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Have to find a pair of cheap laptops that my kids can take to school to learn game design. Minimum specs are 1GB RAM, must run some form of Win7+. The HP Streams look nice, but are probably way underpowered. I can't find anything else that doesn't suck or is $400 each.
Have to find a pair of cheap laptops that my kids can take to school to learn game design. Minimum specs are 1GB RAM, must run some form of Win7+. The HP Streams look nice, but are probably way underpowered. I can't find anything else that doesn't suck or is $400 each.
Keep checking Woot or slickdeals. Usually a Thinkpad will show for around $200
Have to find a pair of cheap laptops that my kids can take to school to learn game design. Minimum specs are 1GB RAM, must run some form of Win7+. The HP Streams look nice, but are probably way underpowered. I can't find anything else that doesn't suck or is $400 each.
Check Micro Center at all? There were some pretty decent ones on there, I just don't know what you want to spend on them.
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The maximum length for a path (file name and its directory route) — also known as MAX_PATH — has been defined by 260 characters. But with the latest Windows 10 Insider preview, Microsoft is giving users the ability to increase the limit.
The recent most Windows 10 preview is enabling users to change the 260 characters limit. As mentioned in the description, “Enabling NTFS long paths will allow manifested win32 applications and Windows Store applications to access paths beyond the normal 260 char limit per node.”
If you wish to utilize this feature, however, you will be required to make some edits to using Group Policy. Follow the steps below:
Open Group Policy Editor (Press Windows Key and type gpedit.msc and hit Enter key.
Navigate to the following directory: Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Filesystem > NTFS.
Click Enable NTFS long paths option and enable it.
I'm liking the beta builds of the anniversary update, the start menu is improved and the PC settings app is a lot better too. It's slowly replacing the control panel it still doesn't have everything but what it does have is laid out well and pretty easy to use, especially compared to the category view in previous versions of control panel. Yes, I'm having to relearn where settings are in Windows but once you get it it just makes more sense than the clusterfuck control panel has been since the beginning. The UI all around is coming together and this modern UI is usable and functional.
My job or should I say me, are starting to phase in Win10 Pro. 3 PC's in on a 500+ node network spread across 2 domains with AD & GP. The problem I see that we have DB programs that use SQL & older programs that require reg tweaks to get to work/install right.
I'm rolling it out at one my clients but that's only 20 PCs. I added the W10 admx files for GPO but it can't seem to tweak anything I'm looking to tweak.
I want to set the default view when you open explorer to This PC and not Quick Access. I want to customize Windows updates to notify me instead of restart automatically, and to defer upgrades, and lastly I want to turn off the "let windows manage my default printer" that causes your default to change every time you print to a different printer.
I found a reg key for one but I haven't been successful at getting reg keys to deploy over GPO. I just got Google Chrome settings to deploy over GPO yesterday but I suck at GPO still.
I got one Windows 8.1 PC that refuses to upgrade, it hangs at 25%, I can leave it overnight and come back in the morning and it hasn't budged.
I'm rolling it out at one my clients but that's only 20 PCs. I added the W10 admx files for GPO but it can't seem to tweak anything I'm looking to tweak.
I want to set the default view when you open explorer to This PC and not Quick Access. I want to customize Windows updates to notify me instead of restart automatically, and to defer upgrades, and lastly I want to turn off the "let windows manage my default printer" that causes your default to change every time you print to a different printer.
I found a reg key for one but I haven't been successful at getting reg keys to deploy over GPO. I just got Google Chrome settings to deploy over GPO yesterday but I suck at GPO still.
I got one Windows 8.1 PC that refuses to upgrade, it hangs at 25%, I can leave it overnight and come back in the morning and it hasn't budged.
Yo! I figured out how to apply all my desired Windows 10 settings in GP!
I followed this guide on how to use SysInternals process monitor to monitor changes made to the registry. So I made the changes in settings saw which reg keys it changed and then added those reg keys to GP. I figured out my issues with deploying reg keys with GP it was a noob mistake.
I'm floating the idea of using the Enterprise Mode Site List manager to make them use edge and only allow IE for sites that require it. Currently most of them have IE as their default because a few work site require IE.
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Bout time! Now to they need to allow compression on cluster sizes larger than 4kb for those of us with larger multimedia drives since it is 2016, or perhaps case sensitive file naming support. Or just ditch NTFS finally since it is getting pretty long in the tooth. I mean is there anything that is actually preventing microsoft from using more modern fully journaling filesystems like ext4 or btrfs with live system snapshots or at least read support for other filesystems so it can play nicely with other OS's? I don't know, just curious really.
Well they're adding BASH support with the next release so ext4, and zfs should be next....after they release Halo 5 on the PS4
I read about that! The craziest thing about it is that it runs natively and converts linux syscalls in realtime into windows syscalls without any kind of lag. They did this mainly for devs who can't stand coding under windows. I would love for microsoft to finally play nicely with other operating systems. I just recently purchased 10 since I needed certain software again and it literally would not install to a freshly formatted HDD until I disconnected my ssd with linux on it, I'm like "oh now you can install, huh? " Windows couldn't stand being number two I guess haha! When Mint 18 comes out I will clone my Windows install to the SSD first then put linux on it afterwards. It also still managed to hibernate even with hibernation turned completely off and almost wreck my linux install as they were both sharing memory together. Simple fix in the bios turning off fastboot, but shouldn't have happened in the first place since I never enabled it. Anyhow not really windows BASHING (get it?) as I see them making strong inroads into the open source community and are actually beginning to listen to their user base's feedback. Nadella is doing a great job IMO.
It's better than 8.x was. but you can still install Classic start menu. I'm doing that on my clients but still running the OG start menu on my PCs. The next build of 10 -probably coming next month- has an improved start menu.
10 is pretty good and worth upgrading to and you can use Classic Shell for free to give a you a very similar Windows 7 Start menu. But the bullshit they've been pulling by auto-upgrading people, making the upgrade prompt not go away, etc. is pretty fucked up but that's how they got 300 million to upgrade.
Microsoft triggers Windows 10 nag campaign on Windows 7, 8.1 devices
Jun 1, 2015
Microsoft's Windows 10 upgrade "nag" campaign -- an effort to convince customers running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 to upgrade to the new operating system -- began today, with users reporting that they'd seen the ad-like screens.
Computerworld confirmed on several Windows 7 PCs that Microsoft had triggered the notification.
Microsoft thinks you’ll love Windows 10 so much, it downloads it for you — without asking
September 10, 2015
According to the Inquirer, a user who had never “reserved” a copy of Windows 10 in the first place found a large 6GB download sitting in the $Windows.~BT hidden directory, and a series of failed “Upgrade to Windows 10” tasks in Windows Update’s history. In several cases, the new OS has been downloaded over metered connections, forcing people over their bandwidth caps in the process. When the Inquirer reached out to Microsoft, the company said the following: “For individuals who have chosen to receive automatic updates through Windows Update, we help upgradable devices get ready for Windows 10 by downloading the files they’ll need if they decide to upgrade.
“When the upgrade is ready, the customer will be prompted to install Windows 10 on the device.”
Microsoft's latest Windows 10 nag screen: Upgrade now, or upgrade tonight
Microsoft is at it again with the Windows 10 upgrade nag screens, with the latest one giving users of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 the option to "upgrade now" or "upgrade tonight."
December 17, 2015
I like Windows 10. I really do, and I think users should seriously consider taking advantage of the free upgrade while it's on offer. But what I don't like is the aggressive (or at the very least, overzealous) way that Microsoft is pushing the upgrade to users.
InfoWorld has a screenshot of the latest upgrade prompt being presented to users.
This is the latest in a series of Windows 10 upgrade nags that Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 customers have been subjected to.
^Yes, that's all bullshit. But the new one you can finally dismiss the free offer and say you don't want to upgrade. It took them 11 months to do that, if they did that from the get go they would've gotten a lot less people to upgrade. It was the constant nagging that was successful.
The final build for the Anniversary update is 14393 aka Build 1607. I just realized that the build 1511 and 1607 is just date code, makes sense now. I'm trying out edge with extensions, it's not bad so far. It's got the basics for me of RES, Last Pass, and ad blocker. There's a beta of uBlock Origin for Edge too, though it's probably more of an alpha than a beta. It comes out 8/2 but you can get it now if you're in the fast ring of the insider program.
I joined my desktop to the fast ring, got the RTM build updated and then took it back out of the Insider program. You can only do that with big updates like this, usually once you're in the insider program you can't get out without reinstalling, the new builds are the only exception since once you got the prerelease of what will become an RTM build then you're back to normal technically.
He's 7.
That's some sleazy shit, Microsoft.
