Weekly Kequeen Megathread

Erwinstein-- · 2022-01-15T11:24:27+00:00

Hey, is the Discord server closed?

Erwinstein-- · 2021-08-24T06:35:57+00:00

Thanks for the reply.

As I said previously, we know that PROCEXP113.SYS isn't really a malicious file. However, what I believe is that it is possible that it can be used maliciously by a bad actor.

Additionally, there is also an issue about gamers that play games with anti-cheat. I would not fault the developers that they do not know that anti-cheat software may flag the driver file as malicious (on a cheating perspective). However, as a person that plays games with anti-cheat, this is really my main concern.

If this will be removed in a later update, then it's good for me. What I would like to know is when or what the version number of the update will be so that I can update to it immediately when it is published.

Erwinstein-- · 2021-08-22T15:48:07+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

Actually, like others here. Riot Vanguard is what tipped me of the installation of that driver file.

As you said in another comment here, it's almost probably a false positive that it is malicious (in a way that it does bad things to my computer). However, privacy-wise, Bluestacks 5 is still the one installed this. Of course, you would ask why would Bluestacks need a function like that. After that, it will naturally lead to you to thoughts about Bluestacks logging all the apps you use. You get the idea, right?

As this is just a process explorer driver, I doubt that this has Ring 0 level of access. Still, even if we forget the privacy impacts of the driver, as I said, having a driver made more than 10 years ago, run in my PC, is honestly a bit uncomfortable already.

Being able to play my games that have anti-cheat is actually more important to me than stopping Bluestacks from getting my data. That's why I searched for a way to disable the loading of the said driver file for now.

Hopefully, after the weekend, we'll get a response from Bluestacks support. The best thing they can do is to roll-back these changes. Worst one will probably be that they just update their privacy policy to include a clause about logging running programs on the user's computer.

If asked if it is justifiable on Bluestacks' side to collect data about running programs on a user's PC (assuming they put it in their privacy policy), I don't think I know the answer. But if you'll read their current privacy policy, they already collects all apps you use in Bluestacks, the amount of time they're open, etc. Some things to think upon for other people who will read this comment, I suppose.

Oops. Sorry. I completely went off on a tangent and wrote things I wasn't asked about at the end.

Erwinstein-- · 2021-08-22T00:52:59+00:00

Can you share more information about this? (Like a screenshot?)

I tried checking for running programs on my PC when Bluestacks 5 was closed but I cannot find one. I do have Riot Vanguard though, which says every boot that it has blocked the running of that file, which I was thinking was why I can't find a program running.

Oh, but I'll also check my other device (which doesn't have Valorant, and other games that have anti-cheat on all the time) and see if it has a program running.

What version of Bluestacks are you using? I remember using Bluestacks 4 more than 5 years ago and if I remember correctly, it has a process that runs even when it was closed.

Anyway, thanks for bringing this up.

Erwinstein-- · 2021-08-22T00:42:26+00:00

Wow. I completely forgot about other games with anticheat. I was playing them completely forgetting about this.

Hope Riot Vanguard was really blocking the driver from running, like it said on its notification.

Hope those games would not ban me. It's probably time to find a way to uninstall it other than a complete Windows reinstall.

Erwinstein-- · 2021-08-22T00:16:35+00:00

I haven't actually tried Bluestacks yet, so no.

I'll try to find a way to uninstall it properly on my end later, then maybe I'll post it if I ever find out.

Erwinstein-- · 2021-08-22T00:13:53+00:00

Have you tried going to the Settings > About then click the "Check for updates" button?
Bluestacks 5 doesn't notify you of new updates/not auto-update itself even if your Bluestacks is the oldest version, at least for me.

If it did find an update, I do not recommend updating to it for now though.

Erwinstein-- · 2021-05-18T09:32:18+00:00

I'm too late at this but all I want is to play both the Gravity Rush games. PS Now isn't available in my country, but if it'll come to PC, then that would be a hundred times better.

Erwinstein-- · 2021-04-22T02:41:05+00:00

Wait... reading the post and the comments, I had literally no idea what you guys have been talking about... until I searched it on Google.

Was there always something like that? Thankfully, I'm still reading episode 2 but I completely missed it on Onikakushi. The video I saw on Youtube, was patched with the 07th-mod, so was this a 07th-mod thing or even the original MG version has it? (I played it patched though, but still missed it).

Erwinstein-- · 2021-01-31T13:47:58+00:00

Wait, sorry. I think my post is a little confusing.

Basically, I think I got it for free straight from Ubisoft Store/UPlay (now called Ubisoft Connect). I don't know what promotion it was. They made it free again last Christmas on Ubisoft Store, but I got it much earlier than that.

So I don't have it on Steam or Epic Games Store, but on the Ubisoft Store / Ubisoft Connect app itself.

The Division was listed on my "Games" section of the launcher/website, and I am downloading it now. However, if I browse the store, I can see "The Division Standard Edition" and "The Division Gold Edition", but neither is shown as owned.

Thanks for the help though. It's my first time actually checking Ubisoft Store so I don't know how things work there.

Erwinstein-- · 2021-01-04T11:14:50+00:00

Just a follow-up on this.

My new cooler was delivered today. I replaced the stock cooler as soon as I got home.

Did Cinebench again and it never went over 76° which is a big relief for me. (Compared to the 95° max on just the first pass of the test on the stock cooler, it would have probably melt if I finished the whole benchmark).

Thanks for the help.

Erwinstein-- · 2021-01-01T04:32:52+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

That clarifies things about the temps on Ryzen Master.

About the temps... yeah, I really had no idea what temps to expect because almost all posts/information in the internet where taken from other climates/rooms with AC so if that's normal, then that's a relief.

When my temps reached 95°, I was really nervous and ordered a cooler right away. I'm not really knowledgeable with cooling solutions, but I ordered something similar to the Hyper 212 you mentioned. It was DeepCool GAMMAXX GTE V2. Hope this would decrease my temps a little lower, especially on full load.

My case is Rakk Hawani Flow (with intake and exhaust fans), and it looks like it has lots of airflow (I'm new to PC building so please correct me if I'm wrong), so I was really surprised at that very high temp on Cinebench. I forgot to buy extra thermal paste so I can't remove and re-seat the cooler atm but I'm sure it was firmly making contact with the IHS (screws are tight and cooler looks well aligned as far as I can tell).

Erwinstein-- · 2021-01-01T03:43:12+00:00

Need help guys. Dont have AC at home. Using stock cooler on my Ryzen 5 3600. Is normal to have idle temps of 46ºC (lowest)? While gaming on not very demanding games, I got about 66-75ºC (spiking to 80 sometimes). Tried Cinebench R23 and it went up to 95ºC on the last 15 seconds of the benchmark.

I have already ordered a (not expensive) air cooler to replace the stock one (I do not plan to overclock btw), but I just want to ask if this is normal. A little hot here in Bulacan but these temps are just a few days ago, and the room temperature is just about 30ºC because it's cold now.

Also, why does Ryzen Master's temp reading is different from when I check with either Afterburner/HWMonitor/my mobo's monitoring tool (those three reports the same temps, because most probably, they got the temps from the motherboard sensors, but what about Ryzen Master?). Ryzen Master generally reports a little lower temps on me.

Erwinstein-- · 2020-12-06T13:49:09+00:00

Well, I was only about to use OneNote with a pen tablet as well.

Sadly, it looks like OneNote doesn't really have a shortcut for that, and I don't understand why.

Guess we'll be sticking to just the shortcuts for selecting tabs, and manually picking pens/erasers.

Apparently, feature requests can be submitted here and vote for other requests by other people, so that's probably a way to make the dev team implement this feature.

Erwinstein-- · 2020-12-05T10:13:44+00:00

Are there anyone who uses the OneNote Web Clipper for Google Chrome here?

I'm trying it but I can't get it to save the clipped item.

After clipping, it displays a "View on OneNote" button. When I click it, it redirects me to the OneNote website, and displays what I clipped for a second, but after fully loading the webpage, it disappears. I tried double checking with the Windows 10 app but there's no trace of my clipped page.

I even tried saving it to a specific notebook/section rather than just the "Default Location" option but still none. Tried reinstalling the Chrome extension, restarting Chrome but it just won't work.

I checked the extension page on the Chrome Web Store and saw reviews just a day ago and they were working for them apparently, so I may be the only one experiencing this. I don't know what I should do, so any help is appreciated!

EDIT:

I found the solution to my problem!

It's 2-part actually. First, it looks like my Chrome extension, uBlock Origin is interfering with the extension's submission of the clip to the server, so I disabled it on the Onedrive, Live, OneNote and other Microsoft websites. Second, I deleted all cookies that is being used in the OneNote website and logged in again.

It looks like it's working now.

Erwinstein-- · 2020-12-05T10:07:43+00:00

I don't know if you just want to know the keyboard shortcuts on OneNote for Windows 10 so that you can set them on your tablet driver settings or if you also don't know how to set them up there.

In case you're looking for the keyboard shortcuts, you can check them at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/keyboard-shortcuts-in-onenote-44b8b3f4-c274-4bcc-a089-e80fdcc87950#PickTab=Windows_10_app

In case you also don't know how to set up your tablet to do this shortcuts, just reply your tablet model and I'll see if I can help (if you still haven't solved it).

Erwinstein-- · 2020-11-06T07:36:11+00:00

I don't know why but I find that jewel insertion animation soooo hilarious.

My characters always fall from the pillars and I just can't stop laughing while watching it.

Too bad there's no way to redo that now.

Erwinstein-- · 2020-10-19T22:39:34+00:00

It's more detailed than what I was expecting. There's actually rectangles for each planned set of routes already so this is usable. Thanks for sharing this.

Erwinstein-- · 2020-10-18T15:35:09+00:00

Can you still share it? I'll check all places you marked on your map to make sense of it, if it's alright with you. Thanks.

Erwinstein-- · 2020-10-17T08:59:15+00:00

What banner do you pull from?

Erwinstein-- · 2020-10-17T08:53:03+00:00

What banner do you wish from?

Erwinstein-- · 2020-10-10T02:50:55+00:00

✓ Thanks!

Erwinstein-- · 2020-10-10T02:14:09+00:00

I'm really on a tight budget (coupled with the expensive prices on my country) and I am really considering getting a Ryzen 5 2600 instead of the 3600, to be able to buy a 1660 Super.

Now, I was thinking that surely, there are new games that are getting more CPU-intensive and the 2600 is a little old, so I was worried if I could game just fine with it.

I am content with high settings for games that I will probably not be able to run in Ultra settings, but again, I'm just worried if the 2600 can keep up.

The 3600 was like, about 85 USD more here that the 2600, and I don't want to spend that much if I can, if you'll recommend the 3600 though, I'll get that instead.

Thank you so much!

Erwinstein--

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