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Might post artwork here again.
Posted 9 years agoI'm thinking of posting the stuff people have drawn for me here again, however I will censor it with "Furry Network" tags to get people over to FN to see the full picture. I still don't trust FA anymore, nor do I like it. But you people won't get your asses off it and keep claiming I don't have any art of myself because you won't go to the other sites listed on my damn page. So what do you think?
Ark Survival: Multiplayer is bad.
Posted 9 years agoSo I joined OfficialServer59 about a week or two ago and started playing constantly. Maybe even only a week really. I complained here and there, and used global chat a lot to talk to people. Eventually the alpha tribes got tired of it and banned me from their server. An official server, that they don't own, and they banned me from it by destroying everything I own, even after I was helpful and gave things to the very people who attacked me. I helped new players learn the game, gave those players free stuff even. All Official Servers are ignored by the devs of Ark, no one manages anything that goes on in them. Alpha tribes prevent anyone from gaining enough power to challenge them. You defy any rules of theirs, they wipe you out and prevent you from ever playing the game again. So, Ark multiplayer is bad. I found out the hard way that Ark Survival just blows ass. :/
FA, home of the block button.
Posted 9 years agoYou know, this website has become all about blocking people now. I ask a question to clarify some text on someone's page, because I didn't understand their rules, and then after, I notice something else on their page thats unclear and point that out, and he blocks me. God, this site got worse because of the addition of the clickable block button because now people are using it like fucking crazy. In fact, I believe there are people who use the block button in order to stop someone from bidding against them on YCHs and other FA auctions. You can guarantee, that won't be possible on FN. The block to prevent bidding part, that is. It shouldn't be possible on FA but then, FA is so old school and basic that the system would need a complete overhaul to change it.
Just wow though. FA is all about blocking people these days, its ridiculous.
"I don't understand this rule, can you elaborate please?" -BLOCKED-
"This bit of text on your page is hard to read or I can't distinguish it from other text." -BLOCKED-
This site is truly dying. More so the community is just getting worse. You kids need to grow up.
OH; and this isn't a call out, I am fully within the rules of the site. This, is just a generalized rant.
Just wow though. FA is all about blocking people these days, its ridiculous.
"I don't understand this rule, can you elaborate please?" -BLOCKED-
"This bit of text on your page is hard to read or I can't distinguish it from other text." -BLOCKED-
This site is truly dying. More so the community is just getting worse. You kids need to grow up.
OH; and this isn't a call out, I am fully within the rules of the site. This, is just a generalized rant.
"Cannot favorite because blocked!"
Posted 9 years agoFuraffinity's best invention to piss people off!
" You cannot favorite a submission by someone who has blocked you. "
Just randomly go favoriting a bunch of art and find 3 random people, some you've never talked to before in your entire life and find out you're blocked. Another good reason FurryNetwork is better because you can favorite art without being told this bullshit, even if the user blocked you. Good job Furaffinity, you totally fucking rock! :O
Just here to give another promote to Furry Network because its clearly superior in every way.
https://beta.furrynetwork.com/vas/
" You cannot favorite a submission by someone who has blocked you. "
Just randomly go favoriting a bunch of art and find 3 random people, some you've never talked to before in your entire life and find out you're blocked. Another good reason FurryNetwork is better because you can favorite art without being told this bullshit, even if the user blocked you. Good job Furaffinity, you totally fucking rock! :O
Just here to give another promote to Furry Network because its clearly superior in every way.
https://beta.furrynetwork.com/vas/
Rule 34 has been broken!
Posted 9 years agoRule 34 states that, if it exists, there is porn of it.
However, I know of at least one thing that there is no porn of. I have not been able to find ANY porn on this specific character from a specific game I enjoy. Or any art at all really other than the screenshot of the mission all about him. :P
Vendral! A two-headed dragon and the sole descendant of the Dragon King. Found in the quest Slay the Mighty Dragon, in the game Majesty Gold.
http://www.majestypalace.com/page/S....._Mighty_Dragon
However, I know of at least one thing that there is no porn of. I have not been able to find ANY porn on this specific character from a specific game I enjoy. Or any art at all really other than the screenshot of the mission all about him. :P
Vendral! A two-headed dragon and the sole descendant of the Dragon King. Found in the quest Slay the Mighty Dragon, in the game Majesty Gold.
http://www.majestypalace.com/page/S....._Mighty_Dragon
Windows Update: A virus waiting to invade your computer.
Posted 9 years agoThats right, Windows Update now installs viruses to your machine! While technically its not a virus, it does still do bad things, because Microsoft can't be bothered to test their updates prior to release and instead force it out there on everyone else. If you are a Windows 10 user, you will not be able to refuse an update because MS has decided you don't have rights anymore because you are their bitch and they own your computer and you. They can install and uninstall whatever the fuck they want whenever the fuck they want to you machine and you can't do anything about it. Because Windows 10 allows them to do this.
The latest update, KB3147458 was installed on my machine and it caused my internet driver to stop working properly. Once I uninstalled this update, everything was fixed, however, less than a day later, they forced the update on me again without my permission or anything, even though I've had Windows Update disabled for a while.
Other users have reported that this update breaks other drivers, and causes a very large amount of other issues, some of which are so fucking obvious that even 10 minutes of testing could have revealed the issues. But Microsoft uses clean slate machines to test everything, if they test at all, so they won't find issues because if it boots up, there's no problem and the rest is clearly user error which is likely what Microsoft will tell you if you complain. By forcing updates regardless of what you want, they are saying that you are too stupid to be in control of your own machine so they are gonna control it for you. By that logic, Microsoft says everyone who owns Windows 10 is a retard, and requires MS to fix things for you whether you want it or not. Aren't you glad Microsoft is treating you all like retards?
Fix the problem, disable Windows Updatein services, and refer to a registry file I use to disable windows update notifications to that may or may not work anymore.
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7255568/ - It used to work, but it doesn't seem to anymore, after Microsoft discovered people using it, they likely released an update that fixes the update process so it can't be disabled via Registry anymore. If this continues, I may have to go into Linux and delete WindowsUpdate.exe or whatever the update exe is called from my machine so that it can't ever run again, drastic measures to keep my machine safe.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/30270697/v.....dlistening.png
The latest update, KB3147458 was installed on my machine and it caused my internet driver to stop working properly. Once I uninstalled this update, everything was fixed, however, less than a day later, they forced the update on me again without my permission or anything, even though I've had Windows Update disabled for a while.
Other users have reported that this update breaks other drivers, and causes a very large amount of other issues, some of which are so fucking obvious that even 10 minutes of testing could have revealed the issues. But Microsoft uses clean slate machines to test everything, if they test at all, so they won't find issues because if it boots up, there's no problem and the rest is clearly user error which is likely what Microsoft will tell you if you complain. By forcing updates regardless of what you want, they are saying that you are too stupid to be in control of your own machine so they are gonna control it for you. By that logic, Microsoft says everyone who owns Windows 10 is a retard, and requires MS to fix things for you whether you want it or not. Aren't you glad Microsoft is treating you all like retards?
Fix the problem, disable Windows Updatein services, and refer to a registry file I use to disable windows update notifications to that may or may not work anymore.
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7255568/ - It used to work, but it doesn't seem to anymore, after Microsoft discovered people using it, they likely released an update that fixes the update process so it can't be disabled via Registry anymore. If this continues, I may have to go into Linux and delete WindowsUpdate.exe or whatever the update exe is called from my machine so that it can't ever run again, drastic measures to keep my machine safe.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/30270697/v.....dlistening.png
Oral Surgery Results
Posted 9 years agoWell no one ever replied or helped out or anything on my previous journal, but the tooth removal was a success. They lightened up on the anesthetic more this time so I was semi-conscious the entire time but I don't remember anything from it now other than hearing "Are you ok?" every so often. Jaw hurts like fuck now and there is a stitch in there. It seems it may have taken slightly longer to get it done than thought, I'm not sure how much I will owe at the time because they are still going to try and put it through to my insurance company regardless.
I'm going to sleep now before the pan comes back entirely. Barely got the bleeding to stop. Theres an infection too so that'll probably slow down the healing process, worse still they gave me the floaters for antibiotics. Amoxicillin I believe, the capsules that float on top of the water making it extra difficult to swallow.
I will still need help, because I had to put everything down on a credit card that has a 6 month no interest period and a very high interest rate. Unfortunately I still doubt very much anyone will help. If you do want to help, just send to my paypal "VasVadum(at)Gmail.com" {(at) because spam bots, simply replace with @}. If you want more information, feel free to ask here or in private.
This particular procedure is estimated to cost a little over $700, and I have another one pending that is in severe need that is close to $1000.
I'm going to sleep now before the pan comes back entirely. Barely got the bleeding to stop. Theres an infection too so that'll probably slow down the healing process, worse still they gave me the floaters for antibiotics. Amoxicillin I believe, the capsules that float on top of the water making it extra difficult to swallow.
I will still need help, because I had to put everything down on a credit card that has a 6 month no interest period and a very high interest rate. Unfortunately I still doubt very much anyone will help. If you do want to help, just send to my paypal "VasVadum(at)Gmail.com" {(at) because spam bots, simply replace with @}. If you want more information, feel free to ask here or in private.
This particular procedure is estimated to cost a little over $700, and I have another one pending that is in severe need that is close to $1000.
How to Steam URL on FA | Because half of you got it wrong!
Posted 9 years agoIt's not an insulting thing or anything, I'm sure most of you thought you could enter your steam login name and it would work, but FA does not use that. It wants your steam Custom URL ID. Not your steam login, stop doing that, it's a security risk. I'm going to not only tell you how to get your custom URL, but how to change it, and even show pictures.
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If you already have a custom URL, simply load your profile in firefox or some such. It will automatically give you the ID by swapping the URL from profile/ to id/. Unless you load it in Steam which uses Internut Exploder type code and is a full of shit tool. So don't try it there.
Here is my custom URL: http;//steamcommunity,com/id/VasVadum/
Now, what you need, is everything between the / after id. http;//steamcommunity,com/id/THISHERE/games/
You will not need anything after the slash. So in this URL above, you would enter "THISHERE" in the furaffinity steam ID part to make your link work.
If you ever change your profile URL, it will become invalid on FA and any other place you gave it.
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If you don't have a custom URL, your profile will most likely load with /profile/steam64idcode
Mine looks like this: http;//steamcommunity,com/profiles/76561198023716890
Now, you will need to change your custom URL for it to work here on this site.
Step 1: Login to your profile.
Step 2: Load your profile page.
Step 3: Click "Edit Profile" near the top of your profile on the right side. Screenshot
Step 4: Scroll down till you see "Custom URL (?)" and it will show an input box after a URL. Screenshot
Step 5: Put something into the input box that you want your steam URL to be.
Step 6: You're done, scroll down and save changes, a green button at the bottom of your profile. Please don't make me screenshot it.
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If you already have a custom URL, simply load your profile in firefox or some such. It will automatically give you the ID by swapping the URL from profile/ to id/. Unless you load it in Steam which uses Internut Exploder type code and is a full of shit tool. So don't try it there.
Here is my custom URL: http;//steamcommunity,com/id/VasVadum/
Now, what you need, is everything between the / after id. http;//steamcommunity,com/id/THISHERE/games/
You will not need anything after the slash. So in this URL above, you would enter "THISHERE" in the furaffinity steam ID part to make your link work.
If you ever change your profile URL, it will become invalid on FA and any other place you gave it.
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If you don't have a custom URL, your profile will most likely load with /profile/steam64idcode
Mine looks like this: http;//steamcommunity,com/profiles/76561198023716890
Now, you will need to change your custom URL for it to work here on this site.
Step 1: Login to your profile.
Step 2: Load your profile page.
Step 3: Click "Edit Profile" near the top of your profile on the right side. Screenshot
Step 4: Scroll down till you see "Custom URL (?)" and it will show an input box after a URL. Screenshot
Step 5: Put something into the input box that you want your steam URL to be.
Step 6: You're done, scroll down and save changes, a green button at the bottom of your profile. Please don't make me screenshot it.
Oral Surgery! (Might need help)
Posted 9 years agoUnfortunately, insurance companies today are a scam that like to fuck you over the best they can. I have problems with my teeth and have for years now and have been trying not to post anything about it because I don't want to be begging for help but at this point, my insurance company (the new one) really fucked me over on this one and I have to go to the oral surgeon in about 2 weeks t get a tooth in the very back literally cut out in several pieces and he said I will have to be knocked out for it. The whole procedure is going to cost around $700, on top of the previous procedure I had done which cost me more than $1000 and I still have another procedure that my insurance company refuses to pay for till next year pending that needs to be done that will cost another $1000. I can't keep pushing it off because if I do I will permanently lose two more teeth and this tooth that is going to be cut out is the 6th non-wisdom tooth that will have to be removed. Currently two of my teeth are encased in temporary caps but I can't afford the permanents because my insurance got canceled during the procedures and the new one waited till after the new year in order to begin so they could screw me over, and now my temporaries are more than 4 months old (these temps are 4 months old, previous temps broke after 2 months and the pair before that broke after 1 month twice, so I've had temps in for half a year) and I can't keep getting temps put in all year long because temps don't work for eating with and aren't going to keep my tooth as safe.
Anyway, I doubt anyone will help, but I thought I'd post. I have several procedures that need to be done. The most immediate, is the surgery where I have to have a tooth cut out. The tooth needs to be removed in three separate pieces according to the doc there, he told me this after an xray of the tooth and my insurance won't cover any of it.
So anything anyone is willing to throw my way would be extremely helpful. I don't want to end up like Toothless the dragon, except without the hidden teeth. My meals have mostly been liquid for the last several months anyway, because I can't eat normally anymore with temporary teeth in place so I'm kinda used to it, I just prefer having teeth so I don't have issues with talking and stuff.
Anything at all is helpful, not that I expect anything. I'm not quite popular enough for the help I need. :P
Paypal: VasVadum _ Gmail.com (Please do not email me) ((Replace _ with @, to prevent spam bots))
Anyway, I doubt anyone will help, but I thought I'd post. I have several procedures that need to be done. The most immediate, is the surgery where I have to have a tooth cut out. The tooth needs to be removed in three separate pieces according to the doc there, he told me this after an xray of the tooth and my insurance won't cover any of it.
So anything anyone is willing to throw my way would be extremely helpful. I don't want to end up like Toothless the dragon, except without the hidden teeth. My meals have mostly been liquid for the last several months anyway, because I can't eat normally anymore with temporary teeth in place so I'm kinda used to it, I just prefer having teeth so I don't have issues with talking and stuff.
Anything at all is helpful, not that I expect anything. I'm not quite popular enough for the help I need. :P
Paypal: VasVadum _ Gmail.com (Please do not email me) ((Replace _ with @, to prevent spam bots))
Apparently half of furaffinity is Immature little kids.
Posted 9 years agoI keep getting blocked either by people I've never talked to in my life, or people who barely know me. I even got blocked by someone who technically defended me. I mean, what the fuck is up with that? I know one popufur went on twitter to bitch about me like a fucking 12 year old a while back, making a big scene and shit, ranting about me with others who don't like me and coming up with all sorts of lies about me. It's extremely annoying that people here are mainly a pack of 12 year olds, and even worse, Furaffinity doesn't let you say anything about it here because they like to keep drama off the site which is a load of crap because you can't do that anyway, and all it really is is protecting popular furries from harm.
So, I can't point out names on FA, but I can on Live Journal. You'll find my live journal on my front page.
In short, the latest one will be a compilation of stuff that's happened over the last month on furaffinity that is bothering me to some degree.
So, I can't point out names on FA, but I can on Live Journal. You'll find my live journal on my front page.
In short, the latest one will be a compilation of stuff that's happened over the last month on furaffinity that is bothering me to some degree.
Skype Virus Alert: My account was "hacked".
Posted 9 years agoI've never logged into suspicious websites, my password is decent, I don't have any viruses. Somehow, my skype account was recently compomised as a virus sent it's self as a link to all my friends and even people who I removed ages ago (or rmoved me). I don't know how, or why. I however changed my password to something highly secure now. Most of my passwords are 20 characters of random shit Aa1@ (so includes symbols and such to). So those passwords are impossible to dictionary or guess. But Skype and Microsoft require something easy to type in. Microsuck saw to that.
If you ever get a link on skype that is "goo.gl", it is 98% chance a scam. Do not click it. If a friend of yous linked it legitimately, tell him to unshorten the URL or use tiny URL instead. It is 100% a scam, if it includes your skype username in it. EG that thing you type in your username slot to log in.
So basically, don't give a fuck if it's legit or not. DON'T CLICK GOO.GL LINKS. Not google, just "G O O . G L", which is google's URL shortener which lets you hide viruses in it. At least with tinyurl, you can't be tricked with your username in it or name in it. Always question someone if they send you a shortened URL, if it happens on suspicious circumstances. Anyone who's clicked a goo.gl link, do a virus and a malware scan NOW and change your password and any website that you shared that password with (as in used the same password in multiple locations). Your passwords will end up on the internet in a database of known passwords for "this user". The world wide password database is likely updated to include mine now so bleh. I gotta start using random shit now because the internet is full of trash that doesn't deserve to be alive.
If you ever get a link on skype that is "goo.gl", it is 98% chance a scam. Do not click it. If a friend of yous linked it legitimately, tell him to unshorten the URL or use tiny URL instead. It is 100% a scam, if it includes your skype username in it. EG that thing you type in your username slot to log in.
So basically, don't give a fuck if it's legit or not. DON'T CLICK GOO.GL LINKS. Not google, just "G O O . G L", which is google's URL shortener which lets you hide viruses in it. At least with tinyurl, you can't be tricked with your username in it or name in it. Always question someone if they send you a shortened URL, if it happens on suspicious circumstances. Anyone who's clicked a goo.gl link, do a virus and a malware scan NOW and change your password and any website that you shared that password with (as in used the same password in multiple locations). Your passwords will end up on the internet in a database of known passwords for "this user". The world wide password database is likely updated to include mine now so bleh. I gotta start using random shit now because the internet is full of trash that doesn't deserve to be alive.
PAYPAL: NOTICE OF CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT.
Posted 9 years agoI copy and paste this here from my email for anyone who's had their paypal accounts terminated or punished in any way whatsoever, this may affect you. Please read and forward around! Link the journal would be the best option but I guess you could just copy the text yourself if you want to be the famous one. :P
EDIT: I'm pretty sure everyone who has a paypal account has gotten this email, but I wanted to be sure everyone really got the message so here it is. Please do forward it around!
THIS NOTICE MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
A settlement has been reached in a class action in which the plaintiffs allege, among other things, that PayPal improperly handled disputed transactions on PayPal accounts and improperly placed holds and reserves on accounts or closed or suspended accounts. Plaintiffs also allege that PayPal failed to provide annual error-resolution notices and monthly account statements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act.
You are a member of the Settlement Class if you had an active PayPal account between April 19, 2006 and Nov. 5, 2015. Certain Settlement Class Members who had a hold or reserve placed on their account and/or who had their account closed or suspended by PayPal are eligible to receive a monetary payment upon submission of a valid claim form.
This notice summarizes the proposed settlement. For the precise terms and conditions of the settlement, please see the Settlement Agreement available at http://www.accountholdsettlement.com/, by accessing the Court docket in this case through the Court's Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system at https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov, or by visiting the office of the Clerk of the Court for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, CA 94612, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Court holidays.
PLEASE DO NOT TELEPHONE THE COURT OR THE COURT CLERK'S OFFICE TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS SETTLEMENT OR THE CLAIM PROCESS.
EDIT: I'm pretty sure everyone who has a paypal account has gotten this email, but I wanted to be sure everyone really got the message so here it is. Please do forward it around!
THIS NOTICE MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
A settlement has been reached in a class action in which the plaintiffs allege, among other things, that PayPal improperly handled disputed transactions on PayPal accounts and improperly placed holds and reserves on accounts or closed or suspended accounts. Plaintiffs also allege that PayPal failed to provide annual error-resolution notices and monthly account statements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act.
You are a member of the Settlement Class if you had an active PayPal account between April 19, 2006 and Nov. 5, 2015. Certain Settlement Class Members who had a hold or reserve placed on their account and/or who had their account closed or suspended by PayPal are eligible to receive a monetary payment upon submission of a valid claim form.
This notice summarizes the proposed settlement. For the precise terms and conditions of the settlement, please see the Settlement Agreement available at http://www.accountholdsettlement.com/, by accessing the Court docket in this case through the Court's Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system at https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov, or by visiting the office of the Clerk of the Court for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, CA 94612, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Court holidays.
PLEASE DO NOT TELEPHONE THE COURT OR THE COURT CLERK'S OFFICE TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS SETTLEMENT OR THE CLAIM PROCESS.
Manually install Win10 Updates! (Disable Auto Update)
Posted 9 years agoI had to get Windows 10 lately when I got a new latpop, due to my old one suffering many issues and degrading. So now, I'm stuck on Windows 10 with it's shitty force update feature and it's ugly everything-must-be-white feature and it's keylogger constantly running called Cortana that sends every scrap of input you do to Microsoft "for improving user experience", even if you disable it!
However. I managed to improve some things, for example, I've installed a Start menu called Start10 on Stardock's website. Because Windows 10 doesn't have a start menu. It has a frankenstein Start Grid and recently installed/most used list. You can't actually pin things to the MENU portion, only the grid portion.
And best of all, thanks to help from my lovely IceDragon, I've disabled auto updates from being forced on me. The computer can still check for updates, however, it won't automatically download, or install, or reboot your machine. Ever! It is total manual control giving you the control you want over your machine. It may at one point be disabled by Microsoft, who knows. If they find out people have found a way to circumvent their update process and stop being forced to install, they may get mad and find a new way to force but for now, this works. And I know that MS only knows how to half ass their work, so they may never find out unless an MS fanboi runs to them with this fix and tells them.
All you have to do, is add some registry values to your registry. I'll post a link to a registry file that will do this for you, and I will post the source code of that file here as well so you can observe it for yourself. You can also right click the file and open in notepad, editpad, notepad++, whatever text editor you use, and see the source for yourself. It will automatically add several registry values to your registry. You may need to do this after major updates like 10.1, 10.2, whatever other service packs Microsoft makes to fuck up your computer even more and install more adware/bloatware like that "Get Started" crap I keep uninstalling via PowerShell.
Link to file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rbmmufo7l.....ate-Notify.reg (I used this location so it won't auto download, letting you think about it if you want or even comment on the file page.)
Source of the file:
WindowsUpdate-Notify.reg wrote:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001
"RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000001
"RebootRelaunchTimeout"=dword:000005a0
"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000000
"AUOptions"=dword:00000002
"ScheduledInstallDay"=dword:00000000
"ScheduledInstallTime"=dword:00000003
If this has helped you, please comment on the journal and forward it around! I want to put a stop to Microsoft forcing people to do what they don't want to do.
However. I managed to improve some things, for example, I've installed a Start menu called Start10 on Stardock's website. Because Windows 10 doesn't have a start menu. It has a frankenstein Start Grid and recently installed/most used list. You can't actually pin things to the MENU portion, only the grid portion.
And best of all, thanks to help from my lovely IceDragon, I've disabled auto updates from being forced on me. The computer can still check for updates, however, it won't automatically download, or install, or reboot your machine. Ever! It is total manual control giving you the control you want over your machine. It may at one point be disabled by Microsoft, who knows. If they find out people have found a way to circumvent their update process and stop being forced to install, they may get mad and find a new way to force but for now, this works. And I know that MS only knows how to half ass their work, so they may never find out unless an MS fanboi runs to them with this fix and tells them.
All you have to do, is add some registry values to your registry. I'll post a link to a registry file that will do this for you, and I will post the source code of that file here as well so you can observe it for yourself. You can also right click the file and open in notepad, editpad, notepad++, whatever text editor you use, and see the source for yourself. It will automatically add several registry values to your registry. You may need to do this after major updates like 10.1, 10.2, whatever other service packs Microsoft makes to fuck up your computer even more and install more adware/bloatware like that "Get Started" crap I keep uninstalling via PowerShell.
Link to file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rbmmufo7l.....ate-Notify.reg (I used this location so it won't auto download, letting you think about it if you want or even comment on the file page.)
Source of the file:
WindowsUpdate-Notify.reg wrote:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001
"RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000001
"RebootRelaunchTimeout"=dword:000005a0
"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000000
"AUOptions"=dword:00000002
"ScheduledInstallDay"=dword:00000000
"ScheduledInstallTime"=dword:00000003
If this has helped you, please comment on the journal and forward it around! I want to put a stop to Microsoft forcing people to do what they don't want to do.
Recently discovered a know-it-all on FA.
Posted 10 years agoHe gets extremely pissed off if you have a difference of opinion than his. He makes you out to be the bad guy too if you can't get along. We had a disagreement about NASA and the Mars Mission, he was saying it's impossible, and I don't believe Nasa is that stupid.
You can read all about it on Live Journal later, when I've posted. (Post Pending)
Here's a preview though: (I was annoyed at his know-it-all-ism, sick of him "knowing everything" and telling me "how it is".)
[10:06:14 AM] Vas Vadum: Well you better tell them lickity split they will fail so you can be a bazillionair for saving them lots of money! Your sheer knowledge of all things would be able to convince them it can't be done!
[10:06:18 AM] ******: There's nothing that can make Earth as uninhabbitable as Mars save the core cooling through the natural process of time
[10:06:35 AM] ******: That's it.
[10:06:45 AM] ******: I've been patient with you, but you've crossed the line.
Basically, if he doesn't get his way, he gets mad and throws a tantrum. Bleh, I'm gonna go game for a while. I'll put the entire log on pastebin at some point and may add it to my livejournal. Who knows. :P I may not bother beyond this journal, but if I find out he starts telling people shit about me behind my back, I will and absolutely will reveal his name. In the end of the convo, he tried to make me out to be the horrible bad guy, like I'm the evil corrupt one, or something. So I assume that he's gonna go tell everyone how bad of a person I am. Should I find this to be true, I will not hesitate to spread the logs about across the internet unfiltered and even link his FA account.
EDIT: Funny enough, we only had three conversations before I found out he is an arrogant knowitall who blames others for everything that goes wrong. I knew something was off the first time we talked here on FA. But I didn't realize it was this bad.
You can read all about it on Live Journal later, when I've posted. (Post Pending)
Here's a preview though: (I was annoyed at his know-it-all-ism, sick of him "knowing everything" and telling me "how it is".)
[10:06:14 AM] Vas Vadum: Well you better tell them lickity split they will fail so you can be a bazillionair for saving them lots of money! Your sheer knowledge of all things would be able to convince them it can't be done!
[10:06:18 AM] ******: There's nothing that can make Earth as uninhabbitable as Mars save the core cooling through the natural process of time
[10:06:35 AM] ******: That's it.
[10:06:45 AM] ******: I've been patient with you, but you've crossed the line.
Basically, if he doesn't get his way, he gets mad and throws a tantrum. Bleh, I'm gonna go game for a while. I'll put the entire log on pastebin at some point and may add it to my livejournal. Who knows. :P I may not bother beyond this journal, but if I find out he starts telling people shit about me behind my back, I will and absolutely will reveal his name. In the end of the convo, he tried to make me out to be the horrible bad guy, like I'm the evil corrupt one, or something. So I assume that he's gonna go tell everyone how bad of a person I am. Should I find this to be true, I will not hesitate to spread the logs about across the internet unfiltered and even link his FA account.
EDIT: Funny enough, we only had three conversations before I found out he is an arrogant knowitall who blames others for everything that goes wrong. I knew something was off the first time we talked here on FA. But I didn't realize it was this bad.
I've completed my 26th orbit.
Posted 10 years agoYep, that's 26 times I've been alive long enough to orbit the star once more. Lets see if I can complete a few more orbits at least, unhealthy as I am. :P
I have orbited Sol 25.99 times now.
Posted 10 years agoYep. In about a day, I will have orbited Sol, Our star, 26 times.
You've been attacked by dragons!
Posted 10 years agoSo I was playing some Heroes of Ardania because I had forgotten I had an account there and left it sit for 5 years and now I've got 5 years of turns to use. xD And got attacked by 5 dragons earlier and well, here's the log! (I replaced "attacked by 5 dragons" with something more interesting! Chose some random 5 names I could think of that were dragons :P)
Here's what a real battle would look like. x3
http://pastebin.com/dDjZNJbV
Scenario 1: Fleeing
You have been attacked by Chase, Dyluck, Twile, Magnus, Vorelord and a Drakkor!
Round 0
Vas: Sorry, my favorite TV show is on.
Vas flees by teleporting out.
You have been defeated.
You have gained 0 XPs.
You used a total of 0 healing aids.
The fight lasted 0 rounds.
Scenario 2: Battle!
(Would have to confer with all of them if they want to help make an interesting battle thingy :P Doubtful! :P Several are usually always busy and one or two would claim to be immortal :P)
Here's what a real battle would look like. x3
http://pastebin.com/dDjZNJbV
Scenario 1: Fleeing
You have been attacked by Chase, Dyluck, Twile, Magnus, Vorelord and a Drakkor!
Round 0
Vas: Sorry, my favorite TV show is on.
Vas flees by teleporting out.
You have been defeated.
You have gained 0 XPs.
You used a total of 0 healing aids.
The fight lasted 0 rounds.
Scenario 2: Battle!
(Would have to confer with all of them if they want to help make an interesting battle thingy :P Doubtful! :P Several are usually always busy and one or two would claim to be immortal :P)
IGNORE THIS - THIS IS A TEST!
Posted 10 years agoIGNORE THIS, THIS IS A TEST ONLY, NONE OF THIS IS MY INFORMATION!
IGNORE THIS, THIS IS A TEST ONLY, NONE OF THIS IS MY INFORMATION!
I am simply trying to check a formatting method to give someone some advice on a nicer looking profile.
Test 1: Tab testing | Test failed..
Test 2: Alt 255 formatting | Test Successful, sorta..
Test 3: Coloring | Complete
IGNORE THIS, THIS IS A TEST ONLY, NONE OF THIS IS MY INFORMATION!
IGNORE THIS, THIS IS A TEST ONLY, NONE OF THIS IS MY INFORMATION!
1x Shaded Keohusky Purchased March 2015 Status: Not Started
1x Sketch Modem_Redpill Purchased Feb 2015 Status: Not Started
1x Sketch Kikeri.arts Purchased Feb 2015 Status: Not Started (Artist MIA)
1x image izumineko Purchased Feb 2015 Status: Not Started
1x ref sheet Kaydenfrei Purchased 2014 Status: Never going to receive.(Artist MIA, disabled profile - I don't expect a return)
1x image bushycat Purchased Feb 2015 Status: In Progress
IGNORE THIS, THIS IS A TEST ONLY, NONE OF THIS IS MY INFORMATION!
IGNORE THIS, THIS IS A TEST ONLY, NONE OF THIS IS MY INFORMATION!
I am simply trying to check a formatting method to give someone some advice on a nicer looking profile.
IGNORE THIS, THIS IS A TEST ONLY, NONE OF THIS IS MY INFORMATION!
IGNORE THIS, THIS IS A TEST ONLY, NONE OF THIS IS MY INFORMATION!
For this user to preview now, journal will remain for a bit longer.
To that user: Use Alt+255 to make those non breaking spaces.
Also, I'm not sure if your text editor will let you copy the non breaking spaces. Mine does, but yours may replace with a standard space. So if that happens, you may wish to get EditPad or NotePad++
Here is the source file so you can copy/paste into your profile if you want. Make sure to use Left Align, not Center.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/30270697/tempfile.txt
EDIT: Oh yea, I used orange on the Feb 2015 dates because I wanted to signify some different coloring based on age of the order date. So, change that to whatever. Just know that "red" and "blue" are very bad colors that FA should never allow to be used. Instead, use "pink" and "lightblue".
To Dragoneer, and coding team:
Tables would be nice. :P
[nocode]
[table]
[tr]
[th][/th][th][/th][th][/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][/td][td][/td][td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][/td][td][/td][td][/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
[/nocode]
Also, a nocode block too which Yak appears to be using in his journal somehow.
IGNORE THIS, THIS IS A TEST ONLY, NONE OF THIS IS MY INFORMATION!
I am simply trying to check a formatting method to give someone some advice on a nicer looking profile.
Test 1: Tab testing | Test failed..
Test 2: Alt 255 formatting | Test Successful, sorta..
Test 3: Coloring | Complete
IGNORE THIS, THIS IS A TEST ONLY, NONE OF THIS IS MY INFORMATION!
IGNORE THIS, THIS IS A TEST ONLY, NONE OF THIS IS MY INFORMATION!
1x Shaded Keohusky Purchased March 2015 Status: Not Started
1x Sketch Modem_Redpill Purchased Feb 2015 Status: Not Started
1x Sketch Kikeri.arts Purchased Feb 2015 Status: Not Started (Artist M
1x image izumineko Purchased Feb 2015 Status: Not Started
1x ref sheet Kaydenfrei Purchased 2014 Status: Never going to receive.
1x image bushycat Purchased Feb 2015 Status: In Progress
IGNORE THIS, THIS IS A TEST ONLY, NONE OF THIS IS MY INFORMATION!
IGNORE THIS, THIS IS A TEST ONLY, NONE OF THIS IS MY INFORMATION!
I am simply trying to check a formatting method to give someone some advice on a nicer looking profile.
IGNORE THIS, THIS IS A TEST ONLY, NONE OF THIS IS MY INFORMATION!
IGNORE THIS, THIS IS A TEST ONLY, NONE OF THIS IS MY INFORMATION!
For this user to preview now, journal will remain for a bit longer.
To that user: Use Alt+255 to make those non breaking spaces.
Also, I'm not sure if your text editor will let you copy the non breaking spaces. Mine does, but yours may replace with a standard space. So if that happens, you may wish to get EditPad or NotePad++
Here is the source file so you can copy/paste into your profile if you want. Make sure to use Left Align, not Center.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/30270697/tempfile.txt
EDIT: Oh yea, I used orange on the Feb 2015 dates because I wanted to signify some different coloring based on age of the order date. So, change that to whatever. Just know that "red" and "blue" are very bad colors that FA should never allow to be used. Instead, use "pink" and "lightblue".
To Dragoneer, and coding team:
Tables would be nice. :P
[nocode]
[table]
[tr]
[th][/th][th][/th][th][/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][/td][td][/td][td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][/td][td][/td][td][/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
[/nocode]
Also, a nocode block too which Yak appears to be using in his journal somehow.
You know what's fun? Your tooth breaking off!
Posted 10 years agoOk, so it wasn't the tooth, it was the temporary cap (crown, whatever you wanna call it) that was covering the most sensitive tooth in my mouth.
So I was asleep, just two days after it was put back in a 2nd time but this time slightly crooked and with some much more stronger cement (because the glue didn't last, and the other cement that was used before also only lasted 2 weeks). During my sleep, I woke up because of a crack sound. Went "Wtf was that?" looked around, couldn't see anything, went back to sleep. Again! Random crack sound! "Ok what the hell is going on!" couldn't find anything at all. Went back to sleep. 3rd time, louder crack sound and a piece of my tooth came off and I realized "Ohshit, it was my tooth!" the piece that came off just looked like a tiny piece of cement though. So I put it on the table next to me and went back to sleep. Woke up again an hour later and decided it was time to get up. I set my computer on the desk, then looked more closely at the piece that broke off, and touched my tooth just barely with my tongue, very very lightly, and heard another crack and then suddenly super loose tooth and at that very moment I realized my cap broke off.
So I ran outside with my phone and my thumb holding the cap, I thought it was still in one piece so I was holding it in place, it is the most sensitive tooth in my mouth after all so if exposed to air, it is like every molecule has a red hot knife and is stabbing it. I called my dentist while holding my tooth on sounding all weird. So now I gotta wait 4 (3 more actually) hours till I can eat, or open my mouth at all. :/ Because I finally decided I couldn't hold the tooth for 4 hours and let it fall into my hand and realized it's only half of the cap, the other half is still cemented on. This shit's gonna hurt when they have to peel the other half off to replace it. :/
EDIT:
So I got in 2 hours early, it took them double the time they said it would to make the new tooth, for some reason she decided to replace the one that was perfectly fine too... It took her two tries to make one of my teeth even.. That tooth is now all screwed up looking and stuff. Carved up like it for in a fight with a mower. :P I hope I can get it at least smoothed out with the cement stuff next time I go in. It is cutting my tongue a fair bit.
Another issue, I can't close my jaw anymore, the new teeth get in the way, colliding with my bottom jaw so I can't chew food. I can't even close down on ramon noodles now. :/ I had to swallow all of my food whole. I'm basically gonna have to live on liquids alone for the next several days now.
Oh yea, and they said it'd cost me $1,600 to get my new teeth. :/ My permanents that is, these are just temps.
So I was asleep, just two days after it was put back in a 2nd time but this time slightly crooked and with some much more stronger cement (because the glue didn't last, and the other cement that was used before also only lasted 2 weeks). During my sleep, I woke up because of a crack sound. Went "Wtf was that?" looked around, couldn't see anything, went back to sleep. Again! Random crack sound! "Ok what the hell is going on!" couldn't find anything at all. Went back to sleep. 3rd time, louder crack sound and a piece of my tooth came off and I realized "Ohshit, it was my tooth!" the piece that came off just looked like a tiny piece of cement though. So I put it on the table next to me and went back to sleep. Woke up again an hour later and decided it was time to get up. I set my computer on the desk, then looked more closely at the piece that broke off, and touched my tooth just barely with my tongue, very very lightly, and heard another crack and then suddenly super loose tooth and at that very moment I realized my cap broke off.
So I ran outside with my phone and my thumb holding the cap, I thought it was still in one piece so I was holding it in place, it is the most sensitive tooth in my mouth after all so if exposed to air, it is like every molecule has a red hot knife and is stabbing it. I called my dentist while holding my tooth on sounding all weird. So now I gotta wait 4 (3 more actually) hours till I can eat, or open my mouth at all. :/ Because I finally decided I couldn't hold the tooth for 4 hours and let it fall into my hand and realized it's only half of the cap, the other half is still cemented on. This shit's gonna hurt when they have to peel the other half off to replace it. :/
EDIT:
So I got in 2 hours early, it took them double the time they said it would to make the new tooth, for some reason she decided to replace the one that was perfectly fine too... It took her two tries to make one of my teeth even.. That tooth is now all screwed up looking and stuff. Carved up like it for in a fight with a mower. :P I hope I can get it at least smoothed out with the cement stuff next time I go in. It is cutting my tongue a fair bit.
Another issue, I can't close my jaw anymore, the new teeth get in the way, colliding with my bottom jaw so I can't chew food. I can't even close down on ramon noodles now. :/ I had to swallow all of my food whole. I'm basically gonna have to live on liquids alone for the next several days now.
Oh yea, and they said it'd cost me $1,600 to get my new teeth. :/ My permanents that is, these are just temps.
Blocking people based on rumors?
Posted 10 years agoIt's a little annoying, but I find myself being blocked by people I have never once met in my life. Random artists or people who post lots of art, I just go faving stuff and suddenly "Hey, You're blocked so you can't fav this!".
I don't think it's right to block someone you know nothing about. Sure, maybe if one of your good friends says "Hey, this guy's a douche" but even if one of my good or close friends told me this, I wouldn't block someone before they were a douche to me too. In fact, I don't really block people unless it becomes necessary, I just delete them and if they then continue bothering me, I block. But that's beside the point. Don't block people based on the local rumors that are going around! It makes you look foolish and hurts the person you blocked because they have no clue why they are blocked, what rumor people are claiming about them, or other such reasons.
So, if someone decides they want to block me before they even get to know me, I can only assume they are the bad one, not me. From this point on that is what I assume and it means I've done nothing wrong whatsoever. Because I haven't. I have done nothing to deserve being randomly blocked by random people I don't even know.
I felt like ranting a bit about this because it's stupid and annoying. Like FA administration decided to add this "you can't fav this if you're blocked" thing to stir up drama even more exactly like this post. Instead of actually doing the intelligent thing (which they never do) and just add a fav timer so you can't fav/unfav something repeatedly, and setting it so that multiple favs of the same item over a short period of time are clumped together into one group so it shows up as one item instead of "This user faved this thing 5 times so we'll display it 5 times". (That's only just in case connection issues like mine and you clicked fav twice and it somehow unfaved it at the same time. There are still solutions that don't involve blocking users from faving from artists that have you blocked for literally no reason whatsoever.)
I don't think it's right to block someone you know nothing about. Sure, maybe if one of your good friends says "Hey, this guy's a douche" but even if one of my good or close friends told me this, I wouldn't block someone before they were a douche to me too. In fact, I don't really block people unless it becomes necessary, I just delete them and if they then continue bothering me, I block. But that's beside the point. Don't block people based on the local rumors that are going around! It makes you look foolish and hurts the person you blocked because they have no clue why they are blocked, what rumor people are claiming about them, or other such reasons.
So, if someone decides they want to block me before they even get to know me, I can only assume they are the bad one, not me. From this point on that is what I assume and it means I've done nothing wrong whatsoever. Because I haven't. I have done nothing to deserve being randomly blocked by random people I don't even know.
I felt like ranting a bit about this because it's stupid and annoying. Like FA administration decided to add this "you can't fav this if you're blocked" thing to stir up drama even more exactly like this post. Instead of actually doing the intelligent thing (which they never do) and just add a fav timer so you can't fav/unfav something repeatedly, and setting it so that multiple favs of the same item over a short period of time are clumped together into one group so it shows up as one item instead of "This user faved this thing 5 times so we'll display it 5 times". (That's only just in case connection issues like mine and you clicked fav twice and it somehow unfaved it at the same time. There are still solutions that don't involve blocking users from faving from artists that have you blocked for literally no reason whatsoever.)
The reason why FA users won't leave FA:
Posted 10 years agoYou know, it's funny. No matter how bad this site gets, users won't leave. They leave, and then they come back. For one key reason. No one else leaves. It's a vicious cycle.
Popular Artist X with 400,000 watchers and gets $3,760 a month in commissions, stays because he gets paid and has lots of watchers.
Popular Artist Y with 50,000 watchers and gets $570 a month stays for the same reason.
Less Popular Artist Z with 10,000 watchers and hardly any commissions stays, because if they leave, they get nothing because no one gives a shit enough to follow them to a new site. If they leave, they realize no one cares about them, and are forced to come back.
Commissioner A stays because Popular Artist X and Y are here and aren't leaving.
Commissioner B stays because he likes Popular Artist Y's stuff and commissions them all the time.
Commissioners C through Q stay for those same reasons.
Commissioner's A through Q are willing to register on Weasyl if Popular Artists X and Y were to post their art there and/or move.
Watchers 1 though 5000 stay, because Popular Artists X and Y are here. 1/4th of these watchers already have accounts on other art sites. 3/4ths are willing to follow the artists X and Y to the other site. 1/10th just don't want to leave till the artists actually give them a reason to, such as deleting the gallery from FA.
If Popular Artist X and Y were to leave, Less Popular Artist Z can move, and still get commissions and maybe even get more because people will notice them more.
But because Popular Artist X and Y won't leave, Commissioners A through Q stay, and Watchers 1-5000 stay, therefor Popular Artist X and Y won't leave because those people are staying.
It's a programming loop! Someone has to break the cycle. The popular artists should start duplicating their galleries, giving people like me a choice so we aren't required to stay on a sinking ship, drowning to death just so we can enjoy their stuff.
Popular Artist X with 400,000 watchers and gets $3,760 a month in commissions, stays because he gets paid and has lots of watchers.
Popular Artist Y with 50,000 watchers and gets $570 a month stays for the same reason.
Less Popular Artist Z with 10,000 watchers and hardly any commissions stays, because if they leave, they get nothing because no one gives a shit enough to follow them to a new site. If they leave, they realize no one cares about them, and are forced to come back.
Commissioner A stays because Popular Artist X and Y are here and aren't leaving.
Commissioner B stays because he likes Popular Artist Y's stuff and commissions them all the time.
Commissioners C through Q stay for those same reasons.
Commissioner's A through Q are willing to register on Weasyl if Popular Artists X and Y were to post their art there and/or move.
Watchers 1 though 5000 stay, because Popular Artists X and Y are here. 1/4th of these watchers already have accounts on other art sites. 3/4ths are willing to follow the artists X and Y to the other site. 1/10th just don't want to leave till the artists actually give them a reason to, such as deleting the gallery from FA.
If Popular Artist X and Y were to leave, Less Popular Artist Z can move, and still get commissions and maybe even get more because people will notice them more.
But because Popular Artist X and Y won't leave, Commissioners A through Q stay, and Watchers 1-5000 stay, therefor Popular Artist X and Y won't leave because those people are staying.
It's a programming loop! Someone has to break the cycle. The popular artists should start duplicating their galleries, giving people like me a choice so we aren't required to stay on a sinking ship, drowning to death just so we can enjoy their stuff.
Deleting Gallery - Still available on Weasyl/SoFurry.
Posted 10 years agoI don't trust FA anymore. It's become a dangerous place with secretive changes and 100% opaque policies. I'll try to be more detailed later. For now, here is my Weasyl and SF. I much much prefer Weasyl. I can't even remember the last time I logged into SoFurry.
https://www.weasyl.com/~vasvadum
https://vasvadum.sofurry.com/
Direct link to furry artwork;
https://www.weasyl.com/submissions?.....folderid=26141
https://www.weasyl.com/~vasvadum
https://vasvadum.sofurry.com/
Direct link to furry artwork;
https://www.weasyl.com/submissions?.....folderid=26141
Do you use Android? Here are some recommended apps I use~
Posted 10 years agoRecomend[color=#00ff80]a[/color]tions!
Dropbox - This is a cloud storage app, if you haven't put this on your phone before, and you either already have or are just making an account, you usually get a free 2 years of 50 gigs storage. And you already get 2-16GB free for life. This is likely my MOST used app.
Firefox - I use this app on my phone and the browser on my computer. If I want, I can send a tab from my computer to my phone and a tab from my phone to my computer any time I want (provided both devices have an internet connection). It also syncs my settings and passwords and such between both so I can easily use both computer and phone to do the same things between them. If I should happen to need to go, I just send the tab from my computer to my phone and do the rest of what I was doing on the go!
MortPlayer Music - The best music app I know of, can sort your songs into playlists via folder so you can make your own playlists easily when you simply copy your music folders to your phone. Also lets you make custom playlists and such, has a sleep timer if you want to turn your music off automatically with an additional trigger to only turn it off at the end of the song. Give it a try, I'm sure you'll like it. It has plenty of features and customizability.
Plague Inc - Want to destroy the world with a plague? Here's your chance! The app is free, restricts a few features unless you pay like $1-$2, forget how much it was. After that, you can play the full game normally. There are also scenarios and other packs you can buy too if you want, but I just stuck with the base game. :P
Skype - If you want to use skype on your phone. It's a decent app, however if tries to sync your skype contacts with your address book if you don't first tell it not to.
Steam - Steam for your phone! There are no apps you can buy with steam, this is mostly just a chat app and lets you browse and buy games on steam.
VLC - My preferred video player. Plays pretty much any type of video file out there, along with some helpful screen gestures and such to let you quickly do things during playback.
Sky Force - This extreme HD type game is great for heating up your battery to near nuclear meltdown temps, as well as having a blast blowing things up for hours on in, assuming you have an RTG powering your phone.
Advanced Download Manager - In case your connection is spotty, you want something that can resume downloads in case of a lost connection. Great for downloading large files over slow spotty internet, can even download files in parts and multiple parts at a time, however, some services don't like this so I'd set it to only DL one part at a time by default. Dropbox is an example of this.
Google Opinion Rewards - Want free money for just clicking your screen a few times? I verify that this works and is scam free and doesn't ask for private information like your home address. It's all anonymous, and you get money deposited directly into your google account so you can use it on google play any time. I've spent and gotten around $13 so far, my mother has gotten around $25 so far. Just answer honestly and you'll be all good on getting free money to buy things on Google Play. Also sometimes asks the same questions later on, might be a trick to see if you are lying and just choosing random things, still pays you but yea. You can get paid for answering duplicate surveys. :P Just don't go clicking random things a lot or they may stop trusting you.
GPS Status & Toolbox - Lets you really test and use all the features of your GPS and other sensors. Give it a try! If you don't like/need it, simply uninstall. :P I also bought this cause it was just super helpful and such.
Inkredible - Draw/Write on your phone! Mostly write but, I doodled a little with it.
SwiftKey - Oh my god, you will never love another keyboard as much as you'll love this one. :| Keyboard replacement, you can keep your old keyboard of course, but make this one default and watch as things get much easier to type!
GPS Test - Install once, use it to fix your GPS settings if you need and test to make sure it's all working, then you can uninstall. I needed it at one point to fix my GPS.
Free Barcode Scanner (ads) & Barcode Scanner (no ads) - The first scanner here, is great, lets me do things in a nice view, but always pops up a large full screen ad once shortly after start. It also appears to be slightly ripped off code from the second one I link, but still implements it better than the second one. The second one is free but is locked in landscape mode, and if you want audio confirmation, it makes a loud scary beep at you where as the first one is a nice calm beep that doesn't scare the shit out of you when you're in complete silence or make everyone within a 10 mile radius look at you. You can choose whichever, they both do the same thing. Scanning bar codes, QR Codes, data matrixs, etc.
Textra - A better texting app than the default text messaging app. Gives a free 2 week trial for testing all the features without ads. After that is over, it inserts teeny tiny not very annoying ads that look like a text message at the top, easily ignored, all features still unlocked. I think it costs maybe like $1 to unlock it and get rid of ads if you ever want, use that google opinion rewards money you're going to start getting!
I hope these recommendations help you find some good stuff.
P.S. Good luck finding links you've visited before. :| FA makes links the same color as text! If you clicked them once. Apparently it'll be fixed 'soon' though so. :P I bolded and underlined them to try and help.
Dropbox - This is a cloud storage app, if you haven't put this on your phone before, and you either already have or are just making an account, you usually get a free 2 years of 50 gigs storage. And you already get 2-16GB free for life. This is likely my MOST used app.
Firefox - I use this app on my phone and the browser on my computer. If I want, I can send a tab from my computer to my phone and a tab from my phone to my computer any time I want (provided both devices have an internet connection). It also syncs my settings and passwords and such between both so I can easily use both computer and phone to do the same things between them. If I should happen to need to go, I just send the tab from my computer to my phone and do the rest of what I was doing on the go!
MortPlayer Music - The best music app I know of, can sort your songs into playlists via folder so you can make your own playlists easily when you simply copy your music folders to your phone. Also lets you make custom playlists and such, has a sleep timer if you want to turn your music off automatically with an additional trigger to only turn it off at the end of the song. Give it a try, I'm sure you'll like it. It has plenty of features and customizability.
Plague Inc - Want to destroy the world with a plague? Here's your chance! The app is free, restricts a few features unless you pay like $1-$2, forget how much it was. After that, you can play the full game normally. There are also scenarios and other packs you can buy too if you want, but I just stuck with the base game. :P
Skype - If you want to use skype on your phone. It's a decent app, however if tries to sync your skype contacts with your address book if you don't first tell it not to.
Steam - Steam for your phone! There are no apps you can buy with steam, this is mostly just a chat app and lets you browse and buy games on steam.
VLC - My preferred video player. Plays pretty much any type of video file out there, along with some helpful screen gestures and such to let you quickly do things during playback.
Sky Force - This extreme HD type game is great for heating up your battery to near nuclear meltdown temps, as well as having a blast blowing things up for hours on in, assuming you have an RTG powering your phone.
Advanced Download Manager - In case your connection is spotty, you want something that can resume downloads in case of a lost connection. Great for downloading large files over slow spotty internet, can even download files in parts and multiple parts at a time, however, some services don't like this so I'd set it to only DL one part at a time by default. Dropbox is an example of this.
Google Opinion Rewards - Want free money for just clicking your screen a few times? I verify that this works and is scam free and doesn't ask for private information like your home address. It's all anonymous, and you get money deposited directly into your google account so you can use it on google play any time. I've spent and gotten around $13 so far, my mother has gotten around $25 so far. Just answer honestly and you'll be all good on getting free money to buy things on Google Play. Also sometimes asks the same questions later on, might be a trick to see if you are lying and just choosing random things, still pays you but yea. You can get paid for answering duplicate surveys. :P Just don't go clicking random things a lot or they may stop trusting you.
GPS Status & Toolbox - Lets you really test and use all the features of your GPS and other sensors. Give it a try! If you don't like/need it, simply uninstall. :P I also bought this cause it was just super helpful and such.
Inkredible - Draw/Write on your phone! Mostly write but, I doodled a little with it.
SwiftKey - Oh my god, you will never love another keyboard as much as you'll love this one. :| Keyboard replacement, you can keep your old keyboard of course, but make this one default and watch as things get much easier to type!
GPS Test - Install once, use it to fix your GPS settings if you need and test to make sure it's all working, then you can uninstall. I needed it at one point to fix my GPS.
Free Barcode Scanner (ads) & Barcode Scanner (no ads) - The first scanner here, is great, lets me do things in a nice view, but always pops up a large full screen ad once shortly after start. It also appears to be slightly ripped off code from the second one I link, but still implements it better than the second one. The second one is free but is locked in landscape mode, and if you want audio confirmation, it makes a loud scary beep at you where as the first one is a nice calm beep that doesn't scare the shit out of you when you're in complete silence or make everyone within a 10 mile radius look at you. You can choose whichever, they both do the same thing. Scanning bar codes, QR Codes, data matrixs, etc.
Textra - A better texting app than the default text messaging app. Gives a free 2 week trial for testing all the features without ads. After that is over, it inserts teeny tiny not very annoying ads that look like a text message at the top, easily ignored, all features still unlocked. I think it costs maybe like $1 to unlock it and get rid of ads if you ever want, use that google opinion rewards money you're going to start getting!
I hope these recommendations help you find some good stuff.
P.S. Good luck finding links you've visited before. :| FA makes links the same color as text! If you clicked them once. Apparently it'll be fixed 'soon' though so. :P I bolded and underlined them to try and help.
I'm a horrible person! Apparently. :|
Posted 10 years agoPeople misunderstand me all the time, then block me before I can figure out where I went wrong, so apparently that makes me a horrible person according to those that blocked me.
Well, to you guys and gals that decided it's easier to block me. Good on you, you blocked me before I could truly get to where I messed up and apologize. Now, it isn't my fault, but yours. Congrats. And yes, I'm being a jackass right now. I'm a little pissed off when I can't apologize for making a mistake. It's extremely easy for someone who doesn't know how emotions work all that well, and is barely able to feel them, and has other various issues that I'm not gonna bother saying, to make a mistake and say something in the wrong way or hurtful without meaning to be hurtful.
You have to be straight forward with me. Don't beat around the bush, don't post some vague ass response Them: "wow, that was hurtful"
Me: What was? *isblocked, messagefail!*
Me: Damn, I can't figure out what I did wrong now. Guess it's not my fault anymore.
If you block me before we resolve anything, I hereby proclaim it to be your fault you were offended by whatever was said. By blocking me before helping me understand what I said wrong, you hereby agree to these terms.
Well, to you guys and gals that decided it's easier to block me. Good on you, you blocked me before I could truly get to where I messed up and apologize. Now, it isn't my fault, but yours. Congrats. And yes, I'm being a jackass right now. I'm a little pissed off when I can't apologize for making a mistake. It's extremely easy for someone who doesn't know how emotions work all that well, and is barely able to feel them, and has other various issues that I'm not gonna bother saying, to make a mistake and say something in the wrong way or hurtful without meaning to be hurtful.
You have to be straight forward with me. Don't beat around the bush, don't post some vague ass response Them: "wow, that was hurtful"
Me: What was? *isblocked, messagefail!*
Me: Damn, I can't figure out what I did wrong now. Guess it's not my fault anymore.
If you block me before we resolve anything, I hereby proclaim it to be your fault you were offended by whatever was said. By blocking me before helping me understand what I said wrong, you hereby agree to these terms.
Is Windows nagging for Win 10 upgrade? How to stop it here;
Posted 10 years agoOk, if you haven't updated your computer yet, uncheck update "KB3035583" and remove it from your list. That is the nag screen update.
Update info: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3035583
Do this first!
If you've already updated, try to uninstall the update through legit means first.
Open Windows Update,
View update history,
View Installed Updates,
find "KB3035583" in the list,
Click Uninstall.
Do not do this unless the above step does not work
icedrake told me that this didn't work for him and he had to uninstall it manually. Here are the steps he took;
Find GWX.exe, (Get Windows X {10}, how clever...)
Take ownership of the folder, (grant usergroup full control)
Delete the folder,
Kill the running process.
Notice!
Microsoft mat in the future hide another nag screen update in their update process. If you have more information related to this, please provide it and I will add it to the journal. Please spread this journal around, so that others can avoid or remove the nag screen.
Update 10/26/15: It appears Microsoft won't stop unhiding their update over and over again. This will be the 4th time I've re-hidden the update. I've permanently disabled Windows Updates because of it.
Update 7/11/15: It appears Microsoft forcefully unhide my update and made it appear like new. I installed it without knowing, and uninstalled the update just fine. However, it means that Microsoft decided to unhide updates that people have hidden, and may even do worse things in the future to force you all to get their new shitty OS. This type of force proves that their new OS is crap and that they are crap. If they have to FORCE people to update with many different restrictions and nag screens and "Hey, we won't be updating your old OS anymore, fuck you.", then obviously they are desperate to get people to downgrade to Windows 10.
Update 7/17/15: "Windows 10 is about to drop at the end of the month. When the new OS comes out, it looks like Microsoft will be making some changes to its update policy. The ability to turn updates off entirely will be completely removed."
Yea, that'll be great. More updates like this one in the topic, and we aren't allowed to stop it, how great! Oh and those other dangerous updates that happened in the past that totaled machines and destroyed the user's computers because of a mistake in the update patch that was delivered. Mhmm. Microsoft, they really love us, forcing everyone to update against their will. Yep.
They'll likely also change this policy to force all OSes to auto update, including Windows 7, FORCING US AGAINST OUR WILL TO UPDATE AND INSTALL MALWARE LIKE THE UPDATE MENTIONED IN THIS TOPIC.
If you defended MS before, you must really have to try extremely extremely hard now, to find a way to say "MS isn't forcing anything on anyone!" because now, their new policy is to FORCE YOU TO UPDATE AGAINST YOUR WILL. Key word there is force. They literally said they will force you to update. Have fun.
EDIT, Link:
http://lifehacker.com/windows-10-ho.....ory-1718476904
This update is just a malware update, giving you some advertisement to upgrade to Windows 10 that nags you into it and you aren't allowed to get rid of the icon that stays in your tray forever.
Update info: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3035583
Do this first!
If you've already updated, try to uninstall the update through legit means first.
Open Windows Update,
View update history,
View Installed Updates,
find "KB3035583" in the list,
Click Uninstall.
Do not do this unless the above step does not work
icedrake told me that this didn't work for him and he had to uninstall it manually. Here are the steps he took;Find GWX.exe, (Get Windows X {10}, how clever...)
Take ownership of the folder, (grant usergroup full control)
Delete the folder,
Kill the running process.
Notice!
Microsoft mat in the future hide another nag screen update in their update process. If you have more information related to this, please provide it and I will add it to the journal. Please spread this journal around, so that others can avoid or remove the nag screen.
Update 10/26/15: It appears Microsoft won't stop unhiding their update over and over again. This will be the 4th time I've re-hidden the update. I've permanently disabled Windows Updates because of it.
Update 7/11/15: It appears Microsoft forcefully unhide my update and made it appear like new. I installed it without knowing, and uninstalled the update just fine. However, it means that Microsoft decided to unhide updates that people have hidden, and may even do worse things in the future to force you all to get their new shitty OS. This type of force proves that their new OS is crap and that they are crap. If they have to FORCE people to update with many different restrictions and nag screens and "Hey, we won't be updating your old OS anymore, fuck you.", then obviously they are desperate to get people to downgrade to Windows 10.
Update 7/17/15: "Windows 10 is about to drop at the end of the month. When the new OS comes out, it looks like Microsoft will be making some changes to its update policy. The ability to turn updates off entirely will be completely removed."
Yea, that'll be great. More updates like this one in the topic, and we aren't allowed to stop it, how great! Oh and those other dangerous updates that happened in the past that totaled machines and destroyed the user's computers because of a mistake in the update patch that was delivered. Mhmm. Microsoft, they really love us, forcing everyone to update against their will. Yep.
They'll likely also change this policy to force all OSes to auto update, including Windows 7, FORCING US AGAINST OUR WILL TO UPDATE AND INSTALL MALWARE LIKE THE UPDATE MENTIONED IN THIS TOPIC.
If you defended MS before, you must really have to try extremely extremely hard now, to find a way to say "MS isn't forcing anything on anyone!" because now, their new policy is to FORCE YOU TO UPDATE AGAINST YOUR WILL. Key word there is force. They literally said they will force you to update. Have fun.
EDIT, Link:
http://lifehacker.com/windows-10-ho.....ory-1718476904
This update is just a malware update, giving you some advertisement to upgrade to Windows 10 that nags you into it and you aren't allowed to get rid of the icon that stays in your tray forever.
