Topic: No, I will not fix your computer. (Read 65321 times)

Royal☭ · « **Reply #380 on:** February 02, 2011, 01:06:45 PM »

BESIRC

François · « **Reply #381 on:** February 02, 2011, 01:33:13 PM »

If you use Firefox, Chatzilla's decent.

TA · « **Reply #382 on:** February 02, 2011, 01:58:05 PM »

mIRC locks you out after the trial runs out, now? Huh. Pirated mIRC, maybe?

Mongrel · « **Reply #383 on:** February 02, 2011, 09:04:01 PM »

Hell, maybe just use an older version from some place like oldversion.com?

yeoz · « **Reply #384 on:** February 02, 2011, 11:43:16 PM »

Quote from: Büge on February 02, 2011, 12:39:40 PM

I need a good solid IRC program that won't lock me out like mIRC did when my trial expired.

It's literally trivial to bypass the mIRC nag.
start -> run -> regedit -> HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> mIRC -> LastRun -> Right Click -> Permissions -> Advanced -> Add -> add 'Everyone' -> OK -> Check Deny Full Control -> OK -> restart mIRC
If it can't access the LastRun registry key, where it stores how long you've been using it, it'll always think you have 30 days left, and the trial period never ends.

Joxam · « **Reply #385 on:** February 03, 2011, 01:38:11 AM »

Just google 'x-chat 2' its a freeware version of x-chat for windows.

Mongrel · « **Reply #386 on:** February 03, 2011, 07:14:45 AM »

Quote from: yeoz on February 02, 2011, 11:43:16 PM

Quote from: Büge on February 02, 2011, 12:39:40 PM
I need a good solid IRC program that won't lock me out like mIRC did when my trial expired.
It's literally trivial to bypass the mIRC nag.
start -> run -> regedit -> HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> mIRC -> LastRun -> Right Click -> Permissions -> Advanced -> Add -> add 'Everyone' -> OK -> Check Deny Full Control -> OK -> restart mIRC
If it can't access the LastRun registry key, where it stores how long you've been using it, it'll always think you have 30 days left, and the trial period never ends.

Does this particular trick work with most trial-nagging?

yeoz · « **Reply #387 on:** February 03, 2011, 10:14:29 AM »

Quote from: Mongrel on February 03, 2011, 07:14:45 AM

Quote from: yeoz on February 02, 2011, 11:43:16 PM
It's literally trivial to bypass the mIRC nag.
start -> run -> regedit -> HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> mIRC -> LastRun -> Right Click -> Permissions -> Advanced -> Add -> add 'Everyone' -> OK -> Check Deny Full Control -> OK -> restart mIRC
If it can't access the LastRun registry key, where it stores how long you've been using it, it'll always think you have 30 days left, and the trial period never ends.
Does this particular trick work with most trial-nagging?

mIRC is particularly badly written application in this regard. Most other applications that stores its nag information in a file or the like will complain that the nag file can't be read or written to and balk and just not run. mIRC just ignores that little problem. That said, a lot of nagware is badly written, so YMMV.

Dooly · « **Reply #388 on:** February 03, 2011, 01:09:40 PM »

Pidgin works quite excellently for me.

JDigital · « **Reply #389 on:** February 04, 2011, 11:05:03 AM »

X-Chat is good, but the Windows version is shareware now. There's an unofficial free Windows build (Silverex) which changes some things, but I forget what.

teg · « **Reply #390 on:** February 18, 2011, 03:19:35 AM »

So I've been considering getting a new computer for a while now. And it just so happens that we inexplicably have this goddamned monster at the office supply store I work at. It's somewhere in the range of $970, plus I get a 10% employee discount. I may also be able to get an additional discount if I can nab the display model, which has some minor cosmetic damage* that should be covered under warranty anyway.

Now, here's the thing: there's an associate computer-buying program where I can pay a minimum of 20% of the price (about $199.82; assuming I don't get the display model discount), and then have the remainder taken out of my paycheques in interest-free increments (about $33.30 per cheque, making the same assumptions). If I quit, I have to pay it off ASAP. I have the option to pay the remainder off at any time as well, rather than sticking exclusively to the monthly payments.

It sounds way too good to be true. I am not sure whether to go for it or not. I don't really like spending money that I don't have, but there seems to be absolutely no downside to this outside of being bound to the company until I pay off the remainder.
I'm getting really sick of this shitty HP laptop I've got now. It tends to crash at inopportune moments, it's physically poorly-built, and it's nowhere near powerful enough for my needs.
So, basically, SHOULD I GOPHER IT?
Also, what are your recommendations for setting up a new computer of this sort?

*read: some asshole ripped the jaws off of the DVD trays

Thad · « **Reply #391 on:** February 18, 2011, 04:05:33 AM »

Acer is a budget brand for a reason; what's the warranty like?

teg · « **Reply #392 on:** February 18, 2011, 04:24:16 AM »

Not really sure. Probably a year free of manufacturer's defects. That seems to be the standard. I can add a year through my employer, as well.

I know Acer is hit or miss, but I've been reading up on this particular model and I've yet to find a single negative review, plus I'm getting it at a pretty massive discount (about $400 off the price I keep finding everywhere). I really don't see it as anything but a huge step up.

TA · « **Reply #393 on:** February 18, 2011, 08:23:28 AM »

Spec out the parts, and assemble that list of parts on like Newegg. If a significant upgrade is available for a minor increase in cost, do that instead. Then see how the final product compares.

This is assuming you know how to assemble a computer out of parts though.

teg · « **Reply #394 on:** February 18, 2011, 10:08:40 AM »

Quote from: TA on February 18, 2011, 08:23:28 AM

This is assuming you know how to assemble a computer out of parts though.

I haven't a cluuuuuuuue!

Büge · « **Reply #395 on:** February 18, 2011, 12:42:05 PM »

That's why I got my friend Karl to do it.

teg · « **Reply #396 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:05:48 PM »

Yeah I'm thinking I'm gonna' go for this unless I find that there's something catastrophically wrong with it.

At the very least, it's upgradeable, unlike my laptop. I think I can learn how to build one next time.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #397 on:** February 24, 2011, 11:27:12 AM »

So I'm getting internet next Wednesday,but the provider told me I need to pay an additional fee if I want to be able to use wireless. Is this an idiot tax and they're just blowing smoke up my ass to extract money from gullible people, or can an isp both detect and prevent a wireless router from working?

Mongrel · « **Reply #398 on:** February 24, 2011, 11:35:29 AM »

Like you, I think that that SOUNDS like complete nonsense - and by "nonsense" I mean "complete and total bullshit". But I'd rather have a tech-minded person confirm that to be 100% certain.

Rico · « **Reply #399 on:** February 24, 2011, 11:51:08 AM »

Are you sure it's not, "The shitty modem we lease you/make you buy will have wireless for an extra $x"?

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