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Reply to The Internet Has to Change for Security in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

His resume consists of math, physics, philosophy, military intelligence/research, various administrative positions, and politics. None of those things are computer science. This is what happens when smart people assume they know everything about everything and not just their fields of expertise. Don't fall for the old argument from authority fallacy. His depiction of how networks function is not just wrong but deeply and fundamentally wrong. If they worked as he described, tra

Reply to The Internet Has to Change for Security in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

I disagree. The way the internet was built is a feature, not a bug, and those same aspects you want to eliminate are precisely the things that make it a powerful tool for freedom. [quote]That server sends all the packets to all the servers it is in touch with. And all those servers send all those packets to all the servers they’re in touch with.[/quote] I don't know what Mr Ben-Israel is a professor of, but it's clearly not of networking, because this is c

Reply to Desktop crashed - "IRQL not equal or less than" - system restarted. (can't log on to create a stardock ticket). in GalCiv III Support Stardock Forums

If you got a BSOD, you most likely experienced a driver or hardware issue. User mode software hasn't been able to cause that sort of issue directly in years.

Reply to Certain threads won't show latest posts in Forum Issues Stardock Forums

Most likely deleted spam replies.

Reply to Massive memory requirements leading to crash on start up in Ashes Support Stardock Forums

Have you disabled virtual memory?

Reply to Question about multiple computers in Fences Stardock Forums

You can install a single licensed copy on up to five computers concurrently if you own them and use them for personal use. Computers used professionally or owned by a business or other non-individual are not covered and require a separate license each. See more here: https://www.stardock.com/support/software_eula.aspx

Reply to External GalCiv3 game mod utility in GalCiv III Modding Stardock Forums

GalCiv4 won't be soon, 3 will be sticking around for a while.

Reply to PC Hard Shutdown in Game in Ashes Support Stardock Forums

If it's an older power supply (i.e. made before the GTX 900 series was released) it may not be able to correctly handle that card. Not for the obvious reason of insufficient power, but because the power demand of those cards can be very spiky, and those spikes may trigger the overvoltage protection on such older PSUs (the sudden unexpected demand spike is treated as a short, basically). I had the same issue sporadically in various games, since I'd originally built my rig a yea

Reply to "All your data is belongs to us." in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote]won't help much at all as the ISP will see the url request. [/quote] If you use HTTPS at least, the most they can see is the IP or hostname of the server, not what page you're visiting.

Reply to Avatar not showing up after upload. in WinCustomize Talk Stardock Forums

Try clearing your cache.

Reply to how to successed download opt-in from steam in Ashes of the Singularity Stardock Forums

Steam downloads come from Steam's servers, so you'd need to contact their support about issues downloading from them. There isn't really anything we can do for that.

Reply to Unable to post using Firefox in Forum Issues Stardock Forums

Are you using privacy badger? Its automatic blocking has a tendency to block the editor scripts.

Reply to License Info in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Standalone purchases receive all updates until the next major release. Historically that has run parallel to Windows releases, though it's hard to say how that'll work now with Windows 10 being 'permanent'. ODNT gets you more products, and all updates (including major releases) so long as your subscription is active. You can keep what you've downloaded and continue to use it after your subscription expires, but you won't be eligible for any updates released aft

Reply to Can't upgrade to Start10?? in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

Were you checking out with the same store account/email address you used before? Or possibly using paypal with an email different than your stardock account?

Reply to Let's put the online cheaters in prison in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

No. For folks who actually compromise remote servers, that is already a crime . For the maphackers and others who only modify the behavior of their own computer? That (TOS violation) is a grey area but most courts have held that as a civil breach of contract at most. And that's the way it should stay. TOS policies should not have the weight of criminal law. Otherwise, you could to this... <span

Reply to Gal Civ 3 Won't start and just crashes in Galactic Civilizations III Stardock Forums

[quote who="zzyzzyxx2" reply="7" id="3669421"] I can't get support to reply to me since Wednesday when I filed a ticket [/quote] Support should normally respond within two business days, but please be aware that if you've sent any followup emails before hearing from them, that can delay getting a response since it resets the queue.

Reply to Polymorphic and Metamorphic Viruses…why AV Software fails at times. in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote]What we need is AV software with AI. Face it…you have a dog at home that barks at burglars, right? You have an immune system which recognizes ‘self’ vs. ‘not self’ and tries to kill ‘not self’. It works on its own, you don’t even know it’s there. [/quote] Unless you have an autoimmune disease... which some antivirus software could be rightly called these days. What we need are secure operating systems bas

Reply to What am I doing wrong??? in GalCiv III Support Stardock Forums

Not sure what is going on there--the option works for me and is effective immediately.

Reply to What am I doing wrong??? in GalCiv III Support GalCiv3 Forums

In the options on the designer screen, there is a 'show parts from other styles' toggle.

Reply to Ransomware Getting Worse - Will Lock Your OS in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="11" id="3666507"] Quoting starkers, reply 10 I recall reading something a few years ago about undoing MBR attacks in the BIOS. Whether that's possible with this new wave of ransomware or not, I don't know, but it's worth looking into. If only, Mark. The MBR is encrypted, just like data files...which in most cases can't be de-encrypted. [/quote] You can actually boot off the windows install disc and replace (n

Reply to Ransomware Getting Worse - Will Lock Your OS in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Boot sector viruses.... everything old is new again :p

Reply to older titles and steam in Stardock Games Stardock Forums

Steam won't accept the legacy keys; they have to be issued specifically to work over there. But if you are having any trouble downloading/installing from the store page, support should be able to help.

Reply to Help in OS Customization Stardock Forums

That is set in the registry via HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OEMInformation. But if you've used a system file patcher then you'd need to do more than that to fully remove it and restore the stock system files. Side note, Windowblinds doesn't require patching system files :)

Reply to Expires in 365 days in Stardock Software Stardock Forums

When you buy Object Desktop, you get access to any new major versions of the programs that are released in the next year, and access to redownload at any time in that period. You can save the installers off and continue to use what you have purchased after that year, you just won't be able to download or get new versions any longer if you to not resubscribe. This is mentioned on the product page: https://www.stardock.com/products/o

Reply to Can I use Fences at my office? (personal license) in Stardock Software Stardock Forums

For personal use you can install it on up to five computers that you own per license. For business use you must have one license per computer you install it on. You can read our standard license here: https://www.stardock.com/support/software_eula.aspx If you are interested in purchasing licenses in bulk for your business, please contact the sales department.