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    Flush it. Flush it again! Make sure it doesn't come back up!

    JL, not run videos? I have a Dell Lat running Win98-SE that plays every DVD thrown at it. With an 8k video chipset. It plays those videos perfectly. But if you want to start a Win8 campaign thread, please do so and I'll join in. This thread was pointing out how MICROSOFT was selecting a...
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    AV2 Homeplug - Aztech HL119EP - QoS setting does help

    Stumbling across this (thanks Susan for bumping this up), it makes me want to re-examine some recent AV2 Fails I went thru. Hmmm...
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    Wifi download rates 30-50% of wired

    At this point in WiFi Technology, it doesn't match wired service performance, so "expected" is the correct answer. There's always environment variables that wireless confronts that Cables exclude - sunspots, your wall-o'-freezers kicking off, my using the Dabney Coleman Memorial Garage...
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    Flush it. Flush it again! Make sure it doesn't come back up!

    I've done the same - if folks don't have any needed services other than web browser or writing their memoirs, viewing pix or playing arcade games, Linux is a great breath of fresh-air. And it's no more difficult for them to transition into that OS as it is the Start Screen system. Plus they...
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    Looking for a Wifi Router with good Parental Controls

    Last week, Scooter started a similar thread in the Security sub-forum Block Adult Content. This offers some other possibilities.
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    Flush it. Flush it again! Make sure it doesn't come back up!

    I've got two PCs up and running on the new "Win 10"-thingy now. One's an older i3 (Z77 chipset, NVidia video card) and the other is a newish AM3-FX (990FX, with Radeon card). I'll be installing critical programs this morning to see if they load, see if they function and see if I can save a...
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    Powerline - When new Gigabit Adapers ?

    I've never seen a power-strip/splitter usage function well. Your experience only reflects the usual manufacturer recommendation: "don't use a power strip". I recently installed six sets of the TP-Link TL-PA6010 AV2s in six 200 & 500 working situations, and three of those TP-Links failed to...
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    Flush it. Flush it again! Make sure it doesn't come back up!

    I think the "adverse to change in OS" couldn't be a bigger lie. That's all it is - a lie. No one has stayed with one OS, and no one will. What the real argument is: "Will I be more or less productive?" Why should anyone who is productive change to LESS productive? That's the real issue...
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    Flush it. Flush it again! Make sure it doesn't come back up!

    So we assume you'll be the first one in line for Win 10.
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    Flush it. Flush it again! Make sure it doesn't come back up!

    The real reason was Win 95 and 98... The, uh, "opportunities" for updates to Win 9.0 could have avalanched toward Win 9.5. Gee. That's real confidence. "Yes, we're now far-sighted! We realized 3 or 4 updates likely won't be good enough, and we've had enough trouble getting folks...
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    NO budget suggestions

    Yes, sorry - I was just kickin' ya. I mean... if ya win that lottery, ya know who to call to waste more money, right? But a question you might answer: What are the files you're storing? Is this backup for ?? home ?? office ?? Does it have media services? How portable does this need to...
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    NO budget suggestions

    NewEgg's got 4Tb HGST Deskstar NAS for $169... 4Tb WD Blacks for $199... I think it runs thru Oct 3. How's that for destroying a budget?!! I really do like that lottery idea, though...
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    Flush it. Flush it again! Make sure it doesn't come back up!

    Oct 1, Microsoft's PREVIEW.MICROSOFT website opens up volunteers to download the next version of Windows after 8.0 and 8.1. Windows 10. Yes. Microsoft was apparently so ashamed of 8.0 and 8.1 that flushing it down the toilet wasn't good enough. "Pull the handle one more time. We want to...
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    Block adult content

    Here's a front-page for AV-Comparatives ORG's reports page. It has a parental controls software study (100 pages in PDF format).
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    Smallest portable WiFi with gigabit WAN

    I remain curious about the application/services that this camera-rig needs to deliver - what the end-product will be. I assume that large file-transfers are needed so constantly.
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    RT-N66R Going back

    EDIT: FORGET THIS ORIGINAL PARAGRAPH! You might also try a local OfficeMax-Depot Staples type of place, and because of the ease of returning local products, I'd even consider ordering one from their warehouse for delivery to my nearest location - just to facilitate an easy return if I didn't...
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    TP-LINK Archer C8 is out

    It's not THAT bad... they don't confuse a Product ID page because product IDs are unique. But just one level up, in that product ID hierarchy database, they have some category or type that they lump all the Review datafields onto. CO.UK, DE, FR, ES, IT, AU - they all do this, too. Instead...
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    NETGEAR R7500 Nighthawk X4 AC2350 Router

    Tim, thanks for the 9/24 updated review. I appreciate your pragmatic conclusion.
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    HI, help me choose between those 2 repeater and those 2 direct antenna

    Driver installs for antenna? "No", I don't believe so. When I play with antennas, I do shut everything down and disconnect cables (pretending there's a Gaussian Effect somewhere - an accumulation of electromag factors that are negated by mere Disconnects). Then I reconnect and power...
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    Samung EVO SSDs showing a bad behavior

    (Gag... reading AnandTech on Sundays instead of a good Sunday paper...) In my original link to Overclock, in the 'Page 60s' area there are allusions to LBA Read-Priority being 'the real problem' and that this would indeed be a Firmware Logic solution. The "high heat" comments (in the...
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