the_Monk

For those of us running the Windows Phone 8.1 Dev Preview just a heads up! There is an update (fairly small) bringing the current build to ( 8.10.12393.890 )

Since my wife is Mrs. Greenthumb we do in fact have a garden. Both flower and vegetable gardens surround our home now. A few years back (when my wife was still a member of the local garden club) we had only flowers and other beautiful (expensive...arrgh) plants.......even placed 2nd in a gardening competition. We're too old for that now. Plus eating garden fresh veggies beats the grocery store any day! [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] </p

[quote who="starkers" reply="29" id="3470110"]....so why is it that kona ALWAYS atracts snide and snarky responses? He may not always provide enough information, maybe because he lacks the confidence or know-how, and thus his posts are short/without great detail, but that should NOT make him the target of ridicule and disrespectful remarks. So, WCers, how about it? Let's afford kona the same respect we expect to receive ourselves.[/quote] How people [I]respond[

[quote who="kona0197" reply="21" id="3470038"]Yeah, forget I asked. You all used to be nice about such things.[/quote] It has nothing to do with being nice , but everything to do with the fact that you are a 'computer tech' who by your own admission is advertising his services to others. That being the case, you should indeed not be having to ask such a question and if you do you should absolutely expect the reaction you've received from m

[e digicons]:grin:[/e] I think a certain someone might chime in at this point with a ....... " BAZINGA ".....hehe On topic: @ kona By now your google/bing searches will have told you more than the responses in this thread, besides which why is your question even relevant to your situation in the first place? Don't you suspect your main drive of failing?&nbs

[e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] Thanks for the heads-up ID!

[quote who="kona0197" reply="26" id="3469689"] Since there were laws already in place to prevent what we are talking about, especially the 4th amendment of the Constitution. [/quote] If you don't care about your privacy; which certainly seems to be the case (considering you've reiterated how little you care several times in this thread now), can you not at least concede the point as to [I]why[/I] others might, and agree that there may in fact be

... In any case, as Phoon already pointed out. Thanks to Doc (as always) for drawing attention to this and I do absolutely agree (while I do not actually use Chrome) this decision by Google should be seen as a step in a good direction.

[quote who="kona0197" reply="4" id="3469416"] I've been without a AV program for months now, I use a on-demand AV solution that does not phone home. Good thing I do.[/quote] Just because you use an on-demand solution that [i]claims[/i] it doesn't 'phone home' doesn't mean there is no data collection/transmission of any kind going on. For instance just by visiting a website/forum you have transmitted your browser, its vers

[quote who="Borg999" reply="15" id="3469381"] When someone mentions smartphones and tablets, the next thing I expect to hear is that the PC is dead, which of course is not true, and reports of the death of Firefox are greatly exaggerated as well.[/quote] and did you? I said neither. Of course I did say I won't be surprised when Firefox finally dies.......

No apples and oranges here starkers..... The first part of my response post was to counter your statement that most of the people you know use Firefox as their main/default browser. I stated that in my circles (ie. with the people I know both professionally and personally) that is most certainly not the case. The second part of my response post was to support Leo the Lion's statement with regard to Firefox no longer being a competitive browser. <p

[quote who="starkers" reply="12" id="3469256"]Really? Most people I know use Firefox as their default/main browser. I think it has something to do with their distrust of Google and dislike of IE.[/quote] Certainly not the case in my circles. I was of the mind that Firefox had gone the way of Netscape already.......certainly won't be surprised when it does. I think the comment above regarding Firefox not being 'competitive' in toda

Excellent write-up. Thanks Doc!

I understand, I was making that suggestion for Uvah's sake. However in your case, the fact that running chkdsk solved the issue for you does (at least in my mind) throw some doubt on the reliability of your drive bodadog. Might want to run some additional tests and/or keep a close eye on it etc. Also for Uvah, if you have the Computer Management console snapin open you could drill down in STOR

I give up...

Has anyone even attempted to look at the Windows Logs regarding this? I posted the steps in another thread in response to an issue kona was having....I'll copy/paste them here below: [quote who="the_Monk" reply="25" id="3466177"] Opening the 'Computer Management' console snapin (START> RUN>compmgmt.msc) and parsing the 'Windows Logs' by drilling down in the 'Event Viewer' may help shed some light.&nbsp

[quote who="kona0197" reply="25" id="3467940"]And yes, I get it. Don't ask for help here. Do it yourself. Never mind that I asked. [/quote] I think you are once again confusing 'asking for help' with 'asking for a handout'. Some of the individuals here (as previously stated) are in the profession of which you are asking a [I]handout[/I]. With the tools and tutorial suggestions linked by others in

^^^ yup.......lol [e digicons]:grin:[/e] [quote who="kona0197" reply="1" id="3467474"]Perhaps Microsoft should think about a better price point.[/quote] Perhaps you should think about doing some [I]better[/I] research.

We've had bandwidth caps up here for quite a while already. Doesn't seem to bother most people I know and I personally don't have the [I]time[/I] to even get close to using as much as the cap allows for.

[quote]I really have an itch to run Windows 8. I mean it's like a sickness. Even after all of the bad things I have said , I want to switch from 7 to 8 really bad. [/quote] Maybe you will be more [I]reasonable[/I] in your future forum posts? No more unsubstantiated claims or grandiose statements? Well at least there will be less to [I]retract[/I]! [e digicons]O:)[/e] The Windows 8 kona will be a [b]ne

[quote who="kona0197" reply="21" id="3466150"] I have Windows 7. My point is that even after rebooting 5 times it's still taking upwards of five minutes to boot when it used to take one minute at the most.[/quote] Opening the 'Computer Management' console snapin (START> RUN>compmgmt.msc) and parsing the 'Windows Logs' by drilling down in the 'Event Viewer' may help shed some light. For explanation of individua

[quote who="kona0197" reply="8" id="3466091"]I installed the updates today. Made my computer slow to a crawl. Any ideas on this?[/quote] @ kona and anyone else interested... Not all updates complete their [I]entire[/I] 'update process' immediately, so it is quite possible......and in cases like with .NET etc. (quite probable) that the 'updated' file(s) in question may still be performing other operations in the backg

[quote who="Philly0381" reply="22" id="3462931"]We will all come up with our own opinions on IT Threats,[/quote] Yeah well 'least privilege' goes more to one's overall 'approach' to computing rather than just being an [I]opinion[/I] regarding threats etc. Unfortunately that [I]approach[/I] / stance towards computing hasn't yet become [u]common sense[/u] for many! [e digicons];)[/e]

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="17" id="3462905"]Just noticed that local group policies can't be edited in W7 Home Premium. [e digicons];P[/e] [/quote] That is correct. Only the PRO versions of MS Windows 7 allow for editing of the policies.

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="13" id="3462716"]@ the_Monk: You're not getting away with your cleverly disguised attempt to not prepare the article I want from you. If you just do a paragraph or two per day, you'll finish with no strain, you know... And I do agree that the best line of defense is the local and group security policies...so...we all continue to await your tutorial. [/quote] I've been thinking a lot about any 'write up&#3