Mine's 8.0. Open Control Panel, top left is Action Center. I can also get there with the small white up arrowhead on the task bar - lower right next to the clock/date. Then click the white flag.

 

Settings/wifi/advanced/smart network switch. That's where it should be. The "switch to mobile data" might be the LG version.

It's supposed to keep the connection stable. So if you start going out of Wi-Fi range, but you still barely pick up a signal, it'll switch over to data to keep a smooth connection. Whereas otherwise it won't switch to data until the Wi-Fi connection is completely out of range and disconnected.

 

Haha, no! It's actually infuriating when people call our helpdesk and want us to support XP.

 

My computer monitor decide to not want to work any more. I've had this one for so long i'm trying to a crash course in finding a decent $150ish. Any suggestions of what to stay away from?

 

What is the one that you have now? I mostly use laptops, so the only monitors I have are Dell 21-23ish inch displays at work. I have no complaints about them.


If you just want a cheap monitor, you might check out a local University (if you have one nearby). The University where I work/attend surpluses them all the time and sells them to the public for $35/each.

 

The one I have now is an HP W2007.

So many to choose from these days. I want a decent one but don't have the money to spend on it either.

IPS seems to be good, but they are slow. I'm not a game player so that isn't too much of an issue. Best Buy seems to have some equally priced IPS and LED so I will check them out after work today. This is something you need to see and just can't mail order. Most of the ones that get the good reviews on Best Buy's website are order online only. That sucks.

So my overtime money i'm making today will be spent faster than i'll be making it!

 

I ended up getting a Lenovo 21.5 inch IPS monitor.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-2...&skuId=6036057

So far I like it. Nice bright white screen where my other one seemed to be on the yellowish side. The old one was a 20 inch, but the new one measures out 2 inches wider and the same height.

It's a little slow at 7ms response time, but i'm not a gamer, so it shouldn't really have any effect on me.

It's really hard to buy a monitor at Best Buy around here. The first store is a smaller one and not many on display. The ones they did have were not all the impressive. Then again, they have them playing a poor quality video rather than having them in a demo mode connected to a computer.

I went to the mall and checked out their set ups. More monitors, same crappy video playing on them. I don't see how they can sell monitors with such awful video playing on them. I was dissapointed again, but checked the monitors with the desktop systems. This Lenovo was in demo mode and looked great. I was sold, and only $149. Right in my price range, so home it came.

There was a 24 inch right next to if for $20 more, but sitting this close looking at something 19 inches wide is good enuff.

 

Looks nice. The bezel looks really thin. It doesn't have very many inputs, but I guess you really only need one.

 

That bezel in the pic is deceptive. The actual bezel is that thin, but the screen doesn't start lighting up until you're 3/8 of an inch in. So while the bezel is thin, there is a border. Sneaky.

 

Oh. Yeah, that is pretty deceptive. If I ordered that online, I'd think they sent the wrong one. I see why you wanted to buy in person. Lol.

 

I want a new monitor but I'm going to be working out of town, and using a laptop for the next couple months so I'll probably get a newer one then.

 

Do any of you guys use Python or PowerShell? I just finished my last project at work, which was creating a suitable replacement for BartPE. So now it's on to the next...

My next goals this semester are learning python, so I can recode some of our scripts to run on our (currently underutilized) Linux server. And learning PowerShell, because our software installation wrapper is mostly PowerShell and it's still sorta in development.

Does anyone have any good, tutorial-type sites that I should bookmark for those languages?

 

It's funny that you mention Python and PowerShell, as I was going to start learning soon, just been swamped at work and stuff. If I find any good sites I'll post them

 

http://gizmodo.com/second-coming-the...ium=socialflow

 

Guess I get to do some geek bragging.


Old PC bit the dust. Power supply failed and fried the motherboard along with it. Normally I would salvage what I could and replace only what I had to, but this time I decided to go all-in on a new build.





What I ended up with was a monster. Water cooled i7 4970k CPU that is overclocked to 4.7GHZ, 16GB of PC2400 DDR3 RAM, dual GTX 980 video cards which are both water cooled, 500GB SSD and two 2TB hard drives, all in a massive full tower case. My PC now has more radiators than my car.


Threw in a new 27" 1440p monitor, just for good measure. Coupled with my old 550 watt Logitech 5.1 surround sound speakers.





The thing is an absolute beast.


And I don't think my wife will ever forgive me for the money I spent on it.

 

Very nice. Any reason why you didn't go with DDR4?

 

So... I get a Windows update the other day (2)... and now my computer ignores my power settings again and won't sleep after an hour of inactivity.

 

Roll it back. There were at least a couple problematic updates this week.

 

OMG I so do not miss Microsoft


My life is just better without them

 

Agreed! I used Windows computers at home from 1995-2009. I went to a Mac in 2009 just to see if I would like it and I don't plan on switching back. However, I do have MS Office installed on the Mac and it works great.