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An unimaginably heavy Windows user+programmer ever since 1989.
On 2019-07-26 12:12 a.m., Jeff-Relf.Me@. wrote:
Rene replied ( to me ): You shouldn't worry about me. Not to fear, I won't spend any time worrying about you. What's your beef with me ? No beef, I just think you're a little unwrapped. Why are you in Hangzhou ? Not, Winnipeg. Why are you running an ancient computer ? Z390, i7 8700, is that ancient enough to qualify? Rene |
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I must've been hallucinating.
On 2019-07-26 11:01 a.m., Jeff-Relf.Me@. wrote:
Rene replied ( to me ): Why are you running such an ancient computer ? Z390, i7 8700, is that ancient enough to qualify ? Sorry, I must've been hallucinating. What's your beef with me ? No beef, I just think you're a little unwrapped. Who isn't ? No problem. Rene |
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Better hardware doesn't always improve bad software.
On 2019-07-27, Jeff-Relf.Me @. Jeff-Relf.Me@ wrote:
I wrote: I'll be getting my new 150$ video card tomorrow, so I can run 4K at 60 Hz, instead of 30 Hz ( i.e. HDMI 2.0B, instead of 1.4 ). The test will be to see how jumpy the scrolling is, in the Task Manager ( I don't play complex video games ). If there's no improvement, then I'll return the card. Hopefully, that won't happen. https://Amazon.COM/gp/product/B07QR2YFTX I think I'll keep it, especially after running through the (scary) tests at "TestUFO.COM". Task Manager's scrolling still looks like crap; but there's probably nothing I can do about it; no big deal. Better hardware doesn't always improve bad software. In Zoom Player, MadVR now works, especially with LAV; so 4k 60 fps videos Play/FastForward better than they did before. My LAV Video Decoder has more optimization options now, CPU usage is way down. My video editor, OpenShot, probably works better now; but I haven't tested it. BackLight bleeding is much, much worse now, for some reason; 50% Contrast with 50% Brightness seems to work best now. Brightness is way up. Video game animation looks better. The GTX 1650 Aero ITX card doesn't fit properly in my Micro ATX box; but, after removing the backplate, it sorta fits. I ran "ctTune" ( ClearType Tuner ) again. Why haven't you bought 1660, much better than that crap. -- press any key to continue or any other to quit... U ničemu ja ne uživam kao u svom statusu INVALIDA -- Zli Zec Na divljem zapadu i nije bilo tako puno nasilja, upravo zato jer su svi bili naoruzani. -- Mladen Gogala |
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Better hardware doesn't always improve bad software.
Jeff-Relf.Me @. wrote:
I wrote: I'll be getting my new 150$ video card tomorrow, so I can run 4K at 60 Hz, instead of 30 Hz ( i.e. HDMI 2.0B, instead of 1.4 ). The test will be to see how jumpy the scrolling is, in the Task Manager ( I don't play complex video games ). If there's no improvement, then I'll return the card. Hopefully, that won't happen. https://Amazon.COM/gp/product/B07QR2YFTX I think I'll keep it, especially after running through the (scary) tests at "TestUFO.COM". Task Manager's scrolling still looks like crap; but there's probably nothing I can do about it; no big deal. Better hardware doesn't always improve bad software. In Zoom Player, MadVR now works, especially with LAV; so 4k 60 fps videos Play/FastForward better than they did before. My LAV Video Decoder has more optimization options now, CPU usage is way down. My video editor, OpenShot, probably works better now; but I haven't tested it. BackLight bleeding is much, much worse now, for some reason; 50% Contrast with 50% Brightness seems to work best now. Brightness is way up. Video game animation looks better. The GTX 1650 Aero ITX card doesn't fit properly in my Micro ATX box; but, after removing the backplate, it sorta fits. I ran "ctTune" ( ClearType Tuner ) again. Backlight bleed is a function of the optical solution used for illumination. Some monitors use "edge" lighting. The illumination LEDs are along one edge. A piece of plastic spreads the light from the edge mounted sources. This means light leakage from that mechanism, can give a "hot" edge to the panel. The solution, then, is to find a different means of distributing the light. The "Edge" method is the lazy way of doing it (like falling off a log). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED-backlit_LCD Edge-lit LEDs LEDs form a line around the rim of the screen, with a special diffusion panel (light guide) to spread the light evenly behind the screen Direct LED full array LEDs form an array directly behind the screen at equally spaced intervals Some Edge-lit panels, only have LEDs along one edge. I found a picture of the light guide where someone had taken apart a panel. ******* Task Manager is nothing special. It has not been granted any super-powers. It runs under the management of DWM like everything else. And I don't think the special effects settings has anything to help. https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dows-10-a.html There's probably at least one "smooth scrolling" special effect, but it doesn't do what you think it does. It would slow down the scroll, because it attempts to do it a row of pixels at a time. And it is likely to have a pretty miserable scroll throttle on it. The scroll you see now, should do the scrolling with multiple rows of pixels per move. Also, something you should be aware of, is there is an issue with the Windows NVidia driver, where (somehow) the driver affects the smoothness of the "juggling balls" animation during boot. This did not use to be a problem with the ATI video card I had, but the newer NVidia card has a problem. And it doesn't appear they're interested in fixing it either. Once boot is finished, it's no longer a problem. In Windows, the scrolling of a window is charged against 3D shaders. It seems shaders have something to do with it. You can see this in Task Manager, where the GPU resources are displayed. If you flip over to the process view, scroll a bit, then flip over to GPU utilization, you can see some "blips" in the 3D chart where the video card helped with the scrolling. ******* Your monitor could have dynamic backlighting, Without dynamic backlighting, the panel might have a contrast ratio of 1000:1. With dynamic backlighting, when the screen is dark, they turn down the LEDs so that the "black looks blacker". And the effective contrast ratio is 1000000:1. People doing Photoshop work, switch off dynamic contrast (in the monitor OSD). If using a Spyder, you calibrate the monitor with the lighting "fixed". This gives reproducible results from one picture to the next. The dynamic option is typically used for video, and makes movies look better. With the dark theme on your screen, it might trigger dynamic contrast, but I don't know how good the video detector is, and whether the dynamic effect only triggers for video content or not. LED backlighting solutions should have a tremendous adjustment range. Unlike CCFL, they have no limitations on intensity. Using PWM (pulse width modulation), you keep the current flow at a high level, and vary the percentage of the time that current is applied. The PWM clock could be running at 25KHz. Frequencies like that are selected so the power circuits are not audible to humans. Paul |
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Windows Update never works for me.
KenW wrote:
Are you running 10 ? No, I' using Windows 8.1, but what I wrote in my response(s) to Jeff is also applicable to Windows 10. BTW, quoting *some* context wouldn't go astray! :-) |
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Windows Update never works for me.
[N.B. alt.windows7.general added. Please remove it when not relevant for
your post.] Paul wrote: KenW wrote: Are you running 10 ? KenW The header is quite a mouthful. tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-6.3-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2 I think he... is using a computer. Exactly! My posts are best viewed using a computer and your eyes open. Paul of course knows this, but some might not: NT-6.3 == Windows 8.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_Windows_versions The 'i686' bit is not really meaningful. Probably it's the minimum x86 architecture generation, needed to run tin (my newsreader). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P6_(microarchitecture) Note "20030910"! Makes one wonder why some people in alt.windows7.general are worried about their programs not running on post-7 when they have to abandon their 7 systems! :-) Nearly 16 years old, not bad hey!? |
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Windows Update never works for me.
In message , Frank Slootweg
writes: [] The 'i686' bit is not really meaningful. Probably it's the minimum x86 architecture generation, needed to run tin (my newsreader). [] I find it difficult to believe tin - a console-based client, IIRR - needs a '686! I think I have memories of using it on a dumb character-mode terminal to a mainframe (might have been a VAX). -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "If even one person" arguments allow the perfect to become the enemy of the good, and thus they tend to cause more harm than good. - Jimmy Akins quoted by Scott Adams, 2015-5-5 |
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Windows Update never works for me.
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
Frank Slootweg writes: [] *The 'i686' bit is not really meaningful. Probably it's the minimum x86 architecture generation, needed to run tin (my newsreader). [] I find it difficult to believe tin - a console-based client, IIRR - needs a '686! I think I have memories of using it on a dumb character-mode terminal to a mainframe (might have been a VAX). Tin continues to be updated/ developed by Urs Janssen; most recent stable 2.4.3 on 2018 Dec. It (in some version) has been compiled for dozens of platforms including 3 different cygwin/s, i586, i686, and x86_64. It would be 'easiest' to get the cygwin (2.11.2) for the current 2.4.3 64 bit; the aready compileds for the i586 and i686 are pre-1.4 (1999) and 2.20 (2013) resp. -- Mike Easter |
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Windows Update never works for me.
In message , Mike Easter
writes: J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: Frank Slootweg writes: [] *The 'i686' bit is not really meaningful. Probably it's the minimum x86 architecture generation, needed to run tin (my newsreader). [] I find it difficult to believe tin - a console-based client, IIRR - needs a '686! I think I have memories of using it on a dumb character-mode terminal to a mainframe (might have been a VAX). Tin continues to be updated/ developed by Urs Janssen; most recent Ah, I didn't know that. stable 2.4.3 on 2018 Dec. It (in some version) has been compiled for dozens of platforms including 3 different cygwin/s, i586, i686, and x86_64. It would be 'easiest' to get the cygwin (2.11.2) for the current 2.4.3 64 bit; the aready compileds for the i586 and i686 are pre-1.4 (1999) and 2.20 (2013) resp. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf I hate people who quote Shakespeare at you but are proud that they can't add up. Stupid People. - Carol Vorderman (Radio Times, 1-7 March 2003) |
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Windows Update never works for me.
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:
In message , Frank Slootweg writes: [] The 'i686' bit is not really meaningful. Probably it's the minimum x86 architecture generation, needed to run tin (my newsreader). [] I find it difficult to believe tin - a console-based client, IIRR - needs a '686! I think I have memories of using it on a dumb character-mode terminal to a mainframe (might have been a VAX). Yeah, bad wording on my side. What I meant is that the (Cygwin) tin executable which *I* happen to have, needs that minimum architecture. (Cygwin is a Linux-like environment on (MS-)Windows.) And indeed, I also started using tin "on a dumb character-mode terminal to a mainframe". In my case under HP-UX (UNIX) on a real computer, not a VAX! :-) Later on HP-UX workstations with things like xterm/hpterm instead of a dumb terminal. As Mike Easter mentioned, Cygwin versions of tin are available for i586, i686 and x86_64. But on other OSs, the requirement can be as low as i386. Full details at http://www.tin.org/builds.html. As Mike explained, tin is still actively maintained. I just 'happen' to have/use a very old version ("If it ain't broken, ..."). For all you ever wanted to know about tin: http://www.tin.org |
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Updates stalled.
Thanks, where is the 1903 install iso found? I had used the purchased Win10 pro disk for original installation. https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/soft...load/windows10 Change the en-ca to your own localization. If you visit that site from WinXP or Linux, you get just an ISO file, and the ISO file is too big for single layer media (at least for the most common x64 disc). It has 11 OS versions, and the 64 bit one is 4,939,528,192 bytes. Visiting the site from Vista+, gives you a stub downloader called "MediaCreationTool1903.exe". This means the website changes its response, based on whether it thinks your OS has .NET to support the EXE file. If you want to know what the media you bought consists of, you open the sources folder of the disc, and there is an "install.wim" (or install.esd) on there. If you use a modern version of 7ZIP, it can look inside the install.wim. Inside you will see one folder per OS version (Home,Pro,Workstation...). In addition, there is an XML file also in the list, and that XML file can be opened in Notepad. There are text strings in the XML file, describing what OS versions are in the folders. So that's how you tell both the numeric version plus the text name of the OSes in there. The MediaCreationTool can make a USB stick boot device, or can make a DVD or can save as an ISO. The MediaCreationTool version has 7 OSes on it, and both the x86 and x64 discs fit on single layer media. Since each MediaCreationTool ISO downloaded is unique (different date stamp), there's no point in comparing checksums. Not even the size might be the same (could be off a few bytes). THis will give some idea on the size. Win10-64bit-mediacreation-1903-7OSes.iso 3,967,483,904 bytes Win10-32bit-mediacreation-1903-7OSes.iso 2,894,200,832 bytes Paul Thanks Paul, I'm afraid I entered panic mode & took the computer to the fixit shop. They seemed familiar with the problem because someone comes in with it about once/month. Anyway they fixed it somehow, but they would not say how they did it. I asked several times at/in various ways but always they were cagey about it. They gave the usual explanation about viruses/loose conections/ electricity power variations, errant programs etc. Still, it's fixed, and they said they could fix it any time. It seems I have to do checkups before backups lest I backup the faults as well! |
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Windows Update never works for me.
Windows Update never works for me; when I try to use it,
it's ultra-miserable, with MULTIPLE SLOW, FAILING REBOOTS. So I think it's best to never use it; I turn off those services. Downloading 1903, for example, works well enough for me; it takes an hour or so to set up correctly afterwards, but it's not too bad. I have to rename the "Documents" folder back to "Sys", as that's what I always call it. Unless+Until I do that, many programs can't find my settings. I think I have to restore from my backups, at times. Also, I have to re-take ownership of "DefaultMediaCost" -Manually-, [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\DefaultMediaCost] Re-Merge-In my settings ( Jeff-Relf.Me/Win10.REG.TXT ), check for updates, ReBoot. Also, I have to re-format all of my File-Explorer folders, so they look the way I want -- very annoying. |
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1903-type updates destroy some of my settings.
KenW replied ( to me ):
I have to rename the "Documents" folder back to "Sys", as that's what I always call it. Unless+Until I do that, many programs can't find my settings. Win 10 does not like that. I run that way all the time, no problems; a 1903-type updates destroy some of my settings, but I can live with it. From "Jeff-Relf.Me/Win10.REG.TXT": ; SystemWide Environment Variables: ; HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Environment ; "TMP"="%SystemRoot%\\Tmp" ; Reqires a ReBoot. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Volatile Environment] "USERPROFILE"="c:\\__\\Sys" "HOMEPATH"="c:\\__\\Sys" "APPDATA"="c:\\__\\Sys\\AppData" "LOCALAPPDATA"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData" ; Switch SysFolders to Short, Friendly Paths, all under "C:\__" ( Home ). ; ; First, "RightClick Properties - Location - Move" each special folder. ; Make Sure "MyDocumentsLocation", "Shell Folders"/"Personal", ; and "User Shell Folders"/"Personal" ( below ) agree with each other. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\ 15.0] "MyDocumentsLocation"="C:\\__\\Sys" "VisualStudioLocation"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\Micr osoft\\VisStudio" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders] "Personal"="C:\\__\\Sys" "{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}"="c:\\__\\Sys" "{A520A1A4-1780-4FF6-BD18-167343C5AF16}"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\LocalLow" "Startup"="C:\\__\\Startup" "SendTo"="C:\\__\\SendTo" "AppData"="c:\\__\\Sys\\AppData" "Local AppData"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData" "Local Settings"="C:\\__\\Sys" "Local AppDataLow"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\LocalLow" "Cache"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\IE-Tmp" "Desktop"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\Desktop" "PrintHood"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\PrintHood" "NetHood"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\NetHood" "Cookies"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\Cookies" "Recent"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\Recent" "Start Menu"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\Start Menu" "Programs"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\Programs" "History"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\History" "Templates"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\Templates" "Favorites"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\-Crap-" "My Pictures"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\-Crap-" "My Music"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\-Crap-" "My Video"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\-Crap-" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders] "Personal"="C:\\__\\Sys" "{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}"="c:\\__\\Sys" "{A520A1A4-1780-4FF6-BD18-167343C5AF16}"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\LocalLow" "Startup"="C:\\__\\Startup" "SendTo"="C:\\__\\SendTo" "AppData"="c:\\__\\Sys\\AppData" "Local AppData"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData" "Local Settings"="C:\\__\\Sys" "Local AppDataLow"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\LocalLow" "Cache"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\IE-Tmp" "Desktop"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\Desktop" "PrintHood"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\PrintHood" "NetHood"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\NetHood" "Cookies"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\Cookies" "Recent"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\Recent" "Start Menu"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\Start Menu" "Programs"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\Programs" "History"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\History" "Templates"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\Templates" "Favorites"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\-Crap-" "My Pictures"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\-Crap-" "My Music"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\-Crap-" "My Video"="C:\\__\\Sys\\AppData\\-Crap-" |
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" The Properties of the *library* 'Documents' " ?
Frank replied ( to me ):
I have to rename the "Documents" folder back to "Sys", as that's what I always call it. Unless+Until I do that, many programs can't find my settings. If you change the Properties of the *library* 'Documents' not to point to the *folder* 'Documents', but to your 'Sys' folder, you shouldn't have to change anything. " The Properties of the *library* 'Documents' " ? I don't know how to do whatever it is you're trying to suggest. I run Windows 10 v1903, Home Edition. |
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I manually removed|renamed all "Library" folders.
Frank replied ( to me ):
In the 'Library locations' box, you can define to which *folderS* (one or more) your library points. Zero or More. I manually removed all of the "Library" folders; and I renamed all of its subfolders. How this will affect my next major (version) update ? Thank you for telling me about "Libraries" and "optimizing/customizing" a folder for (e.g.) videos. Normally, I ignore+hide the navigation pane. the File History backup mechanism. I prefer my own special backup system. |
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