crashmatusow

crashmatusow

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hmm. if you have an administrator account, then anything you install should be able to set itself to startup as administrator. As for the programs that require elevation, some were just poorly programmed and modify files in places they shouldn't be stored. sounds like you have your UAC cranked way up? they added new settings levels for UAC, try the one that only prompts when something wants to change your computer.

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[quote]A friend ordered the game at the very same time he did the steps a bit differently. He selected checkout and not "checkout with paypal" and selected Paypal as his payment method afterwards. He got a receipt that looks exactly like mine except that there is a text atteched to it with the cd key and the download link and so on. So, I am basically stuck with a receipt that says I paid 45$ but I have nothing more than that.[/quote] i thought

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[quote who="BrotherShepherd" reply="15" id="2392342"]''I think that 'BrotherShepherd' is one of those people who don't like to use anything that could be electronically traced to them. Kind of sad really.'' yes because quite honestly.. Credit cards never get stolen paypal is impossible to scam your way into And so on right? If you want brand me

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[quote]Security (duh)[/quote] well just because everyone goes to the porn sites on their windows machines. [quote]unintelligent OS management (how many clicks does it take to get to....)[/quote] and using several fingers to right click something?

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[quote]...and when you get tired of watching the AI suicide on starbases and waste money on seige frigates...and being to long for a real opponent...then what?[/quote] real...you mean like the smurfs who lie their ases off about how inexperienced they are? [quote]6. Maybe something has to be done about feeding. I'm not decided yet. It's fine to be able to throw some credits and resources to allies. But not gobs and gobs the whole game.[/quote] i thought that money give

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[quote]Actually judges should be unbiased, atleast on laws that are involved with the case. If a judge is anti-homo, and the defendant is a homosexual, and the defendant suspect the verdict being influenced by the judge's opinion then he can .. whatever the legal term is [/quote] motion for a change of venue

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[quote]Smurfing however is a pain. So many games of late have been wrecked due to 3 ppl pretending to be noob, so that as soon as game starts, they ally up in FFA, or simply rush rush rush in big games. I dont mind people who are better than I, thats all good, great for experience and learning however the better players pretending not be in order to play against weaker players is simply boring.[/quote] this is the whole thing that gets me, especially in shooters. people who tell you t

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[quote]NO we don't. Heck my low powered Linux box can't even run emulators.[/quote] you can't really make a valid point of any OS being bettter until its users don't rely on emulations of other companies OS'es. i bet you don't use that machine for much :) [quote]WRONG. One of the funniest comments I've heard from you yet. You can still get virus protection and Windows Updates using a pirated version of Windows.[/quote] mhhhmm. sure. enjoy the keylogging.

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[quote] There are Linux distros that are just as easy to use as Windows.[/quote] ummm...right. even though linux users end up spending most of their time in windows emulators. [quote]There are many ways around Windows activation. And many people use pirated copies of Windows.[/quote] yeah well if mass viruses are your thing.

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[quote]If microsoft didnt care about Free Software then Steve Ballmer wouldnt have called Linux "a cancer that attaches itself in an IP sense to everything it touches." And Jim Allchin wouldnt have called Linux "un-american". Free software (not just Linux), Google and piracy are the top enemies at redmond HQ. MS' business model basically fails when there are alternatives to the consumer. For example, a big problem to windows 7 adoption is the cheap netbook.[/quote] netbook's aren't ev

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[quote]Microsoft does think open source is a threat. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/169619/microsoft_acknowledges_linux_threat_to_windows_client.html[/quote ] microsoft can never go out of business-the linux & mac users will still need it to maintain vmware/parralells/bootcamp/installations of xp/vista/7 :P too bad th

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[quote who="kona0197" reply="143" id="2329145"]I choose to have that sent to me. I will say this one more time. The Pizza Hut thing is NOT an ad. [/quote] yes but the google ad bot read the contents of your email...supposedly private info. same crap happens with facebook. i'm not so concerned with searches being predicted on, but my e-mails should be my own.

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[quote] And, what BS-besides most of the UNSC ground weapons, were you talking about?[/quote] yeah seems like the fighters at the end of the first halo 2 mission were carpet bombing with nukes, given the size of the hole they made in the carrier.

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