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CodeWraith wrote: I know, it's a strange idea, but there are computers that can operate on batteries.
In the old days, we even had information that was available without either electric power or internet connection.
If my memory is correct, that kind of information was called "books" or "magazines". In my basement, I might be able to find a few of them - and I really should: I should refresh some of my old, worn knowledge that has more or less worn off since.
I might even find newer "books" that I have bought, planning to learn new stuff, but never got around to study them. Maybe a handful of hours is not enough for a deep study, but it could make a good start.
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Par for the course. We were fortunate in have ours changed while we were having an extension built so the house was in chaos anyway. I switched the monitor on when they first installed it, but since we were already fairly controlled with our usage it didn't tell us anything much. Oh, and don't forget if you switch suppliers it will probably stop working. 
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I'm assured that it's the newer type - SMETS2 - which don't stop working.
And at the moment, I'm not sure there are enough companies left to switch to - the switching company I use has said they aren't recommending anyone for the foreseeable future as it's all just too volatile.
This is the second or third time a supplier has gone bust on me ... I can't help feeling that as a country we should have stayed with a single national supplier instead of feeding a lot of greedy middle men into the delivery process ... but that gets dangerously political so I'll stop there.
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OriginalGriff wrote: This is the second or third time a supplier has gone bust on me ... I can't help feeling that as a country we should have stayed with a single national supplier instead of feeding a lot of greedy middle men into the delivery process
Totally agree, it was always a bit "smoke and mirrors". But, EU competition rules ...
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OriginalGriff wrote: he'll be there between 8 and 12
You hope.
When I had my meter upgraded, the first appointment was scheduled for a Friday afternoon. I got a call 45 minutes after the end of the scheduled time-slot to tell me that they wouldn't be turning up due to "an emergency". Which I took to mean "There's a pint down the pub with my name on it; screw you!" 
They rescheduled, but I had to join the back of the queue again, since they didn't want to disrupt anyone else's appointment by doing mine first.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Yeah ... I tried a couple of years ago, and got a call on the day before to say "OK if I'm a little early?" which I took as a good sign until he decided that he didn't have a dual rate smart meter in stock and would have to reschedule. Never heard from him again ... and the company went bust a few months later.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Time to get a good UPS for your systems.
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OriginalGriff wrote: ...a sparkling new smart meter...
The power companies push these new meters as a way of saving costs by not having to have personnel go out and read meters (which sometimes have to be re-read). Then, not surprisingly, you end up with a larger bill from that point forward because it costs money to have technology. Sometimes I despise tech.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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We had a delivery this week. 8 packages. They said 1 of 8 was scheduled for Wednesday, but then texted to say it'll actually be Monday. 8 large packages (OK, it's a home gym setup) and not something that would be left on the doorstep, so I had to be home, so cancel my very busy social schedule. (I'm kidding. I have no life).
Late Monday I get a text saying it'll be delivered Tuesday. So I don't go shopping. I don't hop on the bike in the garage for an hour in case they knock. I don't take a shower. OK, I don't take a shower again.
Text late in the day saying it'll arrive Wednesday.
So I'm kicking back Wednesday. I do an indoor training ride. I perform my ablutions. I even get some work done. And just as I have a fresh coffee, a cookie, and the first small break in a week to just sit...they rock up.
At least, given the state of the trucking industry in Canada these days, my delivery actually arrived.
As did 3 Christmas cards from friends in Australia.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Hello all,
An industrial software I pay the license for, will expire in 2 days.
Reactivating the product is automatic, but moving it to another computer / OS takes +/- 2 weeks (as it is a manual process which involves emails...).
This makes this weekend a good moment to upgrade to Windows 11.
In this case... is it good to update the current windows 10 installation or should I really make a fresh install of it?
Any experience with that?
Thank you all!
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As a rule, I prefer to upgrade O/Ses with a fresh install. That ensures that any incompatibilities with the old O/S don't affect me. It's also a good way to get rid of the junk that accumulates in any O/S over time - I only reinstall the software I need.
I don't know how this would affect the license for your software. Does the software rely on a license file present on the disk? In which case, upgrading the O/S may be the only option.
The manufacturers of the software should probably be able to advise you better.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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For me, the upgrade went smoothly, but attempts to do a clean install failed: the upgrade says my machine supports Win 11, the clean install says it doesn't ...
I may try again soon - I haven't for a couple of weeks.
I'd have to say though: from a user perspective it's not ready yet: the taskbar is feature poor compared to Win10, and not all the new stuff obeys the rules. For example the new Windows Explorer doesn't show the active app title bar in the right colour, and so. If I had the choice, I'd stay with Win 10 until SP1 (which is normally the first non-beta MS software version anyway...)
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Calling it Windows 11 is just marketing BS.
It is Windows 10.0.22000 - not even 10.1. Which makes sense as it is just a changes to the UI layer, teams being added as bloatware, WSL2 now running UI apps, and and a few other minor tings - nothing justifying much of a jump in version numbers. It is natural progression of features + "let's change the UI because... ehh.... let's change the UI".
So make your decision the same way as if it was Windows 10.
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Always clean start. Gives a chance to clean up those files and their n! backups I would never need again.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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I'm sure that you'll do this anyway, but it makes no harm to remind you (or anyone else ion the same position)
Whichever route you take ...
Backup first or clone existing setup to another disk.
I found W11 installed OK and, apart from a few foibles, is quite usable and I decided not to revert back to W10. Admittedly, this was on a brand new PC as I took the plunge to get a new one as the old one couldn't even take the last year's W10 updates (it had been a bare PC which I had installed W7 when it first came out).
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I got a new Dell laptop last week, and while it came with Win 10, it was also prepped for Win 11. I spent some time getting rid of the crapware first (wasn't too bad), before starting. Overall went well doing it this way.
Main advantage I think, was I didn't need to re-install those proprietary Dell drivers. Everything went pretty smoothly. So now working to install dev tools and current projects.
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So my rig died, and I'm going through the process of moving over files from it that I want to keep, deleting everything else. (I'm using a little widget that holds the old hard drive, making into in essence an external drive.) It seems that in Program Files / Common Files, there are some files there that won't let me delete, saying that I need permission from a "TrustedInstaller".
How do I get around this stupid restriction?
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When you're sure you've got everything you want (which is entirely another issue), nuke it (format with fill at the very least) or physically smash it.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Take ownership of the files on the drive. google has info on this.
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If you have everything you want, boot a live USB and mount it to delete stuff. I just drill 2 holes down through the housing and disks and put them in the electronic recycle bin.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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swampwiz wrote: How do I get around this stupid restriction?
The stupid is there to protect you.
Apologize.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I had a support case with unexpected crash in a WPF app. Took ages to find out that the user had punched through all of this to replace a system DLL in the Windows System32 folder because his Flight Simulator would not work with the new version provided in Windows 10.
So we need even more stupid 
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Stupidity is never excusable. If anything, stupid shall not be placed in any significant role.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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den2k88 wrote: If anything, stupid shall not be placed in any significant role
Like, say, government? 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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That was my source of inspiration, yes.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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