Posts by Brian Moore2

Anthony Bailey30 said:What are you going to do if you're using a USB AT&T device plugged into a USB 1.1 port instead of USB 2.0? That kind of thing will absolutely throttle the whole setup.

If you were using a USB Ethernet adapter, you wouldn't be dealing with any of this nonsense...

But look, before you go blaming hardware, you really need to check if this is actually an issue with the AT&T connection, or if some random service in Windows decided to "temporarily" crash. You know how it goes—the whole machine just hangs there, refusing to function normally until Windows finally realizes that the broken service has gone completely off the rails, hits a timeout, and finally decides to boot up properly.

Generally speaking, system slowdowns during boot-up are frequently caused by certain services trying to launch that aren't even remotely "critical" to the OS.

I don't have anything connected via USB; my AT&T line goes straight into the network card. When I unplug the cable from the computer, Windows boots up instantly. But the second that cable is plugged in, everything drags.😉

e.gor_the_master said:type start, then run, then msconfig, and hit the startup tab.

Just disable everything you don't absolutely need.

I've got nothing running in my Silicon Valley startup list except for my antivirus software. 😉

The slowdown I'm seeing is clearly an issue with my AT&T connection—so how on earth am I supposed to fix that? 😉

Let me jump in here with a question regarding my AT&T connection.

How on earth do I configure my system to boot up faster in Windows? It takes nearly a full minute before I can actually get anything done, whereas on Linux, there’s absolutely none of this waiting around!!

Edward Hernandez332 said:Which one is actually better and more secure? I'd love to hear about your experiences. Thanks for the help...

Unix 😁 😉

magic said:🤣

idiot 😍

🙂

Betty Rivera14 said:you get it free with a Budweiser, I saw it on an ad 😁

So she actually exists? Because if she does, where is my beer? 😲

Next time I have to go in for a checkup, I really ought to report this whole situation to a psychiatrist. 😁

Betty Rivera14 said:That’s clearly what happens when you spend too much time drinking cheap tequila. 🤣

Which one are we even talking about? It’s not like I have a stranger living under my roof without me noticing! 😁

Betty Rivera14 said:I found three trees in the park😍

Then you just go ahead and take them all down immediately, because who knows if they'll even be standing there tomorrow?😉

Honestly, I was just sitting here thinking about how much it would suck if I decided to grab a cold Bud Light from the fridge, finally went to open it, and realized the damn thing was empty.😲

Betty Rivera14 said:Hopefully I won't wake up tomorrow looking like a freaking elephant😁

Even if you do wake up looking like that, how many people are you actually going to be able to take down before you go completely broke?😁

Betty Rivera14 said:Are you kidding me? You expect me to go on a diet for just a few days?

Look, don't even eat for one single day—just stick to water. That’ll actually give you the mental strength to push through another day. Once you manage to survive three days, a whole week won't feel like such a massive mountain to climb, will it?😉

Betty Rivera14 said:So basically, if I add another two kilos tomorrow, it'll finally kick in.😁

You could always try scaling up the dosage gradually.😉 😁

Betty Rivera14 said:I guess I might have gone a little overboard.

...but would it be a good idea to stick to a diet for a few days?

You didn't overdo it. 😁Like they say, birds of a feather flock together. 😉

wireddrifter11 said:Look, what am I supposed to do? I don't have the cash lying around to just go out and buy a different motherboard right now. I've been scouring the web trying to find anyone who actually has experience with this specific board, but I'm coming up empty-handed. That's why I'm asking you guys—does anyone actually know anything about it?

From everything I've heard, Intel's motherboards are basically locked down and can't be overclocked at all. 😉

wireddrifter11 said:That’s exactly where the issue lies. And it’s locked tight for me.😠

Honestly, who can you even blame when you’re stuck using Intel's motherboard?😉

It’s high time you started cleaning up your own mess after making such a disaster 😉

Honestly, you just turn on automatic updates and everything works perfectly fine.😉

Study of Athlon 64 Overclocking Techniques .

I’ve got the Arena ones—the model where you can actually adjust the nose bridge spacing. I think they were around $67. I've been using them for six years now and honestly, they’re fantastic. 😉

I've actually got an original copy of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 😁

Andrew Mendoza66 said:Greetings, citizens!

Can some kind soul please explain to me how to connect to a newsgroup using Microsoft Outlook?
I'm looking at news.comcast.net and I want to subscribe to us.hardware.deals.

👋

It's just like setting up a standard email account—you open a news account, enter your username, your email address, and news.comcast.net. From there, you just "subscribe" to us.hardware.deals and you're done. Simple enough, right? 😉