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trying to change Windows 8.1 fonts
most guides on the internet recommend going to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics
and messing with the six font keys there
i've found that here's what the font keys refer to:
CaptionFont - window titlebars
IconFont - file and folder names in the file explorer view
MenuFont - menus and dialog box options (e.g. OK/Cancel)
MessageFont - shows up in some programs, such as Waterfox tab and address bar, and LibreOffice status bar
SmCaptionFont - (I don't know)
StatusFont - status bar in the registry editor, and presumably other similar places
everything else (including status bars of file explorer windows, start menu, clock, many programs) continues to use Segoe UI anyway
anyhow I also found this video
it apparently succeeds at changing out everything
i downloaded the .reg files it points to; one of them reverts to default and here's what the other one does:
curiously this is located in two other registry keys (or categories?). not exactly sure how this works: the Fonts folder in the registry seems to just be a list of all fonts ever,
including all the custom fonts i installed, so it's obviously not a default system list.
so maybe the first part of this script means "forgetting" all the Segoe UI fonts? I'd rather not do that (especially if it means uninstalling them). meanwhile there's nothing in the FontSubstitutes that contains the string "Segoe UI" so i'm not sure how that affects anything...
also if you ever want to use Impact, note that it's font name is "Impact", not "Impact Regular". if you input an improper font name, the system defaults to some sans-serif font. presumably Arial?
so it did its stealth update thing again. basically, it told me a new version was out, a couple days ago. i said, i'll update it later.
then, just now, upon starting it, it took some time to do something, then displayed a new version page on startup. indicating that it's updated.
well, i look at my program folder, as well as other folders and my start menu and my desktop and my programs list. at least it doesn't show up there. but just to be safe, lemme go do a reinstall using waterfox portable.
*installs*
HOLY SHIT THE WATERFOX PORTABLE FOLDER FILLED WITH A SHITTON MORE FOLDERS AND FILES
WHAT EVEN IS THIS
*tempted to take the profile folder and throw it into a new install of a different firefox-based browser*
*find out about cyberfox*
hmm
i'll try this later
Windows 10 Clipboard: [nope]
My computers inbuilt speakers are spying on me.
How do they collect, how do they store, and how do they transmit (if they do) this information? This could mean basically anything.
These are just "examples", though. They're definitely doing other stuff. Also why do my speakers need to know what "screens" I'm on?
a) wherever possible
b) I have no idea whether turning this computer on and using the speakers on at all qualifies as my "consent"
You have to remember that we all live in Silicon Valley where the internet is hyperfast and so free that your provider actually shows up to pay you money whenever you use it.
Reminds me of those in-box "physical release" games/software that are literally just a carton with a download code that don't even give you an estimate of how large the inevitable download will be.
Anyhows, I reformatted, and now have a 64-bit OS and can enjoy 3D goodies.
Though I'm worried about the fact that my fan is constantly on.
Edit: Also my internets decided to slow down to a crawl, so it's taking very long to download all the stuff I have to download.
Well, fuck everything. I regret reformatting. Having an updated OS is not worth it if I can't download the things I need to work on it.
Anyhows, I found out the reason the internet is slowed down to a crawl (but not the reason it goes away) is because of Windows' updater, which I'm pretty sure is something I complained about in this thread. I think it's specifically when searching for updates, not when downloading them. I suppose that's good to know, but it's not something I can control easily.
Also:
Annoyingly, Windows only shows one completion bar for all current updates.
Protip: Check the folder the software is downloading things to, if it's something "simple" (e.g. a single file), you can Google or ask somebody else with the software to tell you how large it is, and if it's saving incrementally you can just check the file/folder size to know how far ahead you're in.
Anyhows, the sound problem seems to have fixed itself. I thought it'd be an update problem, but unless something updated in secret or somehow the GPU drivers had to do with it, that wasn't it. I got my backed up files back and a friend taught me how to block Windows' updates, I intend to update but there's no telling when I'll be able to keep the computer on and online for long enough to finish updating and I need to download installer-only files first.
I now know that the overly-fast one was the graphics card's, and installing the drivers fixed it. I thought it was because the motherboard's temperature was high (50-60°C when idle), but this in turn means I should probably clean it up and replace the thermal paste if I can find some. For some reason when under load it's just over 70°C which ain't too bad.
Anyhows, it should be smooth sailing from now on.
https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/09/discord-is-launching-a-game-store/
2. scroll down
3. watch as the page suddenly becomes the techcrunch home page
seriously, what the fuck, web designers?
>have to log in with my e-mail address and other personal data
>service is online only all the time
Evil Overlords at Google: Use our new password randomizer tool that saves all your new passwords to your Google account and never ever leave Chrome or any Google service ever again unless you want to also reset 100 or so passwords.
Me: Haha poor Google people.
Firefox: You do write out all your own passwords but you use your Firefox account to remember all of them so you can't leave me either!
Me: I should really just write out a physical list of all my passwords from now on.