Gen5 SmartBrowsing?
Does Gen5 have SmartBrowsing like Gen4 did, or are the new, higher FAP speeds taking the place of "SmartBrowsing"?
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"With that said, larrykelly had an issue with them not transferring, but he called and they replaced them."
I'd do that too -- I've amassed 25 gigs worth of tokens. I wouldn't want to lose them!
Me either. I've got 21GB myself, and I want to keep them. I don't know if I will ever have a chance to use them, but I want to keep them, anyway. LOL.
And hey, maratsade, we're Tutors now! Yippee!!! :mantongue:
GabeU wrote:Me either. I've got 21GB myself, and I want to keep them. I don't know if I will ever have a chance to use them, but I want to keep them, anyway. LOL.
LOL, Gabe. I am beginning to wonder if I'll ever need them, but maybe when Windows releases the Creator Update, it'll eat up my data and I'll be happy to have them.
GabeU wrote:Me either. I've got 21GB myself, and I want to keep them. I don't know if I will ever have a chance to use them, but I want to keep them, anyway. LOL.
And hey, maratsade, we're Tutors now! Yippee!!! :mantongue:
I just saw this! You totally have earned it. In my case, I think I have proven my earlier comment that if I posted enough [inane] posts, I'd move up the ranks. And it happened! :smileyvery-happy:
Thanks, Gabe, and check's in the mail for you too. :smileyvery-happy:
I'm always surprised that Windows updates are relatively small, because they take so many hours to download. I don't understand why they're so slow to download (or why Edge is such a slow browser too -- what's with all the Windows slowness?).
I'm not looking forward to the CU because I hear the privacy settings are going to only give two choices for settings: "Medium invasion of your privacy" OR "We see and know all." They're taking away some of the choices and I'm not sure if there'll be a way to tweak this other than to use Linux.
What I'm hoping is that Gen5 will give a better experience with those Windows updates. Why they are so slow is very odd, and the only thing I can think of is the latency. I notice that it does it with Malwarebytes, too. It takes forever to do an update, though with Malwarebytes it's more that it takes forever to find the updates and start downloading them, but once it does do so it's relatively quick, whereas the Windows updates are just slow all around.
As for the privacy settings...it's getting hairy, that's for sure. Less and less control. I understand we need them to keep our Windows product up to date, but it gets a little ridiculous when they want to know more and more about what we are doing, especially when it's a product that we paid for. A freebie wanting to know things is one thing, as in we'll give this to you free if you let us record your habits, but when it's something we pay for it's a whole different ball game, even if we have to rely on them to keep that product up to date.
Hopefully the techie folks out there will come up with tweaks like they have in the past, but I know Microsoft will do everything they can to keep that from happening.
And, like you mention, Linux is always an option. With every subsequent version of whatever Linux distro one likes, it's becoming more and more user friendly, and better, as well.
Gen5 does not have a Normalized Power Word reading.
A value of 41 is within the normal parameters of the HN9000 system.
As for the dish pointing for Gen5, you can try the following site, but take it with a grain of salt as the heights and such may not be exactly correct when using the "show obstacles" option...
Make sure to change the satellite to "97.1W ECHOSTAR 19" and input your address. Change it to satellite view if not already on that. You may have to move the map around to locate your house.
Again, use this for only a general idea.
If you have an HN9000 modem then you are aimed at Spaceway-3 at 95'W.
Echostar 19 that that uses the HT2000w modem is located at 97.1'W.
I don't know if this might help, but take a look at SatFinder. It's for Android devices. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.esys.satfinder&hl=en
From the looks of the pics when searching on Google pics, it looks like it might be something that could show you the same type of info. Scroll through the pics on the app's page, too. There are a couple that definiltey look like they would help.
As for a chainsaw, there wasn't a place I could rent one, and the cheapest one to buy was nearly $200, which I didn't have at the time. The people I was supposed to borrow one from never came through. I think they may have simply forgotten, but I didn't want to keep bugging them.
This is the tree that I had to cut down. And yes, Loppers. It was amazing that I could do it. You can see near the right edge of the picture, and closer than the tree in question, the stump of another one I cut down with them a few years back. It was one of those trees with HUGE, THICK thorns, and it got me every single time I mowed the lawn. I've gotten pretty adept at using the Loppers for things other than what they are made for. LOL.
BTW, I also cut down the smaller tree that's closer and to the left of the tree in question. It wasn't tall enough to be in the way yet, but in a few years it would have been. That's more like the size of the things the Loppers are meant for. :)
Another thing to consider is that look angle is considerably higher than the angle of the dish arm.
(graphic courtesy of Alan)
maratsade wrote:
GabeU wrote:And hey, maratsade, we're Tutors now! Yippee!!! :mantongue:
I just saw this! You totally have earned it. In my case, I think I have proven my earlier comment that if I posted enough [inane] posts, I'd move up the ranks. And it happened! :smileyvery-happy:
Nah, you've earned it. You've helped out a lot of folks on the new site (the old, too).
As for the Creator's Update, I've read that it will be up to around 4GB, depending on what version of Windows 10 one has on their computer. Not huge, but definitely large enough that there will be people that run into problems with data if they aren't aware of the update and prepare for it accordingly, which will happen, of course.
GabeU wrote:What I'm hoping is that Gen5 will give a better experience with those Windows updates. Why they are so slow is very odd, and the only thing I can think of is the latency. I notice that it does it with Malwarebytes, too. It takes forever to do an update, though with Malwarebytes it's more that it takes forever to find the updates and start downloading them, but once it does do so it's relatively quick, whereas the Windows updates are just slow all around.
As for the privacy settings...it's getting hairy, that's for sure. Less and less control. I understand we need them to keep our Windows product up to date, but it gets a little ridiculous when they want to know more and more about what we are doing, especially when it's a product that we paid for. A freebie wanting to know things is one thing, as in we'll give this to you free if you let us record your habits, but when it's something we pay for it's a whole different ball game, even if we have to rely on them to keep that product up to date.
Hopefully the techie folks out there will come up with tweaks like they have in the past, but I know Microsoft will do everything they can to keep that from happening.
And, like you mention, Linux is always an option. With every subsequent version of whatever Linux distro one likes, it's becoming more and more user friendly, and better, as well.
I find the updates are slow to download no matter the speed. In my experience, even with a superfast, Star Trek style connection, they can take 3 hours. There must be something else besides the latency, or they'd be a flash when done through a cable or another fast connection.
I also don't like Windows snooping into everything, and even though everyone pretty much does, it doesn't make it right, especially when like you say we're paying for this stuff. If we pay, we should have a bit more control.
I imagine Windows is very prepared to deflect the tweaks that might happen. It might backfire eventually, if people move to other platforms. I love Linux and it's getting better and better with time, both in looks and functionality, plus it always comes across as a labor of love and not a shrine for greed, and this makes it even more likeable.
