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by Easto
Sun May 05, 2024 4:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: SpeedGuide 25 years anniversary
Replies: 2
Views: 60

Re: SpeedGuide 25 years anniversary

Congrats Philip. You've done a great job with this site. I'm proud to be a member.
by Easto
Sat May 04, 2024 3:29 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Passkeys?
Replies: 1
Views: 25

Passkeys?

Is anyone here using them? I've been doing some research but as far as I can see I really don't see the need for them. At this point in time I'm using bitwarden and only on my PC. I don't do any banking from my phone or other devices. I'm sure there might be an increase in security but for how I acc...
by Easto
Wed May 01, 2024 11:07 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: No Coffee
Replies: 6
Views: 203

Re: No Coffee

Trust me, it's not easy for me. I spent the last 35 years of my life drinking as least 3-4 cups a day. I love coffee. But I started to realize that it had control of me, I didn't have control of it. Unfortunately for me there's just no happy medium. I've quit for 2 or 3 months several times. I get t...
by Easto
Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:18 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Happy birthday Leatherneck
Replies: 4
Views: 206

Happy birthday Leatherneck

Happy Birthday!
by Easto
Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:01 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: No Coffee
Replies: 6
Views: 203

Re: No Coffee

It's not really a health/benefit issue with me. It's just more of an addiction issue. I just ask myself "why is this something you can't seem to quit"? So I've decided to go for a while without. I will tell you one thing though... the first cup of coffee after not drinking any for a couple...
by Easto
Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:58 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Passed CCNA and ENCOR
Replies: 9
Views: 181

Re: Passed CCNA and ENCOR

I actually had to look up what those were. Contrats! I know there's no way in heck I could accomplish something even close to that.
by Easto
Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:58 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Personal Finance Software?
Replies: 5
Views: 639

Re: Personal Finance Software?

I find it useful to use spreadsheets, write notes in Notepad, etc. Sometimes there is little benefit of being squared into some third-party software that only partly serves your needs. I've been slowly creating some spreadsheets that seem to be working. I just leave myself some room to add a few li...
by Easto
Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:58 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: No Coffee
Replies: 6
Views: 203

No Coffee

It's been almost 4 months since my last cup of coffee. I didn't stop for any particular reason other than I thought that after about 40 years of drinking several cups every day it was about time to take a break. I have to tell you though, about every 2 weeks I'll have a day where I just want a cup o...
by Easto
Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Happy Birthday Humboldt
Replies: 1
Views: 96

Happy Birthday Humboldt

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!
by Easto
Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:01 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Definition Updates
Replies: 9
Views: 613

Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Definition Updates

Has anyone tried Malwarebytes free "Browswer Guard"? It claims to be an add blocker too.
by Easto
Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:00 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Happy Birthday Cabledude!
Replies: 3
Views: 153

Happy Birthday Cabledude!

Happy Birthday
by Easto
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:03 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Definition Updates
Replies: 9
Views: 613

Re: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Definition Updates

I'm running 4.5.14 and it let's me update. I'm running the free version. Never been buggy for me.
by Easto
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:10 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Personal Finance Software?
Replies: 5
Views: 639

Re: Personal Finance Software?

After posting this I took a look around and I think the best route is to just take some time and create the spreadsheets that I need.
by Easto
Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:30 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Personal Finance Software?
Replies: 5
Views: 639

Personal Finance Software?

Before I start designing several spreadsheets I wanted to find out if there are any free or standalone (pay) personal finance apps (for PC)? I don't want anything cloud based. I'd like something where I can keep my monthly/yearly budget numbers along with tracking my investments. I'd like to downloa...
by Easto
Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:23 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Windows 11 Annoying Ads !!!
Replies: 4
Views: 248

Re: Windows 11 Annoying Ads !!!

Does this article have anything that might work?

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mst ... 146aee9075
by Easto
Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Where Should I start from?
Replies: 9
Views: 1538

Re: Where Should I start from?

^^ They've given you internet access again? ^^
by Easto
Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:14 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: These gas prices sure do hurt
Replies: 34
Views: 5270

Re: These gas prices sure do hurt

EV's haven't really appealed. Probably for all the usual reason that you hear i.e. range, charging times, resale value. Then the price of a home charger including installation. Then... if you decide to go ack to internal combustion you have this charger on your garage wall that is of no use. One of ...
by Easto
Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:42 am
Forum: Hardware & Overclocking
Topic: Power supply replacement
Replies: 4
Views: 795

Re: Power supply replacement urgent

The ThermalTake should work. Any of the equivalent wattage Corsair models would be a good choice and if you're going to hang onto it I believe Corsair is a solid product.
by Easto
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:33 am
Forum: Hardware & Overclocking
Topic: So when are prices going to start dropping?
Replies: 12
Views: 7426

Re: So when are prices going to start dropping?

Amazon has the 5950x for $364

If my 3700X wasn't doing everything I need it to do... Damn, so tempted.
by Easto
Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: I'm getting a lot of Spam
Replies: 2
Views: 1036

I'm getting a lot of Spam

I should be thankful since for virtually my entire computer life I have avoided email spam. Up until a year ago I might get 1 every other week. Now I must be on someone's list because I'm getting 5-10 a day to my primary account. I feel I'm overly cautious when it comes to computer security and best...
by Easto
Wed Jan 10, 2024 9:11 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Where Should I start from?
Replies: 9
Views: 1538

Re: Where Should I start from?

I thought it might have been that.
by Easto
Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Where Should I start from?
Replies: 9
Views: 1538

Re: Where Should I start from?

Pick a topic and ask away
by Easto
Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:03 pm
Forum: Hardware & Overclocking
Topic: Upgraded from 32gb or ram to 64gb
Replies: 2
Views: 953

Re: Upgraded from 32gb or ram to 64gb

Got it installed and running. It gave me a couple of problems but I think it was because it wasn't seated correctly. Once I played with it the yellow bios light went out and we're good to go. Bios and windows both recognize the new memory. Hurray!
by Easto
Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: Hardware & Overclocking
Topic: Upgraded from 32gb or ram to 64gb
Replies: 2
Views: 953

Upgraded from 32gb or ram to 64gb

Nothing huge, I had been given an Amazon gift card for the holidays and I wanted to spend it on something I've always wanted to do but never pulled the trigger on. I've got a few things to do this morning and will be installing it later this afternoon.
by Easto
Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:06 am
Forum: Hardware & Overclocking
Topic: new PC time maybe ??
Replies: 48
Views: 9253

Re: new PC time maybe ??

In my opinion too!
by Easto
Fri Dec 29, 2023 9:29 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: YouTube sucks with advertisements
Replies: 8
Views: 1646

Re: YouTube sucks with advertisements

I haven't loaded it up yet. As soon as I do I'll let you know. I did have it installed about 6 months ago but I wasn't using it to view YT and it's just been recently that they've changed their commercial/advertisement policy.
by Easto
Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:52 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Merry Christmas
Replies: 2
Views: 1116

Re: Merry Christmas

Thank you, You too!
by Easto
Sun Dec 24, 2023 3:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Replies: 3
Views: 1274

Re: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas to all.
by Easto
Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:01 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Happy Birthday YeOldeStonecat
Replies: 3
Views: 1035

Happy Birthday YeOldeStonecat

Happy Birthday. Thanks for all you help over all these years!
by Easto
Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:13 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Happy Birthday Faust!
Replies: 2
Views: 986

Happy Birthday Faust!

Happy Birthday!
by Easto
Sat Dec 02, 2023 10:15 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: First fire (fireplace) of the season
Replies: 1
Views: 947

First fire (fireplace) of the season

It's nowhere as cold here in So Cal as it is in other parts of the country but we decided to have our first fire while Mrs. Easto decorated the tree and the front room. It looks like I'm going to need to make another run to the firewood supplier. Last year I got too much hardwood and it's not really...
by Easto
Sat Dec 02, 2023 10:12 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Picking up relatives at LAX
Replies: 9
Views: 2486

Re: Picking up relatives at LAX

BaLa wrote:
Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:42 pm
We went to Italy for like a week.
Was a "week" enough? I've offered to take Mrs. Easto there a couple of times but due to her work she can only afford 1 week off at a time. I was just worried that we would feel rushed.
by Easto
Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:20 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Cyber Monday?
Replies: 4
Views: 1375

Re: Cyber Monday?

It's starting to look like the prices are starting to go back up again. It also appears that many vendors only had a limited about of stock at those prices.
by Easto
Mon Nov 27, 2023 1:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Cyber Monday?
Replies: 4
Views: 1375

Re: Cyber Monday?

One thing I've noticed is that many of the items are sold out. Even a Samsung SSD I was looking at (2tb for $119) wasn't even available at Samsung. But I think you're right. The deals are all what we're seeing now. I think they're only going to go up from here.
by Easto
Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:45 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Cyber Monday?
Replies: 4
Views: 1375

Cyber Monday?

I'm not seeing any deals? The 3 things I've been tracking have been the same since about a week before Thanksgiving. :mad:
by Easto
Sun Nov 26, 2023 12:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Picking up relatives at LAX
Replies: 9
Views: 2486

Re: Picking up relatives at LAX

For 2 miles I only drove at 1mph. From the time we were at the offramp until we got the the point where you could pick Arrivals or Departures took 2 hours! It was worse than I could have ever imagined. The good news is that I found out that we're not dropping them back off this evening. We're droppi...
by Easto
Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:29 pm
Forum: Marketplace - Buy/Sell/Trade/Hot Deals
Topic: Black Friday Deals 2023
Replies: 4
Views: 2896

Re: Black Friday Deals 2023

I'm hoping Cyber Monday might turn into something.
by Easto
Fri Nov 24, 2023 10:59 am
Forum: Marketplace - Buy/Sell/Trade/Hot Deals
Topic: Black Friday Deals 2023
Replies: 4
Views: 2896

Re: Black Friday Deals 2023

I have to tell you, I'm not seeing any deals that are knocking my socks off this morning.
by Easto
Thu Nov 23, 2023 2:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Happy Thanksgiving!
Replies: 1
Views: 828

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone here has a great day and gets a chance to enjoy some great food.

Easto