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[cochramd]

Question: If I'm running DF or some other program and the FPS I'm getting is too slow for my liking, how do I determine which part of my hardware is causing the bottleneck? Or at least, which part would grant the greatest FPS boost if upgraded?

[Bohandas]

Also, on a Windows 8 tablet, is there any way to make the onscreen keyboard automatically pop up whenever I select a box where I can input text (and preferably also disappear when I move focus to something else)

It should do that on its own, not that the built in keyboard is any good. PortableApps has a touch keyboard with more options that is free.

Well it doesn't (unless I put in metro mode and I can't imagine any circumstance where I'd ever want to do that; If worse comes to worse I'd buy a small usb keyboard for the tablet long before I'd consider using metro).

PortableApps' keyboard does not have an option to pop the keyboard up when a text box is selected, nor are any of it's options of particular interest to me. In addition, I think it may be interfering with the regular onscreen keyboard and I can't figure out how to uninstall it; it doesn't show up in Programs and Features.

[BigD145]

Also, on a Windows 8 tablet, is there any way to make the onscreen keyboard automatically pop up whenever I select a box where I can input text (and preferably also disappear when I move focus to something else)

It should do that on its own, not that the built in keyboard is any good. PortableApps has a touch keyboard with more options that is free.

Well it doesn't (unless I put in metro mode and I can't imagine any circumstance where I'd ever want to do that; If worse comes to worse I'd buy a small usb keyboard for the tablet long before I'd consider using metro).

PortableApps' keyboard does not have an option to pop the keyboard up when a text box is selected, nor are any of it's options of particular interest to me. In addition, I think it may be interfering with the regular onscreen keyboard and I can't figure out how to uninstall it; it doesn't show up in Programs and Features.

Portable apps are portable. There is no uninstaller. Just delete the folder.

[Bohandas]

Also, on a Windows 8 tablet, is there any way to make the onscreen keyboard automatically pop up whenever I select a box where I can input text (and preferably also disappear when I move focus to something else)

It should do that on its own, not that the built in keyboard is any good. PortableApps has a touch keyboard with more options that is free.

Well it doesn't (unless I put in metro mode and I can't imagine any circumstance where I'd ever want to do that; If worse comes to worse I'd buy a small usb keyboard for the tablet long before I'd consider using metro).

Found something that sort of works

http://www.mediafire.com/download/ki9c3jjkzdbunaq/Desktop+Keyboard+Source.zip

http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/threads/my-fix-for-keyboard-popup-in-desktop-mode.54862/page-11

[miauw62]

Question: If I'm running DF or some other program and the FPS I'm getting is too slow for my liking, how do I determine which part of my hardware is causing the bottleneck? Or at least, which part would grant the greatest FPS boost if upgraded?

I can't think of a program that lets you determine this, but for DF you're generally looking at single-thread performance and memory latency (RAM speed is a big part of this). (and cache size, but I doubt DF plays very nicely with the cache)
Without upgrading hardware, you could also try putting DF on a single core and removing all other programs from that core.

I'm not incredibly savvy about these things, though, most of it is things I've read, s take this with a grain of salt.

[Arx]

Question: If I'm running DF or some other program and the FPS I'm getting is too slow for my liking, how do I determine which part of my hardware is causing the bottleneck? Or at least, which part would grant the greatest FPS boost if upgraded?

Research is often the best. Task Manager's process tab will tell you how much RAM and CPU each process sucks up, so if your bottleneck is one of those it'll show (I'm on a dual-core 1.5Ghz Intel, the number of things that hit 100% is rather high), but if it's your graphics card it's a bit harder. You could run benchmarking software, I guess, but the easiest way is likely to just be looking up what that program hits the hardest. DF, for instance, is widely acknowledged to require a beast of a CPU, a reasonable amount of RAM, and high RAM access speed.

[Bohandas]

Is there any way to get rid of the "Fill & Sign" and "Comment" buttons from Acrobat Reader's toolbar?

These buttons take up space and prevent the zoom and fit to width buttons from being displayed if I use a smaller than maximized window size.

[Aklyon]

I know its not directly the answer you want, but have you tried using something besides acrobat reader?

[Bohandas]

I know its not directly the answer you want, but have you tried using something besides acrobat reader?

Yes, but for some unexplained reason some documents glitch out and lock up when scrolling between pages in the other reader I use (PDF Complete).

[Rose]

I've heard good things about foxit reader.

Also about acrobat reader 9 or 10, or whatever was the last one before DC.

http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/ will give you 11. I'm trying that now, since DC is crap.

[Lord Shonus]

Foxit is an extremely good reader, as is Nitro PDF.

[Thief^]

I just use chrome's built-in PDF reader mostly, am I a bad person?

[Akura]

Yes, yes you are.



I finished putting together my new PC hardware. Turning on the back power switch causes the mouse and keyboard to light up. Turning on the main power, it immediately shuts off, then turns back on, then off again, and so on.

Limited research into this suggests a whole gamut possible problems, from improperly installed CPU/CPU fan to a dead CMOS battery. I doubt it's the battery, I just got this motherboard, and I'm pretty sure I installed the CPU and fan correctly- far better than the last time I installed an Intel stock fan(it doesn't wiggle this time!).

I originally thought it might be an insufficient power supply, but mine has a power output of 630w and most high-end(multiple GPUs, etc. More than mine) supposed take around 700w, and I've seen a video of someone testing a hardware configuration similar to mine with a 460w power supply(his problem was the CMOS battery).

[Thief^]

If it's a recent power supply (80+ certification would be a giveaway) then 630W is absolutely plenty. A fault is still possible, though.

[Arx]

Foxit is an extremely good reader, as is Nitro PDF.

Amen to this.

I just use chrome's built-in PDF reader mostly, am I a bad person?

I use Firefox's fifty percent of the time.