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No key in the BIOS, no key anywhere physical. The only place the key was included was in Toshiba's recovery program. It also said it plain as day in the System Properties window, looking back I probably should've looked at that. I ended up putting 8.1 Pro on here and using the KMS activator as...

I decided to say "screw it" and leave Kubuntu on there. I'm so tired of trying to find fix after fix after fix for Windows to no avail. True, with Kubuntu I also have to find fix after fix, but at least I actually can fix my problems with that, If I have to have Windows I can just install my old...

As some of you predicted, I have started to reformat my hard drive with a fresh copy of Windows 8.1. I'm doing it in BIOS mode so I don't have to deal with UEFI. However, I can't seem to grab my key from the BIOS. I've tried RW-Everything, going to the ACPI tab and all that. But it won't load...

I also would like to add to the chorus of Thank yous. I didn't notice a lot of the problems but the new UI was throwing me for every loop possible. I'm not going to bother reposting my posts from that version, I got my point across then I guess.

I have one such lite version, I think they called it "Performance Edition" or some such. I've tried it and I can honestly say I don't like it. It certainly performs faster than XP, and boots faster too. But it strips a lot of the miscellaneous tools and utilities that I happened to like very...

Well, I just ruled out a registry issue. I used scanreg /restore, rebooted, and I'm still getting a protection error. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Well, I'm letting ScanDisk run another lap from safe mode. It's much slower running in safe mode, I've noticed. It's been going for about a half hour and it's just short of 10% done. It took all of twenty minutes running it normally. Anything to not have to do yet ANOTHER reinstall... I guess...

Well, FF took the cue from IE, who took it from Chrome... I believe. It's like how all the browsers used their useragents to pretend they were anything but what they were.

I have 98SE installed on ye olde Pentium 4, and I had everything just about set up when I went to defrag... It told me that it encountered an error and to run a Thorough scan on ScanDisk. Okay, so I do that, and defrag again. This time, defrag completes without an issue. I reboot, and I get the...

Must be nice. When we had broadband, the most we could afford was 10 mbps, and I thought that was pretty fast. Heck, we have a 4G hotspot, and I still think THAT'S fast. When I was visiting my uncle a week or so ago, he had (I think) a 30 mbps connection, and I was all like "Woah, now THIS is...

I kind of want a C720. It'd be a nice little upgrade over my T4300. And for a not too terrible price, as I've seen a 16GB model go for $180 new on Amazon, with free shipping to boot. I'd have to upgrade the RAM and replace the storage (or, barring that, putting all my files on external storage)...

Erm, disregard that bit about being unable to use the classic theme properly. Just figured it out. Classic theme restorer has soooo many options it'll make your head spin.

I use a bunch of addons so I don't have to deal with Firefox's latest UI bullcrap, but I agree that I shouldn't have to install a bunch of addons to fix what should already be a choice anyway. And since I installed Windows 8.1 I can't use the classic FF 2.x theme anymore, because it looks weird...

I just *really* don't like Steam. I don't like the idea of DRM in general, and the way it was implemented here just seems invasive to me. I shouldn't have to install a component that I do not want to. And no, you can't just uninstall Steam after it's done installing, I don't think the normal...

Jeez, details details... They always want to see just how inconvenient they can make it, it seems.

Wunderbar. And they won't take the game back as it's been opened. But it hasn't been associated with a Steam account, so... Ah, screw it. I'll find a way to use the official game files without steam. It's the only way I'll be able to get it running on this laptop, otherwise too much is running...

On the subject of Steam (mentioned in the first post)... I did buy the Legendary Edition of Skyrim. When I go to install it, it wants to install Steam. Howaboutno.jpg. Is it morally right for me to just download a Steam-free version off TPB? I mean, I did buy it, so...

Why don't you get the MSDN 8.1 image and install it from USB? You can purchase keys on Microsoft.com, I'm sure.

The minimum system requirements are a Pentium III @ 700MHz, 256MB RAM, and a 32MB DirectX-compatible graphics card. And bear in mind it's being used as a server. I'm not planning on running the client on this hardware, though I doubt it'd run with any issues.

Apparently, Asheron's Call is going F2P later this year, after ~15 years of actually getting Turbine revenue. But don't take my word for it. I've played this game on and off since 2007, so this is pretty big for me. Gonna set up my Optiplex GX270 as the server when they release the software to...

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Yeah, that's the site I found too. Unfortunately it seems that none of the BSDs like working with ANY of my networking hardware. A darn shame, I really wanted to kick it around.

I've been having stability issues with x64 Chrome (and Chromium) under Ubuntu, so I've checked out FF again. Surprisingly, after some tweaks (and classic theme restorer, oldtabs, and a FF 2 theme...) it's running quite smoothly. I'm not having the issues that I did with Pale Moon, and everything...

Wow, thanks! Very generous of you. My birthday lies in the 2nd week of July, the 18th to be exact. I'll be leaving for Illinois to spend a couple weeks with my uncle in mid-August. It doesn't matter if you use higher speed RAM than the system is rated for unless you mix RAM speeds. The system...

I've heard BSD is what happens when programmers try to port Unix to x86, but that Linux is what happens when programmers try to write Unix for x86. I know that BSD is less modular than Linux, and is in general somewhat more difficult to use. Are there any real advantages to BSD? Linux's modular...

Same here, except I use a ProGlide. Got it for Christmas. I haven't had to change the blade yet, though with replacement cartridge prices I don't think I would if I had to. I'm starting to be able to grow a beard as fast as my dad, though it seems to be mostly only at my sideburns and under my...

Didn't you know that the internet is for porn? All kidding aside, that's hilarious. I still don't have anything that can do 1080p, but they have 4k porn now? About that poll, was I included in this or what? I'm 15, turning 16 next month, so I might be an outlier in the other direction.

About how long can one expect an SSD to last in somewhat normal use?

That would be awesome! I'll have to have a serious discussion with my dad about it though, last time it ended with "I don't send money to strangers."

There were three screws in the case, shorting out the motherboard. Shook it out, put the board back in, and all is well. Currently putting NetBSD 6.1.4 on it.

Yeah, I got really lucky with this one. Not a P4, Intel Graphics, SXGA model... DDR2 RAM... And it still works great to boot. I want to give it 2 GB RAM and at least an 80GB hard drive. I found the RAM on Amazon for $17, and the hard drive is a bit steeper at $40 so I'll hold off on the HDD and...

Sorry if it seems like I'm spamming, and in a way I guess I am, but I am reporting my findings as I find them. I took the hinge cover off and tightened the hinges. Still isn't perfect but it is miles better than what it was. At the same time I was confronted with the screws for holding the...

So yes, it does use a special adapter that is hellishly difficult to get off for the HDD. And yes, it only has 1 memory slot readily accessible -- populated with one 512MB stick, which tells me that either the rest of the RAM is soldered on (which doesn't make any sense to me) or is in another...

Wow. That is such bullcrap. BTW, I figured out that it doesn't have DDR-266 RAM like I thought it did, rather it has DDR2-533. I was shocked. Also, I saw the nForce2 name scrolling past during bootup, but it doesn't have that. It has an Intel 915G/GM, which steals some system RAM, making it...

From my grandma, who gave it to me because it was really slow. That and the fact that it was ~10 years old told her she needed to buy a new one. Apparently this model is notorious for having issues. The motherboard will occasionally get small cracks in it and cause severe instability. Which...

Yeah, I'd agree with you there. I've been finding that I can't have near as many tabs open on my P4 as I can the laptop, not just because the P4 is weaker, but it starts swapping to disk way too soon. I had my RAM half full if that and it slows to unusable speeds. Chrome here, occasionally IE...

Arch was confusing to set up... Mostly because I had to do everything by hand. I used the beginner's guide, which helped a lot. Setting up Ubuntu was easy and painless as always, though during its short run on the P4 I had go-arounds with GRUB because both HDDs were GPT. I had to wipe the whole...

Arch was confusing to set up... Mostly because I had to do everything by hand. I used the beginner's guide, which helped a lot. Setting up Ubuntu was easy and painless as always, though during its short run on the P4 I had go-arounds with GRUB because both HDDs were GPT. I had to wipe the whole...

After another reboot and playing with the volumes, it is working. Rhythmbox still crashes on trying to play songs on its first run of that boot cycle (all subsequent instances of the program execute without issue). I've tried clearing my library cache (/~/.local/Rhythmbox directory; proposed...

On my laptop, I now have a custom configured install of Ubuntu server with MATE and etc. Version is 14.04. I thought you guys could help me! I have the Alsa info right here: http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=40b5d306a3a1c2da439fbd89526f2c6a910b31c2 and I have tried uninstalling alsa-base and...

That'd be why I'd be setting it up on the ancient one. On another note, testing out a minimal install of Ubuntu server (Arch is good, very good; however, it can't handle .deb packages), had many go-rounds with the partitioner (I had to remove my GPT table on both drives, and start anew with an...

That Linux From Scratch thing is very interesting, perhaps I might take a crack at it over the summer. For now I think just getting Arch set up how I want it will be enough of a victory, though. Maybe the Linux From Scratch project will be the reason I keep that old 1.7GHz P4 around...

No, I did not. That right there is where I went wrong. I guess X.Org wasn't a listed prerequisite, as I was able to install the lightdm-gtk2-greeter and accountsservice packages without it. Needless to say that they wouldn't run without it though. Wow, that whole thing about LBAs went right...

...is one of the most difficult operating systems to set up and use in this day and age, period. But I did it. I won't lie, I had help from a tutorial, if that lessens the victory any. Installing everything had to be done through the CLI, and pacman saw a lot of use (and abuse). I had...

Maybe not literally, but we as students are very much pressured to take the higher education. And to get a higher education, unless you were born with the silver spoon in hand, you have to take out loans. It isn't like the 1980's anymore where if you had a job while you were in college you...

Well, you said it yourself. I wouldn't really notice a difference. The extra 3MB L2 cache would be beneficial, but honestly I don't feel it. I might as well stick with what I have and then just get an all new system when I find the funds. So, about 5-10 years from now. Eh, whatever, my uncle...

I applied, got accepted, did the testing, etc etc etc. I will actually technically be graduating high school a year later but with my associate's degree in hand. I did something called compass testing, maxed out the scale in english with a 99, did pretty good in pre-algebra with an 86, and...

Welcome to the family! Compared to all of the other guys, I'm rather new myself.

Any of you guys played it? It's from ~2002. Much more complex to play than Oblivion or Skyrim. Runs on a much more modest system too, but for the best quality you want something roundabout what you'd use for Oblivion. I used to not like it at all. It was slow, clunky, difficult, and a whole...

What does this have to do with computers, exactly? I mean, the General board isn't that hard to find... ... maybe I'm just tired...