Happy Me Thread - Page 48

xilman · 2018-01-05, 18:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by petrw1

you must have an awfully tough back-side.

Comes with practice.

ewmayer · 2018-01-05, 22:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian-E

My old PC, purchased in 2007 and put into immediate use on the GIMPS project on which it worked faithfully for more than 10 years, never ever giving a bad result and, in the end, spending about 6 months on each double check

As a point of reference, 2 DCs per year is 3x slower than my little $50 ARMv8-based Odroid micro!

Quote:

Originally Posted by xilman

Comes with practice.

Regular spankings work well to toughen that derriere right up ... or so I'm (cough) told...

Dubslow · 2018-01-06, 01:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewmayer

As a point of reference, 2 DCs per year is 3x slower than my little $50 ARMv8-based Odroid micro!

Of course that 2007 PC in question didn't run at night, so the given throughput is not representative of the total throughput of a 2007 Intel consumer chip.

rogue · 2018-01-12, 16:11

I installed a BIOS update today. I knew it would ask for the BitLocker Recovery Key and knowing that i have a printed copy, I was ready for it. Unfortunately I could not find the printed copy anywhere. One of the choices was to go thru M$ to get the key, but I don't have that password memorized and the contact needs me to have access to a computer with e-mail access or a phone with SMS. The phone in the account is a land line (which I need to change) which is my home phone, but I am at work. You can also use a separate e-mail account, which i tried as I have access to that, but to recover your M$ password requires one to go thru a number of validation steps which then needs to be manually verified by someone at M$, which could take up to 24 hours.

I thought I was dead in the water as I would either have to wait up to 24 hours or reset my laptop to factory settings, not a desirable outcome. I discovered that the OS allowed me to access a command prompt so that I could poke around my laptop. Fortunately for me I did save that recovery key to a text file on partition where BitLocker is not enabled. I was able to key and unlock my computer.

xilman · 2018-01-12, 16:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by rogue

Fortunately for me I did save that recovery key to a text file on partition where BitLocker is not enabled. I was able to key and unlock my computer.

Fortunately for you no-one else (AFAYK) had access to that same file previously.

TL;DR: Patience caterpillar. Waiting a day might be the least of your worries.

retina · 2018-01-12, 16:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by xilman

Fortunately for you no-one else (AFAYK) had access to that same file previously.

MS has the key so the data was already at risk from day one.

Storing the key in plaintext on the same system completely nullifies the whole point of encrypting the drive. Also allowing MS to store a copy completely nullifies the whole point of encrypting the drive.

LaurV · 2018-01-12, 17:05

He was not afraid of MS, he was afraid of his wife...
(don't tell my wife!)

S485122 · 2018-01-12, 18:26

Next time go to the control panel and suspend BitLocker before updating the Bios, resume BitLocker after the update. Otherwise I fully agree with Retina.

Jacob

rogue · 2018-01-12, 21:27

Fortunately I don't have any company secrets that are worth anyone's time to steal.

I also got a new M.2 drive today. My laptop has a slot for it, so I don't need to reinstall anything. The extra disk space is definitely needed. And no, I will not enable BitLocker on that drive. :-)

pinhodecarlos · 2018-01-14, 16:27

Not sure how long but after more than 10 years I’ll be meeting in person Paul Underwood in a foreign country called Wales.

xilman · 2018-01-14, 16:40

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Originally Posted by pinhodecarlos

Not sure how long but after more than 10 years I’ll be meeting in person Paul Underwood in a foreign country called Wales.

I hope you have your vaccinations up to date.

Wales: where men are men and sheep are terrified.

If any Ozzies are reading this, think Kiwis.

2018-01-12, 17:05	#524
LaurV Romulan Interpreter Jun 2011 Thailand 2⁶·151 Posts	He was not afraid of MS, he was afraid of his wife... (don't tell my wife!) Last fiddled with by LaurV on 2018-01-12 at 17:06

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2018-01-12, 16:11	#521
rogue "Mark" Apr 2003 Between here and the 2²·7·227 Posts	I installed a BIOS update today. I knew it would ask for the BitLocker Recovery Key and knowing that i have a printed copy, I was ready for it. Unfortunately I could not find the printed copy anywhere. One of the choices was to go thru M$ to get the key, but I don't have that password memorized and the contact needs me to have access to a computer with e-mail access or a phone with SMS. The phone in the account is a land line (which I need to change) which is my home phone, but I am at work. You can also use a separate e-mail account, which i tried as I have access to that, but to recover your M$ password requires one to go thru a number of validation steps which then needs to be manually verified by someone at M$, which could take up to 24 hours. I thought I was dead in the water as I would either have to wait up to 24 hours or reset my laptop to factory settings, not a desirable outcome. I discovered that the OS allowed me to access a command prompt so that I could poke around my laptop. Fortunately for me I did save that recovery key to a text file on partition where BitLocker is not enabled. I was able to key and unlock my computer.

2018-01-12, 18:26	#525
S485122 "Jacob" Sep 2006 Brussels, Belgium 2·3²·5·19 Posts	Next time go to the control panel and suspend BitLocker before updating the Bios, resume BitLocker after the update. Otherwise I fully agree with Retina. Jacob

2018-01-12, 21:27	#526
rogue "Mark" Apr 2003 Between here and the 2²×7×227 Posts	Fortunately I don't have any company secrets that are worth anyone's time to steal. I also got a new M.2 drive today. My laptop has a slot for it, so I don't need to reinstall anything. The extra disk space is definitely needed. And no, I will not enable BitLocker on that drive. :-)

2018-01-14, 16:27	#527
pinhodecarlos "Carlos Pinho" Oct 2011 Milton Keynes, UK 3×17×97 Posts	Not sure how long but after more than 10 years I’ll be meeting in person Paul Underwood in a foreign country called Wales.