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Self | 3/28/'14 | Zionist Conspirator

Posted on 03/28/2014 11:02:24 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator

Remember how my computer would no longer play videos very well? Well, nothing worked, so I took it to the shop on Monday, and when I went back today even though it had been wiped and had new hardware installed it still wasn't working. Apparently it's kicked the bucket.

G-d willing I will get another one some time next week and be back with you. It's been rough with no FR and no net for a solid week, though I suppose a little vacation from the Internet isn't a bad thing.

I can't tell you exactly when I'll be back on (I'm at the local library right now), but hope you won't forget me during this lacuna.

I miss you all.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: computercrash; exile; nonet; vanity
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To: Gen.Blather
Stay away from Window’s 8!

Don't listen to that advice! Windows 8 is just fine. A few hours learning curve for 90% of what you do. The other 10% may take a few days. Plus, it works really, really well on both new and old machines.

21 posted on 03/28/2014 11:42:17 AM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: don-o
I was off-line for a couple of weeks until just yesterday.

It really, really bothered me, knowing that someone on FR was going to be wrong, and I wouldn't be able to point it out, or correct thier speeling.

/johnny

22 posted on 03/28/2014 11:45:05 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Get a Mac.


23 posted on 03/28/2014 11:45:25 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: no-to-illegals

Laz would hit it.


24 posted on 03/28/2014 11:47:36 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Get a used Ipad on ebay.


25 posted on 03/28/2014 11:49:04 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: JRandomFreeper

“I was off-line for a couple of weeks until just yesterday.”

I know! I was worried sick! And you didn’t even call!

:-)


26 posted on 03/28/2014 11:49:23 AM PDT by PastorBooks
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To: Zionist Conspirator
Are you logged on?

somebody had to say it...

27 posted on 03/28/2014 11:51:08 AM PDT by null and void ( Everything evil in the world may not be Islamic but everything Islamic is evil.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

shakes head, like a bobble head doll, and not bothering to comment.


28 posted on 03/28/2014 11:53:06 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Maybe now’s the time to tell that I regard you as FR’s Chief Rabbi, even if you are Noachide.

‘Good that you may have a few days to cool that one off, but I ain’t kiddin’.

Hurry back!


29 posted on 03/28/2014 11:58:10 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Hope to see you posting soon!

Sometimes I almost think computers are more trouble than they’re worth.

Almost, lol.


30 posted on 03/28/2014 12:10:34 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: SunkenCiv

Linux on a $10 USB stick.


31 posted on 03/28/2014 12:27:20 PM PDT by gura (If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
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To: Zionist Conspirator
You need Web TV! Rock on like it's 1996!!!


32 posted on 03/28/2014 12:30:08 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Keep it up ZC. We need you around here.


33 posted on 03/28/2014 12:48:58 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: Zionist Conspirator
I had issues with my PC last year (W7 64 bit) not playing video and audio files well. I'd get glitches and buzzes and pauses and stuff. I bought a Blu-ray drive for the purpose of backing up files before re-formatting the machine. I had googled it over and over and could not find a solution short of a clean sweep. However, at some point, I noticed some programs like search engines that I had not installed. So, as I googled how to get rid of them, I found programs that help get rid of malware and PUPs (potentially unwanted programs).

These PUPs are frequently trojans that interfere with normal PC operations. Sometimes the install as ried-alongs with other programs you install. After I cleaned these trojans off my machine, I was able to play videos and audio again, and my PC shuts down in around 15 seconds instead of several minutes. I ended up not feeling the need to reformat after all.

34 posted on 03/28/2014 1:04:56 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
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To: gura

That’s true, a “live-USB” image can be d/l’ed and installed right onto a memory stick. Costco has four packs of the SanDisk “facet” drives, 8 gb, for $22 or something, and I needed them for a small project at work. I found a drive cloner which was in fact Clonezilla; and I found a program that installs the ISO image file right onto the flash drive (and it works, which is a nice change from other times I’ve tried it). So the Clonezilla image went from a file on one flash drive to the only contents of another, and I booted the Clonezilla to clone the drive of a small embedded system before fiddling with it. I love the portability, and by carrying one drive with the programs and archives and another one as the object drive, I have options. :’)


35 posted on 03/28/2014 2:38:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Time for a New Laptop
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3138495/posts


36 posted on 03/28/2014 2:42:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

I’ve got some spare computers. Where do you live? Linux okay?


37 posted on 03/28/2014 2:47:31 PM PDT by FXRP
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To: jdsteel
Don't listen to that advice! Windows 8 is just fine. A few hours learning curve for 90% of what you do. The other 10% may take a few days. Plus, it works really, really well on both new and old machines.

It doesn't do well with dial up, HughesNet, or any limited usage service where bandwidth usage is limited. Microcraps CLOUD and other non closable functions have to talk with the world.

For Tablet and Microsoft program users who love X-Box for them W 8 may be great. For an average longtime desktop user? No it's highly annoying. The best feature of W 8 they let users keep? Control+Alt + Delete which after a few minutes of frustration you'll use to close many programs Microcrap forgot to put the handy "X" on the screen to close it.

38 posted on 03/28/2014 8:52:42 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: Zionist Conspirator

I look forward to your return!


39 posted on 03/28/2014 10:15:29 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (FIGHT! FIGHT! SEVERE CONSERVATIVE AND THE WILD RIGHT!)
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To: cva66snipe
For an average longtime desktop user? No it's highly annoying.

I'm neither an Xbox user nor a programmer. Yes, I can operate a tablet with no issues, thank you. I am a longtime desktop user. Yes, there are some differences between XP and 8 in the way you use them but they are no problem once you get the hang of it. My almost 80 year old father in law can operate it pretty well. You just have to have someone show you the "tricks" once or twice. Really, it's not rocket science. The strangest thing for most folks is when you have to move the pointer all the way OFF of the screen to do some things.

40 posted on 03/29/2014 6:31:25 AM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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