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Microsoft Confirms It Is Dropping Windows 8.1 Support
snydeq (1272828) writes "Microsoft TechNet blog makes clear that Windows 8.1 will not be patched, and that users must get Windows 8.1 Update if they want security patches, InfoWorld's Woody Leonhard reports. 'In what is surely the most customer-antagonistic move of the new Windows regime, Steve Thomas at Microsoft posted a TechNet article on Saturday stating categorically that Microsoft will no longer issue security patches for Windows 8.1, starting in May,' Leonhard writes. 'Never mind that Windows 8.1 customers are still having multiple problems with errors when trying to install the Update. At this point, there are 300 posts on the Microsoft Answers forum thread 'Windows 8.1 Update 1 Failing to Install with errors 0x80070020, 80073712 and 800F081F.' The Answers forum is peppered with similar complaints and a wide range of errors, from 800F0092 to 80070003, for which there are no solutions from Microsoft. Never mind that Microsoft itself yanked Windows 8.1 Update from the corporate WSUS update server chute almost a week ago and still hasn't offered a replacement.'"
Windows 8.1 is no longer supported, so users must update to Windows 8.1?
A friend of mine is coming by this arvo for help with his Windows 8.1 laptop which Windows Update apparently broke.
Looks like I have some bad news for him... but at least I know *what* to tell him now. Cheers.
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"a wide range of errors, from 800F0092 to 80070003, for which there are no solutions from Microsoft."
Story of our Lives. Here we are.
My turnips listen for the soft cry of your love
Apple doesn't support more than one version of iOS. If you want to fix a problem with 6.1.2, you get to go to whatever version is current (7.1). You don't get to go to 6.1.3, you don't get to go to 7.0.5 or 7.0.6, you go to 7.1. Your choice is "upgrade or don't."
John
Just patch windows 8.1 with the update. It makes the OS unequivocally better. Whining about it is just silly.
Why isn't it just called 8.2...?
You should be able to upgrade/downgrade/sidegrade to any version that suits your needs
My turnips listen for the soft cry of your love
8.1 is patched with the update.
They make things so confusing, whoever makes these decisions are the ones that should be fired from Microsoft! Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Update 1. Just name the damn thing 8.2 or Service Pack 1 that everyone is familiar with. Then to top it off Windows 8.1 isn't getting any more updates!!!
Then you have a pro version, this version and that version!
Sorry but life is much more simpler in the Mac world! 10.9.0.....10.9.1....10.9.2.......etc. Then you have Delta Updates that are the point releases and Combo updates that will update you from the 10.9.0 to the latest version say 10.9.9 in one download and one install. Then you don't have 200 updates to download and install.
I think the Microsoft way is superior as you can install/uninstall individual updates incase of problems, but its too complicated!
if you have wsus without ssl, it works fine after importing the update from the catalog.
i don't see the need of ssl on an internal small server, anyway even with ssl you can enable tls 1.2 manually and it will work.
this article is also misleading, since the update itself is a regular update and not labeled "update 1" or even a service pack, but on every windows version out there there are updates that depend on other updates, especially service packs, so nothing new here.
Open Source Java Web Forum with LDAP authentication
Windows 8.1 customers need to apply "Windows 8.1 Update" before installing security patches.
Thank you Slashdot editors
Microsoft only support the current service pack level and all those less than 24 months old for Windows Client and Server.
That's the agreement they've given to their customers.
They will drop support for 8.1 in 24 months time.
http://support.microsoft.com/l... .... wait a minute. They should at least update their support policy before cutting support.
Apple is still releasing updates for the Lions, and Microsoft is still releasing updates for Windows 7. WYFP, aside from trying to work in some apple-hippie bashing?
Why not upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 7?
Most Debian-based distro users would rather use the UI though.
The latest generation of Microsoft products goes against all reasoning with naming convention. I agree, why isn't this called Windows 8.1 SP1? Or probably should have been 8.0 SP2 (8.1 should have probably been 8.0 SP1) Why is it called Xbox One? Why not Xbox 3? I know it's a different department but they need to stop trying to be different and creative with their naming scheme and just make god damn sense.
I thought this was a joke.
MS is just so sad
it hurts
FTFY ;)
Yes, apple want you to upgrade to iOS 7, but if you don't want to (or can't because your hardware is too old) they still provide security patches for iOS 6.
The last update was iOS 6.1.6 in Feb:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6146
Life is also simpler in the Mac world because there isn't a triple .NET update every couple of weeks. And the .NET updaters seem to take a lot more time than regular patches. How badly do you have to fuck up a language runtime library to make it need monthly updates? And I'm not talking about just adding new features to the latest one, like with Java. This is .NET 1.x 2.x and 4.x all getting constantly patched.
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How is this any different than MS stating in the past that updates required a certain Service Pack in order to be installed. It's worded very poorly, since everyone is going to assume the worst when you say 'Windows 8.1'. Mainly because they're not calling them service packs anymore or incrementing the updates. Windows 8.1 Update 1 would make more sense to people if they simply called it Windows 8.2.
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Why not go back to the old SP system and stop this mess of a new update system where some stuff is in the windows store and others is in the windows update system.
As for this not working for all does it have any thing to do with 8.0 to 8.1 being more like a full os upgrade then an SP? and why did make the 8.1 iso not take Windows 8 product keys?
MS needs to go back to how it used to be with XP, vista, 7. Where it's not lot's of separate updates it is rolled up on to big install that has it all or least offer that as a choice not only for people who say have 2-4+ pc's and don't want to have re download the same updates on each pc but in some cases that combo updates work better.
Uh, where did you get your MSc again...? Reinstall to fix..?
apt-get may leave you with a broken (but chrooteable and fixable) system on Debian only if you have Unstable/Experimental repos enabled, and I hear updates on stables/testings are pretty seamless on Ubuntu/Mint as well.
We f*xked it up this time, but make sure to stay tuned, we will hit a homerun with Windows 9! Be sure to buy that as soon as possible, it'll fix all your Windows 8.x.update.woes! We promise. Witnessing the slow internal bleeding death of a behemoth, folks.
slow down there Sheldon!
As bad as this situation is for any user, this REALLY hoses up corporate. First you're saying that for critical patches you need to install a major update, which NOBODY in that world likes to do, might as well ask them to install a new version of the OS entirely. And THEN, 'oops it's actually broken....' with no idea of how it will be fixed. Another Win8 misstep for corporate they really can't afford.
Seriously. I spend most days programming against .Net and haven't noticed all of these .Net updates you are complaining about.
Windows 8.0 was installed on this machine, and it sucked immensely. Then a couple of months ago I got an upgrade to Windows 8.1 courtesy of Windows update, and it hardly sucked at all. Then, a couple of days ago I got my old Windows 8.1 upgraded to new Windows 8.1, and I know it is different because now apps have the big red "X" back in the right hand corner of the window and you can terminate them while they are running. Awesome! At this rate Windows 8.1 will turn into Windows XP around Labor Day. Maybe the boys will rediscover POP3 email at some point.
They can't go back on anything or they might stop imploding.
At least, that's what it seems like they are trying to do.
Having things break daily is so much better than having them break every year or so.
I've used linux a lot. Sometimes everything goes smoothly, sometimes not. The thing is, if everything goes well it goes really really well. Well enough to sell linux on the spot to anyone watching. If, on the other hand, something breaks, it usually mean a complete reinstall, or several hours of finding out what broke, and how to fix it so it stays fixed. Now you have a GUI, now you don't. Yes, that program did work before the upgrade, now it doesn't. Does not give you any errors either, just doesn't run. It's a riddle, have fun!
After four tries, the update finally worked. What does it do? I now have an App Store icon in the task bar. Only took some 880 Mbytes to do that.
Hmmm?
I get an nice window saying there are updates available.
Then I click "Yes" on the button for updates and "No" if i want to do this at an later time.
Oh - and I do not have to update-reboot-next-update-reboot like Windows 95 (or wait endlessly while the 2637352-th update of .net does it lengthly update - and reboot again after that).
Maybe time for you to update to a modern version of Windows?
-A windows user
I installed the update at work - it worked. I installed the update on my old PC - it worked. Tried to install it on my current PC - failed, after taking something like 20 minutes. It then took another half-hour to revert the changes. (On those machines where it worked, it took only 5 minutes or so to install).
Digging around online showed that fiddling around on the command line with dism might help. The online image is corrupted but it's repairable... that is, until you try and use /restorehealth, at which point it moans that there are no sources. Of course there aren't, it was upgraded to 8.1 from 8.0 via the online store.
So, after faffing around and grabbing an install.wim from an old 8.1 iso I had saved at work (not the 8.1 update 1 iso currently on the MS website) I find that dism won't use the image, even after mounting it.
I couldn't then even attempt to reinstall the update, as it failed immediately. Dism was called upon again to remove the update package, then at least it would let me try again... only to fail. Another 45 minutes wasted.
It looks as though the only way to "fix" it is to nuke Windows entirely, then go through the painful 8.0 > 8.1 > 8.1 with Media Center route. Except, of course, to get Media Center reinstalled you have to buy it again - there's no option I can see to re-enter your Meda Center key again because, guess what, when you upgrade to Media Center your Windows product key is changed. And a Windows 8.1 with Media Center key isn't accepted by the 8.1 iso (or at least wasn't when I tried earlier)...
Looks like a long and boring Easter weekend coming up.
On the other hand, I might just reinstall Windows 7 instead.
You can upgrade by installing Windows Me, then Vista Ultimate, then enable start menu, disable start menu, 8.0 SP1, Windows ME again but holding ALT-F5 until BSOD appears, then quickly insert the 3.5 floppy with 8.1 patch on it (if you didn't keep a floppy drive.. oh you're so screwed!).
They won't since they are still on their "New UI will not fail" plan that involves forcing (or just tricking) people to making MS accounts so that can nudge them into further into their "New UI".
A timely reminder why users should stick with a stable, proven OS such as Win7 (and to a lesser extent, WinXP).
Less fancy unnecessary features like Metro also means less chances for cock-ups to happen.
If MS' intention is to migrate users of older OSes to Win8.1, it is not doing itself any favors here.
Geeze, I'm a tech and I struggled to understand it. Imagine the general public reading this. This is about as good as SQL Server data tools being 2 different products with the same name.
They really should have named the new patch 8.2 and said you gotta roll to it, to keep up.
Xbox one is because they were now able to count the 360 is one full circle, but they forgot to add one or 0.5(==180 degrees) or something in between, because now it's the same thing as the 360 (degrees = 1 full circle). They confused the hell out of themselves, so "one" it is.
Yes, apple want you to upgrade to iOS 7, but if you don't want to (or can't because your hardware is too old) they still provide security patches for iOS 6.
The last update was iOS 6.1.6 in Feb:
6.1.6 was only released for devices that cannot run iOS 7. If you have a device that can run iOS 7, you had to upgrade to iOS 7 in order to get the important security fix, even if the device had iOS 6.x at the time. There was never an iOS 6.1.6 released for iPad 2 or 3, for example.
If they had released an iOS 6.1.6 for iPad 2/3, it would've allowed downgrading from iOS 7.x to iOS 6.x then jailbreaking, something Apple hates with a passion.
"Screw Sun, cross-platform will never work. Let's move on and steal the Java language." - Visual J++ Product Manager
When a company this size can't even manage or make their own software work as intended, then they have become Too Big To Function.
Glad I stayed on Windows 7. o:
They guarantee support for X years for shit when a SP is released.
Since these updates aren't cumulative updates they aren't SPs, despite the significance of the changes they involve.
Since they're not SPs, MS has no obligation to support shit for X years after releasing them.
Windows 9 will be Windows 8.1 Update 2. It will be out next year. The press will love it, and will stroke their own cocks furiously for successfully perpetuating the odd-numbered Windows release pattern.
That's because you're programming against it. If you go easy on .Net and only program alongside it, then it'll start throwing it weight around like an unruly child.
The World: I feel sorry for you. ...you are alone. You have no one to awaken you from your madness. For this, and nothing else, I feel pity for you.
APK: You feel sorry for me. Now, that's comedy. So how do you figure you feel sorry for me?
The World:
[With apologies to JMS]
Most Windows users don't even know that they're getting updates. By default you don't need to click anything to get them.
Occasionally when I stop working and going to shutdown my computer, there's an option "update and then shutdown" in addition to the normal "shutdown". Meaning the updates have already arrived and I can choose to perform the update or not. And it doesn't need my attention if I choose to update. I'll just leave it doing it's thing.
Not sure how that could be done any better by Microsoft.
Where as on some popular linux distros, you need to go to some update manager and start the update. Keep your fingers crossed that it goes through without a hitch. And about half the time it doesn't. Then you're screwed unless you speak Torvalds. And that's only if you happen to be lucky enough to have all the repository addresses setup correctly and those still being valid.
And in case you happen to use closed source drivers from AMD or NVIDIA. Then you have hours of fun after _every_ update that updates your kernel image. Which happens pretty often.
I guess clicking that "update and shutdown" button in Windows is almost comparable to fixing that broken "X won't start" system you've got after each kernel update. I mean all you have to do is wait a few days for a new driver release, login with the console, recompile the display driver and in case it actually compiles (which I've seen happen sometimes) just restart your system. How hard can that be.
Windows 9 will be Windows 8.1 Update 2
Windows 8.1 Update 1 Patch 1
They should have gone with something more meaningful, like 8.6.31-11, and perhaps 8.4.x for the old version of the OS.
8.1 has received a substantial service release that fixes bugs and enhances the UI (slightly). Why should they support the older version any more? That doesn't excuse them from ensuring the upgrade process is smooth and trouble free but I understand why they are doing this.
This whole thread is absurd, as are all the people jumping on the "bash MS" bandwagon.
* Microsoft will continue to support 8.1, and everyone here KNOWS that.
* Everyone knows that because Microsoft has a bigger problem with having to support old platforms than any other vendor out there. Many posters here generally know this, too, but are being obtuse so that they can harp about Microsoft ending support for a new platform (which isnt even remotely believable).
* The author of the blog even knows that! The Microsoft technet entry says almost the opposite of what the blogger does-- that 8.1 WILL recieve updates. All he got right is that you do need to install a prereq to get them, like we've seen with countless other OSes. The venerable XP does this, too.
* Half the people gloating over the "bugginess of Windows" are fans of an OS that is experiencing one of the biggest internet vulnerabilties in about a decade in its SSL stack, but thats OK in their eyes somehow because its not packaged with the OS and therefore theyre allowed to be buggy.
* Some people are taking the time to smirk about the confusing version numbering of Win8-- which is doubly hillarious given how ridiculous Linux's versioning was until about a year ago.
* And if I had to guess, the aforementioned problems could possibly be related to the aforementioned heartbleed bug, as we dont know what all was leaked and Microsoft is almost certainly not going to want to go into it.
But yea, dont let that stop the fun.
... that MS is hemorrhaging all its decent technical staff and now the idiots are taking over the asylum at the technical level just like they've already done at the design and management level? One thing MS was usually pretty good at was testing its service packs/updates/[insert name of the week here] but this just seems like they really didn't bother doing it properly , or , they didn't have the technical know-how to do it.
Let's generate some outrage! We want to be angry about Microsoft!
Yes, how dare they refuse to support older patch levels of the same OS. Outrageous.
throw new NoSignatureException();
Yea we should never get new features, as they introduce risk. Of course we cannot have any risk in our lives, especially in software.
Or maybe Microsoft should just provide support for their OS.
I suspect the huge windows user base has to do with games. There has been a lot of progress with Linux gaming, but AAA title support is still spotty. WINE is an awesome tool, but it's still hit and miss, and even when it works the frame rate is not as good as in native windows, which is a problem in some game genres.
I know that when I go home from work I prefer to relog win7 from Mint if I want to play that MMO that's my current fad.
All that said, I still don't care enough about Windows support to be angry about it, and I also don't get new Windows versions unless my games stop working in the old one. From w98 to w7, and I'm still all set. :)
The World: I feel sorry for you. ...you are alone. You have no one to awaken you from your madness. For this, and nothing else, I feel pity for you.
APK: You feel sorry for me. Now, that's comedy. So how do you figure you feel sorry for me?
The World:
[With apologies to JMS]
APK: You feel sorry for me. Now, that's comedy. So how do you figure you feel sorry for me?
The World:
[With apologies to JMS]
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Out of how many millions of copies? A disaster. Just be the next IBM already.
You don't get security updates for 6.1.5, you have to upgrade to 6.1.6, and Apple only provides this because their own hardware won't run 7.x.
MS saying that they won't provide patches for 8.1.0 now that 8.1.1 is out is trivial. The only PR fuck up is giving a date instead of "after reinstatement of 8.1 Update (8.1.1) availability).
And don't get me started on Apple. You know the first thing that happens when you call Apple with a problem? They have you wipe the device clean and reinstall the OS from scratch. Which, I suspect, would work fine on nearly any windows machine except for the annoyance of the reinstall. (I don't bother calling Apple anymore for iOS help - I don't have a couple of hours to reinstall the whole goddamned phone and set everything in it back up)
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
Getting old very fast, bog off no one cares
That pesky penguin is still in my computer, I refuse to let the poor little thing out.
The naming department that came up with "ME", "XP" and "Vista" didn't die with Windows 7. It's been reassigned to naming minor revisions.
I'm impressed. Microsoft managed to make an OS worse than Windows 8.
Just a note to inform Microsoft that this user no longer will support Microsoft and its messy Windows 8 in any form or version. How sad Microsoft that
Windows 8 is your solution for Windows XP users. I am sure most would gladly use a non patched Windows XP vs any kind of Windows 8.
Just face it Microsoft, Steve Sinofsky killed Windows by doing Windows 8. The Jekyll and Hyde of Windows 8 will never be fully exorcised and your only hope now is to rush through Windows 9. Nothing like screwing with what few loyal Windows users who took a chance on Windows 8. Now in just a matter of a year and some months Microsoft has managed to release 3 versions of Windows 8 to the public. You have 8, 8.1 and now 8.1 update.
Yes, my friends, Microsoft manged to do another Vista only worse.
So instead of nameing version after a year (2000, 2003, 2008.....), they finally lost track of good version number. Some users barely are aware they are running an OS. And now it has gone so bad that even /. editors fail to keep track of version numbers of the most used OS in the world.
With actions like this, maybe this will really be the Year of Linux on the Desktop.
Some people must have some borked up or not fully supported hardware, because I just installed it due to learning of it from this article.
I run a 8150 on a asus sabretooth v1 with a gtx460 and a 840evo 250gig. That's it. Well, and a soundcard but that's just moot. No problem whatsoever. Took me maybe 10 minutes, from download to install to reboot to finalizing install to boot to desktop.
How you ever got to try win7? Seeing as it only had one SP ?
Vista was ok, ran it from beta (even x64) never had any problems, it was heavier than XP true, but otherwise none.
If I have to install a third party user interface to a brand new operating system to regain lost functionality then it is broken by design.
Never mind the huge difference between an OS for a disposable device, and an OS for computers that is expected to last for a decade or more and is interfaced with massive amounts of custom hardware and software.
That iOS device has an MSRP of $500-800 while that Windows computer has an MSRP of $400-600, ignoring 128GB iPads and gaming computers.
Which one is "disposable"?
(got-dang Kool Aide drinkers!)
Coffin . . . meet nail.
"I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it." : Dogbert
If this was the unix world, they'd be talking about no longer updating 8.1.0 and requiring customers update to 8.1.1.
That would have goaded the popular tech media into making unflattering comparisons to Windows 3.11.
I tried this on my work laptop and it's almost working! Thank goodness I kept a USB floppy drive around in my PC parts junk box. I don't know how you got the patch on one floppy though. It took 122 floppies for the patch I downloaded. Was I supposed to compress the patch somehow? I'm currently loading floppy # 83, wish me luck.
90% of the wealth is in 2% of the pockets. Bummer to be in the majority.
First they drop xp support, now 8.1, at this rate they're going to run out of things to stop supporting
The author writes like he needs to get laid.
Now where that Viagra affiliate link I had lying around here somewhere.
but would it kill them to stick a "details" button on the dumbed-down error popup to make it trivial for a techie to ask the user to click it and read out a more useful message?
Microsoft would probably do it the way it does crash reporting, where the user is given the option to automatically send error reports to Microsoft. The developer can retrieve these crash reports by 1. forming a corporation or LLC, 2. buying a certificate from VeriSign or DigiCert in this company's name, and 3. registering with Windows Dev Center Hardware and Desktop Dashboard (formerly Winqual).
So you can uninstall individual patches if it breaks a mission critical application? That's the whole point of Windows maintaining individual patches.
I don't see how anything is simpler. In the case of Windows, a new user has to do... nothing! In order to be patched up - Windows Update takes care of the vast majority of patches without any interruption or interaction from the user.
I think the point is that criticizing behavior takes time that could better be spent to engineer a workaround to said behavior.
And the .NET updaters seem to take a lot more time than regular patches.
That's because the .NET Framework is rebuilding the "assembly cache" (recompiling the runtime library into the processor's assembly language) after an update. In a comment to a Slashdot story a few days ago, I suggested doing this rebuilding in the background, letting the user use native applications in the meantime, and marking managed applications that aren't yet ready to start with an hourglass icon. But another Slashdot user objected that letting the user run anything before the assembly cache finishes would break native applications that start a managed subprocess without user interaction.
How badly do you have to fuck up a language runtime library to make it need monthly updates?
The JavaScript runtime (Firefox or Chrome) needs updates as well. And on Ubuntu, I get plenty of updates to various libraries.
I love how everyone slams windows but none of them have a clue how the os operates or what todo when problem comes up /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
paste/type: dism.exe
after that is done
paste/type: dism.exe
reboot and install 8.1.1
However, if all it had were cosmetic tweaks you'd be in here complaining about how there's no substance to your 880MB patch.
Windows 8.11 for workgroups!
NEWSFLASH
Microsoft ends support for Windows 8.1 because Windows 8.1 Update 1 is available!
More at Ten!
Seriously, i've never heard so much FUD in my life. Sure, i'll admit it might be a tad premature to end support for 8.1, even though they've released the latest "service pack" for it, but it seems pretty straightforward to end support for what is essentially "8.1 RTM" in favour of "8.1 SP1", especially since that "service pack" is freely available online.
Storms, mountains, teacups, molehills.
If you gave me a choice between a printer and a giraffe with explosive diarrhoea, i'll get my ladder and my raincoat
Microsoft figures they can get people to buy windows 8.1 by dropping support, because
after all XP is popular after they dropped support! GENIUS!
My Blu-ray playing software doesn't work anymore. An update to make it work with Windows 8.1 has come out, but that doesn't work because somewhere from "upgrading" from Windows 7 -> 8 -> 8.1 (Now on 8.1. Update 1) it did not install one of the core system files. My only option to try to fix this, install Windows 8 from scratch.
I also bought The Sims Medieval, which doesn't work in Windows 8. I think there are a few other games that worked fine in Windows 7, but no longer run.
There is also a whole bunch of hardware that was deprecated in Windows 8. I have it installed on my netbook which the screen resolution and Intel graphics are not supported. Mind you it runs a lot better, even though the battery doesn't last quite as long due to the screen brightness always being at 100%. On the other hand, it takes 20 seconds to start up now instead of 1 minute 30 seconds.
Talking about start up time, my main machine went from 50 seconds to 1 minute 20 seconds to start up.
Then there is the Microsoft Tax developers need to pay to sell their programs if they make a Metro Application.
While there are some good things like less memory usage, maybe faster start up, less CPU overhead, there are also many things inherently wrong! Enough that I plan to upgrade to Windows 7 when I have the time.
Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon what's the difference? All steal money from devs and control with walled gardens.
I couldn't upgrade to 8.1, let alone 8.1 update 1. 8.0 installed fine, but got massive acpi errors with 8.1 that neither Microsoft nor the hardware manufacturer could fix. (Which, I'd like to say, was a bit annoying after waiting for hours for it to download and install.) For that and other reasons, finally gave up and reinstalled Win7. My copy of Win8 gathers dust on the bookshelf.
It looks like at least some early adopters may be stuck. I don't know of a solution, except perhaps waiting for Microsoft to issue build disks that already contain some future update that sets things right. If such a beast ever materializes.
What a mess. I'd like to submit, this seems to prove that Ballmer wasn't all that's wrong with Microsoft.
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
and people wonder why XP lasted so long
Windows 8 is still a steaming pile of dog turd despite the numerous patches and updates.
Remove all the touch device UI elements from the desktop OS, and then and only then, will I consider using it.
That means no more Metro/Modern nonsense tiles, no Charms bar, no lock screen, no 'Sign in with your Microsoft account' nags, no App Store.
Windows 8 phones and tablets are not selling well, stop trying and perish the thought already. Release a proper, pure, untainted desktop Windows.
Only if you're using a debian based distro like the 'buntu. Been there, done that.: RedHat->Fedora->Gentoo->Kubuntu
Being a KDE user for longer than Gnome has been around and always feeling like Gnome was more of a political statement than a platform intended for actual use; I'm very pleased with OpenSUSE.
I hate the upper app bar and the right click context menu(loved the old bottom menu slider thing) for metro which no option to get rid of. Originally(and still can) click on the top and drag it down to close or go to the left side bar and right click and click close. Not a fan of update 1(really service pack 1) or the old windows 7 menu or any similar type menu's. I actually prefer the metro which is easier to locate your application instead of looking at the tiny text and icons of the old menu system.
Microsoft should have kept the windows 8.1 UI the way it was and just release another service pack for windows 7. I would move to linux but they don't have the applications, stable UI, or metro(gnome 3 is retarded).
A windows RT for the desktop would of been great if there were professional applications available that's similar to the commercial autocad products, adobe products, office 2013(office 365 limited in function), games, etc.. and make sideloading(offline no app store required to install apps) easier. Love the web type applications they look sharp and clean. Get rid of win32 already. The winrt api is nothing more than com wrapper for win32. MS needs a fresh new api(from scratch) that functions similar to winrt but efficient with no overhead or limitations. Sick of the taskbar.
upgrading your distro isn't rocket science.
I really hope not, the bandwidth would probably be terrible and what would happen if your package nerfed another one with dependencies.
First of all, how is this in any way different to any operating system? Mac and PC suffer from the same issue. Any time you change something, other things may depend on it...shocker. I've been using Linux for many years now and when I started using it that may have been accurate, but I haven't seen that happen in many years now. There are always error messages, same as Windows, you may just need to know where to get them. Nothing you've said is relegated to gnu/Linux. I'm not knocking these other distros, Windows support has given me years of gainful employment, but to suggest that 'nix suffers alone with this flaw is a bit disingenuous. At this point I'd say that for the average user there would be almost no change for them, although Linux might be a bit easier because of how package managers/software centers can work. The areas of most difficulty come from those who like to tinker, because there is less information available on how to fix things, and the learning curve can be a bit steeper, but once you've got the learning curve down then you're set.
'u wot m8' is no longer a supported meme
I forget when I coined the saying "Microsoft Windows is an eternal Beta Test"....
Shoddy is as Shoddy does...
Because this is not intended for people like you, who know how it used to be. This is for tablet and phone users, who may not understand that the tablet and desktop even run the same os, and think they cannot possibly use the same patch.
This is not a business friendly decision. Making touch work is not a business friendly decision. But it is the direction they decided to go.
That's why not. Business is already in the subscription model, so they don't have to care. Users are not yet, so they have to at least try. Not saying it will work, just answering your question.
For maximum screwage, they should continue releasing badly-named X-Boxen until it's impossible to refer to the original one at all using English :D
X-Box
X-Box 360
X-Box One
X-Box Classic
X-Box Original
X-Box First
X-Box Old (I'd love to see that ad campaign)
Unity? Screw that: XFCE. Slashdot Beta? Screw that: SoylentNews. Australis? Screw that: Pale Moon. UX developers DIAF
He has spammed me ~150 times since I last logged in this morning (evening now where I am). The usual, working through my history in reverse order. He apparently thinks I can't tell this is exactly what he's doing.
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
You certainly seem to care. So now that you look stupid? STFU!
Here's what my Message Centre looks like right now:
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Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
Awww, pity the "poo lil troll" that can dish it out but you can't take it? Fuck off pussy. Go cry to mommy.
even in an subscription model the old SP system works good for deploying OS / updates.
It wasn't broke, so they fixed it.
What've you done better Zontar posting by anoncoward now? Zero. That's right. You sure dish it out but you can't take it returned back, can you? Hahahaha.
Basically the new trend in computer business is to remove your ability to locally store files, and keep everything in the cloud, for free now, later blackmailed. This is done by forcing everyone onto smartphones, away from traditional PC's with local file storage. When they hold all your data, all your data is in the cloud, how much is access to your own resume worth to you? $59.99 per access instance? That's cheap! When you need to get a job they will all require electronic submission of your resume, and the only way to create that is on the cloud, because locally stored files are a threat to national security, terrorists might compile an AI (artificial intelligence) that hunts all humans down and eats them alive (by being smarter than any human, hacking into any factory and composing satellite and cellular controlled robots to download itself into, ending up with millions of mobile robots smarter than humans). So when you can only "safely" create any computer related bits and bytes only in the cloud, and there is a team of 12 people paid to watch what you create, then once you create such an electronic resume, and gets approval from all 12 to be safe, it will cost you $59.99 per per job submission instance, to cover the cost of security, inspection of what you created. How many jobs can you afford to apply to then per day? And they will only accept electronically submitted resumes, like medical records are mandatory to be electronic anymore. The jobs are the future are increasingly guilt based, such as prison labor, because noncommuting, local workers, with communal lunches, communal bathroom facilities are the only "slaves" able to compete in the global jobmarket and being able to save 55 cents from the $1 per day that they get paid, because 45 cents is what their housing/food/utilities costs add up to. The other job is "telecommuting" without gasoline cost, where you sit at home and get paid to watch traffic cameras and report suspicious activity, or, as mentioned above, be an observer in the cloud and be one of the 12 inspectors who vote and "agree" to release a resume somebody typed into the "wild," to a job submission database. It's all just a matter of security. Old school "secure", nonchipped mechanical typewriters are gonna be really highly prized in the future, as long as you can figure out a way to type on toilet paper, because all other information storage paper will be banned, to save trees. In fact, the french have bidets, where you don't get to use any paper whatsoever, instead a water jet rinses your privates - I never done it, but from my college french who used to live in France, heard it's strange at first, but you can get use it and like it. Must be kinda like anal sex, strange at first, but people can get to like it. And it might become a necessity, because the Obamacare contraceptive requirement is nonsense, Mr. Obama is not aware that in the US we're not able to follow 5 simple instructions to the letter - in fact where I work there is a job that requires writing numbers in sequence on sheets of paper to label parts, and I don't think there was a single time we hit 10000 on the mark, it's always off by 3, or 14, etc. - so we can't even follow one simple instruction, let alone the 1500 steps necessary in organic synthesis to make a contraceptive drug, there is always something messed up, and then you end up with a "mystery" drug that you sell as a contraceptive, but you don't actually know what it is. Unless it's made by Koreans, Japanese, or Taiwanese, because they are the only ones (except maybe some Swiss, Brits, Germans, and UAE folks) who can letter to 10000 on the mark, but not ones born in the US(they are like the rest of us) but raised in those countries. In US drug factories one way to fix problems is to import a critical mass of people from the proper places, say 80% of the workforce that is actually executing the organic synthesis steps. You need insane people who will lose 20 lbs during graduation from high school, like in Korea, where they get so stressed from studying trying to pass t
There is some weird javascript now on Slashdot that keeps jumping the cursor to random places in your text in middle of typing a word, and sometimes overwrites a word remotely, kind of like typing into google search instantly gets autocomplete results, only possible if every single letter is submitted as you type. Back in the old days you could fill out the google search box, then click search, before any network traffic, same with these slashdot submissiion boxes. It might be the browser though, not slashdot, but I'm ashamed of all the grammatical errors in my postings. Btw there is no psychotherapy that relaxes your mind better than coming on Slashdot and bitching. For mental health purposes.
Zontar needs to stop criticizing APK as truly he's one of the world's greatest programmers. His Hosts file generator spends 4 million processor cycles per entry...
OMG, how did I manage to miss this? Thank you for making my day. :D
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
"You barge into discussions with your off-topic hosts file nonsense" - by Zontar The Mindless (9002) on Friday April 11, 2014 @09:51PM (#46731153) FROM -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
You said my "APK Hosts File Engine" is a virus/malware http://slashdot.org/comments.p... but it's EASILY PROVABLE it's not, right there in that link too.
Now PROVE YOUR FALSE ACCUSATION above: Show me a quote OR POST of me posting off topic on hosts where they did NOT apply... go for it!
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You avoided backing up your accusation where YOU said I say you are Barbara, not Barbie = TomHudson (same person http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... , & sockpuppeteer like you) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
Funny you can't back up your "bluster" there either, lol...
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Why, Lastly?
You're crackers! See here multiple personality disorder http://slashdot.org/comments.p... + manic depression http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
APK
P.S.=> So, THIS quote below is my policy on sockpuppeteers like you Zontar = TrollingForHostsFiles (your sockpuppetry):
"The only way to a achieve peace, is thru the ELIMINATION of those who would perpetuate war (sockpuppet masters like YOU, troll -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... ). THIS IS MY PROGRAMMING -> http://start64.com/index.php?o... & soon, I will be UNSTOPPABLE..." - Ultron 6 FROM -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Which quite obviously, I am, since none of you DOLTISH TROLLS are able to validly technically disprove my points on hosts enumerated in the link to my program above of how hosts give users of them more speed, security, reliability, & anonymity... period!
(Trolls like YOU that use sockpuppets http://slashdot.org/comments.p... (your sockpuppet "alterego" TrollingForHostsFiles) & TomHudson - Barbara, not Barbie too http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... before you)
... apk
"You barge into discussions with your off-topic hosts file nonsense" - by Zontar The Mindless (9002) on Friday April 11, 2014 @09:51PM (#46731153) FROM -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
You said my "APK Hosts File Engine" is a virus/malware http://slashdot.org/comments.p... but it's EASILY PROVABLE it's not, right there in that link too.
Now PROVE YOUR FALSE ACCUSATION above: Show me a quote OR POST of me posting off topic on hosts where they did NOT apply... go for it!
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You avoided backing up your accusation where YOU said I say you are Barbara, not Barbie = TomHudson (same person http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... , & sockpuppeteer like you) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
Funny you can't back up your "bluster" there either, lol...
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Why, Lastly?
You're crackers! See here multiple personality disorder http://slashdot.org/comments.p... + manic depression http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
APK
P.S.=> So, THIS quote below is my policy on sockpuppeteers like you Zontar = TrollingForHostsFiles (your sockpuppetry):
"The only way to a achieve peace, is thru the ELIMINATION of those who would perpetuate war (sockpuppet masters like YOU, troll -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... ). THIS IS MY PROGRAMMING -> http://start64.com/index.php?o... & soon, I will be UNSTOPPABLE..." - Ultron 6 FROM -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Which quite obviously, I am, since none of you DOLTISH TROLLS are able to validly technically disprove my points on hosts enumerated in the link to my program above of how hosts give users of them more speed, security, reliability, & anonymity... period!
(Trolls like YOU that use sockpuppets http://slashdot.org/comments.p... (your sockpuppet "alterego" TrollingForHostsFiles) & TomHudson - Barbara, not Barbie too http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... before you)
... apk
A: None. They just change the standard to darkness.
This is the Great App that you actually BRAG about? OMFG you sure do, don't ya:
For deduplication/normalization over its usual intake of fresh/new records. Doing it now, so might as well give you the breakdown of its process run:
Here is the screenshot of each tab noted below so you know where each stage occurs -> http://start64.com/images/win6... [start64.com]
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IMPORT = 1 min. 15 seconds
NORMALIZATION/DEDUPLICATION = 15 seconds
CONVERT & FILTER (longest part, touches every record) = 9 minutes
SPEED UP FAVORITE SITES = 20 seconds (I do 20 of them)
SAVE = 10 seconds
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Over 145,000 new records... around 11 minutes total runtime!
I had to stop reading at this point, I was laughing so hard that I was about to hyperventilate.
APK, not only are you a troll, a bully, and a liar... You are also INCREDIBLY FUCKING STUPID if you think this is something you should be boasting about--this is like bragging about running a 3-month mile.
ROFLMAO here. UN-fucking-believable. This is the most fun I've had yet this week.
Even better---This looks like a strong candidate for the link I'll use in my next sig. I'll bet you can't wait.
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
I notice you say all that but "forget" to tell us if you have a typing diploma APK? Could it be because you don't have one? APK, diploma-less "ne'er-do-well" rofl NAPK showed you here -> https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3083489&cid=41179623
NAPK burned APK here ---> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41100739
Where is your typing diploma APK? LOL you can't answer because you don't have one!
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Proof of the efficacious of APKapp2backgrounddaemonprocessengine
CA
PestPatrol
SpywareDB("Dangerous!")
Freedom Anti-Spyware
Spycheck (Spanish-language) - "Recomendacion: DESACTIVAR Y ELIMINAR"
Spyware No-More ("Threat risk: High risk", "Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer and / or to protect your privacy")
CA has actual programmers with actual experience working for commercial corporations. Do you have real world work experience Mr APK smartypants? LOL some of us "put up or shut up".
--- NAPK
P.S. => Just ask BILL GATES. When I asked him if he knew APK and whether APK was a good programmer he said "What? Who?" or would have done had I asked him.
P.P.S => More proof
* Thor Schrock, who knows about spyware and malware and has been known to manage a real business, said this about APK and his letters to him
If I trusted every jerk who emailed me about why his spyware application is detected by our software I would go blue in the face.
Do you manage a major corporation APK? Do you even live in Nebraska? ROFL I don't think so!
P.P.P.S => Do you even have a typing diploma APK? LOL. You can't answer because you don't have one!
P.P.P.P.S => ROFL! LOL! LOLOL!
P.P.P.P.P.S => FOUR MILLION CLOCK CYCLES PER HOSTNAME? Seriously? LOL! Do you have a real computer science degree APK or one you bought from an online college?
To save you a click, here's the money quote (my bolds):
Are you getting this? Are you? He's effectively turning off the Windows process scheduler to make his process run faster.
He's also apparently never heard of hashing...
No, I was just pointing out how sad it is that you think posting nonsense 150 times will make it anything other than nonsense, or that you think there's so much as a snowball's chance in Hell that you are going to be able to intimidate me that way.
And what's this about a GUI? Why do I need one of those, when I can work with real software instead? (You've heard of the LAMP stack, right? Well, to put what I do for a living into terms that you might hope to understand: I work for a company that provides one of the "letters" in "LAMP", and I'm a contributor to a project that provides one of the others.)
Let's see... You're a troll, a stalker, a liar, a bully, and... not only does it appear that you can't really code, you are so foolish as to *brag about how horribly your code performs*.
But you're the perfect Slashdotter in that you really do live in your mother's basement, eh? Aw man, this just gets better and better.
So how does it feel to be known as the Uwe Boll of Visual Basic, Sparky?
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
You fail (trolling by ac no less) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
* ROTFLMAO - I practically WROTE your shell script for YOU, lol, & still you couldn't get it right..., lol!
APK
P.S.=> You failed to realize that to DO THE JOB RIGHT & by myself using my OWN code (unlike that fool move you did up there I long ago burnt you on) sometimes, you have to sacrifice SPEED for accuracy & I wrote MINE BY HAND (not using script kiddie prewritten shellscripting programs in *NIX lol) & mine works - BETTER THAN THAT FAIL OF YOURS ABOVE trolling by ac... apk
This looks like a strong candidate for the link I'll use in my next sig. I'll bet you can't wait.
I hear that TrollingForHostFiles is working on turning the entire thread into verse....
wow, it's 2014, and we're still hatin' on gentoo ricers?
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Speaking of my work as a writer... I was going to ask you whether maybe you used the VB6 book I co-wrote back in 1999, but apparently you never made it quite that far... So... I guess that question's been answered.
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
Andy, perhaps you've forgotten about this, so here's a little reminder. You're pulling exactly the same shit here now as you did on Ars 13 years ago...
Alexander, ... I see you using yet another persona (for at least the 4th time) and bringing total mayhem to the forum.
You lost your creds a long time ago and made quite a name for yourself, I don't see how you can get it back here.
I think it's clear you have to go.
Looks like you were banned for the 4th time a couple days afterwards.
When you get caught in a lie, you make up a bigger one to try to distract from it. Your pattern never changes in any appreciable way.
And I'm pretty sure you don't have a degree in anything.
BTW, you never answered my question about whether or not I've really been trolling Slashdot for the last 10,000 years.
Was that a few too many zeroes for you to deal with?
That Ars convo with GOD and MWHN wraps up the first page of results for you on Google. I'm ready to move on to the second page any time now, just let me know when you'd like to take another stroll down Memory Lane.
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
You've merely demonstrated there (and countless other times elsewhere) that you are chronically incapable of understanding humour even when it is explained to you in exquisite detail.
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
apt-get update
apt-get -y dist-upgrade
Are you getting this? Are you? He's effectively turning off the Windows process scheduler to make his process run faster.
OMG. And he wonders why his stuff gets flagged as malware?
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
Have you tried suicide? You should really give it a go.
Don't make one of us have to call your mommy and tell her you need a swift kick in the balls. You are a fucking waste of space and so is your piece of shit 'software'.
APK can't write real software so he/she/it just adds some crap to a text file and claims to be a 'developer'. What a useless wanker.
The rest of us have discovered the Start menu is a pile of garbage.
Bet YOU have (probably even *tried* it yourself) & should after this http://slashdot.org/comments.p... I would guess.
Hey - It's your advice - you can take your own advice.
Then again (lmao) I BET YOU FAILED @ THAT TOO (obviously, you're still with us "damn", lmao) as you have vs. myself for your outright bogus libeling of me.
APK
P.S.=> Again though - on YOUR advice? Well, since you dispense it, then I truly think YOU need it. Do society a favor. Take your own advice - & please: BE SUCCESSFUL @ IT THIS TIME at least, don't FAIL, epically, as you always do (especially vs. me)... apk
Doesn't look that way http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
So, as long as I continue to write code against my current version of .Net, the automated update ecosystem will notice that and not ask me to update but the day I cease writing code against it, then I'll be inundated with updates on a daily basis?
oobayly, do you live in Colorado?
Link is here: http://tech.slashdot.org/comme...
If someone was impersonating you, let me know, and I'll stop teasing you over this one. There's plenty of real stuff to make fun of when you're around, I don't actually need the process scheduler thing, but if you did it, it's hilarious.
to rebuild all your proprietary drivers. and drivers that arent' included in the kernel source. and then discover that they broke due to kernel changes and the OEM does not have a time-frame for updating their driver from 2.6. not that i'm speaking from experience with my current machine or anything.
... came out in August 2013. Less than 9 months ago.
... don't generally make UI or other functionality changes. they are intended to be bug-fixes or security updates. 8.1.u1 is more than that.
Depends solely on recordset size. My app draws all types. I use std. quicksort because of that. Easy to implement. Good over large ranges of the data.
APK
P.S.=> Remember - I've got to do that THEN deduplicate it too, THEN feed it back to a display grid GUI control (with its overheads) - fact,
See, unlike YOU?
I don't deal in CHUMP charmode stuff anymore, not for decades, not that I'd put out online.
Since nobody wants to use it vs. GUI in the masses of users out there...
Yes, it is faster, my charmode/tty versions ARE ~ 15x as fast, but I won't put them out in a world that's largely left your primitive province preference (well, I like them in scripts while networking, but I write the apps when needed, I don't use others stuff then, vs. OS native tools in combination with them)
... apk
How does my program effectively turn off the process scheduler? Answer that.
I've asked you it a post or two back http://slashdot.org/comments.p... - you avoid it.
"Gosh, I can't figure out, why?
Not! You're running again, Forrest...
APK
P.S.=> You've done better work than mine on this kind of program? Let's see it in GUI form. Not 1 month or 1 year from now. Now... nothing on your end? Thought so... apk
Or she'll find ME with YOUR MOMMY or wife (& she'd be doing all sorts of 'nice' things to & for me too - liking it too, a lot...lol!)....
So - Can't have my ma seeing that, of course!
* :)
(LOL, & you just KNOW your mommy would be back for more of THIS (me, lol)... & you know it.)
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As far as my program, well... lol, you know (now "Run, Forrest: RUN!!! - you know you're going to have to):
You're MORE THAN WELCOME to disprove 17 enumerated points of fact here:
http://start64.com/index.php?o...
(Where I extoll the virtues of the benefts along with the actual benefits themselves custom hosts files yield for end users of them in added speed, security, reliability, & even anonymity online)
Good luck - you'll need it (more like a miracle)...
APK
P.S.=> You've been "toasted" crisp by the searing flames of my scathing penmanship, fool... apk
I said typing diploma, fool.
But while we're on the subject:
How those qualifications stack up. This is a comparison of the known qualifications of each of the individuals APK is stalking with APK:
Has written software generally considered Malware?
Clone: No
Squiggleslash: No
Tom Hudson: No
Red Flayer: No
GMHowell: No
Zontar The Mindless: No
Alexander Peter Kowalski: YES
Failed English language courses at school? (Or should have done, given inability to spell or use standard English grammar)
Clone: No
Squiggleslash: No
Tom Hudson: No
Red Flayer: No
GMHowell: No
Zontar The Mindless: No
Alexander Peter Kowalski: YES
Harasses critics?
Clone: No
Squiggleslash: No
Tom Hudson: No
Red Flayer: No
GMHowell: No
Zontar The Mindless: No
Alexander Peter Kowalski: YES
Promotes bogus "anti-virus" scheme that by own admission doesn't work and lulls users into false sense of security?
Clone: No
Squiggleslash: No
Tom Hudson: No
Red Flayer: No
GMHowell: No
Zontar The Mindless: No
Alexander Peter Kowalski: YES
Is unable to make friends in real life and uses sock-puppets instead?
Clone: No
Squiggleslash: No
Tom Hudson: No
Red Flayer: No
GMHowell: No
Zontar The Mindless: No
Alexander Peter Kowalski: YES
Unable to get a real, paying, job and forced to sell self-written crapware instead?
Clone: No
Squiggleslash: No
Tom Hudson: No
Red Flayer: No
GMHowell: No
Zontar The Mindless: No
Alexander Peter Kowalski: YES
Lifelong open misogyny leading to lifelong virginity?
Clone: No
Squiggleslash: No
Tom Hudson: No
Red Flayer: No
GMHowell: No
Zontar The Mindless: No
Alexander Peter Kowalski: YES
"You barge into discussions with your off-topic hosts file nonsense" - by Zontar The Mindless (9002) on Friday April 11, 2014 @09:51PM (#46731153) FROM -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
You said my "APK Hosts File Engine" is a virus/malware http://slashdot.org/comments.p... but it's EASILY PROVABLE it's not, right there in that link too.
Now PROVE YOUR FALSE ACCUSATION above: Show me a quote OR POST of me posting off topic on hosts where they did NOT apply... go for it!
APK
P.S.=> "Run, Forrest - RUN!!! you'll avoid THAT like the plague (per my subject line above) - why's THAT, Zontar, you libelous freak? apk
How would setting a program to higher priorities TURN OFF the processscheduler kernelmode subsystem? ANSWER = it doesn't, moron... it helps a program run faster by requesting more cpu cycles be allotted to it... but it doesn't kill the process scheduling kernelmode subsystem.
"You barge into discussions with your off-topic hosts file nonsense" - by Zontar The Mindless (9002) on Friday April 11, 2014 @09:51PM (#46731153) FROM -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
You said my "APK Hosts File Engine" is a virus/malware http://slashdot.org/comments.p... but it's EASILY PROVABLE it's not, right there in that link too.
Now PROVE YOUR FALSE ACCUSATION above: Show me a quote OR POST of me posting off topic on hosts where they did NOT apply... go for it!
APK
P.S.=> "Run, Forrest - RUN!!! you'll avoid THAT like the plague (per my subject line above) - why's THAT, Zontar, you libelous freak? apk
I wrote:
And your response is:
So you're trolling. You can't actually disclaim what I said, so you lie about what I meant and then debunk that instead.
I'm going to take your refusal to disassociate yourself with the post that makes the claim as evidence you did actually make it (not to mention that you actually re-affirm the same claim above.)
You actually think that effectively disabling the scheduler is the right approach to making a program run faster. Your code sucks.
"He's effectively turning off the Windows process scheduler to make his process run faster." - by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @04:11PM (#46760497) FROM -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
That's EXACTLY what you said: So how does raising CPU priority TURN OFF the process scheduling kernelmode subsystem??
APK
P.S.=> You are FULL of it, even *trying* to change (in vain) what YOU said, troll... lol!
... apk
Then why did you say this then ac troll (turning off was your words):
"He's effectively turning off the Windows process scheduler to make his process run faster." - FROM -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
Zontar: You're a FOOL - I have you trapped now, don't I? Tough to get out of your OWN words quoted, now isn't it??
You can play "word games" & use that weak semantic game but you're own WORDS caught you dead in the act, & posting by ac to defend yourself Zontar? LOL!
FUNNY I HOW SLAPPED YOU DOWN ON THAT VERY NOTE, here (UltraDefrag64) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
As to WHY I do it (helps speed), considering I also gave UltraDefrag64 that idea too, with some sample code (not my best, but works using API calls) to help them out too... see I help others & produce decent wares... ones you cannot disprove points on of how it adds more speed, security, reliability, & even anonymity for users of it... you couldn't manage THAT, to save your life.
Which your "life" here is being torn to shreds, by yours truly, for your libel which you can't back, & RUN from -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... AND NOW SUDDENLY "SUPPORT YOURSELF" via ac posts too when you have a registered 'luser' account here Zontar... pitiful.
APK
P.S.=> Resorting to AC trolling now too - man, you are MAKING me just HAVE to say it now:
THIS? This was just "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'" & it always IS vs. unskilled DOLTS that talk out their ass, & have NEVER written a program that did well (like mine usually do) in his LIFE trying to "tell me how it works" only to end up with EGG ON HIS FACE posting by ac to *try* to vainly "defend himself" that way along with illogical ad hominem attacks - weak!
... apk
I notice you say all that but "forget" to tell us if you have a typing diploma APK? Could it be because you don't have one? APK, diploma-less "ne'er-do-well" rofl NAPK showed you here -> https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3083489&cid=41179623
NAPK burned APK here ---> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41100739
Where is your typing diploma APK? LOL you can't answer because you don't have one!
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Proof of the efficacious of APKapp2backgrounddaemonprocessengine
CA
PestPatrol
SpywareDB("Dangerous!")
Freedom Anti-Spyware
Spycheck (Spanish-language) - "Recomendacion: DESACTIVAR Y ELIMINAR"
Spyware No-More ("Threat risk: High risk", "Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer and / or to protect your privacy")
CA has actual programmers with actual experience working for commercial corporations. Do you have real world work experience Mr APK smartypants? LOL some of us "put up or shut up".
--- NAPK
P.S. => Just ask BILL GATES. When I asked him if he knew APK and whether APK was a good programmer he said "What? Who?" or would have done had I asked him.
P.P.S => More proof
* Thor Schrock, who knows about spyware and malware and has been known to manage a real business, said this about APK and his letters to him
If I trusted every jerk who emailed me about why his spyware application is detected by our software I would go blue in the face.
Do you manage a major corporation APK? Do you even live in Nebraska? ROFL I don't think so!
P.P.P.S => Do you even have a typing diploma APK? LOL. You can't answer because you don't have one!
P.P.P.P.S => ROFL! LOL! LOLOL!
P.P.P.P.P.S => FOUR MILLION CLOCK CYCLES PER HOSTNAME? Seriously? LOL! Do you have a real computer science degree APK or one you bought from an online college?
I'm a lettered former NCAA athlete (1985 letter "K") -> http://lemoynedolphins.com/spo...
LMAO - Thor SCHMUCK & CA (caught in accounting scandals? They're SCUM -> http://www.bing.com/search?q=c... )
Your libel = BLOWN AWAY -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
Easily verifiable - write Mr. Steven Burn (works for malwarebytes, good man too).
CA = SHOT DOWN IN FLAMES - along with fatboy Thor SCMUCK (zero threat level, forced by ME on their "experts", easily... lol!)
APK
P.S.=> THIS (and you just KNOW I've just GOTTA say it, lol)? This was just "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'"... apk
By "yours truly" http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
* :)
APK
P.S.=> Alongside ZONTAR the libeling sockpuppeteer -> http://mobile.slashdot.org/com... just (and you KNOW I've just gotta say, now don't you? Ah, but of COURSE you do) "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'"... apk
"You barge into discussions with your off-topic hosts file nonsense" - by Zontar The Mindless (9002) on Friday April 11, 2014 @09:51PM (#46731153) FROM -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
Show us all a post where I put up material on hosts where it doesn't apply & is OFF TOPIC.
You can't, obviously, can you? Nope... lol! That makes YOU a lying bullshitter.
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"for a crapware host files app that nobody in his right mind wants to allow anywhere close to his system" - by Zontar The Mindless (9002) on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @12:24PM (#46769393) FROM -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
You say my program's crapware?
Disprove 17 points here showing hosts give uses more speed, security, reliability, & anonymity then since YOu say my program's "crapware" http://start64.com/index.php?o...
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You also said MY program is a virus?
I disproved that too here WITH PROOF FROM A RELIABLE & REPUTABLE SOURCE IN THE SECURITY COMMUNITY who hosts my app (malwarebytes hpHosts) which you are FREE TO VERIFY by email if you like as MY proof!
http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
(Which I always produce from reputable sources, NOT fellow "trolls" whom I have destroyed, like I am destroying YOU loser (see ps below)):
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You said by turning up cpu priorities in my program I am turning off the processscheduler?
"He's effectively turning off the Windows process scheduler to make his process run faster." - FROM -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
Again: How would the process scheduler be turned off by doing that?
APK
P.S.=> Can't get out of your crap now, can you? Nope... same with using arstechnica as your backers - BIG mistake!
I annihilated arstechnica, & outside their private playpen where THEY STALKED ME TO @ Windows IT Pro forums http://slashdot.org/comments.p... , no less!
Funny:
You can't seem to explain WHY Jeremy Reimer and Jay Little's websites were removed by CrystalTech &/or Shaw CA hosting providers
IF I am "so bad", why did THAT happen to them? apk
Every once in a while I would get the notices asking me to update to 8.1 and I just ignored them, fearing my precious data would be at risk (I write music, and yes I backup, but not very incrementally.) It's like experience has taught me a thing or two, and for that, I'm grateful.
Actually Win7 was great, while XP was ok. Reason being that 7 actually got almost all the way out of the way and just was a platform your programs ran on, almost no interaction with the OS itself at all necessary. Of course, you still needed tons of extras to be able to do anything useful and many of them still aren't all the way there, but I consider 7 a big upswing from XP.
Why don't they just issue Windows 7 downgrades (upgrades?) for free and we can all just wait for Windows 9?!!!
My karma is bad. Don't get too close!!!
windows 8.1 update 1 should be windows 8.2
the start menu returns in 8.3 / NT 6.2.3
microsoft needs to do proper versioning.
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