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  2. AltecXP
    Honestly its sad. I was a big Windows fan. Vista and 8 made me move to Mac. 10 made me move BACK to Windows as I loved how it was more forward thinking and has better multi-tasking features. I was willing to give 11 a good try. I didn't love it at first but was eager to see what was in store. Now every time they seem to make 11 better they also add a bunch of Bull**** to it making it 1 step forward and 2 back. I actually find myself going back to Mac. A Surface Pro with M1/M2 like performance, battery life and OLED used to be my dream device. Now with how Windows 11 is, even though that exact device is rumored to drop next month, I just do NOT care. With all the Ads, crap UI decisions and AI junk in Windows now I just don't want a new Surface Pro. I'm more interested in the upcoming M4/M5 OLED MacBooks.
  3. AltecXP
    Yes the Sign Out has been part of the Account icon for a while now. To me it actually makes sense as its an account related action.
  4. Dick Montage started following Transformers One (2024)
  5. Dick Montage

    Transformers One (2024)

    Dick Montage replied to +primortal's topic in The Media Room

    3 minutes and 2 seconds ago, I didn't even think "Hey, a Prime and Megatron buddy movie sounds like a thing I'd watch". I feel I have reassessed. This looks like some good, dumb fun!
  6.    wingliston reacted to a post in a topic: Microsoft wants to hide the 'Sign out' button in Windows 11 behind a Microsoft 365 ad
  7. Nazmus Shakib Khandaker
    Ok good, so it’s not just me who thinks the option is confusing. Dark Pattern…this might be IRL example of this… Also can anyone confirm if sign out option under the power button on the start menu is removed?
  8. acetken
    Good god... This is just absurd. This is some next-level Dark Pattern corporate ######. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pattern
  9.    acetken reacted to a post in a topic: Microsoft wants to hide the 'Sign out' button in Windows 11 behind a Microsoft 365 ad
  10. Nazmus Shakib Khandaker
    Okay, honestly please tell me if you agree with me on this because this placement of the sign-out makes it appear as an option to “sign out” of your microsoft account and unlink your Microsoft account from your PC. This interface is very similar to how you sign out of Microsoft and Xbox websites, in the office desktop apps, and in visual in studio! The option doesn’t scream “log off this workstation”. Rather it screams “disconnect my Microsoft account from this pc”. I’m not the type of person to go on a rant every time there’s a UI change—nitpicking about little things are extremely frowned upon in Islam. But this issue I think is big enough that it will actually confuse people, I think, of it’s functionally. Heck I’m a power user and even I would be questioning what this sign out option actually do. Also did they remove the sign out option fr the power button on the start menu?
  11. jnelsoninjax
    So here is the speed test result while on Wi-Fi: https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/10055702202 And this is on 5G:https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/10055704004 Crazy difference. I have no idea what could be causing this, can anybody offer some ideas?
  12. d5aqoëp
    Improvements which no one requested are always welcome ! Especially when they are widgets related.
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  14. TarasBuria
    Intel releases new Arc driver with big performance improvements for many games by Taras Buria Intel has released a big new graphics driver for customers with supported processors and graphics cards. Intel Arc and Xe 31.0.101.5444 non-WQHL driver delivers significant performance improvements for a lot of different DirectX 11 games, plus a few fixes for known issues. Here are the performance uplifts you can expect from the latest release: Game Intel Arc A-Series GPUs Intel Core Ultra CPUs American Truck Simulator (DX11) - Up to 10% more FPS at 1080p Medium Astroneer (DX11) Up to 30% more FPS at 1080p Ultra - Days Gone (DX11) Up to 5% more FPS at 1080p Very High - Dyson Sphere Program (DX11) Up to 15% more FPS at 1080p Default Up to 17% more FPS at 1080p Default Fortnite Performance Mode (DX11) Up to 15% more FPS at 1080p Ultra Up to 12% more FPS at 1080p Medium Lethal Company (DX11) Up to 14% more FPS at 1080p Default Up to 24% more FPS at 1080p Default Mass Effect Legendary Edition (DX11) Up to 14% more FPS at 1080p Ultra Up to 48% more FPS at 1080p Medium Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (DX11) Up to 8% more FPS at 1080p Very High - Need for Speed Heat (DX11) Up to 36% more FPS at 1080p Ultra Up to 19% more FPS at 1080p Medium Unturned (DX11) Up to 5% more FPS at 1080p Ultra - VRChat (DX11) Up to 5% more FPS at 1080p High - World of Warships (DX11) Up to 7% more FPS at 1080p Maximum - In addition, Intel's latest GPU driver fixed the following issues: Intel® Arc™ A-Series Graphics Products: No Rest for the Wicked* (DX11) may experience application crash while launching prologue gameplay. Assetto Corsa* (DX11) may exhibit full screen corruption while switching windows using Alt+Tab during gameplay. Halo Infinite* (DX12) may exhibit corruption with ray traced shadows enabled during gameplay. Intel® Core™ Ultra with built-in Intel® Arc™ GPUs: Diablo IV* (DX12) may exhibit corruption on the terrain during gameplay. You can download the Intel Arc 31.0.101.544 non-WHQL driver from the official website. Full release notes, including known issues, are available via this link (PDF).
  15. +primortal started following Transformers One (2024)
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    Transformers One (2024)

    +primortal posted a topic in The Media Room

    The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.
  17. TarasBuria
    Microsoft wants to hide the 'Sign out' button in Windows 11 behind a Microsoft 365 ad by Taras Buria Microsoft is not done adding more odd stuff into its operating system. Following the not-so-great reception of new Start menu ads in one of the recent Beta builds, Microsoft is bringing even more ads, which, besides being slightly annoying, come at the cost of existing features. In build 22635.3500, the Sign Out button is now hidden behind a menu with a Microsoft 365 ad. Microsoft calls the new thing "Account Manager." In a nutshell, it is a flyout with your existing subscriptions, a Microsoft 365 upsell, and a few account-related notifications, like a prompt to add a backup phone number or enable OneDrive backups. There is now also a link to your Microsoft Account settings. Do you know what is not there? The Sign Out and Switch User button. Signing out of your profile now requires opening a submenu hidden behind a three-dot button. Apparently, Microsoft thinks showing your Xbox Game Pass subscription expiration date and the amount of OneDrive storage is more important than the "Sign Out" button. Okay. Here is how Microsoft describes the change: This update starts the roll out of the new account manager on Start menu. When you sign in with a Microsoft account, the new design gives you a quick glanceable view of your account benefits and makes it easy to manage account settings. The "Lock" button also has a new home—it now sits in the power menu alongside "Shut down," "Restart," and "Sleep" options. The new "Account Manager" offers no apparent value or practicality besides making things less convenient. Subscription data and account notifications are already available on the Settings app's home page, along with various recommendations, Copilot ads, and more. And yes, build 22635.3500 has a new banner for that section as well—there is now a Game Pass "recommendation" politely suggesting that you subscribe. But if you are already a Game Pass member, it will offer you some games from the catalog. Because "discovering your next favorite game" is what people want when opening the Settings app.
  18. Xenon

    The official Funny Pictures thread

    Xenon replied to DrunknMunky's topic in Jokes & Funny Stuff

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    Hello!

    Barney T. replied to Adeptus7's topic in Introduce Yourself

    Welcome to our cozy spot!
  21. MS Bob 11
    Loved the Explorer branding. Then again, Microsoft did everything right back in those days for the most part. Their products actually made progress - both software and hardware. Unlike today, they weren't some idiotic form-over-function UX designer's perverted dream to suck out all functions and features and reduce it to a dumbed down unusable toy, that only looks different but does a lot less than its previous iteration. Back then, they took some seriously big jumps forward. Speaking of mice, a relatively new Microsoft Mouse that I love is the Bluetooth 3600 Mobile Mouse. It's available in nice blue and red colors and one of the most affordable ones to come with Bluetooth Low Energy. It came out around the time of Windows 8 (year 2012-13). Totally freed me from USB receiver hell and corded mice. It also comes with a tilt wheel so total 4 programmable buttons+1 wheel (can use XMouse Button Control to reassign its buttons)
  22. M. Murcek
    A phone. Nobody will be expecting that...
  23. Xenon

    Politically funny images of the World

    Xenon replied to Steven P.'s topic in Jokes & Funny Stuff

  24. BaritoneGuy
    I had this as well. I have always been a mouse/trackball officianado. Wish I could post the picture directly. I think it was back in 92 or so when I got my first portable computer. Back then they didn’t have built in pointing devices. Bought the clip on trackball which was over $100 at the time. I worked out of two locations for my company at the time and forgot it when I left one of them and wouldn’t be back for over a week. There was no way I was spending the money on another pointing device as they were all expensive then. This turned out to be a really good thing as I learned the Windows keyboard shortcuts which has served me well to this day. Link to picture https://www.microsoft.com/buxtoncollection/a/m/IMG_0335.png
  25. Brandon H
    You're not wrong in this regard, especially with the i9's. Intel is basically doing what AMD did back in the bulldozer days; they're just throwing more power at the chips to compensate for lack of real improvements/enhancements. edit: let's just hope this mindset doesn't bleed over to the team working on the next gen ARCs.
  26. Mockingbird
    That's not what it said. Nowhere did that the processors are "degrading". The processors were pushed too far. A workaround is to underclock the processor. To me, this seems like Intel is pushing its processors to the limit to win against AMD at any cost.
  27. neufuse
    they were claiming the processors are degrading, some to the point they only BSOD on load, my meaning of fail is the same meaning they are using, causing a fault be it physical or processing not happening correctly.. in our case all our calculations are validated across multiple systems numerous times to ensure they are accurate, so as of no we have not had a "failure" processing wise..
  28. thexfile
    Microsoft is reinventing the wheel. 🧻
  29. Mockingbird
    What do you mean by "fail"? The processor is clocked too high, causing the issue. The current workaround is to underclock the processor.
  30. Joshie
    Expecting everybody to do something was the mistake, not keeping the subscriptions going. When your solution is for "everybody to do something", IMO you're not really being realistic in the first place. If anything you're just setting yourself up for the lamest villain origin story.
  31. adrynalyne

    Tesla Cybertruck

    adrynalyne replied to DocM's topic in The Neobahn

    They might have done the right thing this time. Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal cover https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-recalls-all-3878-cybertrucks-over-faulty-accelerator-pedal-cover/
  32. neufuse
    I'm just saying we have right now 688 systems running this load and we haven't had one fail yet, and they run high heat... my big question is it the CPU or a combination of hardware that is causing the issue... like a GPU causing some kind of issue on a PCI-e lane that is hurting the processor in an odd way? in our case we aren't using GPU's at all, if it's mostly gamers seeing this I'd start to wonder more outside just the CPU alone
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