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Comment You can Disable Windows 10 OS upgrades (Score 1) 221

by danwat1234 on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @06:59AM (#58187632) Attached to: New Study Shows Windows 10 Home Edition Users Are Baffled By Updates

You can disable Windows updates now, if you have an older build of Windows 10. Specifically, version 1703 which is build number 15063.1387 for me. With this version u can permanently disabled windows updates within Services. When the c:\Windows10Upgrade\ folder is inevitably created, remove ALL permissions so nothing can add files to it. Install Process Blocker and have it block C:\Windows10Upgrade\Windows10UpgraderApp.exe C:\windows\softwaredistribution\Download\randomcharacters\WindowsUpdateBox.exe C:\Windows\UpdateAssistantV2\Windows10Upgrade.exe C:\Windows\UpdateAssistant\Windows10Upgrade.exe There u go. Windows update permanently disabled and won't upgrade itself. Should work on the latest build of Windows 10 as well to block major upgrades,though patches will still install.

Comment Re:I see it coming... (Score 1) 419

by danwat1234 on Wednesday December 09, 2009 @09:46PM (#30383986) Attached to: Company Trains the Autistic To Test Software

I can see Sandra Bullock pole dancing now .. and chanting "WhoIs WhoIs WHOis!"

Comment Computer, What is the nature of the universe? (Score 1) 369

by danwat1234 on Monday March 09, 2009 @04:10AM (#27118723) Attached to: Wolfram Promises Computing That Answers Questions

"The universe is a spheroid region 705 meters in diameter"! I Can't believe nobody else has posted this!

Comment Re:Doesn't Make Economic Sense (Score 1) 769

by danwat1234 on Saturday March 07, 2009 @04:52AM (#27103129) Attached to: GM Cornered Into Defending the Volt

The emissions requirements for diesels in the US are increasing. Sorry, it's late, but it has something to do with new diesels having to have 'Urea' tanks, so Urea mixes in with the diesel exhaust to reduce sulfur or something else bad coming out of the tail pipe.. These increased emissions requirements for diesels in the US reduce the fuel efficiency advantage of diesel over a gas engine to a point where it is below ~~ (from my memory of the interview with Bob Lutz )10% advantage (Bob Lutz). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXA22Q0qXNM

Comment Re:Forget it (Score 1) 323

by danwat1234 on Wednesday March 04, 2009 @03:46AM (#27061831) Attached to: Open Source In Public K-12 Schools?

Clackamas Community College (CCC) in Oregon City Oregon are trying out Moodle in some online courses, and as learning aids for on-site courses, and may eventually replace Blackboard with Moodle in the future. My Calculus II class at this Junior College is on Moodle and we use it to ask and answer HW questions between class times.

Comment Re:Powers of 2 (Score 1) 454

by danwat1234 on Tuesday January 27, 2009 @03:09PM (#26626959) Attached to: WD's Monster 2TB Caviar Green Drive, Preview Test

NO, it IS 2,000 Gigabytes, and it is ~1800GiBiBites! The drive manufacture isn't lying to the people.

Comment Re:Won't happen (Score 1) 118

by danwat1234 on Saturday January 24, 2009 @10:39PM (#26594961) Attached to: Mozilla Labs Wants To Monitor (Volunteers') Firefox Use

pornhub.com FTW!

Comment Re:Congestion? (Score 1) 177

by danwat1234 on Saturday January 24, 2009 @01:52PM (#26590203) Attached to: Comcast's Congestion Catch-22

I too received a letter a while back, I don't remember if they upgraded me from 4 to 8 or 4 to 12Mb/s, but they did also double the upload rate to mid 80KB/s instead of 42KB/s. Good for me and Utorrent.

Comment Re:Main mistake they made? (Score 0, Redundant) 587

by danwat1234 on Friday January 16, 2009 @06:38PM (#26489917) Attached to: Circuit City Closes Its Doors For Good

"That pretty much sums it up. The only reason to go to a Circuit City was to avoid crowds." Just like Safeway. Winco Foods FTW!

Submission + - Hitachi Introduces World's 1st 500GB 2.5 Inch HDD (xuecast.com) 1

Submitted by

XueCast

on Thursday January 03, 2008 @05:11PM

XueCast writes: "Today, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has just announced that they currently are preparing to release the world's first half Terabyte 2.5 inch Hard Disk Drive units in February 2008. The new 500GB HDD units will be released as a part of Hitachi's popular portable HDD family, the Travelstar. Hitachi will release two models of these new Travelstar HDD units, the 5K500 and the E5K500. Travelstar 5K500 HDD units will be released first in February and they will be cheaper but will have less features than their E5K500 counterparts, which will see the store shelves later in the mid 2008."

Submission + - 500-fold growth in space comms squeezes SETI@home (networkworld.com) 3

Submitted by

coondoggie

on Thursday January 03, 2008 @01:08PM

coondoggie writes: "The longest-running search for radio signals from alien civilizations is receiving 500 times more data from an upgraded telescope and better frequency coverage than project planners anticipated, meaning the SETI@home project is in dire need of more desktop computers to help crunch the data. New, more sensitive receivers on the world's largest radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, and better frequency coverage are generating 500 times more data for the project than before, project leaders said in a release. SETI@home software has been upgraded to deal with this new data as the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) enters a new era and offers a new opportunity for those who want to help find other civilizations in the universe. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/23469"

Submission + - Hitachi releases half-terabyte notebook drive (computerworld.com) 5

Submitted by

Lucas123

on Thursday January 03, 2008 @11:14AM

Lucas123 writes: "Hitachi has released its Travelstar 5K500 2.5-inch disk drive that has 500GB capacity and spins at 5,400 rpm with a 3Gbit/sec Serial Advanced Technology Attachment interface. At the same time, Asus announced a 1TB laptop that incorporates two 500GB drives. The Asus M70 will be launched at CES next week. It comes optionally equipped with a digital/analog TV tuner and video recording capability. The Hitachi will be available in February for about $350 for a 400GB version and about $400 for a 500GB version."

Submission + - RIAA getting agressive (foxnews.com)

Submitted by

Agent__Smith

on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @06:50PM

Agent__Smith writes: "According to Foxnews.com the RIAA may soon be going after users that are ripping any file from any CD. This applies even if you own the CD and are ripping one copy to your own computer for your own use on an iPod or other MP3 player... There is a case in Arizona right now testing the water for future cases... This could get ugly and very expensive. So much for fair use."

Submission + - Winutuxu - Is it Windows XP? is it Ubuntu?

Submitted by LiquidNitrogen on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @02:58AM

LiquidNitrogen writes: Previously discussed on UbuntuForums, Winutuxu is now making rounds on the internet as a heavily cracked though full working copy of windows XP SP2 with Ubuntu Human Theme built right in the OS. Winutuxu also comes with a number of open source applications pre-installed. Check out some of the screenshots of Winutuxu.

Submission + - RIAA Suing User for Copying CDs to Hard Drive 2

Submitted by

tigerhawkvok

on Saturday December 29, 2007 @11:18PM

tigerhawkvok writes: "Everyone has some gripe about the the RIAA. Well, here's one that we can all partake in, more than usual: The RIAA has officially started suing people for copying CDs to their hard drive. Yes. You read that right. They want you to fill up your PMPs with just content downloaded from their label websites, Microsoft's marketplace, iTunes, or what have you. No CDs allowed.
No, this is not just the famous side-comment of "when an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." Copying a song you bought is "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy' " as said by the Sony/BMG chick. This is an actual lawsuit.

This disgusting trend brought to your attention courtesy Engadget."

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