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You could substitute any version of windows back to Windows 98 any where Win 10 is mentioned and it's Déjà vu all over again. MS hasn't ever fixed anything.

I am older than anyone (?) here and I have to Google about 10% of what I read. :D

Is there anyway to make the fonts in the Bookmark Bar larger? Google came up empty. Lots of suggestions but nothing worked. Thanks

Merc should like this

I run Autopatcher on a different computer to download the updates. Then put it on a stick and run the installer on the clean install of Win 7. Works great but the install still takes some time.

Ship one next day air via UPS.

The reason power lines are not buried is heat. When loaded the wires get hot and the heat must be displaced. In the cities, the wires are in tunnels or large pipes where heat can be dissipated. Years ago during a heat wave, we had a 125KV lines droop from the heat. They touched a set of power...

Most generators can be set up to run on natural gas too. No need to keep cans of gas available.

TOR has a browser that is supposed to block all tracking/spying. Firefox based??

My computers are running Windows 7. Have been playing with Mint Linux though.

We have over 15" of snow here in central Pa. The forecast is calling for another 12" to 15". Yuck!

Delete all your cookies and internet history.

It probably was 65". Samsung? The movie was recorded from their Direct TV satellite provider onto a Direct TV DVR. The movie was labeled as 4K on the menu. Even the standard 1080p broadcast were not as sharp and clear as my plasma. Maybe it was the curved screen, although I was sitting dead...

Over the holiday we were at a family members house that had a 68" curved 4K TV. We watched a movie that was supposed to be 4K. It didn't look any better than any other TV. Frankly, I think our plasma TV looks better. So what's the big deal?? What am I missing??

If you want to run for days, I'd suggest an emergency generator setup. You could also power other devices in the house like the heat. It gets very cold in Wisconsin.

Have you tried Partition Wizard? I used the free version at work to fix and format hard drives.

This is the first TV we owned. From what my parents told me, we had it about 6 months and it blew up. There were pieces of glass everywhere. Motorola sent people to our house to clean up the mess. TVs have come a long way.

Thanks! I was beginning to think my 2 year old grand daughter had gotten into my computer.

I've talked to two people from Comcast and both said they were not delivering 4K content. Both said they would have to do some hardware upgrades just like I would have to purchase a new TV to receive and view 4K. After getting burned with the '3D- the next big thing' they are taking a wait and...

Try here. Scroll down to the shorting blocks.

What jumps out at me is since when does an internet provider scan your computer for viruses?

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Fill your Styrofoam cooler with dry nitrogen air after it is sealed. Then start your cooler. No condensation.

I used gpedit to turn off automatic updates. Now I must manually run windows update.

I would think an 'old style' dimmer would be a rheostat type. They would fry the electronics in the bulb.

How about a LED bulb labeled as dimmable?

Better save some money for doctors when you retire. Medicare does not cover eyes, ears or teeth. Medicare supplements offer extremely limited coverage for extremely outrageous premiums. Obamacare is even worse. The deductibles are so high that you end up giving the insurance companies money for...

I though the black box in all cars was broadcaster information already.

I got a notification that updates were available. That's how I have Windows Update setup; notification only.

Did you give the 'drop test'? :D

True. But did anyone else get 46 critical updates at one time yesterday? The Windows 7 install was up to date to 9/23/15. I have another Win 7 virtual machine that has only had 2 days running time on it. It is current with updates. maybe I'll try the script again. The NTLite program had a...

I don't think the script blocks MS from reinstalling the updates. The 'well seasoned' computer updater says there are 46 critical updates available and almost as many optional updates.

Way back when, there was a small program called NLite that allowed you to customize Windows XP install disk so that XP would install already setup for the way you wanted it. It also added updates, service packs, and drivers to the install disk. Now there is NTLite that allows customization of...

Can you put the old drive back in? Does the whine go away then?

I ran the script on a well seasoned Win 7 virtual machine. No problems or weird side effects.

NVidia GeForce GTX 460. Too old??

Can you share?

I suppose you would have to upgrade your video card to use a 4K monitor???

I still haven't found a reason to buy a 4K TV. There is nothing being broadcast in 4K. Two different Comcast employees told me Comcast is in a 'wait and see' mode. They would have to do a lot of upgrading to provide 4K to customers. The one employee said he believes that Comcast got burnt with...

I usually just make up a phone number when asked. The ass wipe that really pissed me off is the one who wanted the security code off the back of the card, even though I had just swiped it in the card reader. I walked out of the store without what I wanted to buy, called the customer number on...

Although Windows is reporting 768MB of ram, the proof would be if you can actually access and use that much. But how?

One thing to remember: IBM might have sold that computer Model Number until 2000, but that does not mean they kept the original internals, like the motherboard. I have work on plenty of IBM and Dell computers that were the same model number, but the motherboards were different. Down load...

You will need a shell alternative. The Win 10 desktop/interface is a bastardized version of Win 8/8.1. And, there are fewer desktop settings available for the user. Quote from my earlier post: "I would like to know how to change the size of the desktop Icon and change the spacing between them...

I installed Win 10 Enterprise and looked at the Windows update settings. Same as Win 10 Pro.

It appears that Windows Update is the same in Enterprise edition as it is in other editions. You get updates whether you want them or not.

Interesting heat sink article.

Move to Linux.

I would like to know how to change the size of the desktop Icon and change the spacing between them. I would also like to change the font and be able to regulate its size. I also would like to get a little more contrast on screens like File Manager ( which sucks Donkey balls ) It looks like the...

At work I installed Oracle Linux on a couple of computers ( with a lot of help from the Unix & Open VMS guys ) During testing it never faltered once, even with an Unix idiot like me. A few of us wanted to start using it on the computers that were isolated from the internet. Management nixed it...

Skylake heat sink from Intel...in Chinese.