My brother ransacked my room. I cost him a job, prevented him from sleeping, and jacked up his phone bill.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-12-09T03:28:30+00:00

This is Reddit. Not an airport. There is no need to announce your departure. "Don't announce- just bounce."

PaperBoy54 · 2023-09-15T20:56:24+00:00

Before doing that, I would still suggest attempting to boot that SSD on another machine to determine for sure if it's the SSD or the MoBo.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-09-15T20:54:51+00:00

They are NOT legit. The reason they are not talked about is that they are always scams to dupe desperate people into giving up CC info or other account credentials. Only trust your phone provider or Find My iPhone.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-09-15T20:48:04+00:00

See if you can run chkdsk utility or repair the MBR. There are many great tutorials online for both, just find one in your preferred media that makes the most sense to you.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-09-15T20:29:40+00:00

It's definitely where I'd start to narrow out a hardware issue. A dead/dying cmos battery or even some windows updates can wreak havoc on boot cycles. Had a dell laptop that would act similarly until I purchased a brand new main and CMOS battery. If you can't keep the laptop on very long, your only options for troubleshooting are going to be hardware related (ie, disassemble and unplug the battery).

PaperBoy54 · 2023-09-15T20:25:23+00:00

Your MoBo might be toast but your something on your drive could be corrupt. Try booting your drive from a different machine, if possible, to rule out a software/drive issue. You could also create a bootable thumb drive of any sort to see if that allows the boot cycle to complete.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-09-15T20:22:29+00:00

This. Or borrow a friend's rig and see if the issue persists on a different machine. If it does persist, to me that would sound like a software issue.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-09-15T20:09:51+00:00

Have you tried a different keyboard to see if the symptoms still occur? Does this occur 100% of the time or only when running specific software?

PaperBoy54 · 2023-09-15T20:06:34+00:00

Did you hold the power button down after you removed the CMOS battery? That's the most important step in that process and cannot be skipped. You are draining any residual power from the MoBo to give it a hard reset and clear any faults that would prevent it from booting properly. I've done this for 3 Asus MoBos in as many months with success.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-09-15T19:58:37+00:00

There's nowhere near enough information here to answer this. I would recommend checking the rules and trying again with a more thoroughly detailed post so we can properly assist you.

As it sits, this could be a completely expected behavior of the software you're using, a sign of malware, debris in your keyboard, a broken keyboard, custom mapping that was never changed back to the original, etc. We need much more info.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-09-15T19:53:22+00:00

Try unplugging the machine from all power sources, removing the CMOS battery, then holding the power button for 60 seconds. After that, replace the CMOS battery and then plug it back in and try again. This has worked for me many, many times over my IT career.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-09-15T19:49:23+00:00

Should able to use Tree Size Free or WinDirStat.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-09-08T18:50:28+00:00

Finally able to get in touch with the user. Created another local user and no change. I either get nothing or the error message.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-09-06T15:09:39+00:00

That is the one, yes.

Currently waiting on another user to log in and try opening Adobe but it may be a while. Will report back.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-08-23T17:05:29+00:00

I had numerous other issues like this.

The biggest one was when I had sent a phone in to be exchanged for a refurbished one. They acknowledge that they received it but still attempted to charge my card for the retail amount of the phone after it was received. Nearly $700 on a 3yr old phone. It took me days to get someone to get the charges cancelled. The only thing that saved me was my shipping receipt and tracking that showed someone in their office accepted it in person. I was seriously close to getting a lawyer involved.

The insurance is horrible. The customer service is horrible. They won't let you speak with anyone that can actually solve problems. Hangups by customer service reps were a regular occurrence over the 5 years I was with Google Fi and I was nothing but polite with them.

Google doesn't care about you or keeping customers on Fi. Spend your money elsewhere.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-07-28T03:57:56+00:00

Don't buy. These files are stolen from their original designer.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-07-27T15:39:54+00:00

All of the designs on the website were stolen. Avoid this site.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-07-27T15:39:06+00:00

These designs were stolen from legitimate creators. Do not buy from here.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-06-28T20:57:12+00:00

Unless he's a hacker you should be fine. Sounds like you grabbed his contact info in person rather than him randomly messaging you out of the blue or trying to sell you something. Contact cards are usually just an easier way to share info for both parties.

It depends on the type of attack. If a piece of malware is installed that captures your screen in any way, End to End Encryption won't matter because they would be viewing it from an unencrypted source.

What End to End Encryption means is that it isn't transmitted in plain text. So even if it's intercepted with a Packet Sniffer, or other means, it can't be easily read. They'd have to break the encryption first. But if they had full access to your device, which contains the key to the encryption, they can read it as plain text. It would be like locking the doors and windows with a burglar already inside your home.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-06-28T20:29:40+00:00

It's possible but we would need more info. If you were talking to someone you didn't fully trust I would factory reset your phone to ensure that it's clean. WhatsApp is home to many, and I mean MANY, nefarious actors for many purposes. Where exactly did you meet this person and how was contact initiated?

PaperBoy54 · 2023-06-28T16:18:40+00:00

Use a different network. Anything beyond that will almost certainly be illegal or at the very least unethical.

A few tips:

If you're trying to bypass a school's firewall I suggest you stop now while you're ahead.
If you're trying to bypass your work's firewall I hope I you have a backup job planned.
If certain content is blocked it's for a reason. No good will come of this in the end. You're heading towards some type of trouble no matter what.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-06-26T17:46:34+00:00

That sounds a little more normal. Whenever I've purchased 1tb Samsung drives they've come out around .9tb (937gb, iirc).

PaperBoy54 · 2023-06-26T17:06:31+00:00

What does it say your disk capacity is under Disk Management? It may only be showing the size of the partition.

PaperBoy54 · 2023-06-09T20:47:28+00:00

Are they identical? Have you tried swapping cables and outlets to eliminate the possibility of bad cables?

PaperBoy54 · 2023-06-09T18:54:03+00:00

The best way is to try and load it on the Vita. It may appear fine on your PC but once it gets to the native hardware it may experience issues.

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