Corona
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After you install Windows 8, you won’t be able to use the recovery partition on your PC to go back to your previous version of Windows.
Forget it I'm not gonna bother trying, or even thinking.
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So how does one get W8 without using an ISO?
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Ah, the old "brick hung from a string" employee.
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I think I remember that before there was XP there was something like "Wake on LAN".
It allowed the computer hardware to be powered up by a signal from the Internet.
It was convenient for the I.T. department to have remote control of all P.C.s so they could update / ensure compliance / spy.
It was also one of Microsoft's many defaults which gifts to the hackers.
I trust that update line is a tad more secure these days?
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By the way Corona will understand when I tell him how upset I am that spider solitaire doesn't work right in Win 8
No!
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The best thing about Windows 8 is
watching it on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4boTbv9_nU&feature=player_embedded
Can't get enough of them 1968 USS Enterprise blinking lights.
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I picked it up 2 days ago on filehippo.
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I got MSE. No hassles.
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The new updates that came today (or yesterday?) included Active X killbits. They're always a concern since you never know what app you have that they might kill.
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because what else are your going to use wales for, a vacation???
I'd like to vacation in Portmeirion. "Be seeing you!"
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I always shut down overnight. What blows me away is how Win 7 "updates" (& etc.) overnight when the pooter is supposedly "shut down".
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So you use it as an HDD casing to hold your extra back-up drive connected by a USB connection? And it holds a terabyte drive? Sounds like a very good investment.
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I got a headache just reading that.
I think I'll just stick with Win 7 for a few more years.
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Hazelnut, you still use Windows Defender? And why do you keep its shortcut on your desktop?
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October to March. Must not have been a pressing issue.
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If you follow someone around in person taking pictures and making notes all day, it might qualify as stalking, or worse. It's a crime in many jurisdictions. And quite rude.
Quite.
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I think what takes longest to set up after update & installation are the .NET services. I stared at Process Explorer for about 20 minutes as .NET4 kept eating 15-20% memory as it opened & closed in tons of different PIDs. .
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Nevermind. I had to re-restart my pooter. Don't know why.
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Last night when I turned off my pooter I noticed it was downloading major updates from Windows Update so I let it do its thing. Today all videos (You Tube, etc.) just play audio but show a blank green screen. Also, iTunes won't download new podcasts when 'refreshed'.
What did they do?
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When I was a kid I used to do that "focus behind" trick by looking up close at simple repetitive patterns, like a polkadot pattern etc.
It makes the pattern look like it's 12 inches farther and bigger than it really is.
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I no wut yoo meen abot spelcheker. It haznt wurked 4 me the last 3 bilds.
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The upright horse almost looks like a gecko lizard. And the boat looks like a single-sailed Japanese skiff. I remember these type of images from the 90s. I can find the images pretty easily. I also remember that those who can't will hate your guts for bringing the subject up.
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I want to see the James Joyce rejoinder to that. Stairwell & all.
March Desktops
in The Lounge
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Messers Brownstone & Brownstone, your desktops are like 10 years ahead of everyone elses'.
I hate you. 
But really, fantastic desktop!