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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Jul 10, 2015 15:05:45 GMT 1
Update: So after putting the parts together, throwing out some of the things that I've have learned when it comes to DIY PC out of the window and overcoming the shock that there's an extra power plug for the CPU which gave me flashbacks to the good old days with the Pentium 4 Prescott; My new PC went off almost without a hitch so far. Although I have to swap SATA slots so it could boot up my SSD first. It could be far worse... like going up in smoke, which is what I'm afraid of in the first place.
Also I've switched my case fans connections, going directly to the motherboard because it can monitor speed fans now. PC technology has gone up in the word indeed. Next, we might have PCs telling us to go to bed and stopping digital intruders with smut stash or something.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Feb 20, 2016 17:37:43 GMT 1
I know this is a stupid question.
Is there any risk in defrag my hard drive? And I mean the other kind of the hard drive, not the solid state drive kind. I'm aware defrag a solid state drive is a bad thing.
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Post by Clint Johnston on Feb 20, 2016 20:30:37 GMT 1
I know this is a stupid question. Is there any risk in defrag my hard drive? And I mean the other kind of the hard drive, not the solid state drive kind. I'm aware defrag a solid state drive is a bad thing. Shouldn't be. Regular hard drives should get defragged every once in a while.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Feb 21, 2016 1:59:52 GMT 1
Well I guess I'll defrag soon.
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Post by jklinders on Feb 21, 2016 3:48:54 GMT 1
It's barely even relevant in this day and age. A lot of computer techs don't even endorse it as the hard drives are so damn big they take forever to defrag and the performance improvement is minimal at best.
I'm not saying don't do it, but it's not that big a deal anymore. I'm not sure if defragging a solid state drive does bad things, but with the way they work it's utterly unnecessary anyway. With no moving parts your RAM just reaches in, grabs what it needs then puts it back.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Apr 7, 2016 13:19:26 GMT 1
So I brought a laptop, which is nothing to do with gaming, but it contains Windows 10.
I've heard you have to do a lot of changing in the settings before you can use it straight out of the box. Including some privacy settings. So is there anything I should do first, because I welcome my Laptop to my dingy network?
Also, I have some... programs from certain 'friends'. Is it possible to use them still, like I did in Windows 7, or Windows 10 is going disabled them like some scare mongers would say?
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Post by jklinders on Apr 7, 2016 19:38:52 GMT 1
So I brought a laptop, which is nothing to do with gaming, but it contains Windows 10. I've heard you have to do a lot of changing in the settings before you can use it straight out of the box. Including some privacy settings. So is there anything I should do first, because I welcome my Laptop to my dingy network? Also, I have some... programs from certain 'friends'. Is it possible to use them still, like I did in Windows 7, or Windows 10 is going disabled them like some scare mongers would say? Well this article is set up like a piece of terrible ass clickbait but it will walk you through what you need to tweak to get their noses out of your business. I have had no adverse affects from following the advice within. www.techradar.com/us/news/software/operating-systems/the-windows-10-privacy-settings-you-need-to-change-right-now-1301257Not sure what you mean about "programs from friends" I've used torrents without issue and have had very little issue with backwards compatibility. If you are talking about something specific PM me. Also for questions that I am not enough of a gearhead to answer there is this site www.bleepingcomputer.com/ they have a very good forum that has some pretty smart folks in it for everythinng from OS support to virus removal. Every time I need to do something I don't know how I go here first.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Apr 10, 2016 5:30:37 GMT 1
Well, actually let's cut to the chase: Pirated programs.
Can I use them? I hear rumours that Windows 10 disables them. I'm planning to get a legit liecence later, as soon I got the cash.
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Post by jklinders on Apr 10, 2016 11:44:14 GMT 1
From my own experience I have had no difficulty there. But one caveat. I have not tried to get anything recently made to work. I really doubt win 10 has the ability to selectively disable programs like that.
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