What does the Fox say?

[engineergurl]

how much bandwidth would spamming this site take up?

 

[knight1fox3]

I just tried updating Adobe Reader again and it gives me the pop-up:

Are you allowed to install things? If so, try removing Adobe using Revo Uninstaller. That will brute force the uninstall, regardless of any errors Windows throws at it.

how much bandwidth would spamming this site take up?

That's classified. :Chris:

 

[engineergurl]

how much bandwidth would spamming this site take up?

That's classified. :Chris:

well, in that case, how am I supposed to know if I'm triggering the alarms over at IT? lol, you're supposed to be on my side

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

I just tried updating Adobe Reader again and it gives me the pop-up:

Are you allowed to install things? If so, try removing Adobe using Revo Uninstaller. That will brute force the uninstall, regardless of any errors Windows throws at it.

I am not allowed to install anything (including most updates), yet somehow I could still install Chrome :dunno:

 

[knight1fox3]

I just tried updating Adobe Reader again and it gives me the pop-up:

Are you allowed to install things? If so, try removing Adobe using Revo Uninstaller. That will brute force the uninstall, regardless of any errors Windows throws at it.

I am not allowed to install anything (including most updates), yet somehow I could still install Chrome :dunno:

Wow that's weird. Sounds like your hands are tied in most respects. Is it even worth bringing up the issue to IT?

 

[knight1fox3]

how much bandwidth would spamming this site take up?

That's classified. :Chris:

well, in that case, how am I supposed to know if I'm triggering the alarms over at IT? lol, you're supposed to be on my side

LOL. Well EB uses next to nothing. I doubt your the cause of any of these supposed "alarms". But if you're really curious, download this if you want to see how much bandwidth you are truly using. :thumbs:

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

We're stuck in a bit of a pickle when it comes to internet browsers. We use Oracle for our project controls department, and unfortunately the company had a packaged version custom built for us a few years ago that apparently isn't supported with any Internet Explorer later than 8, so we're forced to use IE8 because we can't upgrade (it works fine on Chrome btw). We all know IE8 isn't supported with most of the rest of the interwebs (including our online document control database and our quality control monitoring website). IT refuses to pay for our Oracle program to be updated, and they also don't like any other browser because they can't control them. We can have Chrome on our computers, but IT refuses to provide any support for it.

 

[Ble_PE]

Alright KF, I'm looking at replacing my router and I'm looking at ac vs n. What do you think about the TP-LINK Archer c7? It's an affordable ac router with pretty good reviews. There's a refurbished Asus ac router on Newegg for around the same price, the RT-AC66R, but I'm not familiar enough with routers to know what would be best. Thoughts?

 

[wilheldp_PE]

I think you will regret not buying an ac compatible router unless you plan on buying another one in the next couple years. You may not need the speed now, but you probably will in the near future.

 

[knight1fox3]

Rule #1. No refurbs in my experience.

And you can't go wrong with ASUS in my opinion.

Agree with Wil....go with the new tech AC over N. Will be better suited for "future-proofing".

 

[knight1fox3]

This is kind of cool: Dropcam Pro. A bit pricey though. Would be a pretty fun tech toy though.

 

[Ble_PE]

Rule #1. No refurbs in my experience.

And you can't go wrong with ASUS in my opinion.

Agree with Wil....go with the new tech AC over N. Will be better suited for "future-proofing".

But the Asus is the refurb... How do you feel about TP-LINK as a brand? Both routers have external antennas which I want. It seems our current router with only internal antennas doesn't have very good range. I definitely think I'm going to go with ac since we already have phones that support it. Thanks for your help!

 

[knight1fox3]

Rule #1. No refurbs in my experience.

And you can't go wrong with ASUS in my opinion.

Agree with Wil....go with the new tech AC over N. Will be better suited for "future-proofing".

But the Asus is the refurb... How do you feel about TP-LINK as a brand? Both routers have external antennas which I want. It seems our current router with only internal antennas doesn't have very good range. I definitely think I'm going to go with ac since we already have phones that support it. Thanks for your help!

My preference would be ASUS but not a refurb. Don't have much experience with TP-Link routers so I can't speak to its functionality or reliability. And +1 for external routers. If I were to upgrade from my existing Linksys dual band, I'd be getting this bad boy!

ASUS RT-AC87U

 

[Ble_PE]

Thanks for the advice. I'm going to keep my eyes open for a good deal on an Asus, but that one you posted is way out of my price range! $260??!!

 

[Ble_PE]

Well, I ended up with this bad boy. It went on sale on Amazon and I couldn't pass it up. I'll let you know how it is.

 

[knight1fox3]

^ excellent choice! :thumbs: You won't be disappointed.

I believe that model also allows you to tether your smartphone data connection and broadcast that in the event your regular internet service goes down.

 

[willsee]

I purchased the MSI laptop recommended and it was working fine for a month. I downloaded Draftsight and since then I'm now stuck in an endless loop of BSOD hell (windows 8.1 variety). I've wrote down over 25 different errors and going online everyone recommends clean install, but I wasn't given a copy of windows with my purchase. Didn't know if anyone has ever seen this issue before.

Sometimes I can get to startup and login and I will get a BSOD within 15 seconds of logging in. Most of the time I don't even make it to start up it just gives a BSOD with different errors. Tried System Restore, System Refresh, Safe Mode, Command Prompt, and all give a BSOD.

The following are just some of the errors I've seen:
MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
ntoskrnl.exe 0xc0000221
KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
BAD_POOL_HEADER
IO1_INITILIZATION_FAIL
iaStorV.sys 0xc0000221
tcpip.sys
system_service_exception
cubda.sys
winload.efi
SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

 

[knight1fox3]

Not worth it to troubleshoot in my opinion. You don't need a copy of windows any longer. They are all hosted online. Sounds like it would be ideal for you to do a clean install which would also remove all the bloatware.

http://www.howtogeek.com/186775/how-to-download-windows-7-8-and-8.1-installation-media-legally/

 

[willsee]

Yeah I'd rather just do that. Nothing TOO critical that I would lose.

MSI said to send it to them which I really don't want to do.

Now I just have to find the product key.

 

[mudpuppy]

^Should be on a sticker on the bottom of the laptop.