Posts by ironcyclist58

Yeah, always without verification.

Kevin Morris12 said:But wait, isn't that an American BIN? It’s honestly such a pain when you can't find an American card that actually works for certain services.

Looking back at my collection, I don't think I've ever actually held a Belgian card in my hands. Right now, my active lineup includes cards from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden, Russia, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Poland, and Brazil 🙏 🙏 I hope I haven't missed any 🤣

Yeah.
Those virtual Wise accounts are basically just Belgian setups too...

Mastercard offers a Platinum option.

ruggedwolf38 said:If I pay my bill using PayPal, can I get a PDF receipt that I can print out?
Also, when I make a payment, does it pull directly from my card, or do I need to load funds into my account first before I can cover the bill?

Yeah, you can.

ruggedwolf38 said:If I pay my bill using PayPal, can I get a PDF receipt that I can print out?
Also, when I make a payment, does it pull directly from my card, or do I need to load funds into my account first before I can cover the bill?

You gotta top it up first.

I mean, why don't you just hit that "Scan & Pay" button and see what it actually asks for? You just point the camera at the bill—or maybe just upload a screenshot from your library if you're feeling lazy.

I’m not even sure I follow the question... You just scan the 2D barcode on the bill, and the amount gets pulled straight from whatever balance you’ve got sitting in your PayPal account.

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Carol Harris9 said:Alright, I've decided to assign the letter D: to this second partition.
I’ve gone ahead and capped my Recycle Bin at 5GB. I figured it was about time I took some control over my storage habits!
I find myself quite perplexed by this particular situation, and I must admit, it’s left me feeling a bit stumped! It seems I am running into a rather stubborn limitation while trying to manage my drive partitions. Specifically, I was hoping to allocate exactly 100 GB to my C: drive—just a nice, round, sensible number, wouldn't you agree?—but for some reason, the system refuses to cooperate. Instead of allowing that specific size, it insists on offering me a minimum of 121 GB. It feels a bit like trying to order a single scoop of ice cream only to be told the smallest serving available is a massive triple scoop! Has anyone else encountered this sort of quirk? I can't quite wrap my head around why it won't let me set a more precise limit. Any insights would be sincerely appreciated!

I find myself in a bit of a predicament, and frankly, it’s quite vexing. My Dell keyboard—which, I should add, I've always been quite fond of for its tactile response—has developed this incredibly frustrating habit where the spacebar simply sticks. It’s one of those small, seemingly trivial hardware issues that somehow manages to derail an entire afternoon of productivity. Every time I attempt to type a sentence, there’s that momentary, agonizing pause as the key refuses to pop back up. It makes me feel rather clumsy, as if my own typing rhythm is being sabotaged by a tiny piece of plastic. I’ve tried the usual suspects—blowing air under the keycap, perhaps a bit too enthusiastically, I might admit—but no luck so far. Has anyone else dealt with this specific nuisance? I’m wondering if it’s just a stray crumb from a snack (guilty as charged, I suppose) or if there's some deeper mechanical failure occurring within the switch itself. If you have any advice on how to remedy this without having to go out and purchase an entirely new peripheral, I would be immensely grateful. I truly do hate wasting perfectly good equipment.

1. You're using an outdated version of the tool; grab the latest one.
2. I'm pretty sure you can only move the MFT mirror before Windows actually boots up. Try using the "Bootable Media" option. Honestly, any changes you make to the boot partition should be done that way, rather than trying to do it "live"...
3. You would've saved yourself a massive headache if you'd just set this up during the initial Windows installation. This isn't how you do it...

You’ve gotta top up beforehand, but I don't see why that would be such a headache... takes two seconds. Just load the exact amount you need onto the card and pay the bill right after. No point in leaving anything sitting on the balance...

Have you tried using the allowed letter yet? Just a heads-up, though—A and B are already spoken for on Windows, reserved for those old-school floppy drives.
By the way, I dug around and found out that MiniTool Partition Wizard should actually be able to move the MFT mirror record...

I already laid out what you need to check. Can you actually manage to move that MFT mirror? I honestly don't think you'll pull this off without doing it...

The volume can only be shrunk by half because the MFT backup is sitting right in the middle. Running a defrag isn't going to fix this one... I'm not even sure if there's a way to move that backup, guess I'll have to look into it.

If you just crack open an Oreo, then you don't even have to worry about it.

Yeah, that’s pretty much the only reason I use it.

John Phillips22 said:Yeah, I overlooked that option, even though the fees end up being way higher than what you'd pay with an American Express. Honestly, it came in handy once when I realized I’d left my wallet at home after a shopping trip and wanted to grab a coffee, but they wouldn't take cards. Getting 2% back on $3.25 is basically nothing 🙂

Higher? Please. Using American Express to grab cash at The New York Times asks for 4%, whereas if you used a debit card at JP Morgan Chase, you’re looking at 2% plus $3.00 (most other banks are basically the same deal). Honestly, using an American Express Mastercard would probably be cheaper (2% plus $3.25) than pulling straight from American Express, assuming they haven't blocked cash advances—which a lot of these fintech companies do...