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This is why we have the voting system in place. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I blame Google! 
Okay, it is societal and Google at an intersection.
A long time ago, you had to Google 3-5 variations on your question (I still do sometimes),
to find what you are looking for. Using alternative words, etc.
But, Google got good enough that your first guess is usually right (for non-technical things),
so often, that you rarely google twice for "facts/information".
My daughter is 16. If her first Google attempt fails. She assumes the answer simply does not exist!
(she also hollers into my office FROM her keyboard for the spelling of words, which I tell her to Google in another tab, so there is intrinsic laziness going on as well).
Somehow we have to RE-EDUCATE people that "Searching" for an existing answer is NOT a single Google Search, but a series of well thought out searches. It is an attempt to FIND an answer, not just an obligatory quick search of the obvious.
We have to get them to understand that their question will be read by MANY people. They will waste 1-2 minutes looking it over. Such that a question NOT ASKED is a real time saver, and a question that is asked but should not have been is Rude.
But that last part flies in the face of "there is no such thing as a Stupid Question". Which I tend to believe in.
And that, my friends is where the dilemma lies.
The ignorance of not knowing enough to do an adequate search, nor having many other options other than asking a group that might know enough to simply answer your question. Kinda like being in a group and just throwing a question out there...
Unfortunately, just throwing the questions out there is the problem.
Maybe we collect the information, and generate the first 30 google searches they should do.
And after they click the links, and spend some time, then they can post the question???
(until they get a reputation?)
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Require a minimum number of characters for any QA question; and limit the maximum (so as to prevent posting reams of code).
Calculate the Flesch Reading Ease of the question; if it false below a certain level, "encourage" the poster to reformat their question by otherwise rejecting it. Note that the poster needs to properly "style" (tag) the question's text versus any code for readability calculations ... (bonus: properly formatted text and code).
The extra "thought" required to post a question should eliminate many triflers.
A couple of hours / days to develop.
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MS is pushing a 'recommended' update that breaks the Export to PDF function for Crystal Reports. The update, KB3102429[^] apparently adds Azerbaijani Manat and Georgian Lari currency symbols to the Arial and TNR fonts.  Luckily, uninstalling fixes the issue.
I'm not sure what other software might be affected...just putting the word out!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I uninstalled Crystal Reports years ago. 
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Software is so fragile!
A change to add currency symbols to a font prevents the export to PDF function working?
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I suspect the code for CR originated in the 90s and has had layers of changes and fixes plastered on ever since.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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So, what do the millions of developers that desperately NEED the Azerbaijani Manat and Georgian Lari currency symbols do?
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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So I downloaded the Windows 10 (x86 and x64) 10586 ISO last month. Put it on a USB using Rufus and finally got around to getting a machine ready to install it on.
It is a computer that previously had Windows 8.1 upgraded to Windows 10 (not by me).
I have changed the HDD's and the RAM and booted from the USB fully expecting at some point to be asked for a key as the hardware is now different and it shouldn't be recognised as elligible for Windows 10 by Microsoft.
I want to enter a key, as I have a Windows 7 Professional license I can use to install Windows 10 Professional on this now.
Any ideas as to why this won't work as I would expect?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Because Microsoft is involved? 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That is caused by the method to store the activation. See for example here How to make sure your free copy of Windows 10 is activated | Windows 10 content from SuperSite for Windows[^]:
Quote: The basic process is that when you perform an upgrade to Windows 10 (over a genuine Windows 7 or 8.1 system), an anonymous and unique hardware hash is generated that is based on your systems hardware configuration. Since it is anonymous, you do not have to use a Microsoft Account. This hardware hash is generated even if you choose to install Windows 10 with a Local Account.
That same hardware hash is sent to Microsoft servers and a corresponding certificate is created to validate your systems activation status. From this point forward any future installs, including one where you delete all partitions and install Windows 10 from scratch, will be activated because of that unique hardware hash and the corresponding certificate. Since it is all stored on Microsoft’s servers there is no reason for us to keep a backup either.
There is no documentation about the parts that are used to create the hardware hash. But hard disks are obviously not included. A common assumption is that only the main board is used.
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Jochen Arndt wrote: There is no documentation about the parts that are used to create the hardware hash. But hard disks are obviously not included. A common assumption is that only the main board is used.
I have read that the Boot HDD, RAM, CPU and M/B are used.
It also shouldn't matter as when installing it should ask for a Windows Key and you have the option to skip if you want. Look at Get Windows 10[^], then too Using the media creation tool -> Perform a clean installation using a USB or DVD and check out points 7, 8 & 9.
I'm downloading the ISO again in case it has been upgraded again and performs differently.
If the installation connects to the internet without my permission to look for this, why then when booting in to Windows for the first time does it ask me to connect to the internet using the connection of my choice?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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I'm not convinced that the boot device is significant, at least for cloned copies; but it might be significant for new installs. I backed up my new W10 install from an SSD by cloning it to a 'normal' hard drive. I have verified that the hard drive is bootable; admittedly, it was tested on the same PC that the original install was done on.
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Jochen Arndt wrote: There is no documentation about the parts that are used to create the hardware hash
Yes there is, it's here[^].
But it's quite dated and I know it has been altered since. But I would assume the principle stands.
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The way I've heard it documented is to do as follows:
Installation of Windows 10 will never ask for a key. The key is entered later when you "activate" it.
1. Install Win7Pro with license
2. Activate.
3. Upgrade to Win10 Pro (it will absorb the license from Win7 activation)
or
1. Install Win 10
2. Activate with Win7 Pro key
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Would a Windows 8 key work as well?...I bought a couple of copies of that when they were selling cheap...
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DaveX86 wrote: Would a Windows 8 key work as well
Yes
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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'kay, thanks...I'll give it a whirl.
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Nobody got it, or was even bothered to ask for a clue etc., so its my turn again on Monday yay!!!
FOSW from Friday[^]
FYI it did bend the rules a little, each character did represent a character in the answer but I jumbled the characters up too, if I didn't it would have been obvious, does anybody know what the answer is? Don't worry I won't force you to setting one on Monday.
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I looked at it, didn't get anywhere, and forgot to look again!
What the heck was it supposed to be?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I didn't notice it! Sometimes when they drop off the "Our Community" list on the homepage, I forget to scour through the Lounge
No idea on the answer though.
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Chris Copeland wrote: I forget to scour through the Lounge
I didn't but I still didn't see it. Perhaps it was covered in an invisibility cloak in honour of the recently deceased?
Anyway, no idea what the answer is.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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