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I'm at my wit's end with my wife's HP all-in-one that blue-screened earlier this week. I've exhausted all options:
0: auto repair - fails every time
1: 3 different restore points have failed
2: revert to previous version (back to 7 I assume) fails intstantly
3: no boot to safemode...continues to go to auto repair
4: last resort - reset to factory (keeping files) seemed to work...until it hit 26% installing Windows...has been stuck there for about 3 hours now...should I keep waiting? 
That's at least half a day's work and nothing to show for it! 
In other news, my company's main website was down this morning. I opened a support ticket with the webhost and got a response that the server had hardware issues and is being restored. It should only take 1-2 days before it's back up. (They just migrated me to a new server about 2 months ago!) I wonder if they were going to let customers know, or just let 'em all find out for themselves? It's a shame that I actually depend on that website to be able to conduct business.
I hope the day improves, or maybe I should just leave early today and go buy the wife another computer. Just a parting thought...Maybe MS is doing it's part to drive new PC sales by trashing the old ones with incompatible updates. 
Edit: because traffic is slow on the weekend, and I figured you are bored!
The day is not improving...while on a marathon conference call, I get a call on my cell from a local number, so I answer it. It was a robo-call, the one where they tell you they can help with your credit, the one I get at least 2-3 times a week, but typically just hang up on. Well, this time I didn't...I elected to talk to a representative and stated in a very polite way to be taken off of their call list. The guy quickly and calmly responded that 'I should throw my phone out of the window and I would stop receiving their calls'. I calmly thanked him being a prick and hung up.
Now back to the important stuff. The website is still down...check support ticket and note that they have advised that 'the server is up and running, but a bit sluggish'. Check again...nope, not even a ping...a few customers have already called to report slow start times due to the fact that our apps try to 'call home' on startup to see if they need to be updated, or if a support contract is expired...hmm, now seems to be the ideal time to work on that feature.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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That seems like a hardware problem to me. Have you checked for bad sectors on the HD lately? Memory would be the next thing to check.
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Rick York wrote: That seems like a hardware problem to me.
I'm coming to the same conclusion...didn't consider the HDD, but figured any memory issues would be 'addressed' (reported) in the POST. I checked BIOS for a memory test...to no avail.
For my next trick, I'll try reseating the one memory chip and now, running chkdisk.
I have a bad feeling that by now, the OS is completely whacked, so I might as well pull the drive and get the important stuff before getting her a new SSD and fresh OS. This is turning into way more work than I expected...maybe easier to just go get her a new one...early Christmas!  (as if)
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Don't worry 
...it is Friday
......but not the thirteenth
.........and you did not mention a black cat
............from left
Think positive
Bruno
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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HP computers suck more than they blow.
I work on them and others for a living so stop typing.
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Have a HP EliteBook 8770w, and I'm _very very very very_ happy with it!
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Swap out the blown capacitors, and it should be OK.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I often Google things related to coding or electronics and often you get a more obscure site that is just some maker/dev out there blogging about the item I'm looking for.
Since I've never seen the site before I'll take the URL put it in VirusTotal[^] and let it scan it.
However, on Google, since they want to know what you are clicking on, you get a URL which contains the target URL. So you have to mess around with grabbing the real URL out of their URL or scanning on virustotal twice.
I have a RPi and the default on there is duckduckgo and I noticed that I could change my default Search engine to duckduckgo in FireFox so I just did that.
DuckDuckGo Wins
DuckDuckgo gives you just the target URL, so if you want to scan it you don't have to go through all that.
It is odd how most of us just choose the default (Google, Google Chrome, etc.). That's why I switched to FireFox recently too.
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I use DDG at home.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I use DDG at home.
Is it blocked for some reason at work? Just curious if some workplace believes it is a security exposure.
I wonder why they would think that???
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I don't care if google tracks me at work. 
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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raddevus wrote: Just curious if some workplace believes it is a security exposure.
google has probably convinced them that their search engine gives them total security.
Some people will fall for any bullsh1t.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Doesn't DDG has some kind of relationship/partnership with Yandex? Perhaps it is the Russian connection.
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also ddg can sometimes show in the search stack overflow answers like this
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Hmm...how is that different? I think that SO answer comes up in google.
Was it a joke? I'm slow today.
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I use (used) ixquick which also gives true url's and claimed to be "the most private search engine."
...though now they've changed their name (or joined up with?) startpage.com, but still claims to be "the most private search engine."
Apparently they get the result sets of google, bing and others but filter out the sponsored links, url mangling, ads and block requests for cookies and user/browser/location info.
Slightly slower than google and no auto completion - but good enough.
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Lopatir wrote: Apparently they get the result sets of google, bing and others but filter out
I wonder if they search Google and Bing and return those results but filter out the junk?
I was wondering if the search engines allow that. For instance, am I allowed to write an app that queries Google and Bing and then shows the results the way my app would want to?
Just curious.
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I believe there's API's for pretty much anything on google.
I've not used the search API's but I have used the google maps API's for converting addresses to lat/long (...for displaying [customer] locations as pins on a map - i.e. to avoid all the 'nearby POI drivel'.)
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On Sunday, we setup our 12-yar-old artificial pre-lit christmas tree. For the last few years, we've been setting up the tree and leaving the lights on for a few hours before decorating it because we wanted to make sure it was going to work as it should. Additionally, we ALWAYS put a fire extinguisher within immediate reach so we can resolve issues, should they arise. Good thing, too.
The tree had been on for a few hours, and we were sitting on the couch - I was watching tv, and my wife was playing a game on her iPad, when suddenly, we heard a "WOOMPH" sound, and a small fireball erupted where the tree plugs into the extension cord.
My wife, without looking up from her iPad, said, "Honey, the tree is on fire", and continued playing her game (she is totally unflappable). I got up, unplugged the tree from the wall, and put the fire out with the afore mentioned fire extinguisher, and sat back down on the couch.
Again, without looking up, she said, "I guess we need a new tree."
I said, "Get a nice one", as I started channel surfing.
Tip - If you don't have a fire extinguisher next to your Christmas tree, go out and get one.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Or you can keep the trees outside the house, where they belong :P
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Which brings up another funny story.
One Christmas back when I lived in San Diego, we were still using live trees, and one year, we put our tree next to the garage, and promptly forgot it was there. One day the following February, the neighbor saw it (by this time it was completely devoid of needles), and called the fire department claiming it was a fire hazard. The fire inspector came by and told us we couldn't keep the tree where it was, and said he'd be back in a few days to make sure it wasn't there any more.
So I planted the tree, right next to the fence, in plain view of the neighbor's window - so they could see it.
The fire inspector came by a few days later as promised, and I met him in the driveway. He asked if we got rid of the tree, and I said, "Not technically, no, but it's not next to the garage any more."
I pointed at it and said, "There it is."
He stood there looking at it for a minute, and said, "Are you watering it?"
I said, "Yep, the mulch is still wet. See?"
He said, "I honestly have never seen anyone do this, but it looks legit to me. How does your neighbor feel about it?"
I shrugged my shoulders, and he left. That's the last I heard about it from a city official. The neighbor wasn't pleased. At all.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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My little story.
Not technically a Christmas tree but it was a pine tree of the sort commonly used.
Anyhow, all of about 8 years old I plucked a small tree (all of 6 inches) from a forestry plot. (It was actually during Christmas break we were walking the forest.) Took it home, put it in a pot, and it grew. Year later too big for the pot (about 6' - forestry hybrids grow fast) planted it in the lawn.
About 10 years later, long since we had moved from that house but heard from a neighbor they had to close the road for over half a day and bring in professional help to remove what had become a massive pine tree.
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Pine trees are an abomination in anything but a pine forest. The needs poison the soil underneath the tree so nothing will compete with the tree. We just cut down 6 of the bloody things from the back yard and it will take a number of years to rehabilitate the soil.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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This reminds me of a Simpsons episode where Bart accidentally burned down the tree and presents.
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