Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

LOveWerks · Aug 1, 2015

To @bjacks12, and @zuben el genub - I will get on the laptop to peruse the links you've left in this thread, so I can make the manual upgrade. Thank you for sharing these.

My only hope is that we won't go through what happened with all of the bad releases mentioned earlier in this thread...

LW

whitehat · Aug 1, 2015

It is now August the first. Has anyone else spotted Christmas decorations in the stores yet?

Clementine_3 · Aug 1, 2015

whitehat said:
It is now August the first. Has anyone else spotted Christmas decorations in the stores yet?

Ugh, really? Are we just skipping right over Halloween and Thanksgiving?

Dngrsone · Aug 1, 2015

No, Halloween was last month.

mikedt · Aug 1, 2015

whitehat said:
It is now August the first. Has anyone else spotted Christmas decorations in the stores yet?

Some stores always have Christmas decorations, all year round.

zuben el genub · Aug 1, 2015

I've seen some. Craft stores a la Michaels are starting.

mikedt · Aug 2, 2015

Meters/bonwe jeans, the second pair has disintegrated after just four months wear.

LOveWerks · Aug 2, 2015

LOveWerks said:
To @bjacks12, and @zuben el genub - I will get on the laptop to peruse the links you've left in this thread, so I can make the manual upgrade. Thank you for sharing these.

My only hope is that we won't go through what happened with all of the bad releases mentioned earlier in this thread...

LW

It's official... I managed to get 64-bit Windows 10 installed on the laptop. My lady is pleased, as the setup is like the days of old. I followed @bjacks12's instructions, and downloaded the 64-bit Media Creation Tool before downloading Windows 10. I've literally blocked everything for privacy purposes, and installed Script Blocker for Chrome just to be sure.

So, I'm taking full advantage of the 64-bit chip installed in this laptop. I can even access an AMD Power Allocation Center where I changed the clock speed of the processor, so that it would be powerful in AC power mode, and power stingy when using the battery. No more 32-bit Windows 8.1. I have had to contact Avast, as the scans seem to be ineffective since the installation of Windows 10. For example, there's a rant unto itself. When you see SVC files flying past during a Full System Scan with three question marks after the file, and the scan percentage stays at 0% - you know that you've got problems.

Windows Defender? Oh, please...

Thank you for the help, bjacks and @zuben el genub - I did read the fine print, and, the operating system works better than Windows 8.1. So much for me to be a Winblows hater...

8.1 wasn't bad; it was, without a doubt, the most clunky UI I've ever used. Classic Shell saved the day - most of the time.

Though, the bloatware is there, in Windows 10 - Skype? Jeez... or, was. I learned my way around, and, uninstalled the the BS. I did install the Keyboard and Mouse Center, so that I could stop Chrome from changing screen zoom when I held the left button down to manipulate the screen, or radio buttons. So far, it's okay. I'm still a Mac guy at heart, but, this has been the best release from Microsoft since XP Service Pack 1, and I remember everything back to x86-chip Winblows 3, and it's savior, 3.1.

It's good. So far...

LW

Dngrsone · Aug 2, 2015

The one thing I liked about Thunar-- it's mass rename function-- is now missing the best part: renaming music files based on their ID3 tags. :/

zuben el genub · Aug 2, 2015

LOveWerks said:
It's official... I managed to get 64-bit Windows 10 installed on the laptop. My lady is pleased, as the setup is like the days of old. I followed @bjacks12's instructions, and downloaded the 64-bit Media Creation Tool before downloading Windows 10. I've literally blocked everything for privacy purposes, and installed Script Blocker for Chrome just to be sure.

So, I'm taking full advantage of the 64-bit chip installed in this laptop. I can even access an AMD Power Allocation Center where I changed the clock speed of the processor, so that it would be powerful in AC power mode, and power stingy when using the battery. No more 32-bit Windows 8.1. I have had to contact Avast, as the scans seem to be ineffective since the installation of Windows 10. For example, there's a rant unto itself. When you see SVC files flying past during a Full System Scan with three question marks after the file, and the scan percentage stays at 0% - you know that you've got problems.

Windows Defender? Oh, please...

Thank you for the help, bjacks and @zuben el genub - I did read the fine print, and, the operating system works better than Windows 8.1. So much for me to be a Winblows hater...

8.1 wasn't bad; it was, without a doubt, the most clunky UI I've ever used. Classic Shell saved the day - most of the time.

Though, the bloatware is there, in Windows 10 - Skype? Jeez... or, was. I learned my way around, and, uninstalled the the BS. I did install the Keyboard and Mouse Center, so that I could stop Chrome from changing screen zoom when I held the left button down to manipulate the screen, or radio buttons. So far, it's okay. I'm still a Mac guy at heart, but, this has been the best release from Microsoft since XP Service Pack 1, and I remember everything back to x86-chip Winblows 3, and it's savior, 3.1.

It's good. So far...

LW

Glad it's going for you, Here's another caveat you should check. I think the solution is mentioned/

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/...s-your-bandwidth-to-distribute-patches-134671

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/windows-update-delivery-optimization-faq

Getting charged for going over bandwidth cap when not your doing could be the pits.

There's usually a whole lot of bugs and misinfo on any new release. I'm only posting in hopes of saving some people grief.

zuben el genub · Aug 2, 2015

mikedt said:
Meters/bonwe jeans, the second pair has disintegrated after just four months wear.

Find some black market real Wranglers. I've got some that are over 10 years old. Patch upon patch, but still decent.

bjacks12 · Aug 2, 2015

Thanks for the heads up on the update torrenting via Microsoft. I've now disabled that.

Rxpert83 · Aug 2, 2015

Upgrading from 7 to 10 killed my dual boot laptop for now. Grub isn't recognizing any of my partitions. Will reinstall mint and update grub some other day

sleedeane · Aug 2, 2015

When I make really dumb chess moves.

CrimsonToker · Aug 2, 2015

sleedeane said:
When I make really dumb chess moves.

Chess is alright. I prefer Baduk, a.k.a. Dragon Go. It was the precursor to chess and Chinese checkers

sleedeane · Aug 3, 2015

CrimsonToker said:
Chess is alright. I prefer Baduk, a.k.a. Dragon Go. It was the precursor to chess and Chinese checkers

I'll have to check that out.

CrimsonToker · Aug 3, 2015

sleedeane said:
I'll have to check that out.

Many many servers online where you can play against bot or human, and get tutorials as well

sleedeane · Aug 3, 2015

In the play store they have several apps with "Baduk" in the title. I don't know which one to check out.

CrimsonToker · Aug 3, 2015

My rant for the night!

Elvis. I hate him. King of rock and roll? King of plagiarizing, maybe. Even now, most people don't realize that he stole the majority of his music from African American bluesmen who still haven't gotten the public recognition they deserve for writing the music he made sensational.. Even his controversial hip shaking was not originally his move.

God bless racist America, I guess...

mikedt · Aug 3, 2015

Frankly I thought much of his music was written by Leiber & Stoller.

That's one thing we almost never hear of in China, Elvis Presley. Michael Jackson on the other hand "King of Pop", that's a different matter.

CrimsonToker · Aug 3, 2015

mikedt said:
Frankly I thought much of his music was written by Leiber & Stoller.

That's one thing we almost never hear of in China, Elvis Presley. Michael Jackson on the other hand "King of Pop", that's a different matter.

Lol don't get me started on him.. King of kiddie ticklers. Only in America can a poor black boy grow to be a rich white woman

CrimsonToker · Aug 3, 2015

Gmash · Aug 3, 2015

"this is an old song/ these are old blues/ this is not my tune/ but it's mine to use" - Joanna Newsom

All music is recycled to some extent.

mikedt · Aug 3, 2015

Elvis Presley was something my dad liked, and he's 79 now, and many Chinese have never heard of him.
Michael Jackson was something my younger sister liked, and he's still very popular with school students in China.
I didn't particularly care much for either of them. Although I did like Promised Land by Elvis Presley.

Dngrsone · Aug 3, 2015

CrimsonToker said:
My rant for the night!

Elvis. I hate him. King of rock and roll? King of plagiarizing, maybe. Even now, most people don't realize that he stole the majority of his music from African American bluesmen who still haven't gotten the public recognition they deserve for writing the music he made sensational.. Even his controversial hip shaking was not originally his move.

God bless racist America, I guess...

I thought that was George Thorogood...

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