Video Editing Software for PC.

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how unsecure would windows 10 be even though windows 10 would still be updated? In terms of online shopping, checking bank balances etc.

It's not the software I am concerned about, it's the hardware, the last CPU etc patch will last for a few months I guess but after that they are not actively patching the hardware (AMD A series) - I would akin it to an old mobile, great for Photos, internet searches and calls but not banking or payment apps.

For online banking and shoping exclusively, can you boot a Linux thumb drive? I like Devuan and Veracypt. If you have two factor authentication by phone number, possible is the stolen phone or stolen phone number exploit. Any low level employee at a phone shop can facilitate the theft of your phone number. Very often, the confrmation code for a new registered email address flashes briefly on the screen of a locked stolen phone.

Woman targeted by gym locker thieves who hacked her phone to steal £8,000

Charlotte said she ‘just froze’ when she found her locker empty.

metro.co.uk

Or you could stick to using pre-paid credit cards for online purchases, to limit account drainage.

 

[PC2017]

Try a Win11 install

If it's win7 hardware & if you get win11 working it'll most likely not get patched as it would be unsupported hardware - TBF this is a guess - I have click a browser opening in win11 on my dads new laptop & got really pead off so I quit. I was thinking of project-ing my I7 to win11 but being 3rd gen I don't see much point - I have yet to research anything to do with win11 but I will when I pull the trigger on a new build ryzen7 AM4 or AM5 if the price is right.

can you boot a Linux thumb drive?

Funny, I was thinking the same, that would be a new skill to learn. I also did a little digging, it appears the AMD EoS/EOL is for the graphics driver, it made me think how my I7 could be unsupported patching wise. I have no money to steal anyway the current autocracy has seen to that, as for my credit card if they run up a bill, hell if I am paying for it, I'll put my cash under the mattress and sit on it why inflation takes a good bite out of it and buy stuff in shops if there's any left after the inevitable purge that's coming.

Edit - I read that Metro - £8000 they'd be lucky to get 80p from me - All eggs in one basket, springs to mind.

 

[guerney]

Microsoft officially don't support any system which doesn't have a hardware TPM chip, but you could bypass that requirement - I have even less interest in installing Windows 11 than I do Windows 10.

Rufus and ExplorerPatcher make Windows 11 less onerous

Turn off chip detection, bypass need for a Microsoft account, change how Explorer works

www.theregister.com

 

[PC2017]

less interest in installing Windows 11

Yes I knew that was coming, Tbf I only went win10 in 2015 when I need a new after a win7 laptop died on me, I had no interest in getting to know the workings, I had left that world behind when people started demanding quicker computers without increasing the budget. However the more infuriating win10 got the more I needed to know my stuff again, then came free games from Steam, Ubi & Epic, so my journey started. Win10 isn't all bad once you get to know it, as for win11, If I want free games to some degree I will have to follow the sheep & cash out my soul, also a nice new CPU would better suit my case.

 

[PC2017]

Quick AMD laptop update - Nothing upgraded a part from the HDD to SSD via a CD caddy drive bay, in effect 2 drives SSD a clone of the HDD. This laptop is an Acer e5-521 [youtube RAM upgrade], its not going to be easy.

Currently using this laptop to type this, whilst encoding [Shotcut]a quick cat video (old 500mb mp4 1080p 30 fps) with a quick zoom filter, and a few quick splits & a few ripple deletes. Running off the PNY SSD (win10 cloned from AMD orig HDD) Video original length 4mins, edit length 1min, so technically not a challenge however a struggle for a celeron on SSD with 8GB ram(1600mhz) - Total encode time 6mins h264_amf hardware accelerated. First I tried h264_nvenc but it turns out it only does h264_amf, no wonder it failed, I didn't read the auto-detect message saying h264_amf detected

Anyway the scrubbing, with audio scrub was like butter with no buffering or crashing. Everything I could wish for, well happy indeed - Now the rhetorical question is do I open up the laptop and install another DDR3l module, it states ram speed in task manager as 800mhz the only spare ram I have is 4GB 1600mhz & it only touched 3.5GB RAM when encoding and opening chrome for this message. If I put in the 4GB & if it works it will most likely run at 800mhz. Oh and to add to my woes, my other half has broken both her arms, one needs surgery Happy days.

 

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if there is no access hatch for the mem then you will have to take it apart to get to it but no point adding that stick as it will only run at the lowest speed dim installed.

2 8gb @ 1600mhz would be better if the motherboard can support it but no point going over 16gb.

 

[PC2017]

no access hatch

yep no glory hole on this one, the newer celeron has one+ this older laptop is a top panel off then motherboard out to get at RAM, well according to youtube.

 

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if you are not maxing out the mem in task manager id not bother tbh

 

[guerney]

Quick AMD laptop update - Nothing upgraded a part from the HDD to SSD via a CD caddy drive bay, in effect 2 drives SSD a clone of the HDD. This laptop is an Acer e5-521 [youtube RAM upgrade], its not going to be easy.

Currently using this laptop to type this, whilst encoding [Shotcut]a quick cat video (old 500mb mp4 1080p 30 fps) with a quick zoom filter, and a few quick splits & a few ripple deletes. Running off the PNY SSD (win10 cloned from AMD orig HDD) Video original length 4mins, edit length 1min, so technically not a challenge however a struggle for a celeron on SSD with 8GB ram(1600mhz) - Total encode time 6mins h264_amf hardware accelerated. First I tried h264_nvenc but it turns out it only does h264_amf, no wonder it failed, I didn't read the auto-detect message saying h264_amf detected

Anyway the scrubbing, with audio scrub was like butter with no buffering or crashing. Everything I could wish for, well happy indeed - Now the rhetorical question is do I open up the laptop and install another DDR3l module, it states ram speed in task manager as 800mhz the only spare ram I have is 4GB 1600mhz & it only touched 3.5GB RAM when encoding and opening chrome for this message. If I put in the 4GB & if it works it will most likely run at 800mhz. Oh and to add to my woes, my other half has broken both her arms, one needs surgery Happy days.

Given stable software, I'd expect any CPU with that sort of benchmark (AMD Beema APU?) to cope with rendering @1080p - my comparable Acer i3 laptop of that era could (before it's faulty battery killed the motherboard). You'd add future-proofing by increasing RAM, and that particular RAM is available new at the moment. Hope you don't mind my asking how your other half managed to break BOTH her arms? Was it a cycling accident?

 

[guerney]

yep no glory hole on this one, the newer celeron has one+ this older laptop is a top panel off then motherboard out to get at RAM, well according to youtube.

Always a bonus when the RAM isn't soldered on... don't lose any screws! And worry if there are any left over after re-assembly. For reference, I take photos at every stage.

 

[guerney]

Acer have branched out into making hub drives. Will it be Lenovo and Sony next? Will there be a iPedal?

rear hub drive system-ACER – Performer Cycles

www.performercycles.com

Vvolt launches $1399 ebikes with a motor made by… Acer?

Vvolt is a new Portland, Oregon-based ebike brand with a focus on reasonably-priced ebikes. It just launched four models, two of them using an Acer motor.

thenextweb.com

 

[PC2017]

id not bother tbh

Need to open it, formatted drive C, but now it will not boot the SSD in the caddy and it trashed it in the process of trying to recover, I think it's still there but does not want to boot even after another clean install on C drive. It 's got me scratching my head a little & my spuggers got lost in the RM strike although I can't blame em for striking. So opening is on the back burner for a while.

Was it a cycling accident?

She's ironically never ridden a bike, she slipped on some wet leaves. Elbow sheared clean off and the other arm has a hairline, but hey the show must go on.

As for opening it, its top opening, with 3 ribbon cables and the RAM is not solder on

 

[guerney]

my spuggers got lost in the RM strike

Sharpening (sandpaper) a short edge and corners of a dead credit card or similar object to use as a spludger, has worked for me in the past

now it will not boot the SSD in the caddy and it trashed it in the process of trying to recover, I think it's still there but does not want to boot even after another clean install on C drive.

Things to try: Unplug everything and try booting - to prevent it attempting a boot from some other device. Make sure the SATA connector is seated properly. If it's booting UEFI, try Legacy (CSM) in BIOS? Disable UEFI and it'll default to Legacy. Check that the date/time is set correctly, and if it changes after you've set it, switched off and on, the CMOS battery may need replacing.

 

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[guerney]

you will have to pay for driver updates next you watch for gfx cards esp the hi end ones

I doubt Intel will give up - nVidia needs it's wings clipped

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-raja-shrugs-off-rumors-of-arc-demise

 

[PC2017]

Things to try

Old acer bios are not user changeable, I could turn of UEFI but it had booted before just from the f12 bios boot menu, the prob is I cant change the boot sequence in Bios because there is no option until the f12 boot menu, sounds crazy i know.

Anyway I was thinking the second re-install of Sata 0 [factory C:] did not setup up a boot partition as it detected one D: SSD in caddy) win10 has done this to me in the past it's a nightmare to sort, however this process has rearranged the MBR/BCD on the SSD installation of win10 hence the did boot but now does not. The only way around that, if that is the prob is a clean install, an auto "system repair" or a command line BCD rebuild. However, I need to open it and place the SSD in the Sata 0 not the CD rom drive sata 1 but with the over half needing a helper monkey for practically every task I am pushed for time . I think this BIOS battery is a nonremovable battery but I will confirm.

to use as a spludger

good idea if mine dont turn up I will attempt to make one.

 

[guerney]

Old acer bios are not user changeable

Unless it's passworded, you should be able to get into BIOS and change settings - you've tried pressing F2 repeatedly very fast after switching on? Or DEL? The BIOS password can very often be reset, there are usually sellers selling calculated codes on ebay.

I think this BIOS battery is a nonremovable battery but I will confirm.

On laptops that size, it's usually a CR2032.

Sometimes laptop motherboard CMOS can be reset by shorting pins (2 of 3), which can reset passwords and set it all to factory defaults - not something you want to excavate the motherboard to try unless absolutely necessary, and only if you are certain it'll work, because you know where the pins are (some small motherboards don't have them, to save space) and tiny jumper is.

 

[PC2017]

excavate the motherboard

Might have too to add more ram - it's not going to be easy
E5-521

 

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bit like my imac bar it has a open psu that will kill you and you need to take the hole lot to bits to get at the cpu and mem fk pita and all the screws are different sizes

 

[guerney]

Might have too to add more ram - it's not going to be easy
E5-521

Tiny Apple factory slave child hands required... Certain old Lenovos are so much easier to disassemble and upgrade.