Delete if not allowed. Just see so many comments about it right now.
If your computer can handle it, get the game via Steam. Your PS controller can be used as long as your laptop has bluetooth. Once you have it synced you can remap the buttons to make them feel more like what you're used to. I have never played a game other than the Sims on PC or used Steam. This was super easy. Was done in 5 minutes.
One HDMI cord later and I'm playing in my living room just like I would on PS.
It's $39.99. If you're comfortable with third party key resellers you can get it for $10-$20.

I have the Rekordbox Creative subscription. I have my DJ laptop that has my music library on it. I have the folder shared on my home network. What I want to do is open up Rekordbox on my home computer and add queue points to like 10 songs a day and have the queue points be there when I open the songs on my DJ laptop.

I have one of these on order, for half the price Lenovo is showing: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/lenovo-thinkpad-t14s-gen-6-(14-inch-snapdragon)/len101t0099/len101t0099)

• Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H Laptop (Lenovo) - Type 82RG
• 16" QHD+ (2560 x 1600, WQXGA+) 16:10, 165Hz, 500-nits, 100% sRGB, Anti-glare, IPS Display; DisplayHDR 400, Dolby Vision, FreeSync, G-SYNC, Low Blue Light, High Gaming Performance
• AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (8C / 16T, 3.3 / 4.9GHz, 4MB L2 / 16MB L3)
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDDR6, Boost Clock 1485MHz, TGP 150W
  • TimeSpy Graphics score of 12,047 puts it just above the median TimeSpy score for a 4070 equipped laptop per https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-RTX-4070-Laptop-GPU-Benchmarks-and-Specs.675690.0.html
• 32GB DDR5
• 2X 1TB NVME SSD (2TB total storage)
• 17 months of On-Site Warranty Remaining (end of October 2025)
  • I can EITHER extend the warranty through to Oct 28th, 2026 (extra year)
  • OR add accidental damage warranty through to the current 17 month remaining warranty.
  • Either of these is included in my asking price
• Zero scratches or dents or appearances of wear (use external KB + Mouse). This laptop pretty much never leaves my desk. Works perfectly.
• Timestamp and pics https://imgur.com/a/legion-5-pro-3070-ti-32gb-r9-6900hx-dZquONS
• Original 300w Power Brick, also have a spare Lenovo 240w brick for an extra $30.

Prefer local cash to CA, 94523, but will also ship at according to actual shipping costs. Asking $1000. Comment before PM. Selling because I have been using this computer for productivity mostly, which it is way overkill for.

Hi! I’m super new to the hEDS world (dx under 1 month ago after severe worsening of symptoms following a bereavement of a parent). I’ve returned to work with new symptoms, diagnosis and issues and they’re asking how they can support me in my workplace… anyone got any ideas???
They’re arranging a desk assessment for me, which includes a new chair and screen/desk raiser… but nothing more. I don’t know what else can help? I am in a hybrid, office role in sales (2 days at home, 3 in office per week), my job is computer based and I take about 10 phone calls a day (headset in wireless from my laptop).
At home, I’ve got cushions for sitting down, jacan openers, walking aides, grab rails, perching stools etc. but nothing really for computer uses… what are your helpful hints for computer usage??

Apple - 11-Inch iPad Pro (4th Generation) M2 chip Wi-Fi - 128GB

I got it for under 700 euros. I've had a macbook m2 and a lenovo laptop throughout college, but decided to pick this up for fun. Should I have waited until q4 2024/ early 2025 or is this ipad good for the next 3-5 years? I'm new to apple products, as I have grown up with LG, HP, and Lenovo my whole life.

Offline old laptop used for CDs/ DVDs. Decided that since it has been a year since I updated windows, that was something that needed to be done. Took about 3 hours since it doesn't even have a SSD.
It doesn't matter if insert a CD/ DVD or data disc. F: is recognized as "removable disk" in "My computer". The disc spins, but the contents aren't shown.
If I try to software eject a disc: "An error occurred while ejecting removable disk F:"
Windows Media Player is now different from my last time with the computer, can no longer navigate to a disc. Tried VLC and Winamp to play music. No response.
I think that I've had this problem on the previous Windows 10 install, but didn't write down the solution!#@ :(
DVDrw is a Hitachi hts725050a9a364
Any generic DVD-drivers that makes it come alive? Should I have to look for PowerDVD to get it working?
Help!

So, I'm a student wanting to game and explore 3D modelling etc, and currently, I own a "Dell Latitude 5330 Laptop" with just the standard integrated Intel GPU. It has the recent 1235U CPU with 2 TB4 ports. Today, I went and purchased a "Sonnet Breakaway 650 External GPU" and a "1660 Super" second-hand; they should be in good working condition and I paid using PayPal G&S just in case any issues arise. I'm unsure about the cables and if this is all I need to get it all working. I'm on a budget, so I bought a TB cable off Amazon and I'd appreciate it if you guys would let me know if it's the correct one. - "Ocetea 240W USB 4 Cable [USB-IF Certified] 40Gbps Compatible Thunderbolt 4/3 Cable, Support 8K@60Hz PD3.1 for MacBook Pro, Mac Pro/Studio/mini, iMac, eGPU, Docking, Hub, SSD etc[1M] : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories". The reviews are good and it is a certified (USB-IF) cable.

I've never heard of them, but my friend recommended them to me. Has anyone else had a custom laptop by them?
The model in particular is a RTX 4090 liquid cooled i9 19 14900hx.
Would a liquid cooled 4090 be good? Better than a normal one?

Long story short, i never used an iMac or any Apple product in my life. I only have used Windows laptops and Android smarphones, and never had an urge to use my computer not untill i started to progamming few years ago. And always had issues installing an IDE or anything to programming releated, so i switched between Windows and Ubuntu., i occasionally play some games like Mortal Kombat or few emulators but nothing crazy...
Well, after few back and forth, i decided to give a try to use an iPhone and, i was shocked. The seemingless UI interface Apple uses, the expirience i had with it was amazing! Never felt that with Android lol
Now i discovered i can turn my Surface Pro into an hackintosh machine with OpenCore and since my main computer is a Desktop PC i dont really care if i brick the surface, i would love to try the macOS before jumping and buying an iMac mini or something similar...
Is it worth trying hackintosh before an actual macOS machine? Does things like AirDrop, AirPlay and such things work the same on a hackintosh? Btw my main doubt is the compatibility of apps runnin only on Windows and/or doesnt have macOS support, and would the experience be similar to an macOS? Should i just give it a go and try it?
Also, would the process to get it working correctly on my Surface would be easy enough to follow without much of a learning curve?

This is a attempt at trying to use a windows 10 iso in order to restore health to the hdd in the computer.
Computer is a dell with a 2.5in ssd in it. Computer displays upon trying to login to user profile "The user profile servuce servuce failed the sign in. User profile can not be loaded. Tried enabling the admin account it loads but sits there and twitches tried running online restore for dism from that area but it still fails to restore health. Tried usb with a iso of windows with and creating a "scratch directory" still didnt work.
For this Attempt i tried using the .iso on my main computer downloaded from microsoft website with creation tool with a external adapter to the hdd running this command.
"Dism /Image:D:\ /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth /Source:"C:\Users\User\Desktop\Windows10\sources\install"
Not sure what else to try and throw at it as it doesnt show the "reset option" under the windows recovery neither so thats out of question as well unless someone knows another way. I tried the windows+shift restart and there is no reset there as well as under the bootable iso image.
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Failed to query value to get type and size of registry root: n/a, value: Default [HRESULT = 0x80070002 - ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND]
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Failed to query for path to user profiles directory. [HRESULT = 0x80070002 - ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND]
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Failed to load the default user profile registry hive. [HRESULT = 0x80070002 - ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND]
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Force unloading offline registry hive: {bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}D:/Windows/System32/config/SOFTWARE
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Force unloading offline registry hive: {bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}D:/Windows/System32/config/SYSTEM
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Force unloading offline registry hive: {bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}D:/Windows/System32/config/SECURITY
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Force unloading offline registry hive: {bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}D:/Windows/System32/config/SAM
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Force unloading offline registry hive: {bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}D:/Windows/System32/config/COMPONENTS
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Force unloading offline registry hive: {bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}D:/Windows/System32/config/DRIVERS
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Force unloading offline registry hive: {bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}D:/Windows/System32/config/DEFAULT
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Error CBS Failed to load offline store from boot directory: '\\?\D:\' and windows directory: '\\?\D:\Windows\' [HRESULT = 0x80070002 - ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND]
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Error CBS Failed to initialize store parameters with boot drive: D:\, windows directory D:\Windows, and external directory: [HRESULT = 0x80070002 - ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND]
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Force unloading offline registry hive: {bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}D:/Boot/BCD
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Error CBS Cannot AddSource on a session that has not been initialized. [HRESULT = 0x80070002 - ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND]
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Failed adding alternate source directory [HRESULT = 0x80070002 - ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND]
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Warning DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=26916 TID=31548 CBS AddSource failed with HRESULT=0x80070002! - CDISMPackageManager::Internal_Finalize
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=26916 TID=31548 CBS session options=0x40000! - CDISMPackageManager::Internal_Finalize
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Error CBS Cannot finalize a session that has not been initialized. [HRESULT = 0x800f0801 - CBS_E_NOT_INITIALIZED]
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Session: 26916_351166562 finalized. Reboot required: no [HRESULT = 0x800f0801 - CBS_E_NOT_INITIALIZED]
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Error DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=26916 TID=31548 Failed finalizing changes. - CDISMPackageManager::Internal_Finalize(hr:0x800f0801)
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Error DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=26916 TID=31548 Failed processing package changes with session option CbsSessionOptionRepairStoreCorruption - CDISMPackageManager::RestoreHealth(hr:0x800f0801)
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Error DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=26916 TID=31548 Failed to restore the image health. - CPackageManagerCLIHandler::ProcessCmdLine_CleanupImage(hr:0x800f0801)
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Error DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=26916 TID=31548 Failed while processing command cleanup-image. - CPackageManagerCLIHandler::ExecuteCmdLine(hr:0x800f0801)
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Error DISM DISM.EXE: DISM Package Manager processed the command line but failed. HRESULT=800F0801
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Found the OSServices. Waiting to finalize it until all other providers are unloaded. - CDISMProviderStore::Final_OnDisconnect
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Found the OSServices. Waiting to finalize it until all other providers are unloaded. - CDISMProviderStore::Final_OnDisconnect
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Found the PE Provider. Waiting to finalize it until all other providers are unloaded. - CDISMProviderStore::Final_OnDisconnect
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Finalizing the servicing provider(DISM Package Manager) - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=26916 TID=25776 Finalizing CBS core. - CDISMPackageManager::Finalize
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: ExecutionEngineFinalize
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Execution Engine Finalize
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Execution Engine Finalize
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: ComponentAnalyzerFinalize
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: PackageTrackerFinalize
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: CoreResourcesUnload
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: SessionManagerFinalize
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Lock: Lock removed: CSIInventoryCriticalSection, level: 64, total lock:10
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS Lock: Lock removed: CCbsSessionManager, level: 11, total lock:9
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: CapabilityManagerFinalize
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: GetPublicObjectMonitor::Audit
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: PublicObjectMonitorFinalize
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: Enter vCoreInitializeLock
2024-06-09 15:29:48, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: WcpUnload
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: DrupUnload
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: CfgMgr32Unload
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: DpxUnload
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: SrUnload
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: CbsEsdUnload
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: CbsTraceInfoUninitialize
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: CbsEventUnregister
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: AppContainerUnload
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info CBS CbsCoreFinalize: WdsUnload, logging from cbscore will end.
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Disconnecting Provider: DISM Package Manager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Finalizing the servicing provider(MsiManager) - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Disconnecting Provider: MsiManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Finalizing the servicing provider(IntlManager) - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Disconnecting Provider: IntlManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Finalizing the servicing provider(IBSManager) - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Disconnecting Provider: IBSManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Finalizing the servicing provider(DriverManager) - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Disconnecting Provider: DriverManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Finalizing the servicing provider(DISM Unattend Manager) - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Disconnecting Provider: DISM Unattend Manager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Finalizing the servicing provider(SmiManager) - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Disconnecting Provider: SmiManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Finalizing the servicing provider(AppxManager) - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Disconnecting Provider: AppxManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Finalizing the servicing provider(ProvManager) - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Disconnecting Provider: ProvManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Finalizing the servicing provider(AssocManager) - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Disconnecting Provider: AssocManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Finalizing the servicing provider(GenericManager) - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Disconnecting Provider: GenericManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Finalizing the servicing provider(OfflineSetupManager) - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Disconnecting Provider: OfflineSetupManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Finalizing the servicing provider(SysprepManager) - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Disconnecting Provider: SysprepManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Finalizing the servicing provider(Edition Manager) - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Disconnecting Provider: Edition Manager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Finalizing the servicing provider(SetupPlatformManager) - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Disconnecting Provider: SetupPlatformManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Releasing the local reference to OSServices. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Disconnecting Provider: OSServices - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM Offline Registry: PID=26916 TID=25776 Hive is not mounted at HKLM\{bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}D:/Windows/system32/config/SOFTWARE. - CRegistryMapping::Init
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM Offline Registry: PID=26916 TID=25776 Hive is not mounted at HKLM\{bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}D:/Windows/system32/config/SYSTEM. - CRegistryMapping::Init
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM Offline Registry: PID=26916 TID=25776 Hive is not mounted at HKLM\{bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}D:/Windows/system32/config/SECURITY. - CRegistryMapping::Init
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM Offline Registry: PID=26916 TID=25776 Hive is not mounted at HKLM\{bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}D:/Windows/system32/config/SAM. - CRegistryMapping::Init
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM Offline Registry: PID=26916 TID=25776 Hive is not mounted at HKLM\{bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}D:/Windows/system32/config/DEFAULT. - CRegistryMapping::Init
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM Offline Registry: PID=26916 TID=25776 Hive is not mounted at HKLM\{bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}D:/Users/Default/NTUSER.DAT. - CRegistryMapping::Init
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM Offline Registry: PID=26916 TID=25776 Hive is not mounted at HKLM\{bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}D:/Windows/system32/config/COMPONENTS. - CRegistryMapping::Init
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM Offline Registry: PID=26916 TID=25776 Hive is not mounted at HKLM\{bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}D:/Windows/system32/config/DRIVERS. - CRegistryMapping::Init
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM OS Provider: PID=26916 TID=25776 Successfully unloaded all registry hives. - CDISMOSServiceManager::Final_OnDisconnect
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=26916 TID=25776 Releasing the local reference to DISMLogger. Stop logging. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM Manager: PID=31272 TID=26108 Closing session event handle 0x27c - CDISMManager::CleanupImageSessionEntry
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM.EXE: Image session has been closed. Reboot required=no.
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM.EXE:
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM.EXE: <----- Ending Dism.exe session ---
2024-06-09 15:29:49, Info DISM DISM.EXE:

I’m a vendor who has a booth at a craft mall. The lady who runs it (not the owner) is a pain in my axx. I cannot do anything to suit her. It’s a big place and vendors take turns working. Always a few of us here. She sits in her office most of the time - comes out occasionally and finds something to pick at the vendors about. She always makes a big deal about people staying at the checkout - understandable customers want to get checked out and shouldn’t have to hunt for one of us - today she chastised me for not walking around more. Another vendor came in to work on her booth. She found that an item had been stolen. I’d say that’s easy because it’s such a big place.
I brought my laptop to work on my sales taxes. She said you should be walking around vs on that computer to make sure no one steals anything.
The other vendors here today are elderly and so I guess I thought I’d stay close to help take care of customers easier as they don’t move fast and go outside to smoke.
No winning with this lady. I’m almost ready to pull out of this place due to her. This is only one example she’s picked at me for how I write, how I sack items, and other snarky comments.
The owners are great. It’s the only reason I’m staying. I think I’ll volunteer to work in days when she’s off from here on. I don’t need this abuse I’m retired. Honestly she’s this way with most people.,,,
Thanks for listening.

I play FM on my computer through game pass but going on holiday soon so wanted it on the laptop for the plane. When I sign in and go to download it on the Xbox app it’s telling me to get the game pass. Can’t I download it on 2 different computers?

My husband I both have HP 17 laptops. He cant close his or the platstic will crack. It lifts up the corner. My hinge cover popped off and now my laptop pops/snaps in a sense when Im closing it. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL HP. WAKE UP HP!! Its obviously an issue because i see so many people online looking for help with it. So imagine how many more out there with the same issue that havent posted online for help. So frustrating since the cost to fix it is ridiculous do to the fact that the vital cables from the laptop motherboard into the LCD display run through the hinges. We were quoted $275 and $320. Multiply that by 2 since both of our laptops need it. My laptop is only 3 years old. Cmon HP. If we are foced to purchase new computers due to this issue, we are definitly not buying HP. Its a shame.
Below is a link to a class action lawsuit filed against HP for the defective hinges.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S55TJebNpKiRUkF8ZtiGNKt_IYpvFNsy/view?pli=1

Session 0 "Intake": https://www.reddit.com/DeltaGreenRPG/comments/1d0l92x/impossible_landscapes_session_0/
Session 1 "The Apartment": https://www.reddit.com/DeltaGreenRPG/comments/1d2sjua/impossible_landscapes_session_1_the_apartment/
Operation ALICE, New York, 1995
The Roster (Player/Character)
Lea (she/her): Jules Gradkowska - Agent MIRANDA. Journalist - research and human intelligence.
Iain (he/him): Ralph Bevis - Agent MILHOUSE. Academic - history and occult specialist.
Quinn (he/him): Richard Delapore - Agent MAVERICK. FBI Special Agent - criminal and forensic expert and the official 'face' of the investigation.
Phil (he/him): Jean Duvall - Agent MAIN. US Navy Master Chief Petty Officer - operational security specialist.
Duncan (he/him): Jake Little - Agent MALATESTA. Civilian contractor - computer and electronic specialist with a side line in hacking.
Rob_sothoth (he/him) - Handler. The arbiter of the world: the good, the bad and that which cannot and should not be named.
Background: The Agents of M-Cell are tasked with investigating the apartment of Abigail Wright. Missing since June, Delta Green has reason to suspect para-natural involvement. Their orders are simple: catalogue the apartment and remove anything deemed suspect for destruction.
Despite heavy changes made, full spoiler warning for Impossible Landscapes.

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Session 2 "Futures Past" (June 7th, 2024)
New York: Wednesday, August 9th, 1995
05:00am - 2:30pm, EST
Following the first day of investigation, Agent MAIN is the first to wake. An early-riser after years in the military, he leaves a note for Marsha. The two will meet again, of course. Arriving at work, he gets chatting to some Navy mechanics about the little weird diagram on the napkin. About the best answer he gets (after a successful check), is that one of them remembers seeing something like a clockwork giraffe as an attraction in South America. Studying it on that basis, MAIN concludes it's an artist's attempt at design because he can't see a way for this to work or even what it might really be for. He also checks in with USN and asks a friend to track down some vintage US Arms gear (he noted the serial numbers on the radio and dud-grenade). Not being from the same branch of service (and a failed check), it will take somewhere between 24-48 hours. (I decided US Armed Forces would probably be better at digitizing records, he'll get something either way).
MAVERICK isn't far behind MAIN, starting his day as usual being one of the first into the FBI NYC Field Office. As far as the FBI is concerned, he's on the Wright case now it's in their jurisdiction. Unprepared to wait for the prints to be matched (failed check on Bureaucracy), he instead does it himself (successful Forensics check). Abigail was never arrested, but her father handed in a hairbrush she kept at his and his wife's home. The prints match. It took MAVERICK a little time (it was a close pass), because part of a second, unidentified print obscured one of Abigail's, He can discount himself and the team, and likely anyone in law enforcement as he assumed they would've gone gloved.
Next, he follows up on Art Life and makes a call. He gets on the phone with Cynthia LeChance and in the course of their conversation is able to intuit there's something she's unsure or hesitant about. Being the honest-to-goodness, earnest Agent Cooper type, MAVERICK is able to organise a lunch meeting with her as part of follow up. He doesn't have many questions, he assures Cynthia and it'll be on the FBI's dime. She agrees to meet at 12pm.
(It's worth mentioning I ruled there was no reason MARCUS (Case Officer, M-Cell) or the Agents themselves wouldn't have or be able to obtain pagers they could use to stay in contact. Definitely an incidental expense as far as I am concerned.)
MILHOUSE, after his morning run to campus, follows up on his research from the previous day. He identifies the Ars Goetia and learns there's an 18th century copy in the special collections. Luckily for him, he's able to get about an hour with the book. The book contains the names of some 72 demons, their associated heraldry and symbols which they must "pay allegiance to." The book also contains the supposed means of summoning said entities, but MILHOUSE's time is over before he can get much further into it.
He's the first to arrive at the apartment, late morning/early afternoon (roughly around MAVERICK's planned lunch interview). At the coffeeshop, he's treated to a free beverage by Marsha, who thanks him for bringing his friend in the other day. Sadly, by the time MAIN arrives, her shift is over.
MIRANDA lies awake, watching the minutes tick by until about five minutes before she'd usually be walking into the Village Voice's office before making a call. She's really sorry, but she'll have to take a personal day, but does her best to reassure her editor she's still on for the grill party on Saturday. Of more immediate concern is the missing demonic symbol she is unable to locate. The polaroid she snapped is still in her possession, but she can find no trace of the symbol drawn on its piece of brown wrapping paper anywhere in her apartment. Nor can she find any evidence her home was broken into (she has the right skills to determine that for...reasons).
She makes a quick call to her criminal contact, Hugo. It's been less than 24 hours, but she wants to just follow up to perhaps create a sense of urgency. Hugo says he might have a couple of people on the hook, but it would help if he had more to work with than just "weird and esoteric." MIRANDA will be in touch. Before heading to Kips Bay, she decides to follow up on trying to locate the cab and its driver she photographed the other day; the driver looking down the barrel of the camera at her.
It takes her most of the morning, but MIRANDA locates the garage and office. Mostly making calls asking about a cab outside Abigail's address the previous day. She knows the time, more or less. She finds a schlubby office manager who stonewalls her until money changes hands. MIRANDA gets a name and the cabbie's usual pick up and route. Guy likes to work around the Port Authority Terminal most days, she can probably find him there. She doesn't want to go alone and makes her way to the Macallistar where she expects to find the others.
A night owl and late to wake by nature, MALATESTA hits snooze on his alarm maybe only twice today. Packing up the weird crystal in a ziplock bag stowed in his backpack, he takes himself to the Mercury Gallery. He's got an angle he wants to try and it works, if not quite in the way he perhaps expected.
The gallery owner, Santiago, isn't sure what to make of the skater-grunge kid who rolls into his gallery, but he's not exactly out of place and to be truthful, his story is almost too outlandish not to be true. Through a combination of good roleplay and an opposed check, MALATESTA explains a "dude he's working for" heard about Abigail's exhibition and wanted to know if there were any paintings of hers left unsold.
As it turns out, there are. Santiago explains they're not the cream of the crop: "Most of the others were more abstract and, I would say, exemplary. She did well, especially for an artist in New York. The one or two I have left are a bit more...prosaic."
At about this time, MAVERICK makes his meeting with Cynthia. He's not hard to miss; there is no reality in which he was not a Federal Agent and Cynthia easily marks him across the street. She takes him to a small Italian bistro where she usually has lunch and begins talking. This is what MAVERICK is good at; getting people to talk. Everyone wants to, after all; it's about letting them and knowing where to push and where not.
Cynthia explains how weird the Macallistar has been for her to manage. The building has never been filled to capacity as far she can recall and those units which were occupied never remained so for very long.
MAVERICK: "Did you know Abigail?"
Cynthia: "Not really. I met her once or twice. Went with her and her dad to view the apartment." She smiles. "He was worried about her having a ground floor unit in the city, but it was the one she wanted. Never any complaints from her or from other tenants about her. Then...the rent stopped."
MAVERICK: "Yeah, we saw that."
Cynthia: "No. You don't understand. The rent stopped. No one in the building has been paying rent since March this year."
MAVERICK: "What does that mean?"
Cynthia is nervous. MAVERICK picks up she's worried she might be in trouble and he reassures her she isn't. Far from it, in fact.
Across town, MALATESTA is shown one of Abigail's unsold paintings. Santiago unveils it; a landscape, the frame longer than it is tall. A park, with a city-skyline in the background. In the centre, a statue. There are people. Some gathered in a crowd, others walking in various directions. MALATESTA feels uneasy. Then he sees them: five figures gathered in the shadows of the statue around a sixth, seated on a bench. Merely brushstrokes, details and faces indistinct. One may be a woman. Another appears to be holding a skateboard.
Santiago, distant as MALATESTA gave the painting his full attention, becomes clear again.
"See what I mean? Like something you'd see in a doctor's office."
"Yeah." MALATESTA passes a SAN check, but still takes one.
He was there just yesterday.
This was exhibited in November of last year (1994).
He tries and fails to argue Santiago down on the price and is very unaware that the gallery owner is hitting on him. Wrapping the painting, MALATESTA asks if Santiago can check on where some of the other paintings might have ended up or ask around about Abigail in general. Since it means they will meet again, Santiago is all too happy to oblige and hands MALATESTA a business card, writing his own number on the back.
MALATESTA: "Cool, man. I'll be in touch with the deets."
Santiago: "Sure...the deets." (I think it pained him to say that word)
Before leaving, he lets go something Abigail mentioned during the exhibition. While unable to recall the name, he thinks she said she got her inspiration from a book of some sort. He thinks the name might have been something French.
Across their lunch table, Cynthia explains she thinks Art Life upper management are content to wait for eviction notices to be served to the remaining tenants.
Cynthia: "I think even if everyone paid what they owe and next month's, management wouldn't change their mind."
MAVERICK: "Why?"
Cynthia: "I think they want to renovate the building. Getting everyone out lets them do that. Spruce it up, hike the rent...I lie awake at night wondering if that's legal. I've never evicted a whole building."
MAVERICK: "One of my colleagues bumped into one of Abigail's neighbours. Mr. Post, Lewis Post I think. Same story with him?"
Cynthia: "Yeah, same as the rest. More or less."
MAVERICK: "More or less?"
Cynthia: "He called me the end of March this year, said he'd be late on the rent, but not to worry and then he started asking me about the building."
MAVERICK: "And you did?"
Cynthia: "Yeah, but I wish I hadn't."
She names a few books she picked up, as Lewis wanted more than just what Art Life had on the Macallistar. MAVERICK wonders why, but she explains Lewis was nice and she was curious herself.
"It's a weird building. Always made me feel...off, being there. I can't remember the last time I went in person."
MAVERICK: "What did you learn? I have the architect's name. Daribondi."
Cynthia: "Asa. Asa Daribondi. The Macallistar was built in 1921. He designed it. He...there was a fire at his office on Mott Street in 1950 and he disappeared. He...he was a murderer, Agent Delapore. They found a child's body on the premises. After that, I stopped looking into it."
There's a long silence. The MAVERICK asks her for keys to the unoccupied apartments. He tells her a story about how when he started out in the Bureau, he was involved in a missing person's case. A little girl and in the end, they found her hiding in her treehouse.
Cynthia: "You think Abigail's still in the building? In one of the empty units?"
MAVERICK: "I don't know, but I can't discount it. I don't think she was in a normative state of mind before she disappeared."
Cynthia considers things. The plates are cleared and the coffee served.
Cynthia reaches into her handbag and removes something. "If management don't care about the building, I don't see why I should either." She hands him a master key. "Don't lose this and borrow it for...give it back to me when you're done."
True to his word, MAVERICK pays the bill.
"I hope you find her, her find something to maybe help. She was nice."
MAVERICK and Cynthia say their goodbyes and he heads to Kips Bay.
In the interim, MIRANDA has joined MILHOUSE and MAIN in the coffeeshop, with MALATESTA arriving with weird painting in tow not long before MAVERICK's arrival.
Unable to contain his excitement, MALATESTA nearly unveils the painting right then and there.
MALATESTA: "You won't believe-"
MIRANDA: "Let's not talk about this here."
MALATESTA: "No, I know, but-"
Coffeeshop patrons are giving the table weird looks.
MIRANDA: "Let's not talk about this here."
MALATESTA: "I was jus-"
MIRANDA: "Let's not talk about this here."
Some of the people are frowning, scowling almost.
MILHOUSE (to the other patrons): "Sorry. Sorry."
MAVERICK arrives not long after and the team reconvenes in the apartment to share what they've learned and determine any plans.
Unable to contain himself, MALATESTA reveals the painting. Everyone except MAIN passes the SAN check for the realisation of what it depicts. MAIN takes 4 SAN loss and does not project. Closing in on his breaking point, MAIN is confused and unable to fully process what's going on and throws himself into another search of the apartment.
MIRANDA is concerned about further exposure to the para-natural and wonders if there is anything they can do to take care. All they can do is be cautious.
MAVERICK wants to make a sweep of the empty apartments in the building. MILHOUSE agrees to partner up with him on that front after informing the group of the Ars Goetia. MIRANDA makes a phone call using a booth in the street to reach Hugo and give him the name.
MAVERICK & MILHOUSE examine the results of their experiment about the weird fridge. It looks like whatever is happening in the apartment, it's not just the fridge. (The book could not in anyway have given me anything to account for that, so I just ran with it. Felt appropriate). MAVERICK takes no damage from his SAN check despite failing. He expected to find it that way. MILHOUSE is also fine.
I'm sure that means nothing...
MALATESTA and MIRANDA stay with MAIN in Abigail's apartment to conduct a further search. The three who remain received a +20% bonus to their search rolls and all pass as MAVERICK & MILHOUSE leave to check the building (They can make rolls in the apartment on their return).
They exit the apartment at 2:30pm.
Within, MALATESTA, MAIN & MAVERICK find the following:
A rent receipt with Abigail's name, undated and signature unreadable.
A page of typed script which appears to be a play Abigail was writing. Several names are mentioned: Michelle, Mark & Thomas. Michelle is the first name of one of Abigail's neighbours, right?
A plane ticket in the name of Michael Witwer from Las Vegas to Boston, dated June 6th, 2015.

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Dorchester House, 2015
Dr. Dallon: "Must've been a fake? What with the date and all."
MAVERICK: "Must have been."

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Post-Mortem
Five players going in different directions was a little tough to juggle, but they were happy with the pace of play and I made sure everyone had something to do.
I knew we weren't going to get through an entire in-game day about an hour in and I should've taken a bit more time to line up what everyone wanted to do at the end of the previous session, but everyone still had fun. Lea put it well: it feels like there's a dam with information gathering against it and it's going to burst.
With four out of the five players having children, I took a short aside during MAVERICK's rp with Cynthia to do a table check. I know the players and they know me and I handled it in the right way as far as they were concerned.
Two sessions in and MAIN is the first character to close on his BP, being 3 or 4 (one bad roll) away from his first disorder. I appreciate this and his reasons for not projecting make sense, in-character. We'll see how that pans out.
In terms as to what's changed compared to the book, I saw no real reason not to give MAVERICK more info on the architect. Rewarding good roleplay is something I enjoy doing and as far as I'm concerned, he did everything he needed to in-character to get what he got. I also saw no reason why the phone call between Cynthia and Lewis Post could not have conceivably happened. So far, all he has are book titles and info about Daribondi's misdeeds and little else. Getting more will require time investment and skill checks where appropriate.
Our next session is TBD due to life stuff and until then, be seeing you.

on my grandma laptop she had a pop up ad come up on her home screen saying “download this to clean viruses” it was obviously fake so in the upper right hand corner i clicked on the x to close out of the ad. was that the right thing to do? or did it still download something. i’m not very tech savvy with computers so i just want to be safe

If I remember correctly, everything is set at 100% after install. Therefore I don't bother to spend a lot of time trying to convince anyone I know, to install. I imagine 80% of them would freak out when their laptop began to sound like a Boing 747 and was unresponsive. It would be uninstalled without daring or bother to reopen it and change around its settings.
If the default settings were around 10%-20% out of the box, it would be a lot more manageable for a lot of people. I could even share the link on social media and encourage people to install. And people could change the settings with a normal heart rate.
Most computers are laptops, (I'm quite sure at least) Most people only use one computer and they keep it in rooms used for other things also.
A majority of us using BOINC today are above average interested in tech and we're heading into settings naturally. I've upgraded/built my first desktop PC that I have in my living room. 100%cpu and gpu is actually too much for comfort in regards to noise. I'd have to change to watercooling. And the percentages of watercooled desktops compared to all computers sold is even less. And those users are probably going to be even more likely to find settings by themselves.
I suggest 10% as default on laptops and 30% of cpu on desktops? Then we could triple the user base eventually