Re: [H] re-seat CPU

2017-07-29 Thread Al E. Gator
Aye, fresh paste too. al From: Bryan Seitz Subject: Re: [H] re-seat CPU Up to you, *I* would redo it nicely :)

Re: [H] Files disappeared when moving from Win10 to Synology???

2017-08-14 Thread Al E. Gator
Retire the old drive immediately and run deleted file recovery software. Best, Al Subject: [H] Files disappeared when moving from Win10 to Synology??? I am panicking

Re: [H] Android Tablet Recommendation

2017-07-14 Thread Al E. Gator
I settled on the Nexus 10 for $100 on fleaBay. Rooted and flashed: Lineage OS 13 (lineage-13.0-20170617-nightly-manta-signed); Open GApps Micro (open_gapps-arm-6.0-micro-20170621); and TWRP Recovery (TWRP 3.0.2-0.) I found builds of Nougat for it but there are still some issues, like the

[H] FW: Android Tablet Reccomendation

2017-07-21 Thread Al E. Gator
can’t find the pinout for it. Searched and read a dozen forum links, some quite long. No joy. Ideas? TIA, Al From: Al E. Gator Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 6:11 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Android Tablet Reccomendation I’m pretty sure everyone here has heard of Synergy

[H] Android Tablet Reccomendation

2017-07-21 Thread Al E. Gator
I’m pretty sure everyone here has heard of Synergy for controlling multiple pc’s with one KB/mouse; I’m using Desk Dock to do the same with a win10 pc and the Nexus I just picked up. Works great. http://fdmobileinventions.blogspot.com/p/deskdock-server.html

Re: [H] My first week with Android

2017-07-22 Thread Al E. Gator
Thx. LineageOS has an option to hide root. Will try that too. Al E. Gator From: Naushad Zulfiqar Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2017 12:52 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] My first week with Android Look at custom roms and root hider.

[H] My first week with Android

2017-07-22 Thread Al E. Gator
doing anything else. Or I may upgrade it to 5.XX (last stock image) and try to get the bad unit to run Netflix. Next week I’ll want to do something totally different. Anyway, I see many hours ahead, lost to the new (to me) world of Android. Thanks for reading Al E. Gator

[H] Last summer (off topic)

2017-07-23 Thread Al E. Gator
/showthread.php?t=134993 And a third part; a day in the life: https://www.klr650.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1452297=12 The second two parts are linked to in the first one, but just in case… Al E. Gator (aka 8bit)

[H] Nexus Cradle

2017-07-24 Thread Al E. Gator
It came in. Now to mod it. http://imageshack.com/a/img922/4782/5RQazO.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img924/4639/2sGBw6.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img923/7950/XVreOg.jpg Al E. Gator

Re: [H] Follow UP>>> is there a way to stop creators update

2017-08-08 Thread Al E. Gator
I’ve been lucky. Before creators update, I was stuck in update hell. One update would not install no matter what ‘fix’ I found online. Every two days it would go through the cycle of trying to update, failing and having to undo the update. I would have left windows forever but I couldn’t

Re: [H] locked drive

2017-06-19 Thread Al E. Gator
Try this: https://superuser.com/questions/277394/what-is-the-dos-debug-script-to-low-level-format-a-hard-drive Has worked for me in many situations, back in the day drive overlays… Al From: Winterlight Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 5:54 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] locked drive

Re: [H] Thoughts the the next processor upgrade

2017-06-20 Thread Al E. Gator
Plus there is also this to keep in mind: https://www.howtogeek.com/311743/how-and-why-microsoft-blocks-windows-7-updates-on-new-pcs/ Al

[H] Android Tablet Recommendation

2017-06-25 Thread Al E. Gator
Looking to but an inexpensive Android tablet to play with. So much on the market, it’s hard to choose. Any help? https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4TX5UD5025=1 Thx, Al

Re: [H] Android Tablet Recommendation

2017-06-25 Thread Al E. Gator
amazons ROM and ads and put cynanogen on there :) lopaka On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 2:22 PM, Al E. Gator <eight.bit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Looking to but an inexpensive Android tablet to play with. So much on the > market, it’s hard to choose. Any help? > https://www.newegg.com/Pr

Re: [H] Android Tablet Recommendation

2017-06-25 Thread Al E. Gator
, the fire tablet (special offers version with ads) can be had for around $39 each and flashed with cyanogenROM. I've got 2 and for the money they are crazy good once you remove amazons ROM and ads and put cynanogen on there :) lopaka On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 2:22 PM, Al E. Gator <eight.bit...@gmail.

Re: [H] Android Tablet Recommendation

2017-06-25 Thread Al E. Gator
://www.amazon.com/Google-Nexus-10-Wi-Fi-only/dp/B00ACVI202/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8=1498427501=8-5=nexus+10+tablet Jim Maki jwm_maill...@comcast.net -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Al E. Gator Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2017 2:23 PM

Re: [H] Android Tablet Recommendation

2017-06-25 Thread Al E. Gator
be more targeted to phones that tablets, right now. So for > the Nexus 10, it is wait and see for the next upgrades. > > Jim Maki > jwm_maill...@comcast.net > > -Original Message- > From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On > Behalf O

Re: [H] Drive Cleanup Accounting for space

2017-05-23 Thread Al E. Gator
Nice. Some of us are typing challenged, so the desktop icon is easier. Whatever works.  From: Joshua MacCraw Win 7 is simple as pasting "cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 /sagerun:65535" into search, ctrl-shift-enter to launch elevated.

Re: [H] Drive Cleanup Accounting for space

2017-05-23 Thread Al E. Gator
I’ll say it again, nice! :-) Joshua MacCraw not everyone knows you can run as admin with that search/ctrl-shift-enter trick was my example point. On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 7:21 AM, Al E. Gator <eight.bit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Nice.

[H] Drive Cleanup Accounting for space

2017-05-22 Thread Al E. Gator
Copy Command prompt to the desktop. Right click – properties. Use: %SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 /sagerun:65535 In Target box. Will give every option on what to clean. To use run as administrator. HTH, Al

Re: [H] 8GB RAM on NAS

2017-10-10 Thread Al E. Gator
Can you add the RAM yourself later? More memory is most always a good thing. It comes down to how dear the $100 is… Al From: Winterlight Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 1:39 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] 8GB RAM on NAS I am planning a Synology DS916+ 4 bay purchase. This is

Re: [H] 8GB RAM on NAS

2017-10-10 Thread Al E. Gator
https://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?t=126223 https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Synology-DiskStation-DS916-PARTS-QUICK/dp/B01KVYSQO6 HTH Al From: Winterlight Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 1:39 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] 8GB RAM on NAS I am planning a Synology DS916+ 4

Re: [H] Android Tablet Recommendation

2017-08-27 Thread Al E. Gator
; but there isn’t a Linux version with decent touch capabilities… Al E. Gator From: Joshua MacCraw How'd that tablet & keyboard work out? My 2ng gen Nexus 7's are all dying eemc slow death and Pixel is still to damn expensive! ;)

[H] Running sysprep on dual boot tablet.

2017-09-02 Thread Al E. Gator
sysprep in the win 10 partition. Was wondering if it might mess up the dual boot function. Thoughts? TIA Al E. Gator

Re: [H] Off Topic - Book Promotion

2017-11-11 Thread Al E. Gator
Do hardwaregroup members get a free copy? :) Al E. Gator From: Steve Tomporowski Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2017 9:49 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Off Topic - Book Promotion I hope you guys don't mind a bit of self-promotion, my first book is out for Kindle: https

Re: [H] Off Topic - Book Promotion

2017-11-13 Thread Al E. Gator
Try to get it listed with BookBub, https://www.bookbub.com/home/ There, now do I get a free copy? J/K it’s not a genre I read. Good luck. That genre is crowded. Al E. Gator From: Steve Tomporowski Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 1:53 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Off