FYI.. lotta sites selling 1 or 2 TB USB sticks for peanuts, ie less than £20. Basically, they can't make them for that price. The USB controller on the stick is made to think it has 1 or 2TB of storage space. While only having (usually) 8Gb or so of actual storage.

If I could (like many PC nerds) get that kinda storage for less than £20 rather than pay £100 for a 1TB SSD.. I'd be queueing up and buying half a dozen at a time.

ie It's a scam

ketchuplover: I'll stick to Win 10 for a few years yet. Took me a few months to get use to win 10 after using win 7 for so long lol

Though as a free upgrade... Have to watch some vids on the differences. Shorten any learning curves

ketchuplover:

Windows 10 supported through 10/14/2025

is coming ! WINDOWS 11 is coming!

mal4inara: I would still switch to windows 10 though, if you can. Even though 8.1 is still getting security updates, it only has two years left of such. Easy to get off microsoft (I use win 10 Pro) via a free download. And if you want to go legit re licence, mine cost £3 off ebay

But as I said, only if you or someone you know, is savvy enough to do it. And back up all your data onto USB stick firstly. To be safe

hi all, in the past I usually use my tablet, phone or PC for accessing Brainking.

Mort: hahahhahaha.

Bernice: Sounds like a general settings change via windows. Because Microsoft knows best... NOT! lol

Mort:it has got to the stage where I have had to write all passwords down...bloody nuisance it is

Bernice: Least wasn't like when the drivers for my Graphics card were off. Bug that just some users had. Caused crashes, and other weird things. Took makers months to sort out!

Mort:thanks I guess I will just have to put up with it...tried everything

Bernice: Tis weird, as just tried it, and it works here!

Mort: yes doesnt work any longer..i set to remember me and STILL have to keep signing in....no worries

Bernice: It's setting it to remember you then. All have the option.

Mort: it only happens on my email account and on BrainKing....all others are ok..IYT and Gold Token.etc

Bernice: Probably some maintenance prog erased your password memory for the site, or a windows update causing a little mayhem. Why I have a book for all the sites, games and such. And a USB stick for backing up photos and my Ark evolved game save. Lost months of play thanks to my phone charging via USB cable while windows was updating. Couldn't even use a restore.

Just set it to remember all as you use to.

btw if you use a USB stick to back up or transfer stuff. Remember to "Eject it". Makes sure windows has done all data transfers, else it could have put such on hold while it does other stuff. Saves getting corrupt files

does anybody know why I have to sign in with name and password each and every time?

If any are interested in a free video rendering Program for PC's.
Try Davinci Resolve.
Hasn't got all the features of the 'can buy' version. But enough for youtube or home videos

Built myself a Ryzen 3600X based rig with 16gb 3200mhz ram. Vega 56 GPU (know how to unlock to make it a Vega 64), 1TB NVME gen 3 as primary SSD, with a 500mb SSD for less used items.. all presented on a 27" 1440p 144fps 1ms monitor, most expensive part btw. Probably outlive a few GPU's ;)

No moving parts bar fans.
Beats First gen Ryzen 8 core chips in multi thread tests.
Renders 1080p 60fps 10 minute vids in 3 minutes!

Minimal RGB lighting at start. But CPU fan is now RGB, and bought RGB strip.Though Mobo (X470) is just RGB, buying Addressable RGB parts and use a convertor box I bought to give right signal. Thinking lights will last years, so can re use them as pure addressable on next Mobo.

at 1080p easy 144fps
at 1440p 90fps

took a few hours to build, but was over careful. Double checked I knew what I was doing, before doing it. Not a youtuber with many builds behind me.
But it's a very nice system :)

my new laptop battery. Adjust your schedules accordingly. Thanx

BadBoy7: hmm you could be lucky then and it might just be the fan ... but might still be the complete graphics card

Hrqls: well when it comes on it does show the screen where it shows the beginning loading for it to show if the connection is on then it says no and goes to sleep

BadBoy7: then my guess would be the graphics card .. which is costly :-(

or maybe just the fan on the graphics card if you are lucky .. but then it would show some screen at first and lose it later

Hrqls: nope checked the buttons and nothing was messed up

BadBoy7: it could be someone (or something like a cat) accidently touched the button on the monitor disabling the autoselect

another issue could be the graphics card : if thats broken then the monitor gets the power, but no signal from the pc and you get this message

BadBoy7: do a virus check....some of them are strange these days...

MadMonkey: dont think its the power supply as the pc comes on when the button is pushed and u can feel it running

Hrqls: but thing is it worked perfectly then the day be4 yesterday is when it started saying and doing what i ask about

MadMonkey: I disconnected at the pc 1st then at the monitor and it still comes on and says no signal then the monitor goes to sleep

BadBoy7: it coud be manually set to vga or dvi while the connected cable is the other type
try selecting all your input channels in your monitor settings

BadBoy7: Off the top of my head, try the detaching and reconnecting cable from your PC to the monitor, that is often the answer...maybe replace it if you have a spare, especially if it looks knackered

The same with the monitor, try a different one if possible.

If neither of those rectify the problem then it points to your PC itself..... take the side of your PC and try removing & putting the Video card back in.

After that, you are running out of possibility's, either the power supply or motherboard

what could be wrong when you turn on your pc and the monitor says no signal then goes on sleep???

installing a particular update. Called Microsoft. Tech worked on my pc remotely. Problem remained. System Restore has solved problem. I updated my drivers too. Soothing slumber should be mine again

Bernice: After typing my last message I have not been able to use Windows Edge so I had to use Explorer. This has happened before. Tomorrow when I sign it will be back to normal.

Bernice: I am sorry if it means you are having to pay to get the computer fixed. I think they always there was virus on the computer. I have spare computer and a laptop and tablets to fall back to if I have problems. I love my gadgets lol.

crosseyed: Ive never had any problem with either of them until now :(....and I went to FIREFOX when our illustrious leader FENCER touted it many many moons ago....Never a problem. In with the Puter Doctor nfow :(,,,,more money down the drain LOL

Bernice: I don't use Firefox or Chrome due them being so unstable.

does anybody know if FIREFOX has crashed or do I have a bloody VIRUS? thanks in advance :(

Has anyone used the pale moon browser? What did you think of it?

beach: They sound interesting. I've seen a few of them on youtube. One I like is This American Life. A short one is Two Guys On Your Head.

Chimera:  I list to alot of ted talks,  there are many great sites for podcasts

are something I've started listening to a little lately. So I got to wondering if anyone knew of any they liked?

rod03801: Okay thank you for that info.

crosseyed: I think he may be talking about this : http://www.dw.com/en/deutsche-telekom-hack-part-of-global-internet-attack/a-36574934

ketchuplover: What has Germany done to save the global internet?

for saving the global internet

Bernice: If you do it with Ebay or Amazon you some back up if things go wrong.

crosseyed: :) I couldnt do that...you never know whatcha getting lOL

Bernice: I buy mine online.