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  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Boxing day complaint: Arghhh..., I've been working on a customer's Windows10 system and was just about finished when after hours of working properly and sitting idle (both it and I), I looked over and noticed that the slide show screen saver wasn't working.  An error message in tiny print says "An error is preventing this slide show from playing".  OK, no big deal, look it up on the Web, right?  Oh, goodie!  Lots of similar messages from as far back as 2009. frown  I finally found one for Windows10 and it explains how to rebuild the picture library index.  BUT, the instructions aren't completely accurate.  In the version of Win10 that I have, the "Library" folder is not directly visible in the user's home folder like it is in Win7, and the instructions for making it visible are meaningless.  After some hunting I did finally find a "Library" folder in the hidden files.  The fix that worked for me requires making the “Hidden” files visible, and navigating to “c:\\Users\<user>\AppData\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\Pictures” then clicking on the “Manage” button under “Library Tools” (or was it Picture Tools"?) , then selecting the “Default” choice and letting it rebuild the library index. Take these instructions with a grain of salt! I don't remember exactly what I did or why it worked but it did. Happy, but confused!  Why do they keep making things more complicated?   What was wrong with naked and swinging from trees? devil

    'Nother complaint:  Still snowing and temperature this morning is 27F on its way down to 8F for about 36 hours. frown

    Extremely complaint-worthy!! I feel your pain, brother, with Win10.  

    And brrrrrrrrrrr, FROZEN WATER FROM THE SKY!!!

     

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242

    Good day!  Another slightly chill day, nowhere near as sucky as LG's weather: 46f with a small chance of rain.

    Corn, sausage and stuffing left over so plenty to cook and eat.  Getting low on tea, will have to ddo something about that this week.  Still deciding how to deal with New Years Eve, ugh.

    I desperately need a shave but after a week without shaving, it's going to be like mowing steel wool... owww...

     

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,339
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Boxing day complaint: Arghhh..., I've been working on a customer's Windows10 system and was just about finished when after hours of working properly and sitting idle (both it and I), I looked over and noticed that the slide show screen saver wasn't working.  An error message in tiny print says "An error is preventing this slide show from playing".  OK, no big deal, look it up on the Web, right?  Oh, goodie!  Lots of similar messages from as far back as 2009. frown  I finally found one for Windows10 and it explains how to rebuild the picture library index.  BUT, the instructions aren't completely accurate.  In the version of Win10 that I have, the "Library" folder is not directly visible in the user's home folder like it is in Win7, and the instructions for making it visible are meaningless.  After some hunting I did finally find a "Library" folder in the hidden files.  The fix that worked for me requires making the “Hidden” files visible, and navigating to “c:\\Users\<user>\AppData\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\Pictures” then clicking on the “Manage” button under “Library Tools” (or was it Picture Tools"?) , then selecting the “Default” choice and letting it rebuild the library index. Take these instructions with a grain of salt! I don't remember exactly what I did or why it worked but it did. Happy, but confused!  Why do they keep making things more complicated?   What was wrong with naked and swinging from trees? devil

    'Nother complaint:  Still snowing and temperature this morning is 27F on its way down to 8F for about 36 hours. frown

    Microsoft assumes that all users are idiots.

     

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,925
    edited December 2017
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Boxing day complaint: Arghhh..., I've been working on a customer's Windows10 system and was just about finished when after hours of working properly and sitting idle (both it and I), I looked over and noticed that the slide show screen saver wasn't working.  An error message in tiny print says "An error is preventing this slide show from playing".  OK, no big deal, look it up on the Web, right?  Oh, goodie!  Lots of similar messages from as far back as 2009. frown  I finally found one for Windows10 and it explains how to rebuild the picture library index.  BUT, the instructions aren't completely accurate.  In the version of Win10 that I have, the "Library" folder is not directly visible in the user's home folder like it is in Win7, and the instructions for making it visible are meaningless.  After some hunting I did finally find a "Library" folder in the hidden files.  The fix that worked for me requires making the “Hidden” files visible, and navigating to “c:\\Users\<user>\AppData\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\Pictures” then clicking on the “Manage” button under “Library Tools” (or was it Picture Tools"?) , then selecting the “Default” choice and letting it rebuild the library index. Take these instructions with a grain of salt! I don't remember exactly what I did or why it worked but it did. Happy, but confused!  Why do they keep making things more complicated?   What was wrong with naked and swinging from trees? devil

    'Nother complaint:  Still snowing and temperature this morning is 27F on its way down to 8F for about 36 hours. frown

    ...worthwhile 'plaint.  I don't know why MS had to do things so bass ackward with W10.  They could have just given us a basic OS then offered all the distractions (like Cortana) as options. 

    ...and the Pro edition should still let users still pick and choose updates instead of just deferring them for a couple months.  I can sort of understand the forced updates for the Home edition but for W10 Pro users, it's as if MS is treating them like they are Ma and Pa Kettle.

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,925

    ...33° and surprisingly sunny out after all the ice and snow the last couple days.  Big day of wet coming on Thursday but highs rebounding into the low 50s. 

    Ugh year end brings a bombardment of emails asking for contributions to this cause, that campaign etc.   Makes it easy though as I can filter them and just bulk mark them "read".

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,116
    edited December 2017

    Yet another complaint:  Remember a few weeks ago I kvetched about an auction purchase that was taking forever for them to accept my money and ship.  Well, they did ship it, and it arrived today and it was busted. angry

    Absolutely gorgeous jade ball within ball within ball within ball (4 balls) carved from one piece of jade, but the 2 middle balls are broken. crying  When disposing of the bubble wrap that encased it during shipping a piece about the size of a dime and several tiny fragments fell onto my desk, and when I closely examined the ball, there's a piece of the first inner ball about the size of a quarter floating loose inside near where it broke.  And the little dime sized piece that fell out looks like it came from the 2nd inner ball (the 3rd inner ball is solid).  Arghhhhh.    I'm going to have to see if I can shake out any other small loose pieces, then gather some tools and find an appropriate glue and use my desk magnifier and lots of patience to see if I can prop the pieces back into place and hope the glue holds. sad  I'm through with on-line auction houses.  no  I want to hold my potential treasures in my hands before I hand over my cash from now on.  Even if it means I have to travel to find a place that sells these exotic treasures. indecision

    I blame the shipping packers.  They very carefully packed the outside of the ball against shocks, but the inside was completely unprotected, the loose shells of jade were free to flop around inside and bang against each other.  People just don't think anymore.

    I called UPS to check on the process of returning it and getting some sort of satisfaction but I lose possession of the item.  This is an old and rare item, and I've looked for an affordable one for years.  I don't want to lose what will probably be my last chance to have one.  So I'm not going to return it or try to make an insurance claim.  I'll make it a goal to repair it as best as possible myself.  I can probably get it stable again and then turn the inner balls so that the cracks aren't obvious.  If no one picks it up and tries to turn the inner balls it should serve as a display piece quite nicely for another hundred years.

     

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,342
    Tjohn said:

    Merry merry...

    laugh​  laugh​  laugh​  laugh​  laugh​  

    Love that one!

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,342
    TangoAlpha said:

    Is it Easter yet?

    Don't rush things!  We still have New Year's Eve, a President's birthday, Valentine's Day, and probably one or two others first.

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,342
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Christmas Complaint:  I spent most of the afternoon futzing around with Windows10 Mail program.  I swear that it's the most boogered up major utility I've ever encountered. angry  I'm trying to learn how one establishes a new Windows10 "Microsoft" account rather than a "local" account.  It seems so easy, just create a new user account using a valid "outlook.com" or "hotmail.com" mail address (or other email address) as a login name and it should set up your computer login account and your corresponding account in the Mail program and give you access to the Microsoft Store, and other the other goodies that a valid "Microsoft Account" is advertised to provide.  But for the life of me I can't get the native Windows10 "Mail" application to work consistently.  It gives the infuriating message "Something went wrong -- cannot connect".  Yet I can connect directly using a web browser to www.Outlook.com then log into the on-line mail account and see my test messages residing in the inbox but the blasted Win10 "Mail" app never sees them.  Nor will it send messages.  Grrrrr.....  angry

    I think I need to finish the rest of that bottle of champagne. enlightened

    I still use Outlook in Office 2007.  Old, yes...but it works.

    Dana

  • agent unawaresagent unawares Posts: 3,513
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Yet another complaint:  Remember a few weeks ago I kvetched about an auction purchase that was taking forever for them to accept my money and ship.  Well, they did ship it, and it arrived today and it was busted. angry

    Absolutely gorgeous jade ball within ball within ball carved from one piece of jade, but the middle ball is broken. crying  When disposing of the bubble wrap that encased it during shipping a piece about the size of a dime and several tiny fragments fell onto my desk, and when I closely examined the ball, there's a piece about the size of a quarter flopping around inside near where it broke.  Arghhhhh.    I'm going to have to see if I can shake out any other loose pieces, then gather some tools and find an appropriate glue and use my desk magnifier and lots of patience to see if I can prop the pieces back into place and hope the glue holds. sad  I'm through with on-line auction houses.  no  I want to hold my potential treasures in my hands before I hand over my cash from now on.  Even if it means I have to travel to find a place that sells these exotic treasures. indecision

    I blame the shipping packers.  They very carefully packed the outside of the ball against shocks, but the inside was completely unprotected, the loose shells of jade were free to flop around inside and bang against each other.  People just don't think anymore.

    WOW that's an embarrassing job they did there.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,342
    NVIATWAS said:
    kyoto kid said:
    Petercat said:
    kyoto kid said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    Mistara said:

    tra la la la

    sipps eggnog

    fa la la la

    I never got the hang of egg nog, but sounds pleasant. Merry Christmas!

    ...for myself its egg nog, hold the egg (allergy).

    Try Porknog.

    ...ewwww, I'll just stick to the "nog" part.

    Nog:

    2.  a strong ale formerly brewed in Norfolk, England.

    There's a movie in that:

    'Nog. Monster from Space'! :-o

    Wasn't Nog a character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine?  I think Quark's nephew.

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,342
    edited December 2017
    kyoto kid said:

    ...wow began downloading items for install and tapped out my C Drive (only 256 GB).  Didn't realise that the average size for the IBL skies bundle are around 650 MB each.(and there are 7 per each product for  42 files)  Was actually down to about 200K on C: when I looked at it after getting "download failed" errors.

    Forgot that the DIM places files in the Documents folder after installing.  I like having a backup in case something goes wrong (like happened yesterday with G2F when for some reason only the head and a foot poses showed under Poses in the parameters which messed up a scene when I loaded it). 

    Moving everything (about 122 GB) to the a downloads backup folder on the larger drive. Wonder if there is some way to re-direct files there after they install.

    You don't have to install to the C: drive, or even to My Documents.  I don't.  You can tell the DIM-wit to put them in a path upon which you decide.

    Dana

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,342
    LeatherGryphon said:

    What was wrong with naked and swinging from trees? devil

    'Nother complaint:  Still snowing and temperature this morning is 27F on its way down to 8F for about 36 hours. frown

    That is what was wrong with naked and swinging from trees!   laugh

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,342

    Well, now that I"m caught up...Merry Christmas, everyone!  I have had a very busy few days.  First time on the computer for more than a couple of minutes since maybe Saturday.  Sorry for the delay.

    Dana

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    DanaTA said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    kyoto kid said:
    Petercat said:
    kyoto kid said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    Mistara said:

    tra la la la

    sipps eggnog

    fa la la la

    I never got the hang of egg nog, but sounds pleasant. Merry Christmas!

    ...for myself its egg nog, hold the egg (allergy).

    Try Porknog.

    ...ewwww, I'll just stick to the "nog" part.

    Nog:

    2.  a strong ale formerly brewed in Norfolk, England.

    There's a movie in that:

    'Nog. Monster from Space'! :-o

    Wasn't Nog a character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine?  I think Quark's nephew.

    Dana

    No, byt Nog the Inescapable was a character in a Glen Cook novel:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petty_Pewter_Gods

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited December 2017
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Yet another complaint:  Remember a few weeks ago I kvetched about an auction purchase that was taking forever for them to accept my money and ship.  Well, they did ship it, and it arrived today and it was busted. angry

    Absolutely gorgeous jade ball within ball within ball carved from one piece of jade, but the middle ball is broken. crying  When disposing of the bubble wrap that encased it during shipping a piece about the size of a dime and several tiny fragments fell onto my desk, and when I closely examined the ball, there's a piece about the size of a quarter flopping around inside near where it broke.  Arghhhhh.    I'm going to have to see if I can shake out any other loose pieces, then gather some tools and find an appropriate glue and use my desk magnifier and lots of patience to see if I can prop the pieces back into place and hope the glue holds. sad  I'm through with on-line auction houses.  no  I want to hold my potential treasures in my hands before I hand over my cash from now on.  Even if it means I have to travel to find a place that sells these exotic treasures. indecision

    I blame the shipping packers.  They very carefully packed the outside of the ball against shocks, but the inside was completely unprotected, the loose shells of jade were free to flop around inside and bang against each other.  People just don't think anymore.

     

    I collect vintage and antique fine bone china, and I have been lucky so far inasmuch as I haven't had one item of china arrive in less than perfect condition, including and old set of Japanese eggshell china, the really thin ones that you can see are slightly translucent  with a shadow geisha visible if you hold the tea cup up to the light.

     

    The only thin that I have ordered from ebay that arrived damamged was a large stone ware storage jar (the pottery is almost ¼ inch thick) and the whole handle section was broken , and that was definitely the sellers fault, as the jar had jut been placed into a cardboard box, almost no packing, and not labelled as fragile.  When I queried her packing techniques the seller said that if you label things as fragile it is an invitation for the postmen or couriers to kick them around.  What a ridiculous argument.

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  • agent unawaresagent unawares Posts: 3,513
    Chohole said:
    The only thin that I have ordered from ebay that arrived damamged was a large stone ware storage jar (the pottery is almost ¼ inch thick) and the whole handle section was broken , and that was definitely the sellers fault, as the jar had jut been placed into a cardboard box, almost no packing, and not labelled as fragile.  When I queried her packing techniques the seller said that if you label things as fragile it is an invitation for the postmen or couriers to kick them around.  What a ridiculous argument.

    Believe it or not, this is actually true.

    http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/reviews/a6284/which-shipping-company-is-kindest-to-your-packages/

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,925
    DanaTA said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...wow began downloading items for install and tapped out my C Drive (only 256 GB).  Didn't realise that the average size for the IBL skies bundle are around 650 MB each.(and there are 7 per each product for  42 files)  Was actually down to about 200K on C: when I looked at it after getting "download failed" errors.

    Forgot that the DIM places files in the Documents folder after installing.  I like having a backup in case something goes wrong (like happened yesterday with G2F when for some reason only the head and a foot poses showed under Poses in the parameters which messed up a scene when I loaded it). 

    Moving everything (about 122 GB) to the a downloads backup folder on the larger drive. Wonder if there is some way to re-direct files there after they install.

    You don't have to install to the C: drive, or even to My Documents.  I don't.  You can tell the DIM-wit to put them in a path upon which you decide.

    Dana

    ..oh I do that for installation, it's just that the file backups still get sent to the C:/user/document's folder after installing. Don't know how to re-route those.

  • agent unawaresagent unawares Posts: 3,513
    kyoto kid said:
    DanaTA said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...wow began downloading items for install and tapped out my C Drive (only 256 GB).  Didn't realise that the average size for the IBL skies bundle are around 650 MB each.(and there are 7 per each product for  42 files)  Was actually down to about 200K on C: when I looked at it after getting "download failed" errors.

    Forgot that the DIM places files in the Documents folder after installing.  I like having a backup in case something goes wrong (like happened yesterday with G2F when for some reason only the head and a foot poses showed under Poses in the parameters which messed up a scene when I loaded it). 

    Moving everything (about 122 GB) to the a downloads backup folder on the larger drive. Wonder if there is some way to re-direct files there after they install.

    You don't have to install to the C: drive, or even to My Documents.  I don't.  You can tell the DIM-wit to put them in a path upon which you decide.

    Dana

    ..oh I do that for installation, it's just that the file backups still get sent to the C:/user/document's folder after installing. Don't know how to re-route those.

    Settings, Downloads tab.

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,297

    I had a good day.  I had a bad day.  Work was awful but the movie I saw was great!

  • agent unawaresagent unawares Posts: 3,513
    Miss Bad Wolf said:

    I had a good day.  I had a bad day.  Work was awful but the movie I saw was great!

    Which one?

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,297
    agent unawares said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:

    I had a good day.  I had a bad day.  Work was awful but the movie I saw was great!

    Which one?

    Jumanji.  Had to look up spelling.  It was a fun movie.

  • agent unawaresagent unawares Posts: 3,513
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    agent unawares said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:

    I had a good day.  I had a bad day.  Work was awful but the movie I saw was great!

    Which one?

    Jumanji.  Had to look up spelling.  It was a fun movie.

    Ah, I want to see that soon. I like Rock movies.

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,297
    agent unawares said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    agent unawares said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:

    I had a good day.  I had a bad day.  Work was awful but the movie I saw was great!

    Which one?

    Jumanji.  Had to look up spelling.  It was a fun movie.

    Ah, I want to see that soon. I like Rock movies.

    Rock as in Dwayne Johnson or Rock as in the props in the movie? If you meant Dwayne Johnson, yeah he was hot.  If you meant all the Rock props, they were cool too I guess and would like to have some of them for DS or Poser but they were not worth going to see a movie about.  I rather watch a Dwayne Johnson movie than a movie about rock props.

     

    LOL!

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,297
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    agent unawares said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    agent unawares said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:

    I had a good day.  I had a bad day.  Work was awful but the movie I saw was great!

    Which one?

    Jumanji.  Had to look up spelling.  It was a fun movie.

    Ah, I want to see that soon. I like Rock movies.

    Rock as in Dwayne Johnson or Rock as in the props in the movie? If you meant Dwayne Johnson, yeah he was hot.  If you meant all the Rock props, they were cool too I guess and would like to have some of them for DS or Poser but they were not worth going to see a movie about.  I rather watch a Dwayne Johnson movie than a movie about rock props.

     

    LOL!

    Talking about Rock props, they are very handy in scenes, but I think it would be cool to have a Dwayne Johnson look a like for Genesis 8 male.

  • agent unawaresagent unawares Posts: 3,513
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    agent unawares said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    agent unawares said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:

    I had a good day.  I had a bad day.  Work was awful but the movie I saw was great!

    Which one?

    Jumanji.  Had to look up spelling.  It was a fun movie.

    Ah, I want to see that soon. I like Rock movies.

    Rock as in Dwayne Johnson or Rock as in the props in the movie? If you meant Dwayne Johnson, yeah he was hot.  If you meant all the Rock props, they were cool too I guess and would like to have some of them for DS or Poser but they were not worth going to see a movie about.  I rather watch a Dwayne Johnson movie than a movie about rock props.

     

    LOL!

    Both, I like Rocks and rocks.

  • agent unawaresagent unawares Posts: 3,513
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    agent unawares said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    agent unawares said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:

    I had a good day.  I had a bad day.  Work was awful but the movie I saw was great!

    Which one?

    Jumanji.  Had to look up spelling.  It was a fun movie.

    Ah, I want to see that soon. I like Rock movies.

    Rock as in Dwayne Johnson or Rock as in the props in the movie? If you meant Dwayne Johnson, yeah he was hot.  If you meant all the Rock props, they were cool too I guess and would like to have some of them for DS or Poser but they were not worth going to see a movie about.  I rather watch a Dwayne Johnson movie than a movie about rock props.

     

    LOL!

    Talking about Rock props, they are very handy in scenes, but I think it would be cool to have a Dwayne Johnson look a like for Genesis 8 male.

    I'd buy that.

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,297
    agent unawares said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    agent unawares said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:
    agent unawares said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:

    I had a good day.  I had a bad day.  Work was awful but the movie I saw was great!

    Which one?

    Jumanji.  Had to look up spelling.  It was a fun movie.

    Ah, I want to see that soon. I like Rock movies.

    Rock as in Dwayne Johnson or Rock as in the props in the movie? If you meant Dwayne Johnson, yeah he was hot.  If you meant all the Rock props, they were cool too I guess and would like to have some of them for DS or Poser but they were not worth going to see a movie about.  I rather watch a Dwayne Johnson movie than a movie about rock props.

     

    LOL!

    Talking about Rock props, they are very handy in scenes, but I think it would be cool to have a Dwayne Johnson look a like for Genesis 8 male.

    I'd buy that.

    Yeah me too.

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776

    Hot here, 90 in the shade with a gusting north wind :0

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,297

    The items I got today is now cheaper than when I got them, I think.

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