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Click the "attach files" underneath the left had side of the post box.
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'No Stupid Questions' (NSQ) Internet & Technology Edition
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Can't access the sites. Keeps saying my connection has been reset.
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Since a couple of sites are working I am assuming their info is stored in your browser's DNS cache and you are having trouble getting new info from your ISPs DNS server for some reason. I could be wrong.
Try in Windows 10:
-Right click on start menu.
-Click Settings
-Network & Internet
-Status
-Change Adaptor Settings
-Right click on the Network Connecting you're using and click properties
-Highlight "Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4)"
-Click properties
Down bottom there will be two radio buttons. One says "Obtain DNS server address automatically" one says "Use the following DNS server addresses". Click "Use the following DNS server addresses". Make the first box "8.8.8.8" make the second box "8.8.4.4". These are Google's public DNS servers. Click OK, exit settings and all that good stuff and see if the problem is fixed.
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If that doesn't work try this:
-Click on start menu.
-Type "cmd"
-Click "Run as Administrator" to the right.
-Type ipconfig /flushdns
Note that if you can only come here because this site's info is in your DNS cache, you will get the same error for this site if that doesn't fix the problem.
*Edit again* Also, powercycle your network equipment if you haven't already.
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None of that worked either.
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Sheeeit. I'm out of ideas. I thought forcing it to use a different DNS would work for sure. Maybe someone else can help.
*Edit* Did some Googling. I didn't realize Chrome has it's own cache. If you're using Chrome or something like Brave or Chromium maybe type "chrome://net-internals/#dns" into the address bar and click "Clear host cache"
Besides that yeah, I dunno man.
Frail Snail
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Do a full refresh of the page (Ctrl+F5) once it gives you a connection reset message. Also, check the time on your PC. Wrong time can affect certificates used for HTTPS access to websites.
If that doesn't work, continue probing the direction of your software. Clearly something is going on because services that are hosted by the same company (Youtube, Gmail) are behaving differently. For example: different browser, clean user profile of the same browser (to exclude any addon interference), accessing them via mobile connection etc.
Another theory could be CDN issues. Maybe your local CDN cluster of a specific provider - for example, Fastly - is having difficulties.
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Just checked my phone - I can't connect to the internet on that one either so I think I can rule out the computer itself being the problem.
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Could be a problem with your router - or its firewall - or your ISP. Try doing a factory reset on the former because you can't do anything about the latter.
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I think the factory reset might've done the trick. Phone's connected and can access google again for now.
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So I bought an external hard drive to replace one that was failing. I moved all the data over and now it seems like something's making that drive spin like a monster. Is there a way on windows to see what is going, like see what programs are reading/writing on that drive?
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I would go the simple route and open your task manager. There is probably a program on the drive that is being accessed. Or if there aren't any programs on the drive, one of the files could be tied to another program that is running and accessing it.
You may have tried that already though. If you disconnect the drive will your system function normally? An alternate route of attack could be to see what does not function correctly or normally with the drive and its data removed.
I like to start simple.
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Sysinternals from Microsoft can show you the processes that is reading/writing from/to a disk, how much I/O and time they are using and which files they are working with. If it's a new drive and you copied all the content(1-2TB I assume) from an old one disk then I would suspect windows search indexer going nuts. If you are not using the atrocious windows search function then right click the disk and uncheck that, see if that makes a difference.
Defrag shouldn't be the culprit, an easy way to defrag a disk it to copy it to an empty one and format the old one, but who knows what Windows is up to.
cummytummies
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I haven't tried much except unplugging/reconnecting without any developments. I wonder if there was a way to wake it up through displayport ignoring the physical button. No luck so far though because no matter how I word it, all the results I can find talk about "waking up" from the Windows sleep, not the monitor standby mode.
Some Curious Person
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Do you use Google Authenticator for 2FA? Aside from the dislike for big tech, is there a general risk associated with it? Replacing it with Authy seems like kicking the can down the road as it is run by another big tech company in California. How about anyOTP?
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Shit. Last idea, unplug everything except power from it to access diagnostics mode, find the secret button combination for factory settings and try those for five times because it can be finicky, maybe that will force it to do something.
Common Problems - Dell U2415 User Manual [Page 59] | ManualsLib
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I've never fucked with a computer in my life, but I'm interested in adding more ram to my laptop. There's two 4gb sticks in it, so I was wondering if I could take one out and replace it with an 8 gb, or do both need to be the same amount for best performance, or to work at all?
Would one 8 gb be faster than two 4 gb? Or does this shit not matter in the slightest?
Would one 8 gb be faster than two 4 gb? Or does this shit not matter in the slightest?
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More or less it doesn't matter and any sticks compatible with your laptop's motherboard are fine in any combination.
I believe there can be a slight performance boost from identical matched pairs of sticks, but whether that really matters, I couldn't say.
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Going from two 4gb sticks to an 8gb stick and a 4gb stick will result in a performance boost if you are maxing out your memory use regularly. Whatever boost you get from having two identical sticks will be more than offset by having four extra gigs of ram. This is assuming of course your computer can address the 8-gig stick. Make sure to google "Your computer model here specs" to see what the type of ram you need and the max ram per slot.
If you find your computer slow and the bottleneck you're running into is hard drive speed or the CPU speed as opposed to lack of memory you will not notice any difference going from 8 gigs to 12 gigs. Next time you find your computer slow hit ctrl+alt+del and the click task manager. You'll see CPU, Memory, Disk and Network across the top. Whichever one is spiked up is the one that's causing your computer to be slow.
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Intel has/had some crazy scheme where memory sizes can be mixed and matched while retaining the dual channel speed, up to a point. In 1x4gb/1x8gb situation then the lower four gigs on the eight would work in tandem with the 4GB stick for that dual channel speedboost while the upper 4GB of the 8GB stick would run at single channel speeds. Who knows why they designed that.
If you're doing normal work and normal things on the laptop there's actually no reason to care about what I just wrote, but why not swap both to 8GB?
cummytummies
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Thanks, but I think all the buttons are busted. Nothing happens when I follow the instrcutions. When I plug it in the whole monitor acts like it's alive on the software side, it even shows up as a valid sound output for Windows (there is no speaker in the monitor, but it has been that way). I just can't get it to turn on.Shit. Last idea, unplug everything except power from it to access diagnostics mode, find the secret button combination for factory settings and try those for five times because it can be finicky, maybe that will force it to do something.
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Especially sucks since I've been using it as my second monitor (that is absolutely crucial to my workflow, mind you), and I just got a new primary monitor that doesn't need replacing. I usually just get a new fancy monitor and make the old primary my secondary, but idk if I have to go purposefully shopping for a secondary monitor now? I really hate buying second grade stuff, but demoting the current 144hz 1ms nano-IPS monitor to second monitor status seems like a waste. I guess I could just buy two of the same and roll with it, but fuck man I'm not made out of money.