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  • ddrueding
    Another thing to help rule out the switch is doing a test from System B to System C, but I think Merc might be right on the system...
  • Mercutio
    Can you direct connect the two NICs without involving the switch? It seems like your switch is ruled out of involvement but it's worth a...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread CURRENT GAME THREAD.
    That sounds like peak XP era to me, aside from the earliest Oregon Trails. Those you can run with an emulator for your platform of...
  • Chewy509
    Just finished Bioshock and Bioshock 2 remastered editions (got them on 90% off sale when 2K games had a sale on Steam a few months ago)...
  • Santilli
    Santilli replied to the thread CURRENT GAME THREAD.
    Thank you. I did do a clean install, from a Disc, so is the Norton s...t on the disk, or is it coming in on the upgrade? Think maybe the...
  • Santilli
    Santilli replied to the thread CURRENT GAME THREAD.
    That's done.
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  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread CURRENT GAME THREAD.
    Vintage is extremely subjective but I've been talking people through retro-gaming setups with either Lenovo Thinkcentre 720q Tiny PCs...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread CURRENT GAME THREAD.
    Inconsistent Power State usually means that a device that the system should be running normally isn't doing that. For these purposes...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Up to date Malware Removal.
    That is expected behavior. The tool exists to support a borked Norton install because the full set of manual removal instructions is...
  • Santilli
    Santilli replied to the thread CURRENT GAME THREAD.
    I got side tracked. The original question I wanted to pose: IF YOU WERE GOING TO BUILD A COMPUTER TO PLAY VINTAGE GAMES, WHAT WINDOWS...
  • Santilli
    Santilli replied to the thread Up to date Malware Removal.
    In true Norton form, after running it, and restarting, a popup screen shows up asking if I want to reinstall norton :rolleyes:
  • Santilli
    Santilli replied to the thread CURRENT GAME THREAD.
    OK. I hate Steam. Trying to put my old stuff on this computer, and 11, didn't really work. Haven't figured out what software screwed it...
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  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Up to date Malware Removal.
    Fun true story: The same company, Gen Digital, owns Norton, AVG, Avira and Avast. It also owns Piriform, which makes Ccleaner. They're...
  • Santilli
    Santilli replied to the thread Up to date Malware Removal.
    I didn't do anything but restart the computer. I didn't hit anything, or do any input. Found this very strange. I did do the uninstall...
  • ddrueding
    ddrueding replied to the thread Up to date Malware Removal.
    One of the things in the Startup Repair toolset is rolling back changes to the PC. I wonder if it rolled back far enough to restore...
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