strlcpy

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[–] strlcpy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 days ago

I'm scared of starting this game. Zachtronics games are bad enough on my sanity!

[–] strlcpy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Before a 4 month stay in Vienna, I tried upping my German game: consumed lots of German-language media (news, books, videos), attended a language course, really tried immersing myself as well as I could. It was enough to get by okay, but I felt frustrated not being to follow along always or express myself precisely. Since coming back I haven't been able to pick it up and in fact have come to associate the language with the sad realization that it's behind me.

Edit: just a positive note, I can now easily follow along with German-language talks, musicals, articles etc which feels like a superpower!

[–] strlcpy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 days ago

To relive anew, Ico on the PS2. I could boot it up right now but it wouldn't be like that first playthrough, my first foray outside of PC and Nintendo.

[–] strlcpy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago

Danger Dan, "Oktober in Europa". I can't listen to any of his stuff any more because it makes me remember this one

[–] strlcpy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 days ago

Ghost of Tsushima (PS5), still taking it slowly! Cleared out the act 1 side content, took a break before the final quest. Loving the moment-to-moment gameplay, very satisfying and with some skill upgrades they make you feel super powerful!

God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP), more of the same as GoW 1 and 2 which is a good thing. Those gaze enemies though, annoying as ever. In Hades now.

[–] strlcpy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Another Mine listener! 😍

I also like me some ok.danke.tschüss

[–] strlcpy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

You know what surprised me most about this process, aside from how frustrating and obtuse it was? How at every turn, MS articles and advocates just go "and if this doesn't work just buy a new license". Wat!

[–] strlcpy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

Fixed! I converted my PC's account to a local account and then back to a Microsoft account, which must've re-added my PC to that list because after that it appeared, I could select it, and transfer the license!

[–] strlcpy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reinstalled Windows 11 just to see if that would change anything, and now I get to the screen where I can remove old devices but the PC is not listed there, even though it's linked to my MS account :(

[–] strlcpy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

I believe you need to uninstall the key from the old device. https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/transfer-windows-license-to-new-pc

Tried this, but the activation troubleshooter gives a generic (unstyled!) error message, see my comment here...

[–] strlcpy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Set up the same Microsoft Account in Windows 11 and run the activation troubleshooter, choose “I changed hardware on this device recently”, and you should be presented with another device to migrate the license from.

This is where I'm at now. My Windows 10 PC reports it's activated with a digital license connected to my MS account. Then on the Windows 11 laptop I run the troubleshooter, click the "changed hardware" link, then it spins for a bit before giving a generic error message saying that Windows can't be re-activated (?) because the license server can't be reached. Internet is otherwise working fine.

If I use the "ask help" feature, I'm led through a series of steps resulting in a "contact support" section, for which I have to log in with my MS account. Which I do, but then I get error "AADSTS500200: User .. is a personal Microsoft account. Personal Microsoft accounts are not supported for this application unless explicitly invited to an organisation".

Quite at a loss here!

 

I have a retail Windows 7 Home Premium license, which allows for moving between machines. I upgraded it to Windows 8 and 10 through their respective programs and I could upgrade to 11 if it were to support my PC, but it doesn't.

So I want to move the license to my newer laptop (13th gen Intel Framework 13). I could install Windows 10 with my Windows 7 key and then upgrade to Windows 11, but unfortunately the laptop doesn't support 10, not even enough to just install. And Windows 11 doesn't accept my Windows 7 key.

Any ideas? One thing I considered is booting from USB, attach the system storage to a VM, install Windows 10 there, upgrade to 11 and then reboot into it natively, but maybe there's a better way.

(I'm not intent on buying a new Windows 11 license, I own a license for 10 that can be moved and upgraded)

Fixed!

This is what I had to do, in the end, to transfer the retail license from my Windows 10 PC to a Windows 11 laptop:

  1. Link the Windows 10 license to my Microsoft account. First my Windows 10 activation status showed "activated with a digital license", switching to a Microsoft account associated the license with that account, making it show "activated with a digital license connected to your Microsoft account"

  2. Install Windows 11 on the laptop. Choose "I don't have a product key" during installation.

  3. In the Windows 11 activation settings, use the troubleshooter, select the "I changed my hardware" option. It should spin for a bit and then give an option to show devices to transfer the license from. (This first failed for me with a generic error message, fixed by reinstalling Windows 11)

  4. Choose the old system to transfer the license. (My Windows 10 system wasn't listed the first time, I had to convert its account to local and then back to an MS account for it to show up)

The old Windows 7 key w/Windows 10 upgrade path was a massive red herring, that option was closed in 2023.

 

My 1440p monitor died on me so I'm looking to upgrade to a 4K monitor, to be used with my home+work laptops, some older game consoles and an aging Linux PC.

The aging PC is the problem: it's an i5-6600 on an Asus B150M-A. It lacks DP and its HDMI port can't do 4k60.

I vaguely recall there being super cheap graphics cards meant for exactly this sort of thing, just a low end GPU with a bunch of ports, but I can't seem to find much, especially not AMD (Linux + Nvidia remains meh)

Suggestions? Perhaps a minimally invasive upgrade to the PC? Or just stick it out at 1440p (non-integer scaling, ugh) until I can upgrade properly?

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