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Tom: ... sorry, I had

Tom:

... sorry, I had toooo much Glühwein (hot wine punch) ...

sfv

mikey
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Phil wrote:Tom M

Phil wrote:

Tom M wrote:

Don't use the stock Windows remote desktop app. Use some thing else. I remember it screwing up thing that made it impossible to use to remote into Windows crunchers.

I tried using Remote Desktop to access a Windows11 cruncher and it disabled the gpu on the target computer. What a waste of $200 for Win11 Pro.

I'll be migrating both Windows machines to Linux.

Phil 

Did it knock the gpu's off-line permanently or only for the duration of the connection? Because Windows is notorious for knocking it off while the connection is active but then releasing the gpu when the remote connection is over.

The same thing happens in an environment where multiple people use the same pc, in Windows, and someone else logs in and the gpu gets knocked off-line.

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mikey wrote: Phil

mikey wrote:

Phil wrote:

Tom M wrote:

Don't use the stock Windows remote desktop app. Use some thing else. I remember it screwing up thing that made it impossible to use to remote into Windows crunchers.

I tried using Remote Desktop to access a Windows11 cruncher and it disabled the gpu on the target computer. What a waste of $200 for Win11 Pro.

I'll be migrating both Windows machines to Linux.

Phil 

Did it knock the gpu's off-line permanently or only for the duration of the connection? Because Windows is notorious for knocking it off while the connection is active but then releasing the gpu when the remote connection is over.

The same thing happens in an environment where multiple people use the same pc, in Windows, and someone else logs in and the gpu gets knocked off-line.

 

I think that is the normal behavior. GPU computation disabled when remote connection is active in windows and then activates when disconnected. I have seen that the GPUs might take a "minute" to start computation again once the connection is broken. 

Phil
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They came back. It was not

They came back. It was not permanent.

Phil

 

Phil

I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.

mikey
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Phil wrote: They came back.

Phil wrote:

They came back. It was not permanent.

Phil

That's a good thing!!

Tom M
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https://betanews.com/2025/02/

https://betanews.com/2025/02/18/who-needs-windows-11-freexp-is-a-modern-version-of-microsofts-greatest-os-powered-by-debian-linux/

Another "skin deep" only Windows clone? What is not clear is how Windowsie it looks when you get down into the weeds.

My own experience is inevitably the Linux bones show up.

Tom M

A Proud member of the O.F.A.  (Old Farts Association).

Mike Hewson
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What I want to know is

What I want to know is whether there is any support for virtual reality headsets ie. is compatible with the driver package I have for the Steam based game Elite Dangerous. That is literally the only reason I have a Windows (10) machine at all : to play that game - and I haven't seen any Linux support for VR.

Cheers, Mike.

(edit) I am not averse to paying for a lease, but that's a whole other thing.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal

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So, my humble experiance with

So, my humble experiance with Windows...as it all stated with Windows 3,11. :D

Updated then DOS to Windows 95, after a install of OS/2 was not so great...Windows 95 was buggy, so was the Windows 98 - which got a little bit more better!

Then came the awful Windows ME, which was tried out...not so good, turned back to professional Windows 2000 & on some builds Windows XP...things got a little better there! Best thing was to:

  1. use dual-CPU motherboard, which could not crash even with one program hanging!
  2. use of USB stick for ReadyBoost - this improved the HDD working greatly...1st it was with a simple programing, but Windows 7 made it integrated into a system!

Windows Vista was a drop, passed this one out after test. To get to Windows 7, which was a great experiance...even passing the tested Windows 8 & 8,1..but Windows 7 was a way to go, as was the WinXP - until the EOS!

Then came a "free upgrade to Windows 10" & I tested it & went with it...many of my systems operated & now are on Windows 10. Now only my work related computers are on Windows 11, unless I need to switch ti higher version with EOS for Windows 10!

 

Some things I have learned:

  • having a large RAM will speed up the system, but slow down the HDD / SSD beacuse of swap file
  • RAID 10 does not need ReadyBoost option, as is quicker than USB 2.0
  • Windows 10 is almost indestructable!
  • cracking Windows might be cool, but why bother when keys are about ~10EUR for an OS
  • always use temperature controlled app for monitoring your GPUs, as those will get fried (sooner or later)...my preferance is freeware Tthrottle
  • monitoring of seveal GPUs will not work in Tthrottle, so need of HWmonitor or GPU-Z is neede (both are supported)

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