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Are you sure you are running the command as an administrator?
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Really interesting, there are so many things in the chain, but I can't imagine which would be likely to cause this. I suppose the age-old method of swapping out one component at a time until the behaviour changes would narrow it down, but that is sometimes easier said than done. My gut is trying to tell me this is an apple thing just because I've never heard of or seen this before, and that's the one kind of link in the aforementioned chain I have the least experience with, so it would be the most easily explainable, but I really have no idea.
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It's a long shot but I did just think of one possible reason. If you only save settings on close, you can be relatively sure that the settings work and are safe to use. That way, if a change is made which would cause instability, it will be automatically "reverted" on the next launch since it was never saved. I don't like this approach though. I think this is an important feature to have - I even mentioned it in a post about Android launchers and wallpapers recently, which is what reminded me of this possibility - but I think there are better ways to go about it. For example, every setting should be stored twice - one is the current value, and one is the previous value. Every time a change is made, the current is written to the previous slot, and the new value is written to the current slot. If things operate as intended, you can always simply read from the current slot. If there is an "error condition" (something I elaborate on next), it is then a simple matter of restoring the settings from the previously known good configuration. The trick is choosing an intelligent "error condition". If we select "any crash", the result will be functionally identical to the undesirable behaviour I described in the OP, even if it is more complex under the hood. Ideally, this would happen if there is a crash during startup, and/or several crashes in a small time period, and when this condition is met, it would prompt the user saying that it believes something is wrong, and would offer to revert the settings - something they can then elect to not do if they know that the "crash" was in fact an intentional improper termination and nothing that will harm future operation. I can imagine the reason they don't do this is it would be more effort, but for a large, professional package that is supposed to be high quality and offers many other advanced features, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect.
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I'm sure we've all had the misfortune of experiencing this before: a program (which ordinarily remembers the last used setting for everything) crashes or has to be forcefully terminated, and when you re-open it, all settings changes made in that session have been lost. As far as I can tell, this is due to the inexplicable design choice of saving these changes at close rather than when they actually happen. Now, if we were talking about something that involves a lot of data or processing, I could potentially understand this, but it does not. In every case that I've experienced, and more importantly, in every case I'm referring to here, it's a matter of literally a few bytes - the radius on a blur, or whether or not thumbnails should be shown, etc. For simple things like that it doesn't really matter but in the event of a more significant creation like a large Photoshop action or an Audition preset, this can actually result in a fair amount of lost work for something that as far as I can tell makes absolutely no sense and provides no benefit whatsoever. Are there any developers out there who can possibly shed some light on why this might be a good idea, despite the significant drawbacks?
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It's a long shot but I did just think of one possible reason. If you only save settings on close, you can be relatively sure that the settings work and are safe to use. That way, if a change is made which would cause instability, it will be automatically "reverted" on the next launch since it was never saved.
I don't like this approach though. I think this is an important feature to have - I even mentioned it in a post about Android launchers and wallpapers recently, which is what reminded me of this possibility - but I think there are better ways to go about it. For example, every setting should be stored twice - one is the current value, and one is the previous value. Every time a change is made, the current is written to the previous slot, and the new value is written to the current slot. If things operate as intended, you can always simply read from the current slot. If there is an "error condition" (something I elaborate on next), it is then a simple matter of restoring the settings from the previously known good configuration.
The trick is choosing an intelligent "error condition". If we select "any crash", the result will be functionally identical to the undesirable behaviour I described in the OP, even if it is more complex under the hood. Ideally, this would happen if there is a crash during startup, and/or several crashes in a small time period, and when this condition is met, it would prompt the user saying that it believes something is wrong, and would offer to revert the settings - something they can then elect to not do if they know that the "crash" was in fact an intentional improper termination and nothing that will harm future operation.
I can imagine the reason they don't do this is it would be more effort, but for a large, professional package that is supposed to be high quality and offers many other advanced features, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect.
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Application Wont install on OS even though it supports it
vanished replied to IBM_THINKPAD_R51's topic in Windows
In fact, I heard a story claiming that this is why they couldn't call it "Windows 9" - because in the old days, it was common practice to just check the start of that string for "Windows 9", and you'd catch 95 or 98. No idea if that's true but it makes a good story and it is somewhat believable lol As for the problem at hand, I'd recommend trying compatibility mode. If that still won't work, you could also try a different program entirely. Specifically "AIMP". I also believe "Foobar2000" is rather popular among certain people, but I haven't tried it myself. I get the feeling this won't be satisfactory but if all else fails, it might be an option. -
I can't pretend to know the details of exactly how and why it happens, but I've seen enough articles to know that it does, and that it needs to stop.
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Google Unlimited Photo Backup Catch???
vanished replied to The Torrent's topic in Programs, Apps and Websites
There would be a variety of direct and indirect benefits. They may learn from your data to sell to advertisers. They may use the photos to train AI projects which will help them in the long term. They may hope that your use of that service makes you more likely to use their other services or products which themselves are subject to these same benefits (and of course, in the case of a phone for example, just straight up profit as you buy it). -
That's exactly what I was thinking. This sounds like a "grey hat" sort of deal - someone using questionable means to achieve a controversial outcome, but probably leaning on the good side. As far as I'm concerned there should not be any unsecured databases. Any that do exist almost without question fall into one of two categories: Some random kid's toy project as they learn tech for the first time, for which this will not be any meaningful loss and they will have learned something about security A grossly incompetent company that is (perhaps severely) endangering all of their staff and/or users, and thus for the good of the world should have their data wiped.
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Don't you just find it annoying when you go to…
vanished replied to TopHatProductions115's status update
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I could swear this system used to be better - that you could just click the thumbnail and it would popup a normal, working, persistent version of the image in a frame that you could easily copy, etc. Maybe that's the mobile version, or I'm mis-remembering. Maybe they really did change it though. That would be a real shame. Maybe I'm crazy but I feel like it's probably best to not needlessly irritate people who're considering spending hundreds of dollars with you.
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Have you ever been looking at an Amazon listing and wanted to copy the full res preview that pops up when you hover over the image? Just "view source" on the page, "Find" in the source the tag "data-old-hires", and it'll be the link in front. Bonus tip, the number after the "UL" at the end of the filename tell it what resolution to generate. From what I can tell it caps at 5000, but feel free to play around. I have no idea why they make this intentionally difficult, it's just a waste of time for everyone involved, but hey, now you know.
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I could swear this system used to be better - that you could just click the thumbnail and it would popup a normal, working, persistent version of the image in a frame that you could easily copy, etc. Maybe that's the mobile version, or I'm mis-remembering. Maybe they really did change it though. That would be a real shame. Maybe I'm crazy but I feel like it's probably best to not needlessly irritate people who're considering spending hundreds of dollars with you.
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That is something you can do yes - most "professionals" do in fact - but you would need a capture card for that, not an extra video card. I would also recommend making a separate thread for the question since it is quite different.
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oh well as long as it's fixed, I suppose it doesn't matter too much how
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It really depends what the cause is. If it's software, there's a guaranteed fix. Worst case just reinstall Windows, best case, something much simpler. If it's something else, it is a different story.
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Hmm, mine is made in Mexico according to the sticker. I'll keep this in mind
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Bonus fact: the gold nuggets that are so often tossed aside as insignificant would be worth, in real life, approximately $13.8M
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Density of gold: ~19,300 kg/m3 (~19.3x that of water)
Price of gold: ~$58,000 per kg
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Value of 1 cubic meter of gold: ~$1.12B
Blocks in a full Minecraft beacon: 164
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Value of full Minecraft beacon: ~$183B
Jeff Bezos net worth: estimated >$180B
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Jeff Bezos can basically have a full gold beacon irl
(yes I know this one is emeralds but I think you can still visualize)
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Bonus fact: the gold nuggets that are so often tossed aside as insignificant would be worth, in real life, approximately $13.8M
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If the cables are all good then it's worth trying a different source to figure out definitively if the issue is with the screen or the computer. Booting another OS like Linux from a live USB stick, or even a Windows installer (no need to run anything, just boot it, look around, and then shut down again) would let you differentiate between an issue in Windows and anything else. If those things looked fine, then it's likely a setting issue in Windows. If those things also had the problem, then it might be the monitor or the PC. If there was another source (chromecast, apple TV, another PC, xbox, etc.) you could hook the monitor up to, you could then differentiate further. If those things also share the problem, then it's very likely an issue in the monitor. If those things do not have the problem, then that suggests it's a hardware issue with the PC. Again, that is all assuming that the cables and converter are fine, which ideally we would verify but there may not be a way to do that. Basically yes. For example, if this panel is "6 bit + FRC", that means each of the three colours (R, G, and B) can only display 64 different shades out of the total 256 that basically everything uses, and so to fill in the gaps, it will alternate between a shade that it can show, and another that's closest to it. Below I've created 2 gifs that simulate this (albeit in an exaggerated manner to show the effect more clearly). That was different actually, although in trying to explain why I realize they seem much more similar than I would have thought. In that instance, the image contained instructions to display something beyond what the device could comprehend and it wasn't designed to handle that properly. In short, a software issue. In the case of dithering/FRC, the device is designed to receive the instructions it's getting from the PC and compensate for its physical inability to do precisely as instructed by using this technique. A physical/hardware "thing", and an intentional design choice rather than a bug.
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I see, yes that is quite old. Dithering is sometimes also called "FRC". What it means is panels that can only display a certain number of shades will display a tiled pattern and/or a flickering on solid colours in order to simulate the ability to display the shades in between that are asked of them by the PC. I am unable to find information about this screen that would confirm or deny that's what it's doing. However, with the age in mind I have a new theory, since the probability of an issue goes up with time, just as the likelihood you've lived with this "feature" for years and never noticed until now is rather low I should say It's possible that something is just starting to give in. It's also possible that, being VGA, there is just something weird going on there. Check that all the cables are well connected, not pinched or falling apart, and head over to http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/ to verify it is calibrated right. Even if it was done before (which I assume it was), due to the nature of VGA, that doesn't necessarily mean it won't ever have to be done again.
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Sounds like it could be dithering, what monitor do you have?
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I have an MX500 and haven't noticed issues but I use it very lightly so that could easily be why if there are problems.
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Some of you may remember a post I made long ago about performing a Windows 10 feature update on a system with very limited free space on C, and how it was able to utilize a spare flash drive as extra working room to accomplish the update when it would not have otherwise been possible. A cool feature for sure, but apparently no longer necessary. I just ran the 2004 update on that same machine (which to be clear has been reinstalled since then and kept lean), and not only did it not require a helper drive, it didn't even make a significant net change to my free space at all, and in fact once the update was complete, a "disk cleanup" was able to free a good 3 - 4 GB that were previously required by the OS.
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