from:"Steve Tomporowski"

Still no joy.  My next step may be to take a clean drive and try 
installing to that.  If that fails then it would have to be a hardware 
problem.


On 12/23/2017 1:56 PM, Winterlight wrote:
I had the same problem because I was/am using a RAM Disk assigned to 
drive B. Change the letter of the RAM Disk from B to Z and problem 
solved, You might want to disable the RAM DISK until you do the update


At 10:27 AM 12/23/2017, you wrote:
Do you use the ASUS RAMDisk software they tout on their page (or even 
have it installed)? I have had problems updating Windows getting the 
same error code back with Imdisk (a freeware ramdisk) as my B: drive, 
though it doesn't interfere when it's a Z: drive. If so I'd suggest 
uninstalling it and try again. If not, try removing any ASUS drivers 
/ software and see if that helps.


I discovered it by doing a clean install and found I broke updates 
again after installing the software and tools I usually use. You 
couldÂ  do the same - do a clean install onto a separate disk and 
verify Windows updates successfully, then start installing the 
software and drivers from your current system. From a USB key it's 
not too bad to do the Windows install now, the software and drivers 
is definitely the painful part.


I'd be surprised if there's actually a hardware incompatibility - 
it's possible but unlikely on hardware this recent.


On 2017-12-23 9:43 AM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:

Thane,

Thanks, but been that route already.Â  Tried from ISO both with 
normal system startup and from a 'clean boot'.


Thanks...Steve

On 12/23/2017 11:32 AM, Thane K. Sherrington wrote:
I'd try downloading the Media Creation Tool. 
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10


And do an inplace upgrade.

Tn 23/12/2017 12:13 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:

Bottom line:Â  Win10 keeps trying to update to the Creators Update 
(not the Fall Creators Update, I'm way behind!) and fails each 
time. The error given is 0x8007001f. Tried just about everything 
the past two weeks. Yesterday spent four hours on the phone with 
Microsoft with no progress.Â  The thought occurs that there might 
be a hardware incompatibility. The MB is an ASUS Maximus VII 
Hero.Â  BIOS is updated, although the latest one is back in March. 
Drivers updated but the drivers are all 2016 for latest.Â  Went 
through the drill with clean boot and direct update from an ISO, 
same failure, same error.Â  With the DAW and audio setup I have a 
few hundred thousand files to install, so I'd like to avoid a 
clean install if I can.Â  On the compatibility issue, I can't get 
a straight answer from ASUS, nor is there consistent info on the 
website.Â  So does anyone have any experience or heard of anything 
with the Creators Update and the ASUS Maximus VII Hero?Â  Still 
looking here


Thanks...Steve






--
Jamie Furtner ja...@furtner.ca

Re: [H] Win10 Update Problems

I don't have a ramdisk implemented on this machine.  However, right now 
I'm uninstalling everything I haven't used for a while or don't want.  
Have to use a reg cleaner as one of the applications, Free Studio (my 
stupid fault to install it!) won't uninstall.


Thanks...Steve

On 12/23/2017 1:56 PM, Winterlight wrote:
I had the same problem because I was/am using a RAM Disk assigned to 
drive B. Change the letter of the RAM Disk from B to Z and problem 
solved, You might want to disable the RAM DISK until you do the update


At 10:27 AM 12/23/2017, you wrote:
Do you use the ASUS RAMDisk software they tout on their page (or even 
have it installed)? I have had problems updating Windows getting the 
same error code back with Imdisk (a freeware ramdisk) as my B: drive, 
though it doesn't interfere when it's a Z: drive. If so I'd suggest 
uninstalling it and try again. If not, try removing any ASUS drivers 
/ software and see if that helps.


I discovered it by doing a clean install and found I broke updates 
again after installing the software and tools I usually use. You 
couldÂ  do the same - do a clean install onto a separate disk and 
verify Windows updates successfully, then start installing the 
software and drivers from your current system. From a USB key it's 
not too bad to do the Windows install now, the software and drivers 
is definitely the painful part.


I'd be surprised if there's actually a hardware incompatibility - 
it's possible but unlikely on hardware this recent.


On 2017-12-23 9:43 AM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:

Thane,

Thanks, but been that route already.Â  Tried from ISO both with 
normal system startup and from a 'clean boot'.


Thanks...Steve

On 12/23/2017 11:32 AM, Thane K. Sherrington wrote:
I'd try downloading the Media Creation Tool. 
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10


And do an inplace upgrade.

Tn 23/12/2017 12:13 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:

Bottom line:Â  Win10 keeps trying to update to the Creators Update 
(not the Fall Creators Update, I'm way behind!) and fails each 
time. The error given is 0x8007001f. Tried just about everything 
the past two weeks. Yesterday spent four hours on the phone with 
Microsoft with no progress.Â  The thought occurs that there might 
be a hardware incompatibility. The MB is an ASUS Maximus VII 
Hero.Â  BIOS is updated, although the latest one is back in March. 
Drivers updated but the drivers are all 2016 for latest.Â  Went 
through the drill with clean boot and direct update from an ISO, 
same failure, same error.Â  With the DAW and audio setup I have a 
few hundred thousand files to install, so I'd like to avoid a 
clean install if I can.Â  On the compatibility issue, I can't get 
a straight answer from ASUS, nor is there consistent info on the 
website.Â  So does anyone have any experience or heard of anything 
with the Creators Update and the ASUS Maximus VII Hero?Â  Still 
looking here


Thanks...Steve






--
Jamie Furtner ja...@furtner.ca

Re: [H] Win10 Update Problems


Thane,

Thanks, but been that route already.  Tried from ISO both with normal 
system startup and from a 'clean boot'.


Thanks...Steve

On 12/23/2017 11:32 AM, Thane K. Sherrington wrote:
I'd try downloading the Media Creation Tool. 
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10


And do an inplace upgrade.

Tn 23/12/2017 12:13 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:

Bottom line:  Win10 keeps trying to update to the Creators Update 
(not the Fall Creators Update, I'm way behind!) and fails each time. 
The error given is 0x8007001f. Tried just about everything the past 
two weeks.  Yesterday spent four hours on the phone with Microsoft 
with no progress.  The thought occurs that there might be a hardware 
incompatibility. The MB is an ASUS Maximus VII Hero.  BIOS is 
updated, although the latest one is back in March. Drivers updated 
but the drivers are all 2016 for latest.  Went through the drill with 
clean boot and direct update from an ISO, same failure, same error.  
With the DAW and audio setup I have a few hundred thousand files to 
install, so I'd like to avoid a clean install if I can.  On the 
compatibility issue, I can't get a straight answer from ASUS, nor is 
there consistent info on the website.  So does anyone have any 
experience or heard of anything with the Creators Update and the ASUS 
Maximus VII Hero?  Still looking here


Thanks...Steve

[H] Win10 Update Problems

Bottom line:  Win10 keeps trying to update to the Creators Update (not 
the Fall Creators Update, I'm way behind!) and fails each time.  The 
error given is 0x8007001f.  Tried just about everything the past two 
weeks.  Yesterday spent four hours on the phone with Microsoft with no 
progress.  The thought occurs that there might be a hardware 
incompatibility.  The MB is an ASUS Maximus VII Hero.  BIOS is updated, 
although the latest one is back in March. Drivers updated but the 
drivers are all 2016 for latest.  Went through the drill with clean boot 
and direct update from an ISO, same failure, same error.  With the DAW 
and audio setup I have a few hundred thousand files to install, so I'd 
like to avoid a clean install if I can.  On the compatibility issue, I 
can't get a straight answer from ASUS, nor is there consistent info on 
the website.  So does anyone have any experience or heard of anything 
with the Creators Update and the ASUS Maximus VII Hero?  Still looking 
here


Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] Office 2010 Home & Student

I was thinking StarOffice which Sun bought (I wonder where I got Adobe 
from?), used internally, then donated to Apache who christened it 
OpenOffice.  LibreOffice was started with refugees from StarOffice.  Now 
Wikipedia calls it 'discontinued' but it can't be as they just released 
a new version this year.  Somebody must have paid them to say that.


On 11/26/2017 8:40 PM, lopaka polena wrote:

I use libreoffice sometimes and your're right that the forrmatting goes
wacky at times. I believe open office is still free and open source. Was
Sun before? Looks like it's Apache's now

lopaka

On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>
wrote:


I had been using LibreOffice but when you are doing book formatting there
are so many little quirks and bugs, it drives you crazy.  I thought that
Adobe was charging for Open Office now?  IIRC they bought Open Office, let
it languish without development for years, then started charging for it.
Haven't looked recently.


On 11/26/2017 6:31 PM, lopaka polena wrote:


Haven't used MS office for years. I'm running Open Office at home and at
work. Free works good for me :)

lopaka

On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Does anybody have a spare key for Office 2010 Home & Student lying around?

Thanks, Steve

Re: [H] Office 2010 Home & Student

I had been using LibreOffice but when you are doing book formatting 
there are so many little quirks and bugs, it drives you crazy.  I 
thought that Adobe was charging for Open Office now?  IIRC they bought 
Open Office, let it languish without development for years, then started 
charging for it. Haven't looked recently.


On 11/26/2017 6:31 PM, lopaka polena wrote:

Haven't used MS office for years. I'm running Open Office at home and at
work. Free works good for me :)

lopaka

On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>
wrote:


Does anybody have a spare key for Office 2010 Home & Student lying around?

Thanks, Steve

[H] Office 2010 Home & Student


Does anybody have a spare key for Office 2010 Home & Student lying around?

Thanks, Steve

[H] Windows Features window empty & Unable to update to Creator's

Been a frustrating two days.  Won't bore you with all the details but on 
my Win 10 system, I was trying to install NET 3.5 (old game) and found 
that Windows Features are empty.  Then tried several times to update to 
the Creators update and every time it failed.


For the Windows Features problem I tried the Windows Modules Installer 
Service to auto; ran SFC on a safe boot; tried to fix corruptions using 
DISM.  In each case it didn't fix the problem or said it found no problems.


The Creators Update install was manual using the program from 
Microsoft.  The error was 0x8007001f.


So does anyone have any experience with these.  So far, searching has 
yielded little.


Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] Dual Networks

2017-11-22 Thread Steve Tomporowski

Wow!  That worked.  Changed the metrics to 1 (LAN) and 100 (Wireless), 
then pulled the internet on the lan and still have internet access and 
can still print.  Excellent job, Jamie!


On 11/22/2017 9:27 AM, Jamie Furtner wrote:
Try changing the interface metric like I said below. By default 
Windows will prefer a wired connection over a wireless one. I don't 
know if that will work or not though but it's worth a shot. It's worth 
a shot though I don't know if it will work.


On 2017-11-22 6:56 AM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
Well, I knew this was going to be a learning experience.  I took 
Thane's advice and changed my DHCP network to 192.168.2.1.  Did the 
stupid and forgot to change the subnet mask.  Reset the router, 
changed both address and subnet mask, then found out that I had to 
run the Windows troubleshooter to reset the network connection for it 
to work. Reinstalled wireless, then pulled the internet on my 
router.  No go.  While I still had access to my network, there was no 
internet and Windows was complaining that there were two active 
networks and to unplug everything.  So, any advice here?  I'd like to 
retain the router to make things simpler.  I'm still trying to find 
the right search words to get what I need on the net.


On 11/21/2017 11:41 PM, Jamie Furtner wrote:
The behaviour you're seeing is likely because there's a router 
handling DHCP on the wired network, and that DHCP packet also has a 
default gateway. When you plug in the cable, the computer receives a 
DHCP response from the router saying that it's a valid connection, 
and most of the time Windows prefers physical cables to wireless.


It may work with the router is still plugged into the LAN network 
(without the Internet connection plugged in) if you go into adapter 
settings on the computer and set the metric of the wireless NIC to 
1, and the wired NIC to 100. (Settings -> Network & Internet -> 
Network and Sharing Centre -> Change adapter settings, right click 
on network connection -> Properties -> IPV4 settings -> Advanced -> 
metric text box). The problem with leaving the router in play is it 
will do DNS also, and that may confuse the computer or servers if 
they don't get responses or gets bad responses back from the router.


To get rid of the router (or if the above doesn't work) you'll need 
to follow through a few things here to make this work. This sounds 
like one of the rare cases to use static IP addresses on the wired 
network - make sure like Thane said that the two networks have 
separate IP ranges, and there's no default gateway set for the wired 
LAN devices. I would statically set the IP addresses on the devices 
on the wired network and add if you use names for them then add them 
to your hosts file.


You should end up with something like following structure:

 * Wireless - 192.168.1.0/24
 o handled by DHCP - actual IP range doesn't matter so long as it's
   different then the wired
 * LAN - 10.0.0.0/24
 o 10.0.0.X (where X is unique for each device)
 o netmask 255.255.255.0
 o no gateway
 o no DNS

In the %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file on your machine add 
a line like this for each server (the printer software will likely 
figure it out once the printer is assigned a static IP address, 
though it may take a reinstall). You may have to turn off the 
Windows Firewall for the connection or set it to Private if Windows 
prompts to ensure you have full connectivity to devices on the LAN.


    10.0.0.X server1name
    10.0.0.Y server2name

I do something like this when I want VMs in a separated network 
(with no Internet access) for testing. The biggest difference is 
that I do use DHCP on the split network, but there's no gateway 
defined so it works without having to configure each host. That 
means having a DHCP server and the knowledge to configure it though.


Jamie

On 2017-11-21 6:12 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
We're dealing with Win10 here.  We are trying to get rid of an 
extra cable internet connection at my house.  The downstairs 
currently has it's own internet with a wired network that includes 
two servers and a printer.  What I need to do is keep the wired 
network without internet and access the internet wirelessly and 
still be able to access the servers and the printer.  Can I get 
some guidelines on how to get this done?  I've got a good wireless 
adapter on my desktop now and it works, but when I plug in the 
network cable, internet access goes back to the wired network. 
Still searching the web for something coherent about this, but with 
this group, someone has done it at sometime, right?


Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] Dual Networks

2017-11-22 Thread Steve Tomporowski

Well, I knew this was going to be a learning experience.  I took Thane's 
advice and changed my DHCP network to 192.168.2.1.  Did the stupid and 
forgot to change the subnet mask.  Reset the router, changed both 
address and subnet mask, then found out that I had to run the Windows 
troubleshooter to reset the network connection for it to work.  
Reinstalled wireless, then pulled the internet on my router.  No go.  
While I still had access to my network, there was no internet and 
Windows was complaining that there were two active networks and to 
unplug everything.  So, any advice here?  I'd like to retain the router 
to make things simpler.  I'm still trying to find the right search words 
to get what I need on the net.


On 11/21/2017 11:41 PM, Jamie Furtner wrote:
The behaviour you're seeing is likely because there's a router 
handling DHCP on the wired network, and that DHCP packet also has a 
default gateway. When you plug in the cable, the computer receives a 
DHCP response from the router saying that it's a valid connection, and 
most of the time Windows prefers physical cables to wireless.


It may work with the router is still plugged into the LAN network 
(without the Internet connection plugged in) if you go into adapter 
settings on the computer and set the metric of the wireless NIC to 1, 
and the wired NIC to 100. (Settings -> Network & Internet -> Network 
and Sharing Centre -> Change adapter settings, right click on network 
connection -> Properties -> IPV4 settings -> Advanced -> metric text 
box). The problem with leaving the router in play is it will do DNS 
also, and that may confuse the computer or servers if they don't get 
responses or gets bad responses back from the router.


To get rid of the router (or if the above doesn't work) you'll need to 
follow through a few things here to make this work. This sounds like 
one of the rare cases to use static IP addresses on the wired network 
- make sure like Thane said that the two networks have separate IP 
ranges, and there's no default gateway set for the wired LAN devices. 
I would statically set the IP addresses on the devices on the wired 
network and add if you use names for them then add them to your hosts 
file.


You should end up with something like following structure:

 * Wireless - 192.168.1.0/24
 o handled by DHCP - actual IP range doesn't matter so long as it's
   different then the wired
 * LAN - 10.0.0.0/24
 o 10.0.0.X (where X is unique for each device)
 o netmask 255.255.255.0
 o no gateway
 o no DNS

In the %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file on your machine add a 
line like this for each server (the printer software will likely 
figure it out once the printer is assigned a static IP address, though 
it may take a reinstall). You may have to turn off the Windows 
Firewall for the connection or set it to Private if Windows prompts to 
ensure you have full connectivity to devices on the LAN.


    10.0.0.X server1name
    10.0.0.Y server2name

I do something like this when I want VMs in a separated network (with 
no Internet access) for testing. The biggest difference is that I do 
use DHCP on the split network, but there's no gateway defined so it 
works without having to configure each host. That means having a DHCP 
server and the knowledge to configure it though.


Jamie

On 2017-11-21 6:12 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
We're dealing with Win10 here.  We are trying to get rid of an extra 
cable internet connection at my house.  The downstairs currently has 
it's own internet with a wired network that includes two servers and 
a printer.  What I need to do is keep the wired network without 
internet and access the internet wirelessly and still be able to 
access the servers and the printer.  Can I get some guidelines on how 
to get this done?  I've got a good wireless adapter on my desktop now 
and it works, but when I plug in the network cable, internet access 
goes back to the wired network. Still searching the web for something 
coherent about this, but with this group, someone has done it at 
sometime, right?


Thanks...Steve

[H] Dual Networks

2017-11-21 Thread Steve Tomporowski

We're dealing with Win10 here.  We are trying to get rid of an extra 
cable internet connection at my house.  The downstairs currently has 
it's own internet with a wired network that includes two servers and a 
printer.  What I need to do is keep the wired network without internet 
and access the internet wirelessly and still be able to access the 
servers and the printer.  Can I get some guidelines on how to get this 
done?  I've got a good wireless adapter on my desktop now and it works, 
but when I plug in the network cable, internet access goes back to the 
wired network. Still searching the web for something coherent about 
this, but with this group, someone has done it at sometime, right?


Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] Off Topic - Book Promotion

2017-11-16 Thread Steve Tomporowski

Thanks, Thane.  I am currently working with Createspace on the paperback 
edition (through Amazon).  The tools are not user friendly.  For 
example, if you just feed it the doc file you used for Kindle (which 
took it and created it's own format), it will choke and complain that 
you fed it the wrong format.


On 11/13/2017 9:14 PM, Thane K. Sherrington wrote:

I'm going to order a copy tomorrow.  I hope it works out for you!

Let me know if there is some way I can help promote it.

T

Re: [H] Off Topic - Book Promotion

2017-11-13 Thread Steve Tomporowski

I'd be willing to do something like that if I can get some help with 
promotion.  That's the toughest part of self-publishing.  Besides, did 
you see the price  of the kindle version?


Steve

On 11/11/2017 2:57 PM, Al E. Gator wrote:

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://www.amazon.com/Raven-Call-Central-Iskandar-Book-ebook/dp/B076GVQKWB/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8=1509054161=8-1=tomporowski

Thanks...Steve

Only Kindle right now, currently working on the paperback file.

Webpage: ravenofiskandarseries.wordpress.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ravenofiskandar/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RavenofIskandar
Amazon Author Page:
https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-E.-J.-Tomporowski/e/B076J2KXJF/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1

[H] Off Topic - Book Promotion

2017-11-11 Thread Steve Tomporowski

I hope you guys don't mind a bit of self-promotion, my first book is out 
for Kindle:


https://www.amazon.com/Raven-Call-Central-Iskandar-Book-ebook/dp/B076GVQKWB/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8=1509054161=8-1=tomporowski

Thanks...Steve

Only Kindle right now, currently working on the paperback file.

Webpage: ravenofiskandarseries.wordpress.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ravenofiskandar/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RavenofIskandar
Amazon Author Page: 
https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-E.-J.-Tomporowski/e/B076J2KXJF/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1

Re: [H] Help! Bino MSI Win10 Pro laptop random lockup issues

2017-07-06 Thread Steve Tomporowski

What I was thinking was that the power adapter is going bad, and just 
like a flaky power supply in a desktop, causes  weird things to happen.


On 7/6/2017 3:06 PM, Bino Gopal wrote:

I was wondering if it was Win10...and note I had it from 3/15/17 to 5/11/17 
with no issues...and it didn't lockup again until 6/4/17 and it's been 
occurring with more frequency...

But I haven't been prompted for the Creators Update which I heard was very 
bad...unless of course it fixed my problem for me...this is so random and 
unpredictable, it's very frustrating!

And note in my case it's definitely a hard, complete lockup and holding the 
power button until it reboots is the only way to recover...



-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
Winterlight
Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 11:56 AM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Help! Bino MSI Win10 Pro laptop random lockup issues


I have had similar experiences with my Lenovo quadcore laptop.
Sometimes it goes to sleep even though I have set it up not to go to sleep when 
plugged in. I have to hold the power button to wake bring it back to usability 
. I think you have a Win 10 issue I have a lot of issues with Win 10 that I 
am waiting for fixes to show up. or not.




At 12:49 PM 7/6/2017, you wrote:

Doubt it's heat-while it has a 1060 in it I wasn't using it for gaming
*any* of those times, and there were plenty of times I was running Mad
Max at 1080p, and a couple times at 4k even and I could hear the fans
spin up and it def get hot, but it never had problems then...in fact,
when I had the two issues in quick succession on
6/22 it was in my lap on a tray and I had a fan blowing on it and I
thought it was b/c I got it too cold or something like that actually...!

Power...it's been plugged into the same third party power block that
Xoticpc sold me with the laptop (thing is massive) and it was on my
desk the other times...I just leave it plugged in and on so it stays
fully charged...are you thinking surges?  It's plugged into a strip...

Any other ideas anyone? :P
 BINO


-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On
Behalf Of Joe User
Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 4:45 AM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Help! Bino MSI Win10 Pro laptop random lockup issues

Heat or Power?


On 7/5/2017 7:39 PM, Bino Gopal wrote:

Hey guys, really hoping someone has the trick to solve this here...

Got a new latest and greatest MSI gaming laptop (GS73VR 7RF) with

Win10 Pro a couple months ago from XoticPC who did a couple
customizations for me-received 3/15/17.  I thought last month that it
started locking up on me-no response except if I hold the power button
down and shut it off and then power it up.

It started happening more frequently a couple weeks ago when it

did this 4x in the same week!  I contacted XoticPC, who said to just
restore the OS-but I haven't really installed that much and would
rather figure out the problem (if I can) before I reinstall and run
into it again.


Interestingly after the second lockup on 6/22 which happened only

3 mins after the first one that day, the second one on 6/26 happened
only 6 seconds after boot if I'm reading these timestamps
right...though I didn't notice until the next day, which is when I rebooted.

Anyway, any ideas?  Anyone seen this before?  Any help or

suggestions much appreciated!



 BINO

Re: [H] Help! Bino MSI Win10 Pro laptop random lockup issues

2017-07-06 Thread Steve Tomporowski

Was it on the power brick every time it locked up?  Does it lock up when 
you are only on battery?


On 7/6/2017 2:49 PM, Bino Gopal wrote:

Doubt it's heat-while it has a 1060 in it I wasn't using it for gaming *any* of 
those times, and there were plenty of times I was running Mad Max at 1080p, and 
a couple times at 4k even and I could hear the fans spin up and it def get hot, 
but it never had problems then...in fact, when I had the two issues in quick 
succession on 6/22 it was in my lap on a tray and I had a fan blowing on it and 
I thought it was b/c I got it too cold or something like that actually...!

Power...it's been plugged into the same third party power block that Xoticpc 
sold me with the laptop (thing is massive) and it was on my desk the other 
times...I just leave it plugged in and on so it stays fully charged...are you 
thinking surges?  It's plugged into a strip...

Any other ideas anyone? :P
BINO


-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
Joe User
Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 4:45 AM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Help! Bino MSI Win10 Pro laptop random lockup issues

Heat or Power?


On 7/5/2017 7:39 PM, Bino Gopal wrote:

Hey guys, really hoping someone has the trick to solve this here...

Got a new latest and greatest MSI gaming laptop (GS73VR 7RF) with Win10 Pro a 
couple months ago from XoticPC who did a couple customizations for me-received 
3/15/17.  I thought last month that it started locking up on me-no response 
except if I hold the power button down and shut it off and then power it up.

It started happening more frequently a couple weeks ago when it did this 4x in 
the same week!  I contacted XoticPC, who said to just restore the OS-but I 
haven't really installed that much and would rather figure out the problem (if 
I can) before I reinstall and run into it again.
Interestingly after the second lockup on 6/22 which happened only 3 mins after 
the first one that day, the second one on 6/26 happened only 6 seconds after 
boot if I'm reading these timestamps right...though I didn't notice until the 
next day, which is when I rebooted.

Anyway, any ideas?  Anyone seen this before?  Any help or suggestions much 
appreciated!


  BINO

Re: [H] Win10 Keys - Legitmate?

2017-06-19 Thread Steve Tomporowski


Thanks.  I suppose the moral of the story is not to buy from Microsoft?  LOL

On 6/19/2017 12:22 PM, lopaka polena wrote:

I got a 20 license windows enterprise key for super cheap from a link off
HardOCP forums and it was totally legit. A couple people on the forum
contacted microsoft to make sure it was legit prior to purchase and were
told it was.

On another note 3 windows 10 pro keys I bought from microsoft directly will
not authenticate and the error states the keys are blacklisted which is
funny since they were bought on the microsoft store.

I don't know whether that specific one is legit or not, but there are some
deals to be had out there :)

lopaka

On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>
wrote:


Got to this link via advert on Amazon: https://buywindowskey.co.uk/wi
ndows-10-home-32-64-bit

Definitely looks too good to be true.  But is it?  Is there some squirrely
way that they can sell Win10 keys this cheap?

Looking at some links, people were talking OEM keys and Refurb keys.
Story?

Thanks...Steve

[H] Win10 Keys - Legitmate?

2017-06-18 Thread Steve Tomporowski

Got to this link via advert on Amazon: 
https://buywindowskey.co.uk/windows-10-home-32-64-bit


Definitely looks too good to be true.  But is it?  Is there some 
squirrely way that they can sell Win10 keys this cheap?


Looking at some links, people were talking OEM keys and Refurb keys.  Story?

Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] Thoughts the the next processor upgrade

2017-06-18 Thread Steve Tomporowski

Thanks, guys, pretty much what I gathered.  And you're right it is a 
20-30% difference depending on the benchmark that you use.  For me, 
that's not enough to invest close to $1k into.  I do need an SSD for the 
audio samples, just to make the loading faster and probably look into a 
better audio interface.  It amazes me that they spend all their time 
with 24bit/192k A/D and D/A converters, then stick in a crap Chinese USB 
chip so that the interface is wonky.  From my perspective, it seems that 
USB has gotten worse, rather than better.  When you have to try all your 
USB ports and/or add an extra card just so a 'universal' device will 
work consistently, then there is a problem.


On 6/17/2017 2:03 PM, Greg Sevart wrote:

Agreed. While a 4770K to a 7700K would be more than 15% (a quick Google
shows 25-30%), the *perceptible* difference would be negligible. The biggest
thing driving upgrades now, IMO, really is the platform--USB 3.0/3.1, NVMe,
Optane support, etc.

I purchased an X99 board over a year ago. I purchased the i7-6950X the week
it came out. Both are still sitting on the bench, along with 64GB of memory,
a new Pascal GPU, a 960 Pro NVMe disk, and a Seasonic Titanium PSU. The
biggest reason is because I'm exceptionally lazy, but I have to think that
another part is simply because my ancient Sandy Bridge-E system (3930K) is
still more than sufficient for most of what I do. It's a new era in
computing. I think this really started when we first had quality dual-core
processors like the Core 2--all of a sudden CPU performance wasn't the
bottleneck like it used to be. Obviously the C2 is slow now, but anything
Sandy Bridge or newer (> 6 years old!) is really still fine for most tasks.

I am looking forward to the new Coffee Lake CPUs expected late this summer
though, but only because I have a specific purpose where I need the Intel
integrated GPU and could use more than 4 cores.

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf
Of Winterlight
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2017 11:43 AM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Thoughts the the next processor upgrade


With modern processors I don't even notice a difference unless a new
CPU gives me at least 50 percent increase in power. I do video
encoding and, I wouldn't consider a upgrade of my CPU unless I could
double my processor power. That said, I have been running a six core
since 2013 but come Oct the new X9 with up to 18 cores + 18
Hyperthreading designed for the consumer market will be for sale.
...at a cost of 2K for the 18 core. ...target market is gamer and
enthusiast. Frankly, it is just not worth the time and effort
required to build and set up a whole new workstation... unless
something went south and, I had to do it.

At 10:29 AM 6/17/2017, you wrote:

I've started looking at the next upgrade for my main box. Currently
I have an i7-4770K with 24GB on an Asus Maximus VII Hero.  I already
know that the next upgrade will probably require a new set of memory.
However, I've been looking at CPUs and have to say that I'm
underwhelmed when comparing my current system versus the new
processors.  It seems that for an investment of over 500 bucks, the
most I can hope for is *maybe* a 15% increase in processing
power.  Right now I don't do any high end gaming, the most rigorous
stuff I do is running a lot of soft synths in Cakewalk
Sonar.  What's everybody's take on picking a new processor?

Thanks...Steve

[H] Thoughts the the next processor upgrade

2017-06-17 Thread Steve Tomporowski

I've started looking at the next upgrade for my main box. Currently I 
have an i7-4770K with 24GB on an Asus Maximus VII Hero.  I already know 
that the next upgrade will probably require a new set of memory.  
However, I've been looking at CPUs and have to say that I'm underwhelmed 
when comparing my current system versus the new processors.  It seems 
that for an investment of over 500 bucks, the most I can hope for is 
*maybe* a 15% increase in processing power.  Right now I don't do any 
high end gaming, the most rigorous stuff I do is running a lot of soft 
synths in Cakewalk Sonar.  What's everybody's take on picking a new 
processor?


Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] Anyone get hit with WannCry Ransomware?

2017-05-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski

HardOCP is reporting that the Russian Ministry of the Interior got hit.  
Supposedly M$ released a security update for it.


https://www.hardocp.com/news/2017/05/12/big_ransomware_outbreak_today_be_vigilant 



On 5/12/2017 8:11 PM, lopaka polena wrote:

I saw that. Crazy stuff. We haven''t heard of anything local here (Santa
Cruz) but I backed up all our clinic data to USB drive today(all medical
client info) just in case. I could restore everything to off network boxes
easy enough if needed.

lopaka

<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webmail_term=icon>
Virus-free.
www.avast.com
<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webmail_term=link>
<#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>
wrote:


Not seen here, but it looks like Fedex got hit bad.



On 5/12/2017 5:00 PM, lopaka polena wrote:


Anybody see this happening where you're at?

lopaka

Re: [H] Anyone get hit with WannCry Ransomware?

2017-05-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski


Not seen here, but it looks like Fedex got hit bad.


On 5/12/2017 5:00 PM, lopaka polena wrote:

Anybody see this happening where you're at?

lopaka

Re: [H] Torrent Client

2017-02-26 Thread Steve Tomporowski

Thanks, I'll take a look.  I was putting up with utorrent until this 
weekend when they seemed to forget to mute the commercials.  Or, 
probably more likely, started selling commercial time with forced audio.


On 2/26/2017 6:43 PM, Brian Weeden wrote:

I use Deluge,  but here's a list:
https://www.howtogeek.com/197542/the-4-best-alternatives-to-utorrent-on-windows/

On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 5:57 PM Jim Maki <jwm_maill...@comcast.net> wrote:


I have stuck with uTorrent 2.2 as I too got upset with the "additions"
over the years. It is a Spartan application that does the job.

JMHO

Jim

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On
Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 2:26 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Torrent Client

Since uTorrent has finally pissed me off (adverts are now randomly
un-muted), what something good to replace it?

Thanks...Steve

--


-
Brian

[H] Torrent Client

2017-02-26 Thread Steve Tomporowski

Since uTorrent has finally pissed me off (adverts are now randomly 
un-muted), what something good to replace it?


Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] Can't boot with bad SMART data on non-OS drive

2017-02-26 Thread Steve Tomporowski


Did you try turning off SMART in the BIOS?  Can you still do that in UEFI?


On 2/26/2017 5:15 PM, Brian Weeden wrote:

Of course, and the system boots right up. I can also pop the drive in an
extended enclosure and it sounds up and is recognized.

But I can't boot with the drive attached, which means I can't run any tools
on it to try and see if I can fix it.

It just seems weird that it won't boot with a bad non-OS drive.

On Feb 26, 2017 17:06, "Thane K. Sherrington" <
th...@computerconnectionltd.com> wrote:


Hi Brian,

 Have you tried unplugging the bad drive?

T

[H] Generalizing a Win10 installation

2016-10-09 Thread Steve Tomporowski

I'm going to sell an HP DC7800 (compact) on Ebay.  I could always wipe 
the drive, but I'd like to see it with the operating system intact.  Is 
there some way to generalize/sysprep an existing Win10 installation?  
I'd prefer to not have to wipe and reinstall.  For what I'll be able to 
get for the box, it's not worth a lot of my time.


Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] Taming Cortana

2016-10-08 Thread Steve Tomporowski


Thanks, Al, that was perfect.

On 10/8/2016 3:10 PM, A L wrote:

Here ya go. Worked for me.


http://www.howtogeek.com/265027/how-to-disable-cortana-in-windows-10/


Al



From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> on behalf of Steve 
Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2016 12:09 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Taming Cortana

The latest update for Win10 has  taken away the ability to shut Cortana
off.  Now, of course, trying to search your own computer for stuff is
now useless, you have to dig through thousands of web results when all
you want to know is what folder that ing file is.

Is there a hack to stop Cortana from searching the web?  Or do I have to
go and find a file search problem instead?

Thanks...Steve

[H] Taming Cortana

2016-10-08 Thread Steve Tomporowski

The latest update for Win10 has  taken away the ability to shut Cortana 
off.  Now, of course, trying to search your own computer for stuff is 
now useless, you have to dig through thousands of web results when all 
you want to know is what folder that ing file is.


Is there a hack to stop Cortana from searching the web?  Or do I have to 
go and find a file search problem instead?


Thanks...Steve

[H] HP Elitebook 8440p Black Screen of Death

2016-10-04 Thread Steve Tomporowski

My son's 8440p powers up, gets all the lights, but no video.  No video 
either on external monitor.


Tried:  Hard Reset, replaced memory, replaced HD.

The caps lock and number lock flash 3 times, which is supposed to be a 
memory problem.  Removed one stick at a time, replaced one stick then 
two.  Still same problem.


Any ideas, you kinda get tired of youtube weenies talking about draining 
all the 'static' out of your laptop


Steve

Re: [H] Connect 3.1.4 Continuata LTD

2016-10-01 Thread Steve Tomporowski

That is actually a page describing how to uninstall Connect.  I did 
figure out where it came from.  I was busily downloading free sound 
packs (wavs, midis) and one site only did the download through Connect.  
I guess I just never did uninstall it.


On 10/1/2016 3:14 PM, Bobby Heid wrote:

Looks like it is Advanced Uninstaller PRO.  See 
http://www.advanceduninstaller.com/Connect-version-3_1_4-f4e568608d430f9ab8feef8154445523-application.htm.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
Steve Tomporowski
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2016 2:44 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Connect 3.1.4 Continuata LTD

Found this program on my system and I don't know if or why it's needed.
It doesn't seem to be associated with any other program (date of install
is different than all the rest).  Anyone know anything about this?

Thanks...Steve

[H] Connect 3.1.4 Continuata LTD

2016-10-01 Thread Steve Tomporowski

Found this program on my system and I don't know if or why it's needed.  
It doesn't seem to be associated with any other program (date of install 
is different than all the rest).  Anyone know anything about this?


Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] Strange NVIDIA problem

2016-09-26 Thread Steve Tomporowski

Try a different interface connector on the monitor.  I've had weird 
symptoms when the interface goes bad.



On 9/26/2016 2:18 PM, Winterlight wrote:
changing to a lower resolution yeah... but a higher refresh rate... 
that the part I find hard to blame on the monitor.



At 11:09 AM 9/26/2016, you wrote:
Could be the monitor. Swap them around and see if that monitor does 
it (changes to lower res) on a different output. I've had a couple 
monitors that did that before going out completely.Â

lopaka
  From: Winterlight 
 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
 Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 11:03 AM
 Subject: [H] Strange NVIDIA problem

My desktop uses a three year old NVIDIA GTX 660 plugged into three
monitors. In the last 3 months I have been having a problem with the
left hand monitor which is a Dell 2407 that runs at 1920 X 1600
.Â  The other two monitors are fine. When the monitors wake up I have
no signal to the 2407 and all the wall papers and icons are skewed
over to the right. Sometimes a reboot or a complete shutdown and
resetting the cables will bring back the signal but even when that
happens now it comes back at 1024x768 and even stranger at a refresh
rate of 75hz instead of 60hz and then it is a big struggle to get it
back to the correct resolution and refresh rate because the correct
1920 X 1600 at 60 hz isn't even available to select.

The first thing I did was to remove and then update and install the
driver but it happened again. To find out if it was hardware or
software when the monitor was down I booted into a different OS. My
desktop dual boots Windows 8.1 Pro and Windows 10 Pro. The problem
remained so I knew it couldn't be a software problem. That left the
video card, the cable, or the monitor.

The cable is a top quality DVI cable that I got from Monoprice. It
appears to be in good condition and I have removed and re seated it a
number of times on both video card and monitorÂ  when this has
happened. A couple of times I thought it was a re seating of the
cable that was causing the problem but it couldn't still be the
problem and besides I don't see how the monitor itself, or the cable
could account for a change in resolution, or an increase in refresh
rate. the monitor is using the correct DELL driver and has no monitor
type problems... such as pixalation or breaking up video, that sort
of thing.Â  Last night I reset Power Balance to never put the monitors
to sleep and I will see if that solves the problem for the time being.

It has to be the video card right?

Â  I am not a big gamer but I do have a steam account and very
occasionally I will buy a game and play it... usually something that
is years old... I just played Left4Dead2 for example. However I do
intend to be driving four large monitors in the near future... so
will a EVGA GTX 1060 with 6GB of RAMÂ  do the job or do I need to
spend the money on ta GTX 1070. Yes the 1070 will be better in modern
games and 3D but I don't use itÂ  for that. Will the model number of a
modern video card make any difference for day to day multi monitor
support?Â  Thanks w



Â

Re: [H] Upgrading to Windows 7

2016-09-05 Thread Steve Tomporowski

Is your '32bit' system using a 32bit processor?  If so, 64bit Win7 won't 
install on it, you need a 64bit processor.


On 9/5/2016 2:11 PM, DSinc wrote:
I'm trying to install a 64 bit version of Windows 7 Pro on my 32 bit 
system on the computer. The install disk won't allow this.  Is there a 
work around? Tell me so my sister can understand to help.  Don't 
assume she's a geek although she does know how to navigate into 
settings folders--somewhat.  Don't assume facts not in evidence.


Duncan

[H] Fwd: Network Problems

2016-09-03 Thread Steve Tomporowski


Found the solution.  Almost didn't try it as it is over 6 months old:

*Can't see NAS drives in your network on Windows 10? Here is the solution:*
1/ run cmd as admin
2/ sc.exe config lanmanworkstation depend= bowser/mrxsmb10/nsi
3/ sc.exe config mrxsmb20 start= disabled
Restart and you are done!



 Forwarded Message 
Subject:[H] Network Problems
Date:   Sat, 3 Sep 2016 13:12:57 -0400
From:   Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com



The configuration is this, the router goes to a switch, which feeds the
main computer, a Stora and a server running Unraid.

The situation:  I was copying files from the Unraid server to a USB
memory on the computer when things got flaky.  The connection seemed to
be timing out (I wasn't watching it all the time). Finally, the computer
lost all connectivity.  I've restored internet access, I can access the
Unraid server via a browser, but neither the unraid server or the Stora
now show up in File Explorer.  Refreshing network doesn't find them.
I've tried several reboots, of the computer, the stora, the server, the
switch and the router.  Updated the router firmware, updated the
computer network card drivers.  File explorer remains stubborn. Anyone
familiar with this?  Can't seem to find anything resembling my problem
on the net, so far.

ThanksSteve

[H] Network Problems

2016-09-03 Thread Steve Tomporowski

The configuration is this, the router goes to a switch, which feeds the 
main computer, a Stora and a server running Unraid.


The situation:  I was copying files from the Unraid server to a USB 
memory on the computer when things got flaky.  The connection seemed to 
be timing out (I wasn't watching it all the time). Finally, the computer 
lost all connectivity.  I've restored internet access, I can access the 
Unraid server via a browser, but neither the unraid server or the Stora 
now show up in File Explorer.  Refreshing network doesn't find them.  
I've tried several reboots, of the computer, the stora, the server, the 
switch and the router.  Updated the router firmware, updated the 
computer network card drivers.  File explorer remains stubborn. Anyone 
familiar with this?  Can't seem to find anything resembling my problem 
on the net, so far.


ThanksSteve

Re: [H] Phone File transfer under Win10

Supposedly I have the pc suite installed, but all it does is check if my 
system is updated.  Then I checked all the settings on the phone and 
can't find anything about USB mode.  Thanks.  It looks like it's time 
for more research


On 8/14/2016 3:14 PM, Richard Quilhot wrote:

most phones have a USB mode setting changing between file storage and
picture sharing.
The other thing to try is the Motorola's pc suite.

Rick Q
quilh...@gmail.com


On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 2:04 PM, Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>
wrote:


Locked or unlocked doesn't seem to matter.  I wonder if it's a driver
problem, but according to Motorola, I'm up to date.  Wasn't there some
setting about the type of USB device?



On 8/14/2016 1:54 PM, Richard Quilhot wrote:


in the phone's screen unlocked?

Rick Q
quilh...@gmail.com


On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 11:26 AM, <joeu...@chronic.org> wrote:

Have you rebooted/restarted?

Regards,
joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

"...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."

 Original Message 

Subject: [H]  Phone File transfer under Win10
From: Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, August 14, 2016 8:38 am
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com


I have a Droid Turbo.  Under Win7, I would save my images to my main
computer and then also move them to the external SD storage. Since I've
upgraded to Win10, while I can save my images to my computer, I can no
longer transfer them to external SD storage. File explorer says the
phone is busy and it's never un-busy.

Is anyone familiar with this kind of problem?

ThanksSteve

Re: [H] Phone File transfer under Win10

Locked or unlocked doesn't seem to matter.  I wonder if it's a driver 
problem, but according to Motorola, I'm up to date.  Wasn't there some 
setting about the type of USB device?



On 8/14/2016 1:54 PM, Richard Quilhot wrote:

in the phone's screen unlocked?

Rick Q
quilh...@gmail.com


On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 11:26 AM, <joeu...@chronic.org> wrote:


Have you rebooted/restarted?

Regards,
joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

"...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."


 Original Message 
Subject: [H]  Phone File transfer under Win10
From: Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, August 14, 2016 8:38 am
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com


I have a Droid Turbo.  Under Win7, I would save my images to my main
computer and then also move them to the external SD storage. Since I've
upgraded to Win10, while I can save my images to my computer, I can no
longer transfer them to external SD storage. File explorer says the
phone is busy and it's never un-busy.

Is anyone familiar with this kind of problem?

ThanksSteve

Re: [H] Phone File transfer under Win10


Yeah, tried that, still says 'Waiting: XT1254 is busy.'

On 8/14/2016 11:26 AM, joeu...@chronic.org wrote:

Have you rebooted/restarted?

Regards,
joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

"...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."


 Original Message 
Subject: [H]  Phone File transfer under Win10
From: Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, August 14, 2016 8:38 am
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com


I have a Droid Turbo.  Under Win7, I would save my images to my main
computer and then also move them to the external SD storage. Since I've
upgraded to Win10, while I can save my images to my computer, I can no
longer transfer them to external SD storage. File explorer says the
phone is busy and it's never un-busy.

Is anyone familiar with this kind of problem?

ThanksSteve

[H] Phone File transfer under Win10

I have a Droid Turbo.  Under Win7, I would save my images to my main 
computer and then also move them to the external SD storage. Since I've 
upgraded to Win10, while I can save my images to my computer, I can no 
longer transfer them to external SD storage. File explorer says the 
phone is busy and it's never un-busy.


Is anyone familiar with this kind of problem?

ThanksSteve

Re: [H] Problems with Windows Update

2016-07-18 Thread Steve Tomporowski

Thanks for the link.  One system did get updated to Win10 manually.  I had
thought that it had been trashed entirely, despite being a fully validated
system, it claimed that it was not activated and asked for a key, when I
skipped that, it told me that I had to run the setup from within windows,
so reboot, but it had already trashed the Win7 install.  This morning,
however, it did go to completion.  I *think* it's activated and I have to
do updates now, which I'll get to after work.  Then I'll have to see to my
main system.

On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 9:16 PM, Christopher Fisk <
christopher.f...@thefisks.org> wrote:

> I've had some windows updates take 12+hours previously, but generally that
> means there was something going on with it.  I'd suggest
> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/971058
>
> On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Anyone else having problems with Windows Update?
> >
> > I have two Win7 systems that are taking forever.  I thought it was my
> > network until I ran update on a Win10 system and it went quick &
> complete.
> >
> > ThanksSteve
> >
> >
>

[H] Problems with Windows Update

2016-07-17 Thread Steve Tomporowski


Anyone else having problems with Windows Update?

I have two Win7 systems that are taking forever.  I thought it was my 
network until I ran update on a Win10 system and it went quick & complete.


ThanksSteve

[H] Fwd: Handbrake Settings

2016-07-16 Thread Steve Tomporowski

Never mind, figured it out.  I had to turn Anamorphic off, otherwise 
Handbrake dinks with the aspect ratio as it see fit.

 Forwarded Message 
Subject:[H] Handbrake Settings
Date:   Sat, 16 Jul 2016 12:47:09 -0400
From:   Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com

Does anyone here use Handbrake for ripping DVDs?  I've been trying to
rip some DVDs here and my first attempts, albeit using the default
settings, the DVD rips in good quality except that it seems that the
aspect ratio is just slightly off.  The vertical is slightly stretched.
I'm using KMPlayer for playback and the it's set for maintaining the
source aspect ratio.  Yeah, I can make it work, but I think I should be
able to rip at the right aspect ratio.

Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] SATA Add-in Card


On review said that the 8 port version worked under UNRAID.

On 7/5/2016 11:43 AM, Tim Lider wrote:

I do not know about the Linux drivers. Although, it does seem to be working 
under Ubuntu very well. Windows 10 does not need drivers for the controller, 
not did the Linux Build at the shop.

Tim Lider
Brown Belt Arnis de Mano
https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
Steve Tomporowski
Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2016 8:13 AM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] SATA Add-in Card

Linux drivers?

On 7/5/2016 11:12 AM, Tim Lider wrote:

I personally use and professionally use:

IO Crest 4 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x1 Controller Card Marvell Non-Raid with Low 
Profile Bracket SI-PEX40064

You can get it on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/IO-Crest-Controller-Non-Raid-SI-PEX40064/dp/B00AZ9T3OU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8=1467731417=8-3=pci-e+card+sata+6.0

This card works very well in an ACHI environment and supports Hot plugging (A 
must for a Data Recovery guy such as myself. Personally it is used as an add-on 
card to support more HD's that my motherboard cannot (So much Anime).

Tim Lider
Brown Belt Arnis de Mano
https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
Steve Tomporowski
Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2016 7:37 AM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] SATA Add-in Card

I'm upgrading my server (running UNRAID) and at this  point I've run out of 
SATA ports on the MB (all 6 full).  So I'm looking for recommendations on an 
add-on card, preferably PCI-E (I've got empty slots), but the card will need 
Linux drivers.

Any Ideas?

Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] SATA Add-in Card


Linux drivers?

On 7/5/2016 11:12 AM, Tim Lider wrote:

I personally use and professionally use:

IO Crest 4 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x1 Controller Card Marvell Non-Raid with Low 
Profile Bracket SI-PEX40064

You can get it on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/IO-Crest-Controller-Non-Raid-SI-PEX40064/dp/B00AZ9T3OU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8=1467731417=8-3=pci-e+card+sata+6.0

This card works very well in an ACHI environment and supports Hot plugging (A 
must for a Data Recovery guy such as myself. Personally it is used as an add-on 
card to support more HD's that my motherboard cannot (So much Anime).

Tim Lider
Brown Belt Arnis de Mano
https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
Steve Tomporowski
Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2016 7:37 AM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] SATA Add-in Card

I'm upgrading my server (running UNRAID) and at this  point I've run out of 
SATA ports on the MB (all 6 full).  So I'm looking for recommendations on an 
add-on card, preferably PCI-E (I've got empty slots), but the card will need 
Linux drivers.

Any Ideas?

Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] SATA Add-in Card

Yeah, been there, have Prime.  I noticed that I had to practically 
research each card to find out if they have Linux drivers.


On 7/5/2016 11:00 AM, Brian Weeden wrote:

Quick search on Amazon turned up some more as well:
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps=pci-e+card+sata+6.0



-
Brian


On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>
wrote:


Despite the mixed reviews, it seems like UNRAID users had no problem with
the card.  With 8 ports, it'll exceed my license, which is good.  I'll have
to look into MB compatibility,  I'm running a LGA775 Intel 'corporate
stable' model.  I plan on running a cache SSD with the system to speed up
access, so 3GB/sec might not be an issue.  The current MB probably has a
mixture of 6 and 3 already.

ThanksSteve


On 7/5/2016 10:46 AM, Brian Weeden wrote:


I currently use a pair of these cards in my HTPC box (running FlexRAID):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101358

I use them under Windows, no experience with the quality of the Linux
drivers. But they've been great for the last few years, no issues. Reviews
on Newegg have mixed reports about Linux compatibility.

Two things to look out for. One, they only support up to 3 GB/S, so
they're
not as fast as I'd like. Two, even with that speed limitation, you need to
be really careful about what motherboard you pair them with to ensure they
can work at full speed. I had to go with a server-class LGA 1155 board
when
I did my last rebuild in 2011.



-
Brian


On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>
wrote:

I'm upgrading my server (running UNRAID) and at this  point I've run out

of SATA ports on the MB (all 6 full).  So I'm looking for recommendations
on an add-on card, preferably PCI-E (I've got empty slots), but the card
will need Linux drivers.

Any Ideas?

Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] SATA Add-in Card

Despite the mixed reviews, it seems like UNRAID users had no problem 
with the card.  With 8 ports, it'll exceed my license, which is good.  
I'll have to look into MB compatibility,  I'm running a LGA775 Intel 
'corporate stable' model.  I plan on running a cache SSD with the system 
to speed up access, so 3GB/sec might not be an issue.  The current MB 
probably has a mixture of 6 and 3 already.


ThanksSteve

On 7/5/2016 10:46 AM, Brian Weeden wrote:

I currently use a pair of these cards in my HTPC box (running FlexRAID):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101358

I use them under Windows, no experience with the quality of the Linux
drivers. But they've been great for the last few years, no issues. Reviews
on Newegg have mixed reports about Linux compatibility.

Two things to look out for. One, they only support up to 3 GB/S, so they're
not as fast as I'd like. Two, even with that speed limitation, you need to
be really careful about what motherboard you pair them with to ensure they
can work at full speed. I had to go with a server-class LGA 1155 board when
I did my last rebuild in 2011.



-
Brian


On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>
wrote:


I'm upgrading my server (running UNRAID) and at this  point I've run out
of SATA ports on the MB (all 6 full).  So I'm looking for recommendations
on an add-on card, preferably PCI-E (I've got empty slots), but the card
will need Linux drivers.

Any Ideas?

Thanks...Steve

[H] SATA Add-in Card

I'm upgrading my server (running UNRAID) and at this  point I've run out 
of SATA ports on the MB (all 6 full).  So I'm looking for 
recommendations on an add-on card, preferably PCI-E (I've got empty 
slots), but the card will need Linux drivers.


Any Ideas?

Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] Any one there ?

2016-06-25 Thread Steve Tomporowski

Still here, but never used Eudora. I've used Tbird for years now.  The 
only gripe with that is that hotmail accounts download duplicates and 
triplicates.  I think that's just the sluggishness of M$ in deleting emails.


On 6/25/2016 8:20 PM, FORC5 wrote:

Just wondering why the list has been so quiet

also still using Eudora for email and wonder if anyone knows why 
sometimes some email come thru really scrambled, same email displays 
properly in TBird.

American express email and siriusXM email I have to get in Tbird.

from phones do not format well either but are readable.

just wondering, Eudora is getting a little old but been using it a 
long time.


tallyho
fp

Date:  Saturday, June 25th, 2016

   ***Caution, Tagline Below ***
**Tallyho**
**
  If you can't learn to do it well, enjoy
  doing it badly.
**

Re: [H] Duncan

2015-03-14 Thread Steve Tomporowski


Welcome back, Duncan.  Happy to see you back!

Steve

On 3/14/2015 12:25 PM, DSinc wrote:

To the List,
I am now happily at home and completed the 2d phase of life; Iam now 
67yrs old.

I am trying to relern EMail! I am so happy the
List is UP and Opsnorml.
Thankyou for your thoughts and prayers. They worked. I am still 
kickingeven

though the new guy is strange.
regards,
Duhcan


On 01/24/2015 15:25, Chris Reeves wrote:

Agreed. Some of the best news of the weekend

-Original Message-
From: Gary Jackson gjack...@visi.com
Sent: â€Ž1/â€Ž23/â€Ž2015 11:48 AM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com 
hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com

Subject: Re: [H] Duncan

It will be nice to get you back on the list Duncan !


Gary


-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On 
Behalf Of dsinc...@epbfi.com

Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 6:46 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Duncan

I'm doing okay. Feelin' good.  I am in an assisted living facility 
called Rosewood, in Fort Oglethorpe (where my sister lives).  Have my 
own apartment.  And it sucks to have to stay here, til June, my 
calendar says.  The food's lousy, but it's regular.  I'm supporting 
my local pharmacy--in Atlanta.  I haven't figured out email yet.  Sis 
comes by every couple of days and helps me out.  Learning my way 
around the place.


Thanks for asking after me.

Onward and Upward,
Duncan

- Original Message -From: Scott Sipe csco...@gmail.comTo: 
hardware@lists.hardwaregroup.comSent: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 01:55:30 -0500 
(EST)Subject: Re: [H] Duncan


Bump. Anyone heard anything?

Scott

On Dec 18, 2014, at 8:38 PM, Christopher Fisk 
christopher.f...@thefisks.org wrote:  Any updates on Duncan? 
It's been a few weeks and was hoping to hear good news!  On Sun, 
Nov 30, 2014 at 7:46 AM, Joshua MacCraw maccr...@gmail.com 
wrote:  Strength to Duncan  family.  On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 
at 5:51 AM, James Edwards jedwa...@hardwaregroup.com wrote: 
Yo everyone, pay attention! From his sister Bonny at 
addy4st...@yahoo.com  To all,  My brother, Duncan, (do 
not know how he's identified in your group other than the owner 
of this site) was admitted to the hospital on 11-11 after 
suffering multiple strokes. He was in ccu for 3 days, the hospital 
for 3 and is now in re-hab. He is mobile, somewhat, and 
coherent, but memory, vision, and balance are impaired. Thought 
you would like to know. He's optimistic, accepting, and going 
with the flow. He's himself in conversation, just trapped in a 
not too responsive body.  Bonny  Bonny, please send me a 
good address to send well wishes. I will forward it to the 
list.Jim Edwards

Re: [H] Happy Pi Day!

2015-03-14 Thread Steve Tomporowski


A closer approximation next year (3.14159) = 3/14/16

On 3/14/2015 1:31 PM, FORC5 wrote:

3.1415

once in a lifetime, :{)
fp

Date:  Saturday, March 14th, 2015

***Caution Tagline Below***
**Tallyho**
***
 Wakko of Borg: Heeeo
Collective!
***

[H] Browsers

2015-02-14 Thread Steve Tomporowski

What's the collective currently using for a browser?  I'm currently 
using Waterfox (supposedly a speeded-up version of Firefox), but after 
the last update, it's giving me problems.  I've upgraded my internet 
service to 100MB, but after just a few hours, Waterfox slows to a crawl 
and I only get the speed back up by closing it and reopening  it.  I'm 
assuming that straight Firefox will probably do the same, so I think 
I'll see how Chrome works out.


ThanksSteve

Re: [H] Browsers

2015-02-14 Thread Steve Tomporowski

That looks like a plan.  I'll go from Waterfox to Firefox.  They use the 
same profile, so that's one less worry.  The other day, Waterfox was 
glacial, I did a speednet test and it was hovering around 9-10 MB/sec.  
I shut it down and restarted, and right back to over 100MB/sec.


Thanks guys.


On 2/14/2015 9:10 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote:

At 08:30 AM 14/02/2015, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
What's the collective currently using for a browser?  I'm currently 
using Waterfox (supposedly a speeded-up version of Firefox), but 
after the last update, it's giving me problems.  I've upgraded my 
internet service to 100MB, but after just a few hours, Waterfox slows 
to a crawl and I only get the speed back up by closing it and 
reopening  it.  I'm assuming that straight Firefox will probably do 
the same, so I think I'll see how Chrome works out.


I use Firefox.  Chrome (once compromised) is way to much of a pain to 
fix, and I find it gets compromised more easily (based on computers I 
work) than Firefox does.  Tomshardware tested all the browsers and 
picked Firefox as the best (speed/security) so I'm figure that's a 
decent backup to my choice.


T

[H] Watch out what you say around your TV - Samsung's Privacy Policy

2015-02-09 Thread Steve Tomporowski

http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/8/8001687/samsungs-smart-tv-privacy-policy-george-orwell

[H] USB Type C is coming

2015-01-30 Thread Steve Tomporowski


http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?doc_id=1325475page_number=1

Three pages:  The world before USB, USB 1.0 to 3.1 and USB Type C.

[H] Futuristic Vacuum Tubes

2015-01-29 Thread Steve Tomporowski


http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2015/01/29/korg-noritake-introduce-futuristic-nutube-vacuum-tubes

Of course it's only a matter of time until some idiots start screaming 
how the new tubes don't sound as good as the old tubes.

Re: [H] 10 Flash Drives that will turn heads

2014-12-27 Thread Steve Tomporowski

I like the first one with the nixie tube and all in brass.  However, 
$140 is way to much for it.


On 12/27/2014 2:12 PM, Stan Zaske wrote:
Steampunk Starwars and Simpsons. I like the 1944 one made from a 
really old radio crystal. Happy Holidays to the collective. :)


On Sat, 27 Dec 2014 10:05:18 -0600, Steve Tomporowski 
didym...@gmail.com wrote:


http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1325078_mc=NL_EET_EDT_EET_eelife_20141226cid=NL_EET_EDT_EET_eelife_20141226elq=66051782e60549ae9561ff8c8a21730aelqCampaignId=20937

Re: [H] HP Elitebook

2014-12-25 Thread Steve Tomporowski

Thanks for the detailed reply. I have an OEM disk of Win7 Home Premium
and I've come up against the problem that the disk is keyed to the key
on the box, you can't install it with a different key, but you can
change the key afterwards. The Elitebook, as I remember now, has, Win7
Pro on it, the key is labeled on the bottom. It's a refurb and there
isn't much on it. I agree with the opinion on HP software, usually it's
junk, and poorly written. For a Win7 Pro image, your link will come in
handy.

The alternate and interesting method would be to see if the Win10
install currently on the SSD would be able to adjust to the Elitebook.
There was an old Win7 Home Premium on the SSD when I installed Win10.
It took about 4 to 5 hours before it got around to finally booting, but
all the still installed applications and games worked. I was fascinated
to find that Macrium Reflect v4 worked on Win10. I used that to clone
the SSD to a std HD so I could used the SSD in the elitebook. The other
interesting result was when, on the Win10 system, I replaced the Nvidia
G210 with an AMD 6850. Win10 basically acted like it was reinstalling
the whole system, took about an hour.

Thanks...Steve

On 12/24/2014 4:22 PM, Robbie Pence wrote:

The cleanest way to do it is back up your stuff, and start fresh with a new
OS install. Transferring the data from HDD to SSD means you're ending up
with potentially not optimized installs for the SSD, possible data
corruption, blah blah blah.

To make sure you have your original Windows 7 product key, use Nirsoft
ProduKey. Just run it, and either write the key down or save to a text
file.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/produkey.zip

If you need a Windows 7 disk, they're freely available to download and burn
from Microsoft:

http://www.howtogeek.com/186775/how-to-download-windows-7-8-and-8.1-installation-media-legally/

To top it off, you'll get no HP bloatware with this configuration - just
clean, beautiful Windows. Download the drivers to a flash drive, and you're
golden.

To speed up installing the stuff you need, pick what you want from
www.ninite.com . it'll download all the common stuff you need (browser,
Java, Reader, Libre, VLC, AV) and install it without junkware tagging
along.

By the way, congratulations on buying an HP EliteBook. The used ones are a
fantastic deal for a ton of horsepower.

Happy Holidays,

-Robbie / @Truefire_
On Dec 24, 2014 8:23 AM, Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net wrote:

The Samsung software has worked across several systems for me.

Sent from my mobile device.

On Dec 24, 2014, at 5:58 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com

wrote:

I picked up a used HP Elitebook and I'm looking to replace the drive

with an SSD. I have two options as to the operating system. I can either
transfer the old HD to the SSD or I can leave the SSD intact which has a
Win10 install on it currently. The original drive has all the annoying HP
software on it and right now I don't know how much of that is needed or if
it's just the normal HP software which has no real useful purpose, but just
gets in your way. Anyone have any experience with HP Elitebooks?

And does anyone have any recommendation as to transfer software? The

samsung software that came with the SSD (about a year ago) did not work
with my desktop system.

Merry Christmas All!

Steve

[H] HP Elitebook

I picked up a used HP Elitebook and I'm looking to replace the drive 
with an SSD.  I have two options as to the operating system.  I can 
either transfer the old HD to the SSD or I can leave the SSD intact 
which has a Win10 install on it currently.  The original drive has all 
the annoying HP software on it and right now I don't know how much of 
that is needed or if it's just the normal HP software which has no real 
useful purpose, but just gets in your way.  Anyone have any experience 
with HP Elitebooks?


And does anyone have any recommendation as to transfer software? The 
samsung software that came with the SSD (about a year ago) did not work 
with my desktop system.


Merry Christmas All!

Steve

[H] HP Elitebook

I forgot to mention, if I start from scratch with the SSD (Win7), I 
don't want to lose the original Win7 key.  So, can I install Win7 from 
the media I have, using it's key, then change the key after install and 
not lose either key?


ThanksSteve

[H] Parasitic Drones will suck up CO2


http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392doc_id=276020itc=dn_analysis_elementcid=nl.dn14.20141219

[H] These Jeans will keep Hackers out of your pants

http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386doc_id=276039itc=dn_analysis_elementcid=nl.dn14.20141219

[H] Ten Tech Gadgets to stuff in your own stocking