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  1. Michael McAllister
    I don't see how as it doesn't happen on any other site so far. Real head scratcher for sure.
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    @TheKDub
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    Nope. I'll make a video. Hopefully, that helps.
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    Oh.
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    Windows 8 and above support USB 3.0 natively. On Windows 7, providing you have the driver installed, it will work. It can be a bit flaky, though, in my experience.
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    Depending on what operating system you are using, I wouldn't recommend using USB 3.0 for mouse and keyboard. On startup for me, the keyboard isn't recognized occasionally. I typically only use USB 3.0 for external drives or other devices that require more bandwidth.
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    @beebskadoo, are you getting this, too? @LinusTech? @Slick? Other sites I've tried thus far display properly: PCPer, Thurrott.com, Amazon, Anandtech, PC Gaming Wiki, Reddit, YouTube
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    The weird thing is that it seems to only be isolated to LTT.
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    This definitely seems to be a bug. No idea why it's not occurring on my VM, unless it's driver-related. Here's an example of a post from the Tek Syndicate thread that's a bit half-and-half. I reproduced this same result in both Chrome and Firefox—both updated to the latest stable release. DxDiag.txt
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    Strange. I fired up my Linux VM and it doesn't appear to be an issue over there. Although, you said you were getting the issue on your phone so I'm not sure if it's related to a graphics driver bug. For me, the font is as it should be in the login field, which leads me to believe it's another site bug. So far, I'm only seeing this issue on LTT.
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    In both Chrome and FF, I see this:
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    Is it just me or does the vast majority of text on the forums appear in bold font lately? Not sure if this is intentional or a bug that needs fixing.
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    They may not be legally obligated to provide financial information, but TS should do so considering that people are giving them money by their own volition. Lack of transparency will result in loss of support. Plain and simple. Without an audience, they are nothing. This attitude from Pistol that she can just lock everything down and doesn't owe anyone an explanation is ridiculous. Her relationship with Logan is a completely private and irrelevant thing to the issue at hand. From reading the posts here and speaking for myself, there is a sense of deception. No one here knows all of the details except for those involved. Suffice to say that the lack of transparency and apparent arrogance on Logan's part will only add gas to this fire. The Steve Jobs comparison was cringeworthy. Say what you will about Jobs, but he probably would have fired people if something like this were to occur under his watch. People often say that he was hard to work with, but at the end of the day, he was driven and got shit done. The situation with TS is nothing of the sort.
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    The free, standalone version allows on-demand scanning. The premium version offers real-time scanning.
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    You should be able to download the latest version and enter your license key if you haven't yet used it.
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    Is there any particular reason why you cannot go to Malwarebytes' website to get the latest version? That would probably be the easiest and cleanest way to install.
  18. Michael McAllister
    But... But... This is the internet, man. Logic and reason online?! You cra-cra!
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    I never was never under the impression that one single company could change everything. Comcast has attempted to change the business model in areas where Google operates. Comcast knows that they cannot offer that level of service at that price (not that they would want to anyway). Unfortunately, "regulations" could mean anything if you haven't actually sat down to read the incredibly long bills in their entirety. There are instances of overregulation and under-regulation. That could be a positive or negative depending on what you're talking about.
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    Competition solves a lot of problems. Google is just one company. If other companies started offering gigabit fiber at affordable prices in areas which Google doesn't serve, there would be a drastic change. Comcast is interested in making profits. If other companies threaten their business model, they will have to adapt in order compete within the market. I've said it once and I'll say it again, ISPs are one of the areas in which true competition does not exist. If Comcast and other large companies have the legal resources, it stands to reason they would try to find any loophole to prevent others from entering their markets. Having the option between cable or DSL in a given area or DSL and satellite is not a true option as they are vastly different levels of service.
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    Windows has built-in cleaning tools that can actually provide a positive outcome. Even security experts don't touch the registry unless there are specific keys that need changing. Software naturally isn't perfect. Considering how powerful modern computers are, is it really worth the potential headache?
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    You can test it in a virtual machine. I have a couple of snapshots I created before installing CCleaner. Given the results of the initial scan, I can already tell that it is snake oil. I can do further testing to see if it will break anything, as a lot of people seem to swear by CCleaner.
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    In my experience, registry cleaners cause more problems than they purport to fix. Unfortunately, I've seen YouTube videos from IT experts that still recommend using CCleaner. To be fair, if hardware or networking is your field of expertise, you might not spend enough time in front of consumer software to unearth these issues. Up until a few years ago, I used registry cleaning products from Norton and Revo Uninstaller. I've heard people talk about how good CCleaner is and I'm not impressed. As the go-to techie in the family, I try my best to provide accurate diagnostics. On a couple of different occasions that I can remember, using Revo Uninstaller resulted in a DLL error during startup on a family member's computer. I've never had a registry cleaner completely brick a computer, but if the goal is to fix a particular issue, DLL errors are the exact opposite of what you want. To perform a test, I fired up my VM and downloaded CCleaner. Note that this is a fresh install of Windows 10. It's a 90-evaluation copy for testing. Here are the results of my initial scan: What concerns me is that the .NET Framework is tied into many different programs so it's entirely possible that deleting these could result in unintended issues down the line.
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    TL;DR: Decided to try dual-booting to Linux. Almost formatted my entire drive but didn't. Update: Given the issues I described above, I decided to go ahead and dual-boot Linux. Funny, yet scary, story. When doing so, I had thought I had accidentally deleted my entire drive. I had initially thought there would be an option in the installation process to create a Linux-compatible partition. I didn't think that I would need to shrink the volume in Windows beforehand. I quickly aborted the Linux installation. Luckily, when that is done the OS immediately falls back to trial mode. I was about to reinstall Windows 7 when I realized my System Reserved partition still existed. I backed out of the installation process hoping that maybe installation was untouched. The Windows 7 splash screen never looked so beautiful. After nearly having a heart attack, I immediately created an image backup with the built-in Windows 7 tool. I do fairly regular drag-and-drop backups of important documents and folders (and detach the drive afterward). It's just that installing a new OS is a tedious process. Due to this experience, I think I will add the occasional on-demand image backup to my regimen. I typically don't like image backups because there is always the small possibility of the imaged OS having something malicious that wasn't detected by MBAM or MSE. I'm fairly certain that this install is clean. Security is never a 100% proposition, however.
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    Yes.
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