Subj : A trot down memory la
To   : Ky Moffet
From : Barry Martin
Date : Sun Aug 14 2022 07:10:00


Hi Ky!

 >   KM> My sister just gift me an almost-new laptop from her office,
 >   KM> ejected because they have liability concerns and it can't do
 >   KM> Win11. i7-6xxx, considerably faster than the i7-3xxx/4xxx on
 >   KM> single-threaded, but barely faster on multithreaded, which is
 >   KM> kinda weird if you ask me.
 > Good news on the new 'toy'; odd (but not really) about the liability
 > issues.   And yes, one would think the bigger numbers would mean
 > bigger-better-badder but not true.
 KM> So turns out the BIOS date was munged up, but the asset tag in
 KM> Dell's form says 2016. Still pretty new by my lights, and has an
 KM> NVMe so quite snappy. I named it Pony. Everyone wants a pony,
 KM> right? :)

Right! It's "Ky's Litle Pony"!  ...I wonder if the BIOS date was damaged
because of a bad BIOS update or something to do with encryption: it was a
business computer and so possibly using a key when communicating.



 KM> Now if I could get its Win10 to let the rest of the network SEE
 KM> it... everything is set correctly, shared and discoverable and
 KM> the super secret admin account activated, but still is only a
 KM> name on the network and refuses to let anyone else see its
 KM> precious files. I seem to recall I had this problem with
 KM> Fireball's Win10 after it was lately updated...

Well, maybe my guess on why the munged BIOS date is why the files aren't
being seen externally.

 KM> ... if I'm going to have network problems, why don't I install
 KM> linux instead? that way I could have the same network problems
 KM> but overall less stupidity.

Works for me!  Might be able to have a passageway between the possibly 
encryted Windows section and the Linux section (shared folder).  (My 
guess is still encrypted, but worth the fun playing!)



 KM> Oh, here's the latest. The God Mode (access every setting in one
 KM> place) shortcut now won't show a name, only the icon.
 
"Use my name in vane and banishment!"


 
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