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Hey guys. Today, when I was using my laptop in the morning, everything was fine; nothing out of the ordinary. When I logged off, windows had to install some "important updates" - this happens all the time. I believe it got to stage 2/3 then shut down. This is normal too - it would normally just do stage 3 at startup next time I booted. However, here's what happened... I logged on and it took a little while longer than usual to get to the login screen, and it never showed an update screen at all. Then, here's the scary part: when I got to the desktop, I noticed that the taskbar was windows 98-style, rather than the see-through (aero?) style that my Vista Home Premium (SP2) machine usually has. In fact, all my windows and stuff displays in "windows classic." Also, there was a popup message at startup (from the lower right corner of my desktop) saying that something had failed to connect (or something like that, the message went away too fast for me to see) and also something about since I'm an administrator I can see what went wrong. I tried to click the message but it just faded away and I could do nothing to bring it back. "Okay, I'll just go to preferences and switch back to aero!", I thought. Not so - aero's gone!!!! In preferences I only have the classic themes and high-contrast themes to choose from; none of the modern ones are there! I don't know what went wrong, the only logical explanation is that something happened with the Windows Update. The last time I downloaded something was a few days ago, and they were trusted files, and I noticed nothing until the update. My AV (AVG) is up to date and hasn't given me any warnings or anything. I don't think (or don't want to think!) that this is a virus - my computer is just as slow as it usually is. However, this removal of the newer themes has got me rattled, to say the least. Does anyone have any ideas? Sorry for writing so much. Thanks! -- .Yellow1996.( ЬMИED¡) 01:38, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
i have version 8.0 and the mozilla support page on reseting firefox offers an inaccurate answer. also, does the probability of getting a captcha depend open how much one edits? thanks, 70.114.248.114 ( talk) 01:53, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
sorry, i didnt phrase the questen well. i want to reset firefox (version 8.0), and this page does'nt have an acurate answer, posibly because i have an outdated version. 70.114.248.114 ( talk) 19:46, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
I would like to evaluate a few hardware/software configurations for a web server, under different load profiles. The web server software I'm thinking of trying includes Apache HTTP Server, Nginx, and lighttpd. What are some good, free tools for the job? I'm looking for recommendations on both web server performance measurement tools and test load generation tools. Thanks. -- 173.49.10.42 ( talk) 04:38, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
I don't think it's just me that has an issue with this video on YouTube. What causes the audio and the video to be out of synch like this? Dismas| (talk) 06:23, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
What are the pros/cons to having a 64-bit CPU in a mobile device as opposed to 32-bit? Mobile devices have much less than 4GB of RAM. I thought 64-bit was more complex and therefore less energy efficient than 32bit. -- 208.185.21.102 ( talk) 16:46, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
I know it can be done pretty easily and well now, there's plenty of programs out there to do it professionally, even automatically, but I'm wondering, does anyone know of programs that can do it free and yet still easy to use? it's only for a little bit of fun, so doesn't need to be the best quality, but I don't really want to have to pay for something I'll use once or twice then forget.
thank you,
213.104.128.16 ( talk) 18:49, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
when i went to a video, the video window said "plugin missing", and did nothing else. i uninstalled adobe flash player (did not reinstalled it). now when i go to a video, sometimes it plays fine, other times it says "plugin missing". i think it plays only when there are no ads (excluding the video links in yellow at the top.) i have Firefox 8.0, the only enabled plugin is Microsoft silverlight. i have windows 7 ultimate (unknown service pack). how might i fix this? thank you, 70.114.248.114 ( talk) 21:03, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
This book, page 146, has a PD-old image of the Hiram Bell Farmstead which I'd like to upload — but how? I can do a screenshot, but I'd like to use a better method if possible. Nyttend ( talk) 21:44, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
My existing PC is in the process of dying, so I'll need to replace it.
I am really not very fond of Windows 7. It seems to make everything I want to do ether harder or impossible. Indeed I have several 16-bit applications that I like & use a lot.
Is it possible to get a new PC and then install old XP on it? If so, what constraints are there on the PC? I presume it would have to NOT be a 64-bit machine. Does XP support SATA disks? What else? -- SGBailey ( talk) 22:10, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
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Welcome to the Wikipedia Computing Reference Desk Archives |
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Hey guys. Today, when I was using my laptop in the morning, everything was fine; nothing out of the ordinary. When I logged off, windows had to install some "important updates" - this happens all the time. I believe it got to stage 2/3 then shut down. This is normal too - it would normally just do stage 3 at startup next time I booted. However, here's what happened... I logged on and it took a little while longer than usual to get to the login screen, and it never showed an update screen at all. Then, here's the scary part: when I got to the desktop, I noticed that the taskbar was windows 98-style, rather than the see-through (aero?) style that my Vista Home Premium (SP2) machine usually has. In fact, all my windows and stuff displays in "windows classic." Also, there was a popup message at startup (from the lower right corner of my desktop) saying that something had failed to connect (or something like that, the message went away too fast for me to see) and also something about since I'm an administrator I can see what went wrong. I tried to click the message but it just faded away and I could do nothing to bring it back. "Okay, I'll just go to preferences and switch back to aero!", I thought. Not so - aero's gone!!!! In preferences I only have the classic themes and high-contrast themes to choose from; none of the modern ones are there! I don't know what went wrong, the only logical explanation is that something happened with the Windows Update. The last time I downloaded something was a few days ago, and they were trusted files, and I noticed nothing until the update. My AV (AVG) is up to date and hasn't given me any warnings or anything. I don't think (or don't want to think!) that this is a virus - my computer is just as slow as it usually is. However, this removal of the newer themes has got me rattled, to say the least. Does anyone have any ideas? Sorry for writing so much. Thanks! -- .Yellow1996.( ЬMИED¡) 01:38, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
i have version 8.0 and the mozilla support page on reseting firefox offers an inaccurate answer. also, does the probability of getting a captcha depend open how much one edits? thanks, 70.114.248.114 ( talk) 01:53, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
sorry, i didnt phrase the questen well. i want to reset firefox (version 8.0), and this page does'nt have an acurate answer, posibly because i have an outdated version. 70.114.248.114 ( talk) 19:46, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
I would like to evaluate a few hardware/software configurations for a web server, under different load profiles. The web server software I'm thinking of trying includes Apache HTTP Server, Nginx, and lighttpd. What are some good, free tools for the job? I'm looking for recommendations on both web server performance measurement tools and test load generation tools. Thanks. -- 173.49.10.42 ( talk) 04:38, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
I don't think it's just me that has an issue with this video on YouTube. What causes the audio and the video to be out of synch like this? Dismas| (talk) 06:23, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
What are the pros/cons to having a 64-bit CPU in a mobile device as opposed to 32-bit? Mobile devices have much less than 4GB of RAM. I thought 64-bit was more complex and therefore less energy efficient than 32bit. -- 208.185.21.102 ( talk) 16:46, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
I know it can be done pretty easily and well now, there's plenty of programs out there to do it professionally, even automatically, but I'm wondering, does anyone know of programs that can do it free and yet still easy to use? it's only for a little bit of fun, so doesn't need to be the best quality, but I don't really want to have to pay for something I'll use once or twice then forget.
thank you,
213.104.128.16 ( talk) 18:49, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
when i went to a video, the video window said "plugin missing", and did nothing else. i uninstalled adobe flash player (did not reinstalled it). now when i go to a video, sometimes it plays fine, other times it says "plugin missing". i think it plays only when there are no ads (excluding the video links in yellow at the top.) i have Firefox 8.0, the only enabled plugin is Microsoft silverlight. i have windows 7 ultimate (unknown service pack). how might i fix this? thank you, 70.114.248.114 ( talk) 21:03, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
This book, page 146, has a PD-old image of the Hiram Bell Farmstead which I'd like to upload — but how? I can do a screenshot, but I'd like to use a better method if possible. Nyttend ( talk) 21:44, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
My existing PC is in the process of dying, so I'll need to replace it.
I am really not very fond of Windows 7. It seems to make everything I want to do ether harder or impossible. Indeed I have several 16-bit applications that I like & use a lot.
Is it possible to get a new PC and then install old XP on it? If so, what constraints are there on the PC? I presume it would have to NOT be a 64-bit machine. Does XP support SATA disks? What else? -- SGBailey ( talk) 22:10, 16 August 2013 (UTC)