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@dbeato said in Disk Manager with No Search in Windows 10:

@scottalanmiller said in Disk Manager with No Search in Windows 10:

@dbeato said in Disk Manager with No Search in Windows 10:

@scottalanmiller said in Disk Manager with No Search in Windows 10:

@Obsolesce said in Disk Manager with No Search in Windows 10:

@scottalanmiller said in Disk Manager with No Search in Windows 10:

So in our situation, we had to open PowerShell and run diskmgmt.msc and it was able to open it. You have to have the full name.

This came about because someone installed some "Classic Shell" hijack software that removes all of the Windows Vista and later functionality to find tools. So the system is almost entirely broken.

You could also hit the "Windows" key + r, then type that in the run box and hit enter.

Only if you have the full name. diskmgmt.msc will work that way, diskmgmt will not. We tried.

Correct. I am surprised this became a post. However I understand with the whole classicshell situation.

Yeah, like I never have to know the whole name. I figured it was diskmgmt.exe. Nearly every guide only has it without the extension. And I've never had to type it out before.

Yeah, most applications for Windows are .msc or .cpl that control things as below:

Services - services.msc
Programs and Features - appwiz.cpl
Disk Managment - diskmgmt.msc
Computer Management - compmgmt.msc

For Control panel you would open just "control" and that's it so it can be inconsistent.

And so forth.

I usually just start mmc.exe. Three simple characters to type (or seven), no need to remember names (I used to know them, but...) and access to all mmc's in one place.

Groundhog day? Doesn't look as bad as yesterday, yet...

Well, I'm actually using a (Windows) print server for a simple reason: Security. All my printers are on a dedicated VLAN without internet access or access to any internal resource. The print server is the only machine with access to the printers.

Why? Because printers are a very common attack vector. Network capable printers and MFP's are often using totally outdated embedded linux operating systems and can easily be hijacked. Same for FAX devices: There's an exploit out there that allows you to gain access to MFPs from serveral vendors by just sending a crafted FAX.

@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

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@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

OKay, getting into the car (minivan) and driving to Texas. See y'all on the other side!

It's going to be a quite day around here - unless @Dominica is driving.

A quite day? Quite what? Sexy? Boring? Mod Abusive?

Mod Abusive? Or Mod Abused, or Abused Mod - maybe an Abusive Mod.
looks for something to throw at @JaredBusch

All of the above?

Hey, abusing your language is my job...

Watching another episode of the remake of Carl Sagans "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" with Neil deGrasse Tyson on Netflix.

I think it's pretty good. Don't expect to learn lots of new things if you are already interessted in such topics as (astro)physics, evolution theory etc, but it's a good round-up and probably awesome for people who don't have any idea.

Hopefully your partners and customers won't misunderstand that steady smile - or your ML avatar SCNR

No, seriously, it's a great project that may help people who suffer from constant pain and other things. Good luck with your project.

@RojoLoco said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@coliver said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

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@RojoLoco said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

This morning on the way to work, I saw a sign at a church that read "Goggle doesn't have the answer to every search".

Well, of course not. Goggle sucks.

Not as much as Googel though...

But I love Googel Bordello....

Just had to check if Bordello means the same in English

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Seriously. How does this happen?

Brute force hacking

Time of My Life:

Youtube Video

@nadnerB said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@thwr said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@nadnerB said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Not the worst I've seen but definitely not healthy.

Hey at least the machine doesn't "freeze"

You know that dust can be electrostatically charged?

And if you believe everything, then it's a perpetual power source for the PC

Where are the Mythbusters when you need them the most

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Stupid funny horror movie.

Try Army of Darkness

@dafyre said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@thwr said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@dafyre said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

Have you played it before? It is SO good.

I really liked the Original and the 2nd one. Haven't had the ability to play the 3rd yet.

You have to finish it, it's all one story!

Guess I'm a little out of sorts... I started with ME 2 (it was on a Bundle, I think). Need to get Part 1 and play it.

/me votes for corporal punishment

Better be careful. I might enjoy it. In all interest of full disclosure, ME1 wasn't available until a different bundle, but I did get it.

Oh, don't worry, I don't care much whether you enjoy that or not

Your to-do list:

• go play ME1 (the controls are very weird on a PC, better use a controller) and finish the game. Complete each and every side mission and DLCs
• import char in ME2
• Finish the game doing each and every side mission and DLCs
• import char in ME3
• Again, finish the game doing each and every side mission and DLCs
• Start over at ME1 as a paragon / badass char.

diskimage-fu, probably worth a black belt:

Part 1 (in a amd64 VM):

1. Download blank Raspbian image
2. Create a blank loop file
3. Mount both, original image and new image
4. Create a slightly modified similar partition layout, format partitions
5. Rsync everything to the new image
6. Create NFS export from the mounted target
7. Flash a modified version of the image (just the boot partition including the kernel and a few firmware drivers) to a SD card. Slightly modify the kernel command line to actually mount the root partition ("/") via NFS

Part 2 (on ARM based device)
8. Fire up your ARM based device with the SD card
9. Modify image (update packages, install software, purge stuff, modify configs)
10. Shutdown

Part 3 (within the VM)
11. Flush file buffers, un-export, unmount, un-loop & stop NFS server
12. Flash final image to SD card

Completely scripted.

My previous plan (using a chroot on an ARM based CPU) worked too, but it was very slow due to the old Banana Pro I had spare. The new version is even cooler because I can run the real environment (incl. the desktop) on real hardware without flashing a full distro to an SD card.

Did I every say that I pretty much hate the Origin client? Got an update yesterday, removing the new UI that was released just a few weeks ago and leaving me with a half-bricked client.

New "features":

• No shop
• Broken startup
• "Account in use - go offline"
• "Exit all games before ..."

Awesome.

Was just talking to @MattSpeller about CPU's and we got a bit off topic into overclocking.

What about you?

• Did you ever use a graphite pencil on a AMD Socket-A Duron?
• Have you ever changed a crystal on a 486 board?
• OC'ed a P III 700 to 1 GHz?

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Need to post this on the wall ....

When you order parts to build a project - Order two. That why when you ( @MattSpeller it) smoke the first one, you have one to do it right with....

http://toolmonger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/post-iron.jpg

At least 3 of you know exactly what that smells like.

I love the smell of solder-flux in the morning? Wasn't that a movie?

[...] @thwr, I think the same thing, but that stuff isn't good for you.

says who?

Lifespans.

I knew someone who died at the age of 40 years. He was very sporty (is that actually a word or is the dictionary kidding me?), used his racing bike to get to work (40km per direction) every day and so on. My great-grandfather on the other hand still smoked cigars and pipe at the age of 90.

So much for "estimated lifespans"

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Caught a cold... feel really sick.

Well feel better already!

That bottle... My old Kaleu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapitänleutnant) made me some "medicine" when I caught a cold during my time in the Navy. 50% Scotch, 50% lemon juice. Instant knockout but lots of vitamins

Good lord, that's a sour scotch

He said: "Drink this, old family recipe. Like medicine". Who am I to question my CO?

Found a great background picture yesterday:

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/wallpaper.php?id=PIA14293

Just finished my first real Arma 3 coop game. 4 hours, 50+ people in TeamSpeak. Really immersive and a great experience.

Found something that is actually even worser than Origin: Uplay. Login works only after hitting the login button 10+ times. And if you try hard enough:

Account locked.