Geoff

I was on an MS training course recently. We covered InTune. It can manage android devices for you. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/enduser/using-your-android-device-with-intune

2x Zotac Geforce GTX 1080 AMP Extreme's @ £620 each on pre-order...

I've got a spare machine (one was DOA and this is it's replacement). So I've done a clean Win10 LTSB Enterprise install from DVD and hooked it up to the internet and let it update it's drivers and stuff from Windows update. It detected everything fine. I don't have any unknown devices. The driver versions are newer than what was on the OEM HP image, so I'll leave it turned off overnight and see if it drains it's battery. Failing that I'll grab the latest HP drivers and see if they help.

If I find a solution I will let you know.

I have just took delivery of some HP 250 G4 laptops and have an odd issue I've not seen before. When the machine is off, the battery slowly drains. I have rebuilt on delivery these machines using our standard Windows 10 LTSB Enterprise image. Things I have tried: - UFEI BIOS Firmware Update - Intel chipset / MEI / Thermal Framework driver update - Disable Hibernation / Sleep / Fast Boot power options Any suggestions?

For anyone from google who stumbles across this in the future. I created a group policy preference in the computer configuration to replace the registry key involved. The details are: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power HiberbootEnabled DWORD 0 = Turn off fast startup 1 = Turn on fast startup

I need to be able to disable 'fast startup' in Power Options -> System settings. I have the Win10 ADMX templates in my policy store but I can't see an option to disable it (when I apply my current Win 10 Power Management GPO the option is greyed out and enabled). I have disabled the hibernation options but that doesn't seem to of helped. Has anyone any idea how to do this?

The 1.1 patch is out (Clarke)! ############################################################## ######################## VERSION 1.1.0 ####################### ############################################################## ################### # Features ################### * Strike Craft attack behavior was changed * It is no longer necessary to control planets to demand them in war, but controlling planets that are set as wargoals now generates more warscore * It is now possible to set a custom ruler/heir title for your custom empires * It is now possible to write a biography for your custom empire * Added an Influence reward for establishing communications, or conversely being contacted * Collection of strategic resources on planet tiles is no longer suppressed by buildings * Added settings for AI aggressiveness in the galaxy setup screen * "Shipwright" mandate for democractic empires has been reworked * Added resource reward to Raid on Smugglers event * Individualist empires will no longer generate election candidates with slaver mandates, and Individualist Pops are less likely to vote for candidates with slaver mandates * Slaver mandate no longer possible if slavery is outlawed * It is now possible to set difficulty in multiplayer * Symbols of Domination is now available for everyone * Platypus species portrait and Paradox empire flag is now available for everyone ################### # Balance ################### # Technology * Technology costs now increase by +10% per owned planet (up from +0%) and by +1% per Pop (down from +2%) * Unlocking Spaceport technologies now makes you more likely to get research options for new reactor techs * Spiritualists and Materialists now get tech progress towards Frequency Tuning for researching Space Whales # Ethics Fanatic Individualist * Pops are now more unhappy in collectivist empires * No longer have increased ethics divergence Individualist * Pops are now more unhappy in collectivist empires * No longer have increased ethics divergence Fanatic Xenophobe * Rivalries now provide 50% more Influence Xenophobe * Rivalries now provide 25% more Influence Fanatic Xenophile * Alliance Influence cost reduced by 100% * Maximum number of embassies increased by 2 Xenophile * Alliance Influence cost reduced by 50% * Maximum number of embassies increased by 1 Fanatic Militarist * No longer gains additional Influence from rivalries * No longer have an increased Influence cost for being in an Alliance Militarist * No longer gains additional Influence from rivalries * No longer have an increased Influence cost for being in an Alliance Fanatic Pacifist * Pops are now more unhappy in militarist empires * No longer increases Food output, but rather reduces growth needed for a new Pop by 30% Pacifist * Pops are now more unhappy in militarist empires * No longer increases Food output, but rather reduces growth needed for a new Pop by 15% # Components * Strike Craft engagement range was significantly increased * Strike Craft launch time reduced from 5 to 3 days * Fighter movement speed increased from ~2 to 3.5 * Bomber movement speed increased from 1.5 to 3 * Chemical Thrusters Chance to Evade reduced from +10 to +5 * Ion Thrusters Chance to Evade reduced from +20 to +10 * Plasma Thrusters Chance to Evade reduced from +30 to +15 * Impulse Thrusters Chance to Evade reduced from +40 to +20 # Buildings * Research Institute modifier to research speed reduced from +10% to +5% * Colony Shelter modifier to ethics divergence reduced from +20% to +10% * Empire Capital-Complex can now only be built on a capital world # Government forms Theocratic Republic * Additional Core Planets reduced from +2 to +1 Transcendent Republic * Additional Core Planets reduced from +4 to +2 # Traits * Aggressive - fire rate bonus reduced from +20% to +10% * Butcher - army damage bonus reduced from +20% to +10% * Glory Seeker - army morale damage bonus reduced from +10% to +5% # Modifiers * Youthful Elite modifier effect on leader lifespan reduced from +50 to +25 years ################### # AI ################### # Misc. * Computer-controlled Empires will start outlawing AI over time during a certain Crisis * Increased negative opinion scaling for relative power of subjects * AI will now colonize far away systems if COLONIZE_NON_ADJACENT define is enabled * Fixed a bug where the AI would not use planetary edicts due to too small stockpile cap * Empires that were previously controlled by a player (for example if said player drops in multiplayer) will now refrain from making any major changes to the country for a period of 10 years * Fixed a bug where AI was modifying their species with bad traits, effectively giving them lots of traits * Fixed a bug where military focused sectors would not build military stations * Fixed an issue where the AI would not enslave any Pops # Diplomacy * AI will no longer accept a white peace when they are winning in warscore * AI is now more open to trading access, migration rights and (for some personalities) research treaties * Fixed a bug where AI would offer peace deals that gave allies' war goals to the player * Fixed AI spamming the player with military access offers * AI is now more aggressive against easily defeated targets # Economy * Fixed an issue where the AI would not disband ships even when running a heavy energy credit deficit # Sector * Respect Tile Resources setting will now prevent sector from building the wrong type of building for a tile regardless of special circumstances * Improved the way sectors determine which resources the country needs when constructing buildings * Fixed a bug where sector AI would move Pops back and forth * Fixed budget issues that were preventing sectors from properly managing spaceports and construction ships # Warfare * Improved military tactics and handling of units * Improved handling of military fleets vs. transport fleets * AI now fights Crises * Fixed issues where military fleets would not move * AI should be better at trying to regain control of occupied planets * AI should be better at trying to invade planets taken by ""AI uprisings" ################### # User Interface ################### * Diplomatic notifications and pop-ups have been improved * End of combat UI has been improved * Colony Ships now show which Pop it is carrying * Localization of armor/shield penetration updated * If a weapon has both shield penetration and a corresponding reduced damage to shields the two effects are replaced by a single line: "Ignores X% Shields" * Habitability icons in galaxy map and systems view have been improved * (BETA) Added a new experimental option for GUI-scaling in the options menu ################### # User modding ################### * Ported system for weights/triggers on songs from HoI4/EU4 * Fixed so that effect set_name can use localization system * Moved Domination victory condition into defines * Added NOR operator * Species Appearance screen is now moddable * Species City Appearance screen is now moddable * Ship Appearance screen is now moddable * Added num_energy trigger * Reading a single on_action entry from multiple files will now append the events to the list entry rather than overwriting it. This should allow more mods to be compatible * Prescripted countries can now set the attribute "disallow_editing = yes" to disable the edit button in the Empire selection view before game start * Added an alert to tell the player that a research field is missing a Scientist ################### # Performance ################### * Optimized daily AI calculations * Fixed frame rate drop when having one or more fleets selected ################### # Graphics ################### * Lighting for ship preview images has been improved * 8 new event images added to the game * Textures for Massive Reptilians have been improved * Improved textures for space event assets * Optimized textures for event assets * Increased texture resolution for ancient drone station * Optimized textures for pirate ships * Updated textures for generic station * Increased texture resolution for AI Core * Optimized textures for AI ships * Improved texture for Arthropoid colony ship * Added cover art for Digital OST ################### # Bugfixes ################### * Military Station maintenance is now correctly discounted by 25% instead of increased by 75% * Fixed negative opinion modifiers being applied to owners of planets that the Prethoryn Scourge is purging * Extradimensional Invaders should no longer spawn inside Fallen Empire borders * Reduced chance of generating the Improbable Orbit anomaly * Fixed the Master's Teachings edicts "Philosophical Mindset" and "Warring States" not being applied after event project finished * Fixed "Colonial Failure" anomaly event handing out a Colonization tech you already had * Fixed an issue with the VO not triggering for the mining station tutorial mission * Researched robot Pops are now always listed, but are not buildable if AI policy is set to Outlawed * Injured Queen project is now properly cancelled and visual asset removed when another Empire researches it first * Species Procurement event chain descriptions now correctly refer to planet names * Various localization bugs have been fixed * Fixed outdated Avian name list titles in Brazilian Portuguese, French, Polish and Spanish * Fixed some faction events not printing planet names properly * Loyalist-affiliated candidates now display proper faction names in Election view * Fixed observation post events sometimes not printing planet name correctly * Changed the way native reservations are placed for colony event related to colonizing planets that have primitive natives * Fixed a bug where missiles could appear on the galaxy map * Ring World habitability-trait now has proper localization * Fixed a bug where Destroyer Assembly Yard didn't require the correct Spaceport level to build * Fixed an issue where trait randomization didn't respect opposing traits * Fallen Empires are now able to build armies * Fixed an exploit where you could reduce the cost of resettlement by moving pops around on the same planet * Newly enlightened countries should no longer be despicable neutrals * Fixed right click not working to give additional orders while in FTL transit * Fixed an issue where embassies and rivalries could remain after an empire was annexed * Fixed an issue where you could always enable edicts * Fixed Swarm Infestors and Constructors sometimes not reinforcing properly * Robot Pops should no longer get shuffled ethics from divergence * Heirs now keep the dynasty name of the ruler in monarchies * Added missing localization strings for leaders who gained the arrested development trait * Fixed Power Overwhelming achievement * Fixed Domo Arigato achievement * Fixed Elixir of Life anomaly potentially spawning multiple times if not researched * Fixed Living Metal deposits not being minable * Fixed Sublight Probe event chain sometimes breaking after combat with the Salvage Skippers * Fixed being unable to change speed with (-) and (+) on American keyboard * Fixed bugs related to Ethics Divergence. Pops should no longer drift to "neutral" ethics. Drift towards empire ethics is slower than drifting away from * Fixed a bug where Frontier Outposts in sectors would cost no influence maintenance * Fixed a bug where ship_accuracy_add was not being calculated correctly * Fixed a bug where assigning ethics to newly generated pops would cause incorrect ethics divergence. * Custom ruler and heir titles will now be properly saved and loaded. * Fixed armies being stuck on planets * Planets recaptured from the AI empire will no longer randomly become Tundra worlds * Fixed the AI empire having highly self-destructive ideas about AI legality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0ggwN5etpw

Nailed it.

Hotfix 1.0.2 released:

Declare someone a rival, you'll get a steady influence income from that. Make sure you upgrade your colony HQs as I found I was bleeding influence until I did this. I wish there was a bit more feedback from the game when placing and removing outposts. It's impossible to work out what effect it will have at the moment. I lost a load of mines when I removed an outpost I thought had been made obsolete by surrounding colonies.

Blame @ZeroHour for not telling the forum how [spolier] tags work. Anyway, this just happened: http://i.imgur.com/8PNUjy2.png

Highlight for spoiler: One of the late game events is the 'unbidden' they are very similar to the Shadows in B5.

If you only knew what some of the other Paradox games are like. The irony is off the charts.

You can create custom races, so make your own Thundercats. DLC and 3rd Party Mods will be forthcoming to add even more options. Expect Star Trek / Star Wars / WH40k / Babylon 5 / Stargate / etc total conversions in the fullness of time. It's got steam workshop support so keep an eye on what's hot in there. https://steamcommunity.com/app/281990/workshop/

Accidentally caused X-Com. Oh Hotfix 1.01 is out, fixing some CTDs and wormhole pathing problems. https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/hotfix-1-0-1-released-checksum-4d15-not-for-problem-reports.928210/

Paradox games are massively modable (eg, someone modded Game of Thrones into Crusader Kings 2). They also release a steady stream of dlc that not only add extra content but major new games systems.

Stellaris on Steam It's a top down grand strategy game. If you've come across Crusader Kings or Europa Universalis you'll be at home. Here's the pre-order trailer: Here's Quill18's first impressions: After watching a few youtubers play this on Sunday I decided to buy it just before it came out so I could grab the pre-order bonus. I went for the middle 'nova' tier package that gets me all the DLC without the fluff. Installed it and played it last night and suffered from the 'I'll just play a little bit more' and then it was 1am ffs. Also contains the stock Paradox humor:

Don't forget all the DLC will be free.

Played it over the weekend and liked it a lot. I have it on pre-order anyway. Now got distracted by other games.

I have a FreeNAS NAS with 16x400Gb SSDs in (just consumer drives because RAID10). It maxes out it's 10Gb NIC (Second NIC is on order so I can team them).

Opera on Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit.

When I pick the option to attach an image via the toolbar and then choose 'from computer' it will let me select a file but there is no confirmation button to actually close the dialogue and start the upload process.