WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else
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I read Ars Technica's article about this earlier today. I think they mean
Legacy blue:
New blue:
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@hungrier I've never seen those blues used though
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@raceprouk If you go to the settings, there are colors, and programs can be crazily colorized. But I still don't understand how it matters.
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@raceprouk said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
I've never seen those blues used though
No, anyone with any sense immediately sets it to green on black
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@jaloopa I went for amber on black, but I have done green in the past.
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@magus said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@jaloopa I went for amber on black, but I have done green in the past.
ah. yes i was amber on black for the longest time as my first monitor was an amber phosphor monochrome CRT.....
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@accalia said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
ah. yes i was amber on black for the longest time as my first monitor was an amber phosphor monochrome CRT.....
You don't look that old
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@timebandit said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@accalia said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
ah. yes i was amber on black for the longest time as my first monitor was an amber phosphor monochrome CRT.....
You don't look that old
I aged well.
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Microsoft account sucks at syncing settings between computers. MS decided I would like yellow as my Windows color. I don't like yellow. So I on my home computer change it to purple. Then I use my work laptop for a bit, which is still using yellow. I wonder if it just don't sync color. Then get back to home and log into Windows and... it's back to yellow.
Seriously, how does MS keep fucking up these very basic things? Gah!
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@atazhaia That's never been an issue for me. One machine is purple, one is a light blue, one is a barker blue, and they all keep those colours.
Then again, those colours are driven by the wallpaper, which is different on each, and that isn't set to sync, so that may explain it.
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@raceprouk said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@abarker blue
what's @abarker got to do with blue?
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@accalia said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@raceprouk said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@abarker blue
what's @abarker got to do with blue?
Whu…?
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aren't even next to each other!
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@jaloopa said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
No, anyone with any sense immediately sets it to green on black
So long as you avoid brown text on hot pink, you'll be OK. Some things just make your eyes want to bleed. (Tried that combination once as an undergraduate as an attempt — a terrible attempt limited by VGA hardware — at emulating the school's colours. NOPE!)
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@dkf said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@jaloopa said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
No, anyone with any sense immediately sets it to green on black
So long as you avoid brown text on hot pink
PowerShell likes to give me dark blue text on the same shade of dark blue but slightly more saturated.
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@ben_lubar said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@dkf said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@jaloopa said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
No, anyone with any sense immediately sets it to green on black
So long as you avoid brown text on hot pink
PowerShell likes to give me dark blue text on the same shade of dark blue but slightly more saturated.
:/
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@ben_lubar That dark red on blue isn't great either.
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@ben_lubar said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
That's not PowerShell's fault, that's your ssh program making assumptions.
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@tsaukpaetra said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@ben_lubar said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
That's not PowerShell's fault, that's your ssh program making assumptions.
SSH? I'm using software installed by Windows 10 without opening a web browser or typing anything.
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@ben_lubar said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@tsaukpaetra said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@ben_lubar said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
That's not PowerShell's fault, that's your ssh program making assumptions.
SSH? I'm using software installed by Windows 10 without opening a web browser or typing anything.
Linux on Windows or whatever it's called.
Your editor that you're running is making assumptions on what the terminal is.
Unless you believe that beta technology has been fully tested and vetted for issues like this by Microsoft?
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@tsaukpaetra said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
beta
So because they put a "beta" sticker on it, that means I can't complain about bugs?
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@ben_lubar said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@tsaukpaetra said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
beta
So because they put a "beta" sticker on it, that means I can't complain about bugs?
I thought that was how every company does things nowadays?
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@raceprouk said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Really? Ads in an OS you paid at least $80 for is fine? What are you smoking? Whatever it is, I don't want any.
YES.
I do and I do, so long as the prices are reasonable, and I don't get adverts.
So, Home users (who, btw, have also paid for Windows) should have ads, but us 'elites' with Pro shouldn't? Why do you hate users of Home?Who the hell designed that cube/dice graphic? The α's are all misaligned in different ways!
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@accalia said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@Tsaukpaetra said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@accalia said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@Tsaukpaetra said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@accalia said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@TimeBandit said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@accalia said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
no. i'm mischievous. that only turns into evil if i actually write NodeOS.
Please, go ahead, make me right
i might.... i might.... if i can maintain my focu.... OOOH! that's a pretty flower!
/me wonders if he can disguise certain body parts as "pretty flower"...
I believe you lack the proper anatomy for that. :-P
That's kinda the point of disguise, no?
that would be a hell of a disguise.....
Probably depends on how willing the observer is to suspend their disbelief. I'm sure quite a few people would be willing to for this person's "disguise":
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I cant use anything but windows 7 right now
linux is a crock of shit and will continue to grow into more suck
In another 5 years i expect to find myself unable to use any new systems that come out.
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@tsaukpaetra said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@TimeBandit said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Picture-in-Picture mode for videos
Yeah, only with the Movies App though. Everyone else has to suffer with a utility that makes the window "always on top", courtesy of Windows API available since 95.
VLC has always on-top and frameless as options natively. MPC-HC has (at least) always on-top too.
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I can't find the 1803 thread but here's something I have never seen before on my 1803 install:
Of all the times I have ever used the Disk Cleanup Utility, I have never seen these options before. Do they only show up in certain circumstances?
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@LB_ said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
these options before.
1809 it moved the system restore button to More Options.
Not sure about the compress option, but my C: drive isn't very full...
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@Tsaukpaetra No, that System Restore section on More Options has been there since Windows XP if my memory is correct. And it was still there in my 1803 install.
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@ben_lubar said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@boomzilla said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Microsoft should try these:
These are better:
They even included the RGB numbers so you can start using Turdly and Stanky Bean right away.
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I tried making a new user account with a password in Windows 10. Get ready for the : security questions seem to be mandatory now. Yes, for local accounts. Three of them!
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Something that pissed me off in Windows 10 was how I was forced to set up a PIN when configuring a fingerprint. It would make sense as an alternative way of authenticating for when the fingerprint reader fails — except I already had a password set.
And now when the fingerprint reader does fail for whatever reason, it tells me I need to login with my PIN.
Um, no I don't. The password works just fine. Doesn't your telemetry tell you I've used the PIN approximately zero times?
@anonymous234 Are security questions free-form or are they selected from a stupid small list of easy to answer questions?
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@Zecc The second one. They're all of the style "what was your first pet's name" or "what school did you go to".
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@anonymous234 said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@Zecc The second one. They're all of the style "what was your first pet's name" or "what school did you go to".
- Nsedrfw0-=84298435rewjf
- School? What school!
-or-
- Purple
- The North Pole
(yes, these go in my password file too)
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@dcon said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Nsedrfw0-=84298435rewjf
School? What school!“Your security answers may not include special characters.”
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@dcon said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Nsedrfw0-=84298435rewjf
Did you steal my dog
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@dkf said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@dcon said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Nsedrfw0-=84298435rewjf
School? What school!“Your security answers may not include special characters.”
But, but... surely it still allows for solid, acceptable names, like 田中太郎?
If not, well, that's wacist!(From: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/)
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@levicki said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Ah, the famous "insecurity" questions a.k.a. "tell us everything about yourself which we will keep in plaintext in our database so hackers who steal it can easily guess your password".
Security questions that only you and anyone trolling your social media account knows the answer to
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@levicki said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Ah, the famous "insecurity" questions
Calling them "insecurity questions" works in more than one way. What's the name of the pet we assume you have had as a kid? You remember your first date, don't you? Quick, think of your grade school and try to remember its name - brings back memories, doesn't it?
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@Gąska said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
What's the name of the pet we assume you have had as a kid?
Sheba. Because She Ra was already have taken.
@Gąska said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
You remember your first date, don't you?
Chrissy. Never went anywhere. I still have the stuffed bear she gave me as a gift. Makes a great facemask for sleeping after I removed the "
I love youYou're sweet" heart it was holding.@Gąska said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Quick, think of your grade school and try to remember its name
Knox. But of course that's only one of about four I remember attending. It's a six minute walk from where I live at the moment.
@levicki said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Well they certainly won't help if you hit your head and get amnesia
Don't worry, the common security answers are stored alongside the primary identity data in the TPM.
Edit: I was wrong in what the heart said.
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@acrow I don't like that article because it seems to imply that assigning unicode strings to people is wrong.
Everyone already knows names are not "primary keys" because people can go as Dick or Richard or Richie or Rick, and they'll find ways to spell it 20 different ways if you ask them 20 times. That's not a problem. They can pick their favourite name and you'll call them that and that's it.
Of course there are people named or people with no name, or people with the entire text of War and Peace as their name out there, but asking those people to provide a "normal" name (i.e. something you can store in a database) is not unreasonable and they'll already have been asked before.
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@levicki said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@Tsaukpaetra said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Don't worry, the common security answers are stored alongside the primary identity data in the TPM.
That's exactly the reason to worry.
But it's Trusted™!
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Hey guys I heard there are a bunch of things in life besides Windows 10, so I thought I'd share.
Puppies and Kittens
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Fu2ztMCfCQM/hqdefault.jpg
https://www.chantillyanimalhospital.com/uploads/general/playful-puppy-kitten.jpg
Telephones
https://www.scienceabc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/late-phones-1024x576.jpg
And a whole lot more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhoYKLIcTLM
Hope this helps!
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@levicki said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Digital
RightsRestriction ManagementFTFY
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@levicki said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Just like DRM doesn't have anything to do with your rights as a customer.
DRM has to do with the limitations of those rights. So in a roundabout way...
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@levicki said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Report to the Room 101 at once
I can't right now, my front door is under 10 feet of snow
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@anonymous234 said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
asking those people to provide a "normal" name (i.e. something you can store in a database) is not unreasonable
The Artist Formerly Known as "Prince"
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@Gąska said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Calling them "insecurity questions" works in more than one way. ... You remember your first date, don't you?
Late 20s or early 30s. I'd signed up for a video dating service that cost >$1000, IIRC. I got exactly one date out of it. It was a lunch date. I don't remember her name.
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@HardwareGeek said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
cost >$1000
exactly one date
I don't remember
Ouch.