Ahem.

olbriar said:

Maybe just a tad too much torque

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Too much? I'd say not enough torque was applied to the wheel lugs. Either way, that's an expensive failure.

So much for the qualifiers .......

Recently a man was beaten with a French Horn, a viola, and a clarinet.

Police say it was an orchestrated attack.

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Any mention of hockey always reminds me of the old bumper sticker (which come to think of it were the earliest memes!):
GIVE BLOOD. PLAY HOCKEY!

As well as this one:
I WENT TO A FIGHT AND A HOCKEY GAME BROKE OUT!

Today was just a fantastic day for riding a bicycle. It warmed into the low seventies and there was very little wind. It was one of those day an outside person dreams of.
I had big intentions of riding three loops, retuning home and put on some cooler clothes and grab another battery. My back had a different idea however. It hasn't bothered me in a while but it got my attention today. I managed to ride 31 miles and put the bike up. After sitting for a bit my back felt great and I almost went riding again. Instead I cleaned out the front flowerbed and called it a day. Tomorrow is to be as nice as today and Friday a bit warmer and windier. Saturday is to be decent as well. Looking forward to riding as much as possible.

I dug my father's watch out of the safe, set the time and date, gave it a shake or two to wind it some and it took off running. After nearly forty years of service, I think it enjoyed it's twenty year rest and is ready to serve again. I've worn it since this morning and will likely wear it more often. I looked it up and it's not a highly collectable watch. It has a value that exceeds what I paid for it. It would be worth more if it still had it's original watchband and was in better shape. It has a silver and turquois band. The watch shows that it was a daily driver for someone in the construction business. The value to me is that it was my father's watch.

It could be worse Steven... you could be a Royals fan

I was very disappointed with my meal from Freddy's. Considering years ago I did an extensive remodel and addition to a home owned by a man who had six or seven Freddy's and was in the process of opening more. He said the reason for the franchise's rapid growth was due to the high standard of quality the stores had to maintain to keep their franchise license. My meal tonight was a total mess. I specifically ordered the fish sandwich without pickles. Dill is about the last taste I want on my fish. My ticket clearly says no pickle. It came with two huge slices of dill that ruined my sandwich that looked like someone had stepped on it. It might have been a good fish sandwich but I'll never know. I'll be moving on from Freddy's.

rootabaga said:

Great! When am I coming to visit?

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You mean you didn't get your invitation??? Must have been lost in the mail, oh my...

olbriar said:

That sucks!

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Fixed it for ya

Yeah, sometimes you've to select the option for the data transfer to transfer data, otherwise, it'll only charge the phone.

Katherine Hartley Short, daughter of actor Martin Short, has died at the age of 42. Compounding the tragedy, although she worked in mental health, she took her own life.

RIP, Ms. Hartley Short, and I'm saddened by how your life has ended. Condolences to your friends, family and loved ones.

I just installed Windows 11 on a 10-year old PC — this method still works

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rufus windows 11 hardware restrictions.

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I'm still rocking Windows 10 on a number of devices around my home. It's not that I don't like Windows 11; it's more that I just don't always have the time to back up the hardware and make sure everything is compatible with Windows 11 hardware requirements.

That's in part because Microsoft tightened the rules around what hardware could run Windows 11, and it was a big step up from the more carefree approach to Windows 10. In fact, Windows 11 hardware requirements made so many folks so angry that they left Windows behind for good once Windows 10 was officially declared dead.

But if that's not an option and you need to stick with Windows, there is a better option. The free USB creator, Rufus, has built-in options that let Windows 11 ignore the hardware requirements, meaning you can upgrade your computer either way.





Interestingly, Rufus doesn't change how Windows functions or how Windows itself works. You still end up with a "full" version of Windows 11 without any modifications. That's because Rufus modifies the installation package rather than the operating system, making some tweaks to how the installer works.


When you create a Windows 11 USB installer with Rufus, you can remove TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, RAM, and CPU checks. Under the hood, Rufus disables the compatibility checks built into the Windows installer. One key component is appraiserres.dll, a file used during setup to verify whether your PC meets Microsoft’s requirements. Rufus replaces or neutralizes this file, so the checks simply don’t run.


It can also inject registry entries (under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig) that tell the installer to bypass TPM, Secure Boot, RAM, and CPU validation. Normally, you’d have to manually add these during setup using Command Prompt, but Rufus automates the process.


As said, this isn't the same as "cracking" Windows like the older days of stolen Windows installations and keygens. Microsoft's Windows 11 hardware requirements are enforced during installation, which is how Rufus' workaround lets Windows 11 run on unsupported hardware.



First up, head to Rufus and download the latest version of the app. Also note that the Windows 11 hardware bypass options don't appear until you press the Start button — they were a specific menu previously, but Rufus has changed this functionality.

1. Select the USB device you're using for installation from the dropdown menu.
2. Now, select the Windows 11 ISO file you previously downloaded.
3. From here, Rufus should auto-populate most of the menus and options. The Partition Scheme should default to GPT, and the Target system should default to UEFI. You shouldn't need to toggle any other options.
4. Next, press Start. Rufus will give you a warning that your drive will be wiped during the process.
5. On the next screen, choose your Windows 11 restriction settings. I tend to stick with the default options, but you can adjust as you see fit. The only options you shouldn't disable in this situation are the "remove requirements," as that's what you're trying to achieve.

Then, you just have to sit back and wait for the installation to complete.

Before you attempt to upgrade a computer that doesn't fit Microsoft's specific hardware recommendations for Windows 11, I strongly advise you to take a whole system backup.

If the worst happens and you can't boot into Windows 11 or something else in the process breaks and locks you out, you'll at least have a whole system backup to reboot from and start again.

How do I know this is worth doing? This is what happened to me when I tried to use this workaround a few weeks back, and ended up staring at what looked like a dead PC. As I'm sure you'll agree, it's not a fun experience.


On Windows 10, it's surprisingly simple to back up your whole PC.

1. Input backup in the Start menu search bar, and select the Best Match. Note that this uses the older, original Windows backup tool, which is more robust for this type of backup.
2. Next, select where you want to store your backup. Don't choose the drive hosting your operating system, as that will get wiped during the Windows 11 upgrade. You can use an external hard drive with enough storage.
3. Now, select Let me choose. From here, you can choose which files and folders to back up. I tend to back up the C: drive, as this is typically where the operating system is stored. Note that the Windows 11 installation process shouldn't do anything to your other drives—only the target drive for the operating system.
4. Make sure the Include a system image of drives option is checked, then press Next.
5. On the next screen, you can check the settings, then run the backup.

Depending on your drive size, this can take a significant amount of time.






There are two main ways to use the Windows 11 bootable USB drive. The first is to use it to upgrade to Windows 11 directly from Windows 10. This involves inserting the USB drive, letting it check for updates, and allowing the installation process to complete.


This process is simple and straightforward, and gives you the added option of choosing files and folders you want to keep. The other big difference is that the direct upgrade gives you the "Go back" recovery option, which allows you to revert the installation up to 10 days after upgrading. It's a handy additional backup option.


In fairness to Microsoft, its "upgrade in place" option has massively improved over the years. It's a much better prospect than when Windows 11 launched in late 2021, when the process was beset with errors, bugs, data loss, and more problems. I upgraded a laptop from Windows 10 to 11 using this method, and it hasn't had a problem. I also found an older laptop my kids were using had upgraded itself (go Windows?) and was also still working fine.

The other option is the more nuclear version, which is to use the bootable USB drive to make a clean Windows 11 installation. This option doesn't allow you to choose any files or folders to save during the process, but most experts agree that it's the better option as it reduces the chances of errors and other bugs after installation. However, there is no "easy rollback" process during a clean installation, as you're not using the existing Windows 10 files to upgrade. It's a completely new version of Windows.

It sounds like skirting Microsoft's Windows 11 requirements is some sort of underground hack, but in reality, it's just clever tinkering with the installation files. It's also great because it gives you a way to upgrade older machines still running Windows 10, meaning they can still receive important security and feature updates.


I'd really strongly advise you to take the full system backup before making any changes to Windows 10. Just because you can skip the requirements and upgrade to Windows 11 doesn't mean you shouldn't take adequate precautions when doing so.

My wife and I decided to use a secret code word when we wanted to be intimate so our 5-year-old wouldn't catch on. We chose the word "typewriter".

One night I told my daughter “go tell mommy daddy needs to type a letter".

She went to her mom and came back saying"mommy says you can't right now there's a red ribbon in the typewriter".

A few days later my wife told her "go tell daddy he can type that letter now".

She came to me then ran back to her mom and said, daddy said never mind he already wrote the letter by hand and it only took a minute and he told me not to tell you!

T For Texas - Jimmie Rodgers

Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips

Build

I have a friend in New England area, just near by my summer cottage, and happen to see the massive snow up there, man what a horrible sight.

41 degrees here, and 23 mph wind northwest.

Crispy

Dream

KU responded to the negativity they have been hearing the past week. Darryn Peterson played the entire game. He didn't dominate the game. He played his part as a teammate and let his comrades do their part. I think if anything, the added pressure to perform forced them into a different level of basketball. They played a very good Houston team that is ranked 5th in the AP poll. Kansas was ranked 14th but they had home court advantage. It was a good game that should get the monkey off their back.

Banned for making me laugh BANNED!