Tech/Computer advice from me

[Fear The Spear]

So basically it's the same program (Thunderbird), but those are just 2 places to get the same program, rather than 2 different programs, one at each site ?

 

[SkinnedAussie]

Thunderbird can be got from both sites; the first one os the 'official' site, the second is like a mirror, but if you download from the first site, you will have to monitor the download, click 'NO' or 'YES' when asked if you want to also install other components / software, then sit and wait for the whole download / install process to finish.

The second site allows you to click on what programs you may want, click to get an installer (which I keep on my desktop), and by clicking the installer, every program I want is installed but without me having to monitor the process. Go take a dump, or have a shower, or mow the lawns, whatever, but when you return to your computer, all you will have to do is a reboot.

 

[Fear The Spear]

Excellent, thanks a alot.

 

[tshile]

ewww google what did you do to my gmail app :\

 

[Lanky Livingston]

ewww google what did you do to my gmail app :\

Right??? It is AWFUL. Also, there's no more delete button! WTF?

 

[tshile]

Donno. You can swipe to archive.

I can't stand the icons on the left... Oh well, I've pretty much stopped using Gmail anyways.

 

[Lanky Livingston]

Donno. You can swipe to archive.

I can't stand the icons on the left... Oh well, I've pretty much stopped using Gmail anyways.

I want to delete, not archive dammit!

And stopped using gmail? What is this nonsense?

 

[SkinnedAussie]

I've never used gmail. Never had a reason to.

 

[Fear The Spear]

I've never used gmail. Never had a reason to.

what do you use ?

 

[SkinnedAussie]

I have always used Thunderbird linked back to the email server of my ISP.

I also use MailWasher as my first notification. When an email comes in, MW notifies me and I can then preview it and determine it's importance. If it is from someone I know, I keep it. If it is spam, I can delete it from the server BEFORE I download it. Any unwanted emails, I just put the sender, or the whole domain, on blacklist. So, with MW and Thunderbird, I NEVER download email I don't know about.

 

[Fear The Spear]

So you must get virtually no spam

 

[SkinnedAussie]

I get spam, I just delete it from the server first, then download what I want to keep.

 

[Lanky Livingston]

Donno. You can swipe to archive.

I can't stand the icons on the left... Oh well, I've pretty much stopped using Gmail anyways.

FYI, you can turn them off under settings.

 

[Fear The Spear]

A couple weeks ago, I replaced my monitor, with a $20 monitor I bought from a pawn shop. Within about a week, the screen started showing very faint imprints of the last browser I had open, even after I closed it. And parts of the screen sometimes become partly dis-colored.

They give you a 30-day "Warrantee" with it. I remember they had several other monitors there for $20. I am debating whether I should return it during the 30 days. Because on one hand, this could be a sign that it's about to die, and it's ultimate failure is impending ? Or could it be just a minor irritation that's expected with a cheap, used monitor from a pawn shop, and perhaps it could still last quite a while longer, at least long enough to get my 20 bucks worth ?

If I exchange it for another $20 monitor, am I likely to experience other similar, or possibly even worse nuisances of such old equipment ? Or should I not take a chance of it getting worse, and just return it while I'm still under the "warrantee" ?

What you guys think ?

 

[tshile]

is it a big, old monitor? (a CRT - https://www.google.com/search?safe=...78,d.eWU&fp=3202148b70c1cab3&biw=1366&bih=667)

or is it one of the thinner LCD monitors?

the reason I ask is on CRT's you can go through the menus and choose 'Degaus' which basically resets the magnetic field on the monitor. Over time it gets distorted and causes weird colors and i imagine it could also cause image burn. How often you have to do it (more than once a year is quite often), or whether it fixes it at all, tells you if the monitor is shot.

If it's an LCD then it sounds like the screen is shot, but I'm not really an expert on LCD monitors.

 

[Fear The Spear]

Yea it's one of the newer, thinner LCD monitors

 

[tshile]

Try doing a factory reset by going through the menu and finding the setting. Also unplug and plug back in all the cords, a loose power cord (or even a bad cord) could cause that.

Other than that I'm out of ideas

 

[tshile]

here is my tech question...its AD and folder rights related

if "domain users" is added with read, write, and modify does that mean everyone in AD has that right if they are in the "domain users" security group?

I think yes..but I want to make sure.

yes, and by default all user accounts are part of domain users.

typically we make a group for a specific share. we have an 'all users' group that only contains actual user accounts, we use that security group for general share access, that way it's not every account but only actual user accounts.

 

[tshile]

the reason i add that last part is for security practices. especially if you've inherited a system. people like to make their Symantec antivirus account named Symantec, with the password symantec.... If you use Domain users you've given that account access to those shares, and if someone hacks in with that account they'll have access. I have dealt with a breach that started with an antivirus account having too much access, and the password 'symantec'....

Also a lot of service account passwords are recorded, if those records are taken then those service accounts would have access. They don't need access, and you now have another security hole. In addition those accounts are normally set not to have their passwords expire, which is another hole.

just good practice to limit access to only those accounts that actually need/use it.

Here's a break down of the built in groups for AD and what access they have - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc756898(v=ws.10).aspx

 

[SkinnedAussie]

A couple weeks ago, I replaced my monitor, with a $20 monitor I bought from a pawn shop. Within about a week, the screen started showing very faint imprints of the last browser I had open, even after I closed it. And parts of the screen sometimes become partly dis-colored.

They give you a 30-day "Warrantee" with it. I remember they had several other monitors there for $20. I am debating whether I should return it during the 30 days. Because on one hand, this could be a sign that it's about to die, and it's ultimate failure is impending ? Or could it be just a minor irritation that's expected with a cheap, used monitor from a pawn shop, and perhaps it could still last quite a while longer, at least long enough to get my 20 bucks worth ?

If I exchange it for another $20 monitor, am I likely to experience other similar, or possibly even worse nuisances of such old equipment ? Or should I not take a chance of it getting worse, and just return it while I'm still under the "warrantee" ?

What you guys think ?

There's a reason why it was selling for $20, and I think you may have found that reason!

One thing you can do is take a photo/video of what the screen is doing. Otherwise, it's your word against theirs, and 9 times out of ten, they'll win.