What does the Fox say?

[YMZ PE]

It was on my home PC and on my one here at work. Both Windows 10. Not sure what you're missing.

It's what the IT guy told me. I'm not super confident in what he tells me, if that wasn't obvious.

 

[Audi Driver P.E.]

What happens when you type "Calculator" in the box that says "Type here to search" on the task bar?

 

[YMZ PE]

"This app can't open. Contact your Administrator to repair or reinstall this app."

He also said some users didn't have Photo Viewer installed either, and that he would have to "hack the registry" to get it to work. Fortunately my Photo Viewer worked fine so there was no need for him to do any questionable diddling of my software.

I miss my old machine. A competent IT person secretly gave me admin rights to it. Now I have to file Helpdesk tickets for minor installations.  :suicide1:

 

[YMZ PE]

But seriously!!! Is it not alarming that an IT person would click on a blinking ad thinking it's a link to legitimate calculator software, then try to download something called "My Email Center" to a networked computer?

 

[Audi Driver P.E.]

"This app can't open. Contact your Administrator to repair or reinstall this app."

He also said some users didn't have Photo Viewer installed either, and that he would have to "hack the registry" to get it to work. Fortunately my Photo Viewer worked fine so there was no need for him to do any questionable diddling of my software.

I miss my old machine. A competent IT person secretly gave me admin rights to it. Now I have to file Helpdesk tickets for minor installations.  :suicide1:

Sounds like you're setup/profile is hosed!

https://ugetfix.com/ask/how-to-fix-this-app-cant-open-error-on-windows-10/

 

[Supe]

But seriously!!! Is it not alarming that an IT person would click on a blinking ad thinking it's a link to legitimate calculator software, then try to download something called "My Email Center" to a networked computer?

Job security.

"Oh man, YMZ downloaded a real doozy of a virus!  I'll get right on it, may take me a week or two..."

 

[knight1fox3]

But seriously!!! Is it not alarming that an IT person would click on a blinking ad thinking it's a link to legitimate calculator software, then try to download something called "My Email Center" to a networked computer?

It is quite alarming. And one of the primary rules of safe networked computing. At a minimum, the link to said calculator downloaded should have first been scanned for authenticity. Then once safely downloaded from a secure connection, the respective file itself also scanned before providing permission for the install utility to run. <smh>  Either way, it certainly seems that IT went about this in a very non-conventional (not to mention unsafe!) manner. As Audi mentioned above, it appears that your IT group controls/modifies the actual Win10 install profile to not include some standard software accessories. Seems odd that they would actually go through the effort to modify this from the default. But then again I don't manage operating system installations at the enterprise level. Ha ha. A standard Win 10 Home edition will typically include these features by default.

Actually, now that I think about it, we should have just simply had @Ramnares P.E. verify the download link first before accessing it. :thumbs:

 

[tj_PE]

questionable diddling of my software.

 

[YMZ PE]

Would it have been better if I said he legitimately diddled my hardware?

 

[Supe]

Hey KF, any experience with Raspberry Pi controller boards?  Needing a winter project with Junior, and I'm thinking that a full size MAME cabinet would be the perfect addition to the movie room.  I'd like to be able to wire two player arcade controls but still have USB option for NES/SNES type controllers.  

 

[MA_PE]

I think this has been asked before but I want to upgrade my router at home.  Suggestions?

 

[Dleg]

Quick: what's the best set-up for a portable cell-phone based wifi station. We are abandoning our daughter for her last year of college, and I intend to leave her with an unlimited data plan for her phone. But she needs a way to connect her laptop (a Macbook) to wifi for schoolwork.  She's got a Samsung Galaxy 8 for a phone (Android, obviously)

Suggestions?

 

[Road Guy]

don't all the newer phones have that feature built in?

Does her college have free wifi in the dorms / campus?

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

Maybe I'm missing something but can't she just use the phone as a hotspot?

 

[Road Guy]

Maybe it’s like one of those trick exam questions that seems easy but really is a glaring unit recognition problem?


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[Dleg]

Hey am I a millennial?  Nope, so I have no freaking idea what phones can do. I thought that was a thing you had to do with a separate piece of hardware. Do the latest generation phones support becoming a hotspot? 

 

[Road Guy]

If by latest you mean 5 years ago then yes //content.invisioncic.com/r86644/emoticons/default_smile.png

 

[Supe]

Hey am I a millennial?  Nope, so I have no freaking idea what phones can do. I thought that was a thing you had to do with a separate piece of hardware. Do the latest generation phones support becoming a hotspot? 

Even most older ones do.  You just turn it on in the settings and it will show up as a regular Wifi connection.  If she's not using it all the time, she should be fine.  If she is using it as her internet access all the time, her carrier will probably throttle the speeds way back once she hits a certain amount of data, even with an unlimited plan.

 

[knight1fox3]

Hey KF, any experience with Raspberry Pi controller boards?  Needing a winter project with Junior, and I'm thinking that a full size MAME cabinet would be the perfect addition to the movie room.  I'd like to be able to wire two player arcade controls but still have USB option for NES/SNES type controllers.  

I have a number of different how-to articles bookmarked I can send. But tons of tutorials out there now for R-Pi projects which will likely have more accurate and up-to-date info than I can provide.

I think this has been asked before but I want to upgrade my router at home.  Suggestions?

For cable modems, I'm partial to Motorola. Reasonably priced on Amazon. Be sure to look that it has DOCSIS 3.0 capability.

For routers, try to stick with name brands and you typically can't go wrong. However, if you want true performance and data throughput, for my $$ it doesn't get any better than ASUS. :thumbs:

 

[knight1fox3]

Even most older ones do.  You just turn it on in the settings and it will show up as a regular Wifi connection.  If she's not using it all the time, she should be fine.  If she is using it as her internet access all the time, her carrier will probably throttle the speeds way back once she hits a certain amount of data, even with an unlimited plan.

And streaming any HD content is a quick way to destroy just about any data plan. LOL