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Re: Fix: 0xc000027b Microsoft Store Crash Exception Code

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 09:09:36 -0000

Build 22635.4010

Windows Store Troubleshooter isn't available.

Windows Store doesn't show up in Apps, so I can't find a place to reset it.

This is happening with the Weather app. I would have thought that this would have been fixed by now, but obviously not.

Re: Deadpool & Wolverine Is an Insult to the Fox Franchise

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:40:01 -0000

Wow. You act like we're never going to see Tony Stark again! /snark.

I really can't take this article seriously.

Re: Microsoft is going to let you get rid of the ridiculous Windows 11 context menu

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 10:46:42 -0000

The first problem with Windows 11 was the fact that my old computer wasn't new enough to have TPM 2.0. It DID have a TPM header, for what would have been presumably TPM 1.x, but it certainly didn't have a UEFI BIOS which is ALSO required (assuming for TPM 2.0...) But, it's also 10 years old. My son bought a new computer and gave me his old computer. Which IS new enough to run it. And I'm running it now. Couldn't get my old Pro license to upgrade, because he was running Home, and while I was installing to a new NVMe, it still saw the old one, so I couldn't choose which version I got, which meant stuck on Home, so I bought Pro. It's getting there. I'm glad I didn't upgrade earlier. But I've already hacked the registry to get the normal right click back. While I thought that my old computer was sufficiently fast, but this thing is never breathing hard, and I went from 4 core to 8 core/16 threads.

Re: Some Samsung Galaxy S20/Note 20 users facing app freezing issues after One UI 3.0 update

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 18:44:25 -0000

Samsung Music has issues. It says that I have 900 tracks downloaded, just like before the update, but it can't find some of them. Even if I find them in another program, and tell Samsung Music to play it, it won't. Poweramp seems to find everything just fine. I'm getting errors trying to move the cursor by touch (in both Gboard and Swype (yeah, I just found out that it's been discontinued -- 3 years ago. :( ) as a null shows up in the screen, and when when Mozilla's password program tries to fill in something, it's another error. No bubble heads on FB's Messenger. I've heard reinstalling that sometimes gets it to work, whatever. NBD for me.

Re: Eschaton: Maybe It Was All... A Lie?

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 11:56:09 -0000

Yeah, I keep telling people that the only reason why the Tea Party exists is racism, and the racists get mad at me.

Re: Tesla Will Sell its Powerwall and Solar Roof in Home Depot

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 09:08:18 -0000

That's too bad. I'm a Democrat. I will honor shithead's request, and not shop there. Until the management/board fires the shithead, I won't step another foot into that store.

Re: Nearly 25 Percent of Windows Users Will Switch to Mac Within 6 Months: Survey

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 13:02:41 -0000

It depends on what you are doing. If you are on a browser all the time, then a dumpy machine with Linux and Firefox/Chrome/choice of browser will do you just fine, no Mac and their walled gardens, and no Microsoft and their walled gardens.

I may spend a hell of a lot of time in my browsers, but I've got a lot of other crap that runs in the background on my machine. Do I really need to have Google Drive, OneDrive, Box, and Dropbox running? Probably not, but they are, and they usually stay out of the way.

My daughter can't stand her Mac Book. Login keychain problems that she swears she's tried all fixes with, for starters. I gave her a 10 year old laptop (that refused to upgrade to Windows 7 from Vista, multiple times, but Win 10 installed and is running like a top on it now). She's happy now.

I did try to get a friend to go with Apple. She did rather stupid things, and I always had to fix them, although she kept claiming she was going to learn! If she had gone with Apple, I would have simply said, "Call Apple!" because I don't have the experience with Apple, nor will I every have it, I think. I have enough Xenix/Unix/AIX experience to get around with Linux, I even run a VM of it sometimes, and probably deal with some of Mac OX. But it still seems to feel like crap that I do not want to deal with.

But 25% switching? Somebody's on drugs. Hardcore.

And the cost of the hardware is ridiculous. Don't tell me that it it's better, it's not. I can build a computer for Linux, Microsoft, and yes, even Apple, although with Apple, I certainly don't have the choices available to me there like I do with Linux and Microsoft. Apple doesn't really add anything with their hardware. And I don't have to void the warranty to open my machine up and add memory or a hard drive or upgrade, or anything else. I may be part of a dying breed, but at least I can get exactly what I want when I build my own machine.

Re: Getting into the weeds: the factors that contributed to health exchange premium hikes | Marketplace.org

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 21:32:31 -0000

My question is, isn't it going to be a BFD even without Obamacare? If the cost of insurance continues at the rate it has been, even before Obamacare, only the rich will be able to afford medical insurance in the first place.

Re: Sound Off: Emmerich's 'Independence Day: Resurgence' - Thoughts?

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 15:01:28 -0000

Besides being bigger, I felt like I was watching the first movie all over again. Complete with the crazy guy taking out the first big ship. And a set up for the third movie? Doesn't give me good vibes for the Stargate reboot, either.

Re: GlaxoSmithKline CEO says "things have to change" | Marketplace.org

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Tue, 10 May 2016 21:20:44 -0000

How about cutting the marketing, and keeping the R&D spending the same? How about some transparency how much marketing costs compared to R&D?

Quite frankly, I think the FDA stopping the direct-to-consumer marketing would be of great help. From the blood thinners, Type 2 diabetes drugs, biologics for IBD and arthritis, asthma drugs, COPD drugs, and that's just from what little TV I saw today. I find it pretty ridiculous.

Re: Clinton’s Email Server Was Vulnerable to Hackers

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 10:02:10 -0000

"voicing my opinion isn't going to change that"

Especially when everybody is essentially a stranger and nobody has a track record of how good or how bad their opinions are.

"all people who believe she shouldn't have run her email system are all Clinton haters"

I believe that she probably shouldn't have run her own email system myself. Did you ask me about it? If anything, just because of the crap that she has received for doing so. But she did. That was her choice. Screaming about the security or lack there of. of her email server, when nobody really knows what the details are, is just screaming hot air. It adds NOTHING to the discussion. Especially when the ONLY reason it's being brought up like it is, is because she is running for President. Benghazi! didn't affect Obama in his reelection campaign, it's blown up in the Republicans' faces when they tried to pursue it against Clinton just seeking the nomination, and I'm sure it will be brought up again if/when she is running against the Republican nominee, whoever that may be. Good luck to that for anybody trying to use it, although I suspect that just like the previous two times, it's not going to go anywhere.

And yes, people make mistakes. It's called being human. Even if I voted for the candidate that 100% meets my expectations for President, I know that candidate would have mistakes in his past, since that candidate would be me. Sadly, I supported Barry Goldwater back in the day. I couldn't understand why both of my parents where trying not to laugh when I made my decision. I do understand why, now. My reasons? I couldn't tell you today. Maybe I just liked the name. The joys of elementary school days.

And that, sadly, was the last time I supported a Republican for President. And you're right, Kasich is the only one that is half sane Republican that is running for President. I did actually vote for him when he was my representative. But he has issues that I can't overlook now (a whole freaking federal Department to promote Judeo-Christian values? The turdscape that is primary and secondary education in Ohio?), so I can't even.

I will vote for Clinton, or if it's Sanders, I've vote for him, come November.

Re: Clinton’s Email Server Was Vulnerable to Hackers

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:05:15 -0000

Well, it seems to be settled at this point. Besides the usual, unsuccessful, phishing attacks, Clinton's email server was not penetrated. Which is a hell of a lot more than can be said for the DOS email server. Which is probably why everybody screaming that it wasn't properly secured should have just waited for the damn investigation to come to its conclusion.

Not that the Clinton haters will let this drop at any time. The Republicans tried to tie Benghazi! to the email server. They failed, and in fact, made themselves look like idiots, especially when all they wanted to talk about was the email server and not Benghazi. Trey Gowdy should be ashamed.

Re: Every Car Needs a Baseball Cap

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:47:14 -0000

One size fits all? That should be, "One size fits most", most most assuredly not being me.

The Nike Dri-Fit at least looks like it might fit. Never mind, I see it's also a "One size fits most". IIRC, my hat size is an 8 1/2, so I'm not even sure the 3XL would fit my head, and if it does, will it stay in place with my straight fine hair?

Yes, when looking at hats, I always say, "Let's start at XXL and work our ways up from there."

Re: What People Think of Your State (According to Google)

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 19:52:58 -0000

I already follow him. I just don't use twitter that much...

As a transplant, I already know Florida is weird...

Re: What People Think of Your State (According to Google)

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 19:55:53 -0000

Funny, I get warm, not weird, for Florida.

Re: Latest Windows 10 update erases Word customizations, can break Edge, Outlook, File Explorer

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 22:26:34 -0000

Interesting. Windows 10, and my normal.dotm hasn't been changed in two years. Which would be the last time I installed Win 7. Running Office 2010, myself.

Re: No way to stop new Windows 10 update notifications | BGR

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 23:01:51 -0000

I've reserved my copy. I'm still waiting. Interesting.

Re: Clinton’s Email Server Was Vulnerable to Hackers

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 13:00:17 -0000

2) Either I am responding to what I think is an attack, or I wasn't making an attack. Troll, indeed.

5) At this point, I really don't care what you think. Ignoring Fox does show promise at least. Nobody has the important facts, not in the open, anyway. This subject has become so ridiculous, I'm pretty much ready to write everything I have read about this subject off, good, bad, or indifferent, regardless of source. So I will reserve judgement until there are definitive facts.

I'm not going to hold my breathe until then. We may never know the facts.

Re: Clinton’s Email Server Was Vulnerable to Hackers

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 09:52:34 -0000

2) Yes, you are.

5) According to State, her email server system met all their requirements. Continuing to play "what if" games may be interesting to some people, but I'd rather deal in facts. Which nobody is actually reporting. See #2.

Speaking of #2, I wasn't talking about Clinton. I was talking about everybody else. Maybe I should have thrown in state.gov in the possible list as well for your erudition.

Re: Clinton’s Email Server Was Vulnerable to Hackers

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 18:48:42 -0000

1) There's been plenty of questions about it. It hasn't been answered. It has been stated. It has not been found to be true. If you think it is, good for you. Also, remember that IP geolocation is hardly a sure thing.

2) Then act like it.

3) I don't think you read that like I intended it.

5) We wouldn't be able to prove that she turned in all the data if she used a state.gov address.

So, you think everybody should just be using Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo! and other similar products then.

Re: Clinton’s Email Server Was Vulnerable to Hackers

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 12:38:38 -0000

1) Really? Has somebody actually asked her? You keep saying yes. I don't consider that proof.

2) Again, do you really understand? 100% pure security is impossible. Very much due to the problem of unknown unknowns. Like zero day exploits. That was the point.

3) If her team could do that, then they should have had the expertise to defend against the exploit. As it is, the fact that the server still has functional hard drives with recoverable data tell me that the tech team isn't that advanced. Yes, I would have drilled the hard drives myself.

5) When was the data classified? Before or after it was originally created/received/sent? That is an important distinction. As to independently verified, if she HAD used a state.gov account, she would still have been afforded the chance to go through her email and delete what she thought was personal, or even not needed. So, while you think it would be independently verified, it's actually up to Clinton herself, either way. Now, if the email is sent to OTHER state.gov accounts, of course their copy would be archived anyway. And would be even with her private email server. So the fact is, it doesn't really matter.

What I think this shows is that we are in the infancy of something, and that bad decisions abound everywhere, regardless of how smart one is or isn't.

Obligatory XKCD:

https://xkcd.com/386/

Which could mean we both are.

Re: Clinton’s Email Server Was Vulnerable to Hackers

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:42:06 -0000

1) You really don't understand it, do you? What proof do you, or anybody else for that matter, have that any of the IPs the server was on were located at the residence? As to static, until recently, I've had the same IP address for five years. I'm just on Comcast residential service. Sounds like a static IP to me. Not that that really has anything to do with anything.

2) Even without driving or even owning a car, you can still be hit by a car. What the hell this has to do with the previous point, I dunno. Still, the rewards are greater than the risks, correct?

3) Yes, there are zero day attacks. They DO get found out somehow, don't they? And a secure system, even using the services of a security company, are going to be just as apt at being exploited BECAUSE they are unknown. The security company may make it harder, doesn't mean that they are infallible.

4) RDP is one of a bunch of other possible exploits. Was it? Classified information, well, I'll handle that in #5.

5) You are correct. The State email system is for unclassified email. So EVEN IF the same emails were sent using a state.gov account, it's a security issue. So why does everybody think that Clinton sent and received classified information using her private email server? So, you do agree that if Clinton had been using a state.gov account, it really doesn't help matters?

Yes, it was a mistake. I think everybody agrees on that. How big a mistake was it? I'll wait to see the final reports. I'm not going to be screaming about apocalyptic possibilities that are the possibility of every connected device on the Internet until there is something to actually talk about.

Re: Clinton’s Email Server Was Vulnerable to Hackers

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:02:52 -0000

First, I'd like to know how anybody knows that the server was in Clinton's residence? Yes, I heard that the AP came out with the story first, but that story vanished in less than one day.

Second, the only way to keep a computer clean and virus or other noxious issue free is to keep it unplugged. Network and power. And locked in a room. With no key.

Third, IF the server was compromised (and RDP is far and away not the only way to do so), the security company when they started their service would have known about it. Because setting up security on a server that has already been compromised isn't security. So, if something happened, somebody DOES know about it. Now, whether or not they would actually say anything, not my department to find out.

Fourth, IF the server was compromised, there are different levels. It's one thing if somebody got administrator/root access, it's another if they were just able to run a spam bot on it.

Fifth, the State email server has had it's own issues. The IT team was shutting it down on weekends just trying to get a handle on it.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/...

At least it's a different article than another one that somebody sent me, that was basically, "Senator Ron Johnson wrote a letter to Victor Nappe, CEO of the security company Clinton used." There were questions. Maybe some direct quotes from said letter (that was never confirmed by either party) to clarify what the hell is going on would have been nice? They had the letter, right?

"There could have been all these terrible things that could have happened to the Clinton email server! (although we don't have proof of anything actually happened, but it could have!)"

So, we have a news article that has allegations, no real facts, and the majority was nothing but speculation. Oh, I forgot the blurb from a competing security firm that was also doing some scare mongering for the industry. Which was a) fear mongering at its best and b) not adding anything else to the piece.

Re: The Most Frightening Food Found on Airplanes

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 02:30:09 -0000

Delta flight from Atlanta to Johannesburg, Business class. The kosher meals that I saw that were getting passed out... Looked inedible to me!

Re: quiznos is suing over this funny video

Bryan "bytehead" Price — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 18:27:24 -0000

Actually, Quiznos created it. Burning Man is threatening to sue over it, Which is, I think, fucked up.