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What did you say your account name was?
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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I run an i7 8GB laptop and today as it became evening I really noticed that the monitor was blazing bright.
I attempted to set my brightness and even though the onscreen meter shows it changing, it did not change. what?! obviously another MS Update FAILURE!!!
I went through youtube and the first solution to change the monitor option did not fix it.
So I had to watch another video and finally was able to determine that I had to solve it by installing old drivers which were fortunately still on my computer.
I cannot believe the waste of time that Microsoft creates with these JUNKY FORCED UPDATES!!
It's really terrible.
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Yeah it's like they're retarded now.
We just wasted 1/2 a day removing a February office update from customer's computers which royally horked word 2013.
We turned off the automatic corrupdates on the way out on each. Thank goodness they're not on 10 where this insanity can't be turned off.
I like to get paid and you're giving us work but sheesh Microsoft....
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Isnt that a problem of the new display driver?
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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KarstenK wrote: Isnt that a problem of the new display driver?
There you go again. Bringing logic into it. These are people who never let fact get in the way of a good rant, despite the fact that they're supposed to actually know something about computers. On the whole it's best to just stand well back and let them fizz out. Don't go poking the wasp's nest by saying stuff like you've just had your umpteenth successful automatic update without the slightest hitch. I did once, but I think I got away with it! 
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Yes that's exactly what it ended up being. Had to install an older version.
Before I installed the older version the monitor was at full brightness -- like staring at a lightbulb. 
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Simple: sunglasses...
You'll be the first to get that magical display-tan that is always desired this year...
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Joan Murt wrote: sunglasses
Great solution. I'll _look_ into a pair of those. 
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See previous rant: "What's wrong at Microsoft?" 
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Day 2 with my new phone. Sorry Windows phone, but you lose. Android on this phone is freaking awesome and this is a gorgeous phone.
This space for rent
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And then people say, Apple geeks are awkward for always embracing the new technology based on its design only. 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Or, in this case, because it feels better designed, faster and more responsive than the HTC M8 that I had before.
This space for rent
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Mind counting the sugar you had to add to the pile to get this beauty? 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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A lot cheaper than you might think. Samsung have a promotion on at the moment.
This space for rent
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Now, that's something unexpected!
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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What I'm wondering about is, what the reason to replace a two years old phone? Was it broken?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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It might as well have been. It was a truly horrible experience at the end. Each software update degraded the experience of the phone, bit by bit.
This space for rent
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Samsung seems to have issues with embedded software of their devices. In recent months there were countless complaints on the Amazon website that "upgrading" the embedded code of Samsung SSDs, completely ruined the devices. The bad part is that the SSDs out of the box worked fine, until they were upgraded.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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I felt the same way when I got my $50 Samsung Galaxy Core Prime (quadcore) running Android 4.4.
Just got it in December and I am still very happy with it.
Inexpensive, large screen, beautiful display and very responsive.
It Identifies Music
One thing I love is being at some eatery or store and a song is playing and I wonder what it is. I just say, "Ok Google, what is this song?" It tells me. 
modified 12-Mar-16 19:50pm.
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My wife has had a couple of Samsungs (Stratosphere and S4 Mini?) and liked them, but the screens seemed to degrade after just a year or two. Still, I'm suggesting she try the S7 Edge. She's due. She's mostly unsure about having such a large phone.
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Unlocked or through a provider? In the US, this thing will set you back $780 USD. True, it's buy one, get one free, but really - that's pretty pricey. But I'm a cheap guy, I use a phone for the phone. I get maybe 10 calls / month on my cell. Most are robo calls.
cg
I did look into trading in my phone. My S2 will get me a credit of $3.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Through a provider.
This space for rent
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Something that is bugging me about Windows 10 is that in File Explorer I can't seem to get rid of the pane on the right. Under the menu View, there is the option to select *either* of them, but it seems that there is no way to select *neither* of them. I like to use the Details view in the center pane along with the Navigation pane on the left, and generally like to have as much real estate as possible for the Details view, so that I can have lots of attributes displayed. Now, sometimes I do want to have that right pane, so I want a way to easily change it back & forth as I please.
Any ideas?
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Not sure what you are talking about??? Under View, I see the Preview and Details options but I can turn both off so that I have nothing to the right. The choices are either or neither.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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OK, I see that I need to simply click on selection to deselect it - it's like a hybrid checkbox/radio-button )i.e., a radio button that deselects when clicking on the current selection.)
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