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User 84201-Jun-15 3:37

User 8420

1-Jun-15 3:37

Many years ago after my last XP meltdown and before I bought my Mac - I joined the Ubuntu cult for about 18 months. There were ups and downs, trials and tribulations but at the end I decided I just wasn't cut out for that particular religion.

Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.

Mike Hankey1-Jun-15 3:43

Mike Hankey

1-Jun-15 3:43

Ditto...I still go to the altar now and again because I have an RaspberryPi and BBB and I have several sects on VMs but can't go main stream.

New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!

User 84201-Jun-15 3:47

User 8420

1-Jun-15 3:47

I still have an old Dell in the basement with Linux Mint installed. I power it up every month or two and let it update itself... not sure why. Unsure | :~

Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.

Mike Hankey1-Jun-15 3:55

Mike Hankey

1-Jun-15 3:55

Not sure why either but I start up my VMs every so often for the same reason!

New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!

Nagy Vilmos1-Jun-15 3:47

Nagy Vilmos

1-Jun-15 3:47

I was on various *nix for many years, but I went mainstream Windows in the late 90's. I am getting close to flipping back, it miffs me that much!

veni bibi saltavi

User 84201-Jun-15 3:53

User 8420

1-Jun-15 3:53

Nagy Vilmos wrote:
I am getting close to flipping back, it miffs me that much!

I completely understand.

Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.

Wastedtalent1-Jun-15 5:22

Wastedtalent

1-Jun-15 5:22

It's so tempting [I mean, what harm can it do right Confused | :confused:

] but I don't want to lose Windows Media Center.

Prepare To Meet They Doom (Again!)

KP Lee2-Jun-15 9:40

KP Lee

2-Jun-15 9:40

I'm not keeping current on acronyms. Now isn't this one unfortunate for the good doctor:
"Dr. Salem Foad is a rheumatologist in Cincinnati" I bet he came by it long before the common web usage did.

90823651-Jun-15 2:07

9082365

1-Jun-15 2:07

According to the caption of its "Eyewitness Picture Of The Day" the Guardian has learned of a whole new meaning to the words "thy destruction draweth near".

Quote:
Residents watch as mount Sinabung volcano erupts while travelling by public transport in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia

OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 2:16

1-Jun-15 2:16

Links help! I assume you mean this one: http://www.theguardian.com/world/picture/2015/may/31/eyewitness-sumatra-indonesia[^]

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

90823651-Jun-15 2:31

9082365

1-Jun-15 2:31

I'm not sure that links help at all in this case. All the pertinent information was included in my post - I didn't intend it as click bait; there's more than enough of that!

OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 2:39

1-Jun-15 2:39

I dunno - without the picture you get the impression of lemmings trying to tweet pictures of the wall of red hot lava that is about to engulf them.
With it...they're pretty safe at the moment, and likely to be using the only transport they can to GTFO of there! Laugh | :laugh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

90823651-Jun-15 3:22

9082365

1-Jun-15 3:22

Kinda missed the point though. The caption as written in the quote gives the impression that it is the volcano that is travelling by public transport! That was why I thought it worthy of mention.

James Lonero3-Jun-15 13:37

James Lonero

3-Jun-15 13:37

Cloudy with a chance of ash.

CDP18021-Jun-15 2:34

CDP1802

1-Jun-15 2:34

I also travel to work with public transportation every day and have not yet met a volcano there. I already wanted to get one of those[^] to protect myself from all kinds of viruses and diseases, but I will need something more resistant if I need to protect myself from travelling volcanos.

The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here

This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.

"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."

If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 2:40

1-Jun-15 2:40

That suit will not protect you from travelling volcanos.
However, in the times I have used public transport, they would have come in handy to protect from the other passengers... Unsure | :~

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

CDP18021-Jun-15 2:45

CDP1802

1-Jun-15 2:45

That was my intention, but I did not know that there may be travelling volcanos.

OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 2:50

GWX.exe: Get Windows 10 - Terrible Microsoft

1-Jun-15 2:50

Oh yes! Obligatory Dilbert[^]

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

newton.saber1-Jun-15 1:58

newton.saber

1-Jun-15 1:58

I saw a process I had never seen running on my PC called GWX.exe.
I googled and found two articles that explain the adware that microsoft seems to have installed via Windows Update. That is way too much, Microsoft. Way!

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-security/suspicious-new-folder-windirsystem32gwx/e3661a2f-93f5-4d7c-a83f-2fcc25ed7ac2[^]
You'll also see a suspicious folder related to the process at:
C:\Windows\System32\GWX

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2903005/operating-systems/what-we-don-t-know-about-mystery-windows-patch-kb-3035583.html#tk.rss_all[^]

Griff also mentions this so I guess it is driving everyone crazy.
http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/5067124/Oh-gawd-its-started.aspx[^]

EDIT: FYI --- Successful uninstall of the offending KB3035583
http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/5067374/Re-GWX-exe-Get-Windows-Terrible-Microsoft.aspx[^]

modified 1-Jun-15 8:52am.

CHill601-Jun-15 2:22

CHill60

1-Jun-15 2:22

Two elephanting instances of it when I just checked!

No wonder my system has been acting up.

*Reaches for the Domestos*

newton.saber1-Jun-15 2:27

newton.saber

1-Jun-15 2:27

I've just uninstalled update KB3035583 and I'm happy to report GWX.exe and the window in the tray are gone.
Yes, it takes a reboot. argh!!
Why didn't MS provide a simple uninstall?
You have to go to windows updates...find KB3035583 and all that.
The poor helpless user will not even know.

IMPORTANT

While typing this message Windows Update popped up and told me there is :
1 important update.

You got it, KB3035583. Terrible. Dead | X|

It is marked as update for Win x64. Nothing else. Mad | :mad:

OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 2:44

1-Jun-15 2:44

Even more annoyingly, if you do click on the windows flag and register...it doesn't go away. D'Oh! | :doh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

newton.saber1-Jun-15 2:50

newton.saber

1-Jun-15 2:50

Man, this thing is honestly terrible.

I went ahead and right-clicked the update and said "ignore" so I am no longer bothered by it.
Can't believe MS decided to be that intrusive.
Who owns this computer I work on anyway?
"...the rights to use Microsoft Windows..." I know I don't actually own the software just the license to use it. They can do whatever they want to me. Confused | :confused:

THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP!!! Big Grin | :-D

glennPattonWork31-Jun-15 2:23

glennPattonWork3

1-Jun-15 2:23

Microsoft are in danger of 'peaing' off the people who made it number one, since Gates left & Ballamer (?) took over they have been focused on trying to get the trendy web based Apple using crowd (no offense!) crowd to jump ship over to Windows which is why we have the cluster elephant of Win 8 & Win 8.1. The PC is a work machine, it does work, not a life style like Apple. That is why XP is still hanging around (personally I would still be using it, but my XP PC died! Sigh | :sigh:

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