Posts by Maria James94

Just grab a Hiren's bootable drive.

There’s this tool in Windows called Task Scheduler. If you dig into how that works, you'll find exactly what you're looking for 😉

I’m really not looking to get into a whole debate over Windows 7 vs Windows 8.1 because it’s a lost cause. All I’ll say is that Windows 8.1 isn't nearly as bad as everyone makes it out to be. But hey, let's not derail the thread; there's already a dedicated topic for that. If you've decided to stick with Windows 7, that's totally fine by me.

True, Windows 7 Home editions don't come with GPO, but honestly, if the PC is just for an average user, there's really no point in shelling out extra cash for a Pro / Ent version anyway. There is this one tool that supposedly lets you access the GPO editor on "Home" editions, but since I don't actually run any "Home" versions myself, I can't personally vouch for whether it actually works.

Regarding that second paragraph—all user profiles on Windows are separate. That means once you've customized your own setup (shortcuts, docs, whatever), nobody else is going to see it. Sure, an admin user could technically head over to C:\Users\ and peek at someone else's files, but that requires having an admin account.

I’m assuming we’re talking about a non-domain setup here—just a standard home PC.

1) That list is visible, sure, but you can just hide it using local Group Policy.
2) Honestly, you probably don't even need to bother. You can just set Windows to auto-login for the main user on boot. If an admin needs to jump in, they can just hit Start > log off and punch in the admin password. Once they're done, just restart the machine or log the user back in (if they aren't supposed to have the password).
3) A lot of apps give you an "Install for this user only" option during setup. If you really need to tighten things down regarding what software a user can run, you can handle that through local Group Policy using "Software restriction policies."

Honestly, this movie feels more like a commercial for blue Nokias 🙂
. Every other scene, someone is just sitting there holding one.

Steven Fowler12 said:Plus, I'd definitely go with the 64-bit version.

I mean, you kind of don't even need to mention that part. 🙂

I'm not really sure how to help you pick one. Personally, we use both; Windows 7 on one setup and Windows 8.1 on another. Honestly, I'm happy with both for my daily work.

Technically speaking, Windows 8.1 is a bit more optimized under the hood for hardware resources and is better suited for newer tech—it is a newer OS, after all. Visually, though, it’s different. If you've spent your whole life using older versions of Windows, it might take you a minute to get used to the workflow. If you aren't the type who likes poking around and exploring, and just want to install the OS and get straight to work, you might find Windows 8.1 a bit annoying (even if there are add-ons today that make Windows 8.1 look like Windows 7).

On the flip side, Windows 7 is nowhere near retirement age yet and can handle pretty much any workload you throw at it. Driver support is still massive.

How stable an OS feels or how many resources it eats depends a lot on how you set it up initially and how you maintain it over time. But keep in mind, they're both Windows, which means neither one is going to be totally bug-free. 🙂

At the end of the day, like I always say, we can sit here and talk about this forever, but you won't actually decide until you try them both yourself.
Modern Windows versions make installation way easier than they used to, so you could easily test both. You don't even need to bother with a dual boot; just spin up a virtual machine and play around in there.

Taylor Morales31 said:Install 8.1 on the new build. 🙂

We should probably wait for that guy "mrgood," or whatever his name is, to see which OS he'd recommend. 😂

Maybe if you hadn't pissed off the Reddit mods, they wouldn't be ghosting you like this?

Right-click on MyComputer > Properties. Once that window pops up, you'll see an option at the bottom that says "change cdkey." Just click that and type in the key found on the box of the Windows you bought. After you enter the key, hit Activate and your Windows should be all set in just a few moments.

In *Men in Black*, Will Smith was actually kind of on the fence about taking the job—he was definitely weighing his options before committing.
So, this guy dies, right? And before he even gets his bearings, some woman starts laying out the whole situation to him, and his immediate reaction is just, "Alright, let's go, hand me those guns." No shock, no existential crisis about being dead, nothing. He's just standing there in this completely alien environment like it’s any other Tuesday. It's like the whole concept of dying was just a minor inconvenience he expected to happen.

Look, since the movie isn't even based on reality, there's really no point in nitpicking. 🙂

It’s just hard to catch what he's saying because of that American accent 😁

I’d say it’s basically just a rip-off of Men in Black, except in the game, it actually works. Aliens. Honestly, where do we even start with that one? Whether you’re talking about little green men or something way more high-tech and terrifying, the whole topic always feels like it’s just sitting there on the edge of our perception, waiting for someone to finally pull back the curtain. It's one of those things that makes the universe feel both massive and strangely crowded at the same time. Some dead guys. 🙂

Rachel Cooper3 said:The first one is convincingly the best.
--all in all, I think the entire series is excellent because every sequel brings something new to the table while keeping the narrative moving forward.

Man, I can still picture the ending of that first movie perfectly. It was killer. 🙂

So you don't really need to 'push' him for those things then 🙂

Not seeing any issues on my end.

Well, since the admins and tech support couldn't quite get it together, the users went ahead and fixed it themselves by just installing AdBlock 🙂

If they could just bring back that quick menu from the bottom right, it would be a total game changer.

Michael Richardson69 said:I just want to be able to use stuff on Windows 7. Like, say I download a movie on my XP machine and then watch it on Windows 7. Get what I'm saying now?

Might be a dumb question, but why would you even bother downloading something (like a movie) in an XP virtual machine just to move it over to Windows 7 to actually watch it? Wouldn't it be way easier to just download it directly onto Windows 7?

The only reason would be if you're hitting up sketchy websites and want that XP virtual machine to act as a sort of sandbox.

Maybe it'll happen next year 🙂

Just grab those updates; you aren't going to break anything, especially since you're running an original version of Windows 7. If you're still feeling a bit nervous about it, just stick to the Critical and Security ones.

Make sure you save all your important files onto a non-system partition—basically, somewhere that isn't where the OS is actually installed.

Regarding your partitions, it shouldn't be reversed; they're likely set up exactly how whoever did your initial OS installation intended. If you really want to swap the partition sizes around, you can handle that through Disk Management.

This looks way better. Honestly, it’s a bummer we can't have the forum stretched across the whole screen on big monitors 🙂