You did ask the "time for a new PC?" question. And it is true, vast numbers of people do this to get out from under a poor performing PC due to malware of all types, or even plain old Windows' OS-itis problem.
For the next friend of yours that has lost, misplaced, or thrown away the Recovery Disc and the Owners' Manual -- well, manuals can be found on-line, even for PCs from defunct vendors. If the PC does not have a recovery partition, and a CD is required, well, they're available at nominal cost from functioning vendors. As you, the local go-to-techie-expert-they-depend-on, should know.
i>Maybe this is a good opportunity to buy a new computer?... Anyone have advice for the average or below average joe on what to do when they are stuck with this?
Buying a new computer will help your local economy, and of course, computer vendors. But you need not go that far.
Your computer vendor included one or more methods for something called disaster recovery. This will either be a bootable Compact Disc, or, perhaps a special keyboard sequence to use during power-on. The end result will be to have your computer's data storage, including the OS and applications, revert back to an as-shipped-from-the-factory state. Of course, just like buying a new computer, it will have none of the data you put there since turning it on the first time: files, settings, address book entries, browser bookmarks.... all will be gone.
For instructions, look in that drawer where you tossed everything that came with your computer. Hunt for your Owner's Manual. There will be instructions within. Hunt for the Recovery CD, if there is one.
Obviously, this is an imperfect solution, but similar to buying a new computer, without the expense. In both cases, one must re-install all 3rd party applications, and restore configurations and files from a prior backup.
Unfortunately, users who need to ask questions like yours have likely never taken a back up, and wouldn't even necessarily know how. Since Slashdot is not the place for such instruction, I recommend practicing your Google Fu, Grasshopper.
As far as I know, the "Bill of Rights" was adopted September 25, 1789. If that's correct, then the period of time these amendments to the constitution have been effective would be 220 years, four days, not including today.
...Huge variation between Quebec french, French french...
The most obvious difference between them (other than accent) for the innocent traveler is the stop sign on the corner. In Quebec, it is a sign which says, "Arrête," but in France, if there's anything printed on them they say, "Stop."
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The thieves can just ignore the lock and come-in through Windows.
[blockquote]...FTTH anyone?...[/blockquote]We replaced our Plain-Old-Telephone-Service with VDSL/FTTN. The original twisted-pair POTS line is now delivering 25Mbps digital service.
Same ancient copper infrastructure (for a few thousand feet), relatively new tech otherwise (VDSL technology rollout began around 2003-2004), and we get triple play service: VoIP, HD/IPTV, 12Mbps internet service.
...if you need to send a drive in for replacement, you don't need to worry about snooping of your data...
You are misinformed.
An unencrypted sector on a disk drive is just as readable, with or without a filesystem on a drive. A responsible IT administrator must consider data security when disposing of a disk drive, whether with a hardware vendor, the nearest trash receptacle, or eBay.
Yes, but the most interesting part of the story is at Berkeley's website. They were entirely unaware of the intrusion until the "highly skilled" intruders, having had their way with Berkeley's system(s) for eight months, "...left messages on the server."
"..There's never much risk of reality intruding..." "...Hackneyed material..." "...Shows a consistent inability to generate any kind of drama when characters open their mouths...."
The overall consensus among critics was 58% positive, at rottentomatoes.com. That's 42% negative, and sufficient to rate the film *Rotten*.
I'd like to point you to "Enemy at the Gates". A 2001 Hollywood production led by Paramount Pictures, it starred Jude Law and Ed Harris. Law played Vassili Zaitsev, the most famous Russian sniper of the war. The film was set at the Battle of Stalingrad.
The title of this book refers to a joke about the Oxford comma.
A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons.
'Why?' asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
'Well, I'm a panda', he says, at the door. 'Look it up.'
The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. 'Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.'
In the only criminal case I've sat on (as Juror #7), during the post-trial discussion with the Judge, we jurors asked, "Did the defendant have a prior criminal record?"
The judge answered, "Just like all of you... I don't know. I prefer to adjudicate without that knowledge, as I believe that makes me more impartial. A defendant's criminal record is a key component of sentencing, so I will have that information when the defendant appears before me for sentencing."
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Your logic confuses me. How is -not- being able to print to your Lexmark printer, part of everything you want?
For the next friend of yours that has lost, misplaced, or thrown away the Recovery Disc and the Owners' Manual -- well, manuals can be found on-line, even for PCs from defunct vendors. If the PC does not have a recovery partition, and a CD is required, well, they're available at nominal cost from functioning vendors. As you, the local go-to-techie-expert-they-depend-on, should know.
Buying a new computer will help your local economy, and of course, computer vendors. But you need not go that far.
Your computer vendor included one or more methods for something called disaster recovery. This will either be a bootable Compact Disc, or, perhaps a special keyboard sequence to use during power-on. The end result will be to have your computer's data storage, including the OS and applications, revert back to an as-shipped-from-the-factory state. Of course, just like buying a new computer, it will have none of the data you put there since turning it on the first time: files, settings, address book entries, browser bookmarks.... all will be gone.
For instructions, look in that drawer where you tossed everything that came with your computer. Hunt for your Owner's Manual. There will be instructions within. Hunt for the Recovery CD, if there is one.
Obviously, this is an imperfect solution, but similar to buying a new computer, without the expense. In both cases, one must re-install all 3rd party applications, and restore configurations and files from a prior backup.
Unfortunately, users who need to ask questions like yours have likely never taken a back up, and wouldn't even necessarily know how. Since Slashdot is not the place for such instruction, I recommend practicing your Google Fu, Grasshopper.
As far as I know, the "Bill of Rights" was adopted September 25, 1789. If that's correct, then the period of time these amendments to the constitution have been effective would be 220 years, four days, not including today.
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Relatively small. US and Canada jointly hold 10%.
Ah, the voice of Bea Arthur, from "Amazon Women in the Mood"
The most obvious difference between them (other than accent) for the innocent traveler is the stop sign on the corner. In Quebec, it is a sign which says, "Arrête," but in France, if there's anything printed on them they say, "Stop."
Fixed that for you.
Because if I suffer from both obesity and clinical depression then my brain is an intelligent mess.
Same ancient copper infrastructure (for a few thousand feet), relatively new tech otherwise (VDSL technology rollout began around 2003-2004), and we get triple play service: VoIP, HD/IPTV, 12Mbps internet service.
...if you need to send a drive in for replacement, you don't need to worry about snooping of your data...
You are misinformed.
An unencrypted sector on a disk drive is just as readable, with or without a filesystem on a drive. A responsible IT administrator must consider data security when disposing of a disk drive, whether with a hardware vendor, the nearest trash receptacle, or eBay.
Yes, but the most interesting part of the story is at Berkeley's website. They were entirely unaware of the intrusion until the "highly skilled" intruders, having had their way with Berkeley's system(s) for eight months, "...left messages on the server."
http://xkcd.com/538/
"..There's never much risk of reality intruding..." "...Hackneyed material..." "...Shows a consistent inability to generate any kind of drama when characters open their mouths...."
The overall consensus among critics was 58% positive, at rottentomatoes.com. That's 42% negative, and sufficient to rate the film *Rotten*.
I'd like to point you to "Enemy at the Gates". A 2001 Hollywood production led by Paramount Pictures, it starred Jude Law and Ed Harris. Law played Vassili Zaitsev, the most famous Russian sniper of the war. The film was set at the Battle of Stalingrad.
The method is already published in OpenBSD FAQ 8.1: I forgot my root password, what do I do now?
Your guidance is incorrect. No live media needed, and there is no such thing as /etc/shadow. OpenBSD is not Linux.
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The title of this book refers to a joke about the Oxford comma.
The judge answered, "Just like all of you ... I don't know. I prefer to adjudicate without that knowledge, as I believe that makes me more impartial. A defendant's criminal record is a key component of sentencing, so I will have that information when the defendant appears before me for sentencing."
I never did find out what the sentence was.
I'll guess
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