather have a smaller Twitter here and there then deal with input lag causing me to lose over and over again because the bosses hitbox was altered 2 seconds earlier then the screen showed mr.

Screen tearing gives me headaches though. It's way too visually jarring especially when panning quickly. That's why I like Fast Sync being a thing.

Mark Kamill May 30th, 2016 11:42 AM

Sure,technology evolves for that reason, to eliminate issues. If we were talking about a hypothetical no solution ever scenario, screen tearing is the lesser of two evils in the end.


Meanwhile in Android land, Ι hope to god the EU K10 gets Marshmallow. Both the T-Mobile/Sprint variation along with the K430DSY for Asia have Marshmallow out of the box, and I'm sitting here with Lollipop. Even the LG Stylus 2 which is the same phone but with a bigger display and a stylus has the Marshmallow update. But yeah, out of the box Marshmallow for 2/3 of the work bar Europe is some bullshit. Totally unacceptable if it never comes, considering how it already exists. I mean, I bought the phone knowing that it comes with Lollipop, and it's a fairly recent phone only a month on the market, but that month should have been enough or them to give us a room that already exists. And LG has a pretty big branch here in Greece, much like Sony.

killer-curry May 30th, 2016 7:22 PM

My brother is waiting for his Samsung Galaxy S5 for marshmallow Update, for sure he will be very hyped for this update but he waited for quite a long time to get the update, until now.

Anyways, the not so old S5 is kinda thin comparing to S6 and S7. My brother loves medium size phone like 5 inch S5. It still run smoothly and supports fast charging. The thing is I rarely see people using S5 over here but S6 and S7 are even more popular as well as A7 and A5.

Into another topic, I found out that my laptop processor does not need high CPU speed to run games smoothly. At most of the time, the fps seemed to retain at average 45 in the Wicther 3. As I tune into high performance, the fps is still retained the same with 3.13 Ghz of Core i5-6300HQ. Besides, the cpu usage does not affect much with maximum speed and average speed of cpu.

This concludes that good processor does not actually needs much power to run the games smoothly

Legendary Silke May 30th, 2016 8:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evil Stud Muffin (Post 9263580)
Sure,technology evolves for that reason, to eliminate issues. If we were talking about a hypothetical no solution ever scenario, screen tearing is the lesser of two evils in the end.

Personally, I think latency is the lesser of two evils. Then again, I'm single-player focused, and even among the multiplayer stuff I do play, they're not as twitchy as CS:GO or the like.

Especially since visible screen tearing detracts heavily from the experience and may induce headaches...

killer-curry May 30th, 2016 10:01 PM

Obviously screen tearing is a big headache for me too, not just affecting the smoothness of the graphic motion, it also affects the eye sight too. So, vertical sync is introduced to cope that issue, but it does not do any much about it. But recently technology become better by using triple buffered sync or G-sync by nvidia.

Tsutarja June 2nd, 2016 7:03 PM

Oh Windows, why have you many flaws?

I shouldn't have to restart explorer.exe every few days to open my start menu :|

Legendary Silke June 2nd, 2016 8:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9269043)
Oh Windows, why have you many flaws?

I shouldn't have to restart explorer.exe every few days to open my start menu :|

Sounds like something got corrupted badly.

Tsutarja June 2nd, 2016 9:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9269130)
Sounds like something got corrupted badly.

What doesn't get corrupt on Windows installs over time, though?

killer-curry June 2nd, 2016 11:55 PM

Windows Welcome Screen.

Legendary Silke June 3rd, 2016 1:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9269166)
What doesn't get corrupt on Windows installs over time, though?

A lot, if your software configuration pretty much never changes and there's nothing wrong with the hardware.

Though I guess it does say something if things eventually wedge.

countryemo June 3rd, 2016 2:45 PM

Anyone heard of Earthtek? I really should get going and get my fan replaced before my laptop crashes again. It seems like I have two options, stock and the mentioned brand. Both say they fit, but there are models that are listed with reviews saying they don't fit. Laptop is way out of warranty. Well its probably the fan. It sounds like a ceiling fan, spinning, kinda sounds like its lightly touching something. And my laptop vibrates.

Legendary Silke June 3rd, 2016 7:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by countryemo (Post 9270498)
Anyone heard of Earthtek? I really should get going and get my fan replaced before my laptop crashes again. It seems like I have two options, stock and the mentioned brand. Both say they fit, but there are models that are listed with reviews saying they don't fit. Laptop is way out of warranty. Well its probably the fan. It sounds like a ceiling fan, spinning, kinda sounds like its lightly touching something. And my laptop vibrates.

How old is the laptop? At some point it's probably better off stop trying to Band-Aid things.

countryemo June 4th, 2016 9:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9270773)
How old is the laptop? At some point it's probably better off stop trying to Band-Aid things.

I know, its about.. I can't remember, pretty sure I had it in Highschool so it's at-least 4-6 years old. I would buy a new laptop totally if I could afford it, but I can't. Not to mention my brothers would love to have it when I get a new one. A fans only $20 if I DIY, though unsure if I'll do it because it seems complicated. Just want to know if anyone thinks buying the alternative is better then stock, stock has already failed me twice it seems thoughout the years.

Tsutarja June 5th, 2016 7:53 PM

Hey everyone, it's time to go on ahead and let this thread wrap up. We've got something big coming up really soon, so stay on the lookout for that! :)


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