So the computer finally is showing it's age
Monday, January 14, 2013 by kona0197 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
It's taken me awhile to start this thread, sorry. I know this may end up in flame wars. Again I am sorry.
So everyone knows my situation. Well those close to me on this site do. My computer is finally showing signs of how old it truly is. Keep in mind my computer has a Pentium 4 processor so I am guessing this setup to be almost ten years old. The problem, even after a few friends helped me here with a new hard drive and more memory, is the rest of the system. The processor can't keep up with the newer operating systems. I'm having a hard time just running XP. Found out the other day my DVD Burner drive is almost dead as it will read disc sometimes and other times it will not. Monitor is on it's last legs as well. Hard to read anything and the brightness is going out. It's an old CRT Dell monitor that is almost as old as the tower.
As Starkers had told you this computer is my main way to communicate with the things that are important in my life. So I was hoping someone out there had a few newer parts I could install to extend the life of the machine a bit. Nothing special. I already have DDR2 memory and a newer hard drive. Just need a few other things.
So carry on. Discuss I guess.
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Reply #522 Friday, February 15, 2013 2:31 AM
No theory, just intermittent rambling that got typed!
Reply #523 Friday, February 15, 2013 4:53 AM
Could it be that your Administrator name and the one you use on Facebook are the same. Maybe the OS did a search through favorites or something like that and browsed them like an organizer would. Mine is just a guess too. Otherwise no clue.
Reply #524 Friday, February 15, 2013 6:34 AM
Quoting kona0197, reply 509I was playing with Windows 8 in Virtualbox last night. Anyone care to tell me how Windows 8 went online and grabbed my Facebook pictures to browse through when the email I used with Windows 8 is not connected to my Facebook account in any way? That's kind of disturbing to think Windows is hacking into my Facebook account.
Someone got an answer on this one? I think it's creepy.
See, I told you that damn blasted Facebook has eyes and ears on everything... nearly as bad as Google, me thinks.
So, here's what happened! First, Facebook's facial recognition/data matching saw you in a downtown store and linked you up with your Facebook account, Microsoft accounts and Google's, tied the whole thing together and zap, bang wallop, there you are, reading all about yourself on Win 8 and viewing personal photos you never even knew you had taken... then maybe you didn't. 
Yup, the sneaky bastards are everywhere. That's why I always cover my face when entering stores and the like... and never use public toilets. You just never know when Google and Facebook are in there.
Nah, seriously, I don't have an answer for you. The only answer that would sort of ring with some credibility is if you activated the Facebook app and entered all your account details. But you say you've not done that so it's a mystery to me, me old mate. Hopefully you get to the bottom of it soon, cos yeah, it would be a privacy concern to me as well.
Reply #525 Friday, February 15, 2013 9:12 AM
Yeah I haven't used the Facebook app yet and I certainly did NOT enter my credentials to log on to Facebook. My Facebook was setup using my Gmail account and I haven't entered my Gmail account info anywhere within Windows 8.
Reply #528 Friday, February 15, 2013 2:53 PM
Syncs settings from one PC to another, if you have sync on, and you change wallpapers on one PC, the other PC changes too....that kind of thing.
Reply #529 Friday, February 15, 2013 3:00 PM
Yeah but the fact remains that the email I used to set up Windows 8 has noting to do with Facebook and I don't have my Facebook photos saved to any computer. Makes no sense.
Reply #531 Friday, February 15, 2013 3:50 PM
My Facebook account is setup using my Gmail account. But I didn't use my Gmail account at all inside of Windows 8. Only my Hotmail account. And my Hotmail account is no way linked to my Facebook account.
Reply #532 Friday, February 15, 2013 4:54 PM
Maybe you should ask these questions in the Microsoft Forums or Facebook support, if there is such a thing. There are currently 1.06 billion people on Facebook. One, I say one of them, just might know the answer 
Reply #533 Friday, February 15, 2013 5:37 PM
Not really that big of a deal for me to look it up at the Microsoft forums. I don't use Windows 8 as my main OS yet. I just play with it on Virtualbox.
Reply #534 Saturday, February 16, 2013 3:35 PM
So I went into my Facebook settings. In there I found it had my Hotmail account listed as a backup email. The problem is that I used my MSN account for Windows 8 and my Hotmail account for Facebook. That might be why I am seeing my pics.
Reply #535 Saturday, February 16, 2013 4:54 PM
I myself set up windows 8 to sign in with a local account instead of a shared one like that. You won't have those issues then.
Reply #536 Saturday, February 16, 2013 6:11 PM
Yep....that is the link.....
That is what I love about the 'new Microsoft'.......all of you (the information that makes a person) finally has an MS home now. Switch between MS devices, add/login to your MS account and voila....email, calendars, contacts, photos, files etc. etc. all synced together by the magic of MS. Yes, yes I know others (ie. google etc.) have been doing so for some time now, I just prefer MS personally.
Ahhh......the cloud......so blissful...... 
Reply #537 Saturday, February 16, 2013 7:07 PM
I don't like it. I don't want all of my stuff spread across all of my devices. Very annoying.
Reply #538 Saturday, February 16, 2013 7:43 PM
Me, I created a hotmail account specifically for Win 8 and related Microsoft correspondence, I use it for nothing else, therefore there are no overlaps with my other accounts, etc. I'm a bit like kona in that I like to keep things in their proper place, rather than here, there and everywhere.
I will use Skydrive for items I have terrestial copies of and aren't too important/personal, but only so that I have access to them if needed when I'm out and about. Other than that, I want my stuff organised and compartmentalised in its designated location.
Reply #539 Saturday, February 16, 2013 11:38 PM
Starkers - I wrote you an important email. Thanks!
Reply #540 Sunday, February 17, 2013 12:38 PM
Us rednecks call that a cup. 
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Reply #521 Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:02 PM
I doubt that theory very much Doortech since this was on a fresh install of Windows 8 and I had not gone to Facebook yet. None of my pictures were on the hard drive Windows 8 was loaded on nor did it ave access to any pictures on my other hard drive.