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Post by Clive on Jan 7, 2023 17:28:37 GMT
I will go with the monthly subscription when I retire. It comes with 1TB of storage, nice. Yep, I’ve just retired so I’m in that situation. I will check out that free link, I wonder if that’s a trial. |
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Post by Clive on Jan 7, 2023 18:34:47 GMT
It seems like it’s an old link or just for the US. My sign in fails….let me know if it works for anyone else. |
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Post by MartinT on Jan 7, 2023 19:42:55 GMT
The free link is for Office online, i.e. the browser versions only. Not for me.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 7, 2023 21:12:35 GMT
The free link is for Office online, i.e. the browser versions only. Not for me. How would it be for rare use, IE me ? |
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Post by MartinT on Jan 7, 2023 21:42:14 GMT
How would it be for rare use, IE me ? I wouldn't bother unless you only want cut-down online browser versions of the apps and no OneDrive cloud space. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 8, 2023 10:17:13 GMT
I could try it out and if I need to buy it
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Post by Clive on Jan 9, 2023 22:57:41 GMT
I will go with the monthly subscription when I retire. It comes with 1TB of storage, nice. That 1TB of storage is indeed my primary need…I’m in the midst of loading around 600GB of photos and music. It’s not a quick job! I’m using a mix of sync and direct uploads in chunks of 30GB. |
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Post by MartinT on Jan 12, 2023 9:55:29 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jan 25, 2023 10:26:10 GMT
If any of you were working around 07:00 this morning, you will have seen that Microsoft had a major 365 outage around the world. We couldn't get e-mail, Teams chat or any other form of comms working until almost 09:00.
I really like Microsoft's announcement just now, slightly under-calling it:
So, translating:
1. it was self-inflicted, not an attack
2. 'impact' is a new euphemism for 'clusterf*ck of galactic scale'
3. 'some' means 'all' customers
4. 'rolled back' means a panic'd "put the bloody settings back to how they were, NOW!"
5. is someone about to get sacked?
The Twitter storm was widespread and I even saw posts from Australia reporting the same issues.
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Post by Clive on Jan 25, 2023 12:03:26 GMT
I noticed Outlook wasn’t updating…the US won’t have noticed at that time so it didn’t happen 😂
BTW I finished uploading 600GB to OneDrive. It was 24/7 for several days. I wonder if our neighbours found their broadband to be slow whilst I was maxing out the upload bandwidth.
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Post by Slinger on Apr 18, 2023 18:31:11 GMT
I think I'm going to end up biting the bullet, buying a still-horribly-expensive graphics card, and building a new computer. I'm fed up with patching this old bugger up, and as I've got to do a complete reinstall of my software on this new install of w10 anyway, ...plus it's not Windoze 11 capable; Win10 22H2 is its limit. Bugger! Annoyingly, I don't trust my concentration levels either these days, so to be on the safe(r) side it's going to be a slow one-bit-at-a-time build, as opposed to my usual "Push on through, it's only 3am, who needs sleep?" method of putting stuff together..  At least I've got most of the hardware I need already. In theory, I'm looking at an AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT with liquid cooling, and 64Gb of Corsair Vengance memory. |
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Post by Tim on Apr 18, 2023 18:40:29 GMT
. . . . . AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT with liquid cooling, and 64Gb of Corsair Vengence memory. Crikey! |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 18, 2023 19:43:05 GMT
Yep, that'll do it!
Given the right hardware, and AMD has trusted platform built-in, W11 makes for a superbly stable installation. It's faster than W10, too.
Turn off all the telemetry and enable all the core virtualisation protection to keep the nasty buggers out.
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Post by Slinger on Apr 18, 2023 23:30:09 GMT
(Used) ASUS GeForce RTX 3070 DUAL OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card duly purchased. I now have no excuse for not building the PC. Unles eVri screw the delivery up, obviously. Yes, it's supposedly coming via "eVri tracked."  eBay are running a "20x Nectar points" offer today only, so I scored 6000 nectar points, which is the equivalent of £30.00 off.  |
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Post by Tim on Apr 19, 2023 8:55:28 GMT
What PSU Paul? I'm a bit nerdy about power supplies for PCs after I blew one up year's ago whilst overclocking  Those days are gone now, learnt my lesson with that event as it totally f***** everything up! I've got a 3070 too, but only an R5 5600X and 16GB of RAM |
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Post by Slinger on Apr 19, 2023 12:12:50 GMT
What PSU Paul? I'm a bit nerdy about power supplies for PCs after I blew one up year's ago whilst overclocking Those days are gone now, learnt my lesson with that event as it totally f***** everything up! I've got a 3070 too, but only an R5 5600X and 16GB of RAM I've got a Corsair RM750x 80 PLUS Gold fully modular PSU ready and waiting to go, Tim. www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-rm750x-2021-power-supply-review[EDIT] I've just done some quick maths, and I'm quite impressed with myself. Considering I originally specced the machine for an RTX 2060 SUPER, I've brought the whole thing in at only £15.78 over budget, at £1,768.05. |
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Post by Tim on Apr 19, 2023 15:34:15 GMT
That's a whole hunk of powerful PC for under 2k you've got there, nice build list  Funnily enough I've just taken a Corsair TX650W apart to replace the fan and give it a good clean inside - I was surprised to see on the circuit board April 18 2006, so I looked at my Ebuyer account and I bought it in May 2008. Never realised it was that old and it's still performing well. My main PC has a Seasonic 80+ Platinum, I only buy Corsair or Seasonic these days and so far never had a problem . . . the one I blew up was a Silverstone. Let's hope when I get the new fan in and put the Corsair back together it doesn't blow up! |
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Post by Slinger on Apr 19, 2023 16:03:15 GMT
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, Tim. Regarding the PSU, I too tend to stick with what I know. Anything that important is not to be trusted to a Chinese CoarseHair Very Good Excellent 2000 VGX Diamond Gold Power Suppry. I misled you on the memory, btw. I'd specced 2 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4 3200 MHz kits, but I ended up with 2 x 32 GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4, 3600MHz. The OS will live on a Crucial MX500 1 TB drive. |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 19, 2023 16:07:49 GMT
Chinese CoarseHair Very Good Excellent 2000 VGX Diamond Gold Power Suppry. Don't forget 'hifi fever' regardless of what it is. |
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Post by Slinger on Apr 20, 2023 13:40:31 GMT
I've decided to spend a few more pennies and purchase an updated mobo. I've ordered an MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk to replace the MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max. It was the one real " weak" spot, as I saw it, and looked a bit outdated to my eyes. Apart from anything else it has a built-in TPM module that can be turned on in the BIOS, as opposed to plugging a module into the 450. I've got the module, but this seemed a far more elegant soluition. Other pluses are: Supports higher ram speeds and higher overclocked RAM speeds 2 more fan headers - 8 vs 6 (and I've got more than enough fans to fill those babies up. ) Has USB Type-C onboard. 1 more PCIe 4.0 x16 slots - i.e. It's actually got one. 1 more PCIe 3.0 x16 slots 2 vs 1. Larger maximum memory amount - 128GB vs 64GB (Should I ever believe that " 64GB really isn't enough". That will NOT happen, but " headroom," am I right? Better Audio Codec plus S/PDIF output. The same RTL8111H 1Gbps LAN controller, but they've added a RTL8125B 2.5Gbps LAN controller. On top of the 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports it not only has 2x M.2 slots as opposed to the 450's single M.2 slot but whereas on the 450 using the M.2. slot cost the use of SATA ports 5 & 6 there is no mention of this in the specs for the 550. There are more, but those are the things which stuck out, and helped make up my mind for me. To some degree, this " future proofs" my build, whereas the 450 would have been pretty much maxed out. It's still a 3-year-old mobo, but buying a 2022/23 model would have broken the bank, plus even if I could afford one, I coudn't have justified the outlay. |
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Those days are gone now, learnt my lesson with that event as it totally f***** everything up!