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Chula Vista · 04-03-2018, 11:38 AM

Again, thanks a lot.

Trollheart · 04-03-2018, 12:22 PM

Is this seriously acceptable to you guys? My provider, Virgin, gives me 360 mbps, which sometimes drops to 200 but usually not much below that. Anyone giving me that low a speed and ****ty ping I'd be ditching forthwith.

Plankton · 04-03-2018, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Is this seriously acceptable to you guys? My provider, Virgin, gives me 360 mbps, which sometimes drops to 200 but usually not much below that. Anyone giving me that low a speed and ****ty ping I'd be ditching forthwith.

We're talking about cell phone bandwidth, not home internet.

**Frownland** · 04-03-2018, 12:28 PM

Mad ping

Chula Vista · 04-03-2018, 12:41 PM

After a few phone calls with Verizon we got it sorted out. I just need to upgrade from Go Unlimited to Beyond Unlimited and I should be tons faster. Extra $10 a month = no brainer.

Trollheart · 04-03-2018, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

We're talking about cell phone bandwidth, not home internet.

Ah. I ... see.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Mad ping

****ing brilliant!

~~MicShazam~~ · 04-06-2018, 07:05 AM

My laptop is freaking me out right now. I turned it on as usual today and it gave me some message about not being able to find my desktop or something. Then I reboot and it puts me on a temporary user profile and my usual profile is gone. Then I do a system restore to a point from two days ago and everything is fine again... seemingly... But what the hell went wrong? I'm paranoid that my harddrive might be faulty or something.

Plankton · 04-06-2018, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

My laptop is freaking me out right now. I turned it on as usual today and it gave me some message about not being able to find my desktop or something. Then I reboot and it puts me on a temporary user profile and my usual profile is gone. Then I do a system restore to a point from two days ago and everything is fine again... seemingly... But what the hell went wrong? I'm paranoid that my harddrive might be faulty or something.

Most likely it's (was) some corrupt registry entries caused by any number of things, but you could do a HD scan just for peace of mind. Just run chkdisc.

Good thing you knew to set a restore point, not too many people do that, btw.

~~MicShazam~~ · 04-06-2018, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

Most likely it's (was) some corrupt registry entries caused by any number of things, but you could do a HD scan just for peace of mind. Just run chkdisc.

Good thing you knew to set a restore point, not too many people do that, btw.

I'm always paranoid about my computer, since I'd be kinda ****ed without it for a number of reasons.

I've got not only restore points, but also an external HD for backups, plus I regularly copy important files to Dropbox, Google drive and a bunch of USB's for various smaller things. I'm especially on the ball when it comes to making sure all of my own music files are safe and secure. I'd hate it if I lost any of that permanently.

I can't just run out and buy a new computer due to my economic situation, so yeah, I'm running chkdisc to see if there's something I should know about. I feel like that's a good idea.

Plankton · 04-06-2018, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

I'm always paranoid about my computer, since I'd be kinda ****ed without it for a number of reasons.

I've got not only restore points, but also an external HD for backups, plus I regularly copy important files to Dropbox, Google drive and a bunch of USB's for various smaller things. I'm especially on the ball when it comes to making sure all of my own music files are safe and secure. I'd hate it if I lost any of that permanently.

I can't just run out and buy a new computer due to my economic situation, so yeah, I'm running chkdisc to see if there's something I should know about. I feel like that's a good idea.

I do the same, and have for a long time. Some of my files date back to the 90's.

04-03-2018, 11:38 AM	#1921 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Again, thanks a lot. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Is this seriously acceptable to you guys? My provider, Virgin, gives me 360 mbps, which sometimes drops to 200 but usually not much below that. Anyone giving me that low a speed and ***ty ping I'd be ditching forthwith. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018*

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04-03-2018, 12:41 PM	#1925 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	After a few phone calls with Verizon we got it sorted out. I just need to upgrade from Go Unlimited to Beyond Unlimited and I should be tons faster. Extra $10 a month = no brainer. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

04-06-2018, 07:05 AM	#1927 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	My laptop is freaking me out right now. I turned it on as usual today and it gave me some message about not being able to find my desktop or something. Then I reboot and it puts me on a temporary user profile and my usual profile is gone. Then I do a system restore to a point from two days ago and everything is fine again... seemingly... But what the hell went wrong? I'm paranoid that my harddrive might be faulty or something.