BruceVC

Yes you right, it seems to an almost unavoidable pattern .....and yet I always wonder " if most people, and I mean US citizens, are aware of this is their not more that can be done to avoid the same repetition " .....but I do think sometimes its inevitable because of the general nature of politics in all Constitutional Democracies And what is interesting is how this really is observed and yet seems ignored by the elected political party . For example Biden said when he was elected " I want to reach out and work with Republicans " And lately Biden has been accused of "not working with Republicans " by Scott Jennings, a Republican commentator who always frames things IMO in a reasonable way on CNN. He is one of the standard Republican guests that CNN often uses to represent the GOP perspective But I think Biden has tried in many examples to get consensus but he will use the Democrat majority in the Senate to push through certain laws or bills. And then the Republicans do the same thing when they the majority So the cycle gets repeated by both sides but as I mentioned this generally happens in most of our countries

I am always impressed by gamers who are more than willing to play games knowing their are guaranteed bugs.....I cant do that, I would find it very annoying which is why I have my " 3 month " wait till I play any game rule " I cant imagine starting a game and then bugs cause me to not be able to complete it

Well the US doesn't dislike China on a personal level or to the point of creating unnecessary economic harm to the US economy. We had the trade war with China which proved what we know about the economic reality of how China needs to drive its economy. Despite some rhetoric from the CCP it hurt them and for the first time China was quiet about the endless insults from Trump and his surrogates like Pompeo ....they really tried to blame China for the virus spread and it was unfair and just a form of grandstanding But Trump lost and only once Biden was confirmed to have won on the 6 January did China suddenly declare these bizarre sanctions on many of Trumps cabinet ....but they waited till Trump was gone because they did not want to risk another example of a trade war. I understand this concern, China is primarily an export driven economy and it relies on the inexhaustible appetite of the US to buy much of its goods. So of course its better to have good relations with China because of the economic relationship which is reciprocal. https://tradingeconomics.com/china/exports-by-country https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/china-sanctions-pompeo-obrien-azar-and-other-trump-administration-officials.html It was strange to see how the CCP was wary of Trump and yet seemed to respect him more but when Biden made any critical comments about China they were openly critical and hostile in their normal way Its a pity it takes a Trump personality to get China to consider their behavior ?

Trump could become the Republican candidate ......and he could win in the next election But I have tried to warn our American forum members that some of these liberal, Democrat polices could really alienate supporters of Biden and suddenly Trump is back in power !!! And as much as that sounds fine I really dont think I can deal with 4 years of the Trumpism I respect your economic predictions because no one can say any economic prediction cannot happen because these concerns can happen , but I dont agree the US is going to implode and crash.....of course their are always factors like high oil price which increases inflation and that can always have serious impact. But I am more concerned with these Corona Stimulus checks that allow people not to work because they earn more money not working, this can also increase inflation like UBI

Nah, Im sorry but you cant suggest that overall the US military interventions have led to failure and things getting worse I would argue that US military campaigns have helped make the world a safer place, we can confirm this by looking at the overall outcomes after US intervention I always thought this was something that US members would never question as its irrefutable truth, for example WW1 : The US intervened near the end but its questionable if the Allies would have defeated the Germans once Russia had surrendered WW2 : The USA played a critical role in achieving victory Cold War conflicts : which was necessary as a way to weaken the Communist blocs but the USA and it allies didn't lose the Cold War Serbia : The US bombing campaign helped end the violence War on Terror and ME : The US is expected to always be part of the ME conflicts in some ways with the latest return of the US by Trump to present Iran with a unified enemy Iraq and Afghanistan : Both conflicts the US spent resources and effort to stabilize these countries but left after at least creating an independent government So I am genuinely interested where people may feel the USA military intervention has made things worse...I just see the historical examples?

Interesting, you see how these types of problems cannot be assumed to be caused by something obvious because you didnt do anything that is unusual But this means you can copy as many save games as you like, its extremely unlikely this could cause another profile corruption because end of the day any PC must be able to support the simple copying of files and if this fails and corrupts the profile again then you must reinstall because you cant accept that type of failure But I cant imagine that will happen ?

I dont think you need to be concerned about the problem being related to something related to a corrupted file, its always possible but highly unlikely that this could cause the issues you experienced in your profile But before I can comment further do you remember what you were doing when the problem occurred, its relevant because you are concerned about a corrupted save file? Because I agree I wouldn't want to have the problem resurface I invested 3 years in a new PC rig and because I had taken voluntary retrenchment and made my yearly target I received a huge salary and I also had decided to move to Cpt so the retrenchment ended up being a good thing but it didnt feel good at the time But I decided to spend a lot of this extra money on a new gaming machine and I bought things that I just wouldnt have spent that much money on like the new RTX 2080 Ti which was cutting edge at the time. Anyway my PC has so many games, apps , MMO, gaming clients, game items like manuals and a huge library of Mods which I use for numerous games... I am just thinking how I would feel if my PC had demonstrated your problems ....the thought of having to reinstall everything I have collected is draining and something I want to avoid

It can be frustrating to have to reinstall things but you should still have access to Windows Explorer where your .exe and games reside and you can just create shortcuts to new icons ? But I was thinking what is probably easier and you mentioned it, Windows Explorer will have your previous profile saved under C:\Users\xxx Go into your old profile and the Desktop folder. All your old Shortcuts will be their, copy them to the new Desktop because they should alll still work ?

Hoonding I hate it when you feel let down by white people I know its something that can difficult to accept but I did mention there are some things that white people failed to resolve and improve in the history of mankind. Colonialism did lots of good to many undeveloped parts of the world but their are always things that can go wrong But its not fair to call Biden a killer and their will be people making this outlandish claim.....he used a drone strike to target an ISIS group that exists in Afghanistan. ISIS gets targeted by the majority of countries in the ME or countries that have been fighting Islamic extremism like the USA, UK or Russia And now after killing 13 US soldiers and dozens of Afghan civilians Biden had to respond like he does when the US is targeted lately in the US So he is no more a killer than any other US president who has had to deal with reality of the war on terror and how the US is targeted often. If he hadnt responded I would be critical But yes always try not to make statements like " Biden is a killer " when it comes to normal response by countries to terrorist attacks

You have done well, good troubleshooting. Its interesting how my steps to understand the issue worked because these steps cover most issues but sometimes the fix is complicated or the problem still exists. And also these arent my steps but a Microsoft proven way to troubleshoot issues ....but the point being its solved your issue and that is the main thing My advice is create new desktop icons and shortcuts because you have a new profile and as much as we dont like it sometimes creating a new profile is a good performance exercise Plus you can get rid of old unnecessary junk. And all your games should still work ?

Okay we making progress, so now the issue points at your windows profile. Logon with a new user account to create a new OS profile. Lets see if that works

Here is a link to discuss safe mode, I do realize safe mode is not something commonly used https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-za/000124344/how-to-boot-to-safe-mode-in-windows-10

Guys surely we should all know by now how the outrage and framing of certain events works when it comes to developments that the US or UK or most " Western " countries are involved in when it comes to places like ME Their is normally bias , like the US is at war with Islam, and selective but real issues raised by some media houses and countries that comment in the public space Drones are an effective and proven strategy in the war on terror, they are not going to be dropped because of the nature of how some of these extremist groups operate in countries like Yemen and Afghanistan . But of course we never like to hear of these tragedies because when a drone attack goes badly it can lead to civilian deaths but its also a sad reality that Afghanistan is a country that has a history of bombings and indiscriminate killings of civilians by numerous groups like the Taliban or ISIS. For example in the years before the US withdrawal this is just one example of bombs and general violence directed towards civilians ...and I am not saying this normalizes the US drone issue but when a mistake is made in a country where you have weekly intentional killings of citizens you must ask " is this something that needs anti- US sentiment and global coverage " ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2020_Afghanistan_attacks @Darkpriest But I am not convinced its fair to blame Biden for the sequence of events with the US withdrawal. He is receiving lots of criticism and suddenly we have all this concern from people about the future of the country and the erosion of the positive changes the US invasion brought. But the current state of Afghanistan is not great. The current Taliban are better than the old Taliban but not really in the ways that matter. They have no experience or institutional knowledge in how to run a country so their is very little chance of the country not getting much worse in its economic progress and the general quality of life getting worse and worse. The Taliban are trying to ensure the country doesn't collapse but I dont see how any objectives will ever be So we should all prepare ourselves for what a collapse means to us and what will the real consequences be ?Personally I will be sad and disappointed if this happens but I dont blame the US for this outcome. I have always supported the US and its allies in the necessary phases after 9/11 and yes when mistakes occurred, like the justification for the Iraq invasion, we accept these mistakes and learn from them but we dont focus on that incident as all that matters I went to Afghanistan once in 2006 and what I really enjoyed seeing was the established ways that women now had rights and access to education. It was patently obvious in Kabul where there were already schools for Afghan girls and Afghan women in government and working. All of us have women in our lives that matter on every level but none of us would ever be concerned about a law that prevented any young girl from being educated or a law that simply made it illegal for any women to hold a job. So for me and witnessing this type of positive change after 9/11 made me feel much better about the outcomes of war on terror as I had become jaded about the Iraq invasion and was questioning what was the purpose So seeing something like Afghan women being educated and working really made a difference for me at the time So what is going to upset me will be the erosion of women's rights, at least this is the only country I know of where Sharia law is interpreted in that way and to be a little fair to the Taliban they shouldnt be considered an Islamic extremist group but rather a Islamic militant group? But the point is they not like ISIS or AQ, they just have very outdated views of Sharia law

I have spent many years dealing with issues similar to what you seeing, I dont work in PC\IT desktop support or OS support as my job is about financial software consultancy. But all software requires an OS and we use client software that installs on desktops and integrates into numerous financial desktop products like Bloomberg Client Which means every project and customer I have ever worked at has a Pilot phase where a subset of users are designated to test and confirm functionality of the product we install and these pilots projects can range from 50 people in a 800 user stock broker to 500 people in a 60000 user bank But the point being my work involves working with and sometimes troubleshooting windows desktops because if the financial client software doesn't work the problem is generally desktop. So I want to share somethings that may help you with your problem, in summary You have a real problem that needs to be addressed but the good news is you can follow a relatively simple sequence that I follow to troubleshoot in most cases where I have seen similar issues Firstly what OS are you running? But reboot your PC and go into Safe Mode before windows loads, once in Safe Mode if your issues have gone away then its a DLL or driver that is causing the corruption and you can be selective about what not to load if you have the patience If the issue is still their in safe mode then logon with a new windows profile to see if the problem is a corruption in the profile. This can happen and causes different symptoms Also a virus can definitely cause this but I dont thinks its hardware related which is a good thing Finally I dont know how confident you feel in doing what I suggested, it may be foreign to you in which case keep it simple and just install the OS again ....it wont break anything if you select update or similar choices. Failing that I would take it to a PC repair shop. Because their are many things that can cause the problems you experiencing and sometime rarely you need a proper analysis done by people trained to troubleshoot OS and desktop issues You and I are more or less the same age which means we will have similar memories of historical events we lived through but as is normal we have different journeys through life which would influence some of our views and beliefs. This is a good thing of course and one reason we learn from each other ....so this post of yours made me laugh but only because it represents something that is considered anathema and " not effective troubleshooting " when you have to produce real reports at customers about issues with the systems we sell and integrate. And the reality is a trading system in any financial company that is not performing properly after we implemented our eDiscovery systems needs to be investigated properly and the RCA (root cause analysis ) performed and the findings have to be based on actual causes and proven problems....so basically the art and learned experience of troubleshooting with these types of systems can never be based or formulated on guesses, unscientific analysis or any kind of metric that cant be proven So your post really made me laugh because it reminds of what they explain you must never say when you at a customer and their has been a problem that was created after we did some work and now important people in the customer want answers which they entitled to especially if it was the fault of our consultants who have been their for 6 months or so And what made me laugh is your explanation about the mouse issue is exactly what any normal person would say who is not necessarily trained in analysis of this type of product .....it just doesn't make any sense to people who need to fix the issue but yet it fixed the issue so you being absolutely honest I know this may not seem funny but it is if you appreciate the stereotype. And what makes it more interesting is you are someone with a deep understanding of DIY and how these things work.....and this is something I know nothing about And yet if I had to explain some of my minor DIY issues in my flat at the moment you may be shocked how I havent been able to fix them because for you they would be simple tasks I really made this long post to highlight how our combined knowledge of things grants us general knowledge of many things.....nice to live in a world where we can benefit from each other

I sincerely hope you can play games.....what is the point to gaming as a great hobby if you cant play any games due to a PC problem....hopefully your issue is not hardware related as it sounds more like a type of corruption within the user profile that is more software related but not " BSOD "( blue screen of death ) So it should be able to be fixed, keep us updated

Im having a delicious, unctuous Kessler Rib for dinner. We eat it with pineapple for the sweetness

That video is brilliant, the family did a great job. The little girls are really cute

You nearly did the same thing to me, you closed a thread when I was posting now but it did still make the post in the old, closed thread. I then copied and pasted my post directed to Mamie in the new thread But I dont see how you would know when a thread has someone actively posting so I cant imagine how this can be prevented ? I love exploiting and playing with the AI in Ubisoft games which is what I am doing in AC Odyssey now ...I love letting NPCs and enemies resort to different strategies to defeat me and how I can fool them Its very entertaining

Last question I want to ask you on this topic because I dont want to hijack a gaming discussion with this type of interesting non-gaming debate When you say you have unions in the private sector that get salary increases and bonuses these companies I assume are not running at a loss ? So in other words would you agree with me you cant expect a bonus normally when the company fails to make its yearly target or is running at a loss because these are 2 separate things but both present the same problem....the private sector company cant pay you a bonus or double your salary increase if it has no money to pay this type of expense

@Mamoulian War I have very bad SA experiences with unions, very bad But you clearly have properly working unions in Slovakia and we dont. For example our state controlled energy company is running at about 24 Billion Euro loss and has been for about 5-6 years due to state capture corruption that is now over . Unions at the SOE ( state owned entity ) are demanding double inflation salary increases and performance bonuses !!! But the institution is running at an incredible loss and is just costing us tax payers money....the unions are also fighting logical and normal structural reforms to address this drain on the SA tax base as we still have to bailout every year all our loss making SOE ....and this issue occurs with almost all our unions. They make outrageous demands in state owned institutions that are funded by taxpayers yet are running at a loss https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-07-23-the-never-ending-story-of-eskom-bailouts-mboweni-introduces-special-bill-of-billions-more/

I have very bad SA experiences with unions, very bad But you clearly have " properly working unions" in Slovakia and we dont. For example our state controlled energy company is running at about 24 Billion Euro loss and has been for about 5-6 years due to state capture corruption that is now over . Unions at the SOE ( state owned entity ) are demanding double inflation salary increases and performance bonuses !!! But the institution is running at an incredible loss and is just costing us tax payers money....the unions are also fighting logical and normal structural reforms to address this drain on the SA tax base as we still have to bailout every year all our loss making SOE ....and this issue occurs with almost all our unions. They make outrageous demands in state owned institutions that are funded by taxpayers yet are running at a loss https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-07-23-the-never-ending-story-of-eskom-bailouts-mboweni-introduces-special-bill-of-billions-more/

But Mamie, something else about finding solutions to discrimination I firmly believe this can be vastly reduced but please.....I beg you in the interests of all things sustainable and effective....we dont need unions or the idea of unionization in the gaming industry as a solution This is not a union problem

Okay, it makes sense...I got it

, you right ....their are numerous examples of certain companies being in contravention of their own codes of conduct But I cannot comment on the gaming industry and why this happens. Because personally I have only worked primarily in listed companies in the financial and software sector and people absolutely do get fired if they discriminate through cases like sexism or racism Its a clear violation of any company policy I have ever signed so the culture of discrimination doesnt grow or be practiced because you get fired.....it really can be as simple as that

This may seem like a valid point but no one in an interview, if even asked , is going to say " yes I like to discriminate agaisnt xxx " so I am not sure how your idea could be reasonably implemented But thats why company policies and codes of conduct matter and address these things....you should sign these types of legal documents when you join any private or public sector institution