Here's an interesting Tech Tip I got from Geeks.com. I thought it
would be interesting to those thinking of buying an Apple tablet or
Amazon Kindle or Sony etc. Not ready to give up paperbooks myself but
eReaders are pretty big news this year so far and lots of peeps have
Netbooks.
How
On 2/19/2010 2:47 PM, Christopher Fisk wrote:
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, maccrawj wrote:
Biggest downside of Steam purchases:
1. You get none of the physical box contents like maps, manuals, etc...
Some (Valve only??) games allow you to use your store purchased key to
import into steam, giving y
Have you never been burned by a flawed patch in the last decade since Quake/HL?
On 2/19/2010 3:35 PM, Brian Weeden wrote:
I gotta ask - why would you not update a game when there is a patch?
I've been gaming for a long time and can't think of a single instance
where I didn't want to patch a game
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010, Brian Weeden wrote:
I gotta ask - why would you not update a game when there is a patch? I've
been gaming for a long time and can't think of a single instance where I
didn't want to patch a game. Maybe I'm just getting lucky?
I always update as well, but some patches ch
Not that I can recall.
Granted, I don't play many FPS games (Quake, HL, COD, that sort of thing) so
maybe its just those things that have a bad track record. But for the type
of games I play (single player action, RPG, adventure, strategy) I can't
recall having a problem in the last several years
I guess the systems are not part of a Windows Domain? If they are NTFS and
using ACLs then the ACLs don't transfer properly between multiple single user
computers I guess? (so that user Joe on one computer is not recognized as user
Joe on a different computeR)
MAybe the easiest thing to do is j
I still do not understand ACLs.
I still do not completely understand Domains.
All things "Group Policy" cause my eyes to glaze over!
I only know (ATM) that MS lets me install/build an OS and gives me a
"default" user. He/She/It is "administrator."
And, I get to give Him/Her/It a password even (
It's the multiplayer games that patches tend to screw up.
On 2/22/2010 7:46 AM, Brian Weeden wrote:
Not that I can recall.
Granted, I don't play many FPS games (Quake, HL, COD, that sort of thing) so
maybe its just those things that have a bad track record. But for the type
of games I play (si
"usernames" mean nothing, it's the SID's they translate to that count. Funny
sidenote: I read that renaming the administrator account is less than effective since
the SID does not change anyway.
Just shooting from the hip but I bet if you stick to BUILT-IN user groups the
problems go away as t
