Normal 2080 not good value
#windows-ios
azure sandal
livid bluff
yeah He got the good version that can be SLI. A 2070 Super is the only model of that one that can be SLI. No other can be. Im trying to figure out is if someone were to try to would they be able to Software SLI them?
rocky cedar
Don't you need sli bridge?
potent thorn
nvlink?
livid bluff
I would think SLI bridge. NVlink is the same thing as a SLI bridge I believe unless NVlink is the same thing as xfire with Radeon.
last gorge
Software sli you mean without a bridge? I feel like I’ve heard of something similar before but has downsides
azure sandal
I @cinder mauve I found your soul mate ^
last gorge
abstract tide
So does anyone have any idea as to how I get Teamviewer to work on wake up lan
livid bluff
@last gorge AMD has a similar tech. It's Crossfire
last gorge
ye, i was just confused by question
livid bluff
He was wondering if there was a way to link 2 RTX 2070 together
Only the Supers have that capability for the 2070. Unless there's a software option for Nvidia like there is AMD I don't know if you can. That's why I had stated what I did.
gentle osprey
I was wondering if I have windows 7 on an old laptop and I have the activation code, is it possible to use the activation code on a new desktop that I am building to get windows 10?
last gorge
a laptop might be a oem key which is one use
radiant eagle
Wait I’m building a pc wht is everything thing I need besides the basics
cinder mauve
@radiant eagle prolly should go to #building-and-recc-chat or sum
livid bluff
@gentle osprey You can use the Win 7 OEM key to activate Win 10. Ive done it before with a code from a Laptop. It goes through a process with Tech Support though to get it working properly but it can be done. They just go in and change the product key in Windows to One that they pull from their system of available product keys.
They basically have to Authenticate the Win 7 key first before they do all that
gentle osprey
Tyvm
livid bluff
Your Welcome
Most of the time now though they are accepting Win 7 keys though since it has reached End Of Life for Updates.
gentle osprey
I tried asking but they didnt let me
icy oak
what if you have an old Win 8 laptop that you don't care if its OS works anymore? (Because the hardware on it is so old and bad I don't intend to use again)
livid bluff
I would just install Win 10 and use the product key. Thats what Ive always done and I personally havent had any issues. Now Microsoft Could Have changed their policy's on that stuff since the last Time I have had to do it.
fading crest
just last month i used a Win7 key for my media PC w/ Win10 on it
livid bluff
@fading crest So they are allowing them to be used to Activate Win 10 then since Win 7 is EOL at this time
deft cypress
hey can anyone help me with some usb 3.0 issues at all?
livid bluff
What Motherboard?
Most Issues with USB 3.0 can be solved by reinstalling the drivers for the motherboard
livid bluff
Ok. Im on the website looking right now
deft cypress
thank you
livid bluff
Try that Link
Its a Win 7 driver but it should Install. May have to set the install package to run in Compatability for Win 7
deft cypress
do i download all the drivers or just the usb one
livid bluff
Thats If It doesnt install properly straight fromt he executable file
Just the USB one Unless you need the other Win 10 Drivers. Then you just need to change the OS selection Up top to Win 10. There isnt a USB 3.0 option for Win 10 for that motherboard and its the Same driver for both Win 7 and Win 8
deft cypress
i mean my bios was last updated in 2013
livid bluff
If your on BIOS version F10e your good otherwise Download and install that verion of the BIOS
Will still need to Download and install the Driver for the USB 3.0 for it to work properly. Typically thoug Win 10 does that automatically but Im guessing in your case it didnt
deft cypress
mines F2 in 2013
livid bluff
Yeah You need to update to F10e
F2 is dated 5/19/2011 on the website
F10e is a Beta BIOS So if you want one that isnt a BETA Go with F9
livid bluff
That Could be when It was installed to the Board
deft cypress
i dont have a usb stick rn
livid bluff
Ok
deft cypress
can i do it through the link
livid bluff
That Link is the BIOS page cause Thats what I was looking at but all the Drivers for the motherboard are available on that page in drop down menus
deft cypress
thank you
deft cypress
wait what do i do with the files im new to pc sorry
do i use the windows batch file or the application
deft cypress
i have one that says autoexec and one that says FLASHSPI
livid bluff
autoexec
deft cypress
extract or run
livid bluff
extract
deft cypress
now what it didnt do anything
livid bluff
It should have extracted to a temp folder on your desktop
deft cypress
mhm it did
livid bluff
It should have a executable file that you can run
deft cypress
Help
livid bluff
Is that the BIOS File?
deft cypress
Mhm
livid bluff
Best way to do that is with a USB drive and Do it through the BIOS
deft cypress
Well see I just tried that and it kept saying it was the wrong file size
livid bluff
Huh. I dunno what to tell you unless you can do it through the App center once you have that installed.
deft cypress
App center?
livid bluff
Gigabyte App Center.
deft cypress
Oh ok
livid bluff
Or Download and Install BIOS from the Utility Section of the Support section for your motherboard that will allow you to flash the BIOS from Within Windows
@BIOS (AMD) Thats The one You want from the List
deft cypress
Ok thanks
livid bluff
No Problem
deft cypress
Do I save it to my partition drive
spark remnant
can someone help me with
virtualbox
imgur(dot)com/a/uexX1sB
i can't press "ok" even though i've fixed the problem
peak notch
The symbol with the yellow triangle relates to the tab where the invalid setting is located
spark remnant
did you see the image?
spark remnant
cus i clicked on the symbol
cinder mauve
I have a question. What would be a good cpu cooler (budget 150$ or less) for a ryzen 5 3600 on a msi tomahawk max b450 atx mobo
rocky cedar
says invalid settings detected lmao @spark remnant
spark remnant
i did
rocky cedar
then take another screenshot
rocky cedar
do the links normally now damn it
its annoying
then go enable amd-v
default is off
spark remnant
oh i can post links now
rocky cedar
look around the settings lol
there's more bios settings
I think my amd-v was grouped into the amd overclocking section
livid bluff
@spark remnant What Gigabyte Board is that> I have a B450 AORUS M
spark remnant
aorus b450 pro wifi
livid bluff
Ok Same Board I do then. Are you on BIOS Version F51f?
You just have the Pro Wifi Version
livid bluff
Oh You need the Virtualization turned on In the Bios. Had to go back up to see what the problem was
Give me a minute to find my Owners Manual
livid bluff
@spark remnant The Virtualization is Under M.I.T in the Bios Under Advanced CPU Core settings. Typically Found Under Advanced Frequency Settings. You will be looking to enable SVM Mode
spark remnant
oh thanks i did just now, was just looking for confirmation that that was the right thing! thanks for trying to help :)
livid bluff
Yeah No Problem. I looked in my Owners Manual to see where it was located
spark remnant
i thought i accidentally installed ubuntu onto host pc
livid bluff
Oh jeez
spark remnant
lol cus pc restarted
well, i got my first vm running finally
only took 2 hours and 50 gb
livid bluff
DAM
spark remnant
lol
last gorge
azure sandal
Anybody know of a software I can use that reads my YT livestream chat?
It's annoying to have to open up my stream in a different tab to read chat. Also takes up WiFi
spark remnant
do you have obs?
go onto stream settings then if you can find chat it should say “pop up chat”
then copy that link that pops up
then browser source in obs/slobs
azure sandal
Oh thanks
pulsar coral
delicate badger
may I ask a question here
rocky cedar
go ahead
delicate badger
Does Newegg have any other electronics rather than the pc components
delicate badger
like for example, the electronics michael reeves uses to build robots
alright thank you
rocky cedar
rocky cedar
Good, you?
delicate badger
im doing fine
rocky cedar
Though with specific electronic parts you might have better luck with Amazon, as they usually have a wider selection, but Newegg has a bit of everything.
delicate badger
oh ok
thank you
Im not exactly looking for electronics yet, but once I have my free time Im planning on building something
Im not sure what exactly though
for now Im just gonna take it easy
anyhow, thank you
delicate badger
hmm well
I am planning on doing that but
The thing is, Im getting mines pre built, however, I do want to learn how to change the graphics card incase it gets outdated
so I think it'll be useful to learn everything here
Building a gaming pc does sound interesting but idk if it'll be easy and Im anxious that I'll mess up on building one, which is why Im getting mine pre built
however, maybe I will try to learn how to at least change my graphics card
and what graphics cards I can use
signal flax
plucky raptor
Not sure if right channel, but have a question on "remote" game installs if you will. I have a data cap on my home internet so am curious about downloading files using laptop and then moving to computer. I know it is better to install the game to drive instead of moving files. Question is if i used a USBC to Sata cord, would it be possible to install games from steam onto a SSD from my laptop and then plug it into desktop?
livid bluff
Its possible but the registry entries wouldnt be on the desktop for that game along with you sould have to tell Steam to look in tha folder on the SSD for games
Biggest issue is the registry entries
plucky raptor
I knew I would need to redirect steam, but didn't know about the registry entries. Don't particularly want to move Desktop around that much, but may have to take to friends to download everything to get started. Was hoping to just download stuff occasionally while at work.
livid bluff
Yeah For the system to rocognize software there are entries put into the registry. In all honesty I dont know why. It may have something to do with the OS knowing that its authorized or something like that.
plucky raptor
Would there be a way to recreate or move the entries?
livid bluff
Doing that is not easy. You can easliy cause the OS not to boot if you dont know where to look for the correct registry entries when using REGedit
serene mango
Hey guys, i am trying to install Linux Ubuntu onto my laptop in replacement of windows 10. I plugged in the USB installer and hit try linux. My mouse is working but my keyboard is not. Any help?
Never mind a reboot fixed it 😂
rugged geode
What verison of windows should I use in a gaming pc
rocky cedar
Home or pro both work
rugged geode
Is pro any better
tepid silo
Bitlocker, remote desktop , group policy editor, active directory are the differences that matter most to (me)
winged sandal
ForksToday at 4:34 PM
Just install windows as normal, enter the key once windows is installed
ForksToday at 4:34 PM
If you want, you can enter the key during install
difference between these options?
is one easier then the other
last gorge
difference is that you would type it in later 😛
grave peak
Having major problems booting os
potent thorn
unlucky
unborn ibex
Hello. I need help again.
My pavilion X3 60 laptop hard drive failed, I installed a new SSD crucial hard drive and was suggested the windows key would be found and reinstalled. Yeah operating system did not install. What steps do I need to take to reinstall a Windows operating system. Thanks for your help
potent thorn
get a usb, go to microsoft website, install the windows 10 installer, stick usb into laptop
sleek terrace
unborn ibex
Thank you This looks like a great video I’ll follow it and see how far I get.
hearty trench
Is this a good place to ask for help in regards to getting troubleshooting issues with a windows install?
rotund quail
Does windows education have a water mark?
digital moth
last gorge
Any version of Windows should not have a watermark as long as it’s activated
ruby moon
azure sandal
Hey guys. I’ve been thinking about trying to dual boot on my PC so I can have windows and Linux, just to try Linux, and I have a few questions about it if anybody can help me out:
- How does it work? When I boot up my PC, do I have to like select if I want to boot to Linux or windows or something?
- Can I just allocate 200gb on my secondary 2TB HDD to dedicate it to Linux? If not, I do have a spare 320gb I can use.
- What distro would you recommend? I’m a newbie to Linux.
tepid silo
Dual booting is fine - especially if you wanna game on linux
But you can try it out in a virtual machine - check out virtualbox or vmware workstation player
Ubuntu, linux mint are great starters
azure sandal
Never used a virtual machine. How does that work?
Also I’m totally new to the dual booting thing. I have no idea how it works
tepid silo
Tons of guides online/youtube
Main this is to install windows first
You want windows boot manager to call grub
azure sandal
Yeah, well, I already have windows installed.
What does “call grub” mean?
azure sandal
Okay, so what I’m seeing so far is that you just need to have either a separate drive or you need to “split” a drive into different partitions, correct?
I’m not done reading he article that’s just what I’ve retained so far
Okay and then when you finish setting up the dual boot, whenever you turn on the PC, it’ll ask you whether you want to go into Ubuntu or windows, right?
Do you think I should backup everything on my PC before I do this? I mean all I’m doing is just installing another OS right?
dense mirage
Yes to all the questions
azure sandal
And I’m guessing the process is the same for Mint if I were to do Linux mint?
dense mirage
Yup
tepid silo
Ubuntu/mint are identical with respect to installation /dual boot
Install/boot etc are all the same
azure sandal
Do you think I should either put my spare 320gb HDD in the system and use that or should I just make a separate 150-200gb partition on my 2TB HDD. The 2TB has a bunch of stuff on it, so would it be risky to use the 2TB?
tepid silo
Are you going to game on this linux?
If not - I'd just download virtualbox and install mint or something
azure sandal
Not sure yet. I kinda just want to try it out and get a feel for Linux
tepid silo
Ya, try the virtual box thing
azure sandal
If I use my spare 320gb, could I just take it out at any time and it wouldn’t dual boot?
tepid silo
I mean - you'd still see the dual boot choice screen
But you wouldn't be able to boot to whatever is disconnected
azure sandal
Gotcha
So a VM seems like what I want to do right now. How would I go about doing that?
dense mirage
I dunno, if you have a spare drive that's a pretty good choice
azure sandal
For a VM?
azure sandal
Alright. Thanks for the help Forks and Bob
rocky cedar
Virtualbox is fun
azure sandal
Hey so on virtualbox it's telling me to select "Erase disk and install Ubuntu"
dense mirage
Yeah
azure sandal
And that's getting me spooked
azure sandal
oh okay phew
sleek terrace
what’s the difference between w10 home and pro
azure sandal
there's some differences, but nothing major that will matter to an average user
dense mirage
The main difference is $60 of list price
azure sandal
lol yeah
sleek terrace
home it is
tall lichen
my friend just built his pc and he's running everything bone stock (not even XMP) and he's been getting intermittent restarts with Kernel-Power errors and WHEA fatal hardware errors
i've only seen these errors when trying to undervolt
it's a fresh windows install and he does have a good enough power supply
anyone know what could cause it?
rugged geode
Where can I get cheap windows 10 keys
rapid crystal
@last gorge is there anything else on that site worth looking for? Haha it looks interesting
last gorge
not sure, i just know some people here have had luck with the win 10 pro keys, im not sure about the other software
¯_(ツ)_/¯
rapid crystal
There was a crazy bundle but it was EU only it looked like
Honestly I work in IT and we recycle old win7 pro keys all the time which can activate win10 pro
So I never really think about licensing
last gorge
ye that works too
past sparrow
i know im late but does anyone know the difference between the $29 version of windows 10 Home and the $129 (same version) on other sites...? I am trying to upgrade my kids computers and I want to make sure i can just buy one real copy and use it for all three CPU's for their remote work but im hoping i dont have to spend $100+ on each one just to use a safe CPU with a browser.
dense mirage
@past sparrow What are the specs of the computers?
last gorge
some bios settings keep resetting like secure boot and screwing with my system, thoughts on why?
white moat
did u hit save
last gorge
yes lol
white moat
very important step
last gorge
i am hearing it could be dead cmos bat but idk
white moat
idk im going to sleep
last gorge
night
white moat
night
pearl ore
is davinci resolve legit, ive been told by a friend online it was but a friend in person told me it was just a malware when he installed
long kettle
Davinci resolve is very legit
it's extremely good for the price
I know some very good film schools has started using DaVinci over adobe
dense mirage
@pearl ore It's legit. Your friend likely just downloaded a fake version
Just make sure you get the legit version and not some "cracked" or "FREE! DOWNLOAD NOW!" version, as with any software
last gorge
yes it is very legit
cinder mauve
is davinci resolve legit, ive been told by a friend online it was but a friend in person told me it was just a malware when he installed
@pearl ore i use davinci resolve, its amazing concidering its free, and my anti virus also said it was malware
cinder mauve
@cinder mauve which one do you have?
@dense mirage anti virus?
dense mirage
Yeah
dense mirage
Meh
Lot's of false positives, guzzles system resources, and doesn't really block that many attacks
Has some security issues of its own soon
I usually just recomend windows defender coupled with ddds.
That's enough for pretty much any situation
last gorge
Just use windows defender, if you think I file is virus upload to virustotal.com
If the site says majority virus than it might be a virus
mellow solar
I have an issue with my windows 10
Like 3 or 4 years ago I had a windows 7 and that hard drive was dying i went to a computer shop and bought a Kingston 240 gb ssd and the technician offered me to update my windows 7 to windows 10
So they changed my old hard drive to the new one and they installed my windows 7 and the new SSD and then made it from win 7 to win 10
And it worked flawlessly for all this time but few weeks ago I bought new mobo, ram, processor from newegg.com and now it is saying I need to activate windows
The thing is I have tried to activate windows but I have not been able because its not letting me do it online
And I do not have windows key myself
Is there anything I can do to fix this? I haven't been able to tweak the BIOS on the Aorus board because someone told me to update everything on windows before touching the BIOS to avoid compatibility issues
AND I AM GOING CRAZY
wheat quest
you might be SOL, it's a windows licensing thing. normally you can just convert to a digital license by signing in with your microsoft account, and registration will just follow you from machine to machine when you sign in, but the exception to that is the windows 7 upgrade
it won't create a digital license in that case
so you might just need to pick up a cheap ebay or gvgmall key
and re-register
wheat quest
cost will be like $5-15 probably
and once you buy the key and they send it to you, you just go to settings > security > activation and enter the key
mellow solar
@wheat quest seriously? I was about to blow 200 bucks on a new windows
wheat quest
yeah don't do that lol
mellow solar
I do not trust ebay
The other place you said is legit? Have you bought from them?
@wheat quest ?
wheat quest
yeah, i bought a gvgmall key for a friend of mine
and they haven't had any issue
issues*
mellow solar
@wheat quest I'll give it a try, thanks for the helpful info. I'll let you know how it goes.
dense ether
Do I need to buy the product key for windows or can I just use the installation media made off my old computer without it
last gorge
you don't need the product key to install windows, you can skip that step and enter it later or not at all if you don't mind a watermark @dense ether
dense ether
Okay cool
last gorge
if you do want to buy a key, you can find cheap on ebay or software-codes.com i would only buy right when you want to enter it in tho
dense ether
Yeah
jaunty wave
depends on your original software. if u buy it direct from microsoft u can usually reuse the key but the cheaper ones u get from 3rd party vendors can only be applied to one motherboard
last gorge
depends which you get, oem is only for one pc, but some places like software-codes does sell retail codes that can be moved to other pcs, some people here have checked and they seemed to be legit retail. tho 5usd is a lot less than 100usd so it's not a huge deal to buy multiple in the case you have a oem key
jaunty wave
or big brain it and buy a super cheap key to go with the new inte lga1200 socket and that mobo should last a while
last gorge
lol
dense ether
I'm stealing the windows installation media off a laptop I doubt I can take the key from it
last gorge
laptop probably has a oem key so ye probably not
installation media is free on microsoft website so that should be no problem
dense ether
Yeah
rough escarp
I just built a new pc with a asus x570 p motherboard and when i turn on the pc none of the keys are working to get into the bios and then a screen titled american megatrands comes up listing my pc parts and says press f1 to start the setup but that dosent work either. If a press the delete key or hold down any key when turning on the pc then it says keyboard not detected. I have an annepro 2 so i have to hit FN then the F1 key so i dont know if this could be a problem can somebody please help me.
exotic yarrow
I just built a new PC which was working well for a few hours, but after I went out for dinner, I got a side by side configuration is incomplete error for every app except chrome. i've tried deleting browser data, restarting my pc several times, and even resetting my PC doesn't work(I am literally not able to reset the PC, I get an error when I try. Does anyone know this problem?
spark remnant
can anyone pls help
me
chkdsk is now always running on startup and if i dont pay attention to cancel it it will run for hours
this is what i did to try and fix it idk what it means owo
C: is dirty but for most pcs its not
should i run the chkdsk?
ping me or dm me
mellow solar
@wheat quest thanks again it worked very well and was fast only took like 10 minutes
spark remnant
alright
thanks!
it's working now, my drive isn't dirty anymore
i think it's because i ejected a disk drive off of my PC a couple days ago and it screwed stuff up
exotic yarrow
can anyone help with my problem?
dense mirage
What exactly is chrome doing?
exotic yarrow
nothing, chrome is normal, but if i try to open anything else i get the error
dense mirage
What exactly is the error
exotic yarrow
"The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect"
exotic yarrow
windows
dense mirage
What version?
dense mirage
10, 8, 7?
dense mirage
Did you just install any new software?
exotic yarrow
i installed the drivers and some games recently, but other than that i dont think so
exotic yarrow
just chrome and other web browsers
exotic yarrow
i got "windows resource protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them"
exotic yarrow
wdym
dense mirage
Run this command now dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
exotic yarrow
i got the source files could not be found
exotic yarrow
still doesnt work
exotic yarrow
i get an error
exotic yarrow
i cant uninstall anything
i get an error that says it might have already been uninstalled
dense mirage
Can you install a new one?
exotic yarrow
no
dense mirage
Also errors out?
exotic yarrow
yea
dense mirage
Do you have any important information on the PC?
exotic yarrow
no
dense mirage
Nothing on there that can't be deleted?
exotic yarrow
no
dense mirage
Reinstall windows
exotic yarrow
i tried resetting earlier, but i got an error when trying to do that
last gorge
ye i feel reinstall best bet, and reinstall is not the same as reset, reset this pc often fails
last gorge
windows installation media on usb drive
exotic yarrow
oh when i tried plugging in the usb with windows installation media on it it disables my mouse and i get no signal
dense mirage
You might need to use your keyboard
Reboot the pc, and select the USB as the boot device
exotic yarrow
i cant get into bios with the usb plugged in
dense mirage
What motherboard do you have?
exotic yarrow
gigabyte b450 aorus pro wifi
last gorge
do you have fast boot or something turned on
exotic yarrow
im not sure
dense mirage
Can you get to bios normally?
exotic yarrow
if i unplug the usb i can get into bios
dense mirage
Okay
Can you get to the boot device select menu? spam click enter, f10, and delete as you boot
exotic yarrow
no, cant access that
dense mirage
What state are you in?
exotic yarrow
california
dense mirage
exotic yarrow
lmao
dense mirage
Can you go into bios normally, go to boot order, and move all options mentioning USB to the top?
last gorge
exotic yarrow
the only option in the boot order is my drive
dense mirage
Try a cmos reset
exotic yarrow
how do i do that
dense mirage
Disconnect power, remove the little watch battery from the motherboard, and hold down the power button for one minute
dense mirage
Can you access the bios now with the USB in?
exotic yarrow
still no
dense mirage
Do you have a microcenter nearby?
exotic yarrow
no
dense mirage
Try going into the bios, then inserting the USB
last gorge
their service in most parts is down 😦
dense mirage
After the USB is in, switch around between a few of the menus and then come back to the boot device selection
exotic yarrow
neither my mouse or keyboard work
dense mirage
in bios?
exotic yarrow
yea
dense mirage
What usb ports are they plugged into?
dense mirage
Try reformatting that USB
exotic yarrow
how do i do that
dense mirage
Go to windows, redownload the iso
dense mirage
Dang
Okay
I honestly have no clue what to do at this point. Do you have any other USB drives you could try?
last gorge
seems very odd
upbeat sky
So I need some help. My mom passed and didn't leave her password for her computer. I know I can reset it using a password reset disk but I want to get into her computer and see what apps she left running and not have to reboot the machine. Any suggestions?
wheat quest
Firstly, condolences on your loss. Secondly, assuming the machine is running Windows, do you know if it was setup with a Microsoft acct? And if so, do you have access to the email that was used for it?
Or was it just a local account on the machine?
upbeat sky
Its a local account on the machine
wheat quest
you might not be able to then, without rebooting into a safe mode command prompt or something like that. you used to be able to trigger a run prompt from the login screen on windows 7 and earlier, and then you could do some command line trickery to bypass it
but in 10, i don't think it works anymore
there's always the brute force style option where you just start running through anything you think she might have used, names/words/numbers, etc
warm osprey
So I really messed up my Win10 install...
I downloaded the Intel network drivers from the MSI B250 (my mobo) support website.
After installing the drivers, it stopped recognizing my Ethernet connection.
It shows the "no WiFi" icon at the bottom right, but it doesn't show my Ethernet cable.
I've tried uninstalling the driver from devmgmt and restarting, I've tried uninstalling the Intel app that broke it, nothing seems to fix it.
yo what the peck
I went upstairs to double check an error message before mentioning it here, and suddenly my PC is connected??
white moat
so problem fixed?
warm osprey
I guess?
Wait no?
I just ran a speedtest:
I have gigabit ethernet. It was consistently ~900Mbps beforehand.
oh nvm again
It's the Speedtest app being idiotic. Uninstalled. The website works fine.
back to normal 🙂
Thanks anyways lol
marsh hare
i hav elike 22 upload mbps and 500 mbps
livid bluff
@upbeat sky There is a Default Admin user on the system that will override and allow access to a local account. User name is Administrator or Admin and it will be the same for the Password. This is a default microsoft has been building into Windows for ages. Ive known this workaround since Win 95 and it still works to this day. Try that. If that doesnt work you have to get into safe mode to change the password.
Also Sorry For your Loss
cinder mauve
does anyone know how and where to get window key for cheap?
last gorge
https://software-codes.com/ or ebay
upbeat sky
@livid bluff unfortunately I set it up and its win10 and her account was the admin account.
mellow solar
@cinder mauve i got mine from gvgmall.com and was easy and fast.
I have an issue with my Microsoft wireless mouse and I don't know if it is hardware or software
The issue is when I connect the mouse in the front IO ports it starts freezing and jumping and disappearing
But when I connect it on the back ports it works fine
livid bluff
@upbeat sky It is still a default Override thats built into Win 10 thankfully. Like I said if that doesnt work youll have to get it into safe mode
last gorge
could be a range issue, could be a issue with front io so i would try the back, check manufacturer website for drivers
mellow solar
@last gorge drivers for? For mouse? I have searched the web and there is no particular drivers for mouse
last gorge
should be fine then, just making sure it doesn't need any kind of external drivers
mellow solar
@last gorge i am scared because the system is totally new
last gorge
what mouse is it
last gorge
try taking a look at this https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/531275-jumpy-jittery-wireless-mouse-common-causes
dense mirage
Who needs a mouse?
mellow solar
@dense mirage if you know any illuminati way to play an mmo without mouse let me know
dense mirage
Sure
touch screen, touch pad, that weird little joysrick in the thinkpad keyboards...
last gorge
if anyone knows anything about centos i need halp, it appears as if internet does not exist. cannot ping google or even default gateway. i don't see any network config present. not sure how to set it up
dense mirage
@last gorge what image of centos did you use?
last gorge
minimal
dense mirage
Okay, this should be fun
last gorge
lol
dense mirage
You on ethernet or wifi?
last gorge
ethernet
last gorge
nice, it does have wifi too but i don't feel like using it
dense mirage
wifi is harder to set up, so yeah
last gorge
/usr/sbin/ip it says
last gorge
is there something i should look out for there, should i try to send pic?
dense mirage
A pic would be good. The main thig we're looking for is the interface names, which will be just after the numbers in the list
It will likely be something like en0
last gorge
dense mirage
Of course they had to name it that 🤣
So the interface is up, which is a good thing. Does your internet have any odd setup?
last gorge
Not that I know of besides some port forwarding, also it would be easier if this pc had static 192.168.1.30 local
last gorge
dense mirage
nmtui
dense mirage
Highlight edit a connection, and press enter
last gorge
K
dense mirage
Select the ethernet option, and press enter
last gorge
dense mirage
Go down and check the "Automtically connect" box
last gorge
How do you check it
dense mirage
Space
last gorge
Oh
dense mirage
Did you set the profile name and device, or was that supplied
dense mirage
It might be necessary to change the Device
last gorge
Is there something specific I should change to
last gorge
Done
dense mirage
Go down to <OK> and save the changes
last gorge
Got it
dense mirage
Go back to the main menu, and select Activate a connection
last gorge
Well that’s not good
last gorge
Yes reopening it was the same
last gorge
K
dense mirage
Set IPv4 confuguration to Automatic
last gorge
Still blank
last gorge
Trying it out to replace a media server, didn’t want to use windows it is only 2 core
last gorge
What would you suggest
last gorge
Ye
dense mirage
Do you have an nvme drive?
last gorge
No only hdd
last gorge
Alright I’ll give it a try
dense mirage
A lot easier to set up
CentOS kinda assumes that you're going to have some huge server room setup for internet
dense mirage
And not gonna lie, internet is black magic
last gorge
Alright I let ya know if there are any more issues
dense mirage
👍
last gorge
i lost my usb 😤
last gorge
oh god more issues im just gonna sleep
wide pawn
I have a i7-7700 Dell XPS 8920.
I'm removing the HDD & replacing it with SSD
When cloning my HDD:
1- should I also clone the Intel Optane to SSD?
2- should I disable Intel Optane before cloning?
3- Once cloned, do I even need the Intel Optane, since I'll be on SSD?
tepid silo
- no
- yes
- no
last gorge
beginning to sense there is a problem https://i.imgur.com/XwYCmBQ.png
tepid silo
try dism?
mellow solar
-
Is there a way to get a cheap license of photoshop, illustrator and indesign?
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Is there a way to extract an already installed photoshop, illustrator and indesign from an old dying laptop? If yes, how?
last gorge
-
i know there is a listing for a cloud sub 12month cheaper at software-codes.com it's a site some people use for windows keys but idk if it works for the adobe. that kind of stuff is not often found cheaper besides adobes sales
-
i don't think so unless you have a license or activation key. i've had adobe tell me apps i have are illegal copies in the past, could possibly take a look at this https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/how-do-i-transfer-photoshop-from-one-computer-to-another/td-p/5438624?page=1
mellow solar
@last gorge thanks for the info
stray ether
Bro
dull moss
Bro
wide pawn
I downloaded Macrium to clone my old HDD to SSD.
There are 6x partitions listed here (can't post pic yet)
How do I know which one is the Intel Optane (which I don't want to clone) & what exactly are the other partitions?
dense mirage
Do you desktop or laptop?
wide pawn
Desktop
dense mirage
Prebuilt or custom?
wide pawn
Prebuilt
Dell XPS 8920 i7-7700
dense mirage
My guess is that you have the windows recover partition, a dell recovery partition, the optane partition, and your system partition in there
No clue what the others two are
wide pawn
Ok, now who knows how to fix this:
1- Turn power on computer
2- Screens stay black for almost 3-5 minutes
3- Dell Icon never comes up
4- After 3-5 minutes, my log in screen comes on
5- I log into Windows like normal
I can't enter Bios and I never see the Dell Screen. Is there something I can do to fix the boot up process?
ashen dawn
Ultra slow hdd? used to wait some min to start my PC with my old 5400 rpm hdd 10 years ago
livid bluff
Sounds Like a Hard Drive thats about to bite the dust @wide pawn
wide pawn
I've successfully cloned the hard drive to an SSD but I'm still having the same issue using the SSD
livid bluff
Thats Odd. Only other thing It could be is massive fragmantation then
Thats just in my experience though
Its Ok To Defrag a SSD once in awhile just never Defrag a M.2 as it messes up the memory controller
wide pawn
Could the bad sector from the HDD possibly clone to the SSD, creating the same issue?
livid bluff
That I dont know about. I mean its a possability cause the files on the bad sector would be hard to read
wide pawn
hmmm
livid bluff
Defragging would fix that though based on my experience
wide pawn
Ok, I'll give that a shot. I'm running out of options to make this computer boot up quicker & actually get into bios. haha
tidal lintelBOT
[1K-1] D.Viper#7346 has been warned
dense mirage
ooofs
wide pawn
lol
dense mirage
Don't say it again whatever it was 🤣
livid bluff
Hammer the crap out the F2 or DEL key immediatly after you power it on. I had a Older Dell Laptop that was a pain to get into the BIOS
wide pawn
what does the button on the back of the computer do, right above the green light for the PSU? if I hold it down, the upper case fan turns on but nothing more than that
is that just to help "decharge" the system when you power down?
dense mirage
Can you take a picture of it and post it here?
livid bluff
Yeah Im curious myself
wide pawn
ttps://www.dell.com/community/XPS-Desktops/XPS-8920-Boot-problem/td-p/5835404
I can't post links yet
so just add a h at the beginning of this link
I'm looking at #10 in this diagram
wide pawn
ah
ok, hang on
#10 is what I'm referring to
#9 is the green light when you plug the computer in
livid bluff
I do Believe that is a Discharge Button
livid bluff
I think You just need to defrag and see if that fixes it
wide pawn
I just completed it, gonna restart computer....either I'll be right back or will be back in 3-5 minutes haha
livid bluff
Hmm Thats a Odd one
How old is the PC???
Im just wondering if Maybe Putting in a new CMOS Battery would help
livid bluff
Oh yeah the CMOS Battery Should be fine then
Then again Ive had to change the one on my Motherboard already. And I got my Motherboard Dec of Last Year
livid bluff
Yeah thats the way mine was to.
Hmmm I gues syou could try changing out the CMOS Battery but it will reset any custom BIOS settings you have
wide pawn
Nah, all factory
livid bluff
Yeah Then Changing the CMOS wouldnt affect you then.
wide pawn
Ok, well....I bought new batteries to try that. Just didn't want to never be able to boot up after I change it, if there is some issue
wide pawn
Also, just wondering. For factory PSU.....does the fan always turn on or is it only based on temp?
might you know?
livid bluff
On a Dell XPS Im not sure but typically the fan should always be running
livid bluff
Oh That Might Indicate a failing Power Supply then
Im not 100% sure but a failing power supply can cause longer than normal Boot Up times
wide pawn
So, here lies the issue. If I just replace the power supply, don't I need to enter BIOS for updating it or is it just "plug & play"?
livid bluff
Plug and Play
livid bluff
But You have to get one for Your System as Dell uses a proprietary connector for their motherboards
livid bluff
Yeah.
wide pawn
time to go hunting
livid bluff
Ebay But then again Newegg Might have them as well since the system is onyl a few years old
wide pawn
I saw a video on YT that showed someone running some commands in CMD for "start up" fixing....basically like reinstalling just the "start up" section
now I can't find that video either, cause I was going to try that out too & see if that helped
livid bluff
Ehhh Its sounding more like a Motherboard or power related issue
Cause if it was part of the Windows Boot up sequence It wouldnt go fast once Windows actually goes to load
wide pawn
gotcha - seems like this is an issue with Dell when you search Google & type "black screen, no Dell logo"
& i've tried to follow most of the posts but nothing has helped to this point
livid bluff
Yeah Thats why Im leaning more towards the Power Supply at this point since the fan doesnt spin
wide pawn
just curious, if the PSU is failing, does that mean it just isn't getting enough power at start up, causing the slow boot?
livid bluff
Yeah
wide pawn
Now I'm wondering if I should just replace with factory or look for upgrade. The computer is great but these Dell Cases are just so small, it makes things much harder
thanks for all the input @livid bluff really appreciate it
livid bluff
Yeah Not a Problem
mellow solar
Is there any way to fix windows store? It wasn't working before I activated it and stayed the same after I activated windows.
I have read all o have found on the internet but haven't been lucky enough
vast summit
I'm trying to run obs on this laptop and I was wondering if the system requirements are adequate enough. It has a core i3 7100u and 6gb of ram. (Windows 10)
sleek parrot
help i have windows defender that eat 30% of my cpu and 10gb of ram even if its not on do anyone have an idea ?
last gorge
could be a scan, defender does quick scans from time to time, usually when the pc is started up
sleek parrot
How can i limit this
it lag my pc very hardly even with my 3600x and my 16gb of ram
last gorge
wait 10gb just for the one proccess
sleek parrot
yes im sure
potent thorn
screenshot
sleek parrot
I cant but i fixed the problem by restarting the pc
dense mirage
@azure sandal
cinder mauve
probably a memory leak
hoary nacelle
how does arch work
dense mirage
Mostly it doesn't
hoary nacelle
was thinking about installing it on a 200gb partition
dense mirage
Have you used Linux before?
dense mirage
Mostly it's they give you a bare minimum system, and you have to setupa dn format the partition, copy some file over, chroot into the copied system from the live install, and then proceed setting up all you system services, packages, and drivers
Once that is done, you can try to set up a GUI so you don't have to use the command line anymore
dense mirage
It's an interesting journey
hoary nacelle
i wanna try it but i also dont wanna break my pc lmao
dense mirage
Do it in a VM then
hoary nacelle
as it is, installing mac os is already being dumb
adding another OS only gonna cause more issues lol
dense mirage
There is a very good chance of something going wrong in a first time install
tepid silo
last gorge
dense mirage
Yeah
dense mirage
Yeah
hoary nacelle
lord forgive me
dense mirage
Have fun with that
last gorge
good luck
white moat
lmao that sounds like so much fun
white moat
see this is why normal people use windows
hoary nacelle
@dense mirage do you think doing it inside a VM will be harder
like its for sure safer
but will the VM get in the way at all
hoary nacelle
welp
i swear every single time i try to open vmware it just disappears from my start menu
dense mirage
What is your purpose for installing arch?
hoary nacelle
learning
dense mirage
Gotcha
dense mirage
Yeah, do that
hoary nacelle
$5 on ebay
rocky cedar
fancy
tepid silo
I'd guess that's not needed since it lives in vmware
hoary nacelle
yeah
thats why i decided to skip
i can also probably skip the network setup
since it thinks its on ethernet
right?
tepid silo
Ya, just configure vmware NIC as default/bridge
cinder mauve
Anyone know how to wipe a user from Windows 10? No format or factory reset if it possible
hoary nacelle
interesting... when i was working on MacOS i was doing stuff with this
when i needed to mount my EFI partition for example
it was like disk0s1
i didnt know what it meant
jaunty wave
sometimes it will leave their files on the pc under users but u can just delete that
and then they gone
hoary nacelle
@dense mirage
question
im using fdisk to create partitions
i typed l to list the codes
now im here
how do i exit this list?
dense mirage
Q
dense mirage
256MB is fine
hoary nacelle
alright
this is where i am right now
the wiki is kinda confusing
oh wait
was i supposed to do
p +256M
wait no
that wouldnt tell it to be EFI partition
wait im stupid
i missed the line that told me to type N
IM A GENIUS
tepid silo
haha no idea
Does googling the "efi variables are not supported ``" yield anything useful?
hoary nacelle
i tried
ah
this is where VMware is getting in the way
i had to enable EFI on the VM side of things
got it
tepid silo
Interesting
hoary nacelle
thank the lord
tepid silo
SHould stream it
hoary nacelle
i am, but in a different server
hoary nacelle
@dense mirage
I DID IT
am i cool now
i installed gnome
it reminds me of ubuntu
dense mirage
Ubuntu uses gnome, so makes sense
hoary nacelle
ugh its boot looping
hoary nacelle
fdisk /dev/sda, g, n, enter, enter, +256M, t, 1, n, enter, enter, enter, w, mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2, mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1, mount /dev/sda2 /mnt, pacstrap /mnt base linux linx-firmware nano vim, genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab, arch-chroot /mnt, nano /etc/locale.gen, delete # before en-US, echo archlinux > /etc/hostname, nano /etc/hosts, add 127.0.0.1 localhost, ::1 localhost, 127.0.0.1 archlinux, passwd, pacman -S grub efibootmgr, mkdir /boot/efi, mount /devsda1 /boot/efi, grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --bootloader-id=grub --efi-directory=/boot/efi, grb-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg, pacman -S xorg, pacman -S gnome, systemctl start gdm.service, systemctl enable gdm.service, systemctl enable NetworkManager.service, exit, shutdown now
ezpz
i should mention thats for vm installation
hoary nacelle
i didnt change anything really
but now the wallpaper is bright
thanks arch, very cool
vast summit
Sounds exactly like what a fake administrator would say...
dense mirage
I AM THE ADMINISTRATOR 😠
Administrator != super user.
Super user has more power
tepid silo
Lol, I ran into that issue with centos, have to add my user to the "wheel group"
dense mirage
Either that or the sudo group
hoary nacelle
yeah i got it fixed lol
i used visudo and edited that file
i checked, and i was already added to the wheel group
so i just enabled sudo for wheel group
there was no sudo group so i didnt bother to make one
dense mirage
That would do it
dense mirage
Awesome is fun
hoary nacelle
what terminal emulator do you use?
dense mirage
let me check rq
dense mirage
I use konsole
tepid silo
konsole ships with kde
dense mirage
Also cool-retro-term
https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term
hoary nacelle
haha wtf who needs 500fps in a terminal window
is that a meme
or is it actually useful
dense mirage
Yeah, if you're printing out a lot of stuff a terminal can actually eat a decent amount of resources
Running yes pegs konsole at 100% CPU on my system
hoary nacelle
what does yes do
dense mirage
Prints out y forever
last gorge
lol
hoary nacelle
lol
dense mirage
If you pass it any arguments, it prints whatever you passed it forever
hoary nacelle
useful
dense mirage
Yup
Pipe it into some shell script that you just want to select all the default options on
dense mirage
You want useful, get cowsay, lolcat, and toilet
tight bluff
Stupid Question: No hard drive means no OS, right?
tepid silo
You can boot an os off a usb drive
dense mirage
Yup
I don't think you can do that with windows though. It tends to complain about being run off a USB 🙄
tepid silo
Oh ya, I wouldn't recommend doing that with a standard windows install.
Maybe windows to go
But ubuntu, most linux, bsd etc are all commonly live booted off flash drives for temporary use
dense mirage
Yup
dense mirage
I prefer Beiber Linux
last gorge
mangaka
dense mirage
actually a useful command though if you throw a head in there
cat /dev/zero | head -c16M > lol
Makes an empty 16MB file
hoary nacelle
fdisk /dev/sda, g, n, enter, enter, +256M, t, 1, n, enter, enter, enter, w, mkfs...
ezpz
mint dagger
hoary nacelle
installing packages on arch feels like choosing what tweaks you want on your jailbroken iphone
super fun
vivid temple
as long as you are having fun mate :)
cinder mauve
Guys PC constantly keeps crashing to BAD POOL HEADER error and also WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE error before I even do anything on the windows home screen. Any solutions?
hoary nacelle
@dense mirage @cinder mauve @cinder mauve ITS TRANSPARENT NOW AAAAAA
now im trying to make it blurry
last gorge
blurrr
tired salmon
So, I was going to install my amd chipset driver, and I noticed that it said my os was "out of date".. I'm currently running windows 10 (edu edition) version 2004
tired salmon
great now I'm getting error 0x80240035 when trying to update
wraith timber
😔
Well I mean
Majority Windows 10 users at least
I still know nothing about registry editing
dense mirage
Use what?
wraith timber
😳
dense mirage
Is that like a system log?
wraith timber
Oh yes
dense mirage
Okay