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  1. Santilli

    Windows 10

    Thanks for the link. That's the answer to the situation I've been facing. We have a Dell laptop that would really be far better with an SSD, but, since it's out of warranty, how do you do a clean install, on a new drive? The laptop has 8.1 on it, and we don't have any media with that, or for...
  2. Santilli

    Windows 10

    I'm starting to see laptops that are checking the boxes I'm interested in: 17.3" screen DVD/Bluray player decent processor, ram, and an SSD for a boot drive. wifi a/c and priced under 1000 dollars. Problem is about 100% have Windows 10 home. I would like to upgrade to 10 Pro, due to networking...
  3. Santilli

    Windows 10

    Well, I guess I'll have to be obvious: Is there a cheap way to get it done? Is there a way to get a DVD or some sort of media that you can reuse if you want to do a clean install? Examples: We have two Dells, both out of warranty. It would be nice to have a disk, or some form of media that you...
  4. Santilli

    Windows 10

    How do you upgrade from 10 home to 10 Pro?
  5. Santilli

    Forum moved and upgraded

    BEAUTIFUL! Thank you! Happy New Year!
  6. Santilli

    SMS - phone, tablet & desktop all-in-one?

    You might check out DeX, if you want a nice Samsung phone, and want to get rid of the tablet. Use DeX and plug it into a monitor, and you pretty much don't need the tablet.
  7. Santilli

    SMS - phone, tablet & desktop all-in-one?

    I'm also using Google Messages. Hangouts and Google Voice both seem to be on the end of life, we are not supporting anymore Google pile. I resemble all of your devices, and it works great.
  8. Santilli

    Samsung Note 9 - anyone else using this phone?

    I found it last night. What do you make of the options?
  9. Santilli

    Samsung Note 9 - anyone else using this phone?

    Don't see where to change that setting. I do see a lot of stuff to customize sound.Dolby Atmos Soundalive Equalizer UHQ upscaler etc. Even Adapt sound, which tests your hearing, and changes the output to match your hearing. What kind of speeds do you get on your devices when you use the note as...
  10. Santilli

    Buying an electric shaver!?

    Nair does not appear to be a really good solution, since many people appear to have reactions to it.
  11. Santilli

    Samsung Note 9 - anyone else using this phone?

    using the mirror mode to fill out apps is a nice solution to having to use the phone as a screen, and a bluetooth mouse and keyboard. with glasses, the 27" monitor is nice.
  12. Santilli

    Buying an electric shaver!?

    Did a bit of research yesterday. It appears that having hair in areas gives the germs that create odor a place to grow. The suggestion for cleaning these areas is Nair. twice daily use of a antigerm agent, Hydrogen Peroxide, rubbing alcohol, and a deoderant. Morning and night, and...
  13. Santilli

    Buying an electric shaver!?

    I'm not even buying the necessity yet. I was doing a search, since it seems the last time I did this, in high school for swim team, it got very itchy growing back in. I wonder if these guys aren't creating stuff to sell products....
  14. Santilli

    Buying an electric shaver!?

    Nads razor https://www.manscaped.com/products/the-plow-manscaping?variant=32089503374 ?? Video is funny. Price is half other similar razors.
  15. Santilli

    Samsung Note 9 - anyone else using this phone?

    Since 99% of the apps I use, or wanted to fill out don't work in Dex, I'm wondering if using the phone in mirror mode on the monitor might be the solution. Then I can use the keyboard to fill out apps and send messages that really are much better done with a keyboard then the phone.
  16. Santilli

    Samsung Note 9 - anyone else using this phone?

    Two browser choices, Chrome and Samsungs. Niether is easy to scroll up or down, likewise youtube. Navigation in apps is not a strong point.
  17. Santilli

    Buying an electric shaver!?

    tried one of these: https://www.classicshaving.com/collections/replaceable-blade-straight-razors/products/fromm-replaceable-blade-razor-ss Couldn't replace the blades, cut myself a bunch, and gave up quick on it.
  18. Santilli

    Samsung Note 9 - anyone else using this phone?

    So far, the Dex pad works pretty well. Hooks up easily to a monitor, using the included HDMI cable. Operating system is nice. Sort of Chromish.. Can't play video full screen. It has a mode where you mirror the phone, but, it's tall and narrow on the monitor. In that mode, you can play some...
  19. Santilli

    WiFi Adapters

    Wifi antennas came in today. 3 Wifi 9dBi Dual Band Omni Directional Antenna 2.4Ghz/5Ghz with RP-SMA Male Connector For Wireless Wi-Fi Router and Network Devices These work. Tests before: 18mbps Tests after: 28-30 mbps. Enough to make using the VPN viable. NordVPN: 28-29 mbps.
  20. Santilli

    New phone time, And Google Fi

    Forgot to mention that the phone was 840, not 1000. Pretty much 160 off retail price, and 0 interest. Moving to Note 9 would increase payments by 25 percent, or more, plus fee.
  21. Santilli

    WiFi Adapters

    This item:2 x 9dBi SMA 4G LTE Antenna, Omni Directional 3G/4G/GSM WiFi FPV Antenna WiFi Range Extender Booster… $12.99 Podofo 2.4GHz Antennas and Signal Amplifier 2400-2500Mhz Magnet Mount SMA 4G Antenna with Male Connector 3DBi Outdoor Signal Booster Both going back. ArcherT9E has a male...
  22. Santilli

    WiFi Adapters

    Without TP Link software 19-23mbps. Next going to try and attach maybe cables and antennas to increase range. trying these: Buy the selected items together This item:2 x 9dBi SMA 4G LTE Antenna, Omni Directional 3G/4G/GSM WiFi FPV Antenna WiFi Range Extender Booster… $12.99 Podofo 2.4GHz...
  23. Santilli

    WiFi Adapters

    Facing the same issue again. Tried a 30.00 USB wireless and was getting about 1-2 mbps. Barely worked. Access point is two: one is in a office building 238 feet NE the other is 330 feet in the same direction. Another SE that is 508 feet away. Both are xfinitywifi hotspots. First step was to...
  24. Santilli

    Linux apps on a Chromebook

    It appears to have similar problems to running any operating system in a virtual box. So far, I can use an office app to make a document, but, I can only save it in a linux based format, and, can only read it or change it from the Linux app. Haven't been able to even save the document to...
  25. Santilli

    Samsung Note 9 - anyone else using this phone?

    Ordered the Dex pad. Should be here in 5 days. Have a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse, and my second monitor has an extra HDMI port. Should be fun. Make it easier to fill out programs I can only now do on the phone.
  26. Santilli

    Linux apps on a Chromebook

    It appears they might have actually made Linux useable on a Chromebook: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3314739/chrome-os/how-to-use-linux-apps-on-chrome-os.html giving it a shot now. Using Acer Chromebook, 15.6
  27. Santilli

    Samsung Note 9 - anyone else using this phone?

    I'd really like to hear what you think. I have a friend that needs a new phone. Note 9 looks like a better value all the time. Are you using Samsung Health, and using the heart rate monitor, blood oxygen, work out settings, etc? Just found it from youtube. Either wasn't installed, or I...
  28. Santilli

    Samsung Note 9 - anyone else using this phone?

    This is the Dex Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgAkH2jP2yUrl] This is the Note 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeozWvxBgYU&t=165s
  29. Santilli

    Samsung Note 9 - anyone else using this phone?

    https://wccftech.com/galaxy-note-9-does-not-require-dex-for-multi-monitor-support/
  30. Santilli

    Samsung Note 9 - anyone else using this phone?

    It's pushed as one of the major, unique features of the phone. I was wondering if anyone had actual experience with it. The reviews I've been over mention it, but I haven't found anyone that actually did it. I could see using the Bluetooth on the phone to hook up my Logitech keyboard, complete...
  31. Santilli

    Samsung Note 9 - anyone else using this phone?

    Kind of wonder if anyone has hooked up the Note 9 to a monitor, and used it that way, as a keyboard and mouse.... If I had a choice, I would go with the Note 9, but, when I needed it, the s9 Plus was the best available...
  32. Santilli

    Two weeks of air quality hell, finally over. Bay Area, Kali fires

    Stops raining, and now we have a freeze warning for tonight...
  33. Santilli

    Two weeks of air quality hell, finally over. Bay Area, Kali fires

    https://aqicn.org/map/california/ We were at 296 in Oakland in the peak of the smoke. 150 is very dangerous.
  34. Santilli

    Samsung Note 9 - anyone else using this phone?

    Bought the s9 Plus. Like the larger screen, but would rather have had the Notes 6.3" Same as the Samsung Mega everyone used to make fun of. I use Package Disabler Pro, along with using developers mode to speed it up a bit, and disable the Bixby bloatware, etc. I bought it for the speed, 6 gigs...
  35. Santilli

    Two weeks of air quality hell, finally over. Bay Area, Kali fires

    https://www.sfgate.com/california-wildfires/article/Why-is-it-called-Camp-Fire-name-Butte-County-destr-13380824.php So fires are named after the road they start on...
  36. Santilli

    Two weeks of air quality hell, finally over. Bay Area, Kali fires

    Due to the high growth rates in the trees last year, coupled with a long drought that has put trees root systems at risk, you have a lot of top heavy trees likely to fall onto power lines. PG&E probably is at fault for the start of this fire, and they probably came up with the name, since PG&E...
  37. Santilli

    Two weeks of air quality hell, finally over. Bay Area, Kali fires

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/body-cam-video-captures-deputy-thinks-final-moments/story?id=59504904 Most destructive fire in state history. At the same time, due to dry conditions, and tons of growth from the most rain in one year in recorded history, we had a number of other fires, one about 25...
  38. Santilli

    Two weeks of air quality hell, finally over. Bay Area, Kali fires

    Now we have really heavy rain. . Two feet deep on highway 580 just off the bridge tonight. Closed the right lane, unless 4wd or suv. Did not require snorkels, except your air intake better be on the high side.
  39. Santilli

    Headphones

    DD: WHAT are you building?
  40. Santilli

    Two weeks of air quality hell, finally over. Bay Area, Kali fires

    For two weeks, we have had air so bad going outside was dangerous to your health. Consistently over 150 on the air quality health scale, with a high of 296 in our area, if you went outside, you started feeling sick, coughing, screwed up your lungs. Worst since 1965 in my experience, worst ever...
  41. Santilli

    Buying an electric shaver!?

    Happy Thanksgiving, or Turkey Day!
  42. Santilli

    Buying an electric shaver!?

    Also have this one: https://groomandstyle.com/art-of-shaving/best-philips-electric-shavers/norelco-sensotouch-3d-review/ Works well, cuts close, but not as close as Feathers and a double edge...
  43. Santilli

    New phone time: old-school

    Mugen used to offer double sized batteries, with a new back, for a lot of models. Now a lot fewer. P.O.
  44. Santilli

    New phone time: old-school

    http://mugenpoweronline.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=174_183
  45. Santilli

    Headphones

    Chrome browser, and Chrome on a Chromebook, both need an equalizer, third party, installed. Equalizer for Chrome is the extension I'm using, and it works. It makes the cheap Sony headphones useable, with more volume then stock limitations.
  46. Santilli

    Buying an electric shaver!?

    I ended up buying this shaver: https://shop.panasonic.com/personal-care/mens-shavers-and-grooming/mens-shavers/ES-RT51-S.html Very good shave, easy to clean, uses parts that have been around a long time. Waterproof as well. Did find out something interesting about plastic bodied shavers...
  47. Santilli

    Bluetooth speakers

    Both Best Buy and Fry's will price match. Fry's dropped the speakers down to best buys 269 from 299. Subwoofer cable from Best Buy was listed at 35 dollars. Price matched to Amazon for 20 dollars.
  48. Santilli

    Bluetooth speakers

    I was considering buying a new version of the Klipsch Pro Media 2.1's. They've been getting rave reviews for 20 years. The Bluetooth models use a dongle that is synced to only that set of speakers, and that's the only way to access them. Plug the USB dongle in, and they work. NOT what I had in...
  49. Santilli

    Headphones

    Sennheisers came in. A considerable improvement from the Sony. Loud enough, and pretty well balanced. Sounds REALLY good with music using onboard sound and Media Player Classic or VLC. Movies are much better as well, though not perfect. Using a converter cable to get rid of the microphone...
  50. Santilli

    New phone time, And Google Fi

    DB: Thanks for the info. I bought the Verizon deal because it put me on their plan for work. They do have the best network in San Francisco, and that was where I was working. 1000.00 phone, for a small down, and 30 a month no interest? Kind of a no brainer. 9S plus has internal storage...
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