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[wierd]

Different precompiled shaders might make a big difference.  I remember a package for Oblivion waaaay back in the day called Oldblivion, that replaced the shaders with less "bloomy", and less computationally intense ones that older video cards could handle better.

Reduced the lighting quality and all that, but it was playable on the older hardware.

you might find something similar for FO4.

[CABL]

Anyone here uses/used BenQ 2k monitors? Are they any good? I'll probably have to buy new PC rather sooner than later (at least I feel so), but it depends on how fast bureaucratic inheritance BS will be done.

[Sappho]

Recently, my (Windows computer is doing something weird. Every now and then (maybe once every few hours?) seemingly at random, often while I'm just watching a video or something, my default browser (Chrome) opens a tab to the url: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=219472&clcid=0x409

I did a virus scan, nothing. I tried a Google search and it seems it has something to do with Bing and the solution is to remove all Bing-related programs and apps from the computer. I have definitely never allowed that abomination onto my computer, but I went through and checked - no Bing anywhere. The only reference I could find to it anywhere is in the IE extensions (and I've never opened that browser since getting the computer). It's listed as the default search engine and can't be removed. But no programs, no apps, nothing.

This only started happening recently. The only thing I installed recently is software for my new graphics tablet - just drivers and a drawing program, nothing that should do anything to a browser. I haven't updated Windows either, except to try to update the virus definitions - and that freezes every time I try it, no idea why, it just hangs about 25% of the way through and stays that way until I shut down the computer. It won't update anymore.

Any ideas? What's up with this, and how can I fix it? It's very annoying.

[Lord Shonus]

Check your Chrome extensions.

[Sappho]

Nope, not there. I checked everywhere.

[Reelya]

Try regedit, search for part of the URL, the string for the link might be in a registry key, and that might give you some clues as to what software is causing this. The quick fix might be just deleting the registry key with the link.

You can also try task manager, see what apps / processes might be running, and/or look in the system tray to see what background apps are running. If something is popping up randomly, there needs to be a running program/process that's doing that. Kill all background tasks possible , then try watching your movies. If the problem stops happening, then it was probably one of those background tasks doing it.

Another thing you can do is host blocking. Redirect the domain to 127.0.0.1 to block domains. Google windows HOSTS file for how to do that, which does it as the OS level, or google blocker extensions to do it in the browser.

There's also a program called Process Monitor by Microsoft. This can be a handy tool, it tells you whenever a DLL or EXE does any sort of system call, including reading registry keys or launching other programs. You can get hundreds of system calls a second however, so you need to filter the results to narrow down on particular things.

[Sensei]

Alright, so I'm having some trouble setting up Windows Media Sharing.

I want a smart TV (DLNA device) to be able to see media in specific folders I designate on my Windows 7 computer. With the default sharing settings on, it was able to access all of my library folders- My Videos, My Pictures, My Music. This is not what I want, of course. However, when I turn off sharing wizard and try to share an individual folder with advanced sharing, I still can't see it. I CAN see my computer, and the sample videos/images/music that come with Windows can be viewed on the smart TV, but not the folder full of TV shows. In the Network and Sharing Center, media streaming is on and password-protected sharing is off. In the advanced sharing settings for the folder I want to share, full control permissions are enabled for the 'Everyone' group.

Any idea what I'm missing?

[Reelya]

http://lifehacker.com/5808814/how-to-share-a-folder-over-your-network-for-beginners

Well it should work in theory but in practice, the "Everyone" account requires that the host computer recognizes that the request is made from a legitimate machine on the local network. If e.g. the host is Windows 7, then it's not necessarily a fact that a non-Windows-7 device will be able to see those folders. The device needs to provide the correct hand-shakes and protocols to get access.

You can try setting up a user account for network access then the devices will be prompted for the username/password.

Also, exact hardware config can be fiddly for networks you're putting together yourself from various bits. e.g. I have a PC as a gateway for internet (via a USB device), and a wireless dongle on that PC creating a wireless network, through which all PCs can access the internet. Now, the host PC can see shares on all clients, and the clients can see shares on the host, but one client is unable to access shares on other clients. Technically that should just work, but it doesn't. That's just how it is when you're setting up ad-hoc networks.

[wierd]

Except DLNA and SMB are not the same thing Reelya.  Not sure how to do DLNA on windows-- IIRC, it was done using media server or some such.

Much more familiar with doing this on Linux.

[Thief^]

I believe the built-in media streaming (DLNA) can only stream from your media libraries. It is possible to create libraries, perhaps you could create a "Streamable" library?

[Lord Shonus]

What you need to DNLA streaming is a program called Serviio.

[Reelya]

Oh right, I never use DNLA, so I figured it was a regular sharing issue from what they wrote.

- Folder sharing is for data (remote file system access). It is completely unrelated to the media library system.

- DNLA is the media streaming system, it has access to all folders which have been catalogued on the server as being part of the media libraries. You can right-click on a folder and click "Include in Library" then select which library it's part of.

If your server computer has enough juice you can install Plex, which will stream media and is compatible with DNLA, but has better codecs than Microsoft's built in system. It can play more types of files.

[Sensei]

Right, makes sense. I don't want to un-library all of my libraries just to take advantage of Windows built-in DLNA so I'll try Serviio.

[IronTomato]

I'm trying to use a USB3 drive to copy some shit from my laptop to my PC and it isn't working. I successfully stored 10GB of stuffs in the flashdrive while it was plugged into my laptop, no problems. (On a side note, this is my first time using a USB3 anything, so *drool*)

My compuer's case is extremely old and the card reader is only USB2, so in order to take advantage of teh quickness I had to plug it into the back of my computer since the motherboard has built-in USB3 ports. However, when I attempted to do this, the device was detected fine, and upon attempting to copy files off of it, the files would begin copying onto the computer at normal speed (about 130-something megabytes per second) before the speed would suddenly drop to 0, cause windows explorer to completely shit itself, then give me an out of memory error saying the operation could not be completed, then disconnect the flash drive claiming that is has "malfunctioned" and could not be recognized. Upon unplugging it and plugging it back in, it would seem to be fixed, but attempting to copy the files again resulted in the same thing happening. I plugged it into the USB 2.0 ports in the normal card reader and the operation was carried out normally, albeit much more slowly for obvious reasons.

In case it matters, the drve in question is a Sandisk Ultra Dual USB with 32GB of storage.

EDOOT: I forgot to mention that my laptop is running Windows 8.1 and my PC is running Windows 10.

[wierd]

By default, MS likes to assign the "quick removal' profile to removable disks.  You need to assign the " performance " profile.

You can do that in device manager.

http://www.howtogeek.com/118546/htg-explains-do-you-really-need-to-safely-remove-usb-sticks/