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The Pareto principle says that 20% of the people provide 80% of the value. So to put it another way, 80% of everything is either mediocre or shite. I'm sure that people in other professions would agree.
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LOL, excellent.
BOFH-style coding.
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I got a new PC in January, with Windows 10 and...
And, in all this time, I haven't seen a blue screen or OS freeze yet!
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Well, NOW you've done it.
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Have you ever switched it on?
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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Honestly: I cannot remember when I last seen a blue screen or total freeze. It's been some years.
I am not wrong. I am just different!
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Cp-Coder wrote: I cannot remember when I last seen a blue screen or total freeze. It's been some years.
I had a BSOD recently quoting a NDIS driver error. "How unusual", I thought. It turned out that my motherboard has fried itself! Won't boot at all now.
For the avoidance of doubt, I am not blaming Windows for this.
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Hi All,
I was using Win 10 (the latest update?), had a power cut (cue bad language) when the power came back on left it a minute or two to get stable, repowered PC gets into the Win 10 section of boot asks me to update a password (?). Not trying to log in, not connected to the Net. Try the standard password, complains that I need to change password so increase the end number by one. Continues boot, log in with old password. Never needed it since. Could it have been a BIOS password? I don't think I set it on this PC.
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You mean California is part of the US?
I am not wrong. I am just different!
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I'm in the UK! We have our own problems, we don't need Wild Fires!
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glennPattonWork wrote: repowered PC gets into the Win 10 section of boot Then it's not the BIOS-password; once W10 starts booting, the BIOS will not ask for passwords or anything else - as far as it's concerned, it's done as soon as the OS boots (or fails to).
I'd be formatting that PC; Windows shouldn't bother to ask if there's already one set.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Didn't think so. That was the only thing I could think of. Once I get to a stage where I can this PC is headed for a complete format, too many HP 'widgets' for my likeing...
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glennPattonWork wrote: Once I get to a stage where I can this PC is headed for a complete format If it is not the BIOS nor Windows, it is probably malware; more likely since it didn't ask for your old password.
I wouldn't trust it, label it as compromised and deny it access to the network. Then format it.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I occasionally use an old image processing program from 1999 mostly because I like its JPEG encoder. It has been a headache to make it run compatibly with W10. On this machine it works fine but not on my other one. For giggles, I tried it in Windows XP SP3 compatbility mode and this is how it appeared : https://i35.servimg.com/u/f35/17/98/38/10/pixwiz10.png[^]
My jaw bounced off the desk as I wondered what in the wide world of sports made that happen?
I have messed around a little on this machine and I can't make it happen but it does on the other one it does with the compatibility setting. They are both on update 1909. Does anyone know what enables this appearance?
This was actually a very welcome surprise because I detest the W10 GUI style and I was not aware this was possible. I intend to look into it some more.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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You and me both.
The look, the feel....
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Ron Anders wrote: The look, the feel....
Of cotton, the fabric of our lives~~
Does anyone else remember that really old commercial?
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I'm not old enough to remember...
Will Rogers never met me.
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I would just run it in a VM with windows XP... This way you can be more or less confident, that it will work when you need it, and don't depending on how the PC woke up that morning.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Wow,
Looks like it has a NNTP engine built into the software. I've never heard of PixWizard before. I found it here: PixWizards Downloads[^]
It works perfectly on my box, 10.0.19041.xxx I opened a 3600x3600 JPEG and it was blazing fast.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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post it in free tools forum
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Have you tried right-clicking on the desktop, selecting 'Display Settings', scrolling to the bottom of that page and clicking 'Graphic settings' and overriding your app's preference there? (I've never played with that setting, so I don't know what it does. It is just the first thing I'd try.)
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All that offers for me is a choice of 'power saving' or 'high performance' (for a desktop app, IrfanView).
Most programs I tried in compatibility mode only offered back to Vista (no visual change I could see), but another old program (c 2007) can be set to XP-mode and shows the same visual style as above - but it was noticeably slow to load in XP mode. I get the impression that it is Windows doing the extra work.
modified 21-Aug-20 6:14am.
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