barrettsfloyd

Telling off your boss can sure feel pretty rewarding sometimes, especially if you've got nothing left to lost at your job.

Favorite old game that I still play is Oblivion, although I only play it occasionally now.

I don't really spend much time worrying about who gets banned or for what, that's their business, not mine. I just try to keep my nose clean and move on a in a civil way around the Nexus. It's easier that way.

May 30, 2009. Was never very active here on the forums until recently. Still not as active as I'd like to be.

I seem to remember spending good money on anti spyware and adwware products. I have spent most of my free time the past several days reading up on some tech related things and watching some Youtube videos on the same. I think I've disabled and/or uninstalled most of the spyware and bloat. Now if I could just figure out to permanently disable the sign in on the lock screen. I do miss my Windows 7 already. Can't keep using it though.

Built a new computer the other day and now transferring several large files to the new one. While I wait, I am starting with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMnKPRkhsQU

Last one I watched was Glass with Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson. At the end of the film I was left scratching my head and wondering why did I even watch it. i just didn't quite get it, maybe because I've never read a comic book in my entire life. The funny pages on the other hand, yes.

Showing my age a little bit, but Pong started it. In more recent years, as an adult, Company of Heroes reignited it after 10+ years of not gaming at all.

Success!!!! Tried the last slot and got it working. Now I've got to plug in the old pc and start copying and transferring files over to the new pc...including from Soundblaster. @NexBeth: Windows 12 could be a possibility, depending on if and how much of an improvement over 11 it is.

Yeah, it works just fine. Works in my other pc. And I did try to install it just for curiosities sake, didn't seem to do anything. Of course finding drivers for it might be a problem. Creative Soundblaster. Had it likely every bit as long as the rest of that pc.

No, nothing. The sound card I have looks alot like the others I'm seeing online. Even if it is still compatible, probably best to replace it. It is over 10 years old.

Got any suggestions that'll work? I may have a slot underneath the graphics card, but I can't remove that just for a sound card.

Until today, I regularly used Windows 7. Windows 11, in some ways, reminds me a bit of Vista...an OS that I couldn't dump soon enough when 7 was released. Maybe I'll get used to it, but at the moment, I'm not a big fan of it. I have looked a bit into customizing it. I will keep looking, but IMO, you can put all the lipstick you want on a pig, but at the end of the day you've still got Miss Piggy. Sound drivers are up to date. Stayed up most of the night putting it together and banging my head against the wall trying to figure out how some thing were supposed to go together. I got it eventually. It is possible that there is a slot for the sound card I have, but at the moment it would be underneath the graphics card. The sound card is an old Creative SoundBlaster. Bought it about 10 years or so ago (still works just fine). From what I have been reading online, the Rog Stryx z790-f (maybe all the 790's) have this problem. Nobody I have seen online yet has a real answer for it other than an external sound card. USB or an amp, I think. I am out of date on my tech knowledge so the time, assistance, and suggestions people here have given me is appreciated.

Okay Folks, Got the new computer built and it is up and running. Took alot longer than I care to admit (haven't done this in 13 years). Besides the disgusting eyesore that is windows 11, I seem to be having issues with atrocious sound quality from this pc (Asus Rog Strix Z790-f) . I have my old sound card from 13 years ago, but I don't see anywhere to install it. I am guessing it is incompatible with the newer technology. Does anybody have any ideas on how to fix this audio quality? I mean seriously, elevator music over the telephone has better quality than this. There is absolutely no way that I can do anything with this in it's current state.

Furthest from home I've been is Puerto Rico, but I was too young to even remember the trip. I'd love to travel now, but I neither have the time or money to do so. Being American of primarily English, Scottish, and German descent, I would love to see those places first hand, but with my finances, that'll never happen. I'd love to see NYC again before I die. Haven't been there since 1988, when I was a teenager. At least that's possible to do for me.