That was way back when. It’s over, man, just deal with it. Seriously, Larry Ortiz5, what kind of nonsense are you even talking about? Do you actually think the chat is going to open up in some special little window... like a freaking pop-up ad or something?
Honestly, just grab any decent utility, like MiniTool or even some old-school Partition Magic, and once you've got it open, just click on the partition you’re trying to beef up—which in your case is the D: drive—then hit that resize command and just snatch whatever space you need from the C: drive.
I mean, you don't strictly *need* to back everything up, though I guess you can if you're feeling extra cautious about it? Usually, the only thing that might glitch during these kinds of moves is the MFT, but honestly, those programs can fix that kind of stuff in like two clicks.
You should really give Malwarebytes a shot... it’s this tiny little tool that doesn't even need a full installation, and honestly, it ought to be able to scrub out that nasty malware that's managed to latch itself onto your browser...
Honestly, 4GB is cutting it pretty close, though I still find it works just fine for my needs. But if you want to actually handle what people call "modern multitasking" or even some heavier workloads, 8GB is really the sweet spot these days. As far as gaming goes? Not really, I mean, I seriously doubt we’ll be needing more than 8GB to run games for quite a few years yet.
analogwalker2 said:Hmm, a download speed of only 1.5 megabytes per second... though, if I think about it, maybe that speed just doesn't allow for much multitasking online. The internet is becoming so much more demanding these days, isn't it?
Are you kidding me? Look, he clearly meant MB (I'm assuming he means MEGAbyte), and while 1.5 Megabytes might be okay in some parts of the country, on a global scale? Not really.
That’s an ISP issue if I ever saw one. Just call Comcast or whoever your provider is.
Karen Morgan2, if we're actually talking about 1.5 megabits (which would be 150KB/s)—and honestly, that's what I suspect—then yeah, it totally makes sense why it's slow.
But hey, before you lose your mind, check if you have some random app running on your PC that's hogging the bandwidth—like, for instance, AMD has this AMD QuickStream thing that can sometimes throttle your speeds.
Also, check to see if there's some background sync happening; personally, I always recommend using Windows without being signed into a Microsoft account, and I definitely suggest setting your update settings so it doesn't just start downloading stuff automatically without asking.
It's super weird though, because on my Windows 8.1 setup, everything runs pretty smoothly even when I've got a torrent running at full throttle.
ambergull said:Gotcha. So if I actually want to go ahead and update my drivers, where on earth do I even go to do that?
Oh, man, it's actually super easy! You know how you just head over to Google.com... right? Well, just go there and type in the name of your component followed by "drivers," and usually, the first two or three official manufacturer sites will pop right up in the search results. If they don't show up immediately, then you'll just have to hunt around the web a little bit.
Then you just run the installer just like any other program you'd download. That's pretty much it, catch ya later!☕
Man, I’m telling you straight up, you’re just throwing money down the drain here, seriously. (Look, I don't care if it hurts your feelings, I'm just being real), It's better to just hold off until those next-gen components actually drop and offer a massive leap in performance. Right now, maybe look into an SSD or a beefier HDD if you're constantly moving huge files. Upgrade that Noctua NH-U12S if you're actually worried about it handling an overclock.
PS: That hard drive of yours is freaking loud, so why even bother with Black? Is it just so you can flex on people? If you're running an SSD, you really don't need anything more than a Green. Or even if you stick with a 7200rpm drive, go with THIS. It's literally half the price, does the exact same job, and I've got a Winse in mine that runs perfectly fine. You could take that extra cash and grab a killer cooler instead, or just save up a bit more and get something top-tier. (Though honestly, I don't even see why you'd swap it out right now)
It’s honestly wild how many irrational people like you hang out on this forum.
If you're trying to pull something like that without using a proxy, your only real move is grabbing a VPN provider. It’ll cost you a few bucks a month, so I honestly don't know if it's even worth your money right now, but most of them usually give you some kind of free trial period to test the waters first.
Honestly, just grab a USB drive since you're hitting that annoying 4GB file limit on FAT32. Just switch everything back to NTFS, and if you're trying to watch movies on a DVD, just use the thumb drive instead... 😛
The reason your whole drive didn't format properly is because you only switched that 32GB chunk over to NTFS... If you head into Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Disk Management or use some other Partition Tool (like Partition Magic), you can just wipe out all the existing partitions—both the 32GB one and the other one—until you're left with nothing but unallocated space, then just format the whole thing from scratch and you'll be good to go.
It might just be that Intel SpeedStep is acting up. Honestly, if your laptop is running smoothly and everything feels fine, then there's probably nothing to worry about, right? You might want to double-check your BIOS settings just to be sure, though.
hiddenotter5 said:I'm not entirely sure what went wrong, but I think I figured it out. Reinstalling the Synaptics drivers did the trick—the touchpad is finally back online. I still don't quite grasp why my new mouse isn't supported by Windows 8, but it was just a $13 so it's not a huge deal. Thanks for the help.
Wait, what do you mean it doesn't "support" a mouse? Like, how does that even work? No matter which way you turn it, the scroll wheel should function... I mean, any basic mouse should just work, right?
I've got a strong feeling you picked up some cheap, no-name junk that cost like $13, so honestly, can you really be surprised when it acts up? Next time, just grab a decent, reliable mouse from a real brand. Anyway, I'm seriously glad you got everything sorted out, especially since it sounds like the OS wasn't actually the culprit here.
Windows 8.1.1 is hands down the best Winsi ever released. I've never run into a single issue with it, unless I totally mess something up myself.
Think back to what you were doing right before everything went sideways... I mean, if your radio was working perfectly fine and then suddenly just quit on you, we're probably looking at either a nasty virus or some buggy Windows update that totally trashed your settings
First things first, run a deep scan for malware, and then head over to Windows Update to see if there's anything pending related to your hardware
"Out of range" usually means your monitor isn't getting any signal at all. When you're installing Windows, it’s actually pretty common for the monitor to just "black out" for a second... like, it's totally possible that right at that moment, the system is busy configuring those graphics drivers and everything else.
1. What about drivers for the touchpad? 2. Any word on USB or mouse drivers? 3. Should I run Windows updates?
Wait, are you having trouble getting the scroll wheel to work on your mouse, or what? Because I’ve definitely been in that spot before where the scrolling just dies on the touchpad, but even without specific drivers, the mouse wheel should still behave normally, right? It's like, sure, you might lose some fancy extra buttons or custom macros, but basic scrolling ought to just work!
If the quality is actually there, then yeah, I think we could definitely use more of them. Honestly, who knows how much power that GPU pulls when it's running at full load?