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Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by zten »

ctrl-j wrote: post #126
girvo wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a lot of the same dramas... but then my Windows computer and ecosystem has so many equivalents (in terms of frustration and lost time, more than specifics) that frankly I’m exhausted with computing in general at this point. Question: what enclosure did you get? I’m thinking of getting the Razer Core X myself, for an AMD card for bootcamp and macOS

I got the Razer Core X. There is an issue where I have to plug it in right after windows starts to boot because the mac tries to disable the integrated graphics if it's plugged in when the laptop boots (which causes windows to not boot). But if you don't plug it in while windows is in the early boot stages then windows doesn't seem to want to identify it. Apparently this is solvable with a custom efi module but I hav…

I've recently gone through the eGPU enclosure drama after reading an article linked here. I'm using one of the 2019 refreshes of a MacBook Pro, with a Radeon Pro Vega 20. I bought a Radeon RX 5700 XT at launch this week, paired with a Razer Core X, like you've got. (I can go into more detail, but AMD dGPU + eGPU is a ridiculous battle of knowing which obscure config setting to add to drivers to get them to install [Google for EnableFalcon=true]).

rEFInd successfully gets Windows to find the Intel UHD integrated graphics, so that's good. That let me uninstall the Vega 20's drivers and disable it entirely.

Even then, I still don't boot with the enclosure attached - it seems to ignore its presence? Unplugging and plugging it back in triggers Windows to go find all of the hardware, and then I have to wait 30 seconds while things grind to a halt as devices install. I'm eagerly awaiting AMD Navi 10 driver support in OS X, which I suspect will come around since people have found the names in kernel extension strings earlier this year.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by parliament32 »

xbkingx wrote: post #123
parliament32 wrote: post #52

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Enjoy having them silently re-enabled on the next update. Enterprise is the only version where you can actually disable and it'll stay disabled, because most regulated corps would consider "telemetry" a data breach.

Odd. On the dozen Windows 10 PCs I've maintained from mixed vendors and self builds, some fresh installs, some upgrades from 7 or 8, I've never had any of these options reenabled. No fancy registry hacks or 3rd party blockers on 3/4 of the machines. A few have more aggressive telemetry disabling changes, and let me check this one... yeah, no changes. And this system has been abused, tweaked and untweaked 15 ways to b…

I promise it happens.

https://www.pcgamer.com/hey-windows-stop-resetting-my-prefer...

https://www.digitalcare.org/windows-10-update-changed-settin...

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by parliament32 »

ijpoijpoihpiuoh wrote: post #73
parliament32 wrote: post #47

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Ads in the start menu and on the lock screen are apparently perfectly normal to end users now. It's honestly just sad.

I don't see any ads on my W10 machine and I haven't done anything to disable them. Where are you seeing this?

https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/17/14956540/microsoft-window...

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3039827/7-ways-windows-10-pu...

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by fortran77 »

zarathustraa wrote: post #21
jchw wrote: post #2

The duality of modern Microsoft is absolutely astounding. How they can simultaneously do incredible things for Github, and open source Windows components, while continuing to not fix the most user hostile Windows ever produced, is completely bonkers. My litmus test for whether Windows is finally fixed is whether of not it’s possible to install it without Candy Crush, but unfortunately without killing the network and…

> My litmus test for whether Windows is finally fixed is whether of not it’s possible to install it without Candy Crush https://mspoweruser.com/rejoice-windows-users-candy-crush-is... What's you new litmus test?

I just checked my Windows 10 machine that I use every day for 8 hours to get real work done. There's no "Candy Crush" on it.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by basq »

AJ007 wrote: post #117
semi-extrinsic wrote: post #82

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Between Gimp, Inkscape and Krita, what are the things not covered in this domain?

It’s worth mentioning Blender 2.8 too. This is software people are leaving top tier commercial 3D apps like Maya for because it is better. The stereotype of unfriendly UI and UX in open software is breaking down and does not have to be a given.

Blender is good for character animation, but it's learning curve is higher and there aren't as many QoL improvements as in other 3d software. 2.8 is a step in the right direction but I still find cinema4d to be much much much faster to get results with for my purposes of motion graphics.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by fortran77 »

zarathustraa wrote: post #21
jchw wrote: post #2

The duality of modern Microsoft is absolutely astounding. How they can simultaneously do incredible things for Github, and open source Windows components, while continuing to not fix the most user hostile Windows ever produced, is completely bonkers. My litmus test for whether Windows is finally fixed is whether of not it’s possible to install it without Candy Crush, but unfortunately without killing the network and…

> My litmus test for whether Windows is finally fixed is whether of not it’s possible to install it without Candy Crush https://mspoweruser.com/rejoice-windows-users-candy-crush-is... What's you new litmus test?

Mac OSX comes with chess. What's the difference?

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by cesarb »

Someone1234 wrote: post #104
css wrote: post #39

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A lot of enterprise software from Oracle still requires Java 6 and a J2SE plug-in, which only run in IE for whatever reason.

> which only run in IE for whatever reason. Java Applets (and Flash) were built on the NPAPI APIs (as "plug-ins"). Historically NPAPI was supported by every major browser. NPAPI/Plug-ins are insecure/cannot be sandboxed. After Flash died, browsers quickly dropped NPAPI support (namely Opera 2016, Chrome in 2015, Firefox in 2017, Safari in 2018, etc) and Edge never supported it. Internet Explorer is the only browser w…

> Internet Explorer is the only browser with a large install-base that still supports NPAPI and by extension Java Applet.

I though plugins on Internet Explorer used ActiveX, not NPAPI. Wikipedia agrees with me (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPAPI): "Internet Explorer versions 3 through 5.5 SP2 supported NPAPI [...] Support came via a small ActiveX control (named "plugin.ocx") that acted as a shim [...] Microsoft dropped support in version 5.5 SP2 onwards for security reasons."

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by tapoxi »

asveikau wrote: post #150
Razengan wrote: post #43

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Perhaps we should all keep and maintain a Linux machine in the event that Apple and Microsoft both decide to screw us over.

What do you mean keep a spare machine for emergencies? Some of us have always had them as primaries, rather than leaving that world. 20 years ago, the type of person analogous to a typical HN type would have been on Linux. Thread after thread on places like Slashdot started from a position of Linux advocacy as a common baseline. Then in the early 2000s there was a massive shift to Mac among those types. Personally, I…

It's ironic, Linux today is in a better state than its ever been. Chrome is Chrome, dependency hell is more easily mitigated by containerization, desktop environments have mostly become stable, hardware from Purism, System76, and Dell is quite good.

I think a lot of us just end up with Macs because work IT hates the idea of managing Linux machines and macOS gets you 95% of what you need.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by noonespecial »

Razengan wrote: post #43
ctrl-j wrote: post #37

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I love the idea of Apple being more privacy focused, and helping us keep our data more secure. I have a touchbar macbook pro, and a headphone-jackless iphone. I just wish they wouldn't beat me with their opinionated hardware and software choices. Deprecating open gl. Eliminating 32-bit support. Forcing me to use dongle after dongle (ethernet, usb-A, HDMI, and SD card) Magic mouse has such a terrible sensor, not to me…

Perhaps we should all keep and maintain a Linux machine in the event that Apple and Microsoft both decide to screw us over.

It's the apples and mickies I keep on a shelf "just in case".

I pull them out a few times a year for that odd doc or onerous requirement.

Otherwise I've been happy with debian for a decade.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by blihp »

marcosdumay wrote: post #109
godelski wrote: post #78

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I do graphics, but on the scientific side, we all use Linux. Except when the lab provides us Macs, then we get frustrated and just remote in. I'm just trying to detangle the type of graphics being mentioned. I do wish Nvidia drivers were better, but maybe that'll happen with ROCs coming out soon.

> I do wish Nvidia drivers were better Get AMD. Why do people insist on getting Nvidia cards and then complain that those aren't aimed at them? Get the one that is selling to you.

Because until recently, on Linux AMD's driver story hasn't been good and performance has lagged. The driver situation is improving but it will take time to win people back. It also doesn't help that they don't (yet) have a Ryzen-like story on GPUs.
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