Posts by Jack Cook7

Man, just imagine... the US keeps people locked up without any legal basis for ten years or more, treats them like garbage, strips away every single right they have, and then has the nerve to make this whole tragic little drama out of it. I bet the main guy—some big-shot American—is having such deep "moral struggles." Poor guy, life is just so hard for him.

Just like Linndy England.

It’s nothing but propaganda to whitewash the torture happening right here in The Land of the Free.

Alright, so here’s the lowdown on how to handle this, depending on what actually caused the mess.
https://www.easeus.com/partition-mas...ive-error.html

That’s just not how it works. You can snag a 1Gbps fiber connection right through the ground for basically pocket change. And honestly? If you really need 10Gbps, you can get that too.

Someone’s totally playing you. They're just looking for a quick payday.

Ever tried hooking up your phone?

Adam Williams2 said:Honestly, I don't even care about those drivers right now because the thing won't even pick up my phone when I turn on Bluetooth! It's driving me nuts—like, if you go to the Dell site for Bluetooth, there are like 14 different drivers listed. What am I supposed to do? Delete everything I have and start over? I'm not exactly a rocket scientist, you know? 🤷

Jack Cook7, regarding those NX drivers... it's basically just some tiny little program meant to find devices, whether it's a Genius keyboard or mouse, but nope—nothing. It's like a total ghost town in there, absolutely nothing is moving. 😵

Here's what pops up when I hit this Intel link. Man, I was actually thinking about wiping the whole drive and doing a fresh install of Windows 10 since I've got this SSD I want to swap into the laptop where the DVD drive used to be. Hopefully, that fixes things. It's just so incredibly frustrating when you can't get something this simple to work.

Just a simple question: did Bluetooth ever actually work for you at all?

Because from what I can tell, it looks like it hasn't been working for a while. I mean, first you'd need to get a "classic device," like a phone, to connect before you even worry about special stuff like a mouse.

Since you're on Windows 7 and the support has pretty much hit its Lifetime limit anyway, it’s probably smarter to just upgrade to Windows 10 (or whatever else) first, then tackle these little hiccups. Just watch out for the licenses, and keep in mind that some Windows 10 drivers might not play nice with hardware that's more than 5 years old. Basically, you might solve one massive headache only to run into another one. But hey, you'll have to deal with that sooner or later regardless.

Jerry Robinson56 said:The display is perfectly fine; it’s merely our perception that suggests otherwise—it simply cannot copy the drive contents... 😁 Mexico syndrome, once again.

Mexico syndrome?

Why on earth would a machine with a busted hard drive or a wonky disk controller be throwing nonsense on the screen when I'm trying to boot from a USB stick?

Basically, Gibson is just trolling bankers by playing this grumpy old guy who’s seeing his workload dry up. His little rants are absolutely hilarious—especially that "I have my eye on you" bit.

He totally played them.

I bet there's more where that came from.

My only tiny gripe? He used a Navy Colt .44 with loaded cartridges instead of the old-school way, you know, loading the powder and ball separately. Man, that would've been comedy gold.

You've got this psycho spraying away with an automatic, while this dude is just chillin', reloading his cylinder, popping in caps, and muttering, "Watch your step, kid."

The NX supports Bluetooth 4.0, and so does your Inspiron.
It really looks like you're just missing those Wi-Fi/Bluetooth drivers on your Inspiron.
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en...laptop/drivers

Check this out, they say:
https://us.geniusnet.com/supports/nx-9000bt

14. Is NX-9000BT is compatible with BT3.0/2.1/2.0 device as well?
Answer

NX-9000BT does not support BT3.0/2.1/2.0 devices.

15. How do I know whether my laptop is compatible with BT4.0 devices?
Answer

1. Check Device Manager 2. Click Bluetooth 3. if the content shows Microsoft Bluetooth LE Enumerator, this means your laptop supports bluetooth Smart product.

Here's the driver for the NX and Windows 7 32/64 bit:
https://drivernew.com/?p=13668

And here's the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth controller AC3160 driver straight from Intel:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/pro...reless-AC-3160

Specs-wise, that AC3160 supports BT4.0
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us...s-ac-3160.html

I’m dying to see the next part where the kid absolutely destroys his old man again.

The future belongs to the youth. 🤣

Man, when I think about the absolute chaos we used to cause as kids, I can't help but laugh my head off.

Honestly, it’s no wonder older folks are going bald. They’ve probably pulled half their hair out just dealing with us.

- They did THAT again!
- Who?
- Tvoyiz and his crew!
- God almighty, the kid is a total menace!
- Well, you're the one who had him.
- Oh, right. True. Guess I'll just go sit here and pull my hair out then.
- Hey, don't leave a mess on the floor, someone’s gotta sweep it up.
- Fine, I'm heading to the park. At least there I can pull my hair out and cry in peace.
- Sounds good, grab those fourteen bags of trash on your way out.

I don't think we're really here to talk shop about technical specs.

William Palmer7 said:Yeah, well, that’s exactly why you’re hanging out here.

You aren't wrong about that.

Nah, I really am not.

I’ve seen this whole thing play out before. I gave my warnings, stepped back, and now I’m just sitting on the sidelines watching the current rush right past me.

And honestly? It actually makes me smile when, amidst that endless river flowing from nowhere to absolutely nothing, a few old friends float by and wave. It’s nice to know they haven't forgotten me.

William Palmer7 said:It’s like, did they realize cybercrime was a thing after they joined, or did joining make them realize it? :-)

Sounds like you guys hopped online right after things turned sour, so you basically walked straight into a trap.

My generation was already out there before all this mess started, so sorry we didn't know what we were getting into! 😁

George Murphy12 said:Most routers let you set some ground rules—like deciding which device gets online when, or just capping how much total screen time they get.
Plus, there are tons of parental control apps out there that handle most of that heavy lifting.

But honestly? Kids are smart. They’ll always find a way to hunt down a random hotspot or sneak onto the neighbor's WiFi if they have to...

Only if you actually let them.

William Palmer7 said:Man, I tried doing stuff like that back when I was just a kid. Honestly? I totally cracked them.
BIOS passwords, cybercrime stuff, you name it...

See?!

Jack Alvarez said:Man, that was totally last century. Times have changed... nowadays teenagers will literally starve to death if you leave them home alone for three days with a fridge packed full of food... because there's nobody there...
1. to check in on them and make sure they actually eat
2. to serve them on a silver platter
I'm gonna keep an eye on things, and if I can track down the MAC filter (at least she managed to pull that off... whether she actually uses it or not doesn't matter... the effort is what counts), then we'll move up to the next stage... everyone's got signal, but this teenager doesn't even have Signal strength Level 3.
BTW... what even is Level 3? Let me go hit the books so when the moment strikes, I'm ready.

Android + Reddit

Hehe, look at this smart dad checking the logs to see how his kids are leeching off the home router. 😬

This is gonna be good! *rubs hands together*

There's no "Level 3." A "Level" is just the access security for any device based on the login—ranges from 0 to 15. Usually, Level 0 is a user, 2 is read-only, and 15 is root.

You can redefine any level you want.

Of course, a kid could also ask this just to mess with his old man. 🤣

William Palmer7 said:there's always been plenty of snake oil salesmen in this industry.

Always been?

Man, the whole industry is just one big snake oil operation.

William Palmer7 said:Alright, so what exactly are you trying to get at here?
Whatever.
I know what you mean about WPA2—it can be cracked pretty reliably if you've got the time.

Moving away from that for a second, I’m just saying there’s a fundamental design flaw in WPA2.

I’ve made the same calls on plenty of other stuff too (SSH, RSA, etc.), but nobody ever listens to me. Then, once everything hits the fan, suddenly everyone forgets what they said before and starts acting like a total pro on "the latest security trends."

Jack Alvarez said:Development?! What kind of development? Mastering the art of those TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat filters?

I manage my router from a PC that even a teenager could crack... my router pass looks something like this...(kA2g+@Q*6u5)... just 13 totally random characters...
The only ones getting in are whoever has access to the LAN via that specific PC, plus two laptops on WiFi with their MAC addresses whitelisted.
If my kid manages to break through that and hop on the WiFi... man, I don't think even the WiFi at the Pentagon would be safe.

Android + Tapatalk

Did you seriously just blast your router admin password out to the entire internet, or did my eyesight just go from "blurry" to "completely blind"? 😁