Uuuuuuuuuugh.This computer sucks.
Quote from: Chinguetti on May 25, 2017, 08:28:45 amUuuuuuuuuugh.This computer sucks.have you tried uninstalling ahnlab and the other bloatware? i did with my school computer, and now it runs at normal speed, rather than like a potato
Quote from: oglop on May 25, 2017, 09:14:27 amQuote from: Chinguetti on May 25, 2017, 08:28:45 amUuuuuuuuuugh.This computer sucks.have you tried uninstalling ahnlab and the other bloatware? i did with my school computer, and now it runs at normal speed, rather than like a potatoThey let you do that? I get handed a checklist periodically that ensures my computer is loading with all that crap. If something isn't there, some 'tech' (and I use the term loosely) will come around and make sure my computer is running like a potato.
AhnCrap is basically impossible to uninstall. it just re-installs itself when you reboot the computer.and every month i have to do some check using a program called 내PC - which is actually a piece of crap itself - and if i don't have all the mandatory 'security' garbage on my computer then it gets flagged.
Quote from: Lurch on May 25, 2017, 09:32:45 amQuote from: oglop on May 25, 2017, 09:14:27 amQuote from: Chinguetti on May 25, 2017, 08:28:45 amUuuuuuuuuugh.This computer sucks.have you tried uninstalling ahnlab and the other bloatware? i did with my school computer, and now it runs at normal speed, rather than like a potatoThey let you do that? I get handed a checklist periodically that ensures my computer is loading with all that crap. If something isn't there, some 'tech' (and I use the term loosely) will come around and make sure my computer is running like a potato.Mine is also mandatory.I should have invested in a second computer.
Do what I did: partition the hard drive. Stuff one partition with all the crap, then do a clean English language windows installation on the other.Just write down all the IPs and gateways etc you need in order to hook up to the school's network and set it up in your new partition.Log into the other partition once or twice a month to keep all the spyware/malware/bloatware up to date, and everything should go just fine.It's basically having two computers in one.
Quote from: kyndo on May 25, 2017, 09:50:57 amDo what I did: partition the hard drive. Stuff one partition with all the crap, then do a clean English language windows installation on the other.Just write down all the IPs and gateways etc you need in order to hook up to the school's network and set it up in your new partition.Log into the other partition once or twice a month to keep all the spyware/malware/bloatware up to date, and everything should go just fine.It's basically having two computers in one.
Quote from: CO2 on May 25, 2017, 09:54:32 amQuote from: kyndo on May 25, 2017, 09:50:57 amDo what I did: partition the hard drive. Stuff one partition with all the crap, then do a clean English language windows installation on the other.Just write down all the IPs and gateways etc you need in order to hook up to the school's network and set it up in your new partition.Log into the other partition once or twice a month to keep all the spyware/malware/bloatware up to date, and everything should go just fine.It's basically having two computers in one. This is literally me!
From a functional standpoint, Impact does everything comic sans does, only better. Shame it's overused. Really, the best font to use for body text is something with high readability and little flourish, because you want to reserve that for headlines and other dividing marks.
Quote from: Chinguetti on May 25, 2017, 08:28:45 amUuuuuuuuuugh.This computer sucks.I have to wonder - have none of the PS computers been upgraded in the past 5 years, or is it just my province?
Quote from: gprinziv on May 24, 2017, 11:00:51 pmFrom a functional standpoint, Impact does everything comic sans does, only better. Shame it's overused. Really, the best font to use for body text is something with high readability and little flourish, because you want to reserve that for headlines and other dividing marks.Comic Sans is an alternative that's available to everyone that's never thought they could, or thought to, get other free fonts themselves. It's so much better than Impact in so, so many ways.
Down with Impact!!... Impact comes across as a sea of black. It's not just the weight, Impact's ascenders and descenders are not long and tall enough, kerning and leading are also problematic.Comic Sans is an alternative that's available to everyone that's never thought they could, or thought to, get other free fonts themselves. It's so much better than Impact in so, so many ways.
While I militantly remove any extraneous programs or bloatware on my personal computers, when I'm using something that doesn't belong to me and is the property of my employer, I generally don't go around trying to alter it without their permission and against their policies. I always see people going on about how they tried to uninstall something, or they don't want to do 내PC지키미 on schedule like literally every teacher in the school has to. And then the person who's in charge of all the computers in the whole school has to come and restore everything because they're doing your job. Maybe - maybe - if you didn't make the tech's life more difficult by causing them extra work, your hardware might get updated a little sooner. Of course, some people are genuinely unlucky and get stuck with garbage computers. But it's not the tech's fault that those programs have to be installed, so stop being a jerk and making them continuously have to reinstall it over and over again and then being snarky and implying you think they're dumb or incompetent. Jeez.
Quote from: Aristocrat on May 25, 2017, 12:27:03 pmQuote from: #basedcowboyshirt on May 25, 2017, 12:19:31 pmWhile I militantly remove any extraneous programs or bloatware on my personal computers, when I'm using something that doesn't belong to me and is the property of my employer, I generally don't go around trying to alter it without their permission and against their policies. I always see people going on about how they tried to uninstall something, or they don't want to do 내PC지키미 on schedule like literally every teacher in the school has to. And then the person who's in charge of all the computers in the whole school has to come and restore everything because they're doing your job. Maybe - maybe - if you didn't make the tech's life more difficult by causing them extra work, your hardware might get updated a little sooner. Of course, some people are genuinely unlucky and get stuck with garbage computers. But it's not the tech's fault that those programs have to be installed, so stop being a jerk and making them continuously have to reinstall it over and over again and then being snarky and implying you think they're dumb or incompetent. Jeez.Buy your own laptop, bring it to school.Get a decent phone contract, tether your own WIFI.Cheapskate ESL teachers are the absolute worst.Alternatively, just be nice to the tech person at your school and always English office and Windows, and a relatively fast computer. It's always worked out well for me. Plus, out of curiosity, I checked how much memory and processor power it takes to have AhnLab and and other security check programs running in the background (they're running on mine right now). My PC is running Win10 and I'm hovering at around 7% CPU usage (of which 5% are my internet browser and Task Manager) and 55% memory usage (of which almost all is my internet browser). Those programs really don't hog many resources.
Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on May 25, 2017, 12:19:31 pmWhile I militantly remove any extraneous programs or bloatware on my personal computers, when I'm using something that doesn't belong to me and is the property of my employer, I generally don't go around trying to alter it without their permission and against their policies. I always see people going on about how they tried to uninstall something, or they don't want to do 내PC지키미 on schedule like literally every teacher in the school has to. And then the person who's in charge of all the computers in the whole school has to come and restore everything because they're doing your job. Maybe - maybe - if you didn't make the tech's life more difficult by causing them extra work, your hardware might get updated a little sooner. Of course, some people are genuinely unlucky and get stuck with garbage computers. But it's not the tech's fault that those programs have to be installed, so stop being a jerk and making them continuously have to reinstall it over and over again and then being snarky and implying you think they're dumb or incompetent. Jeez.Buy your own laptop, bring it to school.Get a decent phone contract, tether your own WIFI.Cheapskate ESL teachers are the absolute worst.