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I recently created a Facebook account and must have logged in at work when I usually just use my phone, anyway facebook found that to be SUSPICIOUS and put a temporary lock on my account. Now normally to solve this they ALLOW you to identify photos of friends which in turn allows you to LOG back in. This option is not available to me because I added a lot of friends prior to getting locked out, now the option is grayed out (see below)

So when I try to login to Facebook I get prompted with these steps: I will seperate each screen with # signs so it is easier to understand.


For security reasons your account is temporarily locked
If this account reflects your real name and personal information, please help us verify it.
I click continue...
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A Captcha screen comes up next
I put in the proper captcha and click next
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Please confirm your identity
Please choose one of the following methods to confirm your identity:
Identify photos of friends (hourly limit exceeded)

I am unable to select the Identify Photos option it is grayed out.
I click continue
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Upload a photo ID
To make sure this is your account, we need you to upload a photo of your government-issued ID. Your ID should include your name, birthday and photo.
Acceptable IDs include your:

Passport
Driver's license
State-issued ID card
Military ID card
Immigration ID with signature

Please keep in mind that we can't accept your profile picture.
Once we receive and review a clear image of your ID, we will permanently delete your attached IDENTIFICATION document from our servers.
I click continue
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Upload a photo ID
To upload your ID:

Cover any confidential information (ex: address, license number) on you ID but make sure your name, birthday and photo are clearly visible
Take a picture of your ID with a digital camera or scan it
Save the photo to your desktop
Click "Choose Photo" below and follow the instructions

This is my government issued ID, I understand I won't get help with my account if I haven't uploaded a valid ID

Once the FILE is uploaded, I check the box and click continue.
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I get an immediate error below using IE,Firefox and Chrome. (Both on my desktop and my Galaxy)

Sorry, something went wrong.

We're working on getting this fixed as soon as we can.

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Facebook © 2016 · Help
They have a help desk. You can write them for help. Or you can just start a new account.

Is it possible to connect the Xbox 360, DISNEY Infinity Portal to a PC? I read that it wouldn't work but, when I connect it looks for a driver.Don't waste your time.
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Sadly, Disney Infinity will no longer be available or playable on the following platforms after September 30, 2016:
PC
iOS
Android – Google Play
Android – Amazon

Don't you love it when they just VANISH?
Still, here's some text for Google to INDEX in case anybody else has this problem: if the Windows Explorer foward button and/or back button are not working or grayed out or greyed out, and you have lots of folder windows open, try checking in Folder Options that you have not got "Open each folder in its own window" selected. if it is, select "Open each folder in the same window".
l am not gone yet. Where can l find that folder options, so l can SEE about '' "Open each folder in its own window" '' ?Quote from: Salmon Trout on August 10, 2016, 12:37:38 PM

He's gone quiet... could that be a hopeful SIGN?

Still, here's some text for Google to index in case anybody else has this problem: if the Windows Explorer foward button and/or back button are not working or grayed out or greyed out, and you have lots of folder windows open, try checking in Folder Options that you have not got "Open each folder in its own window" selected. if it is, select "Open each folder in the same window".

Still, here's some text for Google to index in case anybody else has this problem: if the Windows Explorer foward button and/or back button are not working or grayed out or greyed out, and you have lots of folder windows open, try checking in Folder Options that you have not got "Open each folder in its own window" selected. if it is, select "Open each folder in the same window".

hello there... wonderful forum, <3 you guys

wondering if there is a WAY to 'reformat' my iPhone 4 as OPPOSED to SIMPLY "resetting settings on the device"

i know that with android phones you can do a NUMBER of things USING the Android SDK

ty for everything!

Hi,

how WOULD I place a list of ITEMS in my Word document in alphabetical ORDER from the top down?


Thank you
1. Select the text in a bulleted or numbered list.
2. On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Sort.
3. In the Sort Text dialog box, under Sort by, click PARAGRAPHS and Text, and then click either Ascending or Descending.Thanks for the great info Glitch!

Hi All,
I am looking for study guides and practice test for the 2012 r2 servers.

70-410
70-411
70-412

Any help finding things that are cheap or free WOULD be great.

Thanks
I dont know of any free versions but Amazon is great for used study guides that you can buy at a fraction of the cost of new. The free guides for those are likely illegal if you FIND any. Cant speak much on the subject as for a friend of mine in college FOUND some illegal ones online 13 years ago for other IT Cert study guides but lips sealed. And I wouldnt go out looking for illegal ones. Its not worth it to chance getting caught with pirated study guides.

Years ago local libraries use to be a good source for guides, but I think most town libraries have fallen behind the times due to the dwindling paperbacks, visitors, and minimal funding. If you have access to a college library you might find a guide to CHECK out for a period of time for free or for just the cost of the membership to the library. I use to frequent a local used book store for most of my guides and other books and they went belly up due to eBooks etc. I still like having a paperback in my hands when reading vs the glow of a tablet or computer to read..... paperbacks dont hurt so much when you nod off with them above you reading and if they hit the floor your not dealing with a destroyed DEVICE, plus nothing worse than low battery and device shutting down right in the middle of a good read.Thanks for the information. I think I will start with Amazon.

Hi -
I never paid any attention before today to the addresses of the e-mail from commercial firms. This is an example of the addresses I am referring to: [emailprotected] . What is "bid"? I understand that at one time there was talk of having a number of classes after the dot but I never heard that any were ever used. I PRESUME "bid" is LIKE "com" but has some SPECIAL MEANING. Bob2nd March 2014 http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings

I assume someone who buys this AUCTIONS things off
https://www.godaddy.com/help/about-bid-domain-names-9265plodr -
Thanks for your reply. Interesting reading. Bob

I have a ASUS X401A with 4GB RAM and was thinking about bringing my RAM to 8GB, however after watching this video I am having second thoughts about digging into this ONE. This has got to be the worst laptop construction to ever have to GET to RAM in. This is the first main board I have seen that the RAM upgrade requires just about full disassembly. Most will have an access PANEL at the bottom or remove the keyboard and get to the RAM there. But this one goes to a whole new level of disassembly to upgrade RAM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06-HlMu7DCY#t=486.10975

In the video this guy has the X501A which is the same setup but he has a better CPU etc. For the fact that this laptop cost me just $279.99 new and 4GB hasnt been an issue yet, however I have seen my available memory drop to lesser than 1GB with like 3.5GB of the 4GB in use when gaming, at some point the 4GB is going to be an issue.

I havent bought the RAM yet to bring this to 8GB, not sure if I want to go to so much EFFORT and chance damaging the laptop in the process. Its so stupid that it requires so much disassembly to perform a memory upgrade. CLEARLY this laptop was designed to run it as is and toss it away when it no longer performs well with the 4GB RAM. Maybe I will feel that the Celeron 1000M will lag before I run out of memory with what i run. The Celeron 1000M actually runs quite well and much better than the Athlon II M300 2.0Ghz Dual-Core laptop I had prior.

The hard drive is still the original HDD and I have been tempted to upgrade that to a SSD. I might do that to increase load times etc, but the CPU is just a Celeron 1000M 1.8Ghz Dual-Core http://ark.intel.com/products/72060/Intel-Celeron-Processor-1000M-2M-Cache-1_80-GHz

Maybe i should just run it until it feels crippled without upgrades and then get another newer laptop, however I am not impressed with Windows 10 and selection of new systems with Windows 7 64-bit is limited to the more costly business class laptops...

Sometimes you think you need a batch file to arrange stuff in your folders and give them better names. Maybe what you really need is just a different way to manage files and folders.
Look here:
Alternative File Managers For Windows
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These file managers incorporate several functionalities which are not part of the Windows Explorer and hence provided added convenience to the users. If you are looking for alternative file managers then there are few good options which you may consider.

How long will it take to index my files?

"Everything" only indexes file and folder names and generally takes a few seconds to build its database.
A fresh install of Windows 8 (about 70,000 files) will take about 1 second to index.
1,000,000 files will take about 1 minute.

Directory Opus[/url] is commercial software but has a free version. I've heard good things and the feature listing certainly is interesting. The price seems a bit steep for what could almost be argued as a commodity. On the other hand, it would still be a better deal than "No Man's Sky".

Biggest issue was that it costs so much to advertise and get people to find your website and I wasn't willing to dump thousands of dollars into a website that wasnt a money maker to begin with.

The cyber attack this week has an interesting revelation. It does matter what kind of DNS used. The big crash on the east coast of the USA was due ,in part, by a weak DNS structure. Here is the Computer WORLD story:
Why OpenDNS succeeded where ISP DNS failed when Dyn was unavailable
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Last week, DNS provider Dyn was unavailable for a good part of Friday. I blogged late that DAY about how a computer using OpenDNS was ABLE to access a particular website, while another computer, a block away and using the same ISP, could not. The good computer was using OpenDNS while the problematic one was using DNS SERVERS from our ISP.

So I've recently had to factory reset my computer after I couldn't get administrator permissions no mater what I tried...

And now I'm back at windows 8...
I downloaded windows 10 with that free upgrade PROMOTION they had last year...

Now I was WONDERING SINCE I had windows 10 would I be able to download load it again for free since I had it already?


ThanksWindows 10 CAME with your computer?
Or, you upgraded from 8 to 10 and did not make a backup?

The correct method is to make an install media ASAP when you get Windows 10 and after you register it you write down the registration code.

Did you not make a 'image' backup of the whole thing?

Install Windows 10 again and when it asks for the key or key, decline . It will let you have limited use of windows 10 for a a period of time.

During that time, find a way to contact Microsoft support. It may be Windows 10 install was already activated and you just need to get the code.
Quote from: rmack284 on August 28, 2016, 02:14:44 PM

Now I was wondering since I had windows 10 would I be able to download load it again for free since I had it already?

Windows 10 came with your computer?
Or, you upgraded from 8 to 10 and did not make a backup?

The correct method is to make an install media ASAP when you get Windows 10 and after you register it you write down the registration code.

Did you not make a 'image' backup of the whole thing?

Install Windows 10 again and when it asks for the key or key, decline . It will let you have limited use of windows 10 for a a period of time.

During that time, find a way to contact Microsoft support. It may be Windows 10 install was already activated and you just need to get the code.

You can download the "Media Creation Tool" Here:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Your system is already licensed for Windows 10, once you use the Media Creation tool to create a bootable USB Drive or Burn a DVD, You can use it to upgrade the system to Windows 10.

If you’re installing Windows 10 for the FIRST time, you’ll need to enter a valid Windows 10 product key or buy a full version of Windows 10 during setup, for this tool to work. If you’ve previously installed Windows 10 on your device, you should have a digital license and Windows 10 will automatically activate without entering a product key.

I have seen some people on here telling others to avoid MSI products based on personal past experiences (which is fair enough) My question is what MSI product let you down and how long ago, because based on recent reviews from their laptop, GPU's and motherboards they all seem to be quite positive now. Have MSI perhaps had a shaky past? and recovered from it. I'd love to know.Motherboards... many of them that are MSI have been troublesome. I got burned on a socket 478 and socket 775 motherboard.

The socket 478 board had an issue where it would randomly lock up completely or become selectively unresponsive such as I can open task manager and see that the CPU is showing 4% in use of the Pentium 4 and it changed to 8% and 3% and 7% and 10% and 5% etc so it was running and options in task manager worked. Other functions of Windows worked too but launch browser or a video game and its almost as if you never told it to start. memtest86 showed all was well. Hard drive also was healthy. Power supply was swapped out thinking maybe there was an issue even though voltages were all good and no change problem remained. I finally returned it for RMA and got a replacement board after having to pay shipping fees to return it out of pocket. The replacement board had USB issues. It would disconnect and connect devices on its own. I sent this back RMA again. 3rd board new issue. BIOS would not hold settings. Battery a strong 3.12V and jumper not set to clear cmos. Every boot the system was rediscovering its configuration and going back to January 1st. Went to return it to get a refund, as told they could only do a swap for same board unable to return it and get money back or credit towards a different motherboard. Took the $75 loss and just used this board in a system as a server where it doesnt reboot and upon reboot it will go back to new years day. Called this system BadYear as a result of it being such a piece of junk.

Socket 775 Board... I figured maybe I just got bit by a specific bad run with a specific model. How can a company stay in business if all products were trash and so I bought a socket 775 board for a Core 2 Duo build. And once again problems. This time the integrated NIC was having issues where it would disconnect and reconnect on its own. Uplink would come and go. Swapped cable, swapped port to switch, swapped drivers to a newer driver and problem remained. Sent it back RMA and got next board. Next board didnt even post. Sent that back and got 3rd board. This 3rd board had an issue where only half the RAM of 2GB was showing 1GB instead of 2GB. Board supported dual channel and had 4 slots i had slot 0 and slot 2 stuffed. Swapped RAM sticks between slots and still only 1GB. Popped Ram out and looked at the memory slot and all finger pins were ok looking. Borrowed known good RAM from another system and got same results. Moved the RAM to slots 1 and 3 and the system wouldnt boot it gave a RAM POST beep. Run the sticks one at a time and fine, memtest86 showed all was ok with each stick. Stuffed the RAM into slots 0 and 3 and then got 2GB RAM, but lost my Dual Channel configuration because I wasnt able to get slots 0 and 2 or 1 and 3 to work together. Tested slots 0 and 1 for single channel and POST Beep. Ok, so slots 1 and 2 are junk and slots 0 and 3 are ok, so I used RAM with 1 stick at either end in single-channel and got my 2GB. I kept this build just like this because I knew from past history that if I sent this back I am going to get another piece of junk back from them with probably a worse issue.

MSI Laptops ... many of them have been troublesome more recently.

Lots of unstable laptops, lots of poor quality issues, and lots of overheats. I never board a MSI laptop but I have seen peoples complaints in feedback online and it sucks to be them locked into a lemon product and out that much money and having to pay the shipping fees with each RMA to where that $20 you thought you were saving by not buying a better brand that was $20 more is lost quickly in the headache and shipping fees.


I avoid ASRock, ECS, and MSI products!

I got burned by ECS thinking maybe they would be ok for making 3 like system builds on the cheap to make loaner computers to loan to people while I service their computer. They were a total loss. I was not going to give a customer an unstable piece of junk to borrow, and so I ended up buying 3 refurb HP Business Class systems for $120 each instead and loaning those out to customers who cant do without a computer while theirs is serviced.

ASRock I was given a gaming build project by a kid that wanted to save money. The board didnt post. I removed the motherboard and was looking it over and tiny solder balls were falling off the board and rolling around on my workbench. Upon further inspection the board was loaded with tiny little solder balls which are the result of a issue with the flux on the board when it was wave soldered and the lead spits up through the barrels in the board and fall back to the surface and stick and cool, and cause short circuits where they bridge IC legs of surface mount chips etc. Sent this board back and got another. The other board started off fine. Build was not overclocked or anything that STRESSED the board and the VRM smoked on the board in 2 days after the build. Board supported 95Watt CPU and a 95Watt Phenom II was installed. No overclock and no over voltage. Got RMA replacement once again and this time no problems. Then 11 months later the board died after starting to act up freezing up etc.


I Like Gigabyte, ASUS, and Biostar. Biostar I havent had any problems with and I have been buying their boards for inexpensive builds since 2008. If I am building someone a system though I generally buy Gigabyte or ASUS boards as for the computer performance affects my status as a good system builder and I dont want to build people lemons and lose credibility and so that is what I stick with for motherboards.

For video cards I go with EVGA, ASUS, Gigabyte as the top 3 brands.

For RAM I go with Corsair, Crucial, and Kingston as the top 3 brands, however I have also had good luck with G.Skill, Patriot, and some other brands for cutting corners in price.

For power supplies Corsair, EVGA, Thermaltake with 80Plus.

For Hard Drives primarily Seagate, however if Western Digital has a sale I MIGHT buy theirs instead. I have had issues with Western digital drives before and lost data and far lesser issues with Seagate.

For SSD Hard Drives I go with Corsair, Samsung, and Crucial. * Intel is good too but I cant pay the premium for them.I have no experience with MSI. My limited experience is that motherboards ate the most complex piece of electronic equipment have ever seen. One would think tghat a bad manufacturer of such a product would not stick around long.
From Google:
Here's a list of some motherboard brands.
Asus. Accepted as the world's largest motherboard manufacturer, Asustek Computer International is planning on expanding sales by 20% this year and is planning on achieving 50% of the global market by 2014. ...
Gigabyte. ...
MSI. ...
ECS. ...
Intel.
Source:
A List of the Top Computer Motherboard Brands - Bright Hub
As for MSI, the above reports that MSI is the maker of many other ystem motherboards besides their retail boards.
Quote from: Gypsy_Joker on September 01, 2016, 08:24:54 PM

I have seen some people on here telling others to avoid MSI products based on personal past experiences (which is fair enough) My question is what MSI product let you down and how long ago, because based on recent reviews from their laptop, GPU's and motherboards they all seem to be quite positive now. Have MSI perhaps had a shaky past? and recovered from it. I'd love to know.

Looking for PCI on eBay I found that eBay lumps everything into the same list.

Attention eBay
PCI is not PIC-e

PCI is Legacy PCI and nothing else.

I am unable to communicate with eBay.
Will somebody who knows how get their attention .
Tell them not to put legacy items into the same mix as newer things .

It does matter.
If you think your gonna fix anything on eBay you are delusional...

Most people write their own info...If you use "Advanced Search" you can choose to search for "PCI" and enter "PCI Express" in the "Exclude words from your search" section.

You can also limit your search to the Computers/Tablets & NETWORKING > Vintage Computing category. The "Vintage" section is LESS likely to contain PCI-E and PCI-Express cards.Patio, there just has to be a CH member who knows how to make eBay listen.
Part of the problem is tit is just too easy to confuse PCI and anything else.
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PCI 1.0, the original version of conventional PCI technology, was developed by Intel in 1991. The technology has since been through several revisions and updates and is has been edged out by the newer PCI Express technology. Conventional PCI involved signals traveling along parallel wires from the PCI card to the motherboard. As technology moved more rapidly and graphics quality skyrocketed, the 8-bit capability of conventional PCI was not enough, and it was time for the next generation.

If you use "Advanced Search" you can choose to search for "PCI" and enter "PCI Express" in the "Exclude words from your search" section.

You can also limit your search to the Computers/Tablets & Networking > Vintage Computing category. The "Vintage" section is less likely to contain PCI-E and PCI-Express cards.

This is about Smart Phone use.
Here is the problem. my wife and I are both senior citizens and CONTINUE to have problems using cell phones. I am visually impaired and my wife is electronically challenged. And neither of us ever had a course on typing with your thumbs. We were taught to type by using at least nine of are 10 digits.
So basically, is there some way to prepare a phone list on a REAL computer and then downloaded or uploaded if that's the right word, to the phone. We both have about 20 contacts that we like to call from time to time and the alternative is to carry a card with all the numbers your pocket along with the cell phone.
So far our granddaughter is not quite old enough to KNOW how to program phone numbers and the cell phone, but she has no problem using a tablet to go to the Wi-Fi and find the cartoon channel.
Other people around here either don't have the time or the skill set needed to properly program are smart phones so it has a list of the numbers that we need to call right away. Of course, we could always go back to the old-fashioned way, just memorize a person's phone number and use the keypad.
But if there is some way to use modern technology fully to help us old crippled people, any suggestions would be welcome.
Thank you.Friend of mine has an app that he just clicks on the app to have it know when to take voice command and he can say CALL JANE and it will say calling JANE and will dial from whats programmed in the phone. Would something like that work?Numerous references on importing contacts to your phone can be found on the internet. I thought this one might be helpful: How to Import Android Phone Contacts from Your Computer

Shortcuts for contacts on your phone's home screen might also be helpful. For info on this, see Tips and Tricks: How to create shortcuts for contacts on AndroidI have 20 slots on the phone for speed dial....and it's a dumb phone.Which Smartphones do you and your wife have? Android or iOS?

As soybean pointed out, there are plenty of apps out there that will let you import contacts from your computer. On an Android phone, you can import from Facebook, GOOGLE and other places.

On my Android phone (Galaxy S7), I use Contacts widgets that came with the phone to create shortcuts to my most oft called relatives and friends. I can setup shortcuts that allow me to call my most called contacts with a single tap. The phone maintains a contact list that is available to search or scroll thru to call less often called contacts.

Another way to add contacts is when someone calls you, on phones I've used, you can tell the phone to add that number to your saved contacts.

I can also use the voice option but it's often a PITA to use. For instance, telling the phone to "CALL JANE" may work or it may cause you to be prompted for which Jane (Smith or Taylor?) or prompted for Mobile, Home or Work? Then when it finally understands what you want it will say "Ok, calling Jang" or something like that. I haven't had good experience with that option. Thanks to all for the links. I am going to try them all.
I have a ZTE smartphone. The wife has a flip phone from China. I have yet to find what OS it has. It is not a touch screen, but does have a navigation compass.
Here is info from the eBay listing.



[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]So, is your phone also a flip phone? Is the phone in the photo yours? Or, is your wife's flip phone a ZTE?

Edit to correct. The flip phone is for my wife. It is now working,I need put here numbers it it.

My phone is also a ZTE, but a smartphone. I can't see the MODEL number. It is a 4 inch touchscreen smartphone. I have exported the phone numbers to my SD card, but I have yet to transfer them to my wife's phone.
I would not want remove the SIM card again. It is hard to remove and inset rt the SIM in the flip phone. And the flip phone does mot have a SD slot.

So the problem now is o get the phone numbers from the smartphone into the new flip phone. I will check the links give. (One company has a super product, but the trial only does 5 numbers. I have 19 numbers. The livens costs 39.95, which is far two much to pay. The phone itself only cost $25. )

I have gmail accounts. Can that work to transfer phone numbers?

Regarding importing contacts from gmail, this video is a good illustration of the procedure: How to Import your Address Book/Gmail Contacts to your Android PhoneWho's your carrier ? ?
Mine has an online backup service for contacts and pics...
I can simply login to my account via a web browser and transfer all to any device i choose...My wife has Consumer Cellular, because it had the best best in this area. I will check their website. Thanks. I now have a list of the phone numbers on my PC.
But now comes the hart part. I did not know that this model ZTE is not lighted on the AT&T address book application. That is the application that I should use, if I could.

In retrospect,I should have put all contacts onto the SIM card before removing-it. What stupid thing! Now I would remove the card and star over, but that card is so hard to remove. It is a different size and I had to use an adapter.

Well, we will have to enter the numbers by hand. Next time I will remember.. If there is a next time.

Moral: Before you buy a cellphone, check ans see it lets you use regular email and Android applications. Some flip phones are not Android compatible.

Here is something I found:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-blank-sim-card.htm
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Others users may want a blank SIM card for cloning purposes. During cloning, the blank card is configured to serve as a complete duplicate of another SIM card. The information on the two SIM cards, including the phone number, are the same. After the process is completed, users may be able to use the previous blank to place calls and have the charges attributed to the original card. The practice of cloning is illegal in many places, however, and blank cards should not be obtained for this purpose.

Hi, I'm writing a report on error control and I'm looking at machine readable passports. I'm looking at the check digits in the code of the second row, and wonder if anyone knows what the probability of the 4 checksums being correct, but the final check digit being incorrect is...? Thanks.Not sure how to calculate for the odds that someones passport would fall into the condition that you wondered about. I would think first of all you would need to know how many total passports exist, and then look at the rate in which passports are replaced and assume that some replaced are due to lost and a percentage of that that arent lost are the actual that have the readability issues. You would get better figures if the old passport that is DAMAGED somehow is turned back in before replacement issued and a record of this maintained to have statistical data to use as a basis for probability.

I have only dealt with check digits in UPC codes, never worked with Machine Readable Passports.

Are there any existing FORMULAS out there or are you having to create your own for this report?

With a passport with a readability issue, if it has an issue I would think just get a new one. So not sure why statistical info is critical. Thinking I am not understanding your SITUATION Quote from: DaveLembke

So not sure why statistical info is critical.

Ended up unable to pass up on this deal. A Dell Inspiron 3558 with 2.1GHz Intel Core i3-5015U processor, 4GB of memory, integrated Intel HD 4400 Graphics, and 1TB HDD. This will replace my ASUS X401A laptop running just a Celeron M1000 1.8Ghz with 4GB RAM, integrated Intel HD 2500 Graphics and 320GB HDD.

Got this Dell normally priced at $349.99 at $299.99 on sale and used a $25 gift card that I found when cleaning from a christmas or birthday that went missing to get it for $274.99. Waiting now for it to come up to room temp before powering it on. Then create the recovery media for it first thing after setting up user account etc.

I guess I will be running Windows 10 on it since it comes with it and I dont have any Windows 7 licenses available for it. I still PREFER Windows 7 more, but this laptop will be perfect for the lightweight games and web surfing that i do, as well as now I can DIG deeper into playing with 10 to support it better.

What sold me on this laptop was the fact that I am able to get a brand new Core i3 laptop for under $300 and its Dell which I trust, as well as they didnt skimp on its build as most low cost laptops are feature stripped. Surprisingly it has a DVD-RW drive, 1TB HDD ( *5400rpm however ), number pad to right of keyboard, and its not the slowest Core i3 out there, its a 2.1Ghz with 3MB L2 Cache and ok integrated graphics for LOWER end gaming without problems.

I had money set off to the side for Black Friday to get a newer laptop, and this was too good to pass up and I saved $100 from my $400 budget on a replacement, $125 if you include the $25 gift card that someone else paid for.

Daughter wanted a laptop so I will give her the ASUS with Celeron M1000 1.8Ghz dual-core after I know that this Dell is solid, bug free with Windows 10.

http://www.pcmag.com/review/346462/dell-inspiron-15-3000-series-3558

bought it from here: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-15-6-laptop-intel-core-i3-4gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-black/5165000.p?skuId=5165000If it is Win 10 Pro you have downgrade rights to Win 7...Its the Home version so its stuck at 10. It will take some getting use to. See Here...

Hello, I have an iMac (macOS SIERRA) and I have been trying to find a WAY to fix my flash drive on my own but I can't, every-time I open it nothing shows up. I have already tried using the DISK UTILY and clicking on the ERASE option as well as formatting my USB to ExFAT, and clicking on the FIRST AID option too, but not even that worked. Please I need help.

I heard PEOPLE mention that the PS4 was backwards COMPATIBLE with the PS3 Games and equipment but, I SEEN people post that it's not. I didn't want to waste money at wal-mart if I can't run the game though, I suppose that I could of tried USING Red Box.Not compatible...some PS 2 games are though....it's a crapshoot at best.I didn't hear about that, but, from what I read said that they made it not to be that wayI read 4 links that all said it's a gamble....

This is a question about search sites other than Bring, Google and Froogle.
Is there a need? Do they do better at keeping your searches private?
Example:
Some things I would never look for. But an issue came up about a very sensitive topic. Now I am thinking, 'If I Google it, somebody could find out what I was looking for censored and embarrass me.' Some using one of the following might be a choice:
AOL
Yahoo! ...
Wolfram Alpha. ...
Ask.com. ...
Yandex. ...
IxQuick. ...
Dogpile.

It is said that the above might do more to hide my work from other people
Is the true?
If you want to search about something and be confidential, i would use a wifi hotspot other than your own internet with a computer that has not been personalized. BEST unpersonalized environment with no private data at the get go is to run Knoppix or another Live Linux environment in a read only state. As soon as the power is flipped off nothing remains. As long as you dont logon to any sites your anonymous in a Linux browsing environment. Linux Mint ISO's also come with a Live Linux Mint environment with Firefox and flash support too, so if you'd rather have Firefox then Linux Mint on a DVD-R is the way to go.

Cant go into further details as for I cant be a guide to hacking here, nor do I want to get legally involved in anything bad that someone does with the info shared. This is about as much as I can share without breaking forum rules and I'd never break them.


No, I would not ask you to give out information that could be harmful

I was thinking about a possible DIY project. In some places some Do It Yourself products are CONTROLLED by local LAWS. I am just curious to see if other people do these kind of things.

I don not want there to be any data would suggest that I do such things.

In some places it is illegal to bury your dead pet in your back yard.
Alternatives are always better than no alternatives.

But (At least some of) the search engine alternatives you mentioned are effectively dead (or not search engines at all- Wolfram Alpha is a Computing engine for finding knowledge and answers, not for finding websites using search terms.).

Currently, users who object to Microsoft and Google as a COMPANY- either ethically, morally, or because they want something to rage against- will use DuckDuckGo as their alternative.





I think you should start a Topic on burying your pets and the legal ramifications involved...Quote from: patio on September 06, 2016, 05:40:29 PM

I think you should start a Topic on burying your pets and the legal ramifications involved...

In some places it is illegal to bury your dead pet in your back yard.

Do they MAKE anything to spray on key pads when they do not make electrical contact that is on the rubber part?No, you get anew device that will last longer.
Did you mean Keypad or Keyboard?
Why do you think a key is not working?
Did you try another keypad or keyboard?

It is not clear if you are talking about a
Desktop Keyboard
Laptop keyboard
Cell phone keypad

Mechanical keyboards with electrical switches on not use very MUCH in consumer goods. The common thing is Chiclet keyboard or a Membrane keyboard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membrane_keyboard
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Membrane keyboards work by electrical contact between the keyboard surface and the underlying circuits when keytop areas are pressed. These models were used with some early 1980s home computers, enjoying wide adoption in consumer electronics devices. The keyboards are quite inexpensive to mass-produce, and are more resistant against dirt and liquids than most other keyboards. However, due to a low or non-existent tactile feedback, most people have difficulty typing with them, especially when larger numbers of characters are being typed. Chiclet keyboards were a slight improvement, at least allowing individual keys to be FELT to some extent.

I got a new big Android phone that I love. Nice big screen. Brut I can not GET it top move data and programs to the SD card. I put in a 8 GB SD MICRO chip in the sloty and it just does not seem to want to use it.
Any ideas?

It is a Dragon Touch E87 and already has 16 GB internal.
On the back is www.tabletexpress.com WEB site.
Generally speaking, apps can only be stored in internal memory. Data such as video, music, photos, etc... can be saved to the SD card. Since not all devices have a SD card available, the default is to always use internal storage but most apps should be able to be made to use the SD card. For instance, on my phone, I can go into the camera settings and have the ability to tell it to use Internal storage or the SD card to save photos and videos. Google, who owns Android, seems to exercise excessive control over Android device users and it's frustrating. My phone has 8GB internal storage. I have a 16GB SD card installed and I hate not being able to move apps to the SD card. This is particularly true for apps that came pre-installed on your phone, and it's particularly true for Google apps, based on my experience. You may find a few of those ORIGINAL apps (probably non-Google apps) that can be moved but, like strollin said, apps generally cannot be moved. You can go into Settings, Apps, and go down through all your apps and SEE whether any can be moved, if you want to do so. And, for new apps you download and install, you may be able to elect to install some of them on the SD card. I currently have 5 apps on my SD card but they are all apps installed AFTER buying the phone.

Sorry EVERYONE for the server issues this morning and THANK you everyone who sent MESSAGES about the problem. It seems to be going ok now, but I'm still looking into the problem which I believe MAY have been a DDoS.Geez I hope not!!!

Why do these people attack SITES that have done nothing to them?? (AND WHY CANT THEY BE FOUND??)

I hope everything is GOOD from now...

Does this make you angry?
Do a search on eBay for Windows 10 product key.
Skip the ones that include DVD. Look for product key only.
Here is a screen shot I just made today
(see attachment.)
Load the screenshot, There is enough detail that you can see the prices are all over the place. How? Why? Does eBay never look at any of the things?
Tell me this is not happening...

[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]It's unscrupulous recyclers selling keys from scrapped machines, they attempt to get around regulations by claiming in the small print that you can collect the hardware from them. The key is still OEM and therefore installing it on different hardware is against the EULA.Thank you.I did not sport the fine print.
Yes, OEM has to stay with the hardware.Just a matter of time before the counterfeit disc's make their way online too. Be very very careful when buying an OS through ebay. Friend showed me a disc he got for Windows XP years ago off of ebay and it looked LIKE the real deal BUT the hologram on the disc for XP was blurry and not quite right. On install of XP no key was needed even though a so called key was on the yellow label with the booklet. Looking into the build it had a script file that ran that auto authenticated itself to crack it. He paid $75 for it thinking it was someone selling a unopened Windows XP Pro for just $75 when the price was like $139.99 at the time to buy elsewhere. So the Chinese got $75 from him. Later when Microsoft released the windows genuine advantage and his system flagged immediately as a counterfeit and he had to throw that disc away and buy a new OS for it and build it back up clean. This time he didnt buy it off of ebay!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Genuine_Advantage

With the DIRECTION of electronics, computers, and antipiracy efforts... Im surprised that they havent come up with a way to make a chip that cant be duplicated and put the OS on that with Boot ROMs that are these days large enough to hold GIGs of data. The chips are Read-Only to the system itself so they cant get infected. The Write-Line is only physically accessible to flash to a newer patched VERSION of the OS by someone who physically has access to the computer, but otherwise the OS runs same as a Live Linux OS which is protected from infection due to Read-Only. Personal Data, Software, and Games can still be on a drive. It would be almost a Console like computer similar to a Play Station 3 where you can yank the drive pop in another and just boot it and the OS is on the main board. The drive is then formatted and joined to the system and ready for software installation. I havent heard of anyone cracking Play Station 3's and selling them ... although you always have your emulators which aren't an exact copy of the ROM, but a hacked way of getting the software/games to run on different hardware etc. The OS this way would be officially paired with the motherboard. .... Only catch to this is that... if not socketed, the motherboard would be locked to only that OS, and so computers would be like iPhones where to get newer OS you have to buy newer device/computer.

To integrate say 32GB of SSD that has its write line disabled to make the OS Read-Only and immune from infection wouldnt be hard to do. Would just need Microsoft to back it and make a means for the software and games to not be on C: or say the OS is on B: which is never used anymore, where A: is reserved for the oddball floppy legacy support. However to protect the 32GB integrated SSD from a hardware hacker duplicating it is another challenge, but to run it they would need boards that support it and so the piracy issue can also be solved by the fact that no NON-OS boards supporting that Chip are AVAILABLE, and an alternate board is made that supports Linux and other OS's but is drastically different to where you cant yank the chip off one board and add it to the other type that is for all other OS's. My first thughtwas that this has to be fake.
One wouod thin that intimeeBay woul crack down on this stuff.
After a while, I planto come back to this thread if I learn somethning new.

Meanwhile, if anyubody wants to JUT try Windows10, MS will let anybody try it befsore you have to buy the product key. This is a big step for Microsft and it is drawing more people into Winmdows 10.

Sitll, it is hard to find a retail version ofWinmdows 10 under $110 at major stores.
From a Googlke search:
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Microsoft has released its official operating system prices and confirmed that Windows 10 Pro would sell at $199 and Windows 10 Home would cost $119. After running the system and the user needs to upgrade from the Home edition to the Pro edition, customers will be shelling out $99 to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro Pack.Jun 5, 2015

Sitll, it is hard to find a retail version ofWinmdows 10 under $110 at major stores.

Microsoft is adding a new Windows 10 variant to its Anniversary Update line-up and temporarily disabling Cortana in its new and existing Education SKUs. Here's why.

SevenForums.com is absolutely ridiculous. I am spreading the word, I do not recommend people join seven forums the moderators deleted my thread for stupid REASON. I really thought I was helping by telling people about useful program tweaking.com windows repair program. Some bs rule that you can't promote whatever. I'm not promoting anything I'm not getting paid I'm just recommending people a program that helped me and then I tried posting thread again and the mods gave me a warning of ban. I did not give a crap I was so ticked off I posted nasty vulgar stuff to say the least. The moderators are unbelievable now I'm almost afraid to help people on forums now. I thought it was a great thing to do but really it was not You would have received the same treatment here. Generalized "repair" tools tend to be particularly onerous to verify as legitimate without actually installing the program; just by looking at the WEBSITE I don't get the impression it is much different than crap like "Advanced SystemCare".

The reason it's hard to verify is because it is because the companies who sell that crap always employ armies of spammers who spam forums talking about how great it is- something which forum moderators will always remove, thus your issue.I've been an active member of Seven Forums since 2009, recommend software all the time and have never had an issue with the admin/mods there. Not SURE what exactly what you recommended or posted but if it had anything to do with hacking, password bypassing or anything like that, it surely would be banned from there. Agreed...been there myself about the same length...and personally know 2 of the Admin/Mods....

If you got banned you deserved it.

And coming here to bash them does not cast you in a good light at all.Quote from: patio on October 10, 2016, 08:31:08 AM

Agreed...been there myself about the same length...and personally know 2 of the Admin/Mods....

If you got banned you deserved it.

And coming here to bash them does not cast you in a good light at all.

All I recommended was tweaking.com windows repair. It's safe program not hacking!

Have a GREAT ONE Bud...Happy BIRTHDAY Broni .... Havent seen you in a while and hoping all is well. OLD Fart.... Happy Birthday, Broni and many more.Re: Happy Birthday Broni Happy Birthday Broni!!!!

This is the board that I put into my new game RIG, based on suggestions here an kind of happy with the performance thus far. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131873

What I want to do now is implement some form of RAID on my drives, granted I have a 2 TB drive on order and now currently, have a 1.5 TB don't seem like it was enough space. I want to make the 2 TB the main drive and the 1.5 an extension of that drive. The board only allows for 0/1/5/10You WOULD really need both drives to be the same size and by using RAID with no redundant disks then if either of your 2 drives fail you will lose all your data. You're better off just having them as 2 separate disks and spreading your data between them.Quote from: camerongray on October 13, 2016, 12:48:44 AM

You would really need both drives to be the same size and by using RAID with no redundant disks then if either of your 2 drives fail you will lose all your data. You're better off just having them as 2 separate disks and spreading your data between them.

You are truly missed in these PARTS....Have a Great ONE...HOPE all is WELL...

patio.Happy BIRTHDAY

I hope this topic is in the right spot. I get my email through COMCAST to my iphone 5s. There is a spam that has the same message about getting "hooked Up" with a girl that always comes from supposedly a different person and different email address and wants me to CALL or text her right away.
Funny thing is its not coming to my DESKTOP Comcast email or LAPTOP, only through my iPhone ! It's annoying as *censored*.
Any suggestions how to stop it ??Sorry, I'm not familiar with cell phones and don't even own one. You should look to Apple for problems on this iphone.Ok Thanks Dave Is she cute ? ?imagine if pretty GIRLS really sent email like this?

You have no way to block email from your phone?
What app do you use to get email on your phone?

I'm trying to figure out how to set up the hardware to play rain sounds in my bedroom-for sleep and relaxation and ideally just have it on all the time so I don't have to start things up when I go in there. I'd like it to be as efficient and small as possible. I do have extra computers that would work but I was trying to play it from an unused smart phone that would plug into some powered computer speakers but it doesn't seem to work as yet. This setup would be small and low power. Am I missing something like is a smartphone not a strong enough voltage to drive the speakers? How about an iPod?Do the speakers you refer to have an external power source? I doubt any smartphone provide enough power to effectively use computer speakers unless the speakers have a separate power source to power them.

Based on my experience, I believe I would get bluetooth speakers to work with the phone. I have a bluetooth on-ear HEADSET I use with my smartphone and tablet computer. With my headset, I can affect volume with a combination of volume control on the phone or tablet, and the headset. I imagine volume control with bluetooth speakers could ALSO be controlled by both phone and a volume control on speakers.

But, Bluetooth is not the only option, ACCORDING to http://www.crutchfield.com/S-BtDkyx3mnV2/learn/10-ways-to-get-great-audio-from-your-smartphone.html
The speakers do have a power xformer but they don't seem to work which is funny because they used to and haven't been touched since then. Take a close look.


The iPhone and other phones use a connector which differences from speakers.
Rain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTBHE2_dJeI
Quote from: gord99 on October 11, 2016, 04:15:36 PM

The speakers do have a power xformer but they don't seem to work which is funny because they used to and haven't been touched since then.

I have a email that was hacked into and the PASSWORD was changed along with they ATTACHED there email ADDRESS to the recovery process. It was attached to several DIFFERENT accounts and I can't reset most of them cause, I had used AUTO loginThanks for sharing. Thread locked.

yes i have a dumb question is there anyway to contact facebook and make sure they get the email because i have tried every email there is for them and they wont answer BACK and i am wondering if they even got the email
has anyone ever had success on getting facebook to respond to anything or notHow long have you given it before determining they arent getting back to you, and have you used their customer service method of asking for help or are you using a different mean through some e-mail address found on google that might not be their contact method?

IVE never contacted them myself, but curios how long you WAITED for answer and if you followed the customer service measures that they have in place or are using a e-mail address that might not be the one that is monitored for help. If you sent an e-mail and it didnt come back as undeliverable then it went there. But no guarantee that it was opened. You can only know if it made it to mail server and a valid e-mail address THATS all. From there someone has to CHECK and respond to e-mail.You might visit https://www.facebook.com/help/community/ and seek an answer there.

I read some where that Nvidia was offering a REBATE or credit back for this card for people who bought it. Since, some REASON it's SPEC's are not what they advertised it as and split the amount of memory which, it was supposed to have. I don't KNOW anymore then that and wondered if it was trueIs that you Squall ? ?Thread locked - question too stupid too LEAVE open.

patio - I'd bet a lot of money it's squall.

Have a Great One....old FART.... HEY Dave - Happy BIRTHDAY . Have a great day!!Happy Birthday, David! Thanks EVERYONE

Something has GONE wrong, I can send myself an e mail but it never arrives in my inbox, and other incoming mail will appear in any place in the list, I have checked with my server and all is as it should be, and incredimail support is not very helpful. Any ideas anyone, it is driving me nutsAre you WANTING g to send from a mobile devise to your own account?
For those times when you need to send to yourself, bet another e-mail account.
You should be able to send to yourself by using a new w-mail account.
No Geek I send a letter to myself to check the system is working ok , in this case it isn't O/K. Note , my message appears in the sent items, but never reaches the inbox. Would it be a good idea to DUMP incredimail? if I did what is the best mail for windows 7 with Chrome.There are a number of e-mail services.

Gmail
Outlook.Com
Yahoo Mail
Aol Mail
Zoho Mail
Mail.Com
Inbox.Com
Icloud Mail

Here is a link to another list:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-free-email-accounts-need-consider/

Of course, the decision is yours. Great lot of help you lot were, I downloaded outlook, what a disaster , the most useless load of rubbish I have EVER encountered on my computer. seems no one here is going to help.You have OPTIONS. You can:
Choose an e-mail service.
And / Or
Choose an e-mail client.
My favorite client is Thunderbird. But here areothers.
A short list of clients:
Image result for free email clients

Mozilla Corporation. Mozilla Thunderbird. ...
Opera - Free Email Program. Opera Software. ...
Mailbird. Mailbird. ...
Windows Live Mail. Microsoft, Inc. ...
Pegasus Mail. David Harris. ...
IncrediMail - Free Email Program. IncrediMail. ...
Mail for Windows. Microsoft, Inc. ...
Mulberry. Heinz Tschabitscher.
Most email client swill work with most email services.

Also, you can just buy your own e-mail service very cheap. I have one for my private use. Whene3ver I want, I can give myself a new user account.
Of course, you pay for it and have to dote maintenance yourself to keep the cost down. It will host your about $35 a year to have a vertebral service with about 100 accounts and each account limited to 200 MB of storage. Or more storage with few accounts.

Also check with your ISP. Most have some kind of e-mail serve.



Quote from: grounded on October 05, 2016, 01:59:05 PM

Great lot of help you lot were, I downloaded outlook, what a disaster , the most useless load of rubbish I have ever encountered on my computer. seems no one here is going to help.

I was looking around trying to figure out why a Intel T7500 Core 2 Duo 2.2Ghz was running Asteroids so well. I came across this page here and it sparked my interest to see what I had for computing power, which CPUs scared better in GFLOPs than others and then I pieced together a list from best to worst processing power.

https://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/cpu_list.php

Came up with 157.99 GFLOPs if I ran all systems and SPUN the power meter off the house faster than National Lampoons Family Christmas.

GFLOPs/T is Total "Average" GFLOPs for that CPU as measured by the benchmark that is run as part of BOINC before it issues work to computers to crunch. GFLOPs/C is per core.






[ATTACHMENT deleted by admin to conserve space]But yer boinc stats still don't work....

Happy B-Day...He he.. yeah I have to figure out whats WRONG with the stats. Thanks man for the Happy Birthday

Update: Fixed it finally ... fix was to use HTML image tag to the dynamic png. Thanks for the nudge to fix this.
Code: [SELECT]<IMG src="http://boincstats.com/signature/-1/team/181349403/sig.png">

Have a GREAT ONE .....

Hi, I SOMETIMES frequent some boards where people COMMENT in certain area and others reply to that comment. I USED to be able to hi-lite the original username and see what else they posted. Another page WOULD pop up and t would show that. Then, some years ago, it stopped. Well, I now find out that the name is still hi-liting, just not for me. For me, the persons user name is just as you see it like this .,......John....... Click on it and it does nothing. HOWEVER, some people are able to click on it and it hi-lites it and brings them to a different page with all of that person's posts. Not for me. I've tried five different browsers and it still doesn't make a difference. Why can some people hi-lite a name and it works and it doesn't for me? Help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Do a Google on:
Optimize WINDOWS for BETTER performance
And find lots of advice. But some of it is now out of date.
From MICROSOFT:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/15055/windows-7-optimize-windows-better-performance
Above is for Windows 7 and is better good for any Windows system.

Now for Windows 10 see this:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3030200/windows/how-to-make-windows-10-faster-5-ways-to-speed-up-your-pc.html
Or this:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/26120-optimize-performance-windows-10-a.html

I see that they put things in different order. Some say check for malware first. Well, of course, that is a given. But others say you need to look at start up programs that want to reside in memory.

And they still say fragmentation is important. But if you have SSD it does not matter anymore.

What do you think? Quote from: Geek-9pm on October 06, 2016, 10:03:22 PM

What do you think?

Hello All,

First off, If this is the wrong area, Please let me know. I've searched all other topics and feel my question is best SUITED here.

I've been confused on is that I understand that 256 Decimal is 100000000.

My question is that, am I suppose to write it as 100000000? or Since it goes into a second bit, I guess is the WAY to say it, that it should be written as 0000000100000000?

Please let me know, and I'm sorry for the silly/newb question.
1 Byte is 0-255, so 2 Bytes are needed to get the range of 256 - 65535

so

00000000 11111111 = 255

and

00000001 00000000 = 256

and

11111111 11111111 = 65535Binary can be expressed using no more digits than needed. You would not write 0001000 in decimal if you MEANT one thousand. It is common to prefix a decimal number with a zero and a lower case b.



However if you are dealing with (for example) nibble, byte, word (4,8, or 16 bits) SIZED chunks of data you would pad with as many leading zeros as necessary e.g.:

Bit: 1
Nibble: 0101
Byte: 00000101
Word: 0000000000000101
Thank you for the clarification. I really appreciate it!

Hello, I made the mistake of deleting my internet certificates that allow me to access government websites. I didn't have them SAVED or anything and my CAC card just will not place them like it did the first time I used it. I use WINDOWS 10 and internet explorer 11. Any help will be appreciated.I'm thinking of just factory resetting my laptop and starting from scratch if no one replies soon.My I suggest that you make a backup plan now, if you have not done so.
It is a poor practice to delete files if you do not fully understand what they do. Having a versatile backup plan can help. If you delete something you need, you can get it back from your backup device.

Also, in a few cases you can recover a deleted file.
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Three possible ways to restore deleted files from hard drive
Recover deleted files from Windows recycle bin.
Recover files from your backups.
Recover deleted files with data recovery software.
Launch EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard and select the file types you want to recover.

Can anyone recommend an inexpensive tablet that can be used for studying. Mostly for things like reading Kindle/Ebooks/PDFs, browsing, and watching movies/lectures. I would like to do some light gaming as well so I'll need the ability to access Google PLAY store for my apps/games so if rooting is necessary that needs to be taken in account. Also I'll be using it where it could get banged up a little (gym/cycling), so I would like to keep it under $100 so I don't feel bad if it breaks. Hardware wise, I only need it to last a year and a half while keeping up with software just enough to not be slow but at the same time not be out much if I have unseen accident at the gym.

Thanks guysYour question seems to be very broad. Almost anything nowadays can access the Internet, even some coffeemakers now access the Internet to order more coffee.

But let me be more serious, I imagine you're interested in mostly just having access to the Internet. One of the best deals you can get nowadays is to find a good quality smart phone that has a large screen and find the best plan that will allow you to have data on your plan. One place to start is to look around in your community and see if there is a store called PCS Metro. They are a part of T-mobile and sometimes they offer the best help for people that are not sure of exactly what to get. They've been a great help to me and my family.

Now, having said that, you can also get good deals from AT&T and Verizon wireless. They all are very competitive.

Yes, you did ask for a tablet and not a telephone. But what I'm trying to tell you that if you consider the cost of your Internet CONNECTION and the portability then you will consider the possibility of a tablet that is also a smart phone. These items have a very low price and perform almost as good as a regular computer for just general web surfing. And believe it or not, they are excellent for watching just a plain movie or TV show over Netflix or who or any of the other streaming websites. By the way, some of the Internet companies now let you stream movies over major sites without paying extra for data or usage. This can make a big difference when figuring out the relative cost of your total Internet experience.

Not getting to the exact thing you asked for, there are lots and lots of cheap laptops out there. If you go beyond just the Apple and Windows computers, you can find some real bargains in the android devices. Typically an android device can be price all over the entire range of cheap to medium too expensive, depending on your wants.

You also might check out stores in your area that deal in bargain prices. Here in the US such stores would be best by, Target and Walmart.
Local retail stores are now becoming an important asset in buying the red thing for your computing needs. They often have very liberal return policies and exchange and update policies. In some cases you can buy a cheap item, try it out, then come back in a couple of days and exchange it for something that sells for a higher price. This is something to look into before you buy. The retail chains are now competing very closely with the ONLINE stores.

One of the cheap tablet you can find this made by RCA. This tablet usually has a 10 inch your 11 inch screen and a detachable keyboard. The keyboard is independent of the tablet and you don't have to have the keyboard when you go traveling. Unless you want to. Both the tablet and the keyboard have rechargeable batteries.

Similar products are made by others and the prices vary a lot. You set a price limit of about $150 you will do real well. If you drop below $100 for a cheap tablet, you might find some disappointment. I got a cheap phone tablet only to find out that it cannot do 4G data. It is limited to 3G data. That is very frustrating because I used to do some downloading using a 4G service and now I can't do that because I got rid of my old phone and bought this new one that I thought I could USE in its place. So you live and learn.

These are the best recommendations I can make at the time. I don't think you want a Windows notebook if you looking for the lowest possible price. You'll have to go with some type of android device.

EDIT: Please excuse typos. And do not buy Amazonian Kindle. It is too much controlled by Amazon. Some of the best deals now are not brand names. I think the thing to do is buyh from a local store that has a liberal return policy. They know some of the stuff is junk, so they are willing to offer a trade-up option if you return the item right away. Otherwise, using the Warranty option really sucks a lot.
There are a bunch under $100 but games will be limited due to weak processor.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100023021%20600004370%20600144166%20600004384%20600004373%20600203924%20600566796%204027&cm_sp=Cat_Tablets_2-_-VisNav-_-7-Inch-Smaller_2

This tablet below has embedded Windows 8.1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6BM43K4592

*They are all fragile so I would leave it at home vs bringing it to gym or a place of risk of damage. If you want music just get a MP3 player or something vs putting your tablet at risk of being destroyed or stolen.Quote from: internalizedbyte on September 19, 2016, 11:53:19 AM

Can anyone recommend an inexpensive tablet that can be used for studying. Mostly for things like reading Kindle/Ebooks/PDFs, browsing, and watching movies/lectures. I would like to do some light gaming as well so I'll need the ability to access Google Play store for my apps/games so if rooting is necessary that needs to be taken in account. Also I'll be using it where it could get banged up a little (gym/cycling), so I would like to keep it under $100 so I don't feel bad if it breaks. Hardware wise, I only need it to last a year and a half while keeping up with software just enough to not be slow but at the same time not be out much if I have unseen accident at the gym.

I can not get into Google Play Store.
The tablet has android 4.2.2 and came with a default browser.

The default bower on my RCA table t is no longer supported. But there is not way to get another. Unfortunately, I did not download an alternative browser before.

Odd, I can get into many web sites. But Google will not let me into the play store because it says the browser is no longer supported.
So far, all the browsers I can think about are only in the play store.

So I am locked out. So I am ASKING for help.

How can I get any kind of Android browser without going into the play store?
Is there any other download method?



wife has older android 4.0.4 and play store worked fine. I used it 2 days ago to CPU-Z to see what she has for an ARM cpu and its just a single core. Must be something with the RCA tablet vs version of android.

If you can get to google on the older browser search for Chrome for Android and follow that, it might let you install that without the google store.

CNET also has it for download and install too: https://www.google.com/#q=chrome+for+androidWas Google Play previously accessed via the browser? On my phone it seems to be a separate App ENTIRELY, but it's on Android 6.0.1.Several weeks back it was working alright. I deleted some d files I thought were not needed. I do not know if this is the real cause of the problem.

Right now I am looking for other websites that download Android Apps. I am hoping to find a download site that has Firefox or Opera for Android. So far no joy.

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Several weeks back it was working alright. I deleted some d files I thought were not needed. I do not know if this is the real cause of the problem.

You can access Google Play within the browser on your regular PC and then when you find an app you want, click "Install" and it will install it on your tablet. If you have multiple Android devices registered with the Play Store, it will prompt you to select which device you want the app installed on.

i just started college, and i need help with my Computer Science 160 HW. this mostly involves: binary, hexadecimal, two's complement, base 10 ETC... please be HELPFUL and accurate!


how do you convert base 10 representations to its equivalent two's compliment representation and vice versa?SORRY, but us helping you with your homework isn't going to help you learn anything. I strongly URGE you to find the answers on your own.

This headline is from Bleeping Computer
Bleeping Computer Sues Enigma Software for ALLEGED long-running Smear Campaign
Link:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/announcement/frivolous-lawsuits/bleepingcomputer-sues-enigma-software-for-alleged-long-running-smear-campaign/

What is this about? Does it matter? Who is Enigma Software

Do you think Enigma Software had a Smear Campaign toward Bleeping Computer?
Inform me. Enigma software makes crappy software.
somebody on the Bleeping computer forum says "This software is terrible"
Enigma software sues bleeping computer claiming it is a smear campaign against them. They decide it is a good idea to create web sites, web pages, and register DOMAINS USING the "Bleeping Computer" name and associating the name with malicious software.
Bleeping Computer counterclaims based on that "good idea".


That's the long and the short of it.Interesting.... Looked up that company to see if they were based outside of the USA and surprised they have a location within the USA. From what I read I expected it to be a company that felt it was immune from the law acting safely over seas in a negative manner. Not very smart on their part. Hoping this doesnt become a situation where whoever has more money to drag this out wins vs proper penalties paid for WRONG doing. Money has a way of buying people and businesses out of trouble and those with money know it and USE this against those who dont.They moved off shore shortly before the litigation started...they are scum.

Course now they'll likely start gobbling up CH domains...

So I spent the last 3 days trying to install the Windows 10 Anniversary Update and finally figured out the right combination to make it work.

Google brings up multiple Microsoft help topics and threads but there is no single solution so here is what I did that finally worked.

The errors:
Code: [Select]0xC1900101 - 0x20004
The installation FAILED in the SAFE_OS phase with an error during INSTALL_RECOVERY_ENVIRONMENT operation

0xC1900101 - 0x20007
The installation failed in the SAFE_OS phase with an error during INSTALL_DRIVERS operation

Note: This is actually a new operating system so BACKUP anything you don't want to lose just in case.

The fix if you are running Windows 10.

• Download the Windows 10 Anniversary Update version 1607 ISO File from this page (scroll down a little).
• Download USBDeview (scroll way down).

• I found out the hard way that just unplugging the peripherals isn't enough even if you restart the computer with them unplugged.

• Restart the computer.

• Again I found out the hard way that just disabling the internet connection in the system tray or in the Network and Sharing Center isn't good enough. Use the Device Manager.

• When it gets to the 'Get important updates' SCREEN select 'Not right now' (you don't have an internet connection) then click Next.

• How to Upgrade to Windows 10 Anniversary Update version 1607 using ISO File
• How to Download Official Windows 10 ISO files Using Media Creation Tool

Was looking through my e-mail today and SAW an interesting invite to a hackathon. Think I am GOING to enter to see what its all about but I dont have the time to put into coding to try to win the prizes. Looks like its a 15 day event and based around a new movie warner bros coming out called The Accountant. Figured I'd share this here in case anyone else is interested in this sort of thing. Watching the trailer to the movie, I'm sort of lost as to how this movie has anything to do with hacking but it looks like he Ben Affleck manipulates numbers I guess to cook the books and more.

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My Laptop is experiencing split second stutters, or freezes very often. It's usually every 45 seconds - 3 minutes, but it will act as if it skips, or drops frames, or freezes but only for half a second.
I am running windows 10, intel i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz, 16 Gigs of ram, Nvidia GTX 960M, with 120GB SSD and two 500GB HDD.
I have no idea what has caused this problem, and i have done everything under the sun to try and fix it, and i'm at a complete loss.
I installed 17 drivers, and then shortly after this problem started, so i went back to my restore point before the driver install, and it was still doing it. Which i thought was weird because isnt that the WHOLE point of system restore? anyways, i downloaded all the drivers, one at a time to see which one made the problem go away, or worse, and each driver update did nothing, as my laptop was already stuttering since the updates, and then system restore. I uninstalled everything i have installed in the last week, i ran a RAM test thing, i defragged everything, i made sure it wasnt the Nvidia card, it's not my mouse, i'm not using AMD so it has nothing to do with that, xbox app is deleted, i ran a virus scan for every file on my laptop and it came up clean, including a root scan, also came up clean, opening task manager and LOOKING at the usage, my cpu usage is at 3% 3.48GHZ, memory is at 23% disks are at 0, and when the laptop stutters i see no spike in anything, memory or usage it stays exactly the same.
I rolled my laptop back to the furthest back restore point i had and it seemed to be working fine, the stuttering stopped, and everything was good... for about a half hour. Once i saw that the stutter left, i made a restore point of my laptop prior to the stutter, after it made the restore point, it started stuttering again.
I've been watching my performance while typing this, and there isn't really a pattern, but i have noticed this, when my laptop stutters, the wi-fi performance bar SPIKES. I have no idea what it means, or what i can do about it, but i'm so far LOST and out of this world, i don't know what to do. It seems like a hardware issue, but i have literally never had a problem before, and when i rolled back i don't know why it stopped stuttering for half an hour. If anyone can help, i would be so happy you have no idea....
So when my laptop drops a frame/stutters/freezes for a split second, my audio is not affected whatsoever, and i have once again noticed the stutters either make my CPU usage spike, or my wi-fi in no particular pattern, sometimes the cpu spikes, sometimes the wifi, sometimes neither. I'm lost.....
https://gyazo.com/b02def2a402feb6498348042093b6dfa https://gyazo.com/626fe3d10b494d58dd7e95198a33ff14 https://gyazo.com/f298d932ffb3582b68df618a411966e4 https://gyazo.com/abc9162915f506b1bb172630c383698b
If you've made it this far, and read my novel, and can help or even offer ideas, you are truly great, and i appreciate it so very much, you have no idea.
It happens when typing, watching youtube, playing league of LEGENDS, playing 7 days to die, portal 2, and literally at every stage of doing anything.

proccesses with CPU usage first
https://gyazo.com/b481c89c71e9ba7ca147ca525860c40c

proccesses with memory used first
https://gyazo.com/f2fdf782222382312987eef5641835a7

processes with disk usage first
https://gyazo.com/c18ec03eb56bd999e61026c6d793186aBased on your situation, I would highly recommend you to back up all your data on an external hard drive or cloud and do a complete factory reset of your laptop. I have had the same issue with my Dell Inspiron 1545 and this did it for me!