Anybody know where to find a clip from Let's Make a Deal where the zonk was old computers?

Posted on 2023-03-11, 00:42

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Quite a while ago, maybe 10 years or so, I was watching Let's Make a Deal and the contestant got a zonk which was a bunch of old computers piled up. I specifically remember the host also adding something among the lines of "I think there's a Tandy in there." Now, to me this wouldn't be much of a …

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Re: Windows 7 takes longer than it should to boot after moving SSD from one computer to another.

Posted on 2023-02-25, 04:24

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Go into device manager and show hidden devices. Delete all of them (will show up as lighter gray). Then run a chkdsk c: /f and do a reboot and let it do the scan. Clear out the C:\Windows\Temp and C:\Windows\Prefetch folders of as many files as it will let you. Turn off the swap file as well as …

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Re: Windows 7 takes longer than it should to boot after moving SSD from one computer to another.

Posted on 2023-02-25, 02:07

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Unfortunately that didn't tell me anything. Not a single process took more than 10 seconds to load, the longest process was SearchIndexer which took a little over 6 seconds apparently. Guess the only solution is to re-install no matter if I want to or not... Also, I counted it in my head and the …

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Re: Windows 7 takes longer than it should to boot after moving SSD from one computer to another.

Posted on 2023-02-24, 21:57

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DosFreak wrote on 2023-02-23, 22:37: You can see if this works: https://woshub.com/using-process-monitor-to-s … -boot-problems/ I'll try this very soon, thanks.

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Re: Windows 7 takes longer than it should to boot after moving SSD from one computer to another.

Posted on 2023-02-15, 12:26

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Here's the results, I really don't know what to gather from this: Service Pack 1 2 15 2023 07:18:47.610 Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\hal.dll Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\kdcom.dll Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\mcupdate_GenuineIntel.dll …

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Re: Windows 7 takes longer than it should to boot after moving SSD from one computer to another.

Posted on 2023-02-15, 10:18

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Both machines are 4th gen i7s, I don't think the hardware is dramatically different overall. I'll try the boot log suggestion later today, and yeah I somehow didn't know about sysprep until after I already did this. Whoops.

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Windows 7 takes longer than it should to boot after moving SSD from one computer to another.

Posted on 2023-02-14, 15:51

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So, I have a computer running Windows 7 and got another machine I wanted to move that installation to. I cloned the hard drive to an SSD and just put said SSD in the other machine without re-installing from scratch because I really didn't want to go through the effort of re-installing all the …

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Re: Sonic Mania port for DOS

Posted on 2022-11-09, 23:09

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Just tried this on my MMX 233, it works but is pretty much unplayable with it only running at a single digit framerate and the audio stuttering like crazy. Though, that's below the listed Pentium II 300 and it's still super cool it works at all. I should try it on my Athlon XP 2400+ Win98 system …

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Re: Cloning HDD to CompactFlash

Posted on 2022-10-17, 00:21

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Try making an image file of the drive with WinImage, then write that file to the card.

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Re: Setting up WinXP for more than gaming

Posted on 2022-09-25, 21:55

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SScorpio wrote on 2022-09-25, 15:20: Whatever you do, don't put it on the Internet unless it's hidden behind a NAT firewall. Yeah, the instant you plug that Ethernet cable into the machine, the whole computer's totally gonna explode. 🤣

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Re: Neat article about one of the last floppy disk businesses.

Posted on 2022-09-21, 16:31

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"We buy new floppy disks and recycle used ones." ... "SALE! 50 pack New 1.44 MB 3.5" disks Only $59.95!" Profit. I'm not against any kind of legal business, but when someone tries to sell me something at a more than twice a market price and calls it "SALE"... No, thank you. 🙂 I got a brand new 100 …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-09-04, 05:22

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Well, this really fucking sucks. My Beyond Oasis playthrough has come to an abrupt end. All of a sudden when playing the game, the audio got distorted for some reason, so I saved and re-inserted the cartridge. That fixed the sound issue, but now when I load my save I just get a black screen. I'm …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-09-01, 10:37

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Currently playing through Beyond Oasis on the Genesis and Microsoft Pandora's Box on PC. With Beyond Oasis I'm continuing a save I made probably like 4 or 5 years ago where I played for 30 minutes, wish I just started a totally new game instead but it's too late now.

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Re: Is it worth throwing away nostalgic stuff?

Posted on 2022-08-13, 15:48

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Yeah, I hope you don't mean literally throwing away.

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Re: Anyone know how to get Silpheed to stop using the Beeper speaker?

Posted on 2022-08-05, 05:39

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There's a mod out there that lets you have digitized sound effects (from the IBM PS/1 version) play through the Sound Blaster 16 instead of the standard PC Speaker ones.

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Re: Windows game recommendation?

Posted on 2022-08-01, 14:21

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I'll give one. Pandora's Box is a great puzzle game collection I've been playing through lately.

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Re: Is gaming a waste of time?

Posted on 2022-07-18, 16:44

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No, not for me.

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Re: So, what games would you recommend for my Pentium 1 system? Go nuts!

Posted on 2022-04-05, 15:38

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I don't believe Yamaha Audician 32 based cards are too expensive at the moment.

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Re: GPU Noob Questions

Posted on 2022-04-01, 15:52

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Just a quick update. I got the 4770 and the improvement was indeed pretty big. A few titles still stutter occasionally, but not nearly as much. I'm currently using two hard drives, hope to get an SSD soon and see if that makes things even better. I did notice something odd, though. I've dual-booted …

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Re: Windows 3.1 will turn 30 soon

Posted on 2022-03-30, 16:01

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Sorry if this sounds odd, but I find facts like these depressing. I don't like the thought of stuff I enjoy getting notably older. Like, for example: I remember when I first played Sonic 2 on an actual Sega Genesis as a kid, the game at that time was about 15 years old. Now at the present time, Half …

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